Yager
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{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Yager
| image = Yager Coverart.png
| developer = Yager Development
| publisher = {{Video game release|EU|THQ|NA|Kemco (Xbox)|NA|DreamCatcher Interactive (PC)}}
| designer = Uwe Beneke
Mathias Wiese
| platforms = Xbox, Microsoft Windows
| released = Xbox
{{vgrelease|EU|23 May 2003|NA|28 September 2004}}Microsoft Windows
{{vgrelease|EU|3 October 2003|NA|4 February 2005}}
| genre = Air combat simulation
}}
Yager is a combat flight simulation video game developed by Yager Development and published by THQ, Kemco, and DreamCatcher Interactive. It was first released as an Xbox exclusive before later being ported to Microsoft Windows, both in 2003. The Xbox version was released in North America in later 2004, while the PC version was released in North America as Aerial Strike: Low Altitude - High Stakes: The Yager Missions in February 2005. In this game, gamers take on the role of Magnus Tide, a freelance pilot adventurer. Yager and Aerial Strike is set over 20 levels in which the player takes possession of various weapons and ships in an effort to accomplish each mission. The game, while well-received critically, was not a commercial success, largely in part due to a delayed North American release amidst a lack of advertising.
Gameplay
Yager is set in a futuristic world where countries' borders no longer exist and the earth is controlled by a number of megacorporations, most notably DST, as well as Proteus and Lobos Robotics. Although the old countries officially do not exist there are tell tale signs identifying each environment.
The Proteus Islands are a tropical paradise and the headquarters of the Proteus Corporation. The Free Trade Zone, a landscape dotted with turbines and palm trees, is the only zone not controlled by any corporation. The DST zone and surrounding fjords are connected to the Free Trade Zone by a system of caves, rivers, and deltas that run deep into DST territory. Bitterfeld is a desolate area littered with disused industrial buildings, crashed ships, abandoned machinery and other debris left behind by the old Progress Company.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| PC = true
| XBOX = true
| na = true
| CGW_PC = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_252.pdf |title=Aerial Strike: The Yager Missions |last=Atkin |first=Denny |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=252 |date=June 2005 |page=88 |access-date=21 June 2018}}
| EuroG_XBOX = 7/10{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_yager_x |title=Yager (Xbox) |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=5 June 2003 |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=11 March 2009 |archive-date=27 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627122038/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_yager_x |url-status=live}}
| GI_XBOX = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/2462317C-4BE3-4A71-BEB2-B0A44C69A7C0.htm |title=Yager |last=Juba |first=Joe |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=GameStop |issue=138 |date=October 2004 |page=139 |access-date=11 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420115653/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/2462317C-4BE3-4A71-BEB2-B0A44C69A7C0.htm |archive-date=20 April 2008}}
| GameRev_XBOX = C+{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34349-yager-review |title=Yager Review (Xbox) |last=Gee |first=Brian |date=15 October 2004 |website=Game Revolution |publisher=CraveOnline |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910001828/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/yager |archive-date=10 September 2015 |url-status=live}}
| GSpot_PC = 6.3/10{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/aerial-strike-the-yager-missions-review/1900-6119730/ |title=Aerial Strike: The Yager Missions Review |last=Palley |first=Stephen |date=3 March 2005 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621015734/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/aerial-strike-the-yager-missions-review/1900-6119730/ |url-status=live}}
| IGN_XBOX = 7.9/10{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/21/yager |title=Yager |last=Perry |first=Douglass C. |date=21 September 2014 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621042847/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/21/yager |url-status=live}}
| OXM_XBOX = 5.1/10{{cite magazine |title=Yager |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Future US |date=November 2004 |page=74}}
| PCGUS_PC = 75%{{cite magazine |title=Aerial Strike: The Yager Missions |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Future US |volume=12 |issue=5 |date=May 2005 |page=60}}
| XPlay_XBOX = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/51066/Yager_Review.html |title=Yager Review |last=Sewart |first=Greg |date=15 February 2005 |website=X-Play |publisher=G4 Media |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217102613/http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/51066/Yager_Review.html |archive-date=17 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}
| MC_PC = 62/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/aerial-strike-the-yager-missions/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Aerial Strike: The Yager Missions for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724212635/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/aerial-strike-the-yager-missions |url-status=live}}
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Yager and Aerial Strike received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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