Yeah, I'm not about to sit at the PC after working. I'd rather sit on the couch and use my 96" screen with full surround sound and enjoy my console game. After getting my home theater set up a few years ago, it's the PC gaming I "never want to go back to."

Anyways, back to the topic at hand. :-D

I'm thinking about picking this up, got a gamestop card burning a hole in my pocket. I've had Sturmovik for at least a year and haven't played it since the demo. (So many games, so little time.) I only had a couple minutes last night to start the tutorial, but plan on delving deeper shortly.

It sounds like the consensus is if I like IL-2 Sturmovik BoP, then I'll really like BoS?

Still waiting for mine, newegg still shows as "packaging" like it has for the last few days. The other item I ordered at the same time is here. Guess they weren't quite as "in stock" as they claim.

Yes. Its better in every way.

Got it in after all. Just scratching the surface, but very impressed. You can tell this is the next evolution of BOP-->WOP-->Apache and now this.
Love the bomb sites on the dive bomber cockpit!

finished the US camapign... actually pretty good, and a good history lesson... I found that I could do the torpedo and bombing missions on realistic settings, but had to drop it down to arcade for the dog fight missions... not that I can't fly on realistic settings...some what, lol... but you can't even do a loop or some evasive maneuvers without spinning, yet the AI can...

started the Japan Campaign... was a little weird to attack pearl harbor, but it was a damn fine mission...wave 1 then 2, pretty much no opposition,,, look just like the pictures I've seen... pretty intense.

damn fine game... with some issues, but still very fun.

Yes I agree the aircraft seem to enter into a spin a tad too easily, though my wife says I fly hammfisted.

Part of the problem is it's hard to have fine control using the console controller, with a flight stick it is easier to keep it from spinning I think.

So No shame in using "realistic" mode with the console controller for me.

in case anyone is looking:

Ace Edge on Buy/Sell:
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3543019/XBox_360_Hori_Ace_Edge_HOTAS.html#Post3543019

After reading all these glowing reviews, I think I'll pick this up. I too am a fan of the Apache sim on the xbox, and I trust you guys.

I'm getting it too but prolly for ps3 as my brother just bought one. If he passsses I'll get 360 version

Apologies for typos I'm on iPhone and high as a kite on pain meds from my vascecotomy today. Best part first local a aesthetic didn't work I didn't think I could yell that high pitched !!