Combat Flight Simulator 2

2000 video game

2000 video game

Combat Flight Simulator 2:
WW II Pacific Theater

Developer(s)| Microsoft
Publisher(s)| Microsoft
Designer(s)| Rob Brown
Composer(s)| Mikael Sandgren
Series| Microsoft Flight Simulator
Platform(s)| Microsoft Windows
Release|

* NA: October 10, 2000[1]
* EU: October 27, 2000

Genre(s)| Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)| Single-player, Multiplayer

Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater is a combat flight simulator game by Microsoft released in October 2000 for the Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. The game takes place in the Pacific War and includes campaigns loosely based on historic air battles, from the American and Japanese perspective. A sequel, Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe, was released in 2002.

## Reception

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### Sales

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In the United States, Combat Flight Simulator 2 debuted at #11 on PC Data's computer game sales rankings for October 2000.[2] It remained in the monthly top 20 through the end of the year.[3][4]

In 2001, Combat Flight Simulator 2 achieved domestic sales of 285,728 units for revenues of $13.1 million, according to PC Data.[5]

### Critical reviews

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Reception

Review scorePublication| Score

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Computer Games Magazine| [6]

The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Combat Flight Simulator 2 as the best simulation game of 2000, although it lost to Comanche vs. Hokum.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater Lands on Store Shelves". GameZone. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
2. ^ Walker, Trey (November 22, 2000). "The Sims Riding High into the Shopping Season". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 10, 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
3. ^ Walker, Trey (December 14, 2000). "Red Alert 2 Takes November by Storm". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 3, 2002. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
4. ^ Walker, Trey (January 17, 2001). "The Sims Takes All". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 9, 2001. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
5. ^ Bradshaw, Lucy (January 31, 2002). "Markle Forum on Children and Media" (PDF). New York University. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 19, 2004.
6. ^ McElveen, Nick (October 26, 2000). "Review; Combat Flight Simulator II: The Pacific Theater". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on June 14, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
7. ^ Staff (April 2001). "The 2001 Premier Awards; Games of the Year". Computer Gaming World. No. 201\. pp. 72–80, 82, 83.

## External links

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* Combat Flight Simulator 2 at MobyGames

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History

Microsoft Flight Simulator|

| Civilian|

* Flight Simulator (1982)
* 2.0
* Flight Simulator (1986)
* 3.0
* 4.0
* 5.0
* Windows 95
* 98
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004: A Century of Flight
* Wings of Power
* X
* Acceleration
* Flight Simulator (2020)
* 2024

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Combat|

* Combat Flight Simulator
* Combat Flight Simulator 2
* Combat Flight Simulator 3

Sublogic flight simulators|

* Flight Simulator (1980)
* Flight Simulator II

Other Microsoft simulators|

* Microsoft Space Simulator
* Microsoft Train Simulator
* Microsoft Train Simulator 2 (cancelled)
* Microsoft Flight

People and developers|

* Bruce Artwick
* Sublogic
* Aces Game Studio
* Precision Manuals Development Group
* Dovetail Games
* Asobo Studio

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