14 DAY TRIAL // IL-2 Sturmovik is probably one of the best combat flight simulators that depict the raw, instinctual World War II aerial dogfights. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey's publishers 1C Company and 505 Games have brought the amazing game to the PSP Go, and it is available for download through the PlayStation Portable Portal, priced at €39.99. Birds of Prey is one of the first titles to support the PSP Go platform.
The SME Dynamic Systems LTD the game uses can put to good use the graphical capabilities of the PSP and recreate the title in a format that gamers will find to bear incredible similarities to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of IL-2. The single player campaign of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey will have players soar through the skies in 30 different missions, spread across six major World War II battlefields. This PSP Go version of the game will offer an arsenal of 14 playable airplanes and a total of 30 flying machine types are to be found in the air. The campaign is a non-linear one, with players being able to select the mission they please and play through them as they unlock the new ones.
The game received great reviews since its early September release and was greatly cheered by players. But, if everyone agreed that the game itself was a true masterpiece that brought honor to the series, which now hold three titles, huge discontent was also present since the game wasn't released on the PC. With its roots well planted in the Windows OS, not all IL-2 Sturmovik fans could enjoy the game and many of those that could still accused developers and publishers for not releasing the game on its original platform.
The combat simulator boasted great accomplishments in the graphical department as well as in the gameplay related one. The advanced engine allows players to enjoy a high level of detail of the WWII battles, with graphics depicting the savage aerial clashes as well as the ground ones. Real-time damage brought to the planes as well as the one inflicted on their adversaries or fellows in flight can be seen as up to 300 “war-birds” battle over supremacy in the sky.