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Here's the biggest problem with BOP and Wings of Prey - rigid gameplay.

You are stuck with what the developer thinks is fun for online play scenarios.

In fact, if you want to require players to take off and land in online games in WOP, you have to play to "capture the base" mode. Otherwise, the game modes are airstart only.

Compare this to IL2 1946 where just about any setting/requirement can be adjusted and any scenario can be designed for online play. Basically with 1946 - the sim pilot decides what type of game experience he/she wants online because you can tweak it to your definition of fun.

With WOP, you get the game modes that come with the game and that's it. You also have no options for custom skins. Really, WOP will be a console game for the PC. Just like MW2 is a dumbed down console game for PC.

If you don't like the console game business model forced into your PC gaming experience, I would suggest avoiding games like MW2 and WOP.