Please recommend a good PC WW1 or WW2 air game

[Intrafinesse]

I have not played PC games in over 35 years.
I am interested in WW1 or WW2.
I don't have a gaming PC, but don't care about super cool graphics.
My PC would have been a gaming PC 10 years ago.

 

[ARTESH]

WW1 PC Games:

Ace of Aces,
Knights of the Sky,
Red Baron,
Wings Over Flanders Fields,
First Eagles: The Great War,
Flying Circus: Vol-1 & Vol-2

WW2 PC Games:

Crimson Sky: High Road to Revenge
Air Conflicts: Pasific Carriers
Air Conflicts: Secret War
B-17 the Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Battlestations: Pasific
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WW2
Blazing Angels 1: Squadrons of WW2
Warthunder
IL-2 Sturmmovik
DCS World


Although not directly related to aviation, but have many mods for time era you asked for:

Men of War / Call to Arms
Arma Reforged / Arma Cold War Crisis

 

[ARTESH]

I have not played PC games in over 35 years.
I am interested in WW1 or WW2.
I don't have a gaming PC, but don't care about super cool graphics.
My PC would have been a gaming PC 10 years ago.

To see if any game runs on your pc or not, check out Benchmark site or similar sites. Just enter your pc specifics and the game you want to check. Simple and easy.

 

[SaparotRob]

WW1 PC Games:

Ace of Aces,
Knights of the Sky,
Red Baron,
Wings Over Flanders Fields,
First Eagles: The Great War,
Flying Circus: Vol-1 & Vol-2

WW2 PC Games:

Crimson Sky: High Road to Revenge
Air Conflicts: Pasific Carriers
Air Conflicts: Secret War
B-17 the Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Battlestations: Pasific
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WW2
Blazing Angels 1: Squadrons of WW2
Warthunder
IL-2 Sturmmovik
DCS World


Although not directly related to aviation, but have many mods for time era you asked for:

Men of War / Call to Arms
Arma Reforged / Arma Cold War Crisis

I might have one of these in my stash in New York. I'm returning on the 27th.

 

[Intrafinesse]

I work in NYC.

I used to play PC air games in the 80s and 90s.
They were fun, though obviously the graphics are nothing like todays.

 

[ARTESH]

I work in NYC.

I used to play PC air games in the 80s and 90s.
They were fun, though obviously the graphics are nothing like todays.

It all depends what is priority no1 for you? Graphics? Compatibilty? Commiunity? Mods / DLCs? Genre? Story?

For me personally, graphics is the least important one.

I still play Mount and Blade Warband, Men of War, Arma Cold War Crisis, and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. None have jawdropping graphics by today standards, but they have active Modding Community.

 

[Marcel]

Is Knights of the Sky still a thing? I played that on my Amiga in 1994.

 

[Intrafinesse]

It all depends what is priority no1 for you? Graphics? Compatibilty? Commiunity? Mods / DLCs? Genre? Story?

For me personally, graphics is the least important one.

I still play Mount and Blade Warband, Men of War, Arma Cold War Crisis, and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. None have jawdropping graphics by today standards, but they have active Modding Community.

Graphics is the least important, accuracy/realism is the most important.