| IL-2 Sturmovik | |
|---|---|
 El logotipo original de IL-2 Sturmovik que 1C: Maddox Games diseñó en 2001. | |
| Género (s) | Simulador de vuelo de combate |
| Desarrollador (es) | 1C: Maddox Games , Team Fusion Simulations y 1C Game Studios |
| Editorial (es) | 1C , Ubisoft |
| Plataforma (s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Primer lanzamiento | IL-2 Sturmovik 18 de noviembre de 2001 |
| Último lanzamiento | IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles 19 de noviembre de 2013 |
IL-2 Sturmovik ( Ruso : Ил-2 Штурмовик ) es una serie de videojuegos de simulación de vuelo de combate de la Segunda Guerra Mundial creados originalmente en 2001 por el desarrollador ruso de videojuegos Maddox Games bajo la marca 1C: Maddox Games , luego de su asociación con 1C Company. . Maddox Games dejó 1C Company en 2011. Desde 2012, los nuevos desarrolladores de 1C son 1C Game Studios (que desarrolla laserie de juegos de simulación Great Battles ) y Team Fusion Simulations (que desarrolla Dover serie de juegos de simulación). Por lo tanto, 1C Company posee actualmente la etiqueta IL-2 Sturmovik y ejecuta tres generaciones acumuladas diferentes de juegos IL-2 ( se han establecido tres generaciones de juegos IL-2 a medida que se han desarrollado tres etapas de motor de juego diferentes desde 2001).
Junto con sus secuelas, IL-2 Sturmovik es considerado uno de los principales simuladores de vuelo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. [1] La serie cubre varios aviones volables de origen soviético , alemán , estadounidense , británico , japonés , francés , italiano , rumano , checoslovaco , polaco y otros. [2] Los diferentes juegos de la serie cubren diferentes teatros de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, incluido el frente oriental , el frente occidental y el teatro del Pacífico.. [3]
Historia [ editar ]
Los juegos IL-2 Sturmovik abarcan tres generaciones:
- El primer juego de la serie, IL-2 Sturmovik , se lanzó por primera vez el 18 de noviembre de 2001. [4] Esto inició la línea original de juegos IL-2 Sturmovik que en la actualidad se titula oficialmente IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 como este fue el título de su "Edición completa" en 2006, la compilación final de complementos de la primera generación de juegos IL-2 . [5]
- El desarrollo de un motor de juego completamente diferente en la serie, introducido en 2011 tras el lanzamiento de IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover , inició la segunda generación de juegos de la serie.
Casi inmediatamente después del lanzamiento de Cliffs of Dover , Maddox Games dejó 1C Company. En 2012, un grupo de voluntarios llamado " Team Fusion " se hizo cargo de Maddox Games y comenzó a trabajar en Cliffs of Dover , corrigiendo errores y mejorando el juego. Esto condujo en diciembre de 2017 para el lanzamiento de una nueva versión del juego (llamado acantilados de Dover BLITZ ) y en agosto de 2020 para el primer add-on en la segunda generación de IL-2 juegos: IL-2 Sturmovik: Desierto de las alas - Tobruk . [6]
- En diciembre de 2012, el otro desarrollador de 1C es 1C Game Studios , formado después de la asociación con el desarrollador de videojuegos 777 Studios , principalmente conocido por desarrollar y lanzar el simulador Rise of Flight de 2009 . El primer juego de esta colaboración, y el último título de la serie IL-2 Sturmovik , inició la tercera generación de juegos de la serie, IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles , que se lanzó en noviembre de 2013 bajo el título IL-2 Sturmovik. : Batalla de Stalingrado .
A partir de 2017, toda la tercera generación se titula IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles . En la serie Great Battles , cada juego se considera un "módulo". Battle of Stalingrad , Battle of Kuban y Flying Circus son ejemplos de módulos de la serie. Las versiones mencionadas en el cuadro a continuación dan la cantidad de versiones alcanzadas inmediatamente antes de que se lance el siguiente módulo con acceso anticipado (por ejemplo, tras el lanzamiento del módulo Battle of Bodenplatte , la versión de IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battlesera, en ese momento, la versión 3.003). Tenga en cuenta que, a la izquierda de las versiones, el año dado para cada juego corresponde a su lanzamiento de acceso completo, no a su lanzamiento de acceso anticipado. La compra de un módulo es en cualquier momento una actualización pagadera y descargable que actualiza automáticamente todos los demás módulos de Great Battles a la última versión del juego.
