DCS World Halloween Sale Trailer Manages to Make Military Aircraft Feel Quite Scary

Eagle Dynamics is hosting a sale to celebrate Halloween in DCS World, and they released a trailer to advertise it.

The sale offers 50% discount on most modules (new ones like A-10C II Tank Killer aren’t discounted) and the trailer achieves a pretty interesting feat.

It makes military aircraft feel quite scary, and I mean scarier than something that could simply blast you to smithereens.

You can check out the trailer below.

If you’re unfamiliar with DCS World, it’s an absolutely gorgeous free-to-play sandbox flight simulator that offers a giant lineup of DLC aircraft for those who want to expand the experience.

It’s also an extremely realistic title, so you can expect a rather complex and steep learning curve. That being said, not only there are tons of tutorials, but you can customize the experience very deeply to make things a lot more approachable. It may not be as accessible as Ace Combat 7, but in my opinion, it’s more approachable than many give it credit for. 

Here’s what the developers promise:

• The most realistic Free-to-Play digital battlefield ever.
• One-of-a-kind, internally developed graphics engine that looks amazing from 0 to 80,000 feet.
• Includes a beautiful, free, and highly detailed map of the Caucasus region that includes south western Russia and Georgia.
• Includes millions of buildings, millions of km of usable roads and railways, more than 50 million trees, and 20 fully-equipped operational airbases.
• Includes 156 free and fully operational weapons systems, 105 ground vehicles, 19 ships and 84 AI-controlled aircraft.
• Fly the TF-51 Mustang and Su-25T attack jet for free!
• Play all DCS World modules from one DCS World version.
• State-of-the-art graphics with amazing lighting, shadows, and performance.
• New breathtaking effects for explosions, clouds, fog, fire, and smoke.
• Hundreds of land, air and seaborne AI vehicles. The world is your sandbox.
• Create your own missions and campaigns for unlimited gameplay!
• Mission generator included allowing rapid mission creation.
• Enjoy multiplayer with friends, and even fly together in the same aircraft for multi-crew missions!
• Purchase and fly the most iconic airplanes and helicopters from WWII up to the modern day.
• Mouse interactive 6 degrees of freedom cockpits for most aircraft and the most accurate flight models, cockpit systems, sensors, targeting systems and sounds available.
• Purchase and fly the most authentic simulations of the A-10C Warthog, UH-1H Huey, F-86F Sabre, Spitfire, and many others now.
• Exciting new aircraft coming to DCS World like the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18C Hornet, F-4E Phantom II, Mi-24P Hind, P-47D Thunderbolt, and many more!
• Purchase additional high-quality maps such as Normandy 1944, the Nevada Test and Training Range, and the Persian Gulf.
• Play hundreds of missions and campaigns with new campaigns continually created.
• Both hardcore realistic and casual gameplay modes and options available.