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BaD #12: A Day with Strike Wing: Raptor Rising


On 02/17/2015 at 07:33 AM by daftman

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Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2015

Strike Wing iconMost of us older folks have good memories of games like Wing Commander, and Strike Wing scratches that space dogfighting itch. It's harder to get a feeling for a game like this in the short time I spent with it than with some quick twitchy game, but there seems to be an interesting story here, some nice graphics and music, and, most importantly, fun dogfights. You can control your ship using the built-in accelerometer, though I prefer the virtual joystick (it floats so that you can touch anywhere on the left half of the screen). The missions seem to be mostly "kill all the bad guys," but maybe there is more variety later on. You can unlock better ships and play challenge missions for extra experience. There seems to be a lot of content, too, with both free and paid paid DLC available to download. Sure, it's not Wing Commander but for a game on my phone, it's pretty good.


 

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/17/2015 at 11:31 AM

I remember seeing the Wing Commander movie when I was 9. 

daftman

02/17/2015 at 05:24 PM

I saw that when it hit video and I remember liking it, though I know a lot of people didn't. But then again, I don't remember anything about it now, so I guess it didnt make much of an impression.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/17/2015 at 12:19 PM

did u ever play Galaxy on Fire?  That's a good space game for mobile.  

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/17/2015 at 12:19 PM

Galaxy on Fire 2 I mean.  

daftman

02/17/2015 at 05:26 PM

That's a game I've always meant to check out but just never have. Perhaps now might be a good time...

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/17/2015 at 05:33 PM

There's an MMO space game too, called Vendetta.  

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/17/2015 at 05:33 PM

for iOS

daftman

02/17/2015 at 09:23 PM

Hmm, never heard of that one before

KnightDriver

02/18/2015 at 03:46 AM

Darn, those games look really good on a tablet.

daftman

02/18/2015 at 08:13 AM

Yeah, I wish I had a nice iPad to play games on but man, that's a huge expensive to play games that cost maybe $.99 lol. Perhaps someday...

KnightDriver

02/19/2015 at 02:48 AM

Yea, iPads are expensive!

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