Apache: Air Assault is a combat flight simulator

Combat flight simulator

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 video game for Microsoft Windows

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, PlayStation 3

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 and Xbox 360

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. It was developed by Russia

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n developer

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 Gaijin Entertainment

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 and published by Activision

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The game is a combat flight simulator

Flight simulator

A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...

 where players may pilot several types of Apache attack helicopter

Attack helicopter

An attack helicopter is a military helicopter with the primary role of an attack aircraft, with the capability of engaging targets on the ground, such as enemy infantry and armored vehicles...

s. The primary goal of most missions is to stop terrorist attacks in fictional, volatile war-ravaged regions. The engine used to power the game is very similar to that of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, or Wings of Prey on the PC, is a combat flight simulator video game. As with previous installments of the PC series IL-2 Sturmovik, it depicts combat aircraft from World War II...

, a plane simulation title released in 2009 for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Flyable aircraft

The main web page for the game shows several different aircraft including A-10's and drones. However developers have commented that these aircraft will not be playable in the game.

Aircraft flyable in the Campaign:

• AgustaWestland AH.Mk.1 (WAH-64D) Longbow Apache
• Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache
• Boeing AH-64X Longbow Apache

Aircraft flyable in Free Flight:

• AgustaWestland AH.Mk.1 (WAH-64D) Longbow Apache
• Boeing AH-64D Longbow Apache
• Boeing AH-64X Longbow Apache
• Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout
• Mil Mi-35M 'Hind'

Non-flyable aircraft

• Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II
• General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
• Lockheed Martin MC-130W Combat Spear
• Mil Mi-26 'Halo-A'
• Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk

Other non-playable vehicles

• M1A2 Abrams MBT
• IAV Stryker
• M998 HMMWV
• AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Air Defence System
• T-72BM MBT
• T-90 MBT
• M113 (the M113s in the game have been modified to carry SAMs and AA-Guns)
• Several other made up APC/IFVs, technicals and boats

All of these aircraft can be customised with decals. In addition, the player can choose different control layouts in correspondence to their controller.

Nations in Apache Air Assault

United States of America

United Kingdom

Tazirstan

Lualia People’s Republic

Salcedo

Multiplayer

Apache supports local and online multiplayer. During the local multiplayer, two players can play on the same console sharing the same view as pilot and gunner in one helicopter.

Online multiplayer allows co-op missions where each player pilots their own helicopter up to a maximum of four players.

Reception

The game received generally mixed reviews, with IGN and GameSpot both giving the title 7.5 out of 10.

Playstation Weekly's Chace Frost awarded Apache: Air Assault a bronze trophy. He stated that the graphics were above average, but the multiplayer was lacking.

External links

• Main web page http://apache-game.com/en
• Apache: Air Assault Official Forums Yu Play http://forum.yuplay.com/index.php?showforum=20
• Gaijin's Page http://www.gaijinent.com/en/games/apache/
• Apache: Air Assault russian review