Airforce Delta Strike
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Airforce Delta Strike, known as Airforce Delta: Blue Wing Knights in Japan and Deadly Skies III in Europe, is the third installment in the Konami
Airforce Delta
series. It was released in 2004 exclusively on the PlayStation 2
. It plays very similarly to the previous Airforce Delta games.
Probably the EDAF is the same alliance that was born in the previous Airforce Delta series, Airforce Delta Storm
(XBox, 2001), so the story must happen after the year 20X7, when the XBox version is situated.
-style characters. Some can be played as and others are just for support. Each character has a unique selection of planes to fly and has a different branch of missions to complete. Completion of some missions unlocks secret missions and hidden planes for replays.
After the game is once completed, a secret hangar becomes available. It contains the ships of other Konami's aerial/space action : Twin Bee (with the ship carriyng the same name) and Gradius (with the Vic Viper ship). As the game is completed and medals are earned, more secret planes become available, as the Manbou-J and Jerry Mouse.
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
Airforce Delta
Airforce Delta
Airforce Delta, known as Deadly Skies in Europe, is a video game released in 1999 for the Dreamcast. It was both developed and published by Konami....
series. It was released in 2004 exclusively on the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
. It plays very similarly to the previous Airforce Delta games.
Story
The game plot occurs in a not specified time, but has futuristic, sci-fi weapons, planes and environments. When O.C.C. (Orbital Citizen Community), a space colony set on Earth's orbit, starts to attack the Earth to control it, EDAF (Earth Defense Allied Forces) launch a defensive campaign. After some time EDAF sees itself almost with no forces to fight and decides to hire any militia forces to help, including the bad-famed Delta Squadron. After that the tide starts to turn and as the Earth forces advance, they find out that O.C.C. is not the major threat - an organization from Mars is planning to own the Earth planet with the help of the orbital colony.Probably the EDAF is the same alliance that was born in the previous Airforce Delta series, Airforce Delta Storm
AirForce Delta Storm
Airforce Delta Storm, known as Airforce Delta II in Japan and Deadly Skies II in Europe, is a fighter jet video game released in 2001 for the Xbox...
(XBox, 2001), so the story must happen after the year 20X7, when the XBox version is situated.
Gameplay
AFDS features a large selection of planes to choose from and a series of missions to play through. However, unlike the previous installments AFDS features an all new cast of animeAnime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
-style characters. Some can be played as and others are just for support. Each character has a unique selection of planes to fly and has a different branch of missions to complete. Completion of some missions unlocks secret missions and hidden planes for replays.
After the game is once completed, a secret hangar becomes available. It contains the ships of other Konami's aerial/space action : Twin Bee (with the ship carriyng the same name) and Gradius (with the Vic Viper ship). As the game is completed and medals are earned, more secret planes become available, as the Manbou-J and Jerry Mouse.
Reviews
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- 6.5/10 (fair) - GameZoneGameZoneGameZone is an American multiplatform video game website. GameZone's daily coverage includes reviews, previews, news, hints & cheats, and editorials. Additionally, GameZone offers downloads, a child-targeted website and in association with GameStop, hosts GZGameShop, an online retailer...
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- 6.4/10 - Yahoo Games - 3.5/5