Hi,

I'm looking for a WW II air combat game that has a good story line / campaign mode. I am not just looking for a simulation where you just fly endless missions without purpose. I would also take suggestions for modern combat games as well that fall in this category.

I was told that BOB II fits this description. Any other suggestions?

thanks for the help

Agreed on BoB II. Great campaigns out of the box if I remember correctly.

IL2 is an other title to keep in mind of course. Loads of fantastic user-made campaigns with great story lines and historical attention to details from battle orders to markings and everything else in between:
Early English Channel, Western Front, Med, North Africa, Eastern Front, Defense of the Reich, Carrier Ops & PTO, Burma, and etc.

The list is now virtually endless. Pick your poison.

Cheers,
Slug

If you're primarily wanting a game with a storyline instead of primarly being a simulator, Secret Weapons Over Normandy immediately comes to my mind. It was an air shooter with power-ups, ridiculous upgrades, etc. but kind of fun in its own right. Your character is a hotshot American pilot who joins an elite team of Allied flyers. All the action/gameplay is from external view. The game was released for PC as well as for PS2 and XBox.

Heroes of the Pacific was released for PC although it was primarily a console game from inception. I've never played it but my understanding is that it was similar to SWON but it includes some crude cockpits, possibly lifted from the IL-2 series. From a review:
"Heroes of the Pacific tells the story of a naturally born American flyboy who, along with his brother, joins the armed forces in the 1940s to fight off Nazi Germany and Japan. This is a buddy-story. You play as William Crowe who joins the air force while his brother enlists in the land forces. As the campaign progresses, Crowe meets new characters from rescued POWs who join up with your squad to rival Japanese ace pilots."

You can find Heroes of the Pacific at the link I gave above for SWON. Another title in the same genre is Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII -- again, it is a console game ported to PC so don't expect much realism.

Hello,

Its old but its good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XscRCv7IzYE

Greetings,

Knegel

Absolutely - European Air War for its total IMMERSION factor! Current version is 1.28E

You know I am looking for the same kind of flight sim experience, as great as IL2 is sometimes it just feels kind of sterile. I haven't played EAW in many years but I never did check out BOB, maybe I should give it a go.

Tried to get the latest EAW to work, no joy.
Definitely go for BoB II
Cheers,
Keith