IL-2 Sturmovik (Windows)

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Description

IL-2 Sturmovik is a Russian-developed World War II flight sim that takes place in the Eastern Front of the European theater. You can fly as the Soviets or Germans. In addition to familiar combat-flight sim elements such as campaign and single mission options and a host of flyable aircraft for each country, this title adds the ability to turn the flying over to AI and lets you control the rear gunner. The difficulty (i.e. realism) of the controls is customizable, so you can play IL-2 as a realistic sim or as an arcade shooter.

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Alternate Titles

• "暴風雪" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "Ил-2 Штурмовик" -- Russian spelling
• "IŁ-2 Szturmowik" -- Polish title

Part of the Following Groups

• Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw 190
• Aircraft: Ilyushin Il-2
• Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Gameplay feature: Recordable replays
• Historical conflict: World War II
• IL-2 Sturmovik series
• User / fan contributed content

User Reviews

Its the new Chuck Yeager's Air Combat!

Alkali (11)

unrated

Critic Reviews

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Mar, 2002		100
Fragland.net	Sep 13, 2002	93 out of 100	93
Gamesmania.de	Nov 22, 2001	92 out of 100	92
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Dec 11, 2001	91 out of 100	91
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Nov 27, 2001	90 out of 100	90
Peliplaneetta.net	Dec 03, 2001	88 out of 100	88
Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 26, 2001	17 out of 20	85
4Players.de	Dec 14, 2001	85 out of 100	85
JeuxVideoPC.com	Dec 03, 2001	17 out of 20	85
IGN	Nov 28, 2001	8.3 out of 10	83

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

IL-2 Sturmovik appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • April 2002 (Issue #213) – Simulation Game of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2001 – PC Sim Game of the Year
  • 2011 – #17 Top PC Game of the 2000s

Related Web Sites

• IGN Best of E3 2001 (IL-2 Sturmovik named Best PC Simulation Game of Show)
• Official website (Official website)
• SimHQ Best of E3 2001 (IL-2 Sturmovik received Best Flight Sim award.)
• Sturmovik Tecnika (Everything about IL-2 Sturmovik in detail...)