Quick Look: War Thunder

It's actually the one about the morality of dropping the atomic bombs, though he actually spends about 90% of it detailing the entire history of air warfare leading up to WWII. Pretty sure it's still on the free iTunes feed, or at least it was about a month ago.

People only find your opinion confusing, because there are many websites out there that cater to your interests. It doesn't make sense that you spend time on this one.

Time for another trip to Simi Valley

I don't see what's so confusing about it. I like some parts of the site, I don't like others. Simple as that.

@missacre: It's certainly fine if you don't like something. You absolutely have the right to that opinion and shouldn't be criticized for it.

The Giant Bomb guys have a history with flight sims and most of us here absolutely love the way they handle them. To someone just watching one it might seem like a bunch of nonsense, but to us, it's exactly what we want (usually a bunch of nonsense).

There is quite a bit of flight sim video content on this site, maybe go back and give some of those a try. Having seen the origin of it all and how these usually go might inform the way this quick look went and give you a bit more understanding as to why. You certainly don't have to, you've got nothing to prove to anyone here. But I can say that you're in the minority when it comes to how you see these videos. So if you expect it to change much, you might want to consider just sticking to trailer releases and the like on GiantBomb.com.

Vinny: "Do something fun!"

Brad: "Why?"

(paraphrased)

Ah, yes, those old AT&T ads were great, and some of it even came true.

FYI in case anyone is interested, Oculus Rift support is in the game's advanced options in the launcher. Not sure if this also applies to the Steam version. I doubt you have any competitive chance since the resolution makes it hard to see planes far away but in free flight mode it's pretty amazing. Twenty minutes of barrel rolls and flying upside down and I was feeling completely sick and had to lay down, as I should. If you have an Oculus Rift I highly recommend trying this game.

Vinny makes this QL gold

As for the game I have been playing War Thunder for a couple of weeks and its a total blast to play and actually controls really well with just a m/kb. It looks beautiful and the damage models are amazing. Just about anything on the plane can get disabled or blasted off like wings, flaps, rudders, hole in your fuel tank, engines caught on fire etc. There is nothing more satisfying than swooping in behind someone and shearing off their tail or setting their plane on fire and watching them plummet to their doom.

I will also admit though that being free to play also has attracted some real shit the to community. People love bitching about ramming or complaining about how other folks cant play blah blah blah etc.

If you even have a mild interest in this game then you should try it, after all its free

Does Vinny have to be an irreverent a-hole in all the quick looks this week?

For realsies Battles.

Further to Brad's question about oxygen in open cockpit planes; even the closed cockpits of this era for this type of plane were not pressurized. Oxygen does not become a problem until you fly above 10,000 feet for any length of time. General rule on that is 30 minutes + between 10,000 and 12,000 feet requires oxygen supply. Anything over 12,000 requires constant oxygen supply or pressurized cabin.

Short range planes from WWII designed for ground strike and air-to-air engagement would rarely get anywhere close to that kind of altitude.

In modern day, single and dual engine prop planes are still usually not pressurized unless they're really fancy and expensive.

@bonechompski: What Vinny are you talking about?

Based on my previous experience today, I took another soft 80's rock song and played it with this video and it played well as a background song. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings. Something about Drew's attitude and voice with ballad light 80's rock. Laid back.

Ok. This game is cooler than I thought it was (I didn't watch the QL passed 5min).

Occulus Rift support. (The different difficulty settings are quite nice (arcade to more sim-style)

Multiple Controller support. (from mouse/keyboard, over gamepad (twitchy), to HOTAS and TrackIR as seen with Drew playing.

I didn't think, I would play this at all, after being burned out by the World of Warplanes Beta (no game for DCS fans). But this, might do it for a couple hours now and then. Too bad, I now have to buy everything. No - I have to. "Stupid games" - haha

This is quite cool, for a F2P MMO. Randy Pitchford is wrong, about "proper, commercial" games?!

Vinny and Brad's "shoot your own tail off" bit might have been the dirtiest joke in a quicklook ever.

re: submarine vs. airplane military duty,

Air force easy. No contest for me in that question. Submarines are tiny. And they smell. And your crew mates smell. And everyone is losing their goddamn minds with anxiety and stress. And also, if your sub gets even slightly damaged at any sort of depth, you're fucked. I think submarine duty is the worst thing possible to choose. :/

Vinny coming up with dumb stuff to do in flight sims is the best. Someday you'll find the game that lets you shoot your own aircraft. Someday.

looks really rad for a F2P game, might have to check this out even though I'm not into flight game usually

looks really rad for a F2P game, might have to check this out even though I'm not into flight game usually

"Ohhhh-J-Oh no..."

