Got this game and AC5 with the UK Deluxe Edition and I've been playing so much 5 I've found that AC7 feels stiff in comparison? In AC5 the planes feel a bit more natural to control (talking about expert control mode).
Basically, in AC5 when I tilt the plane, it swoops in slightly in the direction of the tilt and the ground.
But in AC7, at least with the starter plane, the tilt doesn't really change the direction on its own at all? It's like tank controls or something, the only way to adjust seems to be changing the yaw with the bumpers or tilting and then pulling "up". But that feels so much less natural than AC5 planes (or at least the ones I've used so far).
I can't tell if this is a case of the starter plane in AC7 being less smooth on purpose so later planes are more appealing, a change made in the name of increased realism or just a creative choice that doesn't work for me, but I went from pretty smooth flying in 5 to feeling like I was flying a forklift.
This stood out the most in the 3rd or 4th mission with the space elevator, I could hardly hit anything. But part of that was also because the game kept artificially slowing me down and throttling the engine whenever I got close to the targets at the base of the tower, so what's up with that? Is that because I was playing on easy (got AC5 on normal by comparison).
Thank you to anyone who can help out and answer! Despite all this I'm definitely thinking of checking out the other games in the series and AC6 in particular seems like a good game to try to get sooner than later because its plane licenses have also expired like the PS2 games and you can't even get it digitally anymore. I'm just hoping the DLC was just cosmetic or extra planes and not unique missions.
