IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is a flight, realistic and simulation game
developed by 1C Game Studios
and published by FOR-GAMES CR LTD.
Released on October 22nd 2014 is available only on Windows
in 7 languages: English, Russian, German, Polish, French, Spanish - Spain and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 9,030 reviews of which 7,142 were positive and 1,888 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 48.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 64-bit Windows® 10/11
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5/i7 3+ GHz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: 4GB VRAM or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 85 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR. Keyboard and mouse required
- Additional Notes: DirectX®-compatible flight stick recommended
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IL-2 is a game of astounding detail along with realism set during the years of WWI-WWII Depending on what you buy if you so choose. It is a game for all players who wish to feel what it was like being a pilot in those days and experiencing the same combat scenarios as the pilots faced back in the day. Let it be known first and foremost that you will need a flight stick, this is paramount I simply used a inexpensive logitech stick purchased from Walmart and fair warning you may have to set up controls on your flight stick. I am not sure, I had to a little bit though so without further adieu: Let's get started with my honest review. This game can be very overwhelming at first but also a game that will give you arcade like options so you are not overwhelmed. But most likely you will be overwhelmed, especially if you are not used to sims. But please don't let that hurt you. Although this is true you just need to try it along with using options given to you by the game to help you along the ride, it takes practice. I won't lie, but I think once you start getting a feel for it, you will truly appreciate it for what it is and see how hard they really made a game into what it is. The options they give you to help ease your worries are options like unlimited ammo, automatic radiator engine cools for fuel mixtures (Yeah I definitely have to have this checked marked I have no idea what I am doing.) A aiming assist, throttle assist, invulnerability you know you want to fly in a swarm of foes and smile as they can't touch you, rudder assist, unbreakable, autopilot (This is just a on/off option that allows you to let the AI take over for you in case you want to do something else or so), and many more to help you feel more at ease. You have game modes like career's, campaign's, quick play, multiplayer, and possibly another that I can't think of. I will go into a little bit of this in depth since I firstly want to stress something for you the player to read and understand before getting yourself into this. Yes this game has several DLC, yes they can be pretty gosh darn pricey and I understand that I really do. I myself am one to not buy stuff unless its real cheap. But you have to understand what it is you the player wants from this game, you have to read the details of each and really ask yourself what it is you want to do. Do you want to play in WWI era? Do you want to play a specific faction like The Soviet Union during set timelines along WWII? Do you want to fly US planes? Once you figure that out a lot of options open up to you. I myself have purchased Flying Circus Vol 1-2, Battle of Kuban deluxe, Battle of Stalingrad deluxe, Late war bundle. Now for the game modes and what each gives you. Career, this is basically what it sounds like. You pick to play as a faction for whatever Battle of___/Flying circus you may own and you are a fictional character with a fun biography to read about their past and play whatever country you wish to play for. Be it Soviet union, USA, Britain, or Germany and maybe another Country that I can't think of at the moment, possibly France. Depending on again, what you own. * You can set options to realistically play a slow day by day process, change how many ground targets, enemy pilots are in the game maps, where you start be it on the ground or flying in the skies. * You can join real life squadrons at the time which have been historically accurate with each squadron/group having a specific plane/planes so if you want to play a bomber role look for planes that have a bomb icon. Tired of playing the bomber only role? No worries you can easily transfer to another unit and be a fighter pilot after your mission. * The modes so far that I have experienced have been relocating to a new airfield, bomber escort, free hunt, bomber hunt, destroy enemy balloon survey's (WWI), patrol. Mostly I have played WWI flying circus vol. 1-2 so far so I can't fully speak for WWII just yet. Campaigns. If you want campaigns and I mean a lot of campaigns, try look at the Battle of Kuban deluxe bundle. You get many campaigns from that purchase. I think Flying circus vol 1 gave me 2-3 campaigns maybe 4 but don't quote me on that as it may have been from Volume II. *These you get to read a novel like story of situations and do things like dogfighting, bombing, whatever. You hear a lot of radio chatter (except for WWI that doesn't exist for the most part just yet.) and enjoy these little scenario's. My only complaint about these so far (And really I only played a little bit of a flying circus campaign (cant think of the name) and The Sea dragons campaign.) Is the fact that I cannot change loadouts with what I want or add options like enemy superiority so I have a lot of fun and a lil bit of chaos. I guess that's what career mode is for. They are enjoyable. Quick play Basically these give a lot of scenarios you can choose to pick out from and play as whatever nations you may have along with said planes and enjoy whatever you wish to do. Want to relax yourself for a fair while and just fly in the skies while on your way to bomb something to kingdom come? Go for it. Want to be in a dogfight? Be my guest. I'll be honest in saying I haven't looked at these too much just