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9
Excellent
Coop Multiplayer is amazing.
posted by TheRaptor (SPOKANE VALLEY, WA) Dec 18, 2006
Member since Apr 2006
41 out of 41 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Example: I played the pearl harbor level. We started off in our hangers it took us longer to start our engines since they weren't warmed up. We had to take off from a runway with wreckage of planes in our way (Nice touch). Then fight off a huge force of Zero's and bombers. The atmosphere and graphics made me feel the threat of being in a real dogfight.
The planes handle very differently which is great since my buddies enjoy different handling than I do. So we ended up developing our own style of play. Single player has innovative levels (Like flying through a sandstorm to take recon pictures of german basis using only your radio signal to track them down, while taking anti aircraft fire.) I only gave it an 9 because I haven't gotten used to the motion sensitive controls yet. Very hard to use but I'm sure I'll get used to it and probably prefer it later.
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6
Above Average
Flying with the SIXAXIS
posted by indy83815 (COEUR D ALENE, ID) Mar 6, 2007
Member since Feb 2007
9 out of 10 gamers (90%) found this review helpful
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7
Good
A good first generation game
posted by LogKenosha (KENOSHA, WI) Mar 13, 2007
Member since Aug 2006
17 out of 21 gamers (81%) found this review helpful
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6
Above Average
Well worth playing
posted by RoninDex (CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO) Mar 16, 2007
Member since Apr 2004
5 out of 6 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
Overall a solid game that is well worth some time.
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9
Excellent
Love it...
posted by MrWills (JACKSONVILLE, FL) Jan 10, 2007
Member since Jan 2007
3 out of 4 gamers (75%) found this review helpful
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8
Very Good
Crazzygood
posted by bubbbaa (SACRAMENTO, CA) Jan 24, 2007
Member since Nov 2006
8 out of 13 gamers (62%) found this review helpful
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5
Fair
Blazing Angels: Fair Play
posted by toph84 (FORT WAYNE, IN) Mar 6, 2007
Member since Jan 2007
2 out of 4 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Good: Intense action, challenging missions, photorealistic graphics
Bad: No Dolby Digital surround sound, split screen multiplayer fun, but leaves you wanting more (I didn't try online, no desire to), some missions frustrating because of time constraint
Ugly: Severe slowdown in some parts, wasn't the PS3 supposed to be "all powerful"??
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3
Bad
This is fun?
posted by Kattsee (JONESVILLE, MI) May 20, 2008
Member since May 2008
1 out of 3 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
I'm not really a fly gal, I'm more into the RPG game's as is my fiance. But hey, a person can be occasionally surprised aye? Yea right! We never did get anything shot down. The graphics were not all that great although the controls seemed to be pretty straight forward.
Honestly, if you ever played old school games like Top Gun, don't pick this up as you'll be sorely disappointed, or if you like the tried and true. If your up for something new, possibly something for a change and up for an adventure as to what you may get.. then this is for you.
Off on the hunt still for some decent 2 player games that are not sports or racing games. sigh
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2
Really Bad
Totally Lame
posted by lbz999 (SAN DIEGO, CA) Jan 30, 2007
Member since Dec 2006
1 out of 3 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
What fun is it to fly an airplane that has a ceiling so low.
Pretty lame that you will be chasing an enemy plane and the "conveniently" fly out of the combat zone...
Graphics? Could have fooled me.
Overall, horrible.
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5
Fair
Buggy arcade style game with a generic storyline
posted by Threxx (COLLIERVILLE, TN) Feb 6, 2007
Member since Dec 2006
2 out of 9 gamers (22%) found this review helpful
Bugs? Well, it flat out locked up on me once.
Also, this might be Sony's fault but on certain PS3 software update revisions (I think 1.3 until 1.5 where it seems to be have been fixed) the voices during flight do not work, forcing you to read the text on the screen which is nearly impossible to do during some battle sequences. (Work around for this bug for those who are experiencing it, is to set your PS3 to display at 720p by default before starting up the game, even though the game displays at 720p anyway, this fixes the voice problem).
And also buggy because it was ported over inefficiently to the point that if you fly through an area with a lot of smoke in the air, the game gets REALLY choppy. This should NOT be hard for the PS3 to render but it is for some reason, and I'm about 99% sure it's just a sloppy job of porting.
And what's with the enemies I'm dog fighting going off into areas that are "outside of the battle area"? They aren't retreating, I'm still expected to kill them, and yet if I follow them I get sucked into this long drawn out turn around sequence because I went outside of the boundaries of the battle field.
Gameplay is OK if you have no desire to fly a realistic plane, or no idea how flight physics work, but everything from the acceleration and deceleration characteristics to basic dogfighting moves ranges from extremely fake/corny to impossible. If this gives you any idea, the planes never stall until they hit a certain max ceiling of around (by my guess) 4000 feet, and then they instantly stall out and nose down. Doesn't matter what plane you're in or how fast/slow you're going, you stall at the same height every time unless you're in a canyon run, then magically your plane seems to stall at 200 feet or so for no reason at all.
The story and gameplay themselves are rehashed and generic, at best, too. When are the good PS3 games going to come out??
