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2004 · Standalone expansion · 1C Company · Flight simulation · Simulation

Pacific Fighters

Standalone expansion

Pacific Fighters is a World War II Combat flight simulation game. It is in fact a stand-alone expansion pack of IL-2 Sturmovik.

Released
2004
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Flight simulationSimulationWorld War II
Developers
1C Company
Publishers
1C Company
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
First personThird person
Themes
ActionHistoricalWarfare
Age ratings
PEGI 12USK 12ACB GESRB T
Languages
English, Russian

About

Pacific Fighters, known in Russia as Pearl Harbor (Перл-Харбор), is a World War II Combat flight simulation game for Microsoft Windows, developed in Russia by 1C:Maddox Games and distributed by Ubisoft in 2004. It is in fact a stand-alone expansion pack of IL-2 Sturmovik, released three years earlier in 2001, also developed by 1C:Maddox Games and distributed by Ubisoft. The latest version corresponds to the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 compilation, distributed by Ubisoft in 2006.

Pacific Fighters is played online by gamers (Online fighter squadron communities) using a standard IP address or a client server such as Hyperlobby regularly but can be flown offline as well. The game gives the player 74 flyable aircraft, including variants. It was created by Maddox Games, as a Pacific War expansion of IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, although it can also be installed as a stand-alone game. It has two types of missions that can be flown, "dogfights" or "cooperative campaign" modes.

Keywords

  • world war ii - ww2
  • flight
  • war
  • steam
  • digital distribution
  • polygonal 3d
  • removed from steam
  • realism

Media

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

Pacific Fighters was met with positive reception upon release, as GameRankings gave it a score of 78.35%, while Metacritic gave it 76 out of 100.

During the 8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Pacific Fighters for "Simulation Game of the Year", which was ultimately awarded to The Sims 2.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows22 October 2004Europe · North America 26 October 2004 · Japan 3 February 2006 · Worldwide 13 May 2008

Editions and related releases

Part of
IL-2 Sturmovik
Standalone expansion of
IL-2 Sturmovik

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