AirAttack
{{Short description|2010 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = AirAttack
| image = AirAttack video game logo.jpeg
| caption = App store icon
| developer = Art In Games
| publisher = Art In Games
| released = July 15, 2010
| genre = Action
| modes =
}}
AirAttack (AirAttack HD) is a 2010 action video game developed and published by Slovak studio Art In Games (Coyla games).
Design
Touch Arcade notes "AirAttack departs from the traditional 2D platform of vertical shoot-em-ups and opts for a fully realistic 3D world", creating a point of difference from other similar games of this nature.{{cite web|url=http://toucharcade.com/2010/07/19/air-attack-review-a-punchy-3d-shmup-spectacle/|title='Air Attack' Review -- A Punchy 3D Shmup Spectacle|date=19 July 2010|publisher=|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-date=21 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421231358/http://toucharcade.com/2010/07/19/air-attack-review-a-punchy-3d-shmup-spectacle/|url-status=live}}
Gameplay
AirAttack is an action video game played from top-down perspective and three-dimensional environment. At the beginning of the game, the player starts with three planes, resembling the F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning and a Yakolev Yak-3. They must choose one from the three and start their fight. The latter planes also use flamethrower and fireball. A flamethrower is used to burn all types of enemies, while the fireball serves the plane as deflection from crashing into another planes with swift pivotal circulation. The player's plane has a primary weapon that fires continuously at a constant velocity that can attack aerial enemies, land enemies except the train, and certain buildings. The plane is manipulated by moving it along screen, possibly using mouse, tilting the device, joypad and relative touch (manual input sensitivity). Double tapping the screen drops a bomb that can destroy land enemies and buildings in order to collect coins. Shop also appears throughout the level. Player can enter it to buy gadgets such as homing rockets, super rockets, turrets, shields, side planes, lightnings, bombs that can destroy wider area, extra lives, cannons, and timewraps (provides slow motion technique).
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| title = AirAttack
| GR = 78.75%{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/iphone/999153-airattack/index.html |title=AirAttack (iOS) |publisher=GameRankings |date= |accessdate=January 25, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016160559/http://www.gamerankings.com/iphone/999153-airattack/index.html |url-status=live }}
| MC = 84/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/airattack/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad |title=AirAttack (iOS) |publisher=Metacritic |date= |accessdate=January 25, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208144502/http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/airattack |url-status=live }}
| rev1= 148 Apps
| rev2= AppSpy
| rev3= Common Sense Media
| rev4= Multiplayer.it
| rev5= Pocket Gamer
| rev5Score = 6/10{{cite web |url=http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/AirAttack/review.asp?c=22318 |title=AirAttack Review |publisher=Pocket Gamer |date=August 2, 2010 |accessdate=January 25, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121919/http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/AirAttack/review.asp?c=22318 |url-status=live }}
| rev6= Slide to Play
}}
The game received generally positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review website GameRankings provides an average rating of 78.75% based on 4 reviews, whereas Metacritic provides an average rating of 84 out of 100 based on 6 reviews, meaning generally favorable reviews.
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Sequel
{{Main Article|AirAttack 2}}
A sequel has been released in 2015 by Art In Games.
References
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External links
- {{iTunes Preview App|381460099|AirAttack}}
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