7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great games - but do you really want them all?, May 16, 2001
This review is from: Flight Mania (ATF, Longbow, USNF, F-15, Nuclear Strike, Israeli Air Force) (CD-ROM)
This is a bundled pack containing 7 great games, but you probably don't need to buy them all. First off, the box says that Novalogic's MiG-29 and Commanche are included, while the description here omits those games but adds Jane's Longbow and ATF. If the description is right, then you don't really need to buy this packsge because the similarities between ATF and USNF'97 are close enough to make them essentially the same game. In either game, you fly your choice of various superfighter jets of the world in scripted, linear campaigns or in single missions. While each game focuses on certain fighters (with USNF concentrating on naval fighters and ATF concentrating on next generation fighters that are on the verge of entering service) both games generously allow you to fly single missions or design your own missions flying any one of numerous planes from many countries, whether in service or having entered service since tha late 1950's. As so-called "survey-sims" - as opposed to plane-specific titles like "F-15" or "EF-2000", neither ATF nor USNF model their planes that individually. Save for clearly distinctive aircraft (like the super-maneauverable X-31 and a heavy and not very agile heavy bomber like the B-1) you'd be hard pressed to convince yourself that you weren't flying the same plane over again. Most of the time you'll be flying dogfights - because those flights move so quickly, you're to busy having fun to realize the lack of subtlety in each title. The flight dynamics themselves seem unconvincing - more like some early 1990's sim than the fluid sense of flight we've come to expect with Pentium games. Though each plane has it's own panel, these are cosmetic. All flight data is relayed to you on pop-up screens (which are identical on each plane) of which you can activate 4 at a time.
The box mentions MiG-29 and Commanche. MiG-29 simulates the MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter, the Russian's light figher. Very agile, but hobbled by short range, the MiG-29 was not as high-tech originally as the F-16 or Mirage 2000 with which it was expected to duel for supremacy of the sky. This game is actually a companion to Novalogic's F-16 Multi-Role Fighter. Though very similar, each game complements the other, with "F-16 MRF" concentrating on superior western technology and "MiG-29" concentrating on superior agility. The only problem is that, though offering a ton of eye-candy, the game graphically seems very close to "F-15", yet ran too slowly on my Celeron system.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is Fine Game, November 10, 2001
This review is from: Flight Mania (ATF, Longbow, USNF, F-15, Nuclear Strike, Israeli Air Force) (CD-ROM)
This is pretty fun. I especially liked the nuclear Strike because you can really DESTROY everything. You can create your own mission with the mission editor in Comanche Gold which is pretty nice. Israelian Airforce is very difficult to play (also F-15)I don't like some of the games because it doesn't run on some PCs.
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5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A whole bunch of great titles all rolled into one!, October 19, 2000
This review is from: Flight Mania (ATF, Longbow, USNF, F-15, Nuclear Strike, Israeli Air Force) (CD-ROM)
The games included in this pack are some of the best around, and for a price like this, its a great deal!
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