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Ubisoft contest asks you to shoot down planes, undress dames
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII is, rather ostensibly, a game about good airplanes shooting down evil airplanes. Unfortunately, a central dilemma faced by Ubisoft UK's marketing department is that only a very small segment of the target audience is sexually attracted to winged machines. Draping some fine women all over the cockpit is as good a solution as any, and much like strapping a floral bikini onto a decrepit corpse, gives the horrors of airborne war that sexy spin. That's not the only thing you'll get out of it, as the classy "Girls of Blazing Angels 2" challenge you to a particularly sadistic website minigame, offering an Xbox 360 Elite as prize. The game, apparently based around Victoria's Secret Missions of World War II, is explained quite simply: "The longer you survive the more the girls of Blazing Angels will strip." Exciting in theory, but maddeningly distracting in practice. You try piloting a plane through waves of enemies while a woman takes off her clothes in a nearby video window! Whoever gets the Xbox 360 in the end will have demonstrated an amazing knack for concentration despite being bombarded by Ubisoft's amazing lack of sophistication.[Via MSXbox World, thanks Scott.]
Blazing Angels 2 demo hits the XBLM skies
There really isn't a lot more to say than that is there? Yup, the headline pretty much encapsulates the whole story. We'll just reiterate then, okay? A demo for Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. As with most demos, you will get a chance to sample a small portion of the game. Having sampled the game, you are expected to make a decision regarding the purchase of the full retail game. Ubisoft probably hopes that your decision will be somewhere in the region of "yes." So there you go, download demo, play demo, make decision. Easy, right?[Via Joystiq]
Blazing Angels 2 demo crashes/soars onto Xbox Live
Do you believe in second chances? Like most reviewers, you may have been somewhat underwhelmed by the original Blazing Angels. Now, a demo for the second game in the series, Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII, is available on Marketplace, and you've been given a very valuable opportunity: The chance to turn the other cheek.Who knows? Maybe the underwhelming single-player has been patched up, with better squad balance. Maybe the gameplay has been mixed up so it's not so dull. You can give the game a second chance now, with absolutely no cost to you. It's not just a way to fill minutes and hard drive space ... it's the right thing to do.
Blazing Angels 2 Box Art
To The Game got their hands on the UK's Box art for Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII, Ubisoft's sequel to Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII. Sorry, we just find the subtitles funny for some odd reason. Either way, the sequel has the player undertaking some of the "most dangerous missions in exotic locations across the globe." That's fine, so long as the Achievements are just as easy as the first game's and include the God mode and Heavy Damage codes, as they actually made it fun to play, or less of a chore; we're not sure which. Based on your experience with the first title, would you play a second, exotic locales and all?
