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Jane's Attack Pack - very disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 34 / 38
Date: January 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Potentially Jane's Attack Pack could be a very exciting and entertaining package; however, it is far from that. It is not compatable with Windows 98 or 95. While in the middle of every mission I have tried, the game will quit and you will be back on your desktop. I have Windows 98 and another review listed on Amazon.com confirms the same problem with Windows 95. Do not waste your money or time buying Jane's Attack Pack! Very disappointing, makes me very distrustful of Electronic Arts. Buyer beware.

Janes Attack Pack

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 30 / 33
Date: December 19, 1999
Author: Amazon User

USNF 97 would be a cool game- just like the original with more missions, better grapphics and cool sounds, but it doesn't work with Win 95 like it is supposed to. I've confirmed this with a friend on his machine and it shuts off right in the middle of a dogfight!

ATF is a cool game but you have to play it through dos because the controller won't work with the dos window-patch. It has some really awesome, fast planes with some modern missles and cool campaigns, but the missions are very difficult.

Longbow- theoretically, looks like a cool game, but, once again, cannot get the controller working in windows.

Don't know what EA is doing about these problems, but I emailed them a while back and have not yet recieved a reply... so much for customer service.

All in all, if they were to work on your machine, I would have given this a 4/5.

Get one of the other Ultimate Flight Packs instead

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: April 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This bundled pack comes with Janes' Advanced Tactical Fighter, US Navy Fighters '97, and Gunship. It's a mixed bag. Actually, I already bought Ultimate Flight (pack III I think) which had ATF and Gunship but with the first version of EF2000 instead of USNF. (I have since bought USNF '97 second hand). Getting EF2000 was a better idea because ATF and USNF '97 are basically the same game: they rely on roughly the same game engine, offer many of the same features, require the same sort of gameplay and share the same faults. Even the computer voice (a cowboy sounding guy) is the same. By getting a bundle with EF2000 - which is about as different a sim from any of the Jane's fighters games as you can get for that level of computer - you're getting more variety and a better value. In either of USNF or ATF, you fly your choice of any number of cutting edge aircraft against hordes of other enemies who also fly cutting edge planes. The enemy always seems to have the overwhelming advantage in numbers. Though each game features different planes (next technology jets like the F-22 and Rafale in ATF vs. the Super Hornet or navalized MiG-29 or Su-27 in USNF), both sims have generous mission builders or single play missions that allow you to fly almost any fighter aircraft built since the late 1950's. (There are some exceptions which seem more notable now - you can fly the MiG-19 or the F-6, a reverse engineered copy built in China. The F-8 "Finback", a radical hybrid of MiG-19 and MiG-21 or the H-7, a more indigenous Chinese design, are more distinct airplanes, but don't get attention). USNF '97 actually adds Vietnam War-era fighters like the F-8 Crusader, the F-4B Phantom, jets underrepresented in aviation. If variety in aircraft is what you want, you won't be dissappointed in either of these games. Unfortunately, grouping these planes together tends to generalize them, even though just sitting in the cockpit of one of them is a singular experience. There is no real cockpit panel - just some pop-up windows which seem the same for each jet (radar, radar-warning, IR, ammo, systems, fuel/oil, check-six cam, target, etc). Each plane comes with what's supposed to be a panel - but you can switch it off with no affect on gameplay or your situational awareness. The planes themselves don't fly that different unless you fly jets on radical edges of performance (i.e., you know you won't get the same performance from flying an Intruder that you get from the F-18 Hornet; the Hornet, though underpowered in comparison to the F-16, handles much the same as that plane). Once you've staged your favorite historical dogfights (IAF Mirage III against Egyptian MiG-21F; Iraqui Mirage F.1A vs. Iranian F-14; Unnamed MiG-28 (actually the Northrop F-5E) against Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer) you'll quickly bore of either game. The flying itslef won't inspire you with dreams of soaring the wild blue, and even supersonic and low-level flight seems about as high-powered as a bike ride. (Getting Ultimate Flight III will substitute USNF for EF2000 which has more intense and realistic flying, a more singular flight model and better graphics).

The bundle also comes with Janes Longbow. This version has since been succeeded by Longbow2, with better graphics and more support for hardware acceleration. However, for those whose computers don't measure up, Longbow is still a monumental experience. Simulating the Army's AH-64 gunship, you fly as either gunner or pilot of this killer copter. Longbow, which concentrates on a single aircraft, goes more in depth into its systems. It's probably the most intimidating sim around, doubly so since its attention is spotlighted on the comparitively unknown world of helicopter sims.

I flew these sims on my P166MMX with no hardware acceleration and only 16mb of RAM and enjoyed smooth performance from them.

What is the definition of "SUCK" ?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 19
Date: March 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

One star is more than generous (wouldn't let me put negative numbers). Plain and simple - this game (or collection of games) just doesn't work... You can get them to start up but don't expect them to work any longer than 5 to 7 minutes. More than once, they have locked up or kicked themselves out into Windows for no apparent reason. ATF can be run out of DOS but still has similiar problems. Save your cash. This package is a joke.

Joke or Nooooooooooooooooooooo Effort?!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: June 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this around the same time I got my PC. I thouhght that I was getting a greta game. WRONG. Jane's is either 1) making a very bad joke 2) trying to make good games with scrap metal and toothpicks or 3) creating blank disks that people buy because of cover design. None of thes games worked. USNF couldn't handle the clicks on the Proceed and the Fly buttons. Apache Longbow froze every 2 seconds. ATF... oh, I dare not speak of it. If you want to get a Jane's game, get a good one, not this stinky little "game pack"

all right not great

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 25
Date: May 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Longbow is fun but it frezes alot.EA throws anything on the shelf.ATF dosent work for windows.USNF shuts down right in the middle of action.I would only recomend it to people who want to buy a cheap game.They spent more time on the box then they did on the games.USNF is fun when it works.

Great game but Dont Buy it From mag102

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: November 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I wish I could give a review of this Game but I ordered this game from mag102 who is a seller here. He sent me Janes ATF which I already have. I used to own Janes Attack Pack but somewhere, somehow it got lost. If you are really looking for a good flight sim combat game then Janes is the one.

PS, mag102 says its my fault because it said in the sellers comments that it was the ATF game. Strange though how his ad had a big picture of Janes Attack Pack with a great big heading over the picture "Janes Attack Pack"

Whatever. Guess he needed my few bucks worse than I did.

GREAT PACK!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this was a great game pack,my favorite game was USNF 97 because f the wide selection of fighters you get to fly and the fun missions,this is a great game,janes did a good job

ordered 11-24-01 no JApack as of 12-29- 01

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: December 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Please send me the game I ordered (Janes Attack Pack) When
I recive the game You will have completed the balance of the two games I ordered from you. I have recived the game (Enemy
Engaged) I have not recived the game (Janes Attack Pack) as of
12-29-01. Enemy Engaged turned out to play better than the demo
Great game! I enjoy every moment! The demo was so good!
I bought the game! Demo& Full version get 8.875 atta-boys!

An OK game with laughable grapchics!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The only game I'm familiar with here out of the entire pack is US Navy Fighters 97.
I bought that game brand new back in 1997 and I must admit, compared to other combat air sims of the time, this one had poor almost comical graphics!
Dont waste your money on this crap!

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