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Sky Aces: World War II is an arcade aviation simulator dedicated to the events of WW II, and the airplanes participating in the conflict over the whole world. This updated version includes improved graphics, better frame rates, new features, improved user interface and HUD plus experimental support for local network games with two players. The distinctive features of the game are models of airplanes of elaborate detail, copied from drawings and historically colored. Using slightly simplified physics, learning the controls of the airplanes is accomplished quickly and easily while providing for a fun gaming experience. This time, the action thakes place in present time.
What could the third world war look like? Apparently, it would be all about cutting-edge weapons and space-age aviation! The side that will be more aggressive and better at controlling its jets will be the winner! In this game, you will take the pilot's seat in a machine of pure destruction. The powerful machine guns and missile launchers of your plane will not cool down for a second, as there are so many missions ahead! Your tasks will include: defense of the friendly airspace from sudden enemy attacks, escorting bombers and transport planes, attacking enemy objects, transport convoys and, of course, endless dogfights. #23@ Whiterabbit - Skip GT5, Shift 2 is a far superior racer in everyway, except for the number of cars.
I could talk at great length about this, but this is not the place, I reckon. As for this game, not even gonna try it due to control scheme. I'm a wheel guy (in car view also) and I could live with using a gamepad, but mouse and keyboard?! Personally I'm not sure who their target audience is- certainly not a serious racer as suggested in the description. In your review, you recommended this to people that don't have any racing games, but I would doubt that a bad game would turn anyone into a racing fan.
My 1st racer was 'Pole Position', and at the time it was fantastic. To this day I can't get enough racing. If I hated that first experience, I would probably be watching football on Sundays instead.
LOL I'm about 1/10th finished working on a racing title of my own. It has 3 cars and 2 tracks, but the environments are way more detailed and I have gamepad control, so my thought is that this seems incomplete.Moderator comment.Hi D I already have Shift 2, got it on pre-order before it was released. Yes it is a brilliant game. What i like about it is (as with the first /shift) was the ability to tweak the game with your first race so that it would set the rest of the game up to be reasonably challenging without being impossibly hard.
When i play Race 07, i rarly get in the top 5, but with the two shift gmes i can win or get good placings becasue of the way the game is set up.As for your opinion about suggestion this is okay for first time racers, Good point, I never thought of it in those terms previously; you are quite right. I'd actually suggest they try some of the games found in the free games project, There are some created as adverts for specfic cars, but also games like the free Need for Speed: World, which I've linked to above in another post and Trackmania Nations can be a lot of fun.Is the game you are creating just a project for yourself or are you going to release it as a commercial or freeware title? I'd be happy to alpha and beta test it for you as I love racing games of all types. @ Whiterabbit - Skip GT5, Shift 2 is a far superior racer in everyway, except for the number of cars. I could talk at great length about this, but this is not the place, I reckon. As for this game, not even gonna try it due to control scheme.
I'm a wheel guy (in car view also) and I could live with using a gamepad, but mouse and keyboard?! Personally I'm not sure who their target audience is- certainly not a serious racer as suggested in the description. In your review, you recommended this to people that don't have any racing games, but I would doubt that a bad game would turn anyone into a racing fan. My 1st racer was 'Pole Position', and at the time it was fantastic. To this day I can't get enough racing. If I hated that first experience, I would probably be watching football on Sundays instead. LOL I'm about 1/10th finished working on a racing title of my own.
It has 3 cars and 2 tracks, but the environments are way more detailed and I have gamepad control, so my thought is that this seems incomplete.Moderator comment.Hi D I already have Shift 2, got it on pre-order before it was released. Yes it is a brilliant game.
What i like about it is (as with the first /shift) was the ability to tweak the game with your first race so that it would set the rest of the game up to be reasonably challenging without being impossibly hard. When i play Race 07, i rarly get in the top 5, but with the two shift gmes i can win or get good placings becasue of the way the game is set up.As for your opinion about suggestion this is okay for first time racers, Good point, I never thought of it in those terms previously; you are quite right. I'd actually suggest they try some of the games found in the free games project, There are some created as adverts for specfic cars, but also games like the free Need for Speed: World, which I've linked to above in another post and Trackmania Nations can be a lot of fun.Is the game you are creating just a project for yourself or are you going to release it as a commercial or freeware title? I'd be happy to alpha and beta test it for you as I love racing games of all types.
