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best fighter game around

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i just have to say this game was great. i rented it around 11 o'clock a.m. i stopped playing it at 12 at night. i was so drawn into it i didnt realize how long i had been playin. it is so real and being in a F-14 Tomcat was a dream it was just like a real HUD display. the only problem was there should be more American fighters, it was all focused around the jap jets,but i can understand it because it was made in japan. lol. so i give it a 4.5 out of 5 . great game but the price is still to high for me to buy .

Great flying game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great flying game. Makes you feel like a real pilot with great controls. No, you don't get to blow up a whole lot of things, but it is pretty challenging. Good selection of planes to choose from and a fantastic training mode. It could use a little more variety of modes but the graphics and flight simulation are extremely good. Overall, a great game.

Nice to look at for the first 10 minutes or so

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: December 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

but it gets old pretty quickly after that. The terrain looks good and the controls are very easy to operate. But there aren't any combat missions; your entire selection of combat options are dogfighting against either one or two enemy planes. Most of the game consists of target shooting, flying around courses and shooting at baloons. This might be a good choice for a younger child who just wants to fly around some nice scenery and maybe learn to land the plane on the runway. I played it a total of about 2 hours and lost interest.

What IS this game supposed to be anyway????

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 22 / 23
Date: October 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First the good: Airstrike looks beautiful, and controls are easy to use.

And the bad: Airstrike is not a wargame. This means you WON'T get your typical flight-sim mission directives like "Fly behind enemy lines, take out the enemy radio towers, avoid SAM's and enemy aircraft...", etc.

Instead what you get are very simplistic goals like: "Shoot down this plane... which will be harder than the last plane you shot down". Most of the game consists of "Training Missions" which instruct players in the basics of controlling their aircraft.

Not that training missions are a bad thing, but they're usually a small part of larger 'mission-based' war games. In this case, the training IS the game, which I have to say, is not exactly exciting.

I've read a few reviews which talk about the plethora of real-world details and options, and frankly I have no idea what they're talking about. The options for dogfights are limited to: "You vs. 1 Enemy", or "You vs. 2 Enemies".

You want a wingman? Sorry, this game doesn't support them.

You want a ground target? Sorry this game doesn't support those either.

You want standard defensive options like chaff and ECM. Sorry, you'll need to buy a flight sim for that.

Which brings us to the question, what is this game? Its not an action game, because the action is pretty repetitive. Its not a strategy game, because there are no missions, (although the head to head dogfighting can be very strategic). Its not a sim, because its extremely unrealistic. So... I guess its just a pretty game that lets you fly airplanes around a few limited, but pretty, environments. The sad thing is that we STILL don't have a good flightsim for the Dreamcast that ties together Action, Strategy, Storyline, Missions, Real Physics, and all those things we all look for in this type of package.

Great Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Aerowings 2 is great, but that depends on your taste in Flight Simulation. If your bag is casual flying with not too much attention to detail and more attention to blowing things up, this is probably not your kind of game. If, however, you want a game that truly gives you the feeling of true flight mechanics and top-of-the-line graphics, this is the game for you. It chaught my attention because of its smooth, realistic control and great attention to detail. It really feels like you're flying a real jet fighter! So many options, weather conditions, and a 2-player dogfight make this an awesome game.

AeroFun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: August 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Aerowings 2 : Air Strike is not only fun, but also smart. It has some of the most intuitive controls of any game. How could anybody of ever thunk that all of the controls needed for an aircraft simulation game could ever be fit into a console? Well, not me ; however, in this game, the controls are easy to learn and fun to use. The 2 player part of the game is fun, but can get seemingly repetitive after a while , as there is only one option : shoot the other guy down. It would have been nice had the developers included a capture the flag or team play, anything to give it more replay value. Overall, this game is fun, and the free mode in 1 player gives you lots of replay. I recommend it.

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