Blazing Angels 2 is a very clear improvement over the original game, though the balance has swung over to the easy side in this sequel. And, of course, if you like your WWII games to be historical and rooted in fact, you probably won't enjoy flying a prototype jet under the Golden Gate Bridge very much. But if you're after a loose, simple game where you get to fly a lot of different, crazy planes and blow up a billion German fighters, you'll probably have a good time.
The Good
* The plethora of upgrades creates a meaningful sense of progression
* Lots of over-the-top technological toys.
The Bad
* Multiplayer servers feel a little barren, making it tough to enjoy the game's wide collection of modes
* The game is a little too easy.
Score: 7/10
PS3Fanboy reports:
"Just a few days after Black Friday is Cyber Monday, a day where online retailers try to one up each other with great deals for consumers. amazon.com just notified us of a great deal that PS3 owners will sure appreciate: LBP for only $40. Quantities will be limited, so you'll want to know that this sale starts at midnight Pacific Time on 12/1. (That's 3AM EST).
* Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures - $43.95 (Reg. $49.99)
* LittleBigPlanet - $39.95 (Reg. $59.99)
* Rock Band 2 - $43.95 (Reg. $59.99)
* Saints Row 2 - $43.95 (Reg. $59.99)
* Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII - $19.95 (Reg. $39.99)
* Guitar Hero World Tour - Guitar Kit - $69.99 (Reg. $99.99)
* Resistance 2 Collector's Edition - $59.95 (Reg. $79.99)"
Hit the jump for the links to each of these deals. Note that the Resistance 2 Collector's Edition is on sale now for the price of the standard edition. This is a must-have for PS3 owners, especially given the 400+ hours of replayability!
Are there any PS3 owners that have not picked up either LBP or R2 yet? These are two great games I highly recommend; are the improved price points enough to put you over the edge?
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*looks at normal R2 copy that I paid $59.99 for*
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One of the PC's premier flight sims soars to consoles. How's it play?
The original IL-2 Sturmovik was a critical success in the flight simulator genre when it was released in 2001. Lauded for its hardcore realism, attention to detail, and amazing graphics, IL-2 raised the bar for combat flight sims--appropriate for a game based on a fighter bomber that Stalin said was as valuable to the Red Army as the air it breathes and the bread it eats.
All fixed up.
I know I have not been in the PC gaming world for a while due to my hardware but I'm not sure if I've ever heard of this series. At best though it looks like a rental.
After a joyous yuletide spent playing Naughty Dog's supreme Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, it's back to the frontlines of the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 console war for this reporter, with the latest battery of cross-platform confrontations. You know the score by now: impartial criticism on each multi-format release is the name of the game, the aim being to supplement the original Eurogamer reviews with additional commentary relevant to each version of the game, with gameplay the primary concern.
Eurogamer compares the following games:
- Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
- TimeShift
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Blazing Angels: Secret Missions of WWII
- Medal of Honor: Airborne
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Clive Barker's Jericho
- John Woo Presents Stranglehold
"impartial criticism on each multi-format release is the name of the game, the aim being to supplement the original Eurogamer reviews with additional commentary relevant to each version of the game, with gameplay the primary concern."
really? i thought the primary concern was to get fanboys riled up to get more hits and attention.
Everytime i read your stupid comment's everytime i begin to wonder if all of them are the same.You can't think of any better stuff to say.
F@cking idiot!!!
He constantly bashes the PS3, saying "But if I had to make a choice it would be the 360 version, if only for the gamerscore challenges and the fact that the excellent graphics aren't diminished by the needless Vaseline effect." But looking at pics like these ones makes me wonder the objectivity of his comments because to me the 360 pics are the ones that look "out of focus"...
but from the demo i played the graphics are crap, like not what id expect from a nextgen game. Ace Combats so much better
The demo played like crap.
nuff said.
Based on the demo i'd say it's a 6/10 not an awful game but playable in small rations.
I dunno. So far I've been playing in 10-12 player maps on the demo, and the craziness is fun. I just don't like the fact that the game ignores historical accuracy (no one had heat-seekers in WWII).
For my flight sim fix, I'll wait for the next Zero-sen to come out. That was a fun game, even if you did get unlimited ammo.
To be honest, I think they got the sixaxis controls right. (If you took the time to go through the options menu and change it, that is.)
Other than that...it was boring as crap.
I guess Gamespot thinks this was only 5% worse than Ratchet and Clank...which sucks...because R&CF:TofD is probably one of the best games of this generation so far. At least, it's been the most addicting to me.