What would be a good flight-based combat game to play on PC? I was thinking about buying a flight stick for my HTPC. I'd like for it to be more realistic than arcade like. Dogfighting and bombing both would be nice.

http://warthunder.com/

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He did say "more realistic than arcade-like" and with a joystick... WT is fun but arcade+historical or whatever don't fit that mold, especially if you want to use a joystick. I mean you could try playing full realism mode all day but no one in that game really plays it.

Any thoughts on other options?

Also, I have no desire to play online. I just want to firebomb places and shoot down mo****as with impunity.

I dont think there are many of those games out there any more :(

Joystick works wonderful and battlefield 3 and 4, and they both have insane air gameplay, but its online only for air shit.

I looked into these games not too long ago because I felt the itch, used to play them a lot when I was younger. Unfortunately, the genre of game just isn't all that popular and not many decent games are made. The last game that got pretty decent reviews I saw was Falcon 4.0: Allied Force, which was released in 2005, but I never did end up buying it. It has a single player campaign and everything, not sure how extensive it is though.

People love to shit on that game for some reason. I just dont get it. I love the gameplay. If I had one complaint, it was the narrative of "OMG, I had to kill a guy, I am so torn." Then the very next thing is you have to slaughter a dozen or so bad guys with no problem.

The hair physics makes my 770 chug. :(

I laughed a few times looking at her hair in that game. A couple times I saw it sticking straight up like she was falling when I was simply crouching around behind walls.

really? everywehre i have looked everyone had loved the game. the only complaint i heard was the QTE's, but so far thats a minor minor part of the game. Lara Croft going around with a bow headshotting people? This is just fun lol Graphics are some of the best i seen. I have a 760 and i can run everything on ultra with no lag whatsoever.

I have a GTX 570 and can play Tomb Raider on high just fine :-/

ok, alot deeper into the game now, whoever hates this game, just hates games! lol The Bow and Arrow play is so ****ing fun, blowing up drums or oil lamps and burning guys to death! lol Pure badassness. (Tomb Raider is what im referring too)

Try running it with TressFX on for her hair and watch the close ups in cutscenes. That is the only time I get stuttering. normal gameplay is just fine. if i put her hair on high or whatever using the other physics engine, it runs perfect.

the common complaints i have seen for the game:

qte's (push a button and watch a movie)
the story
the port was a mess when first released
without a controller, the controls are a mess.


I, on the other hand, love the game.

My main gripe with that game was there wasn't much actual tomb exploration and puzzle solving.

Yep, TressFX or whatever its called slows the game down alot. Crazy its just for Hair effects. at least thats what it says on the options.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/258970/

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Anyone going to get the gauntlet game that comes out on tuesday? i wanna play with folks, this shit looks like it can be awesome! old school. I remember being like 7 years old going to the liquor store to play with 2 dollars in quarters! lol.