#22Xpadder in the old freeware version doesnt recognize Win7 and is not working.Joy to Key does, I managed to win a Race.;-) but still i found the controls too sensible, means you steer a short time left and hit the left side with nearly 90 degrees.Sorry for my bad English, I`m german.My favourite Racing Games are still Trackmania and Gran Tourismo (PS1).Moderator comment.Thank you for your feedback Wiseblood. Good to know. I'll have to download Joy to Key, though if the response isn't going to be improved I may just delete this game.:(. Xpadder in the old freeware version doesnt recognize Win7 and is not working.Joy to Key does, I managed to win a Race.;-) but still i found the controls too sensible, means you steer a short time left and hit the left side with nearly 90 degrees.Sorry for my bad English, I`m german.My favourite Racing Games are still Trackmania and Gran Tourismo (PS1).Moderator comment.Thank you for your feedback Wiseblood. Good to know. I'll have to download Joy to Key, though if the response isn't going to be improved I may just delete this game.:(. #21I downloaded this game from MyPlayCity a few weeks ago, installed it and it turned out to be an 80% finished demo of a game called 'Insane' by Codemasters.
The same thing happened with a few other games from MyPlayCity. Not that the game (Insane) is bad - it's actually quite 'insane' in a positive sense - offroad racing galore. But it was annoying to download files of different sizes and names only to end up with the same thing. Now thanks to GGOTD I was able to see the game in its' full. Uhm, 'looks'.
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I think Whiterabbit's description of the graphics is quite generous. As a fan of racing games, I have a few ones that are older than this, but look much better (eg.
E-racer, Offroad 4x4, Total Immersion Racing to name just a handful).Keyboard steering is always horrible - not because of this game, but because of the way any system handles keystrokes. Try opening any editor (eg. Notepad) and holding a key down. It will type one letter, then there will be a break and then a long line of letters will pop up.
This is done to help avoid typos. In games it translates into underreacting and then overreacting by turning the wheel to the extreme. There used to be a program to change the delay after holding down a key, so if you have to play using keyboard you can try using it to eliminate the delay and have a direct link between how long you hold the key and how much the wheels turn (otherwise try pressing keys quickly many times to have any immediate reaction).For me a game has to allow the use of a joystick to be playable. Therefore my favorite part of today's giveaway is the link to JoyToKey (Thanks Dana).So thank you GGOTD for breaking the long chain of puzzles and platform games with something other than a helicopter/airplane shooter.
The more racing or rallying games the better. And if they got better than today's one, it would be great.Moderator Comment.Thank you for your feedback Joe.Yes you are right Offroad 4x4 is better than today's game( I'd say much better apart from the actual resolution which isn't as high as today's). The graphics are improved on the previous version of the game, ad for free it's okay, that said it's still missing a lot of detail. I have too many vehicle based games to menton, most of which (at least those released over the last six or so years) are better looking than this game.Just wondering whether keyboards with ghosting will enable better steering. I recently purchased a Razer Black Widow Ultimate Stealth that allows you to press up to six keys and each will work without interfering with the other.
(I've not installed it yet though). I cannot remember the steering being as bad as it felt today though. Every time I tried to corner just a quick press of a key would make the vehicle almost jump off the track. It made for a very poor performance and I wasn't able to win a single race.I have both Insane 1 and 2, love 'em both. I do like off road games. Fuel being my favorite due to its amazing graphics and wide range of vehicles.
Though I also love Rally games, with the Colin McRae games being my favorites. I wasn't too impressed with the latest dirt release, but it was oka. I much preferred Dirt and Dirt 2.I just installed the free Need for Speed: World earlier. Someone reminded me that it had been released for some time now. I though it was only multiplayer, which is what put me off installing it because I prefer to play singleplayer against an AI.
Thankfully it does have a singleplayer element; and is not to dissimilar to the Test Drive Unlimited series. I downloaded this game from MyPlayCity a few weeks ago, installed it and it turned out to be an 80% finished demo of a game called 'Insane' by Codemasters.
