MagzTV - Bomb - Early Access impressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cuyy6HOK50

Have you, or anyone you know A) Played Crimson Skies? B) Wanted to live vicariously through an alcoholic frenchman? C) Experienced terrible customer service that left you foaming at the mouth and require someone to restore your faith in humanity? If you answered yes to any of those question this game might be right for you! BOMB allows you to live out your Porco Rosso fantasies such as verbally abusing your companions and engaging in nail biting aerial combat. This game is FUN. Although it might not be a 100% accurate sim experience it is a nice break from the stress of DCS World/IL2 mechanics, and does not require an expensive Track IR and joystick setup (although joystick is recommended because mouse controls are a bit wonky right now). There are 3 views, pretty classic, 3rd person, cockpit (my personal favorite) and 1stperson no cockpit (why people fly like this i have no idea) Cockpit features lots of gauges and doohickys, all of which seem to function. Cockpits are also uni...

Many games - Blazing Angels, AirConflicts and now Bomb - have tried to emulate Crimson Skies' success and failed miserably! Why? Because it isn't simply enough to take an arcade aircombat shooter and combine it with a more or less interesting story. Yes, Crimson Skies backstory is pretty interesting, as are the characters and the dialogues are witty. But this is just the glue that holds it all together. The secret of Crimson Skies success is, it gives you the illusion to be this daredevil fighter pilot who not only kicks his opponent's ♥♥♥ like an ace but who is also a skillful stunt pilot. The environments in Crimson Skies are interesting and challenging, while in the above mentioned games they are only beautiful window dressing. What a wasted opportunity! The only game I can think of that uses the environments the same way Crimson Skies did, is DogFighter. But this game is only a multiplayer platform. One moment you fly through the Great Canyon - the next through an Egyptian...

Oh boy, where to begin.... If you want the short version - the game is just not fun. If you want the long version - read on! So to start with, here are the pros of the game: + Interesting premise + The characters seem funny enough at times + It's nice to see the devs attempt to emulate Crimson Skies type games. And here are the cons: - No tutorial what's so ever, the game is not hard to figure out, but it would have been nice if they included one. - The mission pacing is awful, the first 3-4 missions last for about two minutes and just make you fly forward requiring minimal input from your end. They could have made them in to a single mission and it would have benefited the game. - The flight model is arcade, but not the fun type of arcade like Ace Combat. The gravity doesn't seem to affect your plane, it flies the same no matter which direction you chose, be that up or down and the rudders rubberband like crazy. It will swing you back to the direction you came from the moment you...

Oh my... This game is excellent. It's not easy at all, even though it doesn't model planes realistically. Any comparisons made to Crimson Skies are pretty accurate. I'd say the flight model is similar to War Thunder on "arcade" but the planes are considerably less maneuverable. Considering you're flying a twin engine cargo plane, that's expected. The dialogue that strings the missions together is funny, brief, and to the point. "Go blow up the thing." There are bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and a variety of cannons that get strapped on the planes. Thankfully the missions do have checkpoints, and restarting a mission after failing is ZERO load time. I'm playing with a Logitech 3D Pro stick and it works perfectly after button mapping. The game is set up for a 360 gamepad by default. It also supports mouse control BUT that isn't quite working just yet. Views are cockpit, 3rd person, and no-cockpit gunsight views. Hold a key/button to momentarily padlock the current enemy, s...

Now that it's out of early access... It looked like a great game, it has a lot of potential, but the control support is awful. This is, without any doubt, the worst controlling game of any type or genre, that I've ever played since 1995. Really really really reeeeaaaallly awful. With a 360 controller, the handling ranges from pretty bad to terrible. With a flight stick... well, it just doesn't map functionally onto a stick, so forget about it. With the keyboard it's.... Jesus, it's real bad. Controls are a crucial part of any flight sim/arcade game and the control support isn't anywhere near being good enough to recommend.

Just picked up a copy.. and loving it. It's very reminiscent of Crimson Skies in its inspiration (my first thought was Crimson Skies meets Porco Rosso) and the flight model feels similar to CS in that it's jump in and fly rather than a sit your PPL first simulation. As has been noted.. the dialogue (English version) could do with some loving, but other than that, it's rather fun. Interested to see just how it develops.. :)

The game is exelent , cool planes, nice graphics, nice hit-box (if you hit an enemy plane he will be damaged no just sparks flying) . but one thing, the controls are shitty, you need an joystick or you will suck. 8/10 : want mouse aim control, and more planes.

This review is based on about 1 hour of playing through 5-6 missions, and I was blown away. I forced myself to stop playing just to post this. If you liked Crimson Skies or Wings of War, this game is right up your alley. I'm a life-long flight sim player who enjoys both simulations and arcade flight games, and this game has the special sauce. - Fun, varied missions. - Pretty, retro graphics in a beautiful tropical environment - Accessible yet realistic-ish flight model (as far as arcade flying goes) - Fantastic controls, especially with an XBox 360 controller (haven't gotten it to work with my joystick yet) - Laugh-out-loud funny dialogue and story. - Great artwork and aircraft design

I can't figure out how this one slipped by my radar, but I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it out. The flying places itself nicely between arcady flyers such as Ace Combat and more advanced games such as the IL2 series. Although not required, a decent joystick setup makes this game a joy to fly, and it even supports TrackIR for those who are serious about their flight simulators (Oculus Rift support was added recently as well). The aerial combat is reasonably plausible, and a working knowledge of advanced combat maneuvers will come in handy as the AI seems to be subject to the same rules of physics as the player. The storyline gives a bit of background to the fuss and although not perfect, it does the job reasonably well. The missions are varied and there are actually some flying challenges in there (tricky landings) that is fun to pull off. The views are almost on par with what one would expect from a flightsim, and I primarly fly from the cockpit view with TrackIR. BOMB remi...