Attack on Pearl Harbor Image
  • Summary: In Attack on Pearl Harbor, players can sign up for either side as they are offered the role of daring US gunner turned pilot Douglas Knox or Japanese ace Zenji Yamada. History's yours to shape: Either nation can win the war depending on your actions as players battle for supremacy behind the cockpits of some of the most prolific fighters, bombers and torpedo-bearing aircraft of the WWII Pacific Theater. Playable planes include Japan's Mitsubishi A6M "Zero", the D3A1 Aichi "Val" and the B5N Nakajima "Kate" as well as America's Chance Vought F4U Corsair, the Douglas SBD Dauntless and the Grumman TBM Avenger. Intuitive Controls – Pick up and play the game via a simple, straightforward control scheme that'll have anyone flying in seconds. Jaw-Dropping Graphics – Widescreen gaming support coupled with dazzling special effects provides a beautifully rendered backdrop of the Pacific. Choose Your Side – Play as the dashing Douglas Knox of the USAAF or fighter pilot Zenji Yamada of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Riveting Action – Take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier in the most prolific fighters, bombers and torpedo-bearing aircraft of the WWII Pacific Theatre. Historical Campaigns – Fight the selfsame battles that determined the outcome of the war, from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. The hardcore simulations experts may not enjoy the usual advantage they have with experience in flying a plane with a realistic model, but they can still enjoy that they are "flying" and doing it with anyone whose company they enjoy.
  2. It's great fun while it lasts, but once you've got over the initial thrill of the dogfight, there's not much here to maintain interest. [Sept 2007, p.58]
  3. 46
    Legendo has managed to take something as interesting as World War II's air battle over the Pacific and turn it into something as repetitive as bouncing a tennis ball against a wall. It offers a lot of missions, sure, but they're all basically the same three repeated ad nauseum or mashed together into one mission to make it seem new.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. DirkK.
    9
    Quick and easy flight combat simulation. Install the game and take off. Dont have to learn hundreds of keys to play. Very good graphics. Not a game for real flight-simulation Fans. Just easy going, I like this game. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. This game is hilariously EASY, repetitive and amusing. Playing the campaign you will laugh until you cack your pants at the A.I as you 'dogfight' by drifting behind an enemy plane and shooting it to pieces while the opposing'pilot' wobbles his wings! Hey flyboy someone's shooting at you, stop reading your comicbooks in there! Its surprising how many near-identical missions they stuck into this game. It's a wonderfully MEDIOCRE experience. I'm giving it a 6 because some people might actually like the feeling of some easy flying and popping torpedoes into battleships. This game is a casual flight-sim for history buffs rather than aviators. Not a bad buy for $5, if you are in that market. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. S.M.
    3
    Not worth the time to install, stupid graphics, repetative storyline, etc. The only reason i gave it a 3 and not a 1 was because it had easy controls. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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