First impressions post

[Steiner]

This game demo looks beautiful, it handles very well with the Ace Edge HOTAS and the cockpit view is fantastic.
I really like the first person (on the nose) HUD view, it's perfect and the view I'm most comfortable with at the moment.
I'm gonna go preorder BoP today at GameStop so I can get a T-Shirt.

[dandymountfarto]

so...is anyone missing the redouts and blackouts then ;-D

i think the demo is good value - lets you get a taste for aerial and air-ground combat, try out all the settings. my only gripe is the free look control, i find it a bit awkward keeping the stick clicked down and trying to look about but im hoping to have a flightstick by the time of the full release so hopefully wont have to worry about it anymore!

cant get over how beautiful it all looks with a minimum of frame rate drop even at low level - the ardennes forest looks so atmospheric.

roll on sept 4th - will be a day to remember!

[DH1979]

You Xbox owners are so lucky man. Enjoy. No news on PSN demo yet, fingers X.

[SleepTrgt]

Can anyone explane me more about the trimming and the flaps?

[loopdreams]

Trimming seems to work by holding an attitude with the stick and then hitting the button to trim the plane to that attitude. Flaps I haven't fully figured out as I had one attempt at landing so far and crashed but I imagine that they work how they should, lower the planes stall speed so you can land more slowly.

[loopdreams]

First impressions are that it's lovely, everything I was hoping for. However unless I'm being a big thicky and not seeing the option to change it then it is almost completely unplayable for me without a flightstick. I'm too used to the primary flight controls being on the right with throttle and rudder on the left. Both from most other games I have played as well as twenty odd years of flying RC with a transmitter in that configuration. Even most flightsticks put the throttle in your left hand and I'm slightly confused as to why the reverse configuration is the default or only one available.

[Skii]

Overall I'm very impressed. Visually it is absolutely stunning - the landscape and the sheer number of buildings is amazing, the detail is hard to believe, it is pretty much everything I wanted it to be, and what I suspected.

After playing through the tutorials I was able to unock the other difficulty modes which made shooting Heinkels a tiny bit more difficult (with 20mm cannons )

Controlling the aircraft and the views I found very frustrating, after playing the demo the first thing I definately need to get in preparation for the whole game is a decent joystick. The left stick control is very sensitive and extremely hard to correctly apply the right pressure for a smooth turn, particularly in simulation mode, the right stick controls rudder and throttle, however pressing the right stick down controls the view which I found extremely fiddly and un-natural, maintaining pressure on the right stick to look around is uncomfortable at best and I'm not happy with it at all.

I noticed there was no damage/bullet striking effects when I fired at the ground as well.

Couldn't find an airstrip to practice landing but I suspect I'm in for a very frustrating time trying to do it with the Xbox controller!

[Saturat]

I'm stuck at work, keep the impressions coming guys .-)
Anyone tried this with the Aviator? is it working well?

[Smudgyboy]

Originally Posted by loopdreams

First impressions are that it's lovely, everything I was hoping for. However unless I'm being a big thicky and not seeing the option to change it then it is almost completely unplayable for me without a flightstick. I'm too used to the primary flight controls being on the right with throttle and rudder on the left. Both from most other games I have played as well as twenty odd years of flying RC with a transmitter in that configuration. Even most flightsticks put the throttle in your left hand and I'm slightly confused as to why the reverse configuration is the default or only one available.

That's bad news for me as well if you can't change the config, I've been flying RC planks and helis, may have to turn the PS3 pad up side down and reverse all the settings!

..roll on PS3 PLEASE!