Airforce Missions

In Brief

Airforce Missions is a shoot em up game with excellent graphic though maybe a little dated no as it is around a decade old.

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If you miss today's game giveaway you can still get the game free via MyPlayCity HERE, though you will get the checkboxes appearing unlike todays giveaway. Those have been removed for todays giveaway.

The game downloads as a 31.2 MB zip file that unpacks to a setup, setup.gcd (security wrapper) and read-me and installs to the following path by default unless you chose to install to a different path from the main installation. Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Air Force Missions

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop, three of which i.e. The link to MyPlayCity Games, Play Online Games and the Free to Play shortcut for Klondike Online can be safely deleted. The game uses 57 MB of hard drive space not counting save data.

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting 'Airforce Missions' to work please visit the problems section, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE.

You get to pilot a heavy battle helicopter equipped with up to date (as of 10 years ago) weapons and special devices. Your primary mission is to destroy terrorists' secret bases and small arms factories located all over the world. There are two basic goals, firstly to stay alive and secondly to eliminate as many enemies as possible to earn the highest score possible. During the course of the game, you will be given upgrades for your weapons and missiles, as well as numerous power-ups. For some dead enemies you will be awarded stars, which raise your rank when you collect them. You must pass over them to collect, otherwise they will disappear as you progress through the level. You don't need to hit everything, but this will affect the speed at which you are raised in rank and also affect your score. The game can be played as single player or in local coop with a friend.

You can see the types of weapons available to you by checking the main menu and selecting information. There are 8 pages giving you an overview of the game as well as lists of the various guns (machine guns, impulse guns plasma cannon, lightning gun, quantum gun, wave gun, big laser, missile gun and flame thrower), missiles (small and big missiles, small and big heat seeking missiles, M.A.D. missiles) and other useful items (annhiliator, nuclear bomb, rocket strike, lightning bomb, satellite strike, air support) available to you in game. There is also a missions list which you can see when you start the game. All but the tutorial and the first mission are locked. To progress you must complete a mission to unlock the next one. There are 18 missions in total with names like Riot Call (mission 2), Lost Paridise (mission 3), Gold Isle (mission 7), Treasures of the Ancients (mission 13), Burning Wasteland (mission 15), and the last mission Judgement Day (mission 18) level.

If you've never played a shoot em up before, or rarely played i'd play through mission 1 first which is the tutorial, otherwise you can jump straight into the game by selecting the second mission Riot Call. If you select the initial tutorial you'll learn how to manage the vehicle which is fully equipped with modern weapons that don't give your enemies a chance! First you get an amazing Green Viper helicopter to accomplish minor missions - in fact it looks like your general is checking you for bravery and recklessness. The mission is simple - destroy the enemies that appear in aircrafts, submarines, various ground vehicles and arrangements. They all can damage your armor so take care and be flexible while flying. You are available to gain some additional weapons to enhance the shooting abilities - machine guns, missiles of 5 types (which are extremely helpful you know), even a nuclear bomb, and other mass destruction devices. To switch from one type of weapon to another press X or Z key and to shoot a missile press Shift button. All the instructions are given in the tutorial mission - so don't miss a chance to learn more about the weapons so that to fight more efficiently. Later there will be more complicated tasks and more gladdening toys for a daredevil pilot like you - lightning guns, a plasma cannon, a wave gun, a flamethrower and what not! Who's the coolest guy in the armed forces - you are! Air Force Missions will astonish you with the great choice of abilities for the pilot - let alone further possible modes of the helicopter - they are just gorgeous! Air Force Missions is a real military crusade that will take your breath completely with its graphics and extraordinary designed battlefields! Increase your military rank and show your skill - be always the first to shoot!

Reference accessed HERE. 21th Aug 2016

You can watch some videos of gameplay HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

If you like Shoot em Up's (shmup's) this is a classic. It's a little dated by todays standards, but it still delvers where it counts. Your helicopter is fully equiped with devastating weapons. all you need to do is avoid the incoming fire to survive each mission. As you progress they become harder and harder until Judgment day will seem like hell. I highly recommend this excellent decade old shmup. I played it bqck then and was amazed. I've since played better, but for free, you really cannot complain.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving Airforce Missions minus the checkboxes, and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for providing a safe environment to download free games.

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 latest free game over on Origin is still Nox. Nox is an action role-playing game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Electronic Arts in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. It details the story of Jack, a young man from Earth who is pulled into a high fantasy parallel universe and has to defeat the evil sorceress Hecubah and her army of Necromancers to return home. Depending on the player's choice of character class at the beginning of the game (warrior, conjurer, or wizard), the game follows three largely different linear story lines, each leading to its unique ending. If you've ever played the early RPG's such as Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale or the early Fallout series and liked them, you'll probably like this game as well. It's 16 year sold now, but still looks pretty good for it's age. This type of game has held it's appeal and looks far more than the early first person games. I highly recommend it..

You can get it HERE. Please note that you do require the Origin game platform to be able to download and install the game.

If you are having problems installing the game check the thread I've linked to above. If you can't find any fixes check the comments made by the community below and over the last few weeks for suggestions. Thank you.

If today's game wasn't to your liking, you may find other games either free or for less than the price of a cup of coffee (from your favorite coffee house) via the 'Weekly Roundup of Game Deals' thread which I've posted a link to above, or HERE. Falamid has another dlc for another free to play game available at this time called Fiesta Online: Extension Park. You'll find that deal HERE.

I've also posted a thread over in the forums dedicated to Shoot Em Ups, called 'Space Shoot ‘Em ups or Shmup’s: A longish list of FREE games' though dedicated to space oriented games if you like shoot em ups generally you're bound to find others to your liking. The thread hasn't been updated in a long time, so there will be others now available. Space Shmups have seen a resurgence of late, with many new releases over the last couple of years. You can find the Shmup's thread HERE. Some of the the links may no longer be valid, but you can easily find those games by Googling them.

There are loads of online game sites where you can find Shoot em ups, for example HERE and HERE. You can also find details and videos popular shmups HERE. You will probably require the latest or a recent version of Adobe Flash to play the online games I've linked to. I've checked out several and both sites I've linked to appear safe to visit. Both sites do have advertising on their pages, but you can change the browser to play the games in full screen if you wish.