Las tres generaciones, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 , IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover e IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles , todavía están en uso y cuentan con el apoyo del actual propietario de la etiqueta IL-2 Sturmovik , la empresa rusa 1C. Empresa .
Juegos [ editar ]
| Primera generación | Segunda generación | Tercera generación |
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First generation of games (IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946)[edit]
| Title | Year | Versions | System | Publisher | Metacritic score (PC) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-2 Sturmovik | 2001 | 1.0, 1.1a, 1.2 | Windows | Ubisoft | 91/100 | Standalone game |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles | 2003 | 1.1, 1.2b, 1.21, 1.22 | Windows | Ubisoft | 86/100 | Standalone game |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack | 2004 | 2.01, 2.04 | Windows | Ubisoft | 85/100 | Add-on |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Gold Pack | 2004 | 2.01, 2.04 | Windows | Ubisoft | Standalone game | |
| Pacific Fighters | 2004 | 3.0, 3.03, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04 | Windows | Ubisoft | 76/100 | Standalone game |
| Pe-2 Peshka | 2006 | 4.05 | Windows | Ubisoft | Add-on | |
| Sturmoviks over Manchuria | 2006 | 4.06 | Windows | Ubisoft | Add-on | |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 | 2006 | 4.07 | Windows | Ubisoft | 86/100 | Add-on |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 - Complete Edition | 2006 | 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.101 | Windows | Ubisoft | Standalone game | |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey | 2009 | Windows, 360, PS3, PSP, NDS | 1C Company | 78/100 | Standalone game | |
| Wings of Prey | 2009 | Windows | 1C Company | 78/100 | Standalone game |
Second generation of games (Dover series)[edit]
| Title | Year | Versions | System | Publisher | Metacritic score (PC) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover | 2011 | 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.01, 4.0, 4.3, 4.312 | Windows | 1C Company | 60/100[7] | Standalone game, now dismissed |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover BLITZ | 2017 | 4.5, 4.53, 4.54, 4.55, 4.56, 4.57, 5.0, 5.001, 5.002, 5.003, 5.004, 5.005 | Windows | 1C Company | 70/100[8] | Standalone game, the currently official basic game |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings – Tobruk | 2020 | 5.0, 5.001, 5.002, 5.003, 5.004, 5.005 | Windows | 1C Company | Add-on |
Third generation of games (Great Battles series)[edit]
| Title | Year | Versions | System | Publisher | Metacritic score (PC) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad | 2013 | 1.003, 1.004, 1.005, 1.006, 1.007 1.008, 1.009, 1.010, 1.011 | Windows | 1C Company | 74/100 | Standalone game |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow | 2016 | 1.101, 1.102, 1.103, 1.104, 1.105, 1.106, 1.107 1.107b, 1.201, 2.001, 2.002, 2.002b, 2.003, 2.005 2.006, 2.006c, 2.007, 2.008, 2.009, 2.010, 2.011 | Windows | 1C Company | Standalone game | |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Kuban | 2018 | 2.012, 3.001, 3.002 | Windows | 1C Company | Standalone game | |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Bodenplatte | 2019 | 3.003, 3.004 | Windows | 1C Company | Standalone game | |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy | TBD | TBD | Windows | 1C Company | Standalone game, currently in early-access | |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Flying Circus | 2019 | 3.005, 3.006, 3.007, 3.008, 3.009, 3.010, 3.010b, 3.010c 3.011, 3.012, 3.101, 3.102, 3.201, 4.001, 4.002, 4.003, 4.004, 4.005, 4.006, 4.007, 4.008, 4.009 | Windows | 1C Company | Standalone game | |
| IL-2 Sturmovik: Tank Crew | 2019 | Same as Flying Circus | Windows | 1C Company | Standalone game |
Original IL-2 Sturmovik series[edit]
The original IL-2 Sturmovik series, from IL-2 Sturmovik (2001) to IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (2009), features a number of games using the same engine, but featuring different battlefields and aircraft:
IL-2 Sturmovik[edit]
IL-2 Sturmovik came out in 2001, featuring 31 flyable aircraft and focusing on the Eastern Front.[9]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles[edit]
The first sequel Forgotten Battles was released in March 2003. In addition to the content from the original game, it added a number of simulated planes and battlefields and introduced the Continuation War theater.[10].IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles was a payable product that did not require the original 2001 game to be installed. A relevant new feature in Forgotten Battles was the campaign system that for the first time in the IL-2 Sturmovik games started the dynamic mode.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack[edit]
The Forgotten Battles Ace Expansion Pack was released in March 2004, adding 20 new modelled aircraft, 10 of them flyable by the player and with three new maps battlefields (Ardennes, Normandy, Pacific). Not a standalone game, the Ace Expansion Pack was a payable product which required that Forgotten Battles was previously installed.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles - Gold Pack[edit]
The Gold Pack was simultaneously released with the Ace Expansion Pack. The Gold Pack reunited Forgotten Battles and Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack in one single standalone installation game. It was intended to purchasers who never before have bought any game in the IL-2 Sturmovik series.
