F-15 (Jewel Case)

I wish ground vehicles could be setup to fire at specific targets too, and their waypoints are invisible, they should be visible like the aircraft waypoints, so make sure and mission label their position with a red . on the map or else you'll spend 20 minutes clicking the screen trying to find the waypoint to edit it. ofcourse like any game the bugs are frustrating, some things happen different than they should, such as ground FAC telling you enemy forces have withdrawn when theyre really closing in on them and are fixing to blow them up.

for the most part the game play is very good and all the radio chatter between AWACS FAC JSTARS your wingmen and escorts as well as base tower keeps the game very interesting. I wish the ground steering was more realistic too, and some view bouncing during takeoff/landing would be nice too instead of the view staying the same like you weigh nothing.

the jet noise could be more sophisiticated and there could be a sonic boom when you pass mach1 but theres nothing. my biggest complaint about the game is the menu is strictly navigated thru by mouse so if you spend alot of time on it you'll get carpel tunnel in your wrist and hand like I did. it should allow keyboard commands but it doesnt.

the flight characteristic realism option isnt so realistic so I dont use it, its annoying and keeps the jet way slower than it should like youre towing a 747 behind you. overall Im glad I got this game though.


Oh, well, it's only ten bucks   March 8, 2002
pk (mo)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful

Im a FS freak. I own six of them(4 of them combat)and I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. First the good news. Its extremely cheap, and has a cool mission builder. The weapons are cool,too. Now the bad news. You only get 1 aircraft. The horizon fade out point is way too near. The damage stinks. The graphics are stone age. The campaigns are extremely hard and each mission lasts an hour without time compression. Your wingman are no help and blare out a cuss word each time you miss.


Reliable and fun game for flight sim/battle fans   August 22, 2001
Jerry A. Gehring (Clinton, Ohio United States)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

This little game is great for beginners who want to learn to fly one of the greatest USAF fighter two seaters since the Vietnam era F-4 phantom jet. Unfortunately, there was no book included when I purchased this game a year ago in 2000. That is what I came looking for today (the book) when I decided to write this review in conflict with a person who said in his review that the plane was too hard to fly. It's a cinch. My 11 year old can blow the enemy away and this is the only flight sim he plays.


This game stinks..............BAD!   August 21, 2001
3 out of 9 found this review helpful

This game is hard to control, even when the controls are on casual setting. the crosshairs used to shoot move around when you are trying to shoot something. i have shot down one plane in the 2 weeks i've had it. i am thinking of purchasing another Jane's product but i'm not sure that i want to take the risk of not liking it!


Terrible   July 21, 2001
Aaron (Tacoma WA USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful

This game isn't a lot of fun, the graphics are bad and the explosions aren't very good either. There isn't any selection of planes you can only fly an f15 and it's way to hard to control. The sound is low quality and the radar screech is horrific. There are a lot of better flight sims out there than F15.