yet. But just know the options are open to you. Multiplayer No comment, I don't play PvP. Sorry guys! Modding There is no workshop unfortunately, or a box to look at all the amazing mods players have made for this game. But just know its out there. This of course cancels your wishes to join multiplayer so please be aware of that. I can't speak for all the mods out there as I have not looked at them in depth. Just know its open for you to use and enjoy. Level editor I know this game has it. Not sure how to access it. Maybe from the library? I don't know. Haven't looked into this, but again just know the option is open to you. Here's hoping that its easy... Options There are many options to set for the game. I am used to the Imperial measurement system so I have to set mine to that. My complaint on this however is if you were to do a campaign or career mode they still want to use the metric system in details of the mission instead of switching to the imperial system when you have this toggled on. There's basic mini map settings (not sure why I have to keep setting the option for my mini map to be large, I wish I didn't. But ignore me, just press M while playing that changes the size/removes it too. Its nice to have a FPS limit setting. I don't need to be crazy so I just set this at 60. Final things to know. *There is a speed up option. You have x2. x4, x8 speeds. Not sure if anyone really can do x8. But hey, it's out there. Even if you set your game speed to it it may still feel like for example......speed x2 speed. This is to keep your gaming running optimal and not make your PC go bonkers I guess. I could be wrong on this. But I think when I set my FPS limit to 60 this caused my speed to not go past a X2 speed. So if you want to go faster, maybe go unlimited. I have to do further testing on this. But that's just what it feels like. I only use this option when I have to fly long distances/set my pilot to auto pilot and have the AI takeover for me during say bomber escort missions since those can be long. *When you are trying to figure out what to buy. My advice is to do a little video research on said career's, battle of's, flying circus. Whatever just so you can see what timelines are opened up to you along with said planes and said nations available to you in whatever. I'm not asking you to watch them actually play, just look at what you can do. Here is a little example. Flying Circus Vol 1-2 takes place during late WWI time period. So for example you will not have access to say 1916 planes. But I can do some in 1917, not much but some. Mostly I can do 1918. So be aware of that. You will see what I mean when you start a career. I hope you find this review helpful.
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Serious WW2 flight combat simulation (click almost every switch / button /etc). It is not an easy flight sim (although you can make things easier), and it will require some effort to learn how to fly the plane in a manner that lets you shoot anything. There is increadible depth here, if you want to manage your plane's engine mixture, prop pitch, engine cowels, in addition to flying, shooting, etc... then this game will let you do it. Expect to have to watch some youtube videos for flying your plane - and how to best dogfight in that specific plane. The old arcade style - pull all the way back on the stick and turn - will put you into an unrecoverable spin... and even if you don't spin out, most planes this won't do you well in the fight. Learn real life manuvers and use those... -------- In an odd way, one of the hardest thing is knowing what to buy/download. First - There are Battles, which include a map for each, several planes for each, and a sandbox type 'campaign' in each (randomized battles in the timeline/battle where you create a pilot, join a squadron, and fly missions until they die...seeing how many days you can make it and how far through the battle you can go). Second - there are one off collector planes you can buy that give you (typically) one or more specialty plane for you to add Third - you can buy campaigns for planes, more of a traditional campaign for a plane, where you get a dozen missions in a row with a story. These all leave over 50 expansion modules and steam doesn't do a good job of allowing you to filter what you are looking for...and the IL2 website isn't much better. Ironically when you are in game seems like the best place to get an idea of what you want - then go to steam and find that specific module. ------- This game is fantastic in VR (although the setup is slightly challenging to get right). And realistically the best way to play this game IMO. Get a good HOTAS and a VR headset and then go fly. Not required, but this will add so much to the experience.
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IL-2 is probably the best WW2 air simulator on the market right now. However, its graphics and engine are starting to show their age, which is expected for an 11-year-old game. That said, some missing features from the initial release still haven't been implemented: [*]No support for four-engine bombers. [*]No system for external fuel tanks. [*]Less interactive cockpit compared to the predecessor IL-2: Cliffs of Dover. The Good: [*] The DLCs, which include maps and aircraft packs, are great for those on a budget. [*]Ground attack gameplay is solid. (The Hawker Typhoon is an absolute beast!) [*]Low-level air combat is well done. While the AI tends to focus mainly on turn fights, it works well in a furball. [*]Best multiplayer WW2 experience right now, striking a perfect balance between study sims and quick air-quake games. The Bad: [*]Lacks high-altitude gameplay. (No large air formations to protect or attack.) [*]Missing the Pacific theater and naval air operations. [*]No external fuel tanks, making long flights in the Normandy campaign impossible without an air start. [*]Ground vehicles have a lot of potential but feel more like a solid tech demo than a fully fleshed-out feature. I would recommend the game to anyone tired of the grind in air-quake games or to those who don't have the time for a study-level sim.
