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 2009 (Game released)
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Online
Game released: PC → 31 July 2009
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This first- and third-person military simulation is set in the fictional post-Soviet state of Chernarus, where U.S. Marines become caught in a conflict over control...
Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks
Game released: PC → 26 June 2008
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
84/100
Battlefield Vietnam is a first-person shooter. The game takes place during the Vietnam War. There are two warring parties in the game: the US/South Vietnamese army...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Tactics, Open world
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 14 January 2010
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a tactical shooter with a first-person view, the events of which will tell about the military conflict on one of the islands...
Action, Simulation, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical
Game released: PC → 6 August 2010
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
78/100
This historical flight simulator focuses on large-scale aerial battles of World War II and military operations across Europe. In Wings of Prey, players pilot...
Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Free game, Online
Game released: PC → 29 June 2009
Players:
10/10
Steam:
56/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A new generation flight simulator. The game events take place during the First World War. The theater of military operations is the Western Front. The events...
Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Sandbox
Game released: Mac, PC, Linux → 17 November 2009
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
73/100
X3: Terran Conflict is a continuation of the global management strategy in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place back in 2938, where the greatest...
Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Strategy, Simulation
Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 October 2010
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Battlestations: Pacific is a realistic military simulator with first and third person views. You have to go to the historical battlefields of World War II and lead...
Arcade, Action, Bowling, Golf, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Sports game, Olympics, Table tennis, Wakeboarding, Bicycles
Game released: Wii → 20 December 2009
Metacritic:
80/100
This collection of sports games is set on a tropical island and features activities for solo play and competition with friends and family. A sequel to Wii Sports...
Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future)
Game released: PC → 30 October 2009
X³: Gold Edition is a first-person simulator with elements of action, flight simulator and business simulator from the masters from the EGOSOFT GmbH studio...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Tactics, Open world
Game released: PC → 8 October 2009
Steam:
64/100
This tactical first- and third-person shooter centers on a fictional conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands, with the fighting threatening to escalate into a...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future)
Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 May 2009
Metacritic:
73/100
Raiden Fighters Aces is a collection of three arcade top-down shooters in which players pilot combat ships. Training mode allows ships and wingmen to be customized...
Action, Fighting, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Collection, Historical
Game released: PSP → 20 October 2006
Metacritic:
72/100
This collection brings together 20 classic Capcom games, including 1941, Avengers, Block Block, Captain Commando, Magic Sword, Quiz and Dragons, Street Fighter...