To me it is fun to play but one drawback is that after you have completed most of the missions you can pretty much use the same strategy again and win fairly easily. Haven't had the chance to play in novaworld yet but it seems like it would be more of a challenge. I would call it more of an arcade game than a tank sim. Overall if your computer can handle this game I think you will enjoy it. I know all my friends are hooked on it.
Game play is good but gets prebictable after a while.
Air support only helps identify more enemies mostly before being easily shot down. Graphics are superb probably the best feature of the game. Sound is adequate but could stand a bit more boom. I personally have over 50 games in my collection,this one rank's in the top 20,it's allright. For myself,an ex-marine tanker,the gameplay is consistent.