Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater
aka:
CFS2,
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: 2. Weltkrieg: Kriegsschauplatz Pazifik,
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: Guerre du Pacifique,
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: La Segunda Guerra Mundial en el Pacífico,
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: Palco da II Guerra Mundial no Pacífico
Moby ID: 2574
Windows version
Not all that
The Good
Decent graphics, decent sound, can be fun at times.
The Bad
Lousy control scheme (with no keyboard command chart supplied!), almost no wingman commands, and, despite the attempt to add a "storyline" to the game, never any real sense that you're an actual pilot flying in the Pacific. I also hate the lack of wind buffeting and/or other visual or aural cues to indicate that you're about to stall.
The Bottom Line
As something of a student of the Pacific War, I really, really, really wanted to like this game. Unfortunately, it can't hold a candle to the far superior European Air War.
by Jim Newland (56) on February 10, 2001