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  • Summary: Top Gun: Hard Lock is aerial dog-fighting at jet speeds and tailgating MiGs at Mach 2, while offering a unique "Hard lock" mode where players perform air combat maneuvers that deliver an explosively satisfying visual payoff that brings them right into the action. Featuring the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and a number of additional licensed planes and weapons, and more than enough enemy MIGs to turn into smoldering rubble, the game is carefully mixed with just enough nostalgic references to remain true to its action movie roots. Expand
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  1. May 13, 2012
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    A central QTE mechanic [is] old by the second mission. [Issue#214, p.78]
  2. It has a lengthy runtime for the asking price, but it's basically a trap laced with nostalgia, and is only fun in very, very short bursts. To paraphrase Maverick's commander, we think many of you would rather fly a cargo plane full of rubber dogshit out of Hong Kong than finish this. [May 2012, p74]
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  1. This game isn't all that bad. The graphics are average, not what we expect in 2012. But the game play is downright fun. What I didn't like is all the unnecessary profanity especially using our Lord's name> Jesus. I ask game companies to stop mocking Jesus. Expand
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