Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain (1989)
Genres:Simulator
Themes:Action, Historical, Warfare
Game modes:Single player
Story:After humbling all of Europe, the dreaded Third Reich planned to bring Great Britain to its knees. Pilot British Spitfires and Hurricanes against the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt fighters or Stuka, Dornier and Heinkel bombers. Or climb inthe German cockpits to dogfight against the gallant pilots of the RAF.
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Hours and hours spent on this. Career mode, personalized pilots in your squadron. From what I recall good flight dynamics for the time and challenging. Love this game. Would buy it immediately from GOG even with newer pc titles out there.
Only got this one after it's sequel (SWOTL), but played it for long hours in the summer of 94, and after.
Despite not having a long career mode (the game depicts the battle of britain, after all), the campaign mode was quite good for the time. As the other two games from the trio (Battle Hawks 1942, Their Finest Hour and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe), I would say the one of the short falls is the lack of aerial collisions.
Back in 1990 i was in high school and was obsessed with this game, on the Amiga. It formed my interest in WW2 history, and then... broader history in general. As well as flight sims. I actually had a roster of pilots all based off my school class and when they died i kinda felt it!
I was high in the sky defending a base from the Germans, we took out all the bombers and fighters but one. it was smoking, then banked, rolled twards the base and started climbing, it went super high up then Kmikazied the base, destroying it fully, and loosing me the base. i couldent catch him on the way down. I owe that pilot some payback!
The 3d experience so long ago was mind-blowing compared with arcade flight games prior. Amazing time in combat history to capture. Memorable fights that gave the feel of Star Wars space combat, as this era was their inspiration. What truly stunned me as to be able to control a 3d camera and be able to move it anywhere and look at anything from any angle. The world and events were real. AND the printed manual was astounding in the history and flavor it included.
Arcade enough to be fun, realistic enough to really evoke the period and the classic planes. Also, the only flight simulator where I could consistently land without crashing!
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