IL 2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $8.23

Features:

• Dynamic campaign system: In addition to the already existing IL-2 campaign system Forgotten Battles will include a new dynamic campaign system. It will work with all existing IL-2 and Forgotten Battles maps for single play The new map areas:
• Finnish gulf map area representing the large territory from Helsinki to Leningrad: Tallin, Kronshtadt, the lake Ladoga, etc.
• Hungarian map area representing the Balaton Lake area in Hungary.
• L'vov map area (Ukraine and Poland)
• 20 new single player missions using the Finnish and Hungarian map areas and Order of Battle

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

worth it for the updates [Posted on 2004-03-18]
Now that the IL-2: FB Ace Expansion Pack is out -- an expansion, not a stand-alone -- the original IL-2 FB continues to be worth getting. I've been able to get FB to work well on a late-model Pentium, with an ordinary Logitech Wingman joystick, combined with CH Pedals. The pedals simulate real-life rudder pedals and make the controls more responsive -- and as a trained pilot I can appreciate the sim better. This sim is very realistic, and more flyable than, say, MiG Alley.

The FB scenery is gorgeous, with very great detail around Stalingrad and Leningrad. Indeed, a low flight over Leningrad will be a virtual tour of what is now the St. Petersburg skyline. Only the German lines are almost in sight of the city.

As for the complaints about difficulty, it helps if you toggle off the complicated engine management when you create a pilot in a campaign, and your gunnery will be helped if you slow the time-speed to the minimum (1/4) and tighten the view. If this sim seems difficult, remember that many Soviet pilots went into combat with all of 10 hours' flight training, total. You have the Quick Missions to train on your favorite aircraft and even those of the enemy, which is more than the original pilots did.

I strongly recommend FB for sim aficionados. The Ace Expansion Pack will complement your FB copy nicely, and even the AEP exotica aircraft (Spitfire V, YP-80, Me163, etc.) will possibly save you the cost of the recent Normandy flight sims. However, I keep returning to the Soviet and Finnish sectors, in a time when the flying was desperate and the enemy was at the door.

Difficult but enjoyable [Posted on 2004-04-02]
I bought this sim. I find it to be the best one yet! Yes it is difficult, but I play it often. You might want to adjust it to suit you. I added external views and automatic engine controls.
I'm running a campaign now and its really addicting. My system is a ecs L7s7a2 mainboard, 2 different sticks of 256meg DDR ram a amd xp2100 processor and a chaintech nvidia fx5200 128 meg agp video card. The controler is a logitech usb wingman flight stick. It stutters once in a while, but I have several background apps running. I only get about 5 victories in 20 missions. I love the challenge. I have ms combat flight sims, but haven't bothered to put them on this system.

Ubi soft not user friendly [Posted on 2006-06-20]
Bought it installed it ,no worky ,error msg ,replaced rts dll. as told still no worky. Tech support is just automated email response.I have heard this is common problem with a lot of there products ,I know the Pacifc Fighter starts out with a error msg. And no I never had both products installed at same time.Cheap stuff stay away.

Good flight sim [Posted on 2007-03-20]
This flight sim is fun to play.
I have had mine for a couple years and find it relaxing,until the Me-109's or Fw-190's show up to party,then it can get squirrelly up there.
It takes some practice,I just wish the game had the stage the demo has in it.
I also recomend Sturmovik Forgotten Battles,there are some interesting aircraft in it.

Best WW2 Flight Simulator ever made! [Posted on 2007-03-31]
My review of this product may be slightly skewed by the fact that I remember Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, and played WW2 Fighters for a long time. Except for some counter-intuitive options, The Sturmovik series of games are exceptional and offer hours of enjoyment.

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