MMO subscription pricing for a game with an up front fee. "While WarBirds Online is free, IENT is a business, so of course there are limitations. During the first month online you have complete access to all features at no charge. After the first month, you can still play free, but you are limited to an early war plane set, which varies from arena to arena. To access the full set of all aircraft in all arenas, Steam players can purchase day, week or month passes, which range from $2.99 to $15.95. If you just want to play in a specific event on a specific day, the Day Pass is best for you. If you want to play with the best planes, against the best players, whenever you want, the Month Pass is your best choice." Recommend you do not buy. Aces high is essentially a more populated version of the same thing with a sub, but no up front fee. I'll admit that the flight model, damage model and graphics are better here. Not ok at all that they charge for the base game if they're going for subs...

Won't load,complete waste of money do not buy

The game is basically a re-skinned version of the original release in 1998. If you are looking for a quality flight simulator at a good price I would recommend Il-2 Sturmovik 1946. It is $9.99 and offers a lot more than this game can graphically and there are a lot more airplanes to fly, especially with mods.

WarBirds - World War II Combat Aviation: Warning: This game is not for the amatuer / average gamer This game was developed quite some years ago and was ahead of itself for what it offered. It has been updated and now out on steam. The game is air combat flight simulator with a very realistic feel and control. After playing the steam version it still feels the same as the old school versions, very hard to learn and I suggest you def' want to get a joystick to help fly.. trust me the keyboard and mouse does not cut it. Pros: ~ A good mix of content ~ Realistic controls ~ Flight sim buffs im sure will be happy ~ Dogfights with computers or other people in multiplayer Cons: ~ Graphics and sound are a little outdated ~ I wish it was easier to learn , this is not for the average gamer ~ I had trouble with this and Windows 8.1 and 10{Windows 7 worked perfect} Overall: 6.5/10

Tried to into tank arena and wouldn't allow me. guess all access isn't exactly all. Never saw more than 20 or 30 total players in the main arena that left a lot of dead space. The only difference between now and 20 years ago is less people.

Highly Recommend this simulation! Been playing it since 2009, finally glad it is on steam. Very realistically structured, in terms of flight models of aircraft and weaponry and load outs. This isnt your typical shoot em up and fly home simulation. A lot of variables to keep you busy, and coming back. Very addictive once you get hang of it. Check in with some squads, and people will help you out :)

As one who has played this game on and off for close to 20 years, this is THE classic WW2 online flight sim. If you want realistic flight models, an opportunity to fly in historical events run by the community and supported by the publisher, and a mature community, then this is for you. Most of the negative reviews will be for the graphics and to an extent the difficulty of the flight models. It takes a little time to learn how to fly effectively, but the payoff is that you are getting as close as it gets to what it might feel like to have flown one of these planes into action in WWII. Great community of people, good trainers, and most of the all, the weekly S3 series is immersive and REAL. Want to experience what it was like to escort B17's deep into Germany against the Luftwaffe, where you are constantly looking over your shoulder wonder if those dots on your high 6 are 190's? This is it! The rush of making a clean kill in these series is as good as it gets! I think the game...

Whoa! What a total waste of $15! I played this on-line years ago and, at the time, was pretty good. One would have thought it would have been updated as time passed. One would have been wrong! Graphics are ancient, interface is as difficult as it was 10 years ago, and the program will not totally recognize my VKB Joystick. Which is why I have only logged 0.2 hours played... I couldn't get past programming the joystick. Hey guys... flying using the keyboard or mouse when away back in the 1990's, didn't it? And yes... if you want to play on line, it costs a monthly fee. I wish I had read the reviews first before parting with my money. But I just had memories of flying with the old squadron and was hoping for a similar experience. I also wish Steam would check out some of these losers and not offer them... It's games like this that make Steam look bad. Bottom line is you should really read the reviews first and avoid this one.

Really Bad GAme, spud graphis, crap controls, play war thunder instead

Sloppy P.O.S. Game They want you to pay monthly to play the controls are terrible it has a horrible lay out bad graphics not realistic what so ever play war thunder or arma 3 if you want someting more realistic this game is just junk.