Pacific Fighters[edit]
Released as a stand-alone expansion pack in October 2004, Pacific Fighters focuses on the Pacific theater, with theater-appropriate aircraft, as well as aircraft carriers and battleships.[11]
Pe-2 Peshka[edit]
In May 2006, the Pe-2 Peshka (domestically known as Истории пикирующего бомбардировщика, "Stories of a dive bomber") add-on was released in Europe and North America. This added 95 campaigns, five single missions and five multi-player cooperative missions. Two new flyable aircraft, the Petlyakov Pe-2 (four variants) and the Petlyakov Pe-3 (two variants), as well as a large number of new ground vehicles and artillery were also included. When installed, Pe-2 Peshka is merged with previous games in the series. Pe-2 Peshka was a payable and downloadable patch, mainly intended to players who had accumulated all previous add-ons and patches of the series.
Sturmoviks over Manchuria[edit]
Sturmoviks over Manchuria was a downloadable add-on, mainly focusing on the Manchuria region and the border between the USSR, China and Japanese-occupied Korea. With this new add-on the player could fly aircraft related to the conflicts that broke out in this region at the end of the Second World War. Sturmoviks over Manchuria was a payable and downloadable patch, mainly intended to players who had accumulated all previous add-ons and patches of the series.
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946[edit]
Ubisoft released simultaneously both the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 add-on (DLC) and the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 compilation pack (in stores) in December 2006 in Europe and Australia; North American release was on 13 March 2007. The standalone compilation DVD takes its title from the add-on. In addition to all of the above games, the compilation includes the three new add-ons released in 2006: Pe-2 Peshka (released in May, see above) and the two add-ons newly included in the package: Sturmoviks over Manchuria and 1946. This raised the total number of aircraft to over 300 with 32 new flyable aircraft, such as Soviet and Japanese aircraft that served during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945. Referring to a purely hypothetical continuation of World War II in 1946, the 1946 add-on introduced a few aircraft which in real history never went beyond the design stage (the Heinkel Lerche and the Focke-Wulf Ta 183, for example). Among others, the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 compilation pack introduced the historically existing Yak-15, MiG-9, MiG-13, Ar-234, N1K-J, J2M, Ki-21, A-20C, Il-10 and many others. It also features nearly 200 new missions and new maps featuring the Kiev region, new parts of the USSR, Manchuria, China, Korea and Burma.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey[edit]
Birds of Prey is an IL-2 port created by Gaijin Entertainment. It was released in September 2009 for PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, as well as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In December 2009, the game was made available for Microsoft Windows under the title Wings of Prey.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover[edit]
In March 2011, 1C released a sequel to the original IL-2 series (although running its own game engine) under the title IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover. In November 2017 an improved version of the game with the name of Cliffs of Dover BLITZ was developed by Team Fusion Simulations with permission by 1C Company. In August 2020 Team Fusion Simulations released the first BLITZ add-on, Desert Wings – Tobruk, set in the skies of North Africa during the Western Desert campaign from 1940 to 1943.[6]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles[edit]
In December 2012, it was announced that 1C Company had combined with 777 Studios to form 1C Game Studios (1c-777 Limited).[12] In November 2013 the team released another sequel in the series, titled IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, this time running the "Digital Nature" game engine (created in 2009 for Rise of Flight). After Battle of Stalingrad underwent a series of improvements between 2013 and 2016, its game engine saw its name changed from "Digital Nature" to "Digital Warfare" in November 2017.[13] 1C Game Studios ended up releasing new theatres of operations, distinct from the Stalingrad area, the first being IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow, released in 2016. In November 2017, when announcing the change of name of the game engine, 1C Game Studios also announced that all subsequent products would be a part of the newly named IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles brand,[13] a series of simulations not only dealing with World War II aircraft as it also allows players to purchase a World War I aircraft simulator game (Flying Circus) or an add-on intended to operate World War II tanks (Tank Crew).[13]
All of the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles games are standalone games and it is not necessary to purchase and install any of the other games in the series.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad[edit]
