Customer Reviews

Heroes Over Europe

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Bottom line: if you liked Secret Weapons over Europe, Heroes of the Pacific, and Blazing Angels - then you'll like this game. It's more of the same - i.e. shoot down enough bombers before they make the red graph on the upper right hand side fill up. Here are the drawbacks: (1) some slowdown during the more intense battle sequences, (2) inability to customize aircraft - I really liked that feature from Blazing Angels 2, and (3) there are no wingmen to speak of - no one is coming to bail you out if an enemy is on your tail - again, another feature from Blazing Angels 2 that I liked. The biggest new addition they have is the "Ace Kill" - if you get close enough to an enemy for a few seconds you will get a closeup of the enemy plane. If you can hit the vital part of the enemy plane in a few seconds, you can destroy it with a single shot. The single player campaign is about the length of that for the other games, though the variety of missions didn't seem as good. Simply put, even without playing it, you've been down this road before. I personnally like these games so it was still a worthwile purchase for me.

To be fair, I haven't touched the single player yet, so this is strictly for multiplayer. I am ALWAYS up for a good dogfight. I had deep hopes that this game would offer more than the standard "fly in big loops until you line up a target play. Boy, does this deliver! Very tight controls mean that you can truly utilize your flying skills and the abilities of your aircraft in order to capture what it must have been like to blast at enemies in the air using these WW11 craft. Responsive, intense, fun modes (by yourself or team dogfights, dive bombing, hiding in the clouds, battle and war odes, there is all kinds of stuff to enjoy in multiplayer. Add to that a boatload of planes available right off the bat and we have a winner! This game is loads of fun online, it's probably going to be meaty in single player too. Maybe I'll write up another review once I've torn myself away from the amazing multiplayer component of the game.

Great one player game if you're a WW2 buff. I loved it. Some of it was pretty tuff so I had to put it on Rookie be able to beat that level. It's worth it with that low price.

This was easily as much fun as Crimson Skies, which is an Xbox legend, but with authentic WWII planes! Great fun and very addicting.

this game is very short, i thought it would be a bit longer, the controls were fairly easy to pick up on, and the graphics and action are both pretty good. it it was a bit longer and had different single player games other than just a campaign it would be a little more fun.

This game is alright, nothing special. It's fun for about an hour but after that you just have to grin and bear it. I haven't touched the multi-player yet so I can't comment on it. The single player campaign is very linear, which is fine, fly here shoot this down, do this do that. Very easy to follow, sometimes the objective is a bit obscured or too far away for you to get a way point but most of the time there isn't a problem.

I have little issue with the game itself, it is simple and straight forward, it's made well and it is fun the only things that I don't like are quite minor but for me make the game a 3 Star experience.

The missions are way too long, and unrealistic. Just me VS. Wave after wave of 109s and 111s, on most missions I have a kill rate of 60+!!!
The ACE KILL Feature is pretty much a waste of time unless you want a high number of Ace Kills...most of the time you can kill the enemy at about 1000 yards with little trouble, why get close???
Shooting static ground targets is harder than shooting moving aircraft!!!!
Selecting enemies seems to be random and you don't necessarily get the closest or the most important target.
Damage graphics are hilarious, my plane is on fire and I have holes the size of dinner plates in every inch of my wings but yet I still out-flying every single German fighter and bomber I come across. If the damage doesn't affect the aircraft's performance then why display it. It's just annoying!

Most of these things are just my own pet peeves. The game is good if a little simple. If you like flying and shooting down thousands of Nazis then buy this game. If you are looking for realism and challenge then don't buy this game. That's about it.

The controls in this version do not reflect actual flight at all. The throttle and rudder are both on the same little joystick on the right under the buttons on the controller and any slight, and I mean slight movement left or right when just trying to use the throttle sends the rudder one way or the other, and screws you up when trying to line up shots. Also some of the missions are just ridiculous. The second mission (first one after the training mission) you are supposed to shoot little mines out of the water to clear a path for ships to get through. Near impossible, and it never happened in real life which kind of takes away from the game for me. Wishing I had not wasted my money on this and bought something different now.

This game is a total dud.
Considering what a great game IL-2 is, I don't know what they were thinking....