Battle of Britain II Wings of Victory

Played on Windows Vista & 7 64bit.If your playing above 1920x1080p or have issues with the in game air simulation not scaling to your monitors resolution. Then in the graphics options, disable "Use Windows desktop resolution (recommended)" & manually input your monitors resolution in the "3D resolution" option. I had to do this myself playing at 22560x1440p.BOB2WOV combined with the 2.12 patch (which you can get online along with the multiskin patch), is firstly a flight simulation recreation of the Battle Of Britain, however the game doesn't force you to fly, you have the choice, and as such there is some strategy on offer too. The main draw to this game however is the single player campaign flight simulation of being able to fly Allied or Axis with Spitfires/Hurricanes/Bf109s etc.The strategy side is that you play the part of the Supreme Air commander for the RAF or the Luftwaffe. You get to decide such things for example, as RAF, the size/location of squadrons on patrol, the location/relocation of squadrons around British airfields and which squadrons get priority to aircraft replacements. And obviously with the Luftwaffe you get to choose fighter support sizes for your bombers, and where to bomb etc.The simulation side of the game is very good, and benefits both experienced/less experienced simulation players. I'm not a hardcore flight simulation player, but i found the planes easy to maneuver, with the only difficulty being keeping track(view) of your target. BOB2 lets you tweak things like how realistic or unrealistic you want things to be in this case. From things like air affects/turbulance on your plane, having realistic or unlimited ammo and the quality of your sides and opponents pilots etc. When launching into a battle, you can also decide to be the Leader or a wingman, which can make things easier, so you can concentrate on battle more. However if your leader dies, you will take command of whats left.Visually the game is very good air to air wise, and patches have added hundreds of new buildings/plane skins, so when your flying low you can see buildings or landmarks. The thing that will take your breath away at first, when you jump into a battle, will be the scale of the battles(its AMAZING), with upto anything like 200 planes in battle at once, which gives you some scale/feel on what it was like for the pilots of the time, to be such a small speck with the large scale events going on around you.I am very pleased that they gave this game another chance, and have certainly breathed air into its lungs, and brought it back to life, as it was meant to be enjoyed, jolly good show ;0) Highly recommended.

when this game came in the post i had no trouble loading it on my pc, so once it did load i could not get off the game, ( i have got windows 7 home premium)this game is very much true to the times of the second world war when Britain was under attack by Nazi Germany, some of the planes you can fly are Spitfires mk1a, mk1b, Hurricanes mk1a, mk1b, German ju88's, ju87's, bf109e's and so on.I have this on my pc a Quad Core Q8400 processing power and huge 1Tb hard drive coupled with an Nvidia GeForce gaming graphics card and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 processor (2.66GHz). 4Gb RAM. 1Tb hard drive. DVDRW drive. 512Mb nVidia Inno3D GeForce 9800GT gaming graphics card. 52 in 1 card reader. Microsoft Works. Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium. So yes the game will load with this pc spec.some of the stuff you can do in the game inclues starting up the planes yourself the pv12 or Merlin engine sound like the real thing (i heard a Spitfire take off from Duxford air museum), you learn to take off and land, basic training and dog fighting, historic game play and much more.you can talk to other pilots and blast out some orders like "break or stick to me like glue" the game also has real crash landings and you can learn how to land the planes when it's damage and eject, you control the landing gear on take off and flaps when landing.The graphics are i think outstanding and the over all game play needs some practice but once you have the hang of it the battles are yours to rule the sky's, a good joy stick to use with this game is a cyborg x which costs around £30.00.If you like flight combat sims and want to live back in 1940's Britain and kick some Nazi butt this is the game for you i love it. there is an update for Battle of Britain Two the latest update is 2.11 wich will give you a better map in the battle room, mirrors are slightly changed, better handling for all planes, real life kills (so if you got shot down you can see your life fade away) multiplayer, better in game video's, radio voices through out the game including in flight and better graphics all round.If you want a awesome world war Two flight simulator thats as real life as it gets and true to the real Battle of Britain from 1940 buy this Battle of Britain 2 you will not be disapointed i promise you.

Before ordering I researched the product to realise that this game puts high demands on your pc, so I was not too surprised to find it crash fairly regularly after loading and playing. Searching further on the freely available support forums (A2A Sims) I have since realised that this is an old game now but there are several updated patches to this game, enhancing stability issues as well as improving on the options and general gameplay. I think this game will probably cause similar problems to others out there, (I run a standard out of the box 4yr old Dell with windows XP) so be prepared to consider downloading the latest patch and then once loaded be alter the local game settings (very easy) to increase the all important Frames Rate Speed.Ok there is no manual, and no obvious guidance on where to download it from. From the earlier mentioned forum, I again freely downloaded an excellent (PDF) 275 page manual which helped no end.Out of the box the product would of only got a lesser rating, but I am basing my review score with the freely available downloadable patch (2.10) in mind and with all settings working as best as I possibly can with my run of the mill pc.The game does come with a very informative and well put together 50 minute DVD. If you know nothing about the Battle of Britain (shame on you) then watch this for an insight. This will put you in the picture and right frame of mind to fully enjoy the experience.The game can be played as pilot doing stand alone training missions or as a commander of either the RAF or Luftwaffe. The settings options available are fully geared for choice how you wish to play the game and also for you to alter the detailing and effects available. Bascially a slower PC can still play the game as long as you dumb down he res of the background images and water effects for example. Once you have achieved a smooth frame rate with no sticking or jamming on the visuals you will finally enjoy what I feel is a very very good game. The 'feel' of the aircraft just seems right, the missions are a challenge and the historical accuracy is a lesson in WW2 history itself.This will give many hours of gameplay and enjoyment and not the kind of game you would master in a weekend. I would recommened this game but be prepared for a bit of tweaking here and there to get the best from your PC.

This is a fantastic immersive game and deserves 4 stars despite its age. Battles with 100 planes on each side are amazing as is the strategy element. However get involved in the online forums first to check it will work on your machine and to get recommendations for what version to patch it to (on CD is v 2.00 so you need to patch it). It worked partially on my Win 10 machine (internal graphics only - caused some crashes when flying but it was flyable in my case - also playable without probs as strategy-only) and that was enough motivation for me to restore an old XP machine to play it on.

Battle of Britain games are ten a penny. This one is transcendent.The gamer enoys all the edge of the seat excitement of a wham-bam DVD but the here program is structured by precise historical analysis. Each day's action between July10 1940 and Sept 15th is mapped out on by attacks based on respective Luftwaffe and RAF war diaries and the first lesson you learn is that your resources are finite ! If you play the part of the Luftwaffe, you can afford to fight a battle of attrition. Be too profligate with the lives of your bomber crews and you face a crisis of morale - they turn back or scatter their bombs. Play the part of the RAF and each plane is a precious asset which you lose at your peril.Ignore the negative reviews - they are out of date. Just dont try to run it on an old plastic box. As a professional historian I can vouch for the accuracy of the program and I am in awe of the work that has gone into it. As a game its a scintillating experience, one that conjures up all the gut-wrenching thrills, the courage the glory and the sheer terror of the Battle of Britain.