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CFS 3 Best sim ever?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 29 / 49
Date: October 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big sim fan I have all the combat flight sims so far and a few of the flight sims (combatfs 1,2 fs2000,2002) from what i have seen and read about this game its every cobat fligt simulators dream. 34 flyable aircraft bombers fighters torpedeo bombers and jet fighters! it has 3D sencery and alot of special features. Tail Gunner 2 if you have combatfs 1 you'll know what im talking about. Tail gunner 2 was a programe for cfs1 which let you use the rear,waist,tailand frontal guns on a bomber but it stopped you from using rockets. so what steveiy did (the guy who made tg2) was ask microsft to include tailgunner in the latest version of combat fs and there is a virtual gunner cockpit for it. Take it from me it looks stunning.Forget of the panel as we know it today because evrything is a virtual cockpit. No more 2D panels. You heard me mention fighter jets thats right they've been so knid to include fighter jets they are: Me262 A, Gloster Meteor, P-80 and the De Halivand Vampire they also included a little thing called role playing which i think is fun. You create a pilot give him a name a background and how he got into the aviation industry. He can be killed. Thats about all i can tell you for im running out of sapce and i could go on forever.But if you enjoyed 1and2 you will love 3. buy it!!!!

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 22
Date: January 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

READ THIS FOR A REAL REVIEW!!
Any real gamer knows that it is pointless to buy a flight sim without first having a joystick. Also any gamer should know a game isn't worth getting if you don't have the RECOMENDED REQUIREMENTS. Isn't that why they recomend them?!?! When people are looking at reviews for a game they don't want to see if "your" crappy computer can run it or not, they want to know about the game itself. I have a GeForce 4 and a pentium 4 1.99 Ghz, the game runs fine.
Now for my review, if you like games where you can see bullet holes in your plane in the spot where enemy shells hit you, and the plane flies as it would in real life with these holes, get this game! You get hit in a fuel line and you lose fuel (and you can see it spraying out), or if you get hit baddly in the engine fire shoots out of you lifeless motor. If you want nearly lifelike graphics, I'm saying when your parents come down they will ask you what DVD you are watching on the computer, when they see you playing this game! If you like the sight of a sinking ship that looks like it came straight out of the movie Titanic, get this game! Or if your pilot gets hit with a shell, he is hurt of killed, you can also kill enemy pilots by shooting up their cockpits. You do get medals and you also get points for how well you do. These points can be used to buy planes as they are developed. Your sucess at certain points on the front line can actualy drive the enemy back! If your landing gear are damaged (you can actually manually pump them down, it doesn't always work though) you can do an emergency belly landing (watch for trees!) or ditch you craft in the water, just don't hit too hard or you will explode. There is too much to go on and I want to go play it right now. So if you want the best combat flight sim, get this game. Don't listen to stupid people. What is the last word of the title of this game? Simulator! How about you go and try to fly a real P-38 with its flight stick removed and see how much you like it!!! And if you can't even play the game smoothly (or at all) DON'T REVIEW IT and say it sucks... I swear some people are just brainless!!!! IT IS A FLIGHT SIM SO BUY A JOYSTICK!

State of the Art in Combat Flight Sims

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: October 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I know I'm dating myself, but my first flight simulator really was the old wireframe flight simulator you could play on an 8086 processor back in 1987. It even had a rinky dink little combat mode where you could go head to head with another biplane in a WWI dogfight. Simple stuff, but a blast.

Since then I progressed to Red Baron on the 286 (one of the best flight sims ever made), Aces Over Europe, Falcon, Red Baron II (one of the buggiest games ever), Stealth Fighter, and so on. But the modern jet fighter sims with their fly-by-wire feel and shoot-from-ten-miles-away combat left me cold. So I've returned to my roots in the great wars of the 20th century by purchasing CFS3. And I haven't found much to dissapoint me yet.

First, the graphics are simply gorgeous. The planes are incredibly well modeled and half the time I find myself forgetting to shoot and simply starring at the screen. The ground is well done, too, especially from altitude, and still looks remarkably good close up (certainly much better then most, although I have yet to try IL2 which I hear is pretty damn good as well).

18 flyable plane models, with a total of 34 variants, makes for alot of flexibility and replayability, and alot to learn. So far I've flown several from each of the major represented powers (the US, Germany and Britain) and found each plane acted in accordance to my expectations. The Spitfire is remarkably agile and graceful, easy to fly and hard to stall. The BF109 is fast and maneuverable, almost TOO damn fast at times it seems. The mustang is a bit more difficult to handle then either of those two, but still a potent weapon and damnably fast. The Crusader is one heck of a tough, fast tank in the air, and with it's multiple stations you can switch between (5 machine gun locations, a pilot's station AND a bombadier site) you can have an awful lot of fun in it do anything BUT piloting (but the pilot also gets access to four fuselage mounted MG's for straffing attacks which is astoundingly fun).

Ground attacks are well modeled and have a general authentic feel to them. While trucks and jeeps and trains aren't as graphically beautiful as the airplanes you fly, all are recognizable and distinguishable from a distance. Shoot up the first truck in a convoy to block the rest, then cruise back and forth to take the rest out. The explosions could look a little nicer, but are still quite satisfying.

