Wings fails to take flight
Battles, medals, cups of tea – this is a simple game for novices

An allied aircraft comes up for a belly shot on a German Zeppelin in Wings of War.

The old German Imperial flag flies over an enemy position.

Wings Of War
XBox
Classification PG13+
Not Live enabled

A step aside from the latest norm of war gaming, this first pilot shooter involves flying various WW1 aircraft in 20 different scenarios to defeat the Hun and win the war.

A revamped PC game, this title has some quite interesting features including air to air combat, air to ground gunnery, strike and recce.

As you fly around you can take different skill challenges to upgrade your aircraft and most missions involve 8-12 objectives required to be completed before progressing.

The scenery is quite good and the cinematography is pleasant, however, the flying controls are quite cumbersome even when flying benign events.

Having played this for a short while, it maintained my attention briefly before I reached for an old yet faithful Rainbow Six.

Disappointingly, it’s only single player and not live enabled, I could only imagine the potential of having 12 people going head to head in an air combat scenario.

If it’s war you want then you’re not going to get too much satisfaction from this.

However if you want to fly around the countryside shoot down some enemy and return for tea and medals then this is your game.

Competition

There is an XBox copy of Wings Of War to give away. You should email your entry, one only, to ADFgamesmen@telstra.com with the name of the game you would like to win in the subject line. Please include your full name and mailing address in the e-mail. Entries that don’t adhere to the above criteria will not be considered.