It is an old game,but still nice to be played.
European Air War is the long awaited sequel to 1942: Pacific Air War, one of the most popular flight sims ever made. EAW was originally titled "1943: European Air War" but the 1943 was dropped, most likely due to the sim's inclusion of conflicts from both 1940 and 1944. Much like the Falcon series of sims, 1942: Pacific Air War was a true classic and one of the major reasons why Microprose used to be known as the king of simulations.
EAW allows you to fly a total of 20 planes from the USAAC (United States Army Air Corps), RAF (Royal Air Force), or the German Luftwaffe. You can fly this happy mob of aircraft (including the German Me-262, the first jet fighter aircraft) over most of Britain, France, and Germany in either a quick mission, single mission, or one of three campaigns; 1940: Battle of Britain, 1943: European Theater, or 1944: European Theater. The two European Theater campaigns differ only when your career begins, not ends.
Once you begin a single or quick mission, or fly a campaign mission, you'll notice the quirks of the graphics engine. Restricted to a resolution of 640x480 (unless you get the patch) and operating with a 256 color, 8-bit palette, the graphics may seem at first somewhat low tech. Once you get into the meat of the game though, you might begin to appreciate the simplistic approach to graphics found in European Air War. The flat terrain, which is believable for the most part, as France and Britain are fairly flat in the areas of concern, delivers a great sense of altitude and a good sense of speed when you get down low. Also, the limited color palette gives the game a somewhat grayish, gritty feel which feels appropriate for World War 2.
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