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| Blazing Angels | 
 enlarge | From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $22.93
Buy New/Used from $14.44
Avg. Customer Rating:  (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4353
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 3 x 3 x 3
MPN: 34263
Model: 34263
UPC: 008888342632
EAN: 0008888342632
ASIN: B000HXDKA2
Release Date: December 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fight WWII's most epic air battles - From the Western Europe to the Pacific to North Africa | | • | Innovative squadron-based gameplay - AI controlled wingmen will obey commands and improve with experience in 20 single-player missions | | • | Command 42 authentic WWII aircraft - The P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, British Spitfire, even the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt & Japanese Zero | | • | Engage in head-to-head dogfights or cooperative team play, with up to 16 players online | | • | Authentic WWII atmosphere - Spectacular movie-like graphics with realistic imagery including accurate-looking planes and terrain |
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Product Description
Blazing Angels: Squadrons Of WWII lets you experience WWII's most epic and action-packed air battles. You and your squadron Blazing Angels will do your best to turn the tide of the war. Whether it's the Battle of Britain, the attack of Pearl Harbor or the fierce fighting for the deserts of North Africa, you'll be there -- fighting for freedom in realistic air combat.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Fun *Arcade* sim, but man, too hard, too hard August 4, 2008
I have been hacking away at this game for hours, mostly on the Midway mission that some other reviewers have got stuck on. I keep thinking there must be some secret but I haven't found it yet and I seem to lose by a very large amount every time. I have tried about 20 times now to beat it and I'm about to give up.
Its not much of a flight sim either. Still, still waiting for an actual flight sim on a console.
An actual flight sim would limit the plane to the actual weapons it could carry. One or two bombs, maybe eight rockets, and nine-yard belts for the automatic weapons. Too boring? Probably. Most pilots flew 5 or 6 missions before seeing the enemy and average pilots that survived got 2-3 kills their entire career. Only the greatest pilots in the world became Aces (5 kills) and only several dozen shot down over say twenty. Look, Richard Bong is the american Ace of Aces and he has 40 kills. I had 40 kills after 2 missions, and the Midway mission you are shooting down squadrons of Japanese Naval bombers and LOSING. heh.
So is it realistic? Nah. Its really fun some of the missions but I think the Midway mission is too hard at this point. I am relatively proud of my ability to figure out tough games. Usually if you try something three times and it doesn't work then do it differently. I can't figure out how to do this, For my next attempt I don't think I will aggressively attack, and just see if I can win by actually staying over the airfield.
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 Blazing Angels is a lot of fun March 10, 2008
My son and I are having a blast playing with each other and against. Easy to learn for the most part and to earn new combat situations. So far, the missions have been relatively easy but I know that the harder ones are coming up. Great game.
just flying a plane February 13, 2008
So I am not a fan of the 6ax controller but here we have the option of the antalog. Other PS3 games dont give that up. The story is ture and worthy of its record. This game is frustrating as it gets towards the end nevertheless it is by far "The Best Game I Have Ever Played" for any system. Worth just turning it on and blowing things out of the sky.
OK, but August 25, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i found the sixaxis rather numb for this game. it is very easy to overcorrect due to lag from controller/game(?. i did improve somewhat with practice but the end result is still not very satisfactory. since i am not one of the dedicated thumbolinas who live to do fine motor movements with their thumbs on consoles, i really had hoped the sixaxis would be implemented well but this is an older game and the sixaxis functionality had to be programmed in recently, i suspect. i am looking forward to Warhawk and B.A.II - which hopefully were written to take full advantage of sixaxis.
Incredibly fun with the right dose of reality.... July 20, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This game is amazing. I am especially impressed by it because it turned out to be exactly what I wanted. I love flying games, especially aerial combat, but when it is too technical and all sim I get frustrated. This game finds that perfect middle ground. You can stall, crash, lose control, and so forth... but you do not need the skills of a professional pilot to play it. Any gamer can get the hang of the controls with some practice and it is a TON for fun to fly around. Your plane is not indestructable but can take some damage so it is not like a few shots puts you on the ground. Missions and enemies come in a variety of difficulty levels so both the novice and expert will feel challenged byt different game modes. There are abour 40 different aircraft that you can fly in the game and various missions utilize unique attacks: machine guns, bombs, torpedos, rockets, and even phtos are all skills you must learn. I found the graphics to be pretty impressive, even without an HDTV. The background music is pretty cool, too, and that adds a lot to the gaming experience. I have had a blast with the game so far. I have mainly flown campaign missions, arcade mode (gun down enemies to earn time and pass checkpoints), and duels with aces. I don't think I have had as much fun playing a flight game since the days of Red Baron. You will not regret this purchase! I did not even mention the use of sixaxis control, which is another great feature that is used well in this game. Again, Blazing Angels is highly, highly recommended for the PS3.
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