WorthPlaying - Birds of Steel Review

This console generation has seen a good number of flight combat games. From the antiquated stuff of Red Baron to the slightly futuristic fare of Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2, a good deal of them are arcade flight games, where technical details give way to white-knuckle aerial action. The flight simulation game remains the domain of the PC and its myriad of flight sticks and pedals, though we have seen a few attempts to port this to the console world in the form of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey and Apache: Air Assault, both titles courtesy of Gaijin Entertainment. Not content with its offerings thus far, the Russian development house has returned to the World War II setting with Birds of Steel, a flight game that pleases both camps, even if it leans toward the simulation side. 8/10