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DANGER!! DANGER!! WARNING WILL ROBINSON, WARNING!!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 33 / 35
Date: April 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Without any reservation, evasion or questions to the contrary I can unequivocally state that this game -- "JANES: ATTACK SQUADRON" by XICAT -- is =BY FAR= the worst (and disappointing) flight sim released for the public market in my memory. What a lost opportunity. I had assumed JAS was an expansion pack or an enhancement to the outstanding JANES WWII FIGHTERS. After all it has been over four years and is only reasonable that an JANES WWII FIGHTERS improvement is on the horizon. But sadly this is not the case. Indeed, this sim is so poorly designed by XICAT that it borders on negligence and malfeasance. And quite frankly, I find it astonishing that the name JANES appears on the cover. Like many gamers I have thoroughly enjoyed the entire JANES and Electronic Arts flight sim line for years. (And still do.) Quality sims such as USAF, WWII FIGHTERS and IL-2 STURMOVIK immediately come to mind for what they are: classic examples of design and production excellence -- or enjoyable, true and authentic flight simulators. Yet I believe the fact that JAS even made it to the market -- in its current form -- is a sad testament to the little consideration XICAT have for the consumer or gamers whom enjoy the flight sim genre.

To compare the inferiority of JAS with a previous JANES release is difficult. Despite the simple fact that I have been flying aircraft on PC's for twenty years I cannot recall (offhand) playing a sim as poorly designed as JAS. The graphics and limited gameplay of JAS is so abhorrent that the game is definitely outclassed by the older flight sim designs of just five years ago. Moreover, I don't give a damn what kind of graphics card or monster processor you own -- it isn't going to make =it= happen. I will compare the graphics and gameplay of JAS with older games on older systems . . . such as F-19 STEALTH FIGHTER on Commodore 64.

Again, I can go negative with minute details but will not waste my time or your time. The bottom line is this: Just avoid JANES: ATTACK SQUADRON at ALL COST. Your hard earned money is not worth this piece of trash. I only wish someone told me . . . what I am sharing with you now.

One star is too many for this ripoff

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 20 / 25
Date: September 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Jane's Attack Squadron gets one star from me only because I can't figure out how to give it zero stars. Putting the "Jane's" name on this turkey is like nailing a Porsche badge onto a half-built Excalibur kit car.

As far as I can tell, here is what happened. About five years ago, Jane's was associated with Electronic Arts. In one of the greatest marriages in flight simulation history, a company with possibly the planet's most talented game designers cooperated with the world's premier source of military equipment data, and produced what will go down in history as one of the greatest combat flight sims of all time, Jane's WWII Fighters.

At some point after the release of that peerless masterpiece, there was a falling out between the two partners. Perhaps somebody from the "Jane's" side spilled coffee into an EA designer's keyboard, or maybe EA started to get jealous of the acclaim Jane's was earning using EA's talent.

Whatever happened, the geniuses took a hike, and now the Jane's name is being tacked onto products (I won't call them "software") that have evidently been designed by hacks, wannabees, moronic nuts and monkeys. With all due respect for monkeys, the Jane's name alone isn't going to raise the prestige of this trash, and in fact junk like J.A.S. is eventually going to pull the Jane's name right down into the gutter.

My advice to Jane's, is if you want to be involved in the PC gaming business, buy some kneepads, suck up your pride, and crawl back to the people who designed WWII Fighters and beg them, bribe them, do whatever it takes, to get them back on board. I know for a fact that programmers and designers can be bribed with stacked boxes of hot Captain Tony's pizza and cold liter bottles of Shasta spiked with Cutty Sark or flat Bartle's & James coolers, which ever happens to be available. Lacking those, a fair and equitable compensation package reflecting the creative talent's true value to your company could be used as a backup plan.

In the meantime, for everyone who craves the feel of piston speed, the rush of wind past your canopy, and the sight of your orange tracers pouring into an FW-190, lighting it up in flame and sending it tumbling into the clouds below, buy, borrow, copy or steal the original Jane's WWII Fighters, load it into your super PC, crank all the sounds and details up to max, and prepare to be awed again and again. The bigger the dogfights, the more WWII Fighters stops looking like a game and the more it starts looking like a masterful aviation painting in motion.

