When people ask me which flight simulator I recommend to anyone who wants something deeper than arcade flying but still incredibly rewarding, my answer is almost always IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles. I’ve spent countless evenings jumping between relaxing training flights and absolutely chaotic multiplayer battles where one tiny mistake meant a burning aircraft and another…
When I first launched the Commander Career Mode in IL-2 Series: Korea, I expected something similar to the old career systems from previous IL-2 games. I figured I’d receive a mission, climb into the cockpit, shoot down a few enemy aircraft, land, and repeat. After a few hours, I realized I had completely underestimated what…
The first time I loaded into Korea: IL-2 Series, I immediately realized this wasn’t simply another expansion built on familiar ideas. After spending years flying everything from IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles and DCS World to Microsoft Flight Simulator for civilian flying and even lighter combat simulators like War Thunder, I could tell within a few…
