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IL-2 Sturmovik (Russian: Ил-2 Штурмовик) is a 2001 World War II combat flight simulator video game and is the first installment in the IL-2 Sturmovik series. The release focused on the air battles of the Eastern Front.[1][2] It was named after the Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack fighter, which played a prominent role in this theatre and is the single most produced military aircraft design to date.[3] Along with its sequels, IL-2 Sturmovik is considered one of the leading World War II flight simulators.[4]

IL-2 Sturmovik
Developer(s)	1C:Maddox Games
Publisher(s)	CIS: 1C EU/NA: Ubi Soft
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	NA: November 18, 2001 PAL: November 30, 2001
Genre(s)	Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game features 31 flyable planes and additional 40 non-flyable planes (available as opponents). One can play as Australia, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the USSR.[5]

The game includes a multi-player feature which supports up to 100 players online over the internet^{[citation needed]}. Free internet services such as Xfire, Hyperlobby, and The All-Seeing Eye, are used for setting up online game sessions.

History

The game was developed by 1C:Maddox Games and published by 1C in Russia and Ubi Soft in the rest of the world, for Windows on November 18, 2001.

Sequels and subsequent development

The game saw the release of a number of add-ons and sequels since its initial release, with some of the sequels including the entirety of the original release's content.

The game is currently distributed as the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 pack. The latest edition that includes all sequels and patches is version 4.14.1, which brings the number of available flyable aircraft up to 85* and the number of maps to 41*. IL-2 Sturmovik is the flight simulator video game longest supported by its developer with the demo released in 2001 and the latest patch including new planes, maps and other features released in April 2017. Recently patches 4.13, 4.13.1, 4.13.2, 4.13.3, 4.13.4, 4.14 and 4.14.1 were released.[6]

All the patches or versions, like Forgotten Battles (2003) or standalone games, like Pacific Fighters (2004), used and shared the same game engine from 2001 until the 1946 pack (2006) and even until the console adaptation (IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, 2009). The first games in the series not using the original 2001 game engine were IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (2011, which runs its own game engine) and IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad (2013, which runs on a game engine derived from another game, the 2009 simulator Rise of Flight).

Reception

IL-2 Sturmovik received a "Silver" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[16] indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[17] As of 2014, the game's overall sales had surpassed 2 million copies.[18]

The review aggregator Metacritic gave IL-2 Sturmovik a score of 91 out of 100,[8] while GameRankings, another review aggregator, gave it 90.65%.[7]

Awards

IL-2 Sturmovik was named the best computer simulation of 2001 by Computer Games Magazine,[19] Computer Gaming World,[20] The Electric Playground,[21] GameSpy and GameSpot,[22][23] and was a runner-up for IGN's award in this category, losing to Independence War 2.[24] Similarly, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated IL-2 Sturmovik for its 2001 "Computer Simulation Game of the Year" award,[25] but ultimately gave the prize to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002.[26] It also "narrowly" lost PC Gamer US's "Best Simulation" award to Flight Simulator 2002, according to that magazine's editors.[27]

While awarding the game, the editors of Computer Games called IL-2 Sturmovik "the best World War II flight sim—the best flight sim of any kind, for that matter—to come along in years."[19] Similarly, those of Computer Gaming World wrote, "IL-2 Sturmovik's election to Sim of the Year was one of the biggest shoo-in votes in the history of this magazine. [...] Know this: Sturmovik is not only the best simulation of 2001, it's the best WWII-themed sim ever, and one of the best flight sims of all time."[20]

See also

• Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe
• Jane's Attack Squadron

References

External links

• IL-2 Sturmovik official website
• IL-2 Sturmovik at MobyGames

На других языках

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- [en] IL-2 Sturmovik (video game)

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[es] IL-2 Sturmovik (videojuego)

IL-2 Sturmovik es un simulador de vuelo de combate ambientado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y desarrollado por Maddox Games, compañía del propio creador, Oleg Maddox, quien lo diseñó junto a Ilya Shevchenko. Lo editan 1C en Rusia y Ubisoft en el resto del mundo. El título fue lanzado el 18 de noviembre de 2001 para las plataformas con sistemas operativos Windows. El nombre se deriva del avión de ataque soviético conocido como Ilyushin Il-2, principalmente porque la primera versión del juego, del año 2001, ponía en valor, y a disposición de los jugadores, las diferentes variantes de ese avión ruso, y únicamente en el Frente del Este, pero en pocos años el simulador fue aumentando en aparatos pilotables y en teatros de operaciones, por lo que hoy en día ya no se le considera, y desde hace tiempo, como un simulador de vuelo especializado únicamente en el Ilyushin Il-2 en el Frente del Este. Su gran éxito, por ejemplo, ha permitido no solo la creación de expansiones ambientadas en toda clase de teatros de operaciones de la Segunda Guerra Mundial sino que también ha iniciado la creación de otros simuladores de vuelo también llamados Il-2 Sturmovik, como IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (2011) o IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles (2013).

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[ru] Ил-2 Штурмовик (игра)

Ил-2 Штурмови́к (англ. IL-2 Sturmovik) — авиасимулятор, игра разработана российской компанией 1С: Maddox Games и издана в России компанией 1С в 2001 году (в том же году вышла в Европе, издатель Ubisoft Entertainment). Поддержка, обновление графических элементов и выпуск дополнений продолжаются по настоящее время. [1] Игра моделирует ведение боевых действий в небе в период с 1938 по 1946 годы.

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