Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Xbox 360)

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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

• Aircraft: A6M Zero
• Aircraft: B-17 Flying Fortress
• 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

videospiele.com	Apr 06, 2006	84 out of 100	84
UOL Jogos	Apr 18, 2006		80
Games Radar	Mar 24, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Apr 16, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Gamesmania	Apr 12, 2006	76 out of 100	76
Xboxdynasty (XD)	Apr 27, 2006	7.2 out of 10	72
Gaming Target	Jul 27, 2006	7.1 out of 10	71
4Players.de	May 08, 2006	68 out of 100	68
XBox Evolved	May 03, 2006	6.2 out of 10	62
Gamestyle	2006	6 out of 10	60

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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.)