Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
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Release Date: March 26th, 2006
Developers: Ubisoft Romania
Publishers: Ubisoft
Platforms: Cross
Genre: Flight Combat
Players: 1-4
Synopsis (Wiki)
Flying fighter planes and launching missiles at tanks has never been so fun. Blazing angels takes on the role of a squadron in WWII named the Angels Of Dunrik. As you battle throughout multiple areas around the world, taking on various styled missions you progress your way down the WWII era and fight for your country.

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Story
Blazing Angels follows the story of a WWII fighter squadron named the Angels of Dunrik. You take on the role of "Eagle" as you progress your way through the globe, one air fighter at a time. As you take on various secret WWII fictional missions, you also battle it out through various battles, such as the Battle of Midway, D-Day, battle of berlin, and so on. Blazing Angels consists of multiple airplanes, fighters planes, and a whole lot of guns. You can command your squad to do multiple tasks and take on various enemies. Progress your way across the globe and fight through historic battles in Blazing Angels.

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Graphics
Blazing Angel's graphics are nice, smoothe, and very well layed out. Each shooting graphic is very smooth and fits along with the real feel of actually fighting in a WWII fighter plane. Missile graphics leave behind clean tracks, and bullet sounds and animation is very well layed out. Although some tanks, bridges, and landscapes may fault, everything else evenly distributes itself, and the overall feel of fighting in certain landscapes really works and is cool and clean. Various explosions and what not are also very neat and action packed. Graphics are a real advantage in this game.

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Gameplay
Although there are various advantages to Blazing Angels, its graphics and story, the gameplay is a major downfall towards this game. This game consists of various action packed missions and planes, however it fails to deliver fighting to an extent. Although blowing up airplanes, and tanks is sincerely satisfactory, you may find that some missions really lack that exciting action packed feel. Some levels may feel that you're really repeating yourself, just spraying aimlessly at a German aircraft and waiting for it to blow up. Also, many levels are somewhat 'Bipolar'. Some levels may be extremely boring, some fun. One level will be very easy, while the other one will be nearly impossible to defeat. This bipolar feel is a downfall, as I may be stuck on one level for hours and not know what to do. Also, instructions in this game fault as well. They don't explain what to do, and you will have trouble on basically almost every mission. The gameplay is a major downfall to this game.

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Planes
Blazing Angels consists of around 40 or so different planes with individual guns and layouts. Each plane consists of a different look, and if some planes are fit for different missions. This is a very big factor in the game, as the variety gives it some spark. Also, playing with a buddy gives variety and some customization to your vehicle. Weapons are unique to each plane, and some planes can be foreign, while some are from the US or Uk. You unlock planes as you go, and this really supports as a main factor in the game.


Rating
Synopsis: 9
Story: 8
Graphics: 9
Gameplay: 5
Planes and Customization: 8.5


Final Rating: 7.5. Gameplay Lacks, but other aspects such as Planes and what not really Benefit.