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Be ready for the learning curve

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First, the people who have this game at the bottom of their closets are right. Unless you have just the right vid card, monitor, and memory you can forget it. Second, what comes in the box is incomplete. You will need the version .973 from the Battle of Britain Developers Group. There is no key card (CFS@ comes from Amazon with no manual or card) so you will have to get on the forum there and ask where to download the most up to date, and then you will have to deal with the the fact that the European keyboard needs to be hand marked to match yours, if your from the USA. On the plus side the people on the forum are very helpful.

You will find the learning curve daunting. If you want to fly Spitfires and you start learning on them, you will probably fail. You need to master the Hurricane first. The flight sim is harder than CFS2 and IL-2. B-17 has a tough learning curve but that has to do with it's complexity and all its quirks. BoB has a tough curve because of the flight sim. I've been "flying" sims since Lucas Films BoB. Then the Dynamix trio and the stuff from Microprose (all DOS). Picking up again a few years ago in Windows I found that much has changed. But I have yet to meet a learning curve as steep as BoB.

My copy too sat at the bottom of the closet until my old machine fried and I had to get a new one. So far I haven't had the CtD problem, but if I do it will be back to the BoBDG forum.

You have to be really interested in the Battle of Britain to buy this one. So don't buy unless your frustration level is high. Of course the BoB add on for CFS2 is a joke (misnamed for one), and I don't know of any others.

30+ at angels ten bearing 261 degrees

The BEST WWII flight sim!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: July 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

DO NOT, I Repeat, Do Not pay any attention to the reviewers that said this game [is bad] or doesn't work! This IS the best WWII flight sim. I have WWII fighters, CFS I&II, European Air wars, and many others. This beats them all. More Authentic, Larger battles, great graphics, and many more perks. Not only can you fly the Spitfire, Hurricane, ME 110, and ME 109, but you can fly the Ju87 Stuka and be a gunner on the other German Bombers.The ONLY thing that could have been a little better is the sound, but the sound is fine and better than most sims. If you have not already, BUY THIS GAME! You WILL NOT be sorry!

Worthless junk!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This software is the biggest piece of junk I've ever seen. The tech support is non-existent. You have to manipulate your computer and the software code just to get this to run. Then you start to encounter all sorts of other problems. I've got a fast computer with a good video card, lots of RAM, latest soundcard and this game creates nothing but havoc! You'll get more enjoyment from making paper airplanes out of your twenty dollar bills and tossing them off a tall building.

Don't buy this! Move On!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the worst game I have ever played for a flight simulator. The graphics are horrible and it took forever to finally fly. For such an interesting topic, they sure turned out an atrocious game. I would feel really bad if I was someone who worked on this game. What a waste!!

Battle not to crash

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What a waste of my time and money. I should have read other reveiws on this prodect before buying it. The game crashes all the time - everytime. The only thing I can say good about it is I got a jewel case and a pretty box. If there is anyone interested in this game give my a buzz.

What a Shame

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a game with tremendous potential, the graphical detail of the planes is wonderfully realised and there is an excellent campaigns section, but in my view the good news ends there.

The manual is poorly laid out and has no index.

Following an enemy in flight is all but impossible, I tried for over 6 hours and never got on the tail of a bandit !!

It is very, very tough on the beginner.

I regularly fly Microsoft Flight Sims, pass this one by and go for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2.

Sorry Rowan, back to the drawing board with the bandit tracking and cockpit features.

Give the beginners a break and get an index in that manual.

I am expressing my own opinions here, but I have a fair degree of experience with Flight Sims.

Hey, not so fast...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...It is still difficult to fly and even experienced simmers would be advised to start with the "novice" flight model. The AI is a lot better than in, say, CFS2 but it's not perfect. The best thing to do is to get the aftermarket patch form BDG (Battle of Britain Developers Group) which solves almost all the problems whilst improving the graphics and gameplay and is a free download. Check at SimHQ.com for details. The overall improvements to the game, along with the dynamic campaign, suddenly make this worth having...as long as you're prepared to spend a lot of time setting it up.

Not All It Was Built Up To Be

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

A major disappointment for a flight simulation game. If you like combat flying a much better bet is Microsoft's CFS. You can do much more with it and there is a lot of add-on activity that is really good. With CFS you can develop missions yourself and put in lots of aircraft with loads of action. I've done a whole series of missions about the English and Dutch during the early days of WWII and we have much, much more fun with them than with the BOB simulation. In fact it now sits on the shelf unused!

NEGATIVE 32 Stars

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I spent $32 to have a pretty cheesy-looking software box sitting at the bottom of my closet for the rest of eternity, never to be touched again. This "game," if that's what you want to call it, is the most unstable POS I have ever tried to install. It freezes up within seconds of trying to do anything. The Better Business Bureau is probably licking its chops to take these guys down. Rowan should offer full refunds to every single person who paid money for this sad piece of code. Even I can write code that doesn't work.

Crash and Burn

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you purchase this product you better wear a helmet! I never got this program off the ground. It crashes before any action happens. Talonsoft has a list of upgrades and patches for this program and none of them worked. Unless you can afford to reconfigure your computer specifically for this game I highly recommend not purchasing it.

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