{"id":930,"date":"2020-10-24T23:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T03:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/?p=930"},"modified":"2020-10-25T00:00:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T04:00:53","slug":"airwolf-4q2020-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/2020\/10\/24\/airwolf-4q2020-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Airwolf \u2014 4Q2020<\/span> issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let this low-fly\u00ading mess stay grounded<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As a child of the 1980s, there was one major require\u00adment I had to know: the major prime time action shows and what nights and net\u00adworks that they came on. Two of those shows were Knight Rid\u00ader on Fri\u00addays on NBC<\/span> and Air\u00adwolf on Sat\u00adur\u00addays on CBS<\/span>. These two shows were so pop\u00adu\u00adlar that Acclaim Enter\u00adtain\u00adment was able to get license rights from Uni\u00adver\u00adsal Tele\u00advi\u00adsion to devel\u00adop video games for both shows. In a pre\u00advi\u00adous issue of GI<\/span>, we reviewed Knight Rid\u00ader for the NES<\/span> in the Tor\u00adture of the Quar\u00adter sec\u00adtion. Could Air\u00adwolf break this curse of pop\u00adu\u00adlar shows turned into hor\u00adri\u00adble games? It was time to find out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Air\u00adwolf fol\u00adlows the plot based on the TV<\/span> show in that you take the role of Stringfel\u00adlow \u201cString\u201d Hawke, who is giv\u00aden a mis\u00adsion by the CIA<\/span> to res\u00adcue pris\u00adon\u00aders of war from unknown ter\u00adror\u00adist groups using the top-secret heli\u00adcopter known as Air\u00adwolf. As String con\u00adducts the mis\u00adsion, he finds out that one of the pris\u00adon\u00aders being held is his long-lost broth\u00ader who was declared miss\u00ading in action dur\u00ading the Viet\u00adnam War. This gives him added incen\u00adtive to car\u00adry out his giv\u00aden mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Airwolf\u2019s game\u00adplay is a sim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded first-per\u00adson view that was applied to the Knight Rid\u00ader game. You have the view of Air\u00adwolf that is clear enough to see your ene\u00admies and to attack ene\u00admy strong\u00adholds such as air\u00adcraft tow\u00aders, pris\u00adon\u00ader camps and repair depots. How\u00adev\u00ader, this is the game\u2019s Achilles\u2019 heel. Con\u00adtrol is not flex\u00adi\u00adble when you need it to be dur\u00ading dog\u00adfights with ene\u00admy air\u00adcraft. You\u2019re required to shoot first or destroy air\u00adcraft tow\u00aders if you don\u2019t fire your lim\u00adit\u00aded mis\u00adsiles with pre\u00adcise tim\u00ading. The inflex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty rears again when you land at a pris\u00adon\u00ader camp land\u00ading gen\u00adtly and still die.<\/span><\/p>\n

The graph\u00adics were OK<\/span>, but they were akin to flight sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtor games that were high\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar dur\u00ading the \u201980s. To give Air\u00adwolf a frac\u00adtion of a chance for a good review, I found the debrief\u00ading scene excel\u00adlent, giv\u00ading me the appro\u00adpri\u00adate data of destroyed ene\u00admies, res\u00adcued pris\u00adon\u00aders and inter\u00adcept\u00aded missiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sad\u00adly, I was ENRAGED<\/span> that Acclaim could be this slop\u00adpy with a fran\u00adchise such as Air\u00adwolf. Don\u2019t get me wrong, Acclaim did go on to make bet\u00adter video games based on pop\u00adu\u00adlar fran\u00adchis\u00ades, but like Knight Rid\u00ader, Air\u00adwolf failed to show me any redeem\u00ading rea\u00adson for replay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Air\u00adwolf \u2014 like Knight Rid\u00ader \u2014 are games that are rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded only for the diehard fans of the \u201980s that want to relive the action-packed nights of their child\u00adhood. While I loved both shows, unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly their action-packed for\u00admu\u00adla that pro\u00adduced major rat\u00adings for TV<\/span> did not trans\u00adlate well into video game for\u00admat. Acclaim did learn well from these mis\u00adtakes, but they gave the first Mas\u00adter\u00adClass les\u00adson in video gam\u00ading of being care\u00adful with pop\u00adu\u00adlar fran\u00adchis\u00ades. If you want my advice, skip both games and play them on read\u00adi\u00adly avail\u00adable emu\u00adla\u00adtors; you\u2019ll save time and hard-earned money.<\/span><\/p>\n