Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
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Blazing Angels Pack
(2008)
Description official descriptions
Blazing Angels is an air combat arcade game putting the player at the command of a fighter squadron in the Second World War. It's a pick-up-and-play type of game, with easy-to-grasp controls and an almost non existent learning curve.
The action covers the most important moments of the WWII, from the Battle for England to the bombing raids over Berlin, but also warps a bit the history to make for some entertaining if fictitious moments (i.e. you get to fly over Normandy on D-Day, save the day at Pearl Harbor, etc). The gameplay is quite varied, with about 18 flyable planes during the SP campaign (fighters, recon planes, dive, torpedo and level bombers) and diverse tasks and locations that prevent the game from being overly repetitive, despite a general dogfighting approach. The basic squadron command system and the specific abilities of the wingmen lend a bit of a tactical flavor to the game.
There are a dozen multiplayer game modes available: solo (Dogfight, Seek and Destroy & Aces High), co-op (Dogfight, Onslaught, Bombing Run, Kamikaze and Historical Missions) and squad-based (Dogfight, Capture the Base, Bombing Run and Kamikaze).
Spellings
- Ангелы Смерти: Асы Второй Мировой - Russian spelling
- ブレイジング・エンジェル SQUADRONS OF WW II - Japanese spelling
- 炽天使：二战空骑兵 - Simplified Chinese spelling
- 熾焰飛將 - Traditional Chinese spelling
Groups +
- Aircraft: A6M Zero
- Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft: F4F Wildcat
- Aircraft: F6F Hellcat
- Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- Aircraft: Hawker Hurricane
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 110
- Aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 262
- Aircraft: P-51 Mustang
- Aircraft: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
- Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire
- Aircraft: Vought F4U Corsair
- Blazing Angels series
- Games pulled from digital storefronts
- Middleware: Bink Video
- Middleware: DemonWare
- Ubisoft eXclusive releases
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Credits (PlayStation 3 version)
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Reviews
Critics
Average score: 68% (based on 78 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 38 ratings with 1 reviews)
The Good
I didn't expect much fun from it, but I was glad to be wrong. It was fun. I couldn't put down the controller. I just wanted to play the next mission. There's a lot of planes to unlock, tons of missions to play and a lot of tanks to destroy.
While the music wasn't that memorable, it was not boring. There wasn't much of a story, as is the usual custom for such early 2000s games. What was there was enough to keep me going.
The Bad
Well, the keyboard and mouse controls suck. It just doesn't work well. I tried and almost hated the game for it. Also, some of the level objectives are tedious as heck. You really have to either cheese the game or cheat to win them. I'm not about to spend 3 hours a day just to get good at a 2005 game.
The Bottom Line
It was a fun enough game. I don't know if I'll ever replay it considering that there's a sequel I want to play now. It was a pleasant surprise for sure.
Windows · by Lal Fam (68) · 2024
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by Eduard Pandele.
PlayStation 3 added by Kabushi. Wii added by Yearman.
Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, Sciere, Xoleras, DreinIX, Paulus18950, Starbuck the Third, Zhuzha.
Game added April 20, 2006. Last modified March 12, 2024.