Blue Skies, Air Force Academy is an air fighting game which puts you in the driving seat with a mission to destroy the evil leader Hans Kraven and his mercenaries. You as the helicopter pilot has to defend your land from being destroyed by these enemies.

That’s the main mission of the game. You just follow the on screen brief instruction given by the Master Sergeant Harris and go on with your mission by following the red arrow to locate your enemies and destroy them and the green arrow to locate your nearest base to re-fuel and re-load your guns and missiles. The 2D graphics is decent I’ve to say and the controlling accuracy isn’t bad either. I’ve quite enjoyed playing this game. The main problem I’ve faced with this Free version is that it keeps crashing on me like other users reported on the App Store. It gets really annoying when the game crashes in the middle of the game play. I am not sure whether the full version has the same problem but I am sure that this experience will put some users off from buying the full version.   

The lite version has 7 levels which starts off with easy battle field and gets harder as you move to the next level. But still it isn’t that hard. I finished all the 7 levels without even going back for once. The size of the game compared to other games is pretty big though. The lite version is 45MB and the full version is a huge 86MB which really surprised me. 

Features:

  • Top down 2D scrolling action using the accelerometer to steer.
  • Destroy incoming helicopters, tanks, planes, blimps, and mines to collect cash and research new weapons to use against you enemies.
  • 30 Levels of addictive search and destroy action
  • Pick up bonus health, gas, and cash from destroyed enemies
  • Use cash to research more powerful weapons in the R&D lab.
  • A fantastic pulse pounding soundtrack opf 10 techno rock songs
  • 10 different weapons including missiles, bombs, lasers and fireballs
  • Save at any point so you can play through the story at your own pace.
  • Developed Exclusively for iPhone/iPod Touch

New in version 2:

  • New tropical terrain graphics with 2X the resolution.
  • Rain effect.
  • Clouds.
  • Auto landing so helicopter always lands in middle of pad.
  • Changed bomb target so it is more visible.
  • Different bomb explosion patterns for each type of bomb.
  • New missile firing patterns.
  • New menu system which highlights the menu option your finger is over.
  • Added speed booster when tapping on heli.
  • Added display of distance to nearest target and base.
  • Fixed shadow position.
  • Fixed sound and music slider length.
  • Fixed bug with tanks appearing over water.
  • Fixed calibration while lying on your back.
  • Fixed extra helicopter cost when restarting level.
  • Autosave level progress when quitting.
  • Difficulty levels.
  • Ability to start a new story.
  • Unlimited Arcade mode levels with lots of weapons and enemies.

Overall I liked the experience. As I said earlier, I’ve always been a air fighter game fan. So it’s not a surprise that I liked it. Obviously there were some issue but I think for the Free version we can easily bypass those. But what about the full version, you ask? I think that’s a $5.99 USD question. 

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