August 28th, 2008

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions Of WWII

You know what's the fascinating part of the Second World War, if I can say that a stream of events leading to millions of civilian deaths can have such parts? It's the technology, without any doubt! To be more specific, it's the huge difference made by only a few years of (forced) progress - synthetic oil, jet airplanes, Sonar technology, and so on. Now, it happens to see wars between forces with technology having a few decades gap, and that's no war - that's more of a turkey shoot! Since WWII technology was that interesting, a lot of games used various prototypes or fictional devices to spice up things a little, and Blazing Angels is one of those games.

More than just Blazing Angels, we also got Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, and Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII, one of the best Xbox 360 games in the last 3 years - at least according to some of my friends. Fortunately, Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII is also available for PC gamers, and I can confirm my friends' rating, but since I am crazy about such games, although realism is being left behind, you shouldn't take my opinion for granted. So...what about Blazing Angels?

With almost 50 planes to fly in each of the Blazing Angels games, and no headache for those who hate WWII flight sims, each of the Blazing Angels games is a visual feast, and a package full of fun. After all, you don't have to think about avoiding stalls, working with your flaps or changing the propeller's pitch...

In Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII, you are going to fly as a member of an elite Allied squadron, and try to prevent the Nazis from creating a weapons of mass destruction. This wasn't necessary in real life, since acts of sabotage lead to the terminatin of the German nuclear program, and that program wasn't too advanced, anyway, but who really cares?

All you have to do is travel around the world and fly a bunch of prototypes, and also upgrade them in the process - over 30 upgrades are available! At last, since I mentioned fun a bit earlier, what do you think about a multiplayer capture the flag - obviously, using planes? I tell you just one thing about it: madness!