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Heroes of the Pacific

Arcade puzzle game in which we take part in the most famous air battles of World War II, played in the Pacific.

Arcade

December 7th, 1941: A Japanese naval strike force, including six aircraft carriers, turns into the wind 235 miles north of Oahu, Hawaii. Almost 200 fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes are launched into the air. Their target: Pearl Harbor

Heroes of the Pacific begins with the attack on Pearl Harbor and lets the player participate in some of the most memorable battles of the Pacific campaign, including Wake Island, Midway, and Coral Sea.

For the first time players will experience the epic scope of the battles, placing hundreds of planes on the screen in a single confrontation.

Genre: Aerial Combat Action

Platforms: PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Xbox® video game system, PC

Number of Players: 2

Online for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and on Xbox Live® Online: 8 Players

Game Modes

Six game modes: Campaign, Instant Action, Single Mission, Historical, Training, Multiplayer

Planes

Over 35 WWII aircraft, including all major U.S. and Japanese models

Bonus planes from the U.K., Germany, and the U.S.S.R.

Plane types include: Fighters, Dive Bombers, Torpedo Bombers, Bombers, and Experimental

Upgradeable planes to actual models for a total of over 90 planes

Game Features

Compelling and dramatic story through the war

Arcade and professional control modes

Four difficulty levels: Rookie, Pilot, Veteran, Ace

Workshop to customize your plane's weapon loadout and plane setup

Player-controllable wingmen, through a fast and intuitive menu system

Cinematic replays of your missions

Graphics

Over 150 planes fighting on screen, each with full AI and physics

Realistic environments, including dynamic water and accurately recreated islands

Incredibly detailed plane and ship models (15,000+ polygons), with complex lighting and environment effects

Particle based 3D clouds

Animated control surfaces and landing gear

Missions

Ten campaigns, with 26 missions taken from real events of the Pacific campaign

Five historical missions recreate actual acts of heroism in the Pacific

Five training missions

Varied mission types: Ground attack, ground support, escort, defense, patrol, torpedo and dive-bombing

Last updated on 10 December 2007

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet  

Media type: 1 DVD

User score: 8 / 10 based on 175 votes.

PEGI rating Heroes of the Pacific

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains bad language. Game contains depictions of violence.

Heroes of the Pacific System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Pentium 4 2 GHz
  • 512 MB RAM
  • graphic card 64MB (GeForce 4 or better)
  • Windows ME/2000/XP
Sony PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

  • Uses:
  • Network Adaptor
  • memory card
Microsoft Xbox

Xbox

  • Uses:
  • Xbox Live!
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