I got IL2 on the PSP, and to save other forum members £13.99 here are the highlights on why not to get it:
Only exterior view. I only use exterior in PS3 version but on PSP the target cam has the worst flaw in any flying game I have played. You hold X button to lock camera on current target. This is fine if the enemy is in front of you but if its behind the camera pivots round the tale of your plane and you cant actually see your plane on screen. Many nose dives into the ground later I decided to not use the target cam. Without it you follow a huge onscreen red arrow to find target.
No rudder control. Ok I could live with this I guess but the analogue stick actually appears to be digital control. Smoothly move stick left or right and the aircraft flips left or right with no real gradual roll. So you spend the whole game doing snap turns in your ww2 aircraft.
No option to change controls other than invert the elevator controls
Southern England in summer 1940 appears to have been enveloped in some serious fog. Draw distance is not too bad but it looks naff compared to the bigger console versions.
On hurricane armed with rockets and mgs the left trigger fires mgs, the right trigger fires mgs. To fire rockets you press up or down on dpad to select them then press left or right trigger to fire. I know it would have been logical to put rockets or bombs on left trigger and mgs on right but this game appears to have been knocked up in a couple of afternoons.
Finally, hold both shoulder buttons for Autopilot. Yeah Autopilot! Engaging autopilot levels the plane off...very slowly. Pointless in the extreme.
I love BoP on PS3 but was seriously disappointed here
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