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User add-ons to European Air War make it the BEST!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best WWII European theater Air War sim available. Yes, it is 3 years old now, but there are TONS of very high-quality free add-ons available that really take it to a completely new level. Don't judge this game by what is just in the box-- new planes, terrains, campaigns and other graphical improvements by the user community are what make this so special. Do a google search on European Air War or EAW and you can find some nice sites for add-ons.

READ THIS !!! It might change your mind!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: April 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game, and I expected it to be awesome. I was kind of disappointed.Well, 1st of all, the gameplay was ok. The stability was not so incredibly good. Sometimes the game will shut down after a mission( the missions are ok, but it takes a long time for each 1). It was easy to learn. Multiplayer on the web isnt that great, because NO BODY plays on the internet with this game. Its just too old, which also is the reason for my 3-star rating. The graphics aren't as good as the cover looks, believe me. The smoke from planes is a greenish color. Sounds weird, huh? Well thats the way it is on my computer. I guess I should have considered that this game was made in 1998. Well, I guess this game was good a few years ago, but its just too outdated.

P.S. this game doesn't run on 2000 or ME (it says 95-98 on the box)

Lost Opportunities

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: July 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

You know, its really a shame, this game could have been so much more.

First of all, let's give credit where credit is due. Kudos to Microprose for even including the years 1940, to 1942 in this game. It was refreshing to get something other than the typical egocentric American view on the air war over Europe during WW2.

I loved the graphics, the interface with the mouse for external views is genius, and you can spend hours admiring yourself from near or far.

Sadly, if you are an aspiring "mud mover" for the Luftwaffe in the years 1940, through 1942, you are going to be a frustrated pilot, the promised targets never do appear. There isn't a moving ground target in all of merry old England. Those trucks must have stealth technology or something!

On a final note, don't even attempt to play this game until you have downloaded version 1.2 from Microprose's webpage, out of the box, the so called "AI" in this game is non-existant. Nothing like flying on an intercept for 2 hours in realtime, and finally sight the enemy, only to have your flight leader declare, without attacking,"nice job everyone, let's go home", without firing a shot! Whoo Whoo..really get's the adreline flowing.

After downloading the "version 1.2" patch, this seems to have been fixed, but where are those elusive Brit lorrys?

EAW is still great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This sim reached the stands in 1998 and it has aged very well. In concept, it is probably the finest since Lucas Arts "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe" released in the early 1990's. EAW puts the sim pilot into the action quickly and with all of the action one would expect from an ETO based game.

Also, there is a large EAW group creating skins, sounds and new campaigns for the game so it is better now than when originally released. So, get it now and enjoy.

An excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Since my earliest days I've had an amateurish facination with World War II aviation, and in particular that of the western European theater, and have always fantacized about what it must have been like to fly these warbirds. Not that one can compare the real thing to a computer simulation, but European Air War certainly gives one a fair impression. For me that's all I need, and am very content with this game even though it is getting somewhat dated.

this is the best combat sim out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: May 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this is the best. i have no other comments

AWESOME GAME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: January 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think that this game is the best flight sim game that I have ever played. If you like WW2 flight simulator games, you would love this one. I sure did get my money's worth!

European Air War

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: July 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The problem is that it doens't run on a intel based graphic card. But the helpdesk was really professional.

euorpean air wars

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this was really highly reccomended by several but was a major dissapointment=after playing world war 11 fighters I guess I got spoiled=the sound and special effects just were not there.flight control not bad=I have more than enough system requirements to handle any game out there=as I said, a really ho hum game!

European Air War

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sounds fun. From what i've seen the graphics get 4 out of 5 stars. I just hope you can fly the P-38 fighter.

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