Ed was going to give this to Rachael, but thought better of
it when I pointed out that it would only result in numerous 'Fokker'
jokes. So it was passed to me. I should have kept my mouth shut!
How to describe
Deep Strike? It's a shoot 'em up without the
excitement. It's a flight simulator without the simulation. In fact it's
totally lacking in stimulation as well.
The World War One plot has you flying shotgun to a bomber
while tri-planes appear out of the blue to take the odd pot shot at
you. You can go up or down or swing side to side - no complex
controls here. You possess a rather advanced compass which
warns you when you're heading into flak, and you can dump the
odd bomb on the dumkopfs below too.
Durell has put its faith in a solid 3D landscape effect. Not only is
it painfully slow but it's altogether less satisfying than the vector
graphics of
Tomahawk, for example. Though the game is
described as "a MUST for all dog fight enthusiasts," it reminded
me most of two geriatric corgis sniffing each other.
Suffice to say that at budget
price this would be alright,
but at almost ten quid it's a
real bum deal that should be
grounded immediately!
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