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Lead-Pursuits Falcon4-Allied Force

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

100% hands down the best flight sim out there!
I am extremely pleased by the work done by Lead-Pursuit in both unifying Falcon4 into a single install CD ( no more following a mile long forum to find out how to install, only to find that when you try to play multiplayer with friends you have constant crashes and lockups ), and that Lead-Pursuit have made the first version of Falcon4 that is very stable for multiplayer usage ( we tested with up to 14 people online ) and with no warping within the game even when flying very close formations. After playing countless hours, I am very happy to say that I highly recommend this sim to every simmer. If you don't have this, then you are definately missing out on a greatly configured sim that has the best dynamic campaign engine around.
Lead-Pursuit have done their homework with this sim maintaining an emphasis in stability, and have succeeded! After years of flying many different flavors of Falcon4, this is the only one I have been flying since it came out and is now my favorite as well as the favorite of many of my online sim pilots.
There is also a plethora of downloadable help items, such as a virtual cockpit trainer that is acccessible via the [...]website, for those new to this sim to get you up to speed quickly. Take advantage of the organizations website downloads of learning or flight aids. Kudos to Lead-Pursuit for everything.

**Highly Recommended Flight Sim Game!**

A LOT of sim/entertainment... for a little price

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The last time I played Falcon was 15 years ago on an Atari ST. After years of flying prop sims, I decided to see where Falcon is now. I must say that it's pretty amazing, and even overwhelming at first. A very steep learning curve because it basically models as much F-16 as the Air Force has declassified. Fortunately, there are lots of training missions (each rewarding in themselves) to get you up to snuff enough to fly real missions. It still requires a lot of discipline on your part to follow through and read up on the various systems and subsystems, and how modern air combat works in general. I was a few weeks into owning the game, reading and flying and reading and flying and just learning about the aircraft, when it hit me that there was just a ton of the sim that I had yet to explore... and that was just waiting for my skills to reach a point where I could do so. Pretty impressive, I thought, for a $25 peice of software! Graphics are pretty beautiful as well. Very immersive. Also, patches are still being written and released for it, so it still keeps improving.

The only two critisisms that I can make is that, first, the PDF manual should be available in print either with the game or available sperately since you really need to have a copy to flip through and read as there's just too much info to read on a computer. The quick reference guide is good, but nowhere near enough. Second, the in-cockpit veiw system is fairly primitive in that while you can pan through the 3D cockpit, there is no direct "snap-to" feature so that you can quickly look at a certain point of of the cockpit (e.g. back-left or front-right). Though this isn't a problem unless your fighting close and personal with a MiG!

Basically, if you enjoy modern air warfare, I don't think you could buy a better flight sim.

I'm surprised there's not a button to polish the canopy.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: October 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you love flight sims and love a good challenge even more this will be the game to ruin your marriage. You have complete control and the action is endless. Ihave been a fan fo Falcon 4.0 for well over a year now and I learn something new every time I play. If you want a quick mindless blow um' out of tha' sky game then keep looking because this game will only frustrate you. If you enjoy the technical aspect of flight and can keep your cool as you drop in on a target aiming your Mavrick rockets while your cockpit is lit up like a christmas tree and alarms are going off in your ears as SAMs try to make their way into your F-16 then make the purchase. It's not flawless but it's a ton of fun.

Better than the original

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: March 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've played the original since 1998 and am glad to see that they finally repackaged the game incorporating most of what the community has produced. The only thing missing that I was disappointed in was the fly any aircraft hack but other than that its near perfect.

Forwarned though, if you are mostly just a casual simmer then you should probably stay away as you will have to devote lots of time to playing this sim to become proficeint. It truly lives up to being the most accurate flight sim around.

Big improvement!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was a huge fan of Falcon 4 for many years, following the loyal fan base and user-mods long after Microprose abandoned it. Eventually, though, I moved on to other sims and never went back because the installation and upgrade system had become nothing short of voodoo, requiring a strict process for applying patches and mods in order to make it all work and even then it was pretty fragile.

Allied Force packages all the best mods for Falcon 4 and improves on them still further. It runs well on a late model XP machine (not sure how it runs on older PCs) and seems to support modern graphics cards. The dynamic campaign, the heart and soul of the original, has been greatly improved and it is fascinating to watch the battle going on around you. Other reviews cite a much improved multiplayer function although it sounds as though it requires a fair amount of tweaking to get it to work.

If you have never experienced Falcon in any form you may be disappointed by the graphics which are not state of the art for 2005. They are sufficient to support the battle and simulation and represent a good compromise between frame rates and detail. The simulation is definitely what would be called a "study sim". The manual is awesome and HUGE (you have to print it yourself though!). It will take several weeks to really get comfortable with flying the falcon in combat and understanding the mission interface. You need to practice regularly too or you will lose your skills and knowledge quickly. I would also point out that the sim on maximum realism really requires joysticks with many programmable buttons to simulate the HOTAS system found on modern fighters. That said, the sim does allow users to choose a greatly simplified arcade version but no diehard Falcon fan would settle for that!