That got me going pretty hard. xD

They're confusing Knowing with Next. Makes sense.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that. Just my opinion, obviously, but I'd put it in my bottom 5 worst movies I've seen from start to finish. I found it interesting and engaging until the…plot twist. The idea of knowing what is coming and being able to do absolutely nothing about it is kind of intriguing, and could have made for a good movie, but they tried to have their cake and eat it too, by allowing some of the characters to live, via a deus ex machina, and—I cannot stress this enough—bunny rabbits. Everything in the movie was rendered moot by aliens and bunny rabbits.

As for the QL, it lived up to almost all expectations. Too bad about being unable to bail out with a parachute. =[

Also, commentors…need a Snickers?

@missacre: What I find confusing is that you'll watch a video of a game where you already know you don't like the personalities, nor the way they go about quicklooks, and then leave a comment saying how annoying those personalities are and the way they go about quicklooks.

Oh man I wanted to wait with TrackIR 'till I can buy my new PC, but it's so tempting to delay that PC some more.

Isn't it like the first rule of F2P games that the further away from real money your currency is, the more likely your customers will be to spend money because they are confused over the real dollar value of the item they are buying?

Is there any reason there are 2 currencies, other than to obfuscate the real dollar value of in game items?

PSA: Watch this Quicklook while listening to Flight of the Valkyries.

PSA: Watch this Quicklook while listening to Flight of the Valkyries.

So weird seeing this have a quick look now. I've been playing this for months.

I recently started listening to Hardcore History while i play flight sims. Thanks GiantBomb!

Hardcore History is great, glad Brad's been checking them out recently.

Not sure. I tried looking up some of the older episodes but nothing was coming to mind. They're all good though. Maybe try one of the WWI pods?

Ahhhhhhh, Brad fact dropping(and general conversation) irrationally hurts me.

Aside from that, the game does really look nice, visually and that track IR seems pretty well implemented. Very cool(if inconsequential) to see the hands and feet moving.

I saw this video a few weeks back and started playing shortly after. I've always been into WW2 era aviation and this game hits the spot. Yes, I'm one of those guys trolling high altitude in a P-39 Airocobra - the first time I blew a heavy bomber in half with that 37mm cannon...it was love.

"It's not as great as people think" Oh Brad...

This game's Eagle and Lion system seems goofy as fuck, but the fact that $1 seems to get you a whole lot of eagles relative to the cost of a plane (150 eagles per dollar, and planes generally cost about 7 eagles, if I read it right) at least keeps it from being exploitative with its insane currency conversions.

A Quick Look about flying and crashing planes on September 11th. Oh Giant Bomb. haha :P

@atomic_dumpling: yes and i can listen to his dulcet vibrating pulsating rumble for hours...

what?

Would you rather fly that plane or know for the rest of your life whenever you sleep, WHEREVER you sleep, worms will appear whose only ambition in life is to crawl in your ear.

EDIT - Also Brad it was AT&T...with the You Will commercials. Really prescient set of ads with one notable exception.

Vinny + Simulation game is always fun to watch.

Vinny + Simulation game is always fun to watch.

Drew: Always starts sober and serious in Flight Club vids, but always buckles under Vinny's crazy temptations, and that's why we love him.

Hardcore History is exceptionally cheesy.

Great QL, but the real gold is found in the comments section. People giving Brad & Vinny shit? That's fuuuuuuucked.

Too bad for you, the majority of people come to these expecting the GB Flight Club to do it's usual shenanigans. If you want just pure gameplay, with no annoying people talking, there are literally dozens of streaming and video services out there, offering just that.

But Duders expect fucking around, they expect A LOT of fucking around, after all that's what's the most fun part about any kind of simulation!

Enemy Silo spotted!

I'm tempted to buy a flight stick and get me some flight sim action. It'll probably go in the closet with my racing wheel within a month or two, but life's too short.

For what its worth. I thought it was very interesting.

Voshinova comments: a platform for his massive insecurities.

@moonwalksa: Yeah, I am usually pretty critical of "freemium" schemes - but based on the lions he accrued versus the cost of things, it doesn't feel particularly bad. I could spend the usual $15-20 price of a digital game and get a decent amount of content for it.