What video game are you playing?

[NorthDakota]

New 007 game is really fantastic

Better than goldeneye?

 

[ColoradoIrish]

IL-2 Sturmovik is what you are looking for i think

Is this on ps5, I thought it was only on PC?

 

[Bishop2b5]

Hell Let Loose

Not for the faint of heart.

store.playstation.com

Haven't heard of this one, but will check it out.

IL-2 Sturmovik is what you are looking for i think

This

This is the main one that keeps coming up in my searches.

Thanks to all three of you for the help.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Is this on ps5, I thought it was only on PC?

Unfortunately, Google says you're right.

 

[greyhammer90]

Better than goldeneye?

Honestly yeah. Completely different game though. This is like hitman/uncharted combined.

 

[ACamp1900]

Honestly yeah. Completely different game though. This is like hitman/uncharted combined.

How’s the single player??

 

[ColoradoIrish]

Unfortunately, Google says you're right.

I was hoping for you I was incorrect. So many good mil sims that are dirt cheap on PC. And some really awesome communities and rpg players too if that's really your thing. The arma community is absolutely crazy with how they play the game

 

[ACamp1900]

Aces of thunder for ps5, there’s a fun arcade game called war planes too

 

[greyhammer90]

How’s the single player??

Really awesome. I've only played the first mission post-tutorials but it was basically everything I ever wanted. Long mission of following a perp while blending into a crowd, turns into crazy set piece after crazy set piece while Bond is making bad puns the whole way.

 

[ulukinatme]

IL2 is definitely a great WWII style flight sim as others have mentioned, not sure if it's on PS5 or not. There's World of Warplanes which is more arcade style if I remember, along with War Thunder which is also arcade style unfortunately.

If you're serious about a flight sim I would look at PC though, I think they've got all those games and more, plus they're going to have support for a flight/joystick. To me flying with a controller just doesn't feel right.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

IL2 is definitely a great WWII style flight sim as others have mentioned, not sure if it's on PS5 or not. There's World of Warplanes which is more arcade style if I remember, along with War Thunder which is also arcade style unfortunately.

If you're serious about a flight sim I would look at PC though, I think they've got all those games and more, plus they're going to have support for a flight/joystick. To me flying with a controller just doesn't feel right.

Have you seen the new flight sim controllers? Definitely not the same, but they're so much better than a normal controller

ECHO AVIATION CONTROLLER

The Echo Aviation Controller delivers a complete flight control system in a compact, handheld-style form. Designed for Microsoft Flight Simulator, it combines pitch, roll, yaw, throttle, flaps, trim, and landing gear into one intuitive controller - ideal for flying at home, on the couch, or on...

flyhoneycomb.com

 

[Bishop2b5]

I was hoping for you I was incorrect. So many good mil sims that are dirt cheap on PC. And some really awesome communities and rpg players too if that's really your thing. The arma community is absolutely crazy with how they play the game

IL2 is definitely a great WWII style flight sim as others have mentioned, not sure if it's on PS5 or not. There's World of Warplanes which is more arcade style if I remember, along with War Thunder which is also arcade style unfortunately.

If you're serious about a flight sim I would look at PC though, I think they've got all those games and more, plus they're going to have support for a flight/joystick. To me flying with a controller just doesn't feel right.

After reading all the advice and doing a lot of research, I think I'm going to go with IL-2 for my PC and buy a good flight controller joystick. A couple of the IL-2 games - Battle of Normandy and Battle of Bodenplatte - look like just what I'm wanting. I found another IL-2: Cliffs of Dover Blitz that covers the Battle of Britain. It's by a different company who, with the blessing of the IL-2 guys, reworked an earlier and discontinued IL-2 game to fix all the bugs and make it Windows 11 compatible. Those three should keep me happy for a long time and are just what I was looking for. I wish they had sone Pacific War games in the IL-2 franchise, but no. I'll have to look elsewhere for that. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

After reading all the advice and doing a lot of research, I think I'm going to go with IL-2 for my PC and buy a good flight controller joystick. A couple of the IL-2 games - Battle of Normandy and Battle of Bodenplatte - look like just what I'm wanting. I found another IL-2: Cliffs of Dover Blitz that covers the Battle of Britain. It's by a different company who, with the blessing of the IL-2 guys, reworked an earlier and discontinued IL-2 game to fix all the bugs and make it Windows 11 compatible. Those three should keep me happy for a long time and are just what I was looking for. I wish they had sone Pacific War games in the IL-2 franchise, but no. I'll have to look elsewhere for that. Thanks for the suggestions.

Check out arma 3 as well. It's set more so in the present day but has a bunch of dlcs that adds old conflicts like Vietnam, Cold War, iron curtain and a few more. Don't think they have WW1/2 tho. It goes on a deep sale every steam sale as well.

 

[ulukinatme]

Have you seen the new flight sim controllers? Definitely not the same, but they're so much better than a normal controller

ECHO AVIATION CONTROLLER

The Echo Aviation Controller delivers a complete flight control system in a compact, handheld-style form. Designed for Microsoft Flight Simulator, it combines pitch, roll, yaw, throttle, flaps, trim, and landing gear into one intuitive controller - ideal for flying at home, on the couch, or on...

flyhoneycomb.com

Eh, I just don't think I could do it. I'm very particular about what I use for certain games.

For platformers, Metroidvanias, and sports games it's typically a controller.
For anything flight based I prefer a joystick and nothing else. If it's an arcade style flight game I might use a controller there, but honestly I don't like the arcade ones much. Feels too much "on the rails."
For FPS it's got to be keyboard and mouse basically 99% of the time, along with dungeon crawlers like Diablo. There's a few rare exceptions, like I always use mouse and keyboard for Fallout games but for Fallout 76 I'd use a controller half the time...don't remember why, but it would do something screwy with keyboards I think.

