Secret Weapons Over Normandy
- October 03, 2003 12:53 PM PST
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Secret Weapons Over Normandy is igniting the skies of WWII with gripping air combat.
If air-combat games have lost their luster for you, Secret Weapons Over Normandy will rekindle the flame or perhaps even draw you in for the first time. In a dazzling preview version, the game already shined with gorgeous graphics and absorbing gameplay that?s accessible for pilots of all skill levels. This WWII airplane-combat game plays more like a first-person shooter than a flight sim (in a good way) as you take on the role of American pilot James Chase, who joins a secret RAF squadron and flies missions over Europe, Africa, the Pacific theater, and more.An ingenious targeting system allows you to lock the camera on your target while you bring your plane around, putting an end to the tedious, circling pursuit of off-screen targeting cursors. The planes are very easy to fly, and the action is fast, furious, and impressively varied?sometimes you?ll even man anti-aircraft guns. In one mission, you bomb some docked ships and aircraft hangars, open up an airfield for the French Resistance, and tackle waves of bombers and fighters?but you decide when and how to attack what. The missions have an open-ended, action-packed, and highly playable feel that?s really exciting. Pencil in Secret Weapons as one of this holiday?s must-play games.
