That said I’ve always just loved the whole package, not just the visuals, and have desperately hoped to see the game updated in any capacity to get it looking and playing its best on modern devices. Of course that was the better part of a decade ago, and AirAttack 2 while still quite the looker maybe isn’t as impressive as it was back in 2015. I awarded it our Game of the Week honors when it released and we gave it 5 stars in our original review. Instead it was a mobile game that cost all of two dollars, and for the majority of its existence including right this moment, just a single dollar. Not only was the game mind blowing in the visuals department, but it offered up a ton of variety in terms of gameplay that you don’t always see in the shoot ’em up genre, and altogether it felt like something that would have easily been a $30 or $40 PS Vita game and nobody would have batted an eye. You may remember if you hung around these parts in late 2015 when AirAttack 2 first released just what an impact it had on the community. This time around the golden oldie getting updated is AirAttack 2. Most of the time I’m just left waiting and wanting, but every once in a while a super old game will get a surprise update out of the blue, and it sends my heart aflutter. These games have never left my device and despite not being optimized for today’s iOS devices I keep that folder around in the hopes that someday maybe one or more of those games will get the modern updates they deserve. Do yourself a favor and at least try out the Lite version of AirAttack…you can thank me later.I have this folder on my iPhone that is filled with some of my all-time favorite games that haven’t been updated in forever, games like KeroBlaster, The Incident, Ridiculous Fishing, Slayin, Punch Quest, and more. It’s difficult to believe that this game is only $0.99–the graphics are top dollar. I would dearly love to see more mission added to the roster, because 8 just isn’t enough. It doesn’t take a genius to play AirAttack, but it’s simple directive only adds to the beauty of the game. Add the graphics with responsive controls, an epic soundtrack (it sounds like it should be featured in war action movies), and addictive gameply, and you’ve got yourself a winner. With so much going on on-screen, you’d think there’d be lag, but the game ran without a single hitch or crash. Realistically rendered and often just flat-out stunning, it’s hard not to take a breather in the action just to admire the art. Hands-down the best feature of AirAttack are its 3D graphics. Make sure to keep track of how many lives you’re losing. It’s not my favorite method of destruction because it seems very imprecise to me, but it does make a satisfying explosion. You can also collect bonus points by destroying enemies with bombs, which you deploy with a double tap (make sure your bomb meter has fully loaded before you try). In-game upgrades, ammunition, money, and more will appear after destroying certain enemies: fly through them to collect. But there are plenty of upgrades for your own weapons and plane, both during the game and at the floating shop that pops up after finishing a mission. Sometimes the air is so thick with firepower that damage to your plane is imminent. There are a total of 8 missions, each with its own boss fight at the end, and 58 different enemy types in all. But as fun as it is watching your plane roll through the air, you still have all of your enemies (and their rather significant amount of firepower) to worry about. Personally, I prefer the Touch option, as I feel it gives me the most control maneuvering through the air is as simple as sliding your finger. These can be found under Settings, and can also be switched while you are playing–just hit Pause. To fly the plane, you have four types of controls: Touch, Relative Touch, Tilt, and Joypad. You’re the pilot of a single fighter plane, whose missions pretty much boil down to one directive: shoot down and destroy all the enemies in your flight path. A vertical-scrolling, top-down shoot-’em-up, AirAttack is like an evolved version of the popular classic arcade game 1942. Finally, the long-awaited release of the full version of Art in Game’s AirAttack is upon us.
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