This is probably the last of the great study sims and it is a big improvement over the original Falcon 4. It is hard to believe there will be sufficient demand for such a hardcore sim to warrant a completely new version in the future so serious simmers should jump on this.

Must Buy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you like flight sims as I do, especially study flight sims that is the most realistic as possible, you will love this game. I have and played Falcon 4.0 and this is what that game should've been. It's a quick install and ready to fly without having to patch or troubleshoot it. For some, just the dynamic campaign is worth it. This game is scalable to novices so you can "grow into it" if desired. I haven't played multiplayer on this, but it is available for those interested. Read the review on www.simhq.com and see for yourself. At $30, it is $10 cheaper that most new games. This is a must own for any hard core flight simmer, and probably soft core flight simmer. I would guess that those who want an arcade style shooting game look elsewhere. Just my $0.02:-)

FALCON 4.0 ALLIED FORCES

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I LIKE IT.I'S LIKE FALCON 4.0 BUT EVERTHING WORKS.NO PATCHDANCE
TO INSTALL.THE TERRAIN LOOKS BETTER WITH THE NEW GRAPHICS ENGINE BEING EMPLOYED.I STILL SEE VEHICLES IN THE WATER IN THE TRAINING MISSION.THE GROUND TARGETS LOOK BETTER BUT THE SOLDIERS SURROUNDING THEM ARE THE SAME RIGID LOOKING FIGURES,IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL TO SEE THEM SCRAMBING AROUND LOOKING FOR COVER OR FIRING AT THE ME AS I FLY OVER THE CONVOYS BEFORE I BOMB THEM I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME NAPALM.OTHER THAN THAT IT'S A DREAM TO FLY AND I'D RECCOMMEND IT TO ANYONE .

Falcon 4.0,.... A true sim

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for a "just get in, start it up, and shoot`em up "game", this is definately NOT for you! If you are looking for a true sim that is as close to getting a feel for what TRULY goes into flying a top shelf jet fighter, this is it! The key is FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. There is no "quick start" feature in this baby! But rather 700+ pages of technical information from "ramp up" (it takes 20 minutes just to start the thing!)to weapons usage, to landing procedures. My suggestion is, just tackle a little at a time as suggested in the instructions. At first it is a bit discouraging, but little by little it all came together and the next thing I knew, I was in Koria tracking Migs, and destroying targets from miles away. It`s really cool to launch missles and watch the targets disappear from my MFD! Now, couple it with a Saitek X52 control system, and all I can say is "the joy is in the journey"

Private pilot

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent simulation of the F16 aircraft.
Many F16 pillots have experimented with it. They say that you do not need rudder pedals,unless you are using nose wheel steering on the ground. Most good flight sticks have a (twist the stick mode, for rudder/steering control)
I am a 30 year Air Force veteran - aircraft mechanic - private pilot - Preesident of the local Air Force Association chapter. Many chapter members are active duty F16 instructor pilots.
We are donating the program/computer equipment,as needed, to up to 20 local Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training High school classes.

Accurate and sharp

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Falcon 4.0 Allied Force vastly re-designs the previous version. Having experienced the accuracy of physics used in full-motion F-16 simulators, Falcon 4.0 AF belongs in the top 5 of attention-to-detail desk-top flight simulators that take advantage of the technology and power offered by today's computer hardware and 3-D graphic engines.

Like Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0, Graphsim's own X-Plane 8, and the venerable Jane's Combat Simulations series, FalconAF includes a point and click virtual cockpit (unlike Lock On), seamless 360-degree area viewing, expansive training programs (flight school), and mission and campaign editor.
Unlike those other flight-sims, you fly only the F-16. But that should be enough... to complement the expansive training programs, FalconAF includes a comprehensive 700-page technical manual (.pdf format) that re-creates checklists (from engine start to engine shutdown) and training with excruciating F-16 detail that will tickle realists and frustrate arcade gamers. BUYER BEWARE: this is a simulation NOT A GAME. There is a STEEP learning curve worthy of learning to fly virtually the same way the Air Force teaches its F-16 pilots. The program can be scaled down from realistic to easy, with various other "cheat" options, to help your transition to such a complex jet. The program will also allow you to adjust graphics, sound, and keyboard/joysticks configurations to match your system's individual performance.
In addition to re-creating a realistic airfield, combat arena, artificial intelligence, communications, training, and cockpit environment, FalconAF includes dynamic weather and real-world geography.

FalconAF does not include multi-monitor configurations. Microsoft Flight Simulator has it and so does Graphsim's other flight-sim X-Plane 8. Maybe this can be fixed with an upgrade.

I do not multi-game, so I cannot comment on interfacing with other users.

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