Having said that, why can't I buy it anywhere? My original copy is now a cherished possession that I guard carefully, and if you can find it, it's definitely worth whatever you're willing to pay.

But don't buy JAS. Instead, demand a Pacific version of WWII fighters, designed by the original people or at least people who know code from toejam - we've been waiting more than 5 years for Corsairs and Zeros, COMON JANES, GET IT TOGETHER!

Not too good.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: April 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

OK, if this was the only combat flight simulation I had ever seen I would think it was pretty cool. For a Jane's flight sim circa 2002 however, it's not too good. The sound, graphics, and gameplay are not only not up to the standards of recent combat flight sims such as IL2 Sturmovik, they are not even up to the standards of prior Jane's flight sims such as WWII Fighters. If you don't have that sim, or Microsoft CFS2, or Sturmovik, or even European Air War,..

DONT BUY IT! SAVE YOUR MONEY! IT'S GARBAGE!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: April 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Hmm, where to begin. First, pretty box, but nothing inside. no manual. Second, after installing, every time you try to play the game and insert the CD, it tries to re-install itself. The graphics are a very poor attempt. In fact they dont even come close to Jane's WWII Fighters released 5 years ago... DONT BE FOOLED- ATTACK SQUADRON is nothing like the older Jane's games by EA. This one is from XICAT and it is total rubbish. There is not enough room here to fit all it's shortcomings and failures, but the point is, for [the price] you can get several very good flight sims like Combat Flight Simulator (2) from Microsoft, IL-2 Sturmovik,
or if you are lucky you can find the old Janes WWII Fighters.
trust me, you'll be kicking yourself in the pants for buying this,
It's a moneymaker, not qt all a quality game. You'll be making a quick trip to EB to hock this thing once you try it....

GO GET WWII FIGHTERS

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: April 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Its an okay game.The graphics are okay, and the selection of aircraft is neat. But there are huge screw-ups. Even though Ive got a new Windows 2000 Pro with practically unlimited RAM and hard disk space, I have an extremely big problem with jerkiness(I think that the other reviewers didnt have big systems like me)although this is slightly helped by keeping the volume low. And its impossible to save campaigns, theres no AI skill level, and if you get below 1000 feet you literally get sucked into the ground. Also, for the gunsigts there is no dot in the center. Get WW2 Fighters. Its easy,fun,good graphics, and only [money] bucks.

Not even worth 1 star!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ok I'm serious, don't buy this game, graphics [stunk] (turrents get shot off the plane like lego's, and most of the time the game won't even work on your computer), this has got to be the worst Jane's game ever! probably has to do with this Xicat company that made it... ifs its not electronic arts dont buy it. Don't believe me? check out the official xicat website! cheap website, no patches, and check out the forums, under the main forum (since there is no attack squadron forum yet) u'll see people screaming about the game and how it [stinks]!

Dude, you're gettin ripped...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: October 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

if you buy this game. ok.. I have got to say that for something from Janes.. it's beyond aweful... don't waste your money

Kool Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Its a fun game. The graphics can get better though. I got this game for 5 bucks. Its worth that kind of money. The campaigns can get boring. There is a quick mission. That is where you can pick ur plane and the one or ones u try to blow up. U can blow up ships or airfeilds too. The damage graphics are awesome. It shows every bullethole. The landing gear can get hit easy, then its almost impossible to land. You can also bail out to. All ur gas oil and hydraulic tanks can leak. Sometimes when ur fuel tanks is hit, it explodes and rips off one of ur wings. If u can find it under $15 buy it.

WORST JANES GAME EVER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: April 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

WHEN YOU FIRE THE GUNS YOU GET SOME KIND SHADOW AND CAN NOT SEE WHAT YOUR FIREING AND THE VIEWS [ARE BAD] TOO. NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST GAME JANES PUT OUT WW2 FIGHTERS THATS A DAM GOOD GAME BUT THIS ONE IS SO BAD THAT IM BRING IT BACK TO THE STORE. IM SO OVER BUYING THIS CRAP!!!!!! LIVE AND LEARN

AHHHHHHHH DANGER BAD GAME OVER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: January 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

danger not a good game i dont think its worth it thou microsoft flight sims are much!!!!!!!! better dont buy this save your money

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