The first game in the new series, released in early access in 2013. The full-content version of IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad was not released until 2014.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow[edit]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Moscow was released in 2016[14]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Kuban[edit]
In September 2016 development of IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Kuban was announced in the official forums.[15] IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Kuban was released on 14 March 2018 through the official website and on 13 July 2018 through Steam.[16][17]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Bodenplatte[edit]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Bodenplatte was released in October 2019. The pack includes aircraft that were operated by the USAAF, Royal Air Force and Luftwaffe during Operation Bodenplatte, the last and final large-scale offensive by the Luftwaffe in the closing stages of World War II.[13]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy[edit]
Currently in early-access (partial content is available), IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy was announced in November 2019.[18]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Flying Circus[edit]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Flying Circus was released in November 2019. For the first time since 2001, Flying Circus is the first game in the IL-2 Sturmovik series that allows players to fly aircraft that are not among World War II era models: indeed, in this instance, the aimed period and plane models are those of World War I.[13]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Tank Crew[edit]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Tank Crew was released in November 2019. This is the first game in the entire IL-2 Sturmovik series that is not intended to fly aircraft: the pack allows players to seat inside WWII tanks and operate them in the very same simulated environment that is played by users who operate the usual WWII aircraft.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Spotlight: Ilushin IL2 Shturmovik, Digital age Shturmoviks. Fly Past magazine, pp 54-73. April 2011
- ^ Video Game / IL-2 Sturmovik on tvtropes.org
- ^ "IL-2 Sturmovik Retrospective: Pacific Fighters". SimHQ. Retrieved 14 December 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "IL-2 Sturmovik for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 December 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 16, 2014. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ a b "IL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings – Tobruk is Out Now, The new addition to the critically acclaimed aerial combat simulation series takes you over the sands of North Africa, August 6, 2020"
- ^ "IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover BLITZ Edition". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Chuck, Tom (2001-12-02). "IL-2 Sturmovik Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2012-11-06. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles". ubi.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Pacific Fighters". ubi.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "About Partnership and Battle of Stalingrad". IL2 Sturmovik Forums. Retrieved 9 July 2017. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ a b c d e f "Announcing Battle of Bodenplatte, Flying Circus, Tank Crew and more..." IL-2 Official Site. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-01-11. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "IL-2: Battle of Moscow Full Review". Retrieved 2016-12-20. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Announcing Battle of Kuban and Development Plan!". Retrieved 2016-12-20. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "Version 3.001 Launched - Battle of Kuban is Officially Released". 14 March 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Kuban release on 13 July 2018 as announced by the Steam service.
- ^ "Announcing Battle of Normandy!". IL-2 Sturmovik Forum. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
Further reading[edit]
In the late 2013 and early 2014, Oleg Maddox, the main creator of the original IL-2 Sturmovik back in 2001, gave permission to Fred "HeinKill" Williams for publishing an interview, which SimHQ did, in four parts:
- "IL-2 Sturmovik Retrospective: Looking Back on a Legend", by Fred "HeinKill" Williams, on 1 December 2013 for SimHQ online magazine
- "IL-2 Sturmovik Retrospective: Forgotten Battles", by Fred "HeinKill" Williams, on 20 December 2013 for SimHQ online magazine
- "IL-2 Sturmovik Retrospective: Pacific Fighters", by Fred "HeinKill" Williams, on 25 December 2013 for SimHQ online magazine
- "IL-2 Sturmovik Retrospective: 1946 and Beyond", by Fred "HeinKill" Williams, on 13 Janvier 2014 for SimHQ online magazine
External links[edit]
- IL-2 Sturmovik official website
