Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Air strike 1944

Air strike 1944


Think of the classic arcade plane shooter, 1942. Now think of it with revamped graphics, add in a storyline, cool fireworks like explosions and special effects, and bigger, bad-er weapons that couldn’t possible exist in that era. You’ve got yourself G@meloft’s new Air Strike 1944!

Air Strike 1944 gives you the command of one of three types of fighter planes, each different in terms of speed and fire power. You get to choose one, and you must stick with it throughout the game. It’s almost like a clone of Sky Force in that way. The game itself is pretty smooth, and the action is practically non stop, as it should be with an arcade game. There are plenty of enemy planes of various sizes to blast, and double that amount of enemy fire to evade! It’s addictive that’s for sure, the mindless blasting and shooting. And to be frank of all the arcade games for mobile I’ve played, I found Air Strike 1944 the hardest! It’s certainly not a walk in the park, but thank god there’s plenty of lives to collect as you play the game, and not to mention you’ve got 5 credits to use if you’ve used those all up too. But not too worry, if you still lose even all your credits in a level, that doesn’t mean you have to start the game all over again. The game is saved after every level, so if you’ve run of credits, you simply start that level again. Credits lets you continue the level from where you died. See the difference? I don’t recommend using credits though, fighting a boss with a level one weapon is practically suicide.


There is yet a case where a gamer can complain of G@meloft’s games’ graphics being below par. And there isn’t going to be a chance now either. Air Strike will definitely impress you with its superb graphics, and really nice and flashy explosions and special effects. Right from the very beginning, I found the modeling for all the planes especially unique. It’s like a hybrid of antique WW2 plane and alien-like technology! I didn’t know the Germans had laser cannons and planes the size of a city!?

However, considering G@meloft’s long run of good games with good music, I must say I was disappointed in Air Strike 1944. Of course, that’s not to say the music for this game is bad. Quite the contrary, it has good explosion sounds, and good menu music. But G@meloft forgot the in game music! What arcade plane shoot-em-up does not have good heroic sounding music to boost up the adrenaline?! Luckily, G@meloft does salvage the situation with at least some in-game music when the boss of the level arrives. Sounds in the game; aplenty, music in the game; not enough.

Bottom-line; Air Strike has superb gameplay, special effects, and replayability. However, one cannot help but feel that G@meloft could have done much better in the in-game music department. A great game for all arcade lovers, though if one isn’t used to the arcade genre, the person will probably get creamed constantly by the AI around the end of the game.
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