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Heatseeker
Wii
Released On: May 1, 2007
62
7.2
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
62
24% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
68% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
62
24% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
68% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Exactly the sort of game that should ensure the Wii continues to thrive. It's easy to get used to, has a perfect difficulty curve and is pure fun throughout. An explosive success. [Apr 2007, p.64]
Gripes aside, this game can be balls-out fun when it wants to. Tearing through the sky at Mach 3 to sink a battleship and a couple of subs, then doing a 180 to shoot down a sky full of bogeys gets the heart going every time.
More typical of the PS2 (so knock a point off), but more suited to the Wii – if only for the short-lived novelty value – Heatseeker is definitely a game for the already initiated into the genre.
Heatseeker is a very fun game to play; it’s just not one that you’ll want to play for long. The simple gameplay and tight controls feel spot on but everything else built around them fails to live up.
The majority of the game is a low-res, basic flight experience with very little to justify its "next generation" title. You’ll have just as much fun playing "Afterburner" for SEGA Genesis when it releases on VC, or reliving the “all range mode” battles in "Star Fox 64."
Combine this ruthless beating with the ugly stick with the essential lack of variety inherent in these arcade air combat games and you have a title only really worth considering once it's in the bargain bins.
Heatseeker manages to nail the whole "pointing the Wii Remote at the screen" thing, rather than introducing flight-combat gameplay, and as such fails to grasp the idea that you're in a damn fighter jet.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.2
40% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
60% Mixed
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.2
40% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
60% Mixed
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3 Ratings
0% Negative
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Summary (Coming to the US market on May 1) Designed to be an incredible lock-on/shake-off experience, Heatseeker reinvents missile combat to give gamers a massive rush of destruction. Featuring collection of current and near-future military fighter jets, Heatseeker's arsenal includes the stealthy F-22 Raptor, the classic F-15 Eagle, the cutting...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- Wii
- PSP
- PlayStation 2
Initial Release Date: May 1, 2007
Developer:
- IR Gurus
Publisher: Codemasters
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