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Falcon 4 - as close as a non-fighter pilot will get

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Simply Amazing - a realistic flight-sim for that jet fighter pilot in all of us. Kick the tires and light the fires - shove into afterburner and just have fun or ramp up the realistic setting and see how good you really are!

Worth every penny!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing flight simulators for the past 15 years. It doesn't take long before I know whether a sim is worth keeping. This one is definitely a keeper! However, it's not for beginners. The learning curve is extremely steep.

Best ever flight sim

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Falcon 4.0: Allied Force is as realistic as it can get without actually flying. The manual is in PDF format so it is NOT handy to read during the game. I would suggest this game to everyone.

Difficult, but ultimately rewarding

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A 3 for fun. That's very subjective, if you find learning the intricate workings of an F16 fun and flying for 30-40mins before you encounter anyone to fight then it's a 5. Unfortunately I don't really enjoy the long flights to target and although there is an accelerated time feature (I believe) the key chart is a PDF file, so you can't access it while flying the plane!

With the TrackIR though you actually stand a chance of seeing the SAMs and winning a dogfight, but this is still a hard game to play.

A 3 overall? Despite this being an update of the bug ridden original (which I also owned) there are still signs of its age - you shouldn't be able to see the joins in the cloud textures for example. I guess for me F4 has lost the balance between fun and extreme realism that was there in Falcon3. It is definitely ultra realistic and a challenge, but I found it more frustrating than rewarding.

I'm also not sure about the handling of the plane. I don't seem to be able to pull anywhere near the sort of G I should be able to sustain at corner velocity - anything much above 4g and the speed drops of quickly, this makes it hard to win a turning fight.

I think this remains a game that is strongly supported by the community and if you're looking for the most realistic combat sim around then this is it, just don't expect to jump in and be shooting things out the sky immediately the credits stop rolling.

Falcon 4.0 Lead Pursuit

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

An 800 Page Manual, a nearly complete rewrite of the original Falcon 4.0; what more could you ask for. I have a lot of reading to do. Great Job Lead Pursuit!

Best Flight Sim Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hands down the best military flight simulator ever created. The dynamic campaign is unmatched by anyone to date. A steep learning curve, but well worth the effort.

If you like simulations, you MUST buy this game....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm not going to reiterate what everyone below me has already written, but if you are a fan of simulations, and particulary VERY realistic flight simulations, this is the product for you.

The great part is, that even if you are new to flight sims, you can put it on the "easy" setting, and just go around flying and blowing things up. If you are more a fan of realistic simulations, up the realism, and you will not find a more realistic aircraft simulation on the market. Quite simply, if you want to know what it's like to fly an F-16, this will show you.

I just wish there was a way to get a printed version of the 716 PAGE MANUAL!!! Yes, 716 pages folks, that is how realistic this simulation CAN be if you wish it to be so. Looks like Kinkos is going to be getting some new customers!

Get ready to read a LOT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Only thing I'd like to see in this package, is a single, copyable page with the settings for all radar, weapons, flyings, etc. where you could print and use as a knee-board for this fast action. A 109 page book with a 716 page PDF file makes for a major, steep learning curve....and a lot of time to read/study to become a real USAF Captain! GREAT GAME!

Excellent game if ya got the time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great game, very hard to learn and impossible for stupid or impatient people. Even if ya dumb the game up a bit by putting all the setting to "easy", its still takes quite a bit of time to figure out what is going on. Unless your already a fighter jet pilot your going to spend countless hours if you want to master this game...excuse me...simulation. I can understand when people complain about 30 minute flight times before ya get to a target, but its actually very challenging to fly in formation and arrive to your target at the correct time, and to me that is fairly entertaining. To most it is probably not. Easy solution tho, turn on auto pilot and speed the game up to 4X. it flys you right to the target in Campaign mode. Which I definetly have to give credit to the Campaign mode of this game, very impressive. Actually I couldn't find one thing to complain about after downloading the patch for it. I play it all the time and am sure i will for years to come.

