Vincemus - Air Combat
- April 1, 2022
- Virtual Convict
- 3h median play time
Get on Steam"Vincemus - Air Combat" is a WW2 arcade-style shooter that strives for a balance between realism and accessibility. The game features large-scale maps and diverse combat experiences, with a focus on air, ground, and naval targets. Players can fly an assortment of customizable aircraft across three theaters of war in Africa, Europe, and the Pacific. Upgrades and weapon modifications are available to enhance combat effectiveness on missions.
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Reviews
- The game offers a fun and casual arcade experience, making it accessible for players who want to enjoy air combat without the complexity of a full simulator.
- Graphics and explosion effects are impressive for an indie title, providing a visually appealing experience.
- The developer is responsive to community feedback and has created a game that allows for customization of aircraft and loadouts, enhancing replayability.
- Controls can be frustrating, especially for players using flight sticks, as the game is primarily designed for mouse and keyboard input.
- The game suffers from optimization issues, leading to stuttering and performance problems that detract from the overall experience.
- Mission objectives can be unclear and repetitive, with some missions feeling overly difficult or unfair, particularly when facing multiple enemies alone.
- story66 mentions
- 15 % positive mentions
- 80 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
The game's story is primarily conveyed through its mission structure, which some players find repetitive and frustrating due to unclear objectives and challenging gameplay. While the missions offer a diverse range of tasks and customization options for aircraft, many reviewers express a desire for more narrative depth and cinematic elements to enhance the overall experience. Despite the challenges, players appreciate the rewarding progression system that allows for upgrades and replayability.
“The missions are engaging, and there is a ton of content!”
“The missions are pretty diverse, and you can customize a ton of aircraft with different configurations for a given situation.”
“A little story and some more elaborate cinematic set-piece missions would go a long way too.”
“The missions tend to have annoying objectives: go there, blow that up while avoiding AA fire, fight 2-3 enemy fighter planes, and that's it. Mission completed.”
“However, when it comes down to the actual missions, objectives are extremely unclear.”
“A little story and some more elaborate cinematic set-piece missions would go a long way.”
- gameplay14 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally enjoyable and accessible, featuring easy-to-understand controls and engaging mechanics reminiscent of War Thunder, though some players find it unfair and express a desire for more mission variety, such as the ability to take off and land. The graphics are praised for their quality, and the game requires a solid understanding of weapon systems to fully engage with its mechanics. Overall, while the gameplay is fun and visually appealing, it may present challenges that some players find frustrating.
“Super enjoyable game, like War Thunder flight mechanics but less pay-to-win.”
“Amazing flight game, with easy to understand controls, fun gameplay, and great graphics to boot.”
“I was surprised to see mechanics like the nose of my P-51 rising when I equipped the bigger cannons.”
“Gameplay wise, extremely unfair.”
“I think it would be really nice to be able to take off and land, at least in some missions (maybe you can, but in 3 hours of gameplay I haven't got to see that).”
“Gameplay: if you have played War Thunder realistic battles, it plays very similar to it.”
- graphics10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
Overall, the graphics of the game are praised for their beauty and quality, especially considering the small development team behind it. However, some players noted issues with excessive bloom effects and limitations on lower-end hardware, which can detract from the experience. While the visuals are impressive, the game is still in early access and may lack some content and polish.
“Amazing flight game, with easy to understand controls, fun gameplay, and great graphics to boot.”
“The graphics of this game are very beautiful to say the least, though my less than powerful PC can only run the game on the 'I'm running this on a phone' graphics level below low, but I must say that the screenshots and video on the game's store page do not lie.”
“Graphics were very good (within the limits of the hardware of the day) and gameplay was involved enough to require a good understanding of your weapon system.”
“Currently the game is pretty bare bones as far as graphics, effects, and content go, but that's to be expected with an EA game.”
“I will add, for a game with such a small team, the graphics and effects are well done; my only complaint is that there is a good deal of 'bloom' or 'shine' which I cannot seem to get rid of.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with players reporting significant stuttering issues that detract from the overall experience. Many reviewers suggest that the developers should prioritize fixing these performance problems over adding new features, as the current state makes it difficult to recommend the game for purchase.
“Controls were janky at first, but I managed to figure it out; however, the game has poor optimization. The dev should stop focusing on new features and instead focus on getting rid of the stuttering issues.”
“Other than that, the game is good, but I can't currently recommend anyone buy it until the game is properly optimized.”
“You either have pure cinematic nonsense or something that requires you to have a couple hundred hours of solo time in a high-performance prop plane to understand.”
- stability6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's stability is generally praised, with many users reporting minimal to no bugs or glitches. It runs well across different platforms, including Mac, and is considered a solid value for the money despite a few minor issues.
“A very pleasant surprise that it runs great on a Mac.”
“Not a pushover either, good game for the money, runs well but a few minor glitches.”
“I've encountered a whopping zero bugs or glitches, which goes to show Virtual Convict are already better than most triple-A game studios.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be minimal, especially when using cheats, making it a more accessible offline alternative to War Thunder. Overall, the game is praised for its reduced grind compared to similar titles.
“It's basically a less (to no grind, if you cheat) grindy offline alternative to War Thunder.”
“It's basically a less (to no grind, if you cheat) grindy offline alternative to War Thunder.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find that the game offers good replayability, particularly after completing all the missions, as it encourages revisiting the content.
“The game offers a lot of replayability, especially after completing all the missions.”
“The replayability factor is significant, making it enjoyable to revisit the game even after finishing the main storyline.”
“Once you've completed all the missions, the game still provides plenty of reasons to come back and play again.”
