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Combat Flight Simulator 3 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £15.88
You Save: £4.11 (21%)
New (3) Used (4) from £6.00
Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 1821
Platforms: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Genre: flight-simulation-games
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 708-00171
UPC: 805529128125
EAN: 0805529128125
ASIN: B00007BKQQ
Release Date: November 15, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: **Brand New, Sealed** IMMEDIATE DISPATCH *With Windows Certificate of Authenticity*
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With stunning graphics and accurate flight models, Combat Flight Simulator 3 lets you revisit the Western Front during World War II as a pilot in a variety of period aircraft. Significant improvements have been made over the earlier versions in the series, such as the addition of a dynamic campaign and cooperative multiplayer. Plus, there is an incredible attention to detail, with a new graphics engine that combines the ability to render planes in flight with highly detailed terrain that looks great even at low level, adding a new dimension to low level bombing runs. There is a price to pay for this attention to detail in performance and you are going to need a well specified processor and graphics card to get the most from this game. It is recommend a Pentium 4 and GeForce 4 combination, or equivalent to get full satisfaction from this game. Anything less and you have to start compromising on the in game detail settings, or accept stuttering frame rates. There are 18 aircraft that you can fly in the game, plus many variant models, though there are some notable omissions. While you can happily take control of a Spitfire, Me-109, P51 Mustang, or Junkers 88, you won't come across a Flying Fortress anywhere in the game, which considering the theatre of operations seems strange. Criticisms aside, there is still plenty to enjoy. The flight models are excellent, especially when you switch on the realism settings, with each aircraft having distinct characteristics. The missions are well thought out, as is the campaign system, which enables you to gain access to more aircraft as you progress and acquire skills, which can improve your tolerance to G-forces for example. Combat Flight Simulator 3 is a worthy addition to the genre. It has enough to keep long time flight-sim fans entertained and is also accessible enough for novices to pick up and play.--Jason Weston
Product Description
Feel the adrenalin rush as you start strafing enemy positions at 350 mph 600 feet above the European countryside guns blazing and bombs blasting. In Combat Flight Simulator 3 you can fly for the USAF RAF or the Luftwaffe in some of the most advanced and e
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE!!!! April 22, 2008
P. White (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this as I already had the original and, with a new computer, thought I would be getting an improvement on the old original game. NOT TRUE!
First off, it does not need a very powerful computer to run as the graphics look like they were produced by a three year old. I was producing better 3D models myself, on the same software Microsoft use for this, but ten years ago!
Cockpit detail could have been drawn better with blunt crayons & the simple square blocks that represent buildings suddenly jump up from nowhere as you get closer. This is yet another Microsoft 'can't be bothered' effort churned out to just cash in on the original. It bears no comparison to Lock On or Lock On Gold in terms of detal and realism.
The ONLY reason I have given it one star is that Microsoft have finally realised what the rest of the world has known since the war, namely that a Spitfire can easily turn inside a Messerschmitt!
Please don't waste any of your hard earned cash on this pathetic effort!
 A break from the Jets December 8, 2007
Morpheus (UK)
I mainly play modern fighter and helo sims but every now and then I fancy a bit of WW2 dogfighting and blow the dust off CFS3. It is not the most hardcore sim but it looks nice enough and can provide a fair bit of fun from the viewpoint of a casual CFS pilot who just jumps in the cockpit and goes with minimum fuss or need to re-study the manuals.
 Super game October 6, 2007
G. Davies (Shropshire, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this is a very good game and the reason it will stay on my hard drive is the amount of tweaking and customising you can do to it!
Lot of earlier reviews criticising bits and pieces within the game - well do something about it then! Go design a new aircraft, record or create a new sound to replace one you don't like, edit the panels, design your own missions, change the scenery, or the sky, or the theater. The list goes on and on...
Because that's what loads of other people have done and it is all available for free on the Internet. So if you can't do it yourself then someone else may have already made the modification already and it is only a couple of clicks away!
If you want more realistic flight sims well they are out there - but it's hard to beat creating your own mission, jumping into a new plane that wasn't in the stock install and flying off into the wild blue yonder all rockets/torpedoes/bombs/guns blazing!
As Unreal As It Gets February 24, 2007
M. J. Wyatt (UK)
11 out of 19 found this review helpful
This is a most awful flight simulator I have ever seen! Enemy aircraft fly like bats out of hell but plyers aircraft fly like pigs.
The performance of the Spitfire and the Me 109 is partcularly bad.
When engaging enemy bombers you find that you are constantly out manouvered by them.It takes hundreds of rounds to shoot them down but one hit from a defending gunner is usually fatal to the player.
The constant AA barrage is ridiculous. I have been shot down while landing a British aircraft on a British airfield many times and I have even been hit by AA fire when taxying on the runway!
This product is not fit to be called a flight simulator.
Malcolm Wyatt
The Good is the enemy of the Best. November 6, 2006
Andrew Moules (Albania)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Microsoft seem to be stuck in the decision to bring out a new flight sim and combat flight sim every 2 years. This time the previous version (CFS2) was better! What has changed (not necessarily improved) is that we are back at the end game of WW2 in western Europe (probably because of the success of main competitor Il-2) and focussing on the ground attack rather than air to air combat. All the planes are new, with some strange prototypes from all 3 nations forming the novelty basis. Seems the historical accuracy of the whole thging is blown apart by doing that, in a way that "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe" did a long long time ago.
Starting with rthe "sensible" planes, every nation gets their best fighters ereprsented. P-51's are in the "B" version and pleasantly rendered too, which is refreshing. Colours can also be somewhat adjusted. The usuall "D" version is also there, and the P-47 is probably the type that fits the scenario's best. The British are given Spitfire MkIX's, and a Typhoon and Tempest, with the strength of the outstanding "wooden wonder" Mosquito amply represented. Perhaps this is a mossie simulator after all? The Germans are givern the good old 109 and 190 combination, with Me-262's being the stars along with the Ju-88 in 2 versions, including the important fighter version wihich up until nowe has never been properly represented iun a flkight sim. Perhhaps for that alo0ne this is all wotrth it. Then come the bombers.
This latest thing is to be able to jump between the gunner/ bomb aimer position (in FS2002 you could literally slide into co-pilots seat!). Thius feature is under-used in CFS3 as their are only 3 planes (though each with different versions) that can use this. I was pleased that the B-26's are their, as again this type has not featured much or at all in previous sims. The gunner positions are well done, the turrets being the most satisfying, but all less that the best. Il-2 has better gunner positions, but NOT these planes!
All in all the ground scenery is such a step up, with almost as many trees to crash into as in war-time Europe. Water reflects its creators attention to detail too. Add-ons are there too, but not as common as for the previous CFS versions.
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