IL2: Forgotten Battles Ace Expansion Pack

by Ubisoft

Product Features

• Expansion pack for WWII flight simulation game: IL2 Forgotten Battles
• 20 new flyable aircraft
• 7 nonflyable AI aircraft
• 7 immersive dynamic campaigns using Forgotten Battles maps
• For 1 player, or multiplayer over Internet

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00014WM9W
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 2, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,707 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles is the first expansion pack for the hugely popular, multi-award winning IL-2 Sturmovik World War II combat flight simulation game. The expansion pack is created by the original IL-2 Sturmovik's developer, 1C Maddox Games, assuring the high level of quality, detail and realism that flight simulation enthusiasts demand. It includes three new maps for both single and multiplayer play, including the Finnish gulf from Helsinki to Leningrad, the Balaton Lake area of Hungary, and L'vov covering the Ukraine and Poland. With 20 new single player missions and 10 new cooperative multiplayer missions, and a new dynamic campaign system, IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles expands the aerial battlefield for IL-2 owners, adding almost limitless replayability. The expansion pack also adds 27 new flyable, and 12 new AI controlled aircraft to faithfully recreate the WWII aerial combat experience.

Features:

• 27 new flyable aircraft
• 3 new map areas of Finland, Hungary, and Ukraine/Poland
• 20 new single-player missions and 10 new multiplayer missions
• New maps dedicated to multiplayer
• A new dynamic campaign system
• Multiplayer up to 32 players featuring dog-fighting and cooperative-style play
• New and improved AI, plus new vehicles and ground objects
• Scalable difficulty for players of all skill levels
• New special effects, including searchlights
• Improved flight dynamics for added realism

Product Description

IL-2 Forgotten Battles: Ace Expansion - Plunge into the dangerous world of a WWII fighter pilot and soar to new heights, as you fight for survival and glory! Play in 10 cooperative multiplayer missions, on new and existing maps

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enhances a brilliant flight sim, March 17, 2004

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Robert D. Harmon "bobnbob3" (Mill Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IL2: Forgotten Battles Ace Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

This is an expansion: you still need to buy IL-2: Forgotten Battles. That being said, this appears to enhance the original FB; the graphics appear to be better and the AI (friendly as well as enemy) sharper. I've had pilot training and find this flight sim to have an accurate feel.

Your Eastern Front pilot careers now include French (Normandie sqdn), Romanian and Polish pilots, complete with their languages chattering on your radio during missions; same for Quick Missions, where, for instance, you can fly the Romanian IAR80 fighter to see how it performs, not simply fight it as a Soviet pilot. Same for assorted Italian and British aircraft that fought on the Eastern Front, including Fiat and Gladiator biplanes, which you can fly. Cockpits seem to be unique to each plane, not generic.

The FB: AEP expansion throws in a Normandy campaign (maps, careers) and even some Pacific stuff, though there the aircraft are limited (Japanese are limited to 2 models each of the Ki-84 and Zero fighter). It also includes exotica like the YP-80 jet and German (prototype, never flown) Go229 flying wing, so you now have a game that includes biplane fighters and jets, which covers the rapid progress of flight 1939-45 and, even if somewhat anacronistic in an Eastern Front sim, will still save you the price of some of the other flight sims and allow you more flight cross-training.

Still, if all you want is an improvement on a great flight sim -- Forgotten Battles -- this will add value and lifespan to it. If you're new to it and are interested in a realistic flight sim, get FB, get the AEP, and go to it. Disclaimers: You'll need strong computer speed and graphics, and I also recommend flight pedals (the CH model is a good one) to go with your joystick.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars can it get any better?, May 29, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: IL2: Forgotten Battles Ace Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

If you like World War II aircraft simulations, look no further. There is none better. The aircraft handling is closest to flying a real WWII fighter or bomber as a arm chair jock can get. I fly real small aircraft, and the games stick inputs and responses are close to real as one can get from a computer game.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly unique, July 30, 2004

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M. Rossmore "WickedPenguin" (North Miami Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: IL2: Forgotten Battles Ace Expansion Pack (CD-ROM)

What makes the IL-2 series unique is its ability to bring to light aircraft most people have never even heard of. Ever since the 8-bit color days, here have been sims depicting P-51's and B-17's. Frankly, I'm tired of them.

The Aces expansion pack really raises the bar, adding a number of realistically modelled aircraft that haven't seen the light of day in a sim. Examples include the Russian TB-3 Bomber carrying 2 I-16 fighers under its wings, the German FW-190/Ju-88 Mistel (a flying bomb), the Gloster Gladiator (Finnish J-8), German BF-110, Japanese Ki-48, and others.

The P-51 might be great for some, but give me a cannon-armed Lavochkin La-7 and we'll see who comes out on top.