 

[Bishop2b5]

I discovered while searching for a WWII Pacific air war simulator that there's sort of an IL-2 one coming out sometime this year called Combat Pilot: Carrier Qualification. It's a completely built from scratch game by a team that was, until recently, led by the former IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles executive producer. It won't be integrated with the IL-2 games, but will be very similar.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

Eh, I just don't think I could do it. I'm very particular about what I use for certain games.

For platformers, Metroidvanias, and sports games it's typically a controller.
For anything flight based I prefer a joystick and nothing else. If it's an arcade style flight game I might use a controller there, but honestly I don't like the arcade ones much. Feels too much "on the rails."
For FPS it's got to be keyboard and mouse basically 99% of the time, along with dungeon crawlers like Diablo. There's a few rare exceptions, like I always use mouse and keyboard for Fallout games but for Fallout 76 I'd use a controller half the time...don't remember why, but it would do something screwy with keyboards I think.

Totally get that, I'm probably mnk but use controllers and different ones based on the games I'm playing. I've started going back to the old Logitech gamepads for things. Not sure why those disappeared, they're great

 

[ACamp1900]

I discovered while searching for a WWII Pacific air war simulator that there's sort of an IL-2 one coming out sometime this year called Combat Pilot: Carrier Qualification. It's a completely built from scratch game by a team that was, until recently, led by the former IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles executive producer. It won't be integrated with the IL-2 games, but will be very similar.

Easy Red 2 is a good game too, it covers famous campaigns from all angles including air support

 

[Meatloaf]

Wrapped up Mina the Hollower. It’s a fantastic game for steam deck, my only real complaint is the odd difficulty curve. The first 5-ish hours are a difficult slog; the last 5, I was just standing there mashing attack to beat the endgame bosses. The middle 15 or so hours are perfect, though.

 

[ulukinatme]

Totally get that, I'm probably mnk but use controllers and different ones based on the games I'm playing. I've started going back to the old Logitech gamepads for things. Not sure why those disappeared, they're great

Yeah, Logitech gets a bad rap from elitists, but they make solid peripherals that last. I bought a Logitech F310 controller like 15-20 years ago, and it lasted me up until about 2024 when one of the D-Pads started becomming somewhat unresponsive. I tried cleaning it myself and it improved, but I broke something else in the process. What did I buy after? Another F310, it's worth every penny of the $20.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

Yeah, Logitech gets a bad rap from elitists, but they make solid peripherals that last. I bought a Logitech F310 controller like 15-20 years ago, and it lasted me up until about 2024 when one of the D-Pads started becomming somewhat unresponsive. I tried cleaning it myself and it improved, but I broke something else in the process. What did I buy after? Another F310, it's worth every penny of the $20.

I think the build quality on some of the stuff has gone down a little bit recently, but I'm a big fan of buying second hand if I can.

 

[ulukinatme]

I think the build quality on some of the stuff has gone down a little bit recently, but I'm a big fan of buying second hand if I can.

That's pretty true about anything these days! We had a more premium level GE front load Smart Washer that started smoking after 5 years of use. I replaced the pump last year myself after it failed, giving it an extra year of life. I knew the repair was going to be expensive this time, I didn't even bother. Did some research and ended up going with a Commercial Maytag top loading model that came highly recommended from a number of repair shops. It was a bit pricer, but I hope to get more life out of it.

I always buy my cars second hand to save money, I generally get them 2-4 years after release and under 35k miles. Lately it's been Audi, they hold up damn well and I haven't had to do a thing besides oil, tires, and brakes. Got an A3 in 2020, paid that off last year and kept it for a 3rd vehicle. Got an A4 last year for my daily driver. Then this week my wife got rid of her Buick Enclave to get a Q7. Honestly I was trying to push her into an almost brand new 2026 Hyundai Santa Fe that only had 2k miles for $32k, I liked the 35 mpg and price, but I couldn't talk her into it. I'm not mad, the Q7 drives great and if it holds up like my other two cars then maintenance will be simple.

 

[ulukinatme]

Speaking of War Thunder, this footage is apparently from the game. It looks way better than when I last played it like...10 years ago lol

 

[ColoradoIrish]

That's pretty true about anything these days! We had a more premium level GE front load Smart Washer that started smoking after 5 years of use. I replaced the pump last year myself after it failed, giving it an extra year of life. I knew the repair was going to be expensive this time, I didn't even bother. Did some research and ended up going with a Commercial Maytag top loading model that came highly recommended from a number of repair shops. It was a bit pricer, but I hope to get more life out of it.

I always buy my cars second hand to save money, I generally get them 2-4 years after release and under 35k miles. Lately it's been Audi, they hold up damn well and I haven't had to do a thing besides oil, tires, and brakes. Got an A3 in 2020, paid that off last year and kept it for a 3rd vehicle. Got an A4 last year for my daily driver. Then this week my wife got rid of her Buick Enclave to get a Q7. Honestly I was trying to push her into an almost brand new 2026 Hyundai Santa Fe that only had 2k miles for $32k, I liked the 35 mpg and price, but I couldn't talk her into it. I'm not mad, the Q7 drives great and if it holds up like my other two cars then maintenance will be simple.

Long story about the car thing, but I just did that. Bought 2020 Subaru Forester with 45k miles, got rear ended less than 48 hours later. Car was totaled and thankfully I'm mostly ok. Been out of work for 4 weeks dealing with back and shoulder issues. Hoping I make out like brick. Been the most chaotic and expensive month of my life.

 

[Ophiocordyceps]

Leisure Suit Larry