Jane's Longbow 2

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This is an simulation game for PC where the player is a pilot of an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter{{Cite web |title=Longbow 2 for PC – GameFAQs |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/197795-longbow-2 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=gamefaqs.gamespot.com}}. A fully dynamic campaign engine is used to create challenging missions and a random mission generator can be used to create a wide variety of missions. Gameplay is dynamic in the sense that new missions are generated automatically. The game features a command structure, allowing the player to command other helicopters, including OH-58 Kiowa scouts and UH-60 Black Hawk transports. The game's primary campaign features a fictional war between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran in which Iranian forces invade nearby Azerbaijan in early to mid 1990s.

Longbow Anthology was released in 1998 and is a compilation of Jane's AH-64D Longbow, the mission disk Flash Point: Korea (basically, Longbow Gold), and Longbow 2 in one box, with an abbreviated manual. Although compiled into one box, the games are still played as separate games, unlike Fighters Anthology which is all games of that series compiled into one playable game. All included simulators are fully patched to the latest versions.

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| Allgame = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last=Rubin|first=Brian|title=Longbow 2 – Review |publisher=Allgame |access-date=June 7, 2013 |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=5751&tab=review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114230109/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=5751&tab=review|archive-date=November 14, 2014}}

| CGW = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine |last1=Kim |first1=Robin G. |title=Review – Longbow 2 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=March 1998 |issue=164 |pages=164–165 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_164/page/n167/mode/2up |publisher=Ziff Davis}}

| rev1 = PC Gaming World

| rev1Score = 9.5/10{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010108235200/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/long_uk/review.html | url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/long_uk/review.html | title=AH-64D Longbow 2.0 Review | author=Takeda, Kenji | date=January 25, 1998 | work=PC Gaming World | archive-date=January 8, 2001 | url-status=dead}}

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In the United States, the game sold 49,397 copies during 1997.{{cite journal| author=Staff| date=April 1998|volume=5|issue=4|title=How Did the PCG Award Winners Fare? |journal=PC Gamer US|page=45}} Its total sales in the region reached 99,430 copies by October 1999, which drew in revenues of $3.89 million.{{cite magazine | author=Brown, Ken | date=October 1999 | title=EA Scraps Jane's A-10 | issue=183 | pages=44, 46 | magazine=Computer Gaming World}} The Longbow franchise as a whole, including the compilations and Jane's AH-64D Longbow, ultimately shipped above 1.2 million units.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818053637/http://www.gamespot.com/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/pcgraveyard_janes/index.html | title=PC Gaming Graveyard; Jane's A-10 Warthog | archive-date=August 18, 2000 | author=Geryk, Bruce | work=GameSpot | at=Toward Multiplay | url-status=dead | access-date=January 31, 2020}}

Kenji Takeda of PC Gaming World was positive of the game. Robin G. Kim of Computer Gaming World summarized: "[...] the designers have created a benchmark sim far beyond its award-winning predecessor."

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Longbow 2 for its inaugural "PC Simulation Game of the Year" award,{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090128/http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardupdate.htm |url=http://www.interactive.org:80/html/award/awardupdate.htm |title=The Award; Award Updates |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |archive-date=June 15, 1998 |url-status=dead }} but gave the prize to Microsoft Flight Simulator 98.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090115/http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardwin98.htm |url=http://www.interactive.org:80/html/award/awardwin98.htm |title=The Award; Award Updates |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |archive-date=June 15, 1998 |url-status=dead }} However, Longbow 2 was named the best flight simulation of 1997 by Computer Games Strategy Plus, Computer Gaming World,{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=Computer Gaming World | title=CGW Presents The Best & Worst of 1997 |date=March 1998 | issue=164 | pages=74–77, 80, 84, 88, 89}} GameSpot,{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816000042/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards97/index.html |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/awards97/index.html |title=GameSpot's Best & Worst Awards for 1997 |author=Staff |work=GameSpot |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 31, 2020}} CNET Gamecenter,{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980213071552/http://gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards97/Off/ | url=http://gamecenter.com:80/Features/Exclusives/Awards97/Off/ | title=The Gamecenter Awards for 97! | date=January 28, 1998 | author=The Gamecenter Editors | work=CNET Gamecenter | archive-date=February 13, 1998 | url-status=dead | access-date=January 31, 2020}} PC Gamer US and the Computer Game Developers Conference.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990429031108/http://www.ogr.com/specials/cgdc98/08spotlight.html | url=http://www.ogr.com/specials/cgdc98/08spotlight.html | title=Spotlight Award Winners | date=May 8, 1998 | author=Jensen, Chris | work=Online Gaming Review | publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. | archive-date=April 29, 1999 | url-status=dead}} It was also a runner-up for Computer Games Strategy Plus{{'}}s overall game of the year award, but lost to Myth: The Fallen Lords.{{cite web|author=Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206152953/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/009/194/1997_cgsp_awards.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/009/194/1997_cgsp_awards.html |title=The winners of the 1997 Computer Games Awards |date=January 19, 1998 |work=Computer Games Strategy Plus |archive-date=February 6, 2005 |url-status=dead}} The editors of Computer Gaming World wrote: "Authentic, exciting, immersive, and graphically dazzling, this is a sim that transcends its genre".

In 1998, PC Gamer declared it the 12th-best computer game ever released, noting its balance between realism and fun, and its campaign model and multi-player support.{{cite journal | author=The PC Gamer Editors | title=The 50 Best Games Ever | date=October 1998 | volume=5 | number=10 | journal=PC Gamer US | pages=86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 98, 101, 102, 109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 125, 126, 129, 130}}

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