Flight Control HD

Before I purchased the superior AIRPORT MADNESS 4, I spent many happy hours on FLIGHT CONTROL HD. Indeed, I even had it on my PS3 as well. The premise is very simple - land coloured planes and helicopters onto their matching runways and helipads before a collision abruptly ends the game! Aircraft appear randomly from the edges of the screen - we are given a brief warning beforehand - and we click on them and then drag to create a flight path, usually ending at a runway. Once a plane lands it is removed from play and we gain a point on our scoreboard. The longer the game goes on, however, the more frequent the planes become and, as different coloured aircraft have numerous speeds (from slow moving helicopters to fast jets), things rapidly become very hectic! It is not possible to pause the game at any time to plan our moves but we may increase the game speed to hurry planes to their destinations if desired. When aircraft come within close contact a warning sounds and the game reverts back to its standard speed, although it is possible to over-ride this option at our own risk! There are 9 maps available of various difficulty but all generally play the same, although sometimes the runways shift position slightly to add variety while the randomness of the approaching aircraft ensures each run is unique. In my view the most fun level is the stunt one and this even has circus style music, too! The graphics are adequate for this type of simulation and the sprites are indeed larger than on AIRPORT MADNESS 4. Occasionally the animation slows down when lots of aircraft are on screen but this is only a small criticism. A repetitive soundtrack can be turned off but other effects (which bizarrely do not include aircraft engine noises!) cannot. There are 16 Achievements included and all are relatively easy to collect, although some grind is necessary to do so. FLIGHT CONTROL HD can prove very repetitive yet incredibly addictive even when all the Achievements are gained, as we strive to beat our current scores on each map. There are statistics for each one, too, stating things like the most planes landed, highest number of planes in the air at any one time and which type has crashed most often. Although this information is not essential to the game, I did find it interesting. For those wanting a simple aircraft game which is very easy to learn I would recommend buying FLIGHT CONTROL HD when discounted (as I did all those years ago) due to its vast age and the fact that similar titles offer so much more in the way of challenge - weather effects, for example.

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Decent

i like this game

Land Planes, actually relaxing game, use your mouse to make flight path's on Deck use finger on touch screen. ... works on Steam Deck ...

Top-notch.

it is hard but fun