Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: Pacific Theater

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Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: Pacific Theater

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Used Price: $7.50
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0805529049901
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Microsoft
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Model: 708-00068
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Date: 2000-10-14
Studio: Microsoft

Editorial Review:

Features:

You'll be amazed at the exquisite detail of the aircraft, cockpits and scenery
Fly in the most amazing flying machines of the era, from the Corsair and Hellcat to the Mitsubishi Zero
Jungle hillsides and majestic coral reefs are yours to explore as you face off agianst the enemy over Papua New Guinea, The Marianas Trench and Midway Island
Complete your mission goals and battle in campaigns based on 10 actual historical events during the war
Enhanced 3D objects and high-resolution terrain combine with incredible weather effects and sound, to bring you the ultimate in WWII realism!

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Shooting down the enemy can be fun.
The quality of the graphics is adequate. The missions are fine. The real joy is shooting down the enemy. I thought the instructions were lacking, even the "help" and instruction manual on the CD could be much better. It would be nice to have more options for aircraft. I think in general there is room for sophistication in the program. Nevertheless, it is just a bunch of fun to shoot down the enemy. I have had the game for several weeks, and while it will get old at some point, the novelty hasn't worn off yet.

Rating:

- Regretful purchase
Having purchased MS Flight Sims before, I assumed this one would be a similar type program. Instead, I find it uses comic book characters! My first inpression was disgust; misled and sorry for buying the product.

The vendor I purchased this was J-R's and their service was absolutely excellent. The order arrived the same day another purchase from Amazon arrived. This was unprecedented and truly excellent service. I thank the vendor for their services, but the product was a "bad buy".

Rating:

- air war in WW 2
this is as close as i have come in any of my WW 2 air war simulators to being realistic, you are in the cockpit and see enemy and shot your guns and acctually see them rip into the other air plane, fantastic and holds true to the microsoft flight simulator series with even more realism, i give it 5 stars and recommend if you are a combat sim collector or just player dont miss out on this buy,

well worth the money and hours of fun and diffrent air craft to fly, just great overall

sundance58

Rating:

- Lacks the game factor
I purchased this game as a replacement for the venerable Aces Of The Pacific. While the game is a great flight simulator and is extremely involved The combat simulator leaves a lot to be desired. With all the intricacy of the flight model it seems they left out a lot of the fighting model. Planes that I know could do an Immelman turn in combat simply cannot do that in this simulator. Also the selection of planes is maybe half of the Aces of the Pacific selection, which adds to the disappointment. I would like to see someone update the Aces series for new computers so that these half baked attempts are knocked off of the shelf and into the serious Flight simulator only genre.

Rating:

- Pretty good
This is a very good flight sim. CFS 1 was better in the graphics area. This has a way better story line though. This had wonderful graphics too but not as great as the first combat flight simulator.

Some of the complaints I have about this game are

1. Your wingmen are useless when you want them to do something

2. Even though the game is pretty long I wish it stopped at the surrender of Japan or the Americans victory

3. It is too easy to complete missions.

Other than that this is a flawless game.

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