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Underrated, Excellent Combat Sim,

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: October 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have read a lot of negative reviews of this game by the real "hardcore" flight sim fans who say it is too easy, and not realistic enough(so I guess that they have all flown real F-14s and F-18s, if not, then what do they know for realism?). Which is one of the main reasons I love this game. It is not as intimidating, and it allows for action and excitement that is so submersive, it makes up for any lack of realism, (and causes a lack of sleep as I wake up an extra hour early to get some dogfights going). The graphics are excellent 50,000 sq. miles of beautiful satelite based terrain and is worth the 1.5 gig install. Another thing I love about the game is that it is based in the Northern California / Bay Area, which is where I live. It is awesome to be able to fly under the Golden Gate bridge, up to Sacramento (my town) and on to Lake Tahoe. I suppose that makes me a bit biased, but whatever. My point is that if you have never played a combat sim before, and you want one that can be fun without having to quit work and go to flight school this is for you. If you live in the bay area and have an even remote interest in Flying games, this is for you. I have purchased and subsequently uninstalled Jane's IAF, F-15, and USAF. I guess I just do not have the patience, plus none of those games came with any documentation, nothing but installation insructions, when they should each come with a 500 page Flight Bible. I am sure that one day I will move on to those other games, cause I have read that they are all great, but so far I keep coming back to JetFighter IV.

Caution: Requires ALOT of Patience

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Before you buy this game make sure you have the patience for it.
I bought this game looking for a more arcade like combat sim. I had recently bought F/A-18 and couldn't even begin to play it due to the complexity of the controls. This is NOT much better.

Graphics: They are top of the line. The game is a visual delight for a flight sim, and that's where the 3rd star in my rating came from. (running it on a Geforce 3 Ti Series card)

Sound: Awesome. Great sound effects with the Audigy Gamer x card.

Game play: WAY too complicated for a game like this. It could have been one of the greatest arcade flight games ever made, but if you don't have the patience to learn to fly, bomb, and dogfight, for hours on end, don't bother.

I reccomend Comanche 4 by novalogic if your looking for some arcade fun. Two button controls, and the same awesome graphics.

FUN GAME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I cannot believe all these bad reviews, so I guess these people are all Air Force veterans and have seen it all. To tell you the truth, I am very impressed with this game. It has A LOT of missions, it's extremely realistic, and above all, it's fun!! Also, this is the best PC Air Combat game I have ever played. You get to land on aircraft carriers, fly around the Golden Gate Bridge and engage in tough dogfights. In sum, I highly recommend this game.

Excellent flight combat for all skill levels....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have played this game on two different computers of mine and it runs just fine. It has a simple flight model and easy to use weopons controls. The detail of scenery is a little plain down low and nice high above. I think that the sound drivers could have been better since it does crash with sound problems. I think other raters here could still play the game well if they ever change their sound card.

This game gets 0 stars

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I tried playing it on 4 computer systems it give the splas screen and then hangs all the computers. None work with the game.

1. Pentium 4 1.6 512MB RAM 32MB ProSavageDDR 4x AGP WinXP
2. Pentium III 256MB RAM CyberBlade 4x AGP 16MB Win XP
3. Pentium III Celeron 512 MB RAM Rage Pro 16 MB RAM Win XP
4. Pentium II Pro 256 MB RAM 16 MB RAge Pro 2xAGP

None of these systems work with this game. The requirements are a farce. This is true for many Take 2 Interactive and Global Star Software games.

Further please read my review for Jetfighter V. Little better performance because I was able to get to the game screen after some effort.

problems with new computer users

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Most of the users with the new Windows XP system find problems with drivers, screens freezes and problems with anti viruses when using this program.

easy flying

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game runs best on win 95 or 98. This game is easy to play, if you are not good with avoiding all the SAMs than put it in invincable mode. Some of the graphics look a little flat at times. I like the game play and free flight. This is a fun and interesting game.

wont install

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It wont install on my system. i have a compaq 500 mhz, 128mg ram. I have installed everything from "the sims" to fs 2000 to age of empires and many others with no problems, but this piece of crap gives me the blue screen of death every time. luckily i got it as a christmas present and didnt actually spend my money on it.

Really bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In order to use this game on a Windows XP Home Edition, you will have to jump through hoops. On the back of the case, this game indicates that it will run under Windows 95/98/XP but only if you apply some tricks. It is not easy but it will run. When you do get it running, the graphics are not a good as some other combat games. There is little or no technical support. My son was really disappointed with this game. It now collect dust.

Fun and Entertaining

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Jetfight IV is very fun. The ground graphics are so-so, but the gameplay is awsome. The only downside is there only is a small amount of missions you can play before you've played them all. A plus is that the controls with the keyboard aren't confusing at all and they even give you cheats that you can use to make your plane invulnerable to missles, re-arm your plane in the air and re-fuel your plane in the air. Overall, I'd say this game is worth the money and is the best air-to air and air-ground simulater I've every played.

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