Red Ace is an WW1 arcade type flying game, rather than a simulator. So is easy to learn, using just two buttons and the mouse. There are three training missions and ten full missions that follow a simple story line, five as the Allies and five as the Germans.Once you complete all ten missions, you can play the master mode, which is the same missions, but with more enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns.
The graphics are definitely not cutting edge, but they do the job and look quite nice (imop). As my computer is well above the graphics requirements, I did try setting the graphics detail higher. But for some reason this made the plane much harder to control, so I stuck with the default settings.
There does seem to be a slight problem with the menu screens. My mouse pointer was very jerky, which made selection a bit tricky, but that may be an issue with my computer.
The sound effects are reasonable, with some engine noises, firing and crashing effects. The background music is stirring military music.
I managed to complete all ten missions on the easy setting (enemy planes can take more damage and go faster on harder settings) and most of the master mode missions.The variety of missions kept the game interesting and the dog fights were the best I have played, with the enemy planes moving more naturally, rather than just going in circles after your tail, as is often the case in flying games.
A thoroughly enjoyable demo, I was even tempted to buy the full game but managed to restrain myself. Should you succumb, the full version has 14 more missions and a multiplayer online mode, which I would love to try.
Demo -- Download size 16.1Mb -- Price $19.99 -- Windows 95b / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP
http://www.smallrockets.com/
The graphics are definitely not cutting edge, but they do the job and look quite nice (imop). As my computer is well above the graphics requirements, I did try setting the graphics detail higher. But for some reason this made the plane much harder to control, so I stuck with the default settings.
There does seem to be a slight problem with the menu screens. My mouse pointer was very jerky, which made selection a bit tricky, but that may be an issue with my computer.
The sound effects are reasonable, with some engine noises, firing and crashing effects. The background music is stirring military music.
I managed to complete all ten missions on the easy setting (enemy planes can take more damage and go faster on harder settings) and most of the master mode missions.The variety of missions kept the game interesting and the dog fights were the best I have played, with the enemy planes moving more naturally, rather than just going in circles after your tail, as is often the case in flying games.
A thoroughly enjoyable demo, I was even tempted to buy the full game but managed to restrain myself. Should you succumb, the full version has 14 more missions and a multiplayer online mode, which I would love to try.
Demo -- Download size 16.1Mb -- Price $19.99 -- Windows 95b / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP
http://www.smallrockets.com/
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