This is what it would feel like if Frodo and Sam had the help of the Great Eagles at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Rings! What a fun dogfighting simulator. The dynamics of fighting aloft a giant bird is interesting and fun to master. Swoops, dives, sharp rolls and abupt stops midair are some of the tricks you can't get in most flight simulators but is the bread and butter in The Falconeer. Interacting with the environment is fun too, with lots of updrafts and jetstreams you can take advantage in both dogfights and long idle reconnoiter of the mid-sized world map. Its no massive open world but actively seeking out or chancing upon various points of interests has a fun rhythm to it. I cant tell yet how difficult of a game this can get (I am only several hours in) but I am having a lot of fun fliting in the air dodging canon fire and diving into the sea to catch fish to feed my warbird. Oh, and if you have access to a flight stick definitely play using that!
Immersive. Nearly every alley, blind corner, dark passage or cave will lead to some adventure.
