Nuclear Option

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The greatest military game i have ever played. I dont have much else to say about it.

This is a perfect blend of realism and arcade. Somewhere between DCS, Warthunder and Ace Combat. There is a somewhat steep learning curve, but once you get better at the various aspects of the game, it opens up in a beautiful way. There is an immense amount of depth to all the systems and the various aircraft. The game can be played solo, in a co-op pve and also in pvp. There's also custom games, a thriving workshop and modding community, and a genuinely friendly and fantastic community that's willing to teach and work with you. The session time also doesn't have to be measured in hours, unlike say in DCS. PVE matches I find are usually from 30 minutes to an hour. As far as input methods go, keyboard and mouse is fine, controller is fine, and a HOTAS is fine. I personally use a HOTAS, as I'm coming from a DCS background. That said, this game is a fantastic entrypoint into the flight sim genre, and no previous experience is required to have fun. Just sublime. Get it.

This game sat on my wishlist for a while, but quite frankly, it was Drewski's first video on the game that convinced me. I grabbed it in January '26 on sale for I think 25% off and I haven't looked back. To be clear, this game is not a hardcore milsim, but it is absolutely a blast and has a pretty high level of realism for the setting--two nations sharing an archipelago in the late 21st century using mid-21st century technology. You have a realistic fixed amount of hardpoints and weapons, so you will be RTB to rearm and refuel on a regular basis--no unlimited or outrageous ammo capacity. I work from home and my gaming and working space are the same. Despite the hassle, I sometimes even find myself jumping over to the gaming rig and pulling the hotas out of storage on a lunch break, if only to play a couple quick SEAD/DEAD solo runs on my favorite custom maps. The map editor takes a bit of getting used to, but it has a decent level of features and capabilities, and the developer is updating this actively. The variety of aircraft is excellent, and I don't see the creator slowing down the pace at which he adds new craft any time soon. There are also some "unofficial" mods that add the capability to add custom aircraft. Quite frankly, I find myself just running the vanilla game most of the time, although I do like to restrict aircraft to a given side if only to add some additional realism. I believe this also enhances the gameplay because it requires you to develop specific tactics to counter planes that you may not have access to. Kinda surprised I've racked up 400 hours already, considering I barely have time to game anymore, but it's been one of my go-tos this year. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys an excellent military flight simulator that gives you a map editor and the ability to play your custom creations with friends.

Equilibrio perfeito entre a casualidade de um Ace Combat com a complexidade de um DCS, é muito gostoso de jogar e, ao contrário de outros jogos, aqui a bomba atômica é real. Os modelos de vôo são muito bons, aerodinâmica e detalhe de destruição muito bem trabalhadas, perder uma parte da asa ou simplesmente um painel aerodinâmico é suficiente para mudar o comportamento da aeronave completamente, a AI não é nada burra e a depender da dificuldade pode te dar uma boa canseira em um Dogfight, no modo Escalada as bases inimigas são compostas por camadas com lançadores TEL, defesa de ponto CIWS, Manpads e SPAAG, não é só chegar, despejar várias bombas e sair, tem que haver planejamento. Aliás falando em bombas o bombardeiro estratégico Darkreach é um show, é lento e quase não manobra, mas carrega uma quantidade de bombas que fazem um B52 passar vergonha, além da vasta gama de mísseis, bombas burras e inteligentes e mísseis de cruzeiro (uma delas sendo nuclear). É uma jóia da Steam que merece estar em qualquer biblioteca de pessoas que curtem jogos de guerras.

I've only played 8 hours so far, honestly, it's great, the damage model on all the aircraft is awesome, I prefer PVE, want to come home after work and jump in and blow stuff up for a couple of hours

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