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Save your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The promise is great but I can't even get the thing to run. I have a brand new HP computer and it tells me my graphics hardware is not up to par. This has been the most difficult program to install/run I have ever encountered. I've had every prior version of FS/CFS to date. MS needs to fix it. Very Disappointed.
UPDATE: It won't run because MS does not support Intel graphics. How much more mainstream can you get than Intel!? And MS doesn't support it!?! I hope a fix is coming for this soon.

Tragic Results

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Having purchased Flight Simulator 2002 , and using the marvelous Corsair a lot, I certainly looked forward to getting my hands on CFS3. To say I was disapointed is an understatement. I paid good cash for this, though mail order . Which means it cant be taken back to the store for a refund. When it arrived I hot footed up to install. Initialy with all the slow graphics and strange flight effects, I thought I'd installed it incorrectly. After 3 re-loads I came top the conclusion that its the game...and not my PC, which is only 5 months old . Of course it could be the XP. Pity the great graphics and smooth movements on FS2002 has not been carried over to CFS3. Tragic ..and a waste of money. Avoid it if you can...

SHOULD I HAVE BOUGHT CFS3??

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: November 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As I am waiting for my shipment to arrive, since I purchased CFS3 via Ebay, I am now wondering if I made a terrible mistake in buying this sim so soon. After reading so many negative reviews, I feel that I may have done so. Yet, some of the reviewers did not mention the systems they were running to operate the sim, but I will see what happens when I load it on to my 1.47 Ghz, 20G hard drive, 64Mb Nvidia Gforce2, 1G Ram, system. I am also an avid flyer of Il-2 and will unlikely find any other sim out there that will touch the superior quality of Il-2. Maybe Microsoft should take some lessons,eh?

Great, fun, and easy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: November 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I dont understand why people are complaining about this game. I love it. The graphics are fine, but that is probably because I have a brand new Dell, which probably works the best. I havent played IL-2 yet, and it may be a good game but in my opinion; CFS3 beats it. I am not very excited about CFS2 becasue it is the same missions the entire time. Nothing exciting about it at all. I guess it is also because I am more interested in European air battles than in the Pacific. If you are considering buying it and you have a new computer(1-2 years old) than you shoud buy this game. This is the best game I have played in a long time and hope there are more like it. In conclusion, I give it two thumbs up(not stars, thumbs) so buy it and have fun!

combat f s

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

amazing graphics, superb controls, most realistic game i've ever played on

It will and does work ok

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Have seen the comments by others on this sim, many are so right,I like others had immediate trouble, loaded ok and then informed me my video card was not compatible, its a 64 meg pci Radion ATI. After reading the comments, called ATI advised them of the problem, they got me on to their website, downloaded the latest driver and bingo, all was fine.
The graphics are very crisp, their is no jumping or hesitation on the game, the game play is not easy, an awful lot of button pushing to do, I was fortunate, I do have a Microsoft Joystick and this made it again easier.
The selection of aircraft is fascinating, so if you,re having trouble, call the manufacturer of your video card or whatever you,re having trouble with,ATI was very cooperative and knowledgable.
Its really a pretty good sim, but, MS could have done a better job, I paid 28 bucks for it with a 10 rebate, so no complaints, the value is fine, just dont give up on it, if I fixed it so can anyone. When you get right down to it, it can be a very interesting sim.

BEST FLIGHT SIM EVER !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: November 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great its fun and easy to get into graphics are really good game play is hot ground level is amazing trees are not 2D thank you now the bad this game take a really good pc to run it lots of ram and a geforce 4 ti or something to get the best graphics and performnce out of this game if u get this game or have this game turn down the graphics to 2 and see if it looks differnt then when u have the graphic at 3 if u get or have the game u will know what i mean but other than that the game is hard core sim fan might not like it as much cuz it can feel like an arcade game at times but who care the game is fun i think u should use a 1.2ghz or higher

Has Potential, But....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: March 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Sim has lousy sound, poor control over external views? If these were fixed then I would no doubt play it more. Go with "Forgotten Battles" & all the add ons, its spectacular.

Great Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this game a couple days ago and am HAVING TONS OF FUN. I have a PC with 512 RAM and a 96 Mg Intergrated graphics card with a 2.5 Ghz Processor and it runs perfect with the sliders at 4. Great game for anyone who loves WW2 and dogfighting.
A+++++++++++++++++

The LobsterView: This software is great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If I could, I would rate this with a trillion stars. It is the greatest flight simulator I ever had. I have also flown FSX and FS2004. I hope Microsoft will come out with a new combat flight sim even better than the one I already have, CFS3. Even my sister likes flying this one. But she is crazy with the machine guns and rockets and bails out whenever she feels like it just to watch her own plane crash and blow up when it hits the ground. The money you pay for it is really worth it.

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