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Flanker 2.0 is a combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics released in 1999. In 2001, a major patch titled Flanker 2.5 was released for free to users who already owned Flanker 2.0, but was also available as a fully new purchasable game.

Flanker 2.0
Flanker 2.5 cover art
Developer(s)	Eagle Dynamics
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Director(s)	Nick Grey
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	1999 (2.0) 2001 (2.5)
Genre(s)	Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Flanker 2.5 won PC Gamer US's "2002 Best Simulation" award. The magazine's Andy Mahood wrote, "When a $10 upgrade package (for a three-year-old combat flight sim, no less!) takes our 2002 Flight Sim of the Year honors, it's a remarkably sad commentary on the state of the genre". However, he praised the game as superior to Combat Flight Simulator 3 and Strike Fighters: Project 1, and declared that it "absolutely deserves" players' attention.[1] Flanker 2.5 won GameSpot's annual "Best Simulation on PC" award, and was a runner-up in the publication's "Best Budget Game on PC" category, which went to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter.[2]

References

External links

• Flanker 2.0 at MobyGames
• http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/flanker-25-review/1900-2863737/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20050112000010/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/april02/flanker/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20051227233811/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r15531.htm

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