Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions

by Ubisoft

Product Features

• Enter a living, breathing world - Fly above hills and mountains, navigate through treacherous mounta
• Face large-scale battles through various conditions - Darkness, rain, snow, and air turbulence
• Travel around the world, from Paris, Rome and Moscow to exotic locations like Rangoon and Cairo and
• Access to some of the most advanced and unusual aircraft and weapons of WWII, from high-velocity can
• Fast-paced multiplayer free-for-all, co-op and squad-based play, including new Capture the Flag and

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000M4M7BO
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,537 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

In Blazing Angels: Secret Missions, you'll become an elite pilot fighting in the world's most secret missions. Travel from one great adventure to another, while battling the most lethal experimental weapons of the Third Reich. Prevent the Nazis from the building a super-weapon -- each mission will bring its own surprises, twists and unique challenges. Blazing Angels Secret Missions comes straight out of the history books of World War II's most top secret projects.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful-- but deadly!, October 27, 2007

By 

Steve Umstead "Jesse's Parents" (Amherst, VA USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Blazing Angels 2 Secret Missions (Video Game)

BLAZING ANGELS 2: SECRET MISSIONS is a drop dead gorgeous game...with some of the most exciting airplanes ever invented...or NOT invented. Its a "what if" World War 2 scenario, pitting your team of Allied pilots in desperate missions against Axis "super weapons of the air". Its a lot like "Crimson Skies"...and is a graphic joy. That being said, its almost incredibly hard. The missions are multi-part, and are sometimes so vague or confusing as to their goals, that you die or run out of the time-limits many too many times. Some missions mix straight forward bombing and strafing missions with incredibly difficult precision attack targets. Its fun, its challenging, but I found it ultimately frustrating. Now I'm an "older" gamer, and my reflexes are not up to the younger "Top Guns"...so if you're a hot fighter jock, pick up "Blazing Angels 2"...you'll enjoy the challenge.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Game we Played for Months, October 13, 2008

By 

Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Blazing Angels 2 Secret Missions (Video Game)

Blazing Angels 2 - Secret Missions is in essence a World War II flight simulator game - but in addition to authentic planes they toss in experimental planes, broadening your horizons. We played through the full game multiple times, it really was great fun.

The missions all have their main objectives - find the lost woman, shoot down the train, but they also have secondary objectives to encourage you to go back and replay the missions to track them all down. We found the game very replayable and enjoyed multiple passes on the same levels, trying new techniques or faster times.

The graphics are quite impressive, from forested hills to ice flows in a frozen sea. The details on the planes is impressive as well and with the variety available you do appreciate having a nice rendering to look at.

The game definitely isn't easy. You have to do some very precise flying to get through some of the levels, and I can see how someone new to this type of game could get frustrated. The key is to be patient and practice.

Above all, this game is *fun*. There are many other games I play which are frustrating when you're doing poorly and you just want to get them over with. When you do well it hardly seems worth it. With this one, you pour hours into it because you really do get a sense that you're achieving something, you're getting better, your skills are improving, you are reaching objectives. The fast thinking and hand-eye coordination really are useful in the "real world".

The characters are enthusiastic, the music is stirring, the graphics draw you into the world and the enemies are a challenge, but in a good way. They help you hone your skills and improve.

We really enjoyed this game a great deal, and look forward to any new releases from this set of developers. Well recommended!

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 2 is better than 1, November 20, 2007

By 

Nathan J. McArthur "True Gamer" (Everywhere and nowhere) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Blazing Angels 2 Secret Missions (Video Game)

Well, graphics wise this game looks very nice. It's def. a upgrade from BL1 due to the fact you can completely customize your aircrafts. You can change the colors, icons, and even unlock "parade" or "special" paints for them. Of course beating the game all the way through and getting ace on each mission will unlock every aircraft but you can also unlock weapons. The game progresses from props to jets like in the first one but now you can homing missiles and when you choose your aircraft you can equip them to make for easier air combat (but doesn't change ground combat).

You are also able to buy upgrades to your aircrafts from the points you recieve from missions. Like: more armor, stronger weapons, smarter teamates, higher scores, etc... I found this game to be great do to the fact the customization of everything which the first blazing angels lacked.

However, what comes with great has to come with bad in this game. Some people look for great cinematics with games and a great story line. I will give the game props for being creative with what the germans "might have or might not have" done and the aircraft but the cinematics are frustrating cause they make it like a chincy comic look (frame by frame). Highly annoying for the people similar to me that like to sit back and enjoy some nice graphics/story line/and great cinematics (kinda like a reward for your achievement of completing a couple of hard missions).

I found this game (like the first one), once you get use to the aircraft and controls again its fun and easy. Also, the main thing i CANNOT knock this game for is the ability to land and take off which most other flying games don't have. The first one had it and they kept it in this one. Good job on you for that. So overall this game is great and i'm rating it a 4 but don't look forward to anything visually interesting between missions.

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