My XBOX copy finally arrived in the mail and I can say that I'm quite impressed. Runs great, looks great and has enough depth to
make it a challange to play (ie, flying about effectively is something that takes some time to master in a combat situation).

The single biggest downer for me is that the enemy really isn't that lethal (the biggest single source of failures is when a objective you are protecting gets overwhelmed, most of the enemy fire doesn't seem to do a whole lot of damage). Even against SAMs in free flight mode, it's really a case of swerving a bit and shooting a Hellfire back at the SAM. Maybe I'm just too used to EECH KA50 and LB2, but you really don't do a lot of tactical flying to avoid insta-death from a 2S6 Tunguska lurking over the next rise.

Despite the general depreciation of Local Coop (pilot/gunner on same XBOX only) I fired it up with a mate and had a great time (I strongly recommend that the better player takes the pilot job). In a weird way it makes up for the lack a enemy lethality when you are coordinating between two people. By the end of it we were pretty much right hand/left hand lining up rocket runs and finishing off stragglers with the 30mm. Yes it would be good to have a box out for the Gunner's Thermals/DTV, but when you accept that the pilot is there to get the gunner into position for the shot, it all makes sense. It's a bit like a three-legged race with High Explosive involved.

I really hope they release some kind of mission editor/mod support for this (PC). There is really some potential provided the tools are available.