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10
Perfect
awesome game
posted by GoGreen (PERKASIE, PA) Jan 22, 2007
Member since Aug 2005
2 out of 15 gamers (13%) found this review helpful
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4
Weak
Fair at Best
posted by abb1971 (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Jul 9, 2012
Member since Sep 2011
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5
Fair
Has potential but falls short
posted by scubatim84 (SANTA CLARA, CA) Apr 3, 2011
Member since Apr 2011
However, this is past the halfway point for the missions. If you want to have some fun for a few days, I would say give it a shot...I just wouldn't get your hopes up. I'm sure there are other missions in there too which are just plain stupid and do not make for anything other than miserable gameplay.
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4
Weak
Nor Recommended
posted by FatThumb (STATESVILLE, NC) Dec 26, 2009
Member since Dec 2009
1) Unstable controls
2) Unable to distinguish targets in the midst of combat (far too much going on)
3) Not colorblind friendly (too many of the colors run together)
I guess that I'll just stick with the highest rated games from now on. I sent this one right back to GameFly... express mail!
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4
Weak
Great idea, poor execution
posted by Operator7 (LONG BEACH, CA) Nov 25, 2008
Member since May 2007
You're supposed to bomb some ground units, but there is NOTHING telling you where they are at. So you fly around trying to find them, and after about 20 minutes of this, and ZERO assistance from the game, I was done.
There is a map, and a radar, and the game gives you no clue how to read them.
And I am a very active gamer!!!
So don't think it's a case of me not being game-literate.
Oh sure, I could probably surf the web to find this info out, BUT WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO???
Amazing that people spend so much time and money developing a game, and stuff like this doesn't get addressed.
You'd think they'd maybe have someone test the game, so that people like myself (and others who said the same exact thing), don't give up in frustration.
Oh well.
I played it for about an hour, then back in the mail it goes.
Nice job developers.
Next game please!!!
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5
Fair
Ehhh...
posted by fightfan31 (JOLIET, IL) Oct 31, 2008
Member since Aug 2008
Don't even try the multiplayer 'cause it won't work...
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10
Perfect
Love passing game!!
posted by CHAMO1217 (WINSTON SALEM, NC) Oct 22, 2008
Member since Sep 2008
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1
Horrible
OH MY GOD!!! THIS GAME IS LAME!!!
posted by armyofone (HARPSWELL, ME) Oct 6, 2008
Member since Jan 2008
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9
Excellent
This game rocks
posted by nickdipao (CAMARILLO, CA) Sep 24, 2008
Member since May 2008
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7
Good
Fun WWII Flier
posted by archquestr (NORTHUMBERLAND, PA) Aug 5, 2008
Member since Apr 2008
On PS3 I was pleased with the different game controls and I had a lot of fun with this game.
As a qualifying note: I am a big fan of the History oriented war games so this game was something I probably would have enjoyed even if it were sub-par... that being said I really enjoyed most of the aspects of this game.
If you like WWII History and flying games you will definitely enjoy this game. As you progress through the game you also progress through the History of both the Alied and Axis powers' aviation technology (with historically accurate machines and technology). You gain access to newer more powerful and specialized war planes. The game play takes you through many historically referenced arenas of WWII that are at least somewhat historically accurate as well.
The graphics are right on par with what you should expect from a PS3 game (especially an early game that was developed for multiple platforms). The difficulty of the game is about a C+. Some things are pretty easy and others seem to be overly difficult. This game is long enough to keep even an experienced gamer going for a while, but it is not overly long (pretty well balanced). I also found it interesting that they made an effort to incorporate dog fighting with land and sea attack as well - though on a historical note, they did make it a little silly to have bombing capability from pure fighters... Overall the game was very fun and fairly challenging... This is a game I could honestly see myself owning, just to go back and re-fight some great air battles every now and again when I get the urge to blow some stuff up!
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6
Above Average
Fun, but not my thing.. Does have subtitles..
posted by Deafguy (MIAMI, FL) May 29, 2008
Member since Mar 2008
I give ++ kudos for subtitles , has good graphics, a cool game for WWII plane buffs but overall I just hated it.
Game play wasn't that bad, I just couldn't master the controls to get the precision needed. Would have been a 9 rating if game came with difficulty/skill levels rather than having game choose difficulty based on training mission.
However I'll give it a 6 because I cant really find fault with the game overall. It just isn't my kind of game, I guess.. as far as being Flight Sim, however, it's at best, grade school stuff - not really that much to it in the way of flight sim.
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7
Good
Blazing Flyer
posted by viper74 (RAEFORD, NC) May 10, 2008
Member since Mar 2008
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7
Good
Good to rent, not good to buy!
posted by creole81 (SULPHUR, LA) Apr 17, 2008
Member since Mar 2008
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4
Weak
Under par
posted by Gallep (DENVER, CO) Mar 14, 2008
Member since Mar 2008
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1
Horrible
TERRIBLE!!
posted by reggiere (HUNTSVILLE, AL) Mar 3, 2008
Member since Feb 2008
Stay FAR AWAY from this title!!!!!!!!!!
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