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==Gameplay== |
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The game is more or less a heavily updated version of the first ([[Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator]]), introducing a drastically large set of features (new and improved), bug-&-glitch fixes, and other more great new stuff and improvements to the game. The game incorporates an active campaign mode, whereby the player may play for the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] (the U.S.A), [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] (Britain) or the [[Luftwaffe]] (Germany) in a campaign beginning from 1939, right after the invasion of [[Poland]]. Based on the player's performance in the [[Western Front (World War II)|North-west Europe]], which spans from northernmost England to eastern Berlin, the player can alter the length, climax, outcome (aftermath result) of the war and other factors of the war. By avoiding the aviational errors of the [[Luftwaffe]] made in the past, and by targeting key targets in British production centers, it is even possible for the Germans to drive the allies back to London and force their surrender. It is also possible for the Allies to make a landing in [[Fortress Europe]] prior to the 6/6/44, or [[D-day]]. The multiplayer game-mode allows players to occupy different stations on the same vehicle. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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===Sales=== |
===Sales=== |
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''Combat Flight Simulator'' was a commercial success.<ref name=combatsim /> It was the United States' 19th-best-selling computer game during the first half of 1999,<ref name=1999half>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000305180633/http://pc.ign.com:80/news/9273.html | url=http://pc.ign.com:80/news/9273.html | title=And the Winners Are... | author=IGN Staff | date=August 3, 1999 | work=[[IGN]] | archivedate=March 5, 2000 | deadurl=yes }}</ref> and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October.<ref name=janessales>{{cite journal | author=Brown, Ken | date=October 1999 | title=EA Scraps ''Jane's A-10'' | issue=183 | pages=44, 46 | journal=[[Computer Gaming World]] }}</ref> The game's defeat of its direct competitor, ''[[Jane's WWII Fighters]]'', contributed to the end of [[Electronic Arts]]' [[Jane's Combat Simulations]] brand.<ref name="janessales"/><ref name=graveyard>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818053637/http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | title=PC Gaming Graveyard; ''Jane's A-10 Warthog'' | archivedate=August 18, 2000 | author=Geryk, Bruce | work=[[GameSpot]] | at=Toward Multiplay | deadurl=yes }}</ref> |
''Combat Flight Simulator'' was a commercial success.<ref name=combatsim /> It was the [[United States]]' 19th-best-selling computer game during the first half of 1999,<ref name=1999half>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000305180633/http://pc.ign.com:80/news/9273.html | url=http://pc.ign.com:80/news/9273.html | title=And the Winners Are... | author=IGN Staff | date=August 3, 1999 | work=[[IGN]] | archivedate=March 5, 2000 | deadurl=yes }}</ref> and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October.<ref name=janessales>{{cite journal | author=Brown, Ken | date=October 1999 | title=EA Scraps ''Jane's A-10'' | issue=183 | pages=44, 46 | journal=[[Computer Gaming World]] }}</ref> The game's defeat of its direct competitor, ''[[Jane's WWII Fighters]]'', contributed to the end of [[Electronic Arts]]' [[Jane's Combat Simulations]] brand.<ref name="janessales"/><ref name=graveyard>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818053637/http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | title=PC Gaming Graveyard; ''Jane's A-10 Warthog'' | archivedate=August 18, 2000 | author=Geryk, Bruce | work=[[GameSpot]] | at=Toward Multiplay | deadurl=yes }}</ref> |
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The game's global sales surpassed 450,000 copies by June 2000.<ref name=combatsim>{{cite web | author=Marks, Bob | date=June 2000 | title=Interview: Microsoft's Rob Brown on ''CFS2'' | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815065849/http://www.combatsim.com/htm/june00/cfs2iv_page1.htm | url=http://www.combatsim.com/htm/june00/cfs2iv_page1.htm | work=Combatsim | archivedate=August 15, 2000 }}</ref> |
The game's global sales surpassed 450,000 copies by June 2000.<ref name=combatsim>{{cite web | author=Marks, Bob | date=June 2000 | title=Interview: Microsoft's Rob Brown on ''CFS2'' | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815065849/http://www.combatsim.com/htm/june00/cfs2iv_page1.htm | url=http://www.combatsim.com/htm/june00/cfs2iv_page1.htm | work=Combatsim | archivedate=August 15, 2000 }}</ref> |
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===Critical reviews=== |
===Critical reviews=== |
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''Combat Flight Simulator'' was a finalist for ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s 1998 "Best Simulation" award, which ultimately went to ''[[European Air War]]''.<ref name=cgwpremier1998>{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1999 Premier Awards; ''CGW'' Presents the Best Games of 1998 |date=April 1999 | issue=177 | pages=90, 93, 96–105 }}</ref> |
''Combat Flight Simulator'' was a finalist for ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s 1998 "Best Simulation" award, which ultimately went to ''[[European Air War]]''.<ref name=cgwpremier1998>{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1999 Premier Awards; ''CGW'' Presents the Best Games of 1998 |date=April 1999 | issue=177 | pages=90, 93, 96–105 }}</ref> |
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Other than that, there are no more other known critical reviews for this video-game. |
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==See also== |
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Revision as of 09:13, 30 September 2018
| Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series | |
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | November 1, 1998 |
| Genre(s) | Flight simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single Player, Multiplayer |
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series is the first version of combat flight simulators from Microsoft, released November 1, 1998. CFS1 is set in the European Theater of World War II.
Gameplay
The game is more or less a heavily updated version of the first (Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator), introducing a drastically large set of features (new and improved), bug-&-glitch fixes, and other more great new stuff and improvements to the game. The game incorporates an active campaign mode, whereby the player may play for the USAAF (the U.S.A), RAF (Britain) or the Luftwaffe (Germany) in a campaign beginning from 1939, right after the invasion of Poland. Based on the player's performance in the North-west Europe, which spans from northernmost England to eastern Berlin, the player can alter the length, climax, outcome (aftermath result) of the war and other factors of the war. By avoiding the aviational errors of the Luftwaffe made in the past, and by targeting key targets in British production centers, it is even possible for the Germans to drive the allies back to London and force their surrender. It is also possible for the Allies to make a landing in Fortress Europe prior to the 6/6/44, or D-day. The multiplayer game-mode allows players to occupy different stations on the same vehicle.
Reception
Sales
Combat Flight Simulator was a commercial success.[1] It was the United States' 19th-best-selling computer game during the first half of 1999,[2] and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October.[3] The game's defeat of its direct competitor, Jane's WWII Fighters, contributed to the end of Electronic Arts' Jane's Combat Simulations brand.[3][4]
The game's global sales surpassed 450,000 copies by June 2000.[1]
Critical reviews
Combat Flight Simulator was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's 1998 "Best Simulation" award, which ultimately went to European Air War.[5]
Other than that, there are no more other known critical reviews for this video-game.
See also
References
- ^ a b Marks, Bob (June 2000). "Interview: Microsoft's Rob Brown on CFS2". Combatsim. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.
- ^ IGN Staff (August 3, 1999). "And the Winners Are..." IGN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Brown, Ken (October 1999). "EA Scraps Jane's A-10". Computer Gaming World (183): 44, 46.
- ^ Geryk, Bruce. "PC Gaming Graveyard; Jane's A-10 Warthog". GameSpot. Toward Multiplay. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Staff (April 1999). "Computer Gaming World's 1999 Premier Awards; CGW Presents the Best Games of 1998". Computer Gaming World (177): 90, 93, 96–105.
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