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Hardly a follow up to SWOTL

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: February 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When this game was first in development I was psyched. Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is possibly my all time favorie game in the world... and this is no follow up to that game. I've heard it claimed that SWOTL was an arcade style game and thus flight sim lovers should expect the same from Normandy, but that's really wrong. Luftwaffe was clearly a flight sim. It was all first person, there were concerns of conserving ammo and fuel, and damage was realistic. You had watch your engine temp, and your oil and manifold pressure. If it didn't seem like a flight sim because of the flight characteristics, think about when the game was made! For its time there was no better flight sim than Luftwaffe.
I'm not saying that Normandy is a BAD game, but for lovers of the previos trilogy of Battlehawks, Battle of Britian, and SWOTL, this game is going to be a total let down. There has yet to be a game that has been able to represent WWII in the broad and expansive nature that SWOTL did, and Normandy is no exception. It's too dependent on its "story" mode, and totally overlooked the best aspect of SWOTL... the campaign battles.

Pretty to look at, pathetic to fly.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: November 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I read as many reviews of this game as I could find. Most described it as "arcade like". That is an understatement.

Now I have been playing Lucas games since the days of Battlehawks 1942 (circa 1988) and Their Finest Hour (circa 1990). They were really fun to play and they were as realistic as could be reasonably expected at the time. SWON is neither. The flight dynamics are laughable. I know it wasn't made to be a flight sim. But how Lucas Arts could honestly put their name on such an inferior product is shameful. They have so much experience creating flight-based games that this acts like something that could pre-date Intelivision. If it weren't for the graphics this game would be almost worthless.

I do wish to commend Lucas for the narrator and the music. Fantastic! The combination does give the player a History Channel feel of the game. Unfortunately the game gets silly after that. The main character, Chase, is so busy bad-mouthing his flight instructor you wonder if he will turn coat and start fighting for the Germans. The dialog seems to have been written by a teenager with some kind of complex. The in-flight dialog isn't as bad but I found myself too busy trying to figure out the flight dynamics (or lack thereof) to really listen to it.

I have only played the game through a couple of missions. So far, it's about 3 hours worth. It's a shame Lucas Arts didn't take this to the level I know they can achieve. It could have rivaled MSCFS for players that don't want a full flight sim but want the feeling of flying combat. Perhaps Lucas should just stick with Star Wars where they can get away with make believe flight dynamics. How I yearn for a game that can rival Ace Combat 4. I was hoping Lucas wouldn't let me down. Alas...

Let Down

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: January 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. This game was a huge disappointment. I would have preferred a scaling back of all the bells and whistles if it meant that SWON were truly a follow up to SWOTL. I wish there was a game out there that really brought back the fun of SWOTL.

This game looked promising until I played it!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First let me say from a serious flight sim fan, this game sucks! Now, if I was someone who just wanted to shoot things and didn't care about the realism aspect, maybe I would be satisfied. I don't actually own the game, I own a demo of the game, but from what I've seen so far I wouldn't buy the game. I wouldn't even play the game if it was given to me because again, it sucks! Sure the graphics are O.K. but it takes a pretty high-end system to render them, I've got a AMD 2400 w/ 2.0 Gigs & a GeForce 4 w/ 256 RAM & I still had to turn the graphic settings almost all the way down just to get a fairly decent & playable speed out of the game. But even if the game played well I would still be dissapointed at the flight model & overall flight dynamics of the game. Coming from someone who respects the companies out there that put so much work into thier flight sims and come out with a product like Falcon 4.0 & the Janes series, & still charge half as much as this one does, I'm very dissapointed in the Lucas Arts Company for even marketing this one as a flight sim. This game feels more like your flying one of the Star Wars Fighters! If you like flight sims and are picky like me about realism, then don't buy this game. Go out and get Falcon 4 or maybe IL-2/WWII Fighters if you want a WWII sim. You will spend half as much and get a much better game!

What a let down....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: November 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My Wife made the mistake of buying me the game as an early X-mas gift and what a mistake. I'm sending it to my Brother's kids in the morning, maybe it will be able to entertain a seven and a nine year old, but I doubt it. What a shame, I was at least expecting an updated SWOTL!

The flight dynamics are missing a few things, like gravity. I've played games like the Falcon series and IL-2 but I also love games like Crimson Skies so I'm not a realism fanatic.

All I got was some dated eye candy. What a shame.

--Ed

I can't believe how bad this game is

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am a major fan of Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. A predecessor to this game and I can't beleive they are in anyway related. This game is pure arcade. It has all of the realism of the old 1942 game for Nintendo. In fact it plays much like After Burner for Sega. This is definately a game that has been rushed out for the holiday season to trick people into thinking it is a true WW2 flight simulator which couldnt be farther from the truth.
I was truly excited when I first read about this game coming out and agin unfortunately I have been let down.

WEAK!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I own many WWII flight sims. This is the weakest piece of crap of all I have ever purchased...

Let Down!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I hoped for a updated version of Janes WWII combat flight sim. Thinking this would be similar with better graphics, I spent 50 bucks on this and wanted to throw it away a 1/2 hour later. Its just a ages 6 and up game. What a waste of money, I'll give it to my Nephews.

Very poor game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 21
Date: April 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Don't bother - worse than I ever imagined. I gave it a 1 star, only because they didn't have a 0.

Waste of money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 21
Date: March 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is a waste of money. If you buy it, don't say I didn't warn you.

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