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Gamer's Voice
"My main concern was the graphics. However, MS has really outdone themselves, with a graphics engine that simulates the different terrains of WWII, complete with historical landmarks. In fact, there is one mission where you are required to fly UNDER the Eiffel Tower in Paris."
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PC Gamer UK (Christmas '98)
"It's rare to find a flight sim from which you have to drag yourself away to do less important things like eat and sleep, but CFS has managed to pull it off. Atmospheric, totally engrossing and highly recommended. Dogfights so intimate you can almost ask the enemy out to dinner."
Computer Gaming World
"After a long drought with no new WWII flight sims, Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator (CFS) is the first drop in the upcoming deluge of prop simulations. Not only is it the first to hit the shelves, it's likely to be the last to head to the bargain bin. The game is not only a superb simulation of what it's like to fly a WWII fighter, it also features unparalleled expansion capabilities. Buy it now as a WWII Europe sim and you'll probably be able to play it later as a Pacific, North Africa, Russian Front, or even Korean sim."
Reviewboard Magazine
"The damage modeling is so perfect that you can literally just shoot the cockpit to kill the pilot that's of course, if you are good enough. If you think you are really good with the stick, try firing your guns at the wings and watch the target spiral onto to its death. Damage level is portrayed with the amount of smoke exhibits from the targets."
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Virtual Pilot Publishing
"I don't think a day has gone by when I haven't played the game since I got it. That's more than I can say for some of the other combat simulations I've tried. Like a good book, I just can't seem to put it down! If you enjoy quality flight simulation with the excitement of aerial combat, CFS is for you."
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GameStats
"CFS is an excellent flight simulation, and a top notch combat simulator as well. The flight sim buff may enjoy it more than the combat sim buff, but nobody will be disappointed with their purchase. CFS promises to be a big seller this holiday season, and will be a staple in the Microsoft product line for years to come."
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Gamers Gazette
"If you're looking for an intense WWII experience with some great multiplay capabilities and expandability, you should march right down to your nearest recruitment station (read: computer store) and sign up to join the ranks of men and women already battling it out in the skies over Europe in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator."
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Gamestuff
"This is one great game... no matter which flag you decide to fly for!"
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AGN3D
"All that has changed with the arrival of Combat Flight Simulator. You still can import any planes you may have from Flight Simulator 98, and now you can relive the life of a combat pilot during the WWII era! And boy is this game fun!"
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Adrenaline Vault
"The time I have spent with this title has been well worth it, and yours will be too. I hope Microsoft continues developing this line of games; I'd love to see what they might do with the Pacific theatre."
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Combatsim.com
"Make no mistake about it, MS Combat Flight Simulator is not 'just another' WWII flight sim."
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PC Gaming World (Jan. 99)
"A remarkably comprehensive damage system has been developed for Combat Flight Simulator."
Electric Games
"Bottom Line: Excellent terrain graphics, great flight models. Enough options to make anyone feel at home. With the inclusion of free flight, instant combat, single missions, and two campaigns, this game allows you to do just about anything you want."
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3D Gaming World
"This is another fine game by Microsoft that is done the way it should be..RIGHT, and complete to the last detail. If you are looking for a game in the flight sim genre this is one to pick up or put it on your Santa wish list for the Xmas season."
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AVSIM Online
"So far I've found CFS to be a sim with great visual effects, accurate and demanding flight models, challenging combat and enough depth to provide many, many hours of solid flight simming enjoyment. The overall feeling of immersion during dogfights is the best I have experienced in an air combat sim."
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GamePen
"Combat Flight Simulator is a heap of fun and has a believable flight model. Game reviewers will miss their review deadlines due to playing the game too much."
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Digital Entertainment Online
"The first thing you notice in CFS is the magnificent graphics. Incredibly real terrain, sky and object textures combined with spectacular lighting effects add up to create an atmospheric collabra of graphical achievements.."
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GamePower
"I guarantee that, within a few weeks, fans will begin posting new combat scenarios on newsgroups, bizarre battles will break out between normally unarmed civilian aircraft, and maybe, a bit farther down the road, folks will start releasing new theaters of war. It could become a feeding frenzy."
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Battlezone Games Network
"Overall, this is without question the number one WWII flight sim on the market today and will be the benchmark upon which the next generation will be judged. Combat Flight Simulator is a perfect example of how you can make a game extremely realistic as well as fun to play for newbies and armchair veterans alike."
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Gamezilla
"Combat Flight Simulator looks to be a major player in the upcoming WWII simulator wars. With the help of third party support for more planes to pilot and possibly a dynamic campaign engine, along with it's compatibility with FS98, this could be the WWII simulation to beat. The folks at Microsoft really have done an excellent job at recreating the authenticity and feel of a World War II fighter plane."
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The Daily Telegraph London (Oct. 8th, '98)
"Second World War flight sims already exist, but there's no doubt that Combat Flight Simulator is by far and away the best."
PCM&E
"As it stands MS Combat Flight Simulator is destined to be the most expandable combat simulation ever, while also being one of the most fun to fly based on the design of the missions, flight modeling realism and the AI and damage modeling found within the product."
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Computer Gaming World
"This sim could be just the ticket for all the Flight Simulator fans out there who have been searching for years for a new-yet-familiar outlet for their aggressions."
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PCM&E
"The 2D-cockpit art in each of the aircraft is amazingly sharp. A 3D-virtual cockpit and the other views you'd expect to find in MS Flight Simulator 98 are present too. I liked the new visual effects of flak and smoke, as well as the fiery hot explosions. "
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GameSpot
"But for those of you who want your gaming dollar to stretch the limits of play value, Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator could definitely get your Göring."
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Gamesdomain
"The aircraft feel sensitive to your touch and dogfights are engrossing affairs. Microsoft really have managed to tweak the Flight Simulator flight model sufficiently. "
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Virtual Pilot Publishing
"Microsoft Combat Simulator looks very promising. It's a must for any military simulator fan."
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Computainment.com
"This product is more than just a game; it is a flight simulator of the highest quality, except in this one you get to blow things up."
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Computer Games Online
"The Microsoft Flight Sim family hasn't seen any combat since the small WW I module was dropped from the product years back, but it seems like Microsoft is getting war-like again in a big way."
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Gamesmania
"Where this title really excels is in the graphics. I don't recall seeing another WWII combat flight simulation which such great attention to detail. The terrain graphics seem to be satellite images, and the aircraft are done very well indeed."
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Combatsim.com
"Stunning. The terrain is far beyond MS Flight sim, as promised. And at high resolution and 16 bit color, its drop dead gorgeous."
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The Adrenaline Vault
"Overall MS Combat Sim looks like the definitive historical flight simulator. The development team seems to have thought of everything."
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Gamespot
"Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator is definitely not just Flight Simulator with hotter planes and working guns. The development team has done some serious reengineering of the game's engine to optimize it for historical air combat."
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PCM & E Review - Combat Reporter Live!
On May 7th, the Combat Reporter featured a video/audio interview with Microsoft Games on the subject of Combat Flight Simulator. Includes live gameplay footage of Combat Flight Simulator in action!
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Combatsim.com
"MS Combat Flight Simulator is an impressive piece of work. While it shares code with FS98, critical parts of the code have been reworked to fit the genre, and the best parts of the code are still here."
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Gamecenter
"Fans of Microsoft's hyperrealistic Flight Simulator franchise have long lobbied for an air combat simulation as comprehensive and accurately rendered as the company's award-winning civil aviation series. In Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (MSCFS), their prayers may have just been answered."
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