Review of Aces High II

Aces High II is a massive multi-player online combatcontrols took awhile to get used to, but that's typical
simulation centered around the World War II air-war.of most flight simulator games. Offline mode gives
Online multi player gaming is HUGE, and Aces High IIyou a chance to get used to flying and landing
brings Air Combat Gaming to a whole new level.airplanes, and to learn all of the controls for this
Aces High II is a massive multi-player online combatWorld War II air-war simulation game. I was
simulation centered around the World War II air-war.impressed by the accuracy in the game play, flight
Online multi player gaming is HUGE, and Aces High IIwas relatively slow but accurate of this vintage
brings Air Combat Gaming to a whole new level. YouWorld War II aircraft.
can play other gamers from all across the world rightAfter getting used to the game play in the offline
in front of you computer.arena, I decided to try out the online arena. Here's
The download for this game only takes around 5where I really started to run into trouble. As I tried
minutes or so. After the download was complete,starting the online mode the game froze on me
the installation is quick and easy. File size is relativelyimmediately, as it did when I first tried playing offline.
small, around 100Mb or so, and registration only takesAfter restarting my computer and the game 4 or
a few minutes. Your account with Aces High II isfive time's I never could get it to play online. So I
always free and they never ask for any billinguninstalled the game and reinstalled it. After the
information until you use your two week free trial.reinstall, I restarted the game, went straight to the
After you complete your two week trial (one peronline arena and the game played perfectly after
customer), the game then prompts you as tothat.
whether you want to subscribe or not. TheWith the game running properly now online, I really
subscription is $14.95 U.S. per month. If you chosebegan to see what this game could do. There are
not to subscribe, you can continue to play Aces Highmany different battles and arenas to chose from. I
II in the Head-to-Head arenas or over your LAN forstarted off in the training area to get used to dog
free.fights in the World War II aircraft. The fights are a
After installation and registration were complete, Iblast and seem very realistic. The game's graphic and
tried running the game in the offline arena. The gamedetail were very smooth thru out the game play.
froze on me before I even got out of the menuEven when there is a lot of action going on the
area. I'm not sure what caused this, but mygraphics stayed steady with very few skips. I have
computer is well above the minimum requirementsplayed this World War II air-war simulation game for
for the game. So I restarted the game and tried it6 or 7 hours altogether now and it has been a blast.
again. After the restart I had no problems with theIf you are into air flight simulation games, this is one
game running in the offline mode. Although it tookof the most realistic ones out there. There are many
me a little while to figure out the game play, butcombat types other than just the air war. This is a
after going to their website I was up and running.massive multi-player online combat simulation game.
They have a very detailed FAQ section andYou can have battles in the air, land and sea.
instructions page to answer most all of yourAlthough it took awhile to get used to the controls
questions.at first it was well worth the trouble. After getting
Game play in the offline arena was very smooth withthrew the initial freezing up problems I had with the
no noticeable skips or glitches in the game. Graphicsgame, it,s only froze on me a couple of times since,
were detailed nicely and looked very realistic. Flightand I give it a VERY GOOD rating..