![]() The maps within the game are fairly diverse, with around 36 different missions within the game. Fires from burning tanks look, well, like a tank on fire, and hitting the afterburners will create a heat haze. ![]() The developers have made full good of 3D effects, with cannon fire leaving wispy trails of smoke that don't look like the 'black candyfloss' seen in other games. Ground objects - ships, tanks, buildings etc - also look great, and the water effects are top-notch, although you'll need a reasonable PC, a good 3D card and lots of RAM to really crank the graphics up. This is a shame, as all the craft have been done to a high standard. However, as most modern jet fighters tend to use 'stand-off weapons (ie air-to-air missiles), it's not often you get really up close and personal with other aircraft. Graphically it's good - on a par with the high standards set by IL-2 Sturmovik. But if this appears a tad ovenwhelming (and it can be) then the game can be scaled down for the most humble novice and still be lots of fun. The game is a high-end sim for the seriously hardcore flight simmer, with over 200 different options and commands as your disposal. The American fighter F-15C Eagle and the much loved, but very ugly A-10A Thunderbolt II tank buster (better known as the Warthog). The developers have stuck to their tried and tested format - modern jet combat over Russia, this time between the former USSR and NATO - and old Flanker players will spot three identical aircraft from the series: the German MiG-29A, Russian MiG-29A, and MiG-29C along with the SU's themselves: the SU-25 Frogfoot, SU-27 Flanker B and SU-33 Flanker D. But the pioneering developer has finally come back with a corker -Lock On: Modern Air Combat. SU 27 Flanker 2 was launched four years ago. We haven't heard much from Russian developer Eagle Dynamics lately, not since the utterly fantastic
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