The same thing happened with a few other games from MyPlayCity. Not that the game (Insane) is bad - it's actually quite 'insane' in a positive sense - offroad racing galore.
But it was annoying to download files of different sizes and names only to end up with the same thing. Now thanks to GGOTD I was able to see the game in its' full. Uhm, 'looks'. I think Whiterabbit's description of the graphics is quite generous. As a fan of racing games, I have a few ones that are older than this, but look much better (eg. E-racer, Offroad 4x4, Total Immersion Racing to name just a handful).Keyboard steering is always horrible - not because of this game, but because of the way any system handles keystrokes.
Try opening any editor (eg. Notepad) and holding a key down. It will type one letter, then there will be a break and then a long line of letters will pop up. This is done to help avoid typos.
In games it translates into underreacting and then overreacting by turning the wheel to the extreme. There used to be a program to change the delay after holding down a key, so if you have to play using keyboard you can try using it to eliminate the delay and have a direct link between how long you hold the key and how much the wheels turn (otherwise try pressing keys quickly many times to have any immediate reaction).For me a game has to allow the use of a joystick to be playable. Therefore my favorite part of today's giveaway is the link to JoyToKey (Thanks Dana).So thank you GGOTD for breaking the long chain of puzzles and platform games with something other than a helicopter/airplane shooter.
The more racing or rallying games the better. And if they got better than today's one, it would be great.Moderator Comment.Thank you for your feedback Joe.Yes you are right Offroad 4x4 is better than today's game( I'd say much better apart from the actual resolution which isn't as high as today's). The graphics are improved on the previous version of the game, ad for free it's okay, that said it's still missing a lot of detail. I have too many vehicle based games to menton, most of which (at least those released over the last six or so years) are better looking than this game.Just wondering whether keyboards with ghosting will enable better steering. I recently purchased a Razer Black Widow Ultimate Stealth that allows you to press up to six keys and each will work without interfering with the other. (I've not installed it yet though). I cannot remember the steering being as bad as it felt today though.
Every time I tried to corner just a quick press of a key would make the vehicle almost jump off the track. It made for a very poor performance and I wasn't able to win a single race.I have both Insane 1 and 2, love 'em both.
I do like off road games. Fuel being my favorite due to its amazing graphics and wide range of vehicles. Though I also love Rally games, with the Colin McRae games being my favorites. I wasn't too impressed with the latest dirt release, but it was oka.
I much preferred Dirt and Dirt 2.I just installed the free Need for Speed: World earlier. Someone reminded me that it had been released for some time now.
I though it was only multiplayer, which is what put me off installing it because I prefer to play singleplayer against an AI. Thankfully it does have a singleplayer element; and is not to dissimilar to the Test Drive Unlimited series. #20I know it’s a game and my comment says nothing about the actual gameplay.But please take the time and look at the map on Wikipedia before and after the track of Hockenheim was changed. I’m not speaking about minor details (like tribunes or landsscape) to be recreated fully.
The track itself was changed tremendously. The famous Ostkurve was removed)And I’m not talking about resent changes, this all happened 10 years ago.Of course it’s ok to have invented tracks. But when you use existing ones, it should be the real thing.Moderator comment.Yes of course you are right. I wasn't meanng to be dismissive. I'd not moderated anything for nealry 5 hours so was trying to rush through each comment and answering on its merits. Thanks for the factual stuff. Personally I'd never have known because I don't follow most real life racing, much preferring the fantasy variety.:).
I know it’s a game and my comment says nothing about the actual gameplay.But please take the time and look at the map on Wikipedia before and after the track of Hockenheim was changed. I’m not speaking about minor details (like tribunes or landsscape) to be recreated fully. The track itself was changed tremendously. The famous Ostkurve was removed)I’m not talking about resent changes, this all happened 10 years ago.Of course it’s ok to have invented tracks. But when you use existing ones, it should be the real thing.Moderator comment.Yes of course you are right.
