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Game Information
- Platform: Windows Vista / 98 / Me / XP
- ELSPA Minimum Age: 11
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Fly 31 types of Russian, German and American planes
- See 40 other types of aircraft engaged in large air battles
- Engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground battles
- Play campaign missions and track your career
- Multi-play with up to 32 human or AI players in dogfight mode and 16 players in cooperative missions
- Use custom paint schemes and national markings for each single plane
- Record a flight track of any of your flights and edit these tracks
- Build new missions and scenarios with an easy to use mission builder
- Witness and take part in massive air and ground battles between German and Russian airplanes and tanks
- Experience realistic dynamic damage modelling and 3D world environment
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Offering you the chance to fly 31 Russian, German and American planes IL2 Sturmovik plans to give the mantle held by Microsoft's Combat Flight Sim a run for its money.
Based mostly on the Russian side of things, this flight simulator will appeal to anyone looking for a challenge and features everything from stalling engines, impressive AI run enemy and even the ability to play the gunner positions on some planes.
While the gameplay will keep you on your toes for many a mission--there is a level editor included to further your enjoyment--the real icing on the cake is in the little details. View the plane from outside while you shoot your way through a dogfight and you'll notice cartridges falling to the ground. Go too high and the plane starts to leave turbulence trails.
Multiplayer options haven't been neglected either and the game can accommodate up to a whopping 32 players in dogfight mode and 16 when tackling cooperative missions, making this a great game to play with friends.
If you're a fan of the Microsoft combat flight series, then IL2 Sturmovik is going to be the perfect addition to your catalogue. If however, you are new to the flight simulator genre, then this might be a little too taxing to start with. --Jason Denwood
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Wanting a flight sim, I tried out various types from friends before someone let me borrow IL2 Sturmovik. I had it for a weekend, became hooked and bought it immediately. The features of the game are very in-depth with some fantastic aircraft to fly. The official web site continues to offer free downloadable updates with extra planes as a bonus. The truly amazing thing about IL2 though is the gameplay. Once you have landed, you just want to get back up in the air and strafe more tanks or bomb a Russion ship. Cockpit views are awesome and looking out onto the wing feels very realistic; not as realistic as the battle damage however. The graphics shown, once you have hit something,or are unfortunately hit yourself will blow you away. With many external views available and the facility to record your missions and view them later from a multitude of angles, will keep you happy for months; not weeks or days as some will. To sum up: If you love flight sims and you haven't yet seen these delights. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
First of lets get one thing straight! this game is not an ARCADE SHOOT EM UP it is in fact a fantastic world war two combat sim.
You get to fly the Russian IL2 Sturmovik a Russian anti tank aircraft(called the Black Death by the Germans)on various missions right through the war.
Lets start with the graphics, They are great with fantastic details on the planes and great effects like seeing empty shell casings spilling from the wing guns on strafing runs and vapour trails from wing tips.
There are also detailed ground units including tanks, half tracks etc all this adds to the highly polished feel to the game.
The sound effects are also worth a mention as they are also great with detailed engine sounds and the first time you hear bullets fly past your canopy it almost makes you duck!.
I found this game a very enjoyable one and also there are lots of free upgrades and new planes on the offical website and the game also comes with its own mission builder for maximum replay value, And i also think an addon pack has just been released called forgotten battles.
So to sum up this game is great! loely graphics great sound effects and bags of gameplay! if you have played games like combat flight simulator and B17 flying fortress then buy this and your onto a winner!.
You get to fly the Russian IL2 Sturmovik a Russian anti tank aircraft(called the Black Death by the Germans)on various missions right through the war.
Lets start with the graphics, They are great with fantastic details on the planes and great effects like seeing empty shell casings spilling from the wing guns on strafing runs and vapour trails from wing tips.
There are also detailed ground units including tanks, half tracks etc all this adds to the highly polished feel to the game.
The sound effects are also worth a mention as they are also great with detailed engine sounds and the first time you hear bullets fly past your canopy it almost makes you duck!.
I found this game a very enjoyable one and also there are lots of free upgrades and new planes on the offical website and the game also comes with its own mission builder for maximum replay value, And i also think an addon pack has just been released called forgotten battles.
So to sum up this game is great! loely graphics great sound effects and bags of gameplay! if you have played games like combat flight simulator and B17 flying fortress then buy this and your onto a winner!.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Before this game came out I was trawling Game sites looking for any sort of a screenshot or preview such was my anticpation for it. When it finally came out i was gobsmacked it plays every bit as good as it looks, but this game is not about looks its the minor features that it excels,something Game Developers often overlook.
Within the game engine is one of the best Combat Flight sims ever made ,its just as good if not better than Combat Flight Sim 3. This game is simply amazing and if like me you love Combat Flight sims its one of the best.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
il-2 sturmovik
Having previously played this game a while back at a friends made me purchase a copy my self. Unfortunately the setup doesn't load on Win 7 64 bit so I cannot even install the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Oni Aniq
most dissapointing
I bought this sim with the idea of having some fun but sadly in spite of every available
attempt at configuring it for my machine it would not run and so I had to return it... Read more
attempt at configuring it for my machine it would not run and so I had to return it... Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by Mr. R. R. Timson
In a flap
This game is actually very good. Serious but very good. Despite its age the graphics are good enough, missions interesting, and there is a lot a value in repeat play. Read more
Published on 1 July 2009 by Duncan McDonald
The original version of the best flight sim. You want 1946
This is the start of the IL*2 series.
The missions from this are included in "1946", along with the missions from Pacific Fighters and the Campaigns from Forgotten... Read more
The missions from this are included in "1946", along with the missions from Pacific Fighters and the Campaigns from Forgotten... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2009 by R. Court
Too realistic for its own good....
As stated in other reviews this is not an arcade game, but is a highly realistic flight sim.
The graphics are very detailed, it could take months to go through all the... Read more
The graphics are very detailed, it could take months to go through all the... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2008 by mystic fred
Hope I can fly the Stuka and Messerschmitt in this game
This game is fantastic, i have been hunting for flight sims for a while and found this looked at the reviews to it and many people gave it a high rating, and as soon as you play it... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2004 by "cracko21"
THE BEST FLIGHT SIM YET!!!
A high quality cool,fun and rapid game this is probaly the best flight sim ive ever played high detail in everything such as lights in the cockpit,lots of veiws,parashoots,eject... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2004 by JORA
Learn from this, Microsoft!
Absolutely superb, I knew there was a good reason to have a decent PC and this is it. The aircraft modelling is mind-blowingly beautiful with fantastic weathering effects and... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2004 by P.T.
Immersive is the word!
Having just about given up on flight simulators about a decade ago, I returned to the genre with IL-2 Sturmovik. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2003 by Dr. K. C. MacDonald
Simply the best
Probably the best flight sim ever. Simple as that!
Published on 20 Mar 2003 by Matjaz Mirt
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