December 2010
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
9h 25m
English
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Combat
Best App for Fighter Plane Combat
$0.99 Version: 1.0 | Art in Games
At just under a buck, Air Attack HD earns a bonus award for best price per screenful of graphical awesomeness. Your mission: steer an astonishingly nimble airship through a 3D-riffic missile storm of enemy fire. Eight levels await, each a new showcase for a Nazi-powered sea, ground, and air assault. The enemies you face range from standard fare (tanks, gunships) to physics-defying Franken-machines. It also richly rewards gaming fighter pilot newbies with a quickly gratifying (experienced shooters might call it wimpy) rollup of enemy kills.
COCKPIT CONTROL: A generous “restart where you left off” option means plenty of chances to hone your fighting chops. Experiment with the different control modes till you find the one that best suits your hand/eye skills. “Tilt” turns the iPad into a combo display/steering wheel; “touch” lets you use finger-tracing control to pick your path. If you go the touch route, laying the iPad on a table makes it easier to sketch your plane’s route.
ATTACK FLAK: The game favors pilots who bob and weave versus those who lay back and play a baseline, defensive game. Your plane’s guns remain on auto fire, so all you need to concentrate on is steering and controlling the special ...
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