Flight Simulator
In flight simulators, the player becomes a pilot of an aircraft (airplane or helicopter). Special gamepads are created for such games, designed like the control stick of a modern combat aircraft. Some games provide the player with a complete sense of piloting from takeoff to landing after completing a mission, while others start and end missions right in the air. Most often in flight simulators, the user performs military missions, but there are also simulators of non-military vehicles. Additionally, controlling an airplane or helicopter can be part of some game, such as a military shooter.
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Best Games in the Flight Simulator genre of 2002 (Game released)
Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Tanks
Game released: PC → 10 July 2002
Players:
7.7/10
Metacritic:
77/100
An expansion for Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, set several years before the events of the original game. Victor Troska, an experienced former special...
Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Science fiction, Shooter
Game released: PC → 25 September 2002
Players:
5.9/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Incoming Forces is a science-fiction shooter and the sequel to Incoming, set 20 years after the events of the original. After discovering sustainable long-distance...
Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Mac, PC → 9 September 2006
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
62/100
Project Nomads — the main gameplay takes place in real time and is a typical action game with a first-person view, but the action of the game is limited to...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Collection, Historical, Tanks
Game released: PC → 1 December 2006
Players:
10/10
Operation Flashpoint (Game of the Year Edition) is a first-person simulator with elements of action, shooter, flight simulator, helicopter simulator, historical...
Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots
Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox → 21 March 2003
Metacritic:
73/100
This science-fiction action shooter follows combat pilot Jack Archer as he fights the alien Zentraedi forces threatening Earth. The campaign spans more than 40...
Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Fighting, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Helicopters, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 2004
Stealth Combat is a first-person arcade game with elements of simulator, action, shooter, strategy, fighting game, flight simulator, helicopter simulator, tank...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Tanks, Shooter, Free game
Game released: Mac, PC → 12 November 2002
Players:
10/10
Steam:
50/100
Metacritic:
57/100
This multiplayer military combat simulation is set in a persistent World War II campaign whose outcome is determined by the players. Battles unfold across a shared...
Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Helicopters, Futurism (Future), Tanks
Game released: Dreamcast, Mac, PC → 30 November 1999
Incoming: The Final Conflict is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter, flight simulator, helicopter simulator and tank simulator from the masters...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tanks
Game released: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 29 May 2002
Metacritic:
78/100
Set in 2050, this futuristic action flight simulator takes place in a world where the United Nations and NATO have been replaced by the United Peace Force. As a new...
Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: PlayStation 2 → 6 March 2003
Metacritic:
56/100
This fantasy action game features aerial combat in a world where three factions are fighting for power. Players control mythical creatures—including dragons...