September 3 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japan and the victory of the world anti-fascist war parade ceremony, including the navy, air force, artillery, armed police, PLA more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, more than 500 pieces of equipment, nearly 200 aircraft from Tiananmen Square passed. When the air echelon war eagle formation, whistling the sky, countless people for this excitement and cheer, mood surging! Participating aircraft include the army, navy and air force active aircraft, all are domestic advanced aircraft, including the Air Force new early warning aircraft, fighters, bombers, etc., the Navy new shipboard fighters, maritime patrol aircraft, as well as a number of new helicopters of land aviation, etc. This unprecedented event once again triggered the aviation fever of military fans.
One, “Microsoft combat flight simulation 2” indelible memories
When it comes to flight simulation games, the first and foremost is Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, also known as CFS2, which enables people to sit at home and use their computers to realize the dream of being a pilot. In the days of 56K Cat, players hung out with RogerWilco and had a lot of fun connecting through Microsoft’s MSN GamingZone. There were also many times when domestic players organized to go against Japanese players. In the blink of an eye, 15 years have passed, and the young players who fought against Japan in virtual space at night have now started their families and careers, and I don’t know how many of them have taken off their wings to worry about their lives and careers. And in their bookshelves, whether they still collect their own soaring blue sky with their faithful partners, has become the last song of the Microsoft Siderwinder system joystick ……
Second, “IL2” classic World War II air combat game
The second to recommend when the “IL2”. It was a dark horse that no one could have expected in 2001, and an unknown developer from Russia killed Microsoft’s classic product! The complex and realistic damage model, the tracer trajectory, the complex terrain, mountains, rivers and ground units that filled the whole screen, made the flying game players who were used to seeing a vast ocean shine.
Figure 3 – “IL2” classic WWII air combat game
The update of IL-2, whether it is Forgotten Wars or Pacific Expansion Pack, has made a hundred-foot step forward in the breadth of content topics, flight models, networking quality, and graphics quality, as if returning to the golden age of flight simulation games that were popping up during the Gulf War. From 2001 to 2005, a team grew up on the stable platform of IL-2. Veterans helped newcomers grow up through regular training in flight schools, while expert players competed in the field and exchanged skills and experiences with players from Russia, and IL-2 even received national attention and was included in the National Sports Administration’s flight simulation competition program.
Three, “Pacific Air Battle Heroes” classic entry-level air combat game
In addition to the previous two classic flight simulation games, the 2005 Ubisoft release of “Pacific Air Battle Heroes” can be described as the entry-level classics of simulation air combat games. Players will be a rookie pilot identity, from the Pearl Harbor incident began with the U.S. Navy to fight the North and South. In the course of the battle, the protagonist will continue to gain advancement and can become the captain to command the pilots in battle.
Pacific Air Battle Heroes” classic entry-level air combat game
This game is arguably Ubisoft’s milestone in flight game releases. It won a lot of press when it was released in 2005, and was praised as the game of the year in several places. The game’s flight model is simple but reflects roll and stall speed, and shooting requires pulling out the right amount of advance on your own, with no overly fanciful mechanics like bullet time. The levels are varied and of good quality, covering the entire course of the Pacific War, and can be considered very playable, sweeping away the stereotype of a boring, unintelligible flight simulation game.
Four, “Killing Angel” single-player World War II air combat shooter
This is a three-dimensional flight shooting game produced by Ubisoft in 2007, including three of the most famous and fierce air battles in World War II, respectively, the invasion of Philippine airspace, the most brutal North African dense forest war and the most famous English Channel air battles.
The story of the game well sums up the core of its gameplay: a special squad, complete through the tunnel to intercept the train such a variety of tasks, that play is naturally a hot mess, while certainly not so real. The Killing Angel” although the main promotion of the host platform version, but in fact Ubisoft at that time or conscience to do the port, PC even cracked version can be online (and Pacific Heroes), I have to say that at that time Ubisoft, than today’s industry’s first big lull to be sincere too much. This is a generation of classics on the PC, and has become the final song of Ubisoft’s flight game line.
Five, “European air war heroes” vs “predator wings” once a friend, now a mortal enemy
Ubisoft once took its own signature to open the market for Russia’s “Lockdown: Modern Air Combat” and “IL-2”, but in 2009, Ubisoft’s own “European Air Combat Heroes” and “Predator Wings” from Moscow’s Gaijin officially collided head-on on all platforms, and the result was unexpected for everyone.