Damage models are fantastic. I overshot an enemy BF109 and rammed into his tail causing a catestrophic failure of my poor Spitfire's airframe. Switching to an external view, I saw the wreckage of my plane plummeting nose first towards the ground, both wings ripped off and tangled metal struts jutting from the frame where flames spewed back along the fuselage. I've torn off landing gear, bent props by flying too low, damaged flaps, and of course gotten shot up. The variety of damage is amazing, and the flight model accurate reflects what happens to your rig.

I've only just begun the career mode, but the thought of having an effect on the ground war is wetting my desire to play. I'll perhaps write more about that in the future.

Negatives so far have been: lack of radio chatter in the game making the war seem a bit emptier then it should. Game crashes when attempting to change video resolutions. Slow load times. No other major bugs yet.

Overall this is an incredible game. Now excuse me, it's almost time to load up, I have a critical attack on an enemy airbase at dawn that I have to get ready for....

the best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 48
Date: September 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this is the best game i have ever tested in my entier life. i really like it cause its got REALLY good graphics and sfx.

A good game or a well-made hybrid?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 29
Date: September 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After reading all of the reviews of Microsoft's new sim: Combat flight simulator 3, I realized that this sim has everything I wished for.

Right now I own IL-2 Sturmovik and Apache Havoc. CFS3 is a hybrid (as I like to call it) of both of these other sims.

CFS3 has the ability to let you see the war go on and be affected by your actions(as seen on Apache Havoc). It also uses the DVC as a standard view cockpit(as seen in IL-2 Sturmovik).

I give a lot of props to those who gave there time into making this outstanding simulator.

The Best Flying Game Ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: March 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe is a great game. Its only fun when you have the joystick. You can pick from German, British and American planes. Its more realistic than Combat Flight Simulator 2. You can even fly bombers and be a gunner. The missions are alot harder than the ones in Combat Flight Simulator 2. Most of the time you get shot down by flack. Now you can crashland. It was anoying when you crash landed and just stayed there forever in Combat Flight Simulator 2. You can get medals. Its easy to get them. Its hard to live through bombing misions because the flack and the blast from the bombs make you crash. If you liked Combat Flight Simulator 2 you will probably like Combat Flight Simulator 3. Its impossible to shoot down planes with the amount of amo they give you but you can go to settings and put unlimited amo on. The fuel is very annoying. You allways get hit in the fuel tank. You allways lose all you fuel. Theres 3 bombers and alot of fighter planes. You can get topedos now. Theres almost no ships so there useless. Theres even multiplayer and campain mode. Theres also alot of locations to fly in. Combat Flight Simulator 3 is the best.

Great!!! by Alex

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: June 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have 3 sims and this is my best. It has a ton of planes such as P-51, P-38, P-50, JU88, ME 262 and more. I was very glad when it came. You can be a gunner, bombardier or pilot. I disagree with most of the reviews. The campaigns are great.

A Real Flight Simulator

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: May 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Despite the negative reviews, it's a great game. The other people don't know the meaning of the word "graphics". The aircraft and ground units look awesome. Great choice of airplanes also.

I think this game is the best Flight Simulator. I haven't played CFS1 but I own CFS2 and I think that CFS3 is much better than both.

A Great Game, but make sure to check for Add-ons

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

CFS 3 is a solid flight sim all around. But it has a number of shortcomings out of the box. The graphics are decent, but some of the realism elements and flight models are lacking in certain regards.

Where this game shines is in its use as a foundation for other add-ons and modifications. There are a great many special add-ons for CFS 3, some commercial and some free. The expansion allows the user to customize the game in every regard.

Another interesting feature of the game is actually its age. While the game is becoming somewhat dated, it also is flexible enough to run on older spec machines, which is a plus for many users with older rigs.

I can suggest this game as a great value, but make sure to look for the free online add-ons as well as the commercial ones. CFS 3 out of the box is somewhat dated, but if you update and customize your game, then you're getting one of the single best flight sims of the past few years. The user community is excellent and supportive in helping new players get started with customizations and add-ons that add to realism and graphics.

The multiplayer experience is also first rate. It's a lot of fun.

The bottom line: A fair game out of the box, but a wonderful title when all the add-ons and updates are brought into the equation. A must have for any serious PC fight pilot.

another thoroughbred from the Microsoft stable

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: February 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Although there are a few glitches with some systems (a patch is due in February) this is a further joy if you liked CFS1 and CFS2. Be aware though that this is tactical air war, your job in this sim is to terrorize the ground. Dogfighting is still there but it is secondary to the main mission, destroying the enemy with tactical air support.

The aircraft are beautiful and the personalized nose art and squadron letters is a nice touch. Ground targets, pre and post destruction, are the best ever.

There are a few tantalizing too late in real life but intriguing historical planes such as the first jets. ONly the Me262 actually got into combat but the unbelievabley advanced Gotha jet is in here as well as the British Vampire and American P80. The sim allows you to try and find out 'what if' these aircraft had shown up a little sooner.

The CFS tactical display is still the best way to 'see' what's around you without a lot of view shifting and it's there again. CFS just gets better and better.

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