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Aerial Destruction

In Brief

Aerial Destruction is an aerial shooter featuring 7 missions playable with the 3 helicopters available and set during battles between militaries and armed groups of bio-engineered mutants. The game is still being actively updated by the developer and was officially released on steam 18th May 2017.

Suggestions:

Once you've received your key and activated Aerial Destruction, please check the game out and then leave some feedback about your opinion of the game, for example, what you liked or disliked about it, or how it could be improved from your point of view . If you don't like this genre at all, please explain why. What, improvements, if any, would change your opinion? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality?

If you miss the offer totally and don't mind playing games via Steam you can get the game 24/7 HERE. It usually costs £2.79/$3.99, but is on sale at the moment for £2.42/3.47 until 1st June

Introduction:

Aerial Destruction is an aerial shooter set during battles between militaries and armed groups of bio-engineered mutants ! You have 3 helicopters to play, that are easy to fly with cockpit and chase views available. Each helicopter has it's own specific armaments, tactics, gameplay and unlimited upgradability with credits points earned when playing missions to achieve maximum destruction.

There is a set of 7 missions with objectives ranging from defending military outposts for as long as possible, destroying enemy convoys, storming enemy positions, supporting allied troops in assaulting enemy bases, etc... There are also 15 achievements to unlock, with support of Steam trading cards and Steam cloud to keep all progress available on any computer. Also playable with Xbox-like gamepads and in Ultra HD (4K).

Edited reference accessed HERE 29th May 2017

Installation:

Once you've received your Steam key for Aerial Destruction you have to activate it via your Steam client. Once activated it will be permanently tied to your Steam profile and you'll be able to install the game at any time, anywhere on any computer, so long as you can validate who you are (usually via emails etc.). If you don't have a Steam account you will first have to download and install the Steam client HERE

Then create a Steam profile/account. Once that has been completed you can input the Steam code that you've received (after completing the form filling) via the game button along the top of the Steam client, (located between friends and Help). From the drop down menu select 'Activate a product on Steam'. This opens a product activation window. Just follow the prompts to complete activation. Once the Steam code has been accepted, the game will be permanently associated with your Steam account and can be installed any time you wish.

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Aerial Destruction to work, please visit the problems section over in the Game Discussion forums, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE

The Game:

Aerial Destruction has recently received a major update which adds one new mission and many new features.

The new mission named "Frontline Assault" is set during an assault where the allied militaries are attempting to destroy a mutant base. The player will have to destroy the many fortified positions surrounding the base before launching with the allied units the final strike on the base itself.

With this new mission, the game is now consisting in 7 missions, each one playable with the 3 helicopters available in the game. After completing a mission, the helicopter of the mission is unlocked for all the other ones.

Controls of the helicopters were improved so that each one gives a more different playing experience. The small helicopter is now lighter and much more maneuverable, while the heavy helicopters can fly faster and can take more damages.

An upgrade system has also been added to the game. With credits point earned while playing, it makes possible to upgrade in an unlimited way the helicopters armaments and fire power to achieve maximum destruction?

The game recently received a small update which greatly improves the accuracy, firing power and destructivity of the helicopters.

⦁ Fixed the impact of miniguns and 30mm cannons being a little bit offset from the cross-hair.
⦁ Mini-guns are now deadlier to mutant infantry and vehicles, with a higher radius of damage.
⦁ Rockets are now much more faster, are more explosive and inflict more damages.
⦁ Missiles are traveling faster and can now wipe out entire convoys of mutants.
⦁ Resupply zones are now resupplying cartridges and rockets much more quickly.
⦁ Fixed the cartridges ammo count which was always leaving one unusable cartridge.
⦁ Fixed the ammo and damages warning message sometimes not being displayed.
⦁ Fixed the MH-6 collision boxes.
⦁ Helicopters can now fly at higher speed.

Edited references accessed HERE and HERE 29th May 2017

Other Reviews, Videos of Aerial Destruction:

You can see Steam community reviews of HERE, and some game play videos HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. You can also see a slide show of nearly 50 images HERE

Conclusion:

I decided to purchase the game after watching several videos and was really pleased with the game. For a game costing less than £3, the game play was in my opinion exceptional. The controls are easy and there's enough content to keep you occupied for ages. Upgrading your weapons and helicopters allows for extended re-playability and the graphics are pretty good to. I've got several helicopter simulation games and although this doesn't have as much depth as most of my helicopter games, becasue of its simple controls I enjoyed playing it much more than say Air Missions: Hind and Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark 2, though it's comparable to Fair Strike another cheap helicopter shooter, though the graphics in Fair Stile are not as good as today's giveaway For the price I highly recommend it. 8.75 out of 10.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the developer Devdan Games for giving away keys for Aerial Destruction and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games, in this case a Steam key.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

The rest of the information that used to be posted here can be found in the forums HERE. Don't forget, if you have an account with DOT.emu, you need to download any games you have before June, when the site closes permanently. Finally, check out Delenns thread over in the forums HERE. There are games available for free, some of which are limited to the number of free keys available. The thread is worth checking regularly as Delenn has been posting links to various freebies on a regular basis recently.