Wings of Prey: Special Edition

Plays easily with keyboard and mouse. Turn off the music

works well with gamepads, Lots of WWII aircraft,can replay games, nice options for graphics/gameplay

I love it XD before war thunder this is the best game

Although I didn't finish it, I liked Wings of Prey overall. The gist of it is that you are a WWII pilot fighting for the Allies in Europe. You get to do a number of kinds of missions in several different planes of varying quality. For its age, the game looks great, and the music and voice acting are well done. The tutorials are decent, and the game has multiple difficulty levels. I played on arcade--which is casual or easy--since the higher difficulties have you flying planes that feel like bouncing jalopies. The main problem with the game is the controls. If you don't have a Hota joystick, you are probably going to have a less than optimal experience. I played with an XBox360 controller. Although I could remap the buttons, the flying and fighting never felt quite right. It ranged from passable to sloppy and janky. Alternatively, you could play the game with keyboard and mouse, but I think that would be a nightmare. You really need a Hota to get the best experience. If you have a Hota or a compatible gamepad, this is easily worth $10. I am probably done with it since I no longer have the patience that I used to have with finicky or awkward games, but I did have a fairly good time playing through about a third of the campaign for several hours.

This is a good introduction to those who want to know if flight simulators are really their cup of tea. But at the same time it is also a very fun game even in arcade mode. I won't say much about the graphics they still hold up even by todays standards and the music score is great. Although getting right controls can be a challenge but thankfully the game supports quite a number of devices and you can modify the key bindings etc. I personally play it on a PS4 controller with DS4 Windows software that disguises it as a Xbox 360 controlller. But in order for the game to recognize it you will have to go to control settings where it says device and choose the gamepad layout.