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With over 5500 hours of flying time on this thing it’s probably only fair to write a review! TLDR: This is probably the best World War 2 flight simulator on the market at the moment. It has its downsides but overall, I would recommend this. It also has modules for World War 1 and even includes a built-in tank simulator! If you are in no rush, then add the game to your wish list and pick it up in the a sale - several times a year you can get each main map/plane set for 75-90% off! This game sits somewhere between DCS and War Thunder in complexity but at the fraction of the price of either. Each 'Battle of...' in the series gets you a detailed map and between 8-12 aircraft to fly (depending on if you opt for the premium version). The flight model in this game is a mix of play-ability vs reality but the variation between the different aircraft is not huge. Pro players will definitely be able to get the best out of their favourite planes, but casual players won't notice too much difference ie all the fighters feel like nimble fighters, all the bombers like heavy planes. The external models are nicely done, and the sound is good. Fog, snow, rain and day & night missions are all possible. Each 'Battle of...' also comes with a handful of single player missions, a quick action mode and a quick mission builder option. For those who like to make their brains hurt there is also in-depth mission creation tools (but these are way more complicated to use than the DCS mission editor). The ‘Battles of…’ also include huge single player campaigns where you can join a squadron at the beginning of the war and over time fight your way to 1945. The AI generated missions in these campaigns are constantly being improved and updated. If you are looking for something different you can try one of the World War 1 modules and zip around the skies in a biplane. If you are old enough to remember the Rise of Flight sim then you'll be right at home here as many of the models and dynamics from that game were upgraded and ported into this engine. The WW1 community is really small but are some of the nicest people you will meet online! The game also has a tank simulator. It’s quite detailed and there are a choice of about 20 different vehicles to buy. The game comes with 2 free tanks, and these have a set of single player missions to try out. Beware though, online play for vehicles is very, very limited as virtually no servers include ground vehicle slots. If you do find a server though its great fun to jump in to a Flak Wagon and try and shoot down other players! You have the option to buy collectors planes. Unlike most games these are definitely not 'pay to win'. Instead, they just tend to add something different to try rather than something OP. If you are after something fun to fly, then the Po2/U2V as flown by the Night Witches or the Hs129 tank buster are definitely something 'different'! Online game play brings the main game to life but there are, literally, only about 5 'main' servers these days and each has a capacity of up to 84 players at a time. Each of the main servers is slightly different. For example, Berloga is aimed at quick dogfights, Wings of Liberty is a great place for new players to start as it has map markers to help you find your way around and short missions. TAW and Combat Box are for more advanced players who are happy navigating without markers. These last two servers frequently run campaigns that can last weeks, with players battling to slowly push the front lines towards victory. The online community is generally friendly, and it isn't too hard to find someone to help if you have any questions. This leads us on to the 'bad'. The game really throws you in the deep end. There are no built-in tutorials, and you may have to watch a few videos on youtube to get started. The cockpits are not clickable (all the buttons move automatically but you can’t interact with them). Setting up VR can be a real pain in the butt. TrackIR works really well but if you haven't got VR/TrackIR and a half decent joystick you are going to get shot down a lot. There are a lot of potential buttons to bind and very few tips on hat you actually need to worry about. The mission editor is too complex, and this means that there are only a few people who create missions. The game itself is also near the end of the development cycle, but it is over 10 years old now! New planes and modules are spreading further apart (but, as of Nov 24, we are expecting two exciting new major maps/modules in the coming months). Much of the original development team has moved over to the Korea game that will hopefully be released in a few years. That said what we do have in the IL2 Great Battles series is huge in variety of aircraft and scope of the maps. If you wait for a sale, you can have thousands of hours of fun for very little cost. With over 5500 hours of game play so far, the game has given me great value for money.
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Most of the bad reviews here are honestly just weird. Weird ass complaints. War Thunder is not a more detailed simulation, that is a crazy thing to say. The only game with full fidelity cockpits is DCS. Il-2 Cliffs of Dover has higher fidelity cockpits but it is old and has a whole host of other problems. This is the best WW2 sim on the market, bar none. This has the best VR support of any sim on the market, bar none. It also runs way better than DCS or war thunder in VR. Its the only sim I play regularly that doesn't cause constant head aches. Buy it on sale, or pay full price, its worth it either way.
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is currently priced at 48.99€ on Steam.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 48.99€ on Steam.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad received 7,142 positive votes out of a total of 9,030 achieving a rating of 7.72.
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad was developed by 1C Game Studios and published by FOR-GAMES CR LTD.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is playable and fully supported on Windows.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is not playable on MacOS.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is not playable on Linux.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 54 DLCs available for IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad. Explore additional content available for IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad on Steam.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad does not support Steam Remote Play.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
177
Developer
1C Game Studios
Publisher
FOR-GAMES CR LTD
Release
22 Oct 2014
VR
VR Supported
Platforms