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Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater: Inside Moves (EU-Inside Moves)

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Good graphics and concise writing are key to the quality of this book. The author's knowledge of flying and aerodynamics is obvious. He knows how to teach; his explanations are smart and clear. Excellent reference for anyone who wants to maximize their use of this game.

This is my favorite Combat Flight Sim. Considering the graphics technology when this sim was introduced, it is excellent. Scenery is accurate. Aircraft are a little "fuzzy"looking. The ships and carriers need to look more realistic. Combat is fun. In the manual, advice on how to handle dogfights is given by fighter Ace Joe Foss and a few Japenese pilots of the time. Flying this sim enticed me to read Greg "Pappy" Boyingtons book, THE BLACK SHEEP. Carrier landings are challenging. It's a good sim, buy it.

microsoft puts together a nice game in combat flight simulator fun to play and many options . the book is detailed and has a tremondous information but for ww flight simulators il 2 offers a lot more

Of all the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator Games, this one is my favorite. The graphics are very nice and the variety of aircraft is good as well. I'd highly recommend someone buying this game have a good graphics card and plenty of RAM on hand as it will take it all for you to fully enjoy the game. On my old Dell computer running XP with 512 MB of RAM, the game wouldn't load due to the lack of RAM. Some of the missions can be really challenging, so get ready. If your computer's up to snuff, you'll like this game.

The book is an excelent step-by-step overview of the flight simulator software. It provides a great deal of information on the individual aircraft, their performance and limitations and offers suggestions on how best to use their advantages in combat. There is a section that provide the user with the rules that the "Enemy" aircraft fly by under computer software control. It's like looking into the mind of the opponent that you are flying against. The book I purchased was used and in good condition. I found many passages highlighted and was surprised at how often I thought to myself that those sections were exactly the ones I would have marked.

The index is quite good and helps you find information quickly.

The one shortcoming with the book is in the graphics or screen shots. They are not as clear as one would like and in many cases, you can not see the details that the author is trying to point out. I expect that this is a limitation of the size of the graphic and the printing process. Regardless, the text is understandable enough to guide you through the steps that will lead you to a solution. The graphics displayed when the software is run are exceptionally clear and crisp so you can bounce back and forth between the book and the software and see exactly what the author was trying to explain.

I found the book to be a great reference guide to the software. The used condition of the book in no way decreased its value to me.

If you enjoy CFS2 or CFS3 this book is worthwhile. The reason I say CFS3 is because this book covers a lot of the basics of flight which can apply to CFS2, 3 or FS2004 for that matter.

This book, along with the CFS2 manual, makes the game / sim wonderful. Without these two resources I would have been lost.

CFS2: WW II Pacific Theater is a very informative addition to CFS2. I recommend it highly. I have some experience with CFS2 and have studied the tactics and plane specs closely. I found CFS2: WWII Pacific Theater very informative. The author is a pilot and obviously has a great deal of knowledge and insight on the tactics he describes. I only wish chapter 7, Combat Maneuvers and Aerobatics, had more depth. Chapter 5, Takeoffs, Landings and Advanced Flying goes into great depth including several demonstrations of concepts that you can fly through. If the same depth had been given to the Combat Maneuvers chapter the book would have been unbelievable. As it stands the Overhead Attack and High Side Attack merit only one short paragraph. I find these two maneuvers of particular usefulness and the lack of analysis is a letdown.

Another area where the book is somewhat a letdown is in "tweaking" CFS2. The book flatly states you can not fly AI aircraft. This simply is not true - you only have to make a minor modification to add these wonderful aircraft to your inventory. Still the author devotes a good deal of attention to these aircraft and if you choose to fly them you will find good advice in the book. I just wish the author had devoted some time to the tweaks in CFS2.

If you play CFS2 you simply must have this book. Even with it's shortcomings it's well worth the price.