I spent a weekend on it. Does not seems like long but it was a 3-day long weekend!
Money is not an issue so I got both, BoM and BoS. In the end I am glad I did not get the optional planes because I am back to the one we love: IL-2 1946.
I liked the radio voices, the engine management, it looked fantastic inside the cockpits and taxi to take-off was pretty nice too (but super hard to master...). Of course because it is on the Eastern Front I was very keen.
But I do not play online, well... I could not really see the point. I was not so pleased with the maps.
I also took the time to have a look around for forum/community in both English and Russian and well... it felt like a very small place with a limited number of planes, objects, mods, maps, vehicles, buildings, campaigns, missions, campaign generators,well...
After a weekend in BoS/BoM, going back to IL-2 1946 there was a bit of shock visually (in the cockpit) but thanks to all the modders efforts, to the tools we have and to the incredibly rich resources available I can manufacture this:
Having been active for less than 2 years, to be able to get Dubrovka on the Neva looking this close to how it was in 1941 is priceless.
Then I get to fly it !!!
This is all thanks to the care, effort and passion put into IL-2 1946 during all these years.
I am glad I did get it (good to support the business) and it was great to get a different perspective.
In the end this has made me even more grateful for what we have.