Aviation history buffs, WWII experts and aviation video game enthusiasts will appreciate a new game available for free: War Thunder, a great video game for Windows PC with 3D graphics. War Thunder is an online multiplayer game that focuses on the war between WWII air fleets, with battles both against the computer and against other players.
In War Thunder you go to fight with real players from all over the world in massive historical battles, entering a very detailed and personalized experience, providing more than 100 models of planes with precisely rebuilt airports, dozens of upgradable weapons and flight that can be refined and improved with each mission.
Compared to other games set in World War II, War Thunder specializes in air combat .
There are several game modes:
The basic mode in which players can gain experience, unlock new planes, and improve the skills of crew members.
The 4-player cooperative mode can influence the course of the war by changing the story.
There are also standalone missions, a historical campaign where you can play alone and, for those who feel creative, there is a creator of missions to paint the picture yourself.
The sandbox is a way to test all available planes, to play combat modes and to create closed games with specific rules and limits.
With each game mode, you can continue to advance and unlock new aircraft and skills.
The game features a detailed and complex damage system.
Even a single, well-aimed machine gunshot can damage some critical aeronautical components or ruin the aerodynamics of an airplane.
For example, you can shoot the pilot or fuel tanks that are unprotected and tend to burn or even explode when hit.
In addition to the well-balanced and convincing gameplay, War Thunder's attention to detail is impressive and evident in the variety of 100 and more aircraft available .
Some planes are faithfully rebuilt and have actually been used in the war, so history buffs will be satisfied with this aspect.
Some of the details of the cockpits are perfect and put the player in a realistic environment with really good and scalable graphics.
The game should also work on low-end laptops although there is no news on the minimum requirements, but they should not be too heavy (although the download of the game can be really long).
At the moment, WarThunder allows you to play with more than 100 WWII aircraft models, including aircraft from the United States, the United Kingdom, the USSR, Germany, Japan, Australia and Italy.
Aircraft are divided into the following classes :
- Fighters: fast and easy to handle, designed for air-to-air combat, ground attacks and bombs.
- Ground attackers to attack ground targets such as tanks, armored trains, enemy infantry units.
- Bombers to drop bombs during the flight.
- Torpedo bombers who must reduce altitude and speed before launching their weapons.
War Thunder has a wide variety of flexible and easy-to-use control settings, in order to offer a realistic feeling of flight for players of all kinds, both those experienced in flight simulators, and those who want to play more than shooting. to fly.
You can play with mouse and keyboard, joystick, gamepad or other devices to drive planes.
There are different types of views : Cockpit view for more experienced players with the cockpit, bomb view (to aim the target well), gunner (with automatic guidance and only to shoot) and third person view, from behind, ideal for beginners.
Sound, graphics and gameplay are above average and since you can play War Thunder for free, I really recommend trying it also because it is a lot of fun.
Here the video trailer while on the official website of War Thunder you can register by pressing the top button Play For Free and start downloading the game .
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