War Thunder

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June 2014

This is a PC game that is also free on PS4. Basically, you pilot a World War 2 era fighter plane and play against another team in a multiplayer match. You are actually trying to take out the opposing team's ground troops, but their planes try to repel you from doing so. At the same time you try to defend your own ground troops.

I thought this game was pretty fun, but I've only really played against people much better than me. Though the matches are set for 15 minutes, good teams were able to win the match in about 2 minutes. When I played it, the game was still technically in it's beta phase, so maybe some of these issues will be ironed out.

There is a reason I was not born in the 1920's.

Ooh, I'm gonna get this guy!	Headed into battle.	You can change to the cockpit view for a more realistic experience.
	Each plane has a different interior.
You can also switch the view so that the camera is at the front of the plane.		All that's left of my pathetic attempts.
Yikes! I'm getting shot at from the side!		Uh, stop shooting at me!
Oh, the humanity!
This does not bode well . . .	This does not bode well, either.
Shot to pieces.	Don't worry - I'll level out before it's too late. I hope.