Threw my controller in rage.
posted by Zeplin (EL PASO, TX) Sep 23, 2009
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This is my first review ever. But this game left me so angry, I felt compelled to help others avoid this.
Heroes Over Europe or HOE, is another WWII fighter Sim. What set this one apart from the others are the little things; like not being able to change your view. Yep you have two views the entire game, and that’s 3rd person., (Or 3rd plane, but whatever) and zoom. I don't really think that Zoom is a view but I’ll just put it in here. You can’t adjust the camera out or in to get it perfect. No, you are stuck in 3rd person. No cockpit or nose cam.
Another great feature that they added is what the call "Ace Kill". Basically when you keep the crosshairs on a plane for a few seconds a meter starts to fill up and when it does you have a chance to "Ace Kill" your enemy. It works alright but with the time and precision that is needed I just stopped using it because you can usually down the enemy fighter faster without it.
And to the best part of this game. In every single mission but one, there were enemy fighters on my tail shooting me to pieces. And since the game is so objective based if your mission is to kill the bombers and you have, there can still be fighter planes shooting you up. But they are not the mission so you can’t lock on to them to shoot them down. The game is so fast paced that you don’t have time to do aerial attacks correctly. Like attacking bombers from the bottom or the top to avoid their guns. There is not enough time. You will fail the overall mission and have to start over.
I know this was confusing to read. I hope you understood the overall rage that I felt playing this game. And if you like to cry and shake with anger when you play video games, well by all means this is your game. I won’t comment on the good portions of the game. Because I can’t remember them.
Thank you Gamefly, I would have lost hope in all that is good if I had bought this. But you saved me.
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