Rating: 
Summary: Can't get into it.
Review: May 7, 2002Having never flown an airplane, much less a WW II
fighter, I can't remark on how accurate this game is,
other than to say that its maker's willingness to let
players fly around for four or five minutes without
the slightest hint of the enemy is probably a good
indicator of how seriously they took their art. I
suppose air combat over Europe WAS occasionally
boring, and only sporadically murderous and thrilling.
Unfortunately, the truth makes for some tiresome play. 'WW II Fighters' is also a repetitive game. The
missions are very similar. What's more, you'll
have to turn the voices off--there's only so many
times you can hear your German wing captain repeat,
"Enemy buh-mers. Ruh-range: zex hundrett meters!"
The graphics, while conveying distance and altitude
with precision, aren't terribly arresting. For simulator fans only.
Rating: 
Summary: Too Bad EA removed MP support
Review: The game is great in AI mode. In fact, this game beats CFS 1 and CFS2 in that you can see planes, not darn little dots on your screen as with CFS and CFS2.
All in all a great game.
HOWEVER, EA killed the MP option! They don't even support it through Gamespy. Too bad! The MP folks in this game were very well mannered, no cheats, just good fun.
If you buy it be aware! It is only for you against computer. This game could have been updated and supported. At one point I bet they could have passed by Microsoft but they let it slip away.
It's OK to buy but you will never know how GREAT is was in MP. Buy, enjoy. But soon you will find it boring.
P.S. Don't buy EA hunting games. They are so lame it is embarrasing to own EA hunting CD's.
Rating:
Summary: History in action!
Review: There are very many combat simulations out there. But none are better than WWII Fighters. This game combines fast paced action with realism of the real planes. The game features unique radio chatter, muzzle flashes, and bullet holes and many other extraordinary details! Flying seven planes, each with it's own unique ability puts it at what I would consider the top of the line. Strafing runs, escorts and strikes are just a few of the many missions you can fly. With its quick mission, pick your plane, enemy, targets and takeoff. Also included are training missions and a few hidden surprises. Combine all this, and you get an excellent simulator with action like never before!! You will not regret buying it.
Rating:
Summary: Awesome game!
Review: This game is one of the best games I have ever played! The options it has makes it extremely interesting. I have a 5 year old son who absolutely loves to play it, and he's good! This shows how easy and attention grabbing it is for a 5 year old. My buddies and I love to fly against each other. We talk trash all week long to meet in the virtual sky to see who has the skills to reign supreme. I would highly recommend this game for everyone! I challenge you to fly this game, get used to the controls, and then go find a buddy to compete with or against. I guarantee you will be hooked! The P51-D Mustang is the greatest propeller driven aircraft in the world. An AMERICAN icon that ALL AMERICANS should fly at least once. Happy hunting! -callsign: Blackhawk
Rating:
Summary: ww2 fighters rocks!
Review: this high quality high preformance air combate simulated is increadable realistic with neato grafics. you have the choice of being 1 of 7 classic fighters. experiance the action of the battle of the bulde in the cocpite. this game is a must for all fighter plane lovers. and shred opposition online, down your best freinds in one of these planes: P-51 P-47 P-38 Spitfire Me262 BF 109a-8 FW 190a-8
Rating:
Summary: The Bomber crews called them,"Little Friends".
Review: This is a great game. My thoughts are everywhere on this,,,,,so bear with me.
Played on a 733mhz system, you can keep it going well, with very very little problems.
If the creators of this game had insight for education, its with the crucial video interviews and clips of the real-life Aces of that time; Anderson, Rall, Rupinski!!!! HOLY COW!!! these insights and words are history of both sides. I'd like to have had perhaps a 2nd disc of just these guys talking about their aircraft, encounters and tactics alone! Please make a part 2 of this game! You can easily broaden the spectrum of theater of operations, aircraft and adversary.
I concur with some feedback about the vocal inflight statements, it does get boring, but thats the limit of the disc.
Sometimes, in single mission scenarios, you think you've gotten all the bombers, only to return home and get a failure rating. When replayed, you realize that there might be some aircraft on the ground, somehow the props still turning on one or two engines, but still considered not killed for your credit.....well, just strafe the heck out of them, if you can find them on the ground.
The enemy AA-fire on mobile systems is deadly.
Troops don't shoot at you.........they should give some small-arms fire for defence.
Theres not alot of Heavy AA-fire against bombers until they get over target area.....take for example, when you play the newest games version of "B-17:Flying Fortress".......thats serious enemy territory AA-fire in sound and graphic, when played on a serious sound system, it takes you by surprise and plants your seat in the middle of the scene.
It would be nice to stay with one squadron the entire campaign, and only upgrade your aircraft if you wish;why change planes for the sake of change?
Some other simulations years ago,(Fighters over Europe/Fighters over Pacific) let you stay with a factual fighter squadron, that left you in a strategic or tactical role.
Counter-strikes on V-rocket sites, interdiction on D-Day?
Id also like to have seen more aircraft types: ME-410, ME-210, Mosquito(variant types!!), Tempest, Stuka, ME-163, HE-162. What about Night-Fighters???!!! German OWL's were very formidable!
How about commanding a C-47 with Troopers dropping in Normandy?