I wasn't meanng to be dismissive. I'd not moderated anything for nealry 5 hours so was trying to rush through each comment and answering on its merits. Thanks for the factual stuff. Personally I'd never have known because I don't follow most real life racing, much preferring the fantasy variety.:). #18Installed quickly on Vista 64-bit, no problems.Menu options are simple and easy to use/understand.
Choosing the car, driver and track also easy and fun-ish. I like that the drivers had names and countries. If there was music, I didn't notice it, so either there's no music or it's not very good music.I did a few laps around one track before giving up. The controls are awful and the game seems really slow, no matter what the speedometer said.The graphics are okay, but the game does look dated. I don't mind them myself, but I've seen better graphics in those free flash games that are all over the internet. When good, simple games with decent graphics are less than a dime a dozen, I think game makers should be more aware of their graphics, especially if they're going to sell it. Dusting off a 4 year old game and putting it out today is an odd decision.
Hopefully they're looking for feedback for their 2012 edition.The controls are what made me quit and uninstall. I won't be playing the game anymore and the rest of this grumpy review goes on about the controls.Using the cursor keys to move is not comfortable. I know I did it in my Doom/Duke Nukem days, but my right hand has embraced mouse control and I can't go back. Maybe it's just me.I tried using the mouse to turn, but moving the mouse the complete length of my mouse pad barely moved the car at all, and two lengths still didn't turn me far enough to drive. And it was too slow to do it like that anyway, even if I wanted to. The cursor keys turned the car better, even if it was really loose and hard to control.Going around turns was hard to get the hang of, not that I got the hang of it. I didn't expect to be able to take turns at full speed, but just letting off the accelerator wasn't good enough.
The down-arrow brake didn't slow me down enough (or I didn't press it at the right time, or long enough, or too long) and I managed to flip the car using the spacebar handbrake. The game took almost 30 seconds trying to flip me over again, and while it was amusing, wasn't really good for the game.I would strongly recommend either improving the mouse control, or changing keyboard controls to WASD, which is pretty common today. Using Tab for boost (or anything, really) is odd when there are better keys closer to the fingers' resting position. I'd only use Tab if there were a lot of other control keys in the area (shift, control, etc) being used as well.
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Spacebar is fine for the handbrake.In conclusion, if I'd never ever played a computer game before, this would be okay. As it is, this game is really sub-par and in need of an overhaul. I don't think it would take much to get it closer to today's standard of cheap (or free) games.I was excited to see a racing game available for the GGAOTD and happy to try this one out. Thanks!.Moderator comment.Thank you for your excellent feedback. We've had some reasonable racing games in the past. One in particular stands out from the crowd, but I can't remember its name offhand. I still have a copy backed up.
It's based on.ah just remembered. It was called Trabi Racer, based on the Polish budget car and has become something of a cut classic over there.
It had reasonable control and reasonable graphics for the time it was released (I think back in late 2007). Installed quickly on Vista 64-bit, no problems.Menu options are simple and easy to use/understand.
Choosing the car, driver and track also easy and fun-ish. I like that the drivers had names and countries. If there was music, I didn't notice it, so either there's no music or it's not very good music.I did a few laps around one track before giving up. The controls are awful and the game seems really slow, no matter what the speedometer said.The graphics are okay, but the game does look dated. I don't mind them myself, but I've seen better graphics in those free flash games that are all over the internet.
When good, simple games with decent graphics are less than a dime a dozen, I think game makers should be more aware of their graphics, especially if they're going to sell it. Dusting off a 4 year old game and putting it out today is an odd decision. Hopefully they're looking for feedback for their 2012 edition.The controls are what made me quit and uninstall.
I won't be playing the game anymore and the rest of this grumpy review goes on about the controls.Using the cursor keys to move is not comfortable. I know I did it in my Doom/Duke Nukem days, but my right hand has embraced mouse control and I can't go back.
Maybe it's just me.I tried using the mouse to turn, but moving the mouse the complete length of my mouse pad barely moved the car at all, and two lengths still didn't turn me far enough to drive. And it was too slow to do it like that anyway, even if I wanted to. The cursor keys turned the car better, even if it was really loose and hard to control.Going around turns was hard to get the hang of, not that I got the hang of it. I didn't expect to be able to take turns at full speed, but just letting off the accelerator wasn't good enough. The down-arrow brake didn't slow me down enough (or I didn't press it at the right time, or long enough, or too long) and I managed to flip the car using the spacebar handbrake.
