Excellent Sim - Great Game For Taking A Break!
I have found this to be the best flight sim game on the App Store so far if you are into the feeling of "flying" and dont mind a simple intuitive interface and decent graphics. Its definitely a challenge to land properly on the Carrier, but its very rewarding when you make it! The aircraft and details are good enough (considering the excellent price of this app!!) and I especially love the wavy outline of the aircraft as they sink in the sea if you crash in the water! Nice touch!
The absolute best thing about this app, in my opinion, is the ability to use my iPad as the controller. I agree with other postings here that its too bad we dont have direct control of the rudder, but I really love having the major cockpit instruments on my iPad screen along with using the iPad as the "yoke" to control the aircraft, as well as change the views and look at the basic map information. Its a really great part of this sim to me, and one of the things which makes this flight sim head and shoulders better than the others as of this review.
Price is excellent for what you get - a perfect impulse purchase! If you are on the fence about whether or not to buy, just get it. I dont think you will be disappointed. Its great for a 30 minute gameplay in the middle of your day to let off some steam and then get back to work!
Two wishes I have: that some of the island land details were improved now that we all have much faster Macs in front of us than when the game first came out. Also perhaps add other aircraft flying around and landing also (controlled by the sim, not other players necessarily, to keep the cost down) that we could try and fly to and take a look at or perhaps (accidentally) crash into. Whatever you do, RORTOS SRL, please keep this game up to date - its a gem!
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F18 Carrier Landing