Airlines 2

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• ASIN: B00006HCH4
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,840 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A good start..., December 26, 2002

By	Scott Taylor (Kent, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I really wanted to like Airlines 2. It is basically an updated and improved Air Bucks (if you remember that one). I really like Air Bucks, but since it was a DOS game... I hadn't played it for years.

I had to try five different computers before I found one that would run Airlines 2. Luckily I have the variety of choices to try. You must have Windows Me, a 3D graphics card and at least 128MB of RAM. Your display driver has to be up to date, and a newer CD-ROM drive. It was rediculously hard to get it working.

Now for the bad news <g>. Things work fine for a couple of years and then planes start crashing left and right. After about 10 years, even if you replace your airplanes with newer ones, you will have multiple airplane crashes EACH MONTH. If there were this many crashes in real life no one would ever fly.

The most important plane is the Boeing (called Boodwing) 707. Stock up on these because they get discontinued about a year before the 747 shows up (at a far higher cost) and many routes only are economical to fly with 707s. Huge cities must have large planes flying to them, so when you lose a 707 most times you have to shut down the route. DC-10's can take some routes, but not most.

The rule "book" is a joke. There are many important rules that you have to figure out by trial and error. For instace, the rule book says that planes "must be the right size" for a route. What does that mean? Huge cities must be served by large planes. Tiny cities by small planes. So, if you Large city being served by 737s (for instance) grows to a Huge city, all of those routes suddenly stop working until the planes are replaced by 707s, DC-10s or the like. In many cases the routes have to be abondoned.

Want to fly a hub and spoke network? Forget it. A city can have, at most five routes in and out of it (depending on the size).

Don't even get me started on the total lack of responce from their technical support people.

This game could have been very good, but it fails miserably.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Do the designers actually play the games?, February 23, 2003

By	Austin Milbarge (Cedar Park, TX) - See all my reviews

Nervous about the manufacturer is not a good way to start playing a game. Global Star Software has been pushing back Airport Tycoon 2 (the more anticipated release) since October 2002, including two more delays in January and February. Obviously, the game is either poor, buggy as hell, or both. So sitting down to tackle Airlines 2 made me nervous.

And how! After a nightmare installation (thank goodness I have a Windows ME machine, it wouldn't work on XP), I finally got 'er going. The game is more like an interactive spreadsheet, but hey, I like the numbers games it gives you.

Then, as previously mentioned in another (and quite well-written) review, the planes start falling from the sky. The whole point of a simulation is an aspect of realism, which this game lacks. Realism is replaced with frustration, which really kills the whole experience.

I hope the designers create a fix/patch to correct this. For now, the game is one of those that you throw up your hands and say, "man, that was SO close. I was very nearly entertained."

22 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice alternative to Airport Tycoon 2 or Airline Tycoon, October 6, 2002

By	CNC (UN) - See all my reviews

If you like the sound of running your own airline, dealing with things like tropical storms, oil crisis, ill-tempered passengers and stressed-out flight personal then this strategy and management game from Take 2 Games/Global Star Software will probably appeal to you. Included in the game are over 100 planes and airports over many geographic regions. The graphics are generally good and you can expect varied game play.