Target Recon missions in Mosquitos or the variant of the Mustang/Spitfires?
Are you guys Hiring??? Let me at'em!
You could spin off the Eastern Front, Pacific Theater, Battle of Britain, Midway, Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, the Med, fly supplies thru the Hump of Burma/India, it goes on and on.......C'mon Janes......run with it, make it strong,,,and we the gamers will eat it up!
OK, now, back to this one......
The first time you get seriously taken out of the sky.........you wont forget it; "Abshuss" ='s Kill! as its said in the Luftwaffee.
I think the Fw-190 should have at least 4 of the variants,(a1,a8,D9 and G models)
I think the ME-109's should have the E, G, and especially(!!!) the -K models, for the faster -51 encounters.
P-51B,C and D's.
The only thing I found a problem with is this. Say you've completed a ground attack.....you've got extra goodies to deliver; rockets, bombs, bullets. You find other ground targets on the way back, in local area, and hit them.........your success has no influence on the games outcome with going out and finding more than the mission asked. Hmphf.
The graphics are good, the play is good...you will enjoy this game.....even if its exploring the museums, listening to the music.
Flight is solid....and as said before.....you may find yourself bored in some moments on the path, but thats always the case....."hours of boredom sometimes followed by frenzied moments of panic".
Rating:
Summary: OK for WW2 flight sim
Review: This is actualy A pretty good flight sim. The graphics are OK the sound though isnt very real. You can only fly 7 planes and they all seem to fly the same but they look very real. The menu however is realy hard to use, and the ground looks like the same little piece done over and over again same goes for the cities. The damage isnt very real either. Get this game though if you like flight sims if not then just skip it.
Rating: 
Summary: Fun, but limited
Review: This is one of the best WW2 flight sims ever. The cockpit realism and the aircraft anatomy views used as the aircraft dies is fantastic. The issues that I see as limiting are that no more aircraft can be added to the sim, and it takes place during the ardennes offensive. If EA added new a/c types to the mix so that during the quick mission builder or the campaign builder a P-40 or a P-80 could be used all of the users would eat it up..
Rating:
Summary: One of the best WWI sim games out. White knuckle real!
Review: This is really one of the best ever. I just wish they would make more with different season , country and ground visuals . It is superb.
Why has it been discontinued? It has so much potential for more!
Rating:
Summary: Great WWII sim (circa 1999)
Review: This sim came out in 1999 and, given the dearth of simulation/games devoted to WWII since then, it's still a near-cutting edge game. Though its title makes it sound similar to other "Jane's Fighters" games like ATF or USNF '97 - and despite similar gameplay - the sound, graphics and organization of JWW2F put the game in a class by itself. You can probably guess the premise - fly single missions, campaigns or instant action in your choice of many WWII planes like the Mustang, Me-262 or Spitfire. If you've made short work of your computer's flying abilities, go on-line (though by the time you read this, Janes multi-player support will be long dead) and flame your best friends. The airplanes' exteriors look gorgeous - nowhere near as cartoonish as those on ATF/USNF. The interiors look pretty good to, really conveying the feeling of being inside a (likely) freezing P-51 flying against camouflaged Panzer tanks during the "Battle of the Bulge". If the effect isn't exactly spectacular, it's still an achievement considering that the interiors - like those on USNF/ATF - are really eye-candy: you can turn them on and off, so they're really extraneous. Despite their being unneccessary, EA deisgners decided against making the panels and frames of your cockpit look flat and unconvincing. Get a hit on your engine, and your plane will vibrate or spew oil - and boy will you notice that. Damage is also beefed up since ATF/USNF days, with damaged airplanes more prone to snap in two if forced to fly at the edge of their limits than undamaged airplanes. Different airplanes will fly different ways - I was able to outfly speedy Me-109 fighters as long as I could keep from flying the high-speed vertical maneauvers they favored. The tactic is harder to use against the Me-262, the Nazi's early jet (which will attack in pairs; the trick is to anticipate which of the jets is just leading you on, and which is really about to attack) but not impossible. If the sim has some realism flaws (mind you, I'm no pilot) some are likely unavoidable - like the fact that air combat was never a pure fighter war (for the allies over Europe, it may have been; the Germans contended, on the other hand, with bombers - both light and medium - tactical attack planes, recon fighters and other support craft; the Me-262 itself was never really contemplated as a fighter to fight other fighters, its acceleration and wing-loading made it best only for flying past escort screens and for being able to engage more waves of enemy bombers than older fighters). Velocity is modeled very well, as are the vaporous effects of clouds at different levels, and the fluidity of fire from stricken planes (I mostly saw my own). Ground detail was dissappointing, but this isn't a sim committed to low-level attack, so I was willing to overlook that. In short, sound and graphics make this a still superlative sim - not as demanding as UbiSoft's "IL-2". While you won't be able to import 3rd party airplanes or missions (as you may with Microsoft's CFS series, Janes offers more out of the box than that other game. Performance: I ran this game with little problem on my Pentium IV, 2Ghz system using WinXP and a Geforce3 card. If you're looking for a great WWII game but feel intimidated by IL-2 (and have heard some bad news re: "Jane's Attack Squadron", I'd consider getting this game.
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