First was better.
I'm sorry, but I thought that AI was designed with the intent of having the human win. Smaller gaps between save points really hurt the game. Giving Aces triple health, with no ability to add on to your own aircraft in any way limits it a bit. Being able to bomb enemies was a high point.
Great fun
I love the added feature of Ace Tactics. Very fun, but it gets very hard near the end. For the life of me I cannot beat mission 18 and finally gave up.
Good game but checkpoints annoyed me
Ok, now this was a really nice game with cool physics engine and a nice maneuver system which made up for some nice WWII sky action.
What really prevented this game from being great was the checkpoint system which safed only after 6 levels. In the beginning it was ok, but beating 6 HARD levels in a row and all your work being lost if you fail in the last one is frustrating. Maybe I'm just a pussy, but this is gameplay from the last century. I think this wold have been challenging enough even if you safed after every level; or you could have made an easy mode with more lives (MUCH more lives) so even people who didn't want to practice forever could have killed some time with it.
Oh well, still a good game...
Good
Good game, but the 1st one is better (in some ways). They both have there pros and cons, but I just feel like the 1st one has a lot more replay value to it, even though there are more missions in this one, and it is more challenging, so it will take longer. It would have been better if you could choose any mission once you beat that mission, like in the 1st one.
Pros:
-You now get to play as the Germans
-Good graphics
-New abilities to confuse the enemy
-Good controls
-Good physics
-Smarter A.I.
Cons:
-Smarter A.I. (yes I know it's in both, but there are times when I have 3 or more guys on me, while there are none on my other team members.)
-Too hard (but I did beat it)
-You have a limited amount of lives
-No 2 player
-You vs. Everyone (yes, you have a team with you, but it seems I'm always the last one to fight off 4 or more enemies.)
-Bad checkpoint system. Have it so that you can restart any mission, like in the first one.
-Point system to get on the High Scores List.
But the two main cons are the limited lives, and the checkpoint, I can deal with the rest.
Still a good game, just found it frustrating at times. 4/5, 9/10
Nice
Big Improvement from the last one. Fun game, good time waster, gets pretty boring after a while though.