AAR's are the order of the day

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 48
Date: July 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Pkg#: 802 Callsign: Rapier Type Msn: Sweep T/O:
0545 TOS/TOT: 0630 Land: 0820
Target: Ivangrad-Mostar
Objectives: OCA Sweep. Prevent strike package from engaging A2A

Name: Ordnance Load: Target:
Rapier 10 512 20mm PGU-28, 2x AIM-120B, 4x AIM-120C, 2x 300 gal DT, ALQ-131 OCA Sweep
Rapier 11 512 20mm PGU-28, 2x AIM-120B, 4x AIM-120C, 2x 300 gal DT, ALQ-131 OCA Sweep
Rapier 12 512 20mm PGU-28, 2x AIM-120B, 4x AIM-120C, 2x 300 gal DT, ALQ-131 OCA Sweep
Rapier 13 512 20mm PGU-28, 2x AIM-120B, 4x AIM-120C, 2x 300 gal DT, ALQ-131 OCA Sweep

C/S: Type Msn: #/Type A/C: TOT: Target:
Sting CAS F/A-18 Dubrovnik
Hornet OCA F/A-18 Podgorica
Snake CAS F-16 Tivat
Focus Alpha EW E-3 N/A

Threat Analysis:
MIG-21Mbis, MIG-23 & MIG-29 in a/o with A-50 support. SA-10 batteries around Sarajevo and Sjenica. SA-6 and SA-11 expected below FL200.

ROE: At will
Alternate Airfield: Amendola, Italy TACAN Ch: 054X
SAR Ch: 102A

AAR Follows:

The Rapier flight departed Amendola and linked up with the F/A-18 strike group. We reached the push point about 60 miles west of Tivat and Focus Alpha called out inbounds out of Mostar. #1 and #2 split north west and each launched a AIM-120B with 2x MIG-29s confirmed. Myself in the #3 position continued till feet dry between Dubrovnik and Tivat. The RWR would flash up with high altitude AA radars and search radars painting fairly regularly. Focus Alpha directed myself and #4 toward Ivangrad and a pair of MIG-21Mbis's showed. I fired inside of 15 miles with a 120B, #4 was late and the 120B went maddog as soon as it left the rails. But not before the MIG-21 got an R-60 off. It went wide but #4 still took shrapnel damage and bugged out west. Both MIG-21s had chutes.

Sting, Hornet and Snake called goal post at this time and reported high concentrations of ZSU-23 and SA-9 activity. 2 Hornets were damaged by AA and Snake had a near miss by an SA-7. Below me an SA-10 lit up, but much to my surprise and relief the missiles went west toward the strike package and ignored my flight completely. That didn't last long - an SA-6 went active about 15 west of Ivangrad. At 25K, the music was on and selected zone 5 west - occasionally beaming the radar to break the lock. I observed 4 missiles come through the clouds, but the launch warning continued long past those initial sightings. I continued to blow west for the coast when the RWR finally stopped yelling. Still, with my head on a swivel I was a bit paranoid. SA's don't stop tracking you unless they have to - and usually when they have a friendly in the area. It didn't take long, Focus called a bogie to my right side at 15 miles, which turned out to be a MIG-21Mbis by the radar. Turning toward I was slow at getting the F-16 radar into ACM mode. He was at 8 miles about 30 right of my nose when I saw the puff's of smoke from the 3 R-60's that left the rails. No choice now but to continue the turn and kick out the flares. The nose was almost dead on, I might've been too close for an AIM-120C shot, but pulled anyway. It went maddog the moment it left the rail and impacted just forward of the empenage. The R-60s reached their gimbal limits and couldnt cut the corner, this time - luckily for me. I reached the coast at about M1.5 having stripped most of my stores except the 2 remaining 120's and the ECM pod on the center. Focus Alpha gave a steer toward Palese Macchie but elected to goto Amendola with the rest of my flight. I never did hear a peep from the A-50 AWACS in the area - that was disconcerting.

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