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AirForce Delta Storm
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 21 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Genre(s): Action
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: November 15, 2001
Summary
Strap into your cockpit and blast through the gut-wrenching world of flight combat. Your adrenaline pumps as machinegun fire pelts off your tail, you execute backbreaking barrel rolls and engage in dog fighting action. Take your pick of over 70 planes, including military fighters rendered from actual aircraft, with a full range of over 50 extreme missions to numb your senses. [Konami]
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What The Critics Said
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Xbox Exclusive
My only gripe with the game is that Konami did not include any multiplayer modes.
Read Full Review >Hot Games
A simple flight combat game with stunning visuals (like most X-Box games, stunning visuals and great game play seem to hide from each other), mediocre sound, and good controls.
Read Full Review >GameShark
A solid game, especially for a launch title. There's lots of interesting gameplay, hidden missions and a ton of planes to unlock.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
Zippy flight shooter. [Dec 2001]
GameZone
It is a challenging program, but lacks a fresh storyline and relies too much on the arcade elements.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
You really need to get deep into it to appreciate the feel of the individual jets, and to experience some of the better missions.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Unlike "Ace Combat 04," however, AirForce Delta Storm lacks the overall gameplay and visual polish that made Namco's game so memorable.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Having the option to buy more planes is great, but something that bugged me was that I couldn't upgrade the planes and improve the plane's stats.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
It didn't take long for disappointment to set in. [Dec 2001, p.109]
IGN
It seems we're given the awesome war planes and very little else in the way of gameplay, story or presentation.
Read Full Review >GamePro
The gameplay, however, isn’t anything that hasn’t been done already, and the paint-by-numbers seek-and-destroy missions can get pretty dull after a couple of hours.
Read Full Review >GamerWeb Xbox
While the game did have its fun occasions, I was more disappointed then anything else.
Read Full Review >Cinescape
I can't say the controls are all that precise. While the controls are designed for anyone to pick them up and play (unlike some flight sims where you need to look at a manual before you turn your plane to starboard), they just don't have a good feel to them.
Read Full Review >Gamezilla!
A mediocre game. While I really, really enjoy collecting the fighter planes available in this game, I could always start a new Micro Machines collection.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
A little more fantasy throughout the game might have given ADS the personality it desperately needs. [Jan 2002, p.231]
TotalGames.net
A generic air combat flight experience with Dreamcast-quality graphics and a couple of new effects.
Read Full Review >Xbox Nation Magazine
Crappy cutscenes and first generation PS2 visuals are not so cool. [Jan 2002, p.94]
Next Generation Magazine
It’s not bad, but there’s really not anything new to see here. [Jan 2002, p.26]
Game Revolution
Despite good visuals, the control is a little too arcadey, missions lack a great deal of excitement and the mission structure leaves a lot to be desired...it's just not that much fun.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
An upgraded, yet still very lacking, installment in the air combat series that continues to be outclassed by Namco’s efforts.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kunal F. gave it a4:
It's a very beautiful game. iam very into it.
Staffan K. gave it a 3:
This could have been a great game. The 3D engine used apparently can render very convincing flight scenes as you can see during the replays that you can look at after every mission. Unfortunately, during gameplay there are only two views you can use - from behind the aircraft and from the cockpit. And although the graphics are fast and smooth, you will not get the feeling you are really flying while playing the game. The controls are strictly arcade style (i.e. not simulation style, no take offs or landings etc.), but that would be OK with me as long as the right feeling was present. Unfortunately it isn't. In my opinion, the controls doesn't make use of the X-Box joypad controller very well either. Although you can make some custom controller settings, many controllers are permanently unused. The game would have been much better if is had offered more directional movement possibilities (like horizontal movement left/right for example) that could have been assigned to the now unused controls. The game will get extremely tedious and frustrating after a short time because of the layout of the mission system. You will have to play the same locations over and over, and if you crash (which is not very difficult btw.) you wont get the chance to replay the last mission. You will have to revert to a saved game which might be several missions back. I wouldn't recommend anyone buying this game, it aint worth the bucks. You may want to rent it for a day just to see how nice it would have been if there was a flight game on the X-Box that gave you the same good pilot feeling as e.g. Gotham Racing gives you the driving feeling. And finally, who has choosen the music for this game?! Is it the year 1982 or what?! The music will be your first reason to get into the options menu to switch it off! Doing so unfortunately also mutes all speech in the game.
Jason T. gave it a 6:
This game is pretty cool....but REALLY NEEDED a multiplayer mode in it. Then it would be more interesting to me.
