WarBirds is a series of massively multiplayer online and offline World War II combat flight simulation video games originally developed by Interactive Creations of Grapevine and published by iEntertainment Network in 1995. The game includes an air combat flight simulator as well as a simulator for tanks and other ground vehicles and inspired a fan cult and conventions, and a book titled WarBirds: The Story So Far .
8-395: Following 1999's WarBirds II , WarBirds III was released for Mac and PC in 2002. WarBirds III was a runner-up for GameSpot ' s annual "Best Simulation on PC" award, which went to Flanker 2.5 . WarBirds: The Mighty Eight was released in 2007. A more recent version, WarBirds 2008 , includes tanks, trucks, halftracks, new aircraft, and new graphics. WarBirds: Dogfights
16-508: A 2024 feature on the history of military flight simulators, Len Hjalmarson wrote for PC Pilot that "Flanker 2.0 had some of the best-looking aircraft models on the PC. The game was also popular with online pilots and sported excellent weapons modeling and avionics. Yet Flanker 2.0 lacked something in gameplay." This Ubisoft -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This flight simulation video game article
24-411: A rating of 8.7/10, praising the graphical improvements and mission editor while critiquing the audio and campaign compared to contemporaries such as Falcon 4.0 . PC Gamer US nominated Flanker 2.0 for its 1999 "Best Simulation" award, but it lost to MiG Alley . The editors wrote that Flanker 2.0 is "not everyone's cup of tea, and even veteran simmers find it a challenge to master every vagary of
32-501: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Flanker 2.5 Flanker 2.0 ( Russian : Фланкер 2.0 ) is a combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics and released in 1999. It is a direct sequel to Su-27 Flanker . The game allows players to fly the Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-33 in combat missions. In 2001, a major patch titled Flanker 2.5 was released for free to users who already owned Flanker 2.0 , but
40-565: The Su-27. But for sheer authenticity, it can't be topped." In the United States, Flanker 2.0 sold 7,285 copies by April 2000. Flanker 2.5 won PC Gamer US ' s "2002 Best Simulation" award. The magazine's Andy Mahood wrote, "When a $ 10 upgrade package (for a three-year-old combat flight sim, no less!) takes our 2002 Flight Sim of the Year honors, it's a remarkably sad commentary on
48-408: The state of the genre". However, he praised the game as superior to Combat Flight Simulator 3 and Strike Fighters: Project 1 , and declared that it "absolutely deserves" players' attention. Flanker 2.5 won GameSpot ' s annual "Best Simulation on PC" award, and was a runner-up in the publication's "Best Budget Game on PC" category, which went to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter . In
56-424: Was also available as a fully new purchasable game. IGN reviewed Flanker 2.0 with a rating of 7/10. The limited accessibility and frustrating campaign were criticized, concluding "there's a strong enough sim lurking in this hostile game that passionate flight simmers will find a real treat once they've cracked the shell and accepted the limitations. Anyone else need not apply." GameSpot reviewed Flanker 2.0 with
64-463: Was released in 2010. In 1999, some of the original development team, including John "Killer" MacQueen, Rodney "Hatch" Hodge, and Chris "Mo" Sherland, went on to form Cornered Rat Software where they developed WWII Online . Others followed Dale "HiTech" Addink to form HiTech Creations and develop Aces High . This vehicle simulation game -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This online game -related article
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