BOMB: Who let the dogfight?

I want to love this game, but can't. The initial airplane is such a lumbering dog and no fun to fly or fight in at all and the missions have too many sections with no mid-game saving that I've never made it past the third mission. I was so excited to see a Crimson Skies inspired game, but BOMB just doesn't cut it for me. Maybe later planes are good, but I've nver got that far. As a minor note the game text is full of typos and the UI is really basic and unfriendly, but I know the team are small and are trying their best, so it pains me to not recommend this game, but I just don't enjoy it. :(

feels a lot like the original il-2 sturmovik in skirmish mode, allowing you to set ground and air targets to rapidly create combat scenarios. Loadout, physics and handling are a lot like that game also. I love DCS and il2:BOS and this is an 'acid' simplified version of that. It's not an arcade flight model or damage model and so I can see why some people feel unempowered by it. Personally I hate the sort of arcade 'sim'lites where the player destroys hundreds of arcade enemies. AI is very good, graphics are beautiful and the planes feel heavy and (to me) engaging, looking like WW2 pod racers/wachy racers. A great game if you want a beautiful wacky/ porco rosso version of il2's skirmish mode. I'll update with my thoughts on the campaign later. Also runs well in DX9 on a GTX260 - which is impressive to me. Such a pity people have been so negative.

Forgot to review it, as it was so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible, so here it is, it's terribly buggy.

I'm really liking this game, I just wish you could be a pig in a red hidroplane instead of a frog in a blue one. [list] [*] Nice models (hidroplanes, zeppelines and planes) [*] Nice visual style [*] Fun, but not too impressive story (cartoony) [*] Not a simulator, but the planes "feel" heavy (it simulates physics, just not terribly realistic). [*] Plays Ok with a game pad (I guess it'll play better with a stick) [/list]

Bomb is a very cool dogfighting game with a unique challenge. I love the fact that they dont baby you through shooting at enemies, like giving you a little pointer telling you exactly where to shoot. I would also like to point out that some of the bad reviews have less than an hour of game time, which is when you have the first crappy plane in the story. You need to invest about 2 hours to get the next plane, less if you are especially skilled. The next plane is far better and way more fun to fly with, and is needed to keep up with the advancing diffuculty in the story, which has some fairly charming characters. The one thing that makes me laugh so hard but also bugs me slightly is when the AI tries to avoid you and miscalculates a maneuver and crashes into the ground. this happens more often than I would like to admit, but this only happens when there are large amounts of enemies. the AI could use a slight upgrade, but the game already is diffucult, so maybe not.

Will this be the moment where I find a new favorite pastime, quit my day job, and dedicate my life to becoming a world-class pilot? Well, if that is my purpose in life, BOMB did not awaken my inner aviator. Join me while I play the first part of this game so you can understand why my excitement never lifted off and soared through the skies. https://youtu.be/AC5tuZwsGzw

BOMB is a fun little game that doesn't take itself too seriously. Don't expect a flight sim, just a simple, but satisfying arcade game. The Campaign is cool, and it can be pretty funny at times.

I am sorry that I cannot recommend this game. ALthough some people seem to be able to play OK, I was plagued with controller issues. I tried with both a joystick (Sidewinder FF2) and a gamepad (xbox 360). After several tries I was finally able to bind the pitch, roll, yaw, and thrust axes to the joystick, but I was still not able to control the plane. For instance, sometimes it would start out OK, but then it would start to dive and pulling the stick all the way back would only level the plane but it wold not climb. Afer a half hour of this frustration I gave up and requested a refund. I liked the concept of the game and had looked forward to getting it for a couple of years, so I was disapponted that I nver got it to work.

Being a pilot myself I love this game. The physics are sound but not so over the top as to scare people away. Years ago I enjoyed playing Crimson Skies and am looking forward to playing this all the way through. I did have some issues initially getting this game to run on my system but the game's tech support team gave me a direct fix quickly and now the game playes great. I recomend this to anyone who is interested in flying, dogfighting and barn storming.

My written review can be found here: http://constantlycalibrating.com/a-drunk-with-an-airplane-the-bomb-who-let-the-dogfight-review/