“Air Combat Heroes Europe has a graphical upgrade but struggles to impress, it plays like a stroll down the street without a hint of tension”; “Predator Wings has stunning graphics, while the action offers a wide choice from arcade to realistic simulation. Its missions are realistic and challenging, making it hard to put down the handle at high difficulty” …… while in reality, “Air War Heroes Europe” has a consistent story line, and a plot dialogue that is more than twice and three times richer, “Predator Wings” has levels that can only barely be called levels ……
Predator Wings” really wins where the picture still lies, the picture of the two is not at all in a class, from the aircraft details to ground details, Gaijin shows the horror of the strength, and write their own undisputed victory of the last stroke, is “Predator Wings” in addition to the beautiful picture, there are able to challenge the IL-2 cockpit details and flight control model, because in the visual, operational, and It is praised by the majority of air combat simulation game fans for its high degree of simulation in terms of visual, operation, and combat mode.
Sixth, “Metal Storm” & “Sky Gambler” emerged, the flight game on the cell phone
In 2011, a full 3D, beautiful flight game on iPhone4 appeared in the public view. It not only had a good single player mode, but also supported 1-on-1 online PvP. This flying game from Z2Live was immediately sought after by mobile gamers, and Apple officially recommended him countless times and pre-installed it in the store display phone, which was “Metal Storm”. However, when Z2Live discovered that a 2D house-building game requires fewer developers but can earn more than a hundred times the revenue, you get the idea~
Of course, there are also those who stick to the line of flying games, such as Namco Flag, a small and unknown Romanian studio that used to do outsourcing testing for Nintendo Wii games, Revo solution, launched another flying game “Sky Gambler” series on cell phones. This so-called unknown developer, in fact, has a ghost level of development strength, the beginning has reflected the amazing high quality, Namco’s own ace air combat PSP port, and even Z2Live’s alloy storm thrown out of one, two, three streets, Apple exclaimed remarkable, in the iPhone 4S launch, “Sky Gambler” the second work “air supremacy” became the new machine The release of the escort game.
Such a great game, but domestic players are difficult to enjoy. Why: Unlike Ubisoft, which was green and honest back then, mobile game developers are fully prepared to guard against non-genuine copies. And even if it’s genuine, miles away from the server, lag, dropouts, and even accusations of cheating are the norm …… domestic players have been known to expedition abroad, and even have users posting pictures to hit the top 10 worldwide. yet it’s not much use, 500 pings away, as far away as the earth and the moon ……
Seven, “Bloodbath” mobile game classic
Bloodbath” (also known as blood war war wings) is a U.S. debut of 3D air combat mobile game, in last year’s Unity global game and application competition won the highest award “Gold Cube Gold Award. This is a realistic reflection of World War II air combat flight combat game, the game has dozens of World War II classic aircraft, by the Flying Tigers mechanic Mr. Chen Yingming himself as a consultant, players through the role of the Royal Air Force, the Chinese Air Force, the U.S. Flying Tigers, the Soviet Union Air Force and the German Air Force, personally harnessed warplanes to participate in the war, to experience first-hand the life of World War II pilots in battle.
As a latecomer to cell phone flight games, its 3D scenes are no less beautiful than PC games, and the detailed degree of aircraft models is straightforward to simulate the level. The damage model of the aircraft in the game is out of the box of “street model gameplay”, modeling each part of the fuselage separately and abandoning the concept of “blood bar”, a few rounds of armor piercing ammunition falling on the right part may immediately cause engine fire and even kill the pilot.
The game is simple and easy to learn, in addition to touch screen gyroscope, but also supports virtual joystick and external handle operation, not only to meet the portable needs of mobile games, but also to ensure the fun of air combat games control driving; players can also according to their own preferences for the fighter aircraft transformation, painting, weapons upgrades, etc., to experience the pleasure of 7.7 mm nose small water gun upgrade to 15.5 mm Mauser MG151.
The game supports PvE, sweeping, 4vs4 PvP and other multiplayer modes; data center is rooted in the ground, to the domestic whether it is telecom or Netcom or cell broadband users have perfect delivery, even with 3G even, can get an excellent experience. Never P2P player interconnection, direct communication with the official server, to ensure smooth and fair to the end.
The game has a built-in squadron system, players can form squadrons and fight for reputation. Each season, for ordinary users and guilds, special battle missions and rewards will also be introduced to ensure that ace pilots and elite teams will be able to get a distinguished seat through extraordinary skills.
Comment: When the joystick has been grayed out, when the foot rudder has been adjusted for half a day and found that it is time to sleep, when fighting with 100% packet loss, when the PC is not around, take out the phone and enjoy the initial fun of flying!
Inventory of classic air combat games, but also like a review of the history of air combat game development, flight simulation games from the PC, to PS, from the handle, flight joystick, to cell phones, Bluetooth handle, and even VR devices …… flight simulation games from hardware to software can be said to be the most cutting-edge game categories, in addition to the General Administration of Sports in China into Competition projects, or many pilots training projects, the U.S. Army is the use of warplane simulators to train warplane pilots. With the military parade boom, I believe the application and popularity of flight simulation games in China will usher in a new round of boom.
