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Backed by the Oleg Maddox development team, Pacific Fighters allows you to participate in the most compelling air-war experience ever created! Fly missions for the Allied forces or become an ace pilot for the deadly Japanese empire which will you choose? Select from a large variety of flyable aircraft such as the lethal Japanese Zero, U.S. made F6F Hellcat and a variety of British fighter planes. Target enemy ships, vehicles and aircraft on one of the 16 maps featuring famous historic locations. New to the series will be the emphasis on flyable bombers and aircraft-carrier action. [Ubisoft]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 92
Gamer's Hell
Maddox has proven to me that Flight Sims are indeed fun and that realism in some situations is a good thing.
 90
GameZone
I loved this game. It is rich, engaging and has a great repeat-play factor. I wanted to play it often, and for long periods of time. It's been a long time since I felt that drive from a game, much less a sim.
90
GamingTrend
A complete flight sim package, that looks really nice, and has great mission modes. This game, and it's previous versions stand head and shoulders above the Microsoft Combat Flight sim games.
89
eToychest
And while the difficulty will turn away those who either don't have the time to invest in learning how to pilot an aircraft properly or were simply looking for an arcade-style flight-sim, it shouldn't turn away many and the learning curve, while extremely steep, is also very short.
88
PC Gamer
The best-ever WWII sim gets new planes, new settings, and carrier operations. [Jan 2005, p.76]
85
Worth Playing
If you are a flight sim gamer, you need this title.
83
PC Format
The best Pacific-based flight sim you can buy, without question. [Dec 2004, p.86]
80
PGNx Media
The game's visuals are incredibly impressive, and the action is great when something is actually going on. But the sometimes braindead AI and bits of action-less flight bring the game down a bit.
78
Game Chronicles
With a strong community, excellent developer support and MP support, Pacific Fighters looks to be soaring high for years to come.
78
FiringSquad
On the one hand, I love the flight models, the graphics and the challenge of multiplayer. On the other hand, there's no escaping the conclusion that this is really just a spruced up "Forgotten Battles" with carriers and more American-Japanese planes.
77
IGN
The wide variety of planes certainly have their historical performance characteristics but, overall, the flight modeling just isn't as tight as I expected. Add to that the lackluster content of the missions and some outright mistakes on the part of the artificial intelligence and you've got a game that barely scrapes by.
74
Computer and Video Games
It's as solid, competent and thrill-packed as the previous entries in Maddox Games' single-handed assault on the flight genre, it just doesn't really do anything that we haven't seen before. Nothing major at least. [PC Zone]
73
GameSpot
Pacific Fighters uses the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik engine to simulate this epic conflict, but unfortunately it turns out to be the biggest letdown of the series.
70
Computer Gaming World
With some A.I. tweaks, flyable torpedo bombers, and various bug fixes, this game would be a sim junkie's dream. [Jan 2005, p.97]
70
Sydney Morning Herald
While it does have its fair share of bugs, we're confident that with a little patching (something the developers haven't been afraid of in the past) Pacific Fighters will surpass "IL2" to become the top World War II flight sim.
70
GameSpy
Yet even with some new features, you get the sense that gameplay isn't very different from what the series has shown since its debut.
70
1UP
The real stars of the show are the planes. Fans of the Discovery Wings channel will be thrilled by the loving detail that went into the sixty some odd planes that come with the game.
70
GamePro
The exhilaration of getting the enemy in your sights and squeezing the trigger still hasn't worn out, even despite its similarities to "Forgotten Battles."
65
Next Level Gaming
The good include the graphics, the historical background for each map, tracer bullets in your ammo, and the detail put into the planes. The minus include a poor map, horrible objectives, long boring flying time and a general sense of pointlessness to the game.
60
Computer Games Magazine
Friendly AI, on the other hand, can be frustratingly idiotic and suicidal. [March 2005, p.76]
M. Lancer gave it a10: Leo Z. gave it an8: MrMig Ming gave it a 10: Trey Blingbling gave it a 10: Mike B. gave it a 1: |
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