Red Baron is kind of a predecessor of Dynamix' Aces series. This time it's about World War I and featuring its respective planes. All known features can be found in this game: single missions, a career mode and the possibility to record your most glorious deeds.

You can fly anything from the sluggish monoplanes early in the war to the famous Sopwith Camel and the even better known triplane ('Dreidecker') which was flown by Manfred von Richthofen. In the single missions menu you can practice the mission types which you will encounter during the career like patrolling the front, balloon busting or intercept missions.

During the career you'll be confronted with the usual random selection of missions but there are some differences to the latter 'Aces' games. For example you can be challenged to a duel by enemy aces which you can accept or not (but beware - sometimes they lure you into a trap!) and after reaching a certain rank you can paint your plane to your likings.

The graphfics are quite good for the time and actually don't look that different compared to 'Aces of the Pacific' which appeared two years later. But overall flying WW I planes is quite a different experience compared to WW II fighters. When you have a fast PC be sure to use a slowdown program because otherwise you could be downed quite fast...

Red Baron is yet another great simulation by Dynamix and one of the best WW I sims I know even today. If you liked 'Aces of the Pacific' and 'Aces over Europe' be sure to download this - it's well worth it!


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