Combat Flight Simulator 2

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Combat Flight Simulator 2:
WW II Pacific Theater
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Developer(s) Microsoft
Publisher(s) Microsoft
Designer(s) Rob Brown
Composer(s) Mikael Sandgren
Series Microsoft Flight Simulator
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: October 10, 2000 [1]
  • EU: October 27, 2000
Genre(s) Combat flight simulator
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer

Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater is a combat flight simulator game by Microsoft released in October 2000 for the Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator . The game takes place in the Pacific War and includes campaigns loosely based on historic air battles, from the American and Japanese perspective. A sequel, Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe , was released in 2002.

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Reception

Sales

In the United States, Combat Flight Simulator 2 debuted at #11 on PC Data's computer game sales rankings for October 2000. [2] It remained in the monthly top 20 through the end of the year. [3] [4]

In 2001, Combat Flight Simulator 2 achieved domestic sales of 285,728 units for revenues of $13.1 million, according to PC Data. [5]

Critical reviews

The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Combat Flight Simulator 2 as the best simulation game of 2000, although it lost to Comanche vs. Hokum . [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater Lands on Store Shelves". GameZone. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. ↑ Walker, Trey (November 22, 2000). "The Sims Riding High into the Shopping Season". GameSpot . Archived from the original on February 10, 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ Walker, Trey (December 14, 2000). "Red Alert 2 Takes November by Storm". GameSpot . Archived from the original on February 3, 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ Walker, Trey (January 17, 2001). "The Sims Takes All". GameSpot . Archived from the original on November 9, 2001. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ Bradshaw, Lucy (January 31, 2002). "Markle Forum on Children and Media" (PDF). New York University. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 19, 2004.
  6. ↑ McElveen, Nick (October 26, 2000). "Review; Combat Flight Simulator II: The Pacific Theater". Computer Games Magazine . Archived from the original on June 14, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ Staff (April 2001). "The 2001 Premier Awards; Games of the Year". Computer Gaming World . No. 201. pp. 72–80, 82, 83.