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| AirAttack | |
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| Developer | Art In Games (Colya Games) |
| Publisher | Art In Games (Colya Games) |
| Composer | Mark Petrie |
| Platforms | iOS, Android |
| Release | July 15, 2010
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| Genre | Shoot 'em up |
| Mode | Single-player |
AirAttack (also branded AirAttack HD or AirAttack 1 - Airplane Shooter)is a critically acclaimed 2010 shoot 'em up video game developed by Slovak studio Art In Games and was released onAndroid and IOS devices on July 15, 2010.
Set in World War II, player controls three fighter planes, the F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning and a Yakolev Yak-3. The game main objective is destroying the entire Nazi German and Japanese materiel, cities and military facilities to demise them. In 2015, its sequel AirAttack 2 was released with enhanced graphics, additional features and levels.
On 3 June 2026, the developers re-released the game as a remastered and optimized version for modern devices, featuring updated models from the sequel and upscaled assets from the original.
Gameplay
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AirAttack is a top-down World War II shoot 'em up game where player controls three fighter planes, the F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning and a Yakolev Yak-3. Both P-38 Lightning and Yakolev Yak-3 have special ordnance such as flamethrower and fireball. Player controls the aircraft with objective of destroying Nazi German and Japanese facilities and military material, either dragging their finger across screen, mouse and keyboard or specialized gamepad in supported devices (analogue stick or D-pad), that can dodge enemy planes to avoid collision.
Double tapping the screen results in dropping nuclear bomb that can damage numerous objects below the flight such as landed planes, tanks, defense towers, trains and other structures. Player may use landscape and portrait mode for better experience. They can collect items in mid-flight to increase firepower, speed, health or defense as well as in-game gadget offers various arsenals such as homing rockets, super rockets, turrets, shields, side planes, lightnings, bombs that can destroy wider area, extra lives, cannons, and time wraps (provides slow motion technique). AirAttack features three modes with 8 campaign levels in different locations. At the end of each campaign, player encounters boss battle.
A preview AirAttack Lite version offers only 3 levels. AirAttack soundtrack was performed by New Zealand artist Mark Petrie, known by his alias name 1M1 Music.[1]
Reception
[edit]| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 78.75%[2] |
| Metacritic | 84/100[3] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| 148Apps | 4/5[4] |
| AppSpy | 5/5[5] |
| Common Sense Media | 4/5[6] |
| Multiplayer.it | 9/10[7] |
| Pocket Gamer | 6/10[8] |
| Slide to Play | 3/4[9] |
The game received generally positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review website GameRankings provides an average rating of 78.75% based on 4 reviews,[2] whereas Metacritic provides an average rating of 84 out of 100 based on 6 reviews, meaning generally favorable reviews.[3]
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.[10]
Sequel
[edit]In September 2014, Chinese Chinajoy expo announced the sequel game, AirAttack 2, released on December 5, 2015. Having similar gameplay mechanic, the game has been critically acclaimed with enhanced HD graphics, additional planes such as Spitfire, Yak-1, Yak-3 and P-51 Mustang, 22 campaign levels and survival mode. It has built in multilayer mode.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Royalty Free Music, Stock Music and Sound Effects from Shockwave-Sound.com". www.shockwave-sound.com. Retrieved 2026-04-15.
- 1 2 "AirAttack (iOS)". GameRankings. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- 1 2 "AirAttack (iOS)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ↑ "AirAttack Review". 148 Apps. August 27, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ↑ "AirAttack Review". AppSpy. July 16, 2010. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ↑ "AirAttack HD". commonsensemedia.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
- ↑ Giovanni Polito (17 August 2010). "AirAttack". Multiplayer.it. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "AirAttack Review". Pocket Gamer. August 2, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ↑ "AirAttack Review". Slide To Play. July 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ↑ "'Air Attack' Review -- A Punchy 3D Shmup Spectacle". 19 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
