A Flight Simmer's Smorgasbord

ACE EXPANSION PACK FOR IL-2 STURMOVIK: FORGOTTEN BATTLES * BATTLEFIELD VIETNAM * HYPERSONIC AVIATOR GX6

IF YOU ARE A VIRTUAL PILOT who is sometimes crippled by indecision, steer well clear of UbiSoft's new Ace Expansion Pack (AEP) for IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles. With this addition to the already huge selection of WW II aircraft available in IL-2 FB, you will have to choose from more than 100 aircraft types and sub-variants to fly and fight in. So what's your favorite WW II airplane, ace? That's OK; take all the time you want.

With AEP, you can be shot down in representatives of fighter and bomber aircraft from every theater and every stage of the War-and even slightly later. Several designs that never saw combat in Europe, e.g., the Lockheed YP-80 Shooting Star and the Horten/Gotha Go-229 flying wing fighter are represented in fully detailed glory. Ever wonder whether you could take on an Me 262 in a Gloster Gladiator? AEP gives you the chance to try it. To go along with these exciting and often challenging new mounts, AEP includes equally difficult missions. Want to tip V-1 buzz bombs off-course with your Mustang's wing or fly the bizarre Fw 190/Ju 88 Mistel flying bomb against a strategic bridge? Again, AEP gives combat sim buffs that opportunity. Several new dynamic campaigns add depth and replayability to the original simulation.

IL-2: Forgotten Battles already has a huge online following, and with the addition of AEP, its popularity has again boomed. IL-2 FB/AEP is for all levels of experience and moods. Simulation fans are not all cut from the same cloth. Some enjoy a relaxed, arcade-style shoot-'em-up- just blasting away at their buddies and strangers with unlimited ammunition and unrestricted views. Others like to take part in a carefully planned cooperative mission, navigating through foul weather, managing complex engine parameters and generally becoming immersed in WW II fighter combat minutiae. With such a huge range of realism options, you'll find online playability with every conceivable level of challenge.

To the WW II air-combat enthusiast, the huge range of choices now made available with the Aces Expansion Pack are mind-boggling and nearly paralyzing, but you'll get over it. You've got a war to fight, airman!

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