From: lucas@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Huma Dragonbane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Recommended Aviation Games??
Date: 20 Aug 92 05:39:14 GMT
Organization: Knights of Solamnia, Order of the Crown

In article <1992Aug18.201537.28934@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> regeorge@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert E George) writes:
>I'd be very interested in hearing some firsthand impressions of
>-- Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

	Sorry, but your account kept bouncing so I'm posting here.
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is the best flight simulator that I
have ever played. And I have played most of the major ones on the
market (Aces of the Pacific, Red Baron, Falcon 3.0, Flight
Simulator v.1 v.4 v.5), and none of them match up to SWOTL.
Although some may argue that the flight model isn't the most
realistic, I have to argue right back that the game itself mentions
that it wasn't attempting to have the most realistic flight model
on the market, but a fun, playable game. If you want advanced
flight, the game has advanced, and novice controls. The advanced
has rudder trim controls and is more concerned with flight
mechanics while the novice is, basicly, fly. Okay, onto describing
the game itself:

In SWOTL, you play the role of an Allied or Luftwaffe pilot, or
Supreme Commander of the Air Forces.

You get to fly various planes such as the:

P-47 (C and D)
P-51 (B and D)
B-17 (F and G)
P-38 (H and J) (sold seperately)
P-80 Shooting Star (sold seperately)

Messerschmit BF 109G
Focke-Wulfe FW 190
Messerschmit 262-1A
Komet 163-1A
Gotha GO-229 Flying Wing
Dornier Pfiel (don't remember number) (sold seperately)
Hienkels Volkslager "Peoples Fighter" (don't remember number) (sold
seperately)

As you can see, there are many kinds of different plans to fly. Eah
one has it's own distinct personality. For instance:

In the P-47, I have found that it is the sturdiest of the allied
planes in the game withstanding many hits from all of the enemy
planes.

Komet 163 has many MANY problems but is super fast. Although it
only has 7 minutes of fuel (literally!), it has a climb rate of
16,000 feet/second.

You can fly historical missions, go to Flight School, Create Custom
Missions, or fly an Tour of Duty. Tours of Duty mean flying
anywhere from 25-50 missions in the plane of your choice on either
the side of the Luftwaffe or the Eight Airforce of the U.S.. In
this, you must follow the missions given to you to gain in rank,
and score and to keep the enemy from gaining ground.

Also, last, but not least, are Campaign Battles. In them, you play
the Sumpreme Commander of either the U.S. side or the Luftwaffe.
You direct several attacks on German Targets per day (flying in one of
the raids), as the allies, destroying key German military, and
economic targets, and as the German side, you must defend the Third
Reich from the Allied forces and you also control various aspects
of the economy. If your economy is destroyed, you can no longer
send up plains to stop the allies from attacking Germany and thus,
lose. There are three different campaigns, Strategic Bombing
(before introduction of 262-1A and 163), D-Day Air Superiority
(During 262-1A and 163 introduction), and Final Attack (before
intruduction of GO-229).

One of the best parts of the game (I think) is playing a fighter,
and after completing the mission specified in your orders, flying
to an Oil Refinery, or Luftwaffe Airfield and spending my remaining
Bazooka Rockets and Bullets on the buildings their! (Boy I love
watching exploding refinerys in the afternoon sun!!! :-)  )

This game is a definet YES!

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