The US release date needs to be moved up 1 week it makes no sense at all for this

[JCofDI]

While that is true - you can look at a lot of videos of people playing IL-2 Birds of Prey and see that there's no stalling, unlimited ammo, planes exploding after 1 bullet grazes them, etc. It's not representative of how 99% of this forum will play it, true, but it's how the press is playing it and therefore how it will be relayed for the most part.

Heroes over Europe is a more arcade-style game, certainly - but the previous release of Heroes of the Pacific (which I thoroughly enjoyed) has already shown that it does arcade-style very well and with a great storytelling flair. BoP is unfortunately a newcomer to arcade WW2 flying. It's done an excellent job I think, but you still have to consider that most console gamers are going to take past experience into consideration a lot more than how much gravity the plane will be battling.