James Allen from outofeight.info takes to the skies to check out a war-spanning flight combat game that covers World War I, II and beyond with a variety of planes and settings. Does it soar or stall?

Working well as both a flight sim and an aerial combat game, Air Conflicts: Secret Wars gives dogfighter fans and players new to the genre three reasons to climb into the cockpit.

Once a hallmark of PC development, the flight simulation has seen better days. Since Microsoft shut down their development house, few notable titles have been released, and those that have (such as Cliffs of Dover) have failed to live up to expectations.

I was surprised at how fun the multiplier could be especially when playing with friends, but without them it does start to become rather repetitive. The same goes for the campaign as you often repeat similar missions over and over again.

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars plunges beneath the surface of World War II, even though it's set entirely in planes rather than submarines. What does it all mean, and is the game the sort of terrifyingly accurate simulation that I struggle to get off the ground, or a point and shoot arcade game suitable...

It's a first person shooter game inside the cockpit of a plane. It's 1940 air planes you can go on a mission or dog fight in different environments. I was disappointed the logitech or the thrustmaster joystick won't go insinic with the game. The xbox 360 wired controller does the job.