''Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater'' is a combat flight simulator game by

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released in October 2000 for the

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. It is the sequel to ''

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator ''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series'' is the first version of all three combat flight simulation games from Microsoft. It was released on 28 October 1998 and it is set in the European Theatre of World War II, European Theatre ...

''. The game takes place in the

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and includes campaigns loosely based on historic air battles, from the American and Japanese perspective. A sequel, '' Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe'', was released in 2002.

Reception

Sales

In the United States, ''Combat Flight Simulator 2'' debuted at #11 on PC Data's computer game sales rankings for October 2000. It remained in the monthly top 20 through the end of the year. In 2001, ''Combat Flight Simulator 2'' achieved domestic sales of 285,728 units for revenues of $13.1 million, according to PC Data.

Critical reviews

The editors of ''

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'' nominated ''Combat Flight Simulator 2'' as the best simulation game of 2000, although it lost to '' Comanche vs. Hokum''.

References

External links

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