Reviews for Spitfire 1940

[Skyenskea]

Long Game, Great Atmosphere

[Allow me to defend this game....] This a great game, but it does require a long-term strategy. It's not something you can win on brute force - something which should be apparent from the large number of enemy planes you're supposed to shoot down, and the lack of detail about the fighting stats of the planes. Clearly, this is not a shooting game, but an extremely satisfying strategy.
I felt compelled to play with it for a while with the nice images (the silhouettes for the different areas were particularly evocative) and simple interface - a little reading of the tutorial goes a long way and the game is ultimately not that complicated. (Also, Spitfires are cool!)
I say all this as most people's given issues with it seem to revolve around how easily the planes are shot down. Without wishing to give too much away, with one trial run and reading the intelligence report, it can be deduced that generally it is unwise to send any planes out at all until you can be sure you outnumber the enemy.
Having played with the game for an hour or so, I have only achieved a single victory (and saved the Midlands, hurrah!) but it was REALLY SATISFYING - probably because I had to plan for it for so long. Sad as that is, in short, this game is rewarding! I await to see whether massive successful attack/defences are possible later in the game.
One possible flaw I can see is that I'm not sure what use it is building hurricanes, especially if you have accumulated a lot of scrap metal. An added layer of difficultly might be established perhaps if for example, each plane was given to be more effective against one of the German ones.
Nonetheless, I'm enjoying myself greatly. :)

[Phoenix352]

i loved it.

iam not one to love strategy games because well .. i dont like to think too much but i beat the game and i loved it to bits.

its so simple yet satisfying even when you have to risk one locations defense so that the next wave you will be prepared.

the fireman and builders are worth your time people!

i didnt read any tutorials or anything but i figured out that generally the planes dont have too much a difference aside from spitfires being better at attacking other spitfire type planes.

but i enjoyed it non the less the atmosphere the game gives is really genuine i felt like i had no choice but to not send any planes to defend a city in certain situations but still felt bad for doing so.

i have no idea why people say this is a bad game as its clearly a long term strategy game.

[Sir-Fally]

Great Game!

I really loved this game. For me it wasn't too hard, but a bit too simple. never used firemen, only used builder from time to time and hurricane was a waste of ressources. More types of planes, that have strength and weaknesses would be fun. And it would be great if the people could level up, so the pilots got better the more battles they survive etc. research would be fun, too. You see: much to do for part 2. ;)

One hint for the desperate: Leave one single plane in each location (the single on shot down some times 4 enemies) and never build bigger forces than 8 spits at a location. The more planes you got, the more can be hit by the widespread fire of the enemy.

[greeneggs4spam]

Great Game!

This game was really fun, I enjoyed the strategy and how the random outcomes and good/bad things really made the game interesting and challenging (albeit also somewhat frustrating)

The only thing is that I never faced a raid with more than 10 bombers, so I couldn't get the 20 bombers medal; but everything else was fine.

Tips for people:
-max out recruiters first.
-scavangers and workers don't die, so they're nice to get early
-builders won't die if you put them on a spot where no planes attack - so use them to repair areas that aren't under attack
-don't bother too much with intelligence until you want to start defending proactively, but after that it's very important to always have 85%+ so you know where the attacks are happening
-don't send too many planes into battle. Some of your planes die even after all the enemies are shot down, so it's a recipe for disaster.
Good luck!

[Food123]

This game is cool

This Is a cool game with Medals.

I gave this a Go and it went good.