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A fun game with some problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first loading this game there was many graphics problems and hanging up on my computers part. I have a relatively new computer compared to when this game came out in 1998. This is a good game but make sure before you buy it that you have the best graphics card possible or else you'll run into the same problems I did.

Don't waste your money

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: September 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been playin flight sims since I was about six years old. I have played many that I didn't like at first, but after time I liked them. This, however is not one of them. The controls are terrible. The training missions have some jerk instructor yelling at you whenever you don't do something right. I wish I would have known this was going to be such a frustrating and impossible game. Aces over Europe was much better.

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 25, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The program has good graphics but if you use the full capabilities, the flight is jerky. Even though Microsoft wrote it for Microsoft Windows 98 it still causes computer freezes occasionally. Campaigns are not too exiting. When you are in a battle, even though there are six or seven of your group in the same battle, the enemy seems to flock to your aircraft most of the time.

Misunderstanding about upgrades from earlier programs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It is with great pleasure that I reveal the last two years of being apart of the Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series. The Games and battles are more than I ever expected for PC computer realiztic action. The major problem is with the Windows 2000 program. Either I am to damn dumb to operate this program or there are no realistic upgrades to the older combat CD's. What is the answer? Do we fold the old and purchase the new? Or do we keep plugging away at the promised upgrades? Would like to know...
Miller

XTRA XTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For me this game was very exciting for those of you who dont have a joystick and use your keyboard it's much easier with a stick or a fly wheel. (...)

So-so

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

As an experience, Microsoft's 'Combat Flight Simulator' is rather akin to watching your parents dance - it's an attempt to inject some fun into the staid 'Flight Simulator' series, and whilst it retains all the virtues of the longest-running flight sim series ever, it doesn't totally work, being not much fun to play as a game. The presentation is solid, and extremely unspectacular - the graphics are very rough, and the sound is nothing to write home about, although the trails of debris that fall from the back of enemy aircraft is attractive. You can choose to fly a limited set of single missions (some of which seem oddly hard, simply because you don't have enough ammunition to destroy your assigned targets), or a 'campaign', but disappointingly the 'campaign' is just a set of single missions, one after the other, generating no atmosphere at all. It isn't a patch on the campaign mode in Microprose's 'European Air War', or the modern 'Falcon 4', in which the course of a war is modelled and remembered from mission to mission. The end result is that the game quickly becomes quite monotonous, and with no real incentive for you to do well from mission to mission the thought of taking off for another round of bomber interception palls. Special mention must be made of the manual, which, 'DiD'-style, has lots and lots of information, but doesn't actually tell you much about flying, fighting, and most importantly dropping bombs.

That said, all of Europe is modelled, and if you have the time you can try flying from London to Paris by landmarks and compass, if you so desire. And a thriving community of 'Flight Sim' buffs will ensure that the CD you get in the box is only the start of an ongoing affair.

A Realistic simulation!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator is a World War II era flight simulator, with amazingly realistic graphics! I enjoyed flying the six fighter planes in many different flying conditions.

Great starter simulator!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Go ahead, fly! Sure, the game's a bit outdated. But hey, it's cheap and it's a fantastic starter game. If you're new to simulators or just want something to mess around with, this is for you! The graphics are altogether alright. Nothing fancy, but when you push that P-51 down through the ceiling and you are greeted below by a pair of Germans, you'll be thoroughly impressed. I haven't tried any other sims, and I assume my level of enthusiasm would be the same for any other, but all I can tell you is that I've had it for a couple of months and I'm still loving it.
If it's graphics you're after, check out IL-2 Sturmovik, clearly the most beautiful game ever (though I have only seen screenshots, never played it). For anyone else, give this a try! It's cheap, fun, and thrilling!!!

Microsoft had it right with this flight simulator!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

We still use this combat flight simulator in the summer of 2006! We like the endless add on possibilities this sim provides. 379th VBG

Microsoft again

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

... The graphics are poor, as is the frame rate. The background is terrible. Naturally this product doesn't work well with anything that isn't made by Microsoft, including my Joystick. You have to use the rotate as a rudder, which makes using the rudder difficult. If possible, go to someone else, such as Jane's for a good simulator.

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