Air Control (video game)
Air Control is a flight simulator video game developed by Russian indie studio Killjoy Games and released May 23, 2014. It is based on the Unity 5 game engine. It was removed from Steam within several months of its release.
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| Developer(s) | Killjoy Games  |
| Publisher(s) | Killjoy Games |
| Engine | Unity 5 |
| Platform(s) | Linux macOS Microsoft Windows |
| Genre(s) | Flight simulator |
Gameplay
In casual mode and realistic mode, the player acts as a flight attendant in an aircraft initially. After enough service as a flight attendant to humans, the player then becomes an attendant for zombies, which then transitions to a first person shooter. Eventually it becomes a flight simulator, allowing the player to control an aircraft.
Killjoy mode allows the player to use a set of keys to control an aircraft from the exterior.
Reception
Reviewers panned Air Control. Adam Smith, writing for Rock, Paper, Shotgun pre-release, compared the game to a "trashy B movie experience", remarking "so it's good that it's bad!", and wasn't sure whether "there [was] any flight simulation at all".[1] Alexander Pushkar, writing for Russian website Igromania, also pre-release, was hyperbolic about the effects the game had on his mental state and stated that the game has no right to exist.[2] Kevin VanOrd, writing for GameSpot, called the game a "travesty, [...] homely, unfinished, and inept."[3] Tyler Wilde, writing for PC Gamer, called the game "one giant bug" and advised players not to purchase the game.[4] Wilde also found that the game contains audio from the Delta Air Lines safety video.[4]
References
- Smith, Adam (May 6, 2014). "Brazen Aviation: Air Control". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015.
- Пушкарь, Александр (May 11, 2014). Shit Bucket Challenge! Зачем в самолетах пакетики для рвоты [Shit Bucket Challenge! Why airplanes bags are for vomiting]. Igromania (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 12, 2015.
- VanOrd, Kevin (May 28, 2014). "Systems failure". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.
- Wilde, Tyler (May 29, 2014). "Air Control may be the worst game on Steam — we played it and asked the developer to explain". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.