The game took almost 30 seconds trying to flip me over again, and while it was amusing, wasn't really good for the game.I would strongly recommend either improving the mouse control, or changing keyboard controls to WASD, which is pretty common today. Using Tab for boost (or anything, really) is odd when there are better keys closer to the fingers' resting position. I'd only use Tab if there were a lot of other control keys in the area (shift, control, etc) being used as well. Spacebar is fine for the handbrake.In conclusion, if I'd never ever played a computer game before, this would be okay. As it is, this game is really sub-par and in need of an overhaul. I don't think it would take much to get it closer to today's standard of cheap (or free) games.I was excited to see a racing game available for the GGAOTD and happy to try this one out.
Thanks!.Moderator comment.Thank you for your excellent feedback. We've had some reasonable racing games in the past. One in particular stands out from the crowd, but I can't remember its name offhand. I still have a copy backed up. It's based on.ah just remembered. It was called Trabi Racer, based on the Polish budget car and has become something of a cut classic over there. It had reasonable control and reasonable graphics for the time it was released (I think back in late 2007).
#14First let me give you my rating of 3 out of 5. Now let me explain why.The camera views were not much different between each other, however, I did prefer camera view F4.
When I attempted to use F7, however, it took forever to see who was behind you and then you could easily run into a wall or the grass giving the computer the advantage. Very disappointing as there should be a quick back view for seeing where the competition is.I could not easily see where to change cars or teams as seen above. Perhaps this could be made more obvious on the main menu?I do not seem to be earning money to upgrade cars or another reason to continue to play. Just winning a race or championship makes this a one time play.However, one major good point for this game is that it WAS fun at first because of the lack of glitches in this game. The graphics were okay for 2008. First let me give you my rating of 3 out of 5.
Now let me explain why.The camera views were not much different between each other, however, I did prefer camera view F4. When I attempted to use F7, however, it took forever to see who was behind you and then you could easily run into a wall or the grass giving the computer the advantage. Very disappointing as there should be a quick back view for seeing where the competition is.I could not easily see where to change cars or teams as seen above. Perhaps this could be made more obvious on the main menu?I do not seem to be earning money to upgrade cars or another reason to continue to play.
Just winning a race or championship makes this a one time play.However, one major good point for this game is that it WAS fun at first because of the lack of glitches in this game. The graphics were okay for 2008. #11btw, sat said:Hello,For my part, despite an improved graphics compared to the previous version, the program still suffers from the same problems:- Orders are desperately short of inertia (turns)- The behavior of vehicles is often aberrant.Moderator Comment.Thank you for your feedback bm. The developer has improved the game prior to giving it away previously. Lets hope the movement can be improved.
I'm off to play some Need for Speed Undercover (one of my favorite NFS titles). I love the open world aspect, then I'll jump into Test Drive Unlimited 2 and maybe if there's time Burnout Paradise City. All three games have great handling and gorgeous graphics (though I was disappointed with TDU2 becasue of the lockouts).
Btw, sat said:Hello,For my part, despite an improved graphics compared to the previous version, the program still suffers from the same problems:- Orders are desperately short of inertia (turns)- The behavior of vehicles is often aberrant.Moderator Comment.Thank you for your feedback bm. The developer has improved the game prior to giving it away previously. Lets hope the movement can be improved. I'm off to play some Need for Speed Undercover (one of my favorite NFS titles). I love the open world aspect, then I'll jump into Test Drive Unlimited 2 and maybe if there's time Burnout Paradise City. All three games have great handling and gorgeous graphics (though I was disappointed with TDU2 becasue of the lockouts).
#6Good morning:)A program that maps cursor keys to a gamepad is called Joy to Key. It's available for download on cnet.com, but here's a link to the main page (if I may post that here).I've used it for quite a while now. Not sure of any alternatives as this was the only software I could find at the time when I wanted such.As for today's game, I'm not keen on racing games - puzzle girl ftw! Have a great day folks. ^^.Moderator comment.Thank you Dana.
