Platinum collection "IL 2-Sturmovik" - a collection of the best flight simulators of past years

"IL 2-Sturmovik. Platinum Collection "is an assembly of the games of the" IL-2 Sturmovik "series. This game was developed by a subsidiary company of the company "1C" called Maddox Games and released in 2001 in Russia and Europe. In the latter case, Ubisoft Entertainment took over the rights of the publisher.

The collection contains 5 games that tell about different periods of the war. The last part of "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle for Stalingrad" is the last in the series and is considered the most technologically advanced.

The essence of the game

Platinum collection "IL-2 Sturmovik" will allow you to plunge into the most massive air battles of the Second World War. In the game there are a number of missions that occur before and after the war of Germany and the USSR. The platinum collection "IL 2-Sturmovik" touches upon special missions that took place in 1938 and 1946, when the Soviet Union did not touch a direct threat, but it was required to protect its interests elsewhere on the planet.

The game contains 8 large campaigns:

• 1941 year - in Lviv.
• 1941 - in Smolensk.
• 1941 in Moscow.
• 1942 - in Stalingrad.
• 1943 - in the Kuban.
• 1943 year - in Kursk.
• 1944 year - in the Crimea.
• 1945 - in Berlin.

Each of the military campaigns contains a set of different missions, which will depend on the type of aircraft that you have chosen and the parties for which you are playing. For example, pilots of the Luftwaffe detachment, belonging to the side of Germany, must concentrate their skills on battles in the air, intercepting bombers and escorting friendly units. In turn, the pilots of the Soviet Union act more on the objectives that are located on the ground.

Technical side

The game collection contains 77 types of aircraft, the main models of air equipment in Germany, the USSR and the USA, including their modifications. The game has all 10 different versions of the IL-2. Also there are 75 kinds of ground units, which includes tanks, motorcycles, antiaircraft guns and other types of equipment.

Also in the game "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle for Stalingrad" there are models of ships and submarines, which gives greater realism. The game series was revised many times and patched in due time. The last patch is 4.13 "IL 2-Sturmovik. Platinum collection "brought the game to its technical limit. The game began to have a better realism, which was able to reproduce its engine.

In the event that the gameplay seemed too difficult for you, you can use the cheats for "IL 2-Sturmovik. Platinum Collection ". They give some advantages that can help to overcome unrealizable missions.

Advantages of IL 2-Sturmovik (Platinum Collection)

There are a number of advantages that the game series can stand out from analogues. It should immediately be noted that all the achievements of graphics and game engine were relevant at the time of its release (2001) and now are not something outstanding.

• Contains all the games that the company developed in this series.
• 32 types of aircraft (including all modifications - 77).
• The developed models of air, land and marine equipment.
• Different weather and time of day at departures.
• Special missions.
• Multiplayer battles, allowing the use of up to 80 players in one battle.
• Detailed landscape.
• Record and change videos from your departures.
• Beautiful special effects.
• Ranks and awards for successfully completed missions.
• Game modes for both the pilot and the airborne shooter.

Also worth noting is that this game is one of the very first developed addon system. Were released as full-fledged additions, bringing the game new military campaigns, and special, making only small changes and adding new military equipment.

With each new addon in the game, the game engine itself changes, which allows you to bring graphics and physics to a higher level, as well as new models of air, land and marine equipment. Also new additions contain modified and more elaborate map models.

Achievements of the game collection

Series of games "IL 2-Sturmovik. Platinum Collection "received several awards.

• Included in the top 25 games of any time according to the IGN resource version.
• The game magazine "Igromania" mentioned the game as the best sports simulator and the best Russian game for 2001.

Of course, it is worth buying a platinum collection of this game series, as it contains all the key add-ons "IL 2-Sturmovik" and minor modifications. The collection displays the latest achievements in graphics and engine. The game received some awards from authoritative gaming magazines and therefore it is worth it to appreciate to know the classics of the genre.