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BaD #12: A Day with Strike Wing: Raptor Rising
Published on February 17, 2015 11:33 AM
Part of the Series - Blog a Day (BaD) 2015
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Strike Wing iconMost of us older folks have good memories of games like Wing Commander, and Strike Wing scratches that space dogfighting itch. It's harder to get a feeling for a game like this in the short time I spent with it than with some quick twitchy game, but there seems to be an interesting story here, some nice graphics and music, and, most importantly, fun dogfights. You can control your ship using the built-in accelerometer, though I prefer the virtual joystick (it floats so that you can touch anywhere on the left half of the screen). The missions seem to be mostly "kill all the bad guys," but maybe there is more variety later on. You can unlock better ships and play challenge missions for extra experience. There seems to be a lot of content, too, with both free and paid paid DLC available to download. Sure, it's not Wing Commander but for a game on my phone, it's pretty good.

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Posted on February 17, 2015 3:31 PM

I remember seeing the Wing Commander movie when I was 9. 

Posted on February 17, 2015 9:24 PM

I saw that when it hit video and I remember liking it, though I know a lot of people didn't. But then again, I don't remember anything about it now, so I guess it didnt make much of an impression.

Posted on February 17, 2015 4:19 PM

did u ever play Galaxy on Fire?  That's a good space game for mobile.  

Posted on February 17, 2015 4:19 PM

Galaxy on Fire 2 I mean.  

Posted on February 17, 2015 9:26 PM

That's a game I've always meant to check out but just never have. Perhaps now might be a good time...

Posted on February 17, 2015 9:33 PM

There's an MMO space game too, called Vendetta.  

Posted on February 17, 2015 9:33 PM

for iOS

Posted on February 18, 2015 1:23 AM

Hmm, never heard of that one before

Posted on February 18, 2015 7:46 AM

Darn, those games look really good on a tablet.

Posted on February 18, 2015 12:13 PM

Yeah, I wish I had a nice iPad to play games on but man, that's a huge expensive to play games that cost maybe $.99 lol. Perhaps someday...

Posted on February 19, 2015 6:48 AM

Yea, iPads are expensive!