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This combine elements of an action game and a flight simulator. Three-dimensional clouds you can actually hide in, and the fact that the sun can really blind you, create totally new tactical possibilities. The action of the game takes place on the front of the First World War. Player can fly the most famous aeroplanes of that time. There are three game modes; airman career by scenario, single mission and multiplayer network game. Player can fight with many opponents in the air and on the ground. Besides planes, he must destroy armed cars, anti-aircraft artillery, balloons, airship, submarine and other objectives as airbase or tactic bridge. There is also training mode that makes possible to get to know all types of planes available in this game. In this mode of play there are fourteen missions to choose from: eight, if you join the Allied Forces, and six, if you decide to fly a German plane. Besides other fighters, he will have to wrestle against armed vehicles, anti-aircraft ground fire, observation balloons, a giant Zeppelin, a submarine etc. Objectives of missions might also be to bomb an enemy base or to take pictures of enemy military objects. Impressive area of action with many unique landmarks. The area of military operations covers almost 1000 km2. The landscape ranges from fields and gentle meadows, entangled in a net of roads, to thick forests. The sandy seashore turns into a steep, 150 meters high cliff. In the south a meandering river carves a picturesque valley in the surrounding rich green. There are of course buildings player cannot ignore during the flight: civilian houses, farms and military bases with adjoining airfields. There is also a bridge, defended as heavily as any military base by the anti-aircraft ground fire and machine guns positions. Each player will have to accomplish a number of missions varying in difficulty: combat patrols and bombing runs (he will get to bomb a bridge, an enemy base and some ground fire positions); attacks on a column of vehicles, elimination of observation balloons and destruction of a Zeppelin and a submarine. Sometimes player will have to face the danger alone, more often he is going to be accompanied by a few other friendly aircrafts. In game there is weather, which determines not only the visibility, but also the maneuverability of the plane. Poor weather conditions can impair the steerability of the aircraft. If player have a joystick with Force Feedback, he can even sense gusts of wind, vibrations of machine guns, hits, collisions and impact of explosions. Advanced graphics engine 3D visualization mechanisms - volumetric fog/ smoke - explosions and shots - flares and lens flares - damages - clouds - progressive mesh - MIP mapping - invisible planes elimination algorithms. Multiplayer battles over TCP/IP connection. |
