• Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Nov 18, 2001
Metascore

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critics What's this?

User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

  • Summary: Fly 31 types of Russian, German and American planes. Engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground battles. Multiplay with up to 32 players in dogfight and 16 players in cooperative missions. Use custom paint schemes, squadron nose art, numbering on wings, and national markings for each plane. [Ubi Soft]
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The best World War II flight simulator ever. [Mar 2002, p.90]
  2. A vitamin injection of originality, putting the sheer joy of flying back into combat flight simulation. It's an experience you do not want to miss.
  3. Likely the best WWII flight action you'll see for some time, and with user made missions and aircraft in the offing, it doesn't get any better than this.
  4. 83
    Sim fans have had a few titles to choose from over the past few years but the flight modeling and choice of theater are more than enough to make IL-2 stand out.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. This totally blew me away like no game has since. For the 2012+ audience, if you dont mind the now old graphics or have an old computer and have a shred of interest in flight, get this game (or get IL2 1946, which is the most updated version and still costs next to nothing now) Expand
  2. RaymondK.
    10
    Beautiful graphics, superb realism, runs smooth even without top notch hardware. love the cannon smoke, it's like I am looking through the lense of a gun camera, beats MS CFS 3 hands down! Expand
  3. 8
    Realism is good,almost always anyway graphics rule and that stuff. the only problem is that it gets boring later. The best flight simulator I've never played its just awesome and i agree with TheHutch,yes, the menus are really boring.

    (sry for my bad English:D)
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  4. TheHutch
    7
    Great experience, and playability..downside is the frustratingly poor interface menus, and loooonng loadtimes.

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