Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (PlayStation 3)

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Description

Blazing Angels is an air combat arcade game putting the player at the command of a fighter squadron in the Second World War. It's a pick-up-and-play type of game, with easy-to-grasp controls and an almost non existent learning curve.

The action covers the most important moments of the WWII, from the Battle for England to the bombing raids over Berlin, but also warps a bit the history to make for some entertaining if fictitious moments (i.e. you get to fly over Normandy on D-Day, save the day at Pearl Harbor, etc). The gameplay is quite varied, with about 18 flyable planes during the SP campaign (fighters, recon planes, dive, torpedo and level bombers) and diverse tasks and locations that prevent the game from being overly repetitive, despite a general dogfighting approach. The basic squadron command system and the specific abilities of the wingmen lend a bit of a tactical flavor to the game.

There are a dozen multiplayer game modes available: solo (Dogfight, Seek and Destroy & Aces High), co-op (Dogfight, Onslaught, Bombing Run, Kamikaze and Historical Missions) and squad-based (Dogfight, Capture the Base, Bombing Run and Kamikaze).

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Alternate Titles

• "熾焰飛將" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "炽天使：二战空骑兵" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Ангелы Смерти: Асы Второй Мировой" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups

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• Aircraft: F4F Wildcat
• Aircraft: F4U Corsair
• Aircraft: F6F Hellcat
• Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw 190
• Aircraft: Hawker Hurricane
• Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Aircraft: Messerschmitt Bf 110
• Aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 262
• Aircraft: P-47 Thunderbolt
• Aircraft: P-51 Mustang
• Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire
• Blazing Angels series
• Historical conflict: World War II
• Middleware: DemonWare

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The Press Says

Gamers.at	May 15, 2007	78 out of 100	78
Gamesmania	Apr 12, 2006	74 out of 100	74
The Next Level	Mar 30, 2007		70
GameSpy	Jan 12, 2007		70
Game Informer Magazine	Feb, 2007	7 out of 10	70
GameZone	Jan 11, 2007	6.8 out of 10	68
Futuregamez.net	Jun 25, 2007	68 out of 100	68
Worth Playing	Jan 30, 2007	6.5 out of 10	65
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 05, 2007	13 out of 20	65
FZ	May 08, 2007		30

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Related Web Sites

• Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Official game website)
• Wikipedia: Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Information about Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII at Wikipedia)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Blazing Angels.)