You’re climbing as you watch your altitude meter to 16,000 feet. Your twin engine craft makes the climb easily as you level out over the Atlantic even with your heavy load of 1000lb bombs. Suddenly your right engine bursts into flames from a torrent of fire from your left. You have a number of important decisions to make at this point. Do you take the position of your rear guner and vanquish your adversary? Do you have faith in your crew members and soldier on to the enemy’s airfield to deliver your payload? Or do you limp back to base with one engine and go at it again?
These are only a few decisive decisions you must make as you battle through the skies in war thunder. The options are virtually endless. You can take the battle to the fighters that pester your bombers in a vast array of ww2 and post ww2 planes. The game currently has 5 countries being the main powers of ww2. Germany (including Italy), Great Britain, America, Japan and Russia.
This game is free to play. Yes thats right free. the magic word. F-A-R-EEE! Contrary to popular opinion this doesn’t mean the game is pay-to-win. The game works off a series of levels that means the player cannot pilot x plane until he/she reaches level y. Planes do need to be purchased. However this is not a problem as you earn currency based on your performance in games from kills/assists/hits etc; called lions. Alternatively you start with 250 “eagles” the premium currency anyway.
War thunder also gives the player the ability to heavily customize their planes. From flashy decals to devastating weapons. Decals are free and earned from achievements in game, where additional slots can be purchased for these decals (you start with 2 anyway). Weapons are different for every plane but I have found the cost to be minuscule (its in-game currency anyway)
I would thoroughly recommend this game to all. War Thunder is an MMO combat game dedicated to World War II military aviation, armored vehicles, and fleets. You will take part in all of the major combat battles, fighting with real players all over the world.
8.5/10
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