Product Description: Experience the next generation in WWII combat flight simulations! Designed by Oleg Maddox, one of Russia's most respected flight sim creators, IL-2 Sturmovik recreates the harshest and deadliest air battles of WWII's Eastern Front.
Amazon.com Product Description: IL-2 Sturmovik takes you to the war-torn skies over Germany and Russia during World War II, where you fly accurately designed and realistically modeled aircraft in stunning 3-D environments. The numerous action-packed single-player missions involve air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, as well as search, destroy, and escort objectives. Up to 32 human opponents can experience multiplayer action over the Internet or a LAN.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - The best I've ever had!
IL-2 Sturmovik is the best simulation I have ever played. Great planes, outstanding graphics and great details. IL-2 puts you in the seat of famous and legendary planes like the Bf-109, Fw-190, Il-2 (you can also be a rear gunner!), Yak-1 through -9, P-39, LaGG-3, La-5FN and more! I've flown hours attacking fighters; Me-262s, He-162s, I-16s and Yak-7s. And bombers; He-111s, Ju-88s, Pe-8s, Tu-2s and a whole lot more; about 20!! You can fly missions and save them to watch later and see how your success or failure went! IL-2 comes with training lessons for flying, bombing/stafing, taking off and landing, gunner training and more. On Quick Mission builder, you have almost unlimited fun! Attack airbases, vehicles and bridges. But watch out while attacking; for fierce flak bursts all around your plane. Go on missions to sink ships, down planes, destroy vehicles, and attack bridges. With Pilot Career, you can go on over 80 missions as a German (I'm only at 80), upgrading your Bf-109 as you complete mission after mission. As a Russian, you can be a fighter pilot or a bomber pilot, flying over 50 missions and counting...I'm a fan of WWII planes, aces and air battles, so when I saw IL-2, I had to buy it! This game is complete with Quick and Full Mission builder, Pilot Career and Single Missions.
You can fight for the Germans or the Soviets and be locked in death defying air battles. Experience the battles. Dissect the tactics. Relive the air battles of the Russian front!
Rating: - IL-2 Holds its Own to Current Games
IL-2 is by far the best flight simulator ever created. The graphics in it are very competitive with current games(eight years later). This WWII simulator offers missions with every country involved in the war. The graphics on the planes and artillery is very realistic. The cockpits are the closest you can get to being in a real plane. However, compared to other simulators it seems very hard. This is because it is so realistic. IL-2 1946 Sturmovik is by far the best combat simulator ever produced and will continue to be a hit for many years.
Rating: - WWII Flying Experience
This first person cockpit game is very indepth. I have had several other flying games that only touched the surface of the flying experience but this one really delved into the total flying chalenge. You can either fly a real wartime mission that has every true detail of a historic attack or call up a quick mission [my personal favorite] that you can choose to fly any of the Russian or German aircraft that were in commision at the time of the war against any of the opposing sides armor including ground weapons giving the whole experience a new level of both difficulty and enjoyment. The actual flying details are so realistic that it makes you feel that you are actually in control of a real aircraft. I would recomend to purchase this game for anyone that finds first person flying exciting and enjoyable.
Rating: - Poor flight model
I've logged over 70 hours on MS Flight Simulator X (including beating the course record on the challenging Red Bull time coure), so that is my standard for flight model realism. By that standard, IL-2 is garbage. If planes actually flew that poorly in WW II, half of the pilots would have crashed within minutes of take off because they couldn't get the aircraft to generate enough lift or speed. Unless I trick the P-39 sim model by doing stupid little 20 foot drives to build up speed, it flies flat at 170 for minutes, even at max throttle.
Once the pilot gets the plane above 200 it handle all right, but most of those lucky WWII pilots who made it off the ground would have died after their first moderately aggressive bank, because the planes stall precipitous without warning into full-on, unrecoverable flat spins. In FSX, the immediate signs of a stall are sharp yawing and pitching. You have to react very quickly, but if you break conditions precipitating the stall, you can recover.
I recommend trying the FSX and IL-2 demos before you consider wasting money on this one.
Rating: - Why did I wait?
I have seen this game out for awhile now. I really dont know why I waited. Well I bought the CH Fighter stick, and USB Throttle controller. This game runs great with them. The graphics in this game kick on anything I have. It runs great too. I also got the Forgotten Battles and Ace expansion pack. I total enjoy playing this game. Very realistic, and sounds great. It now my favorite flight sims, next to Microsoft 2004. Combat or noncombat I am flying. My only regret is why did I wait. UBI Soft did it right on this game. I have other product from UBI Soft but this game is #1. I wont wait so long next time. If you are in to Flight Sims like me dont pass this one up.
- The best I've ever had!
- Poor flight model
