IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Trailer Shows Multiplayer Serious Business

by Alice O'Connor, Aug 07, 2009 8:36am PDT

Gaijin Entertainment has detailed the multiplayer modes in its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, and released an overly-dramatic trailer.

Alongside customary deathmatch, team deathmatch and capture and hold offerings is Strike, where teams try to destroy the enemy's ground troops while defending their own.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is slated for release on September 15, with DS and PSP versions arriving too. A two-mission campaign demo is currently available on Xbox Live.

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Tried the demo on live, after playing IL2 from the first game and through all it's PC iterations I found the game only truly playable and enjoyable on the easiest arcade settings. The limited controls and simplified GUI simply made flying in cockpit or on any more challenging difficulties an impossibility. Maybe I'm just too new to the 360 controller, but I found that even the slightest tug on the left analogue stick would send the P51 featured in the demo into a spin/stall.

Either way, not impressed enough with the demo to buy it, but it has made me consider Blazing angels, at least it has co-op I could convince the fiancée to have a go at.

Aug 07, 2009 8:57am PDT

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Tried the demo on live, after playing IL2 from the first game and through all it's PC iterations I found ... : zooolander
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  I got the Saitek Aviator flight stick and it makes a HUGE difference when playing IL-2 on consoles. Now ... : Snake&Crane
  - Dude, that is the same flight stick i got. Love it. looks great too. : scar1999
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  I don't know why you would not be impressed with that demo. I have put hours and hours into that demo alo... : Ksey17
  - it's really hard to type on this laptop without hitting twenty keys with one finger. See also "optiondis" : Ksey17

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Wow. All the numbers in this video sound so disappointing to anyone who has played the PC versions.

Aug 07, 2009 9:37pm PDT

Wow. All the numbers in this video sound so disappointing to anyone who has played the PC versions. : Stucky_101

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I've probably put more time into IL2 multiplayer than I have any other non-MMO multiplayer game. I fucking love it. It never gets old. It takes so much more thought than an FPS, even though it kind of plays like a 3D FPS map (Most servers are just team death match dogfights).

But... just 16 people in this? I hope the maps are smaller or make people concentrate into a smaller area. Maps in IL2 feel empty when it drops that low, to the point I quit playing even.

Aug 07, 2009 8:58am PDT

I've probably put more time into IL2 multiplayer than I have any other non-MMO multiplayer game. I fucki... : valael

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