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« on: October 21, 2004, 04:58:31 AM » |
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I loved Crimson Skies and am interested in picking up another. Wings of War got pretty good reviews lately and is only $20. Secret Weapons Over Normandy came out a while ago and is cheap too. Anyone played both before? I read in the SWON review that there is a "bullet time" feature? That seems like it would ruin the game. Thoughts?
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2004, 11:01:59 AM » |
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I have Wings of War and enjoy it quite a bit. I wrote up some impressions here that you can search for. It's a fun arcade shooter with some interesting planes. Zero multiplayer, however, so if you plan to play with a buddy it won't be the way to go.
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2004, 11:06:51 AM » |
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Wings of War all the way. It is superior in every way imaginable as far as I am concerned. By far the best ground graphics to date in any console flight game. To me any way. The missions are intense, varied, and have a gazillion objectives. The controls are quite nice as well.
SWON is mediocre at best to me. Inferior in every way I just mentioned. At that price point though you could eventually have them both some day, so, pick one, play it out, and grab the other if still interested.
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2004, 08:53:03 PM » |
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Great impressions Driver, thanks. Did you ultimately complete the game?
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2004, 10:16:54 PM » |
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I have both games. I finished SWON, but am just starting WoW. While agree with the above posts that WoW is a better game technically, SWoN in my mind has more atmosphere. The one thing that I really liked about SWON was the inclusion of exprimental planes. If you ever wanted to take on ME262s with an experimental US fighter, SWON should not be missed.
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2004, 10:17:56 PM » |
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SWON had multiplayer right? Was that any good?
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2004, 03:05:45 AM » |
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I have SWON, but have never played it. I had (past tense) Wings of War, and in my not-so-humble opinion, it blows.
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2004, 03:14:15 AM » |
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I tried playing some SWON at a friend's place on vacation recently, and I was not too impressed. I can't say how the single player is, but the multiplayer wasn't holding my attention at all.
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2004, 03:55:54 AM » |
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Great impressions Driver, thanks. Did you ultimately complete the game? I haven't, but I get at it every now and again. Lately I've been playing the ESPN games, but I very much like Wings of War. |
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