IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Oleg Maddox’s world famous IL-2 Sturmovik series of flight simulators continues to expand. The latest offering, IL-2 1946, adds 36 new planes, four new gigantic maps, over a hundred new ground objects, and…
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is a shooter developed by 1C: Maddox Games, released 7 December 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.99 at Humble Store.
What IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is a shooter game developed by 1C: Maddox Games and released in 2006. It was published by 1C-777. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Three of the nine campaigns are a departure into alternate history, focusing on hypothetical battles between the Soviet Union and Germany in the year 1946, while WWII still rages on. Both the VVS and Luftwaffe now have access to advanced jet and rocket fighters, and other revolutionary technology. All of these new planes are modeled with the same incredible degree of historical accuracy and attention to detail as all the other planes in Il-2.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz recommended), 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of RAM and DirectX® 9 compliant with 64 MB RAM (128 recommended)(see supported list*). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at Humble Store, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 launched on 7 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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