Heroes of the Pacific

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Fight the Pacific's most epic and action-packed WWII air battles
• Missions based on true events and accurate historical footage
• Command a total of 36 authentic-looking and fun-to-fly WWII aircraft
• Arcade- and professional-style controls; 6 different game modes
• Multiplayer action with up to 8 players online

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: B000BC8VJ4
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 28, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,016 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

From the Manufacturer

Experience the most famous air combat of WWII's Pacific theater. Heroes of the Pacific begins December 7, 1941, with the attack on Pearl Harbor and allows players to live the most memorable battles of the Pacific campaign, including locations such as Wake Island, Midway, and the Coral Sea. Players will experience realistic and historically accurate planes and environments along with an epic scope of battle. Both arcade- and professional-style controls and a variety of game modes allow the player to live the greatest air battles of history.

Features:

• Fight the Pacific's most epic and action-packed air battles: including Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Midway, and the Coral Sea, the campaign covers the entire course of the war in the Pacific with up to 150 planes on-screen at the same time.
• Multiplayer action with up to eight players online: engage in head-to-head dogfights or cooperative team play.
• Six different game modes: including Campaign, Instant Action, Single-Mission, Historical, Training, and Multiplayer.
• Compelling and dramatic wartime storyline: covers the entire Pacific campaign and features missions based on true events and accurate historical footage.
• Command a total of 36 authentic-looking and fun-to-fly WWII aircraft: including all major U.S. and Japanese models with bonus planes from the U.K., Germany, and the USSR.

Product Description

Heroes of the Pacific dramatically recreates the largest aerial battles of the Second World War. Relive the greatest moments of the Pacific Theater, including Wake Island, Midway and the Coral Sea. Experience epic scope of the battles, placing hundreds of planes on the screen in a single confrontation. Fly the latest designs that American ingenuity has to offer, the Hellcat and Wildcat, the Dauntless and the Corsair -- while facing the fast and deadly Japanese Zeroes. Player-controllable wingmen through a fast and intuitive menu system Highly detailed plane and ship models with complex lighting and environment effects Varied mission types - Ground attack, ground support, escort defense, patrol, torpedo and dive-bombing Unlock bonus planes from the U.K., Germany, and the U.S.S.R.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought this game was great fun, a lot of replay value., October 20, 2005

By 

Graham Finch "gimbot" (UK) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Heroes of the Pacific (Video Game)

While it's not without its faults I feel the initail reviewer has been to harsh, At heart this is an arcade game, like Rougue Squadron, and the fight sequences are intense.

It seems like hundreds of planes are in action at once, many more than in Secret Weapons and Crimson Skies, giving a sense that you are part of a much larger battle.

There is also a large number of planes to unlock, (over thirty, maybe more), and you can go back to any previouse misison with a new plane, plus you can upgrade the planes too. All this means that I have been back to some missions multiple times just for the fun of it.

By modern standards there is a lot of game here, and its pretty well done, some missions are a bit hard, and a bit samey, but you do get try torpedo bombing, dive bombing, rockets and high level bombing as well as the straight fighters. Some of teh planes are awesone and it all looks pretty good.

Plus there is XBox live, but I haven't played on that too much yet.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars You'll look pretty...crashing into the ocean!, January 31, 2006

By 

Torkx2 (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Heroes of the Pacific (Video Game)

Okay, I admit I'm not a hardcore gamer. I play for fun not to be challenged. I have a day job and no longer live with my parents. So, that being said, I love the graphics and general concept behind this game but it was just too frustrating to keep at it. Let's just put it this way...it took me a week just to get through all the training missions/tutorial. Once you learn to actually fly and not crash into things, then you have to complete insanley difficult missions against enemies and all the while...manage not to crash yourself in the process. Rent it and set on "rookie" and if you do okay, may be worth plunking down the cash. It's a good balance between a purist flight sim and a bullet spewing arcade shooter style game. Regadless, too much invenstement of time/energy and not enough payout/sucess for me personally.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great game, December 19, 2005

By 

Wes Jones (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Heroes of the Pacific (Video Game)

This is the WW2 flying game I've been waiting for. It's only about 1000 times better than Secret Weapons over Normandy, which sucked.

Has lots of replay value, is challenging but not impossible. Has good graphics & good plane selection.

I only wish there were more people playing it on XBox Live. It's great stuff.

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