Combat Flight Simulator 3

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Product Information

• Ground-breaking graphics engine that allows players to lead exciting high-speed, low-altitude strafing runs to bomb strategic enemy targets
• Fly WWII's finest, fastest and edgiest aircraft. Each of them are realistically rendered in the tradition of the Combat Flight Simulator franchise
• Live the life of an authentic WWII pilot - Pilots manage new character role-playing attributes including G-force tolerance, vision and physical health
• Experience aerial action that never ends - With enhanced online cooperative multiplayer action, players coordinate with friends to influence how battles are fought
• Soar alongside friends - Players can create "campaign servers" allowing people from across the globe to play in an ongoing war theatre over the Internet
• Form squadrons and battle in a myriad of missions against other users online or coordinate to man a medium bomber, playing the role of either bombardier or gunner

Product Description

Anti-aircraft fire blankets you. Blast debris hurls toward your propeller. And you wonder why you didn't join the Navy. This ain't no free-flight, cloud-gunner, glory ride. This is ground assault: the real, gritty combat that can make or break a battle, and take your life in one massive explosion. Bombs shatter enemy airfields, trains, tank columns and more as you streak across the European countryside in WWII's greatest planes, dodging small-arms fire, gripping your joystick with sweaty palms and white-knuckles, pumped with adrenaline, living history.

As a US Army Air Force, Royal Air Force, or Luftwaffe pilot in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 you fly in the historical framework of the tactical air war in northwest Europe starting in mid-1943, but there's a significant difference. The skill and perseverance you and your squadron or Staffel bring to each battle can alter the tactical situation and the timeline of the campaign. This open-ended and flexible campaign means you can influence events, alter history, and extend the timeline to add new technology to your arsenal. How you handle these tactical and technological advantages will determine the outcome.

New features include: enhanced campaign play sends you on involved tactical missions in a campaign where success or failure can move the front line, influence the quality of equipment available, and even change the outcome of the war. New collection of 18 aircraft featuring crewable bombers (fly medium bombers and take control of the bombardier or gunner position), stunning 3-D cockpit detail, accurate performance and damage modelling, medium bomber operations, WWII state of the art aircraft (including the first jet fighters). Custom graphics engine powers super high detail ground attack targets and improved scenery with enhanced 3-D modelling and texturing Cooperative multiplayer missions and free-for-all dogfights via the Internet and LAN. Reactive world: areas of the campaign world will trigger events, spawn aircraft, generate flak and so on, in response to your presence. Role playing elements: pilots have qualities such as Bombing Skill, Vision, and Health. Strategy: you make decisions that influence how the war is fought, where to put the pressure on the enemy, and what aircraft improvements are crucial to the war effort.

Review

With stunning graphics and accurate flight models, Combat Flight Simulator 3 lets you revisit the Western Front during World War II as a pilot in a variety of period aircraft. Significant improvements have been made over the earlier versions in the series, such as the addition of a dynamic campaign and cooperative multiplayer. Plus, there is an incredible attention to detail, with a new graphics engine that combines the ability to render planes in flight with highly detailed terrain that looks great even at low level, adding a new dimension to low level bombing runs.