Good morning:)A program that maps cursor keys to a gamepad is called Joy to Key. It's available for download on cnet.com, but here's a link to the main page (if I may post that here).used it for quite a while now. Not sure of any alternatives as this was the only software I could find at the time when I wanted such.As for today's game, I'm not keen on racing games - puzzle girl ftw! Have a great day folks. ^^.Moderator comment.Thank you Dana. #3Nice Graphics but absolutely hard to control with the cursor-keys.
Can someone recommend a tool for mapping the cursor keys to a Gamepad?Thanks to Mr. Whabbit, as always, for his info.Moderator Comment.There is a conversion program, which was freeware, but last year they decided to start charging for the latest versions. I think you can still find earlier versions on sites like Softonic, but for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the program. It's been mentioned here in these forums previously. In fact I bet if you follow the links to the two previous giveaways (in the installation section of my review), you may find that someone has mentioned the program, but I can't be sure.I'm sure one of our community members will remember the programs name.:)Thankfully some community members have responded with two different programs. The first one X-Padder is a commercial program now, but you may still find freeware versions; just be careful where you download it from. The other one mentioned by Dana is Joy to key.
You'll find links below.:). Nice Graphics but absolutely hard to control with the cursor-keys. Can someone recommend a tool for mapping the cursor keys to a Gamepad?Thanks to Mr. Whabbit, as always, for his info.Moderator Comment.There is a conversion program, which was freeware, but last year they decided to start charging for the latest versions. I think you can still find earlier versions on sites like Softonic, but for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the program. It's been mentioned here in these forums previously. In fact I bet if you follow the links to the two previous giveaways (in the installation section of my review), you may find that someone has mentioned the program, but I can't be sure.I'm sure one of our community members will remember the programs name.:)Thankfully some community members have responded with two different programs.
The first one X-Padder is a commercial program now, but you may still find freeware versions; just be careful where you download it from. The other one mentioned by Dana is Joy to key.
You'll find links below.:). #2Found it @ Softonic for $1.75-but I wouldn't download anything from Softonic,because they want to install a toolbar with their downloads,plus,this game is NOT Compatible with Win7.Plus, whiterabbit gave it a 4.5.Thanks for the honest appraisal whiterabbit,and the other game links!!!! Hey whiterabbit-Which racing games would you rate the best?Also, looking for Best Sniper/Long range shooting game.but need Win7 compatible. Thanks for any and all info!!!.Moderator comment.Hi vanierstein, my score of 4.5 is related to the fact that I'm a bit of an aficionado on racing games, owning more or less all of the racing games released over the past several years and beyond for the PC (I don't own any consoles apart from a Wii as I've always thought they were unecessary, plus some of the games I like such as FPS and Strategy games do not play as well on consoles as they are keyboard oriented. (That said there are several console games I'd love to play such as Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption and Gran Turismo 5 plus more, so when the new generation of consoles are released next year I may buy one of the present consoles as they will be selling them dirt cheap).If you don't own any acing games I'd consider at least trying the game.
The download size isn't very large for a racing game. Found it @ Softonic for $1.75-but I wouldn't download anything from Softonic,because they want to install a toolbar with their downloads,plus,this game is NOT Compatible with Win7.Plus, whiterabbit gave it a 4.5.Thanks for the honest appraisal whiterabbit,and the other game links!!!! Hey whiterabbit-Which racing games would you rate the best?Also, looking for Best Sniper/Long range shooting game.but need Win7 compatible. Thanks for any and all info!!!.Moderator comment.Hi vanierstein, my score of 4.5 is related to the fact that I'm a bit of an aficionado on racing games, owning more or less all of the racing games released over the past several years and beyond for the PC (I don't own any consoles apart from a Wii as I've always thought they were unecessary, plus some of the games I like such as FPS and Strategy games do not play as well on consoles as they are keyboard oriented.
(That said there are several console games I'd love to play such as Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption and Gran Turismo 5 plus more, so when the new generation of consoles are released next year I may buy one of the present consoles as they will be selling them dirt cheap).If you don't own any acing games I'd consider at least trying the game. The download size isn't very large for a racing game.