During its existence there were many similarities Wii Games - Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, WWII Aces, Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk, Heatseeker ... Let Innocent Aces will not open new horizons, she managed to stand out!
Not only that, any of the above games accompanies many small flaws, each suffers from at least one very significant drawback: the picture spoil terrible graphics, boring or awkward control gameplay. Only Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces do not drop the bar. So, it can be safely recommend to the acquisition of all the fans of the genre. Especially fans of Ace Combat, because development was entrusted Project Aces, internal studio Namco, responsible for the said episode. That's why The Sky Crawlers can be characterized as «Ace Combat for the Wii». But - with its own peculiarities.
 | |  | Virtually all submitted videos would fit perfectly in the anime The Sky Crawlers. | | Only in the game represented two dozen aircraft, that's just most of the models in the absence of multiplayer mode useless. What a pity! |
First and most important - game universe. It is also fictional, but this time it involved the creation of not employees or Namco Project Aces, and Hiroshi Mori - author of a series of short stories The Sky Crawlers; explanation of these books has been released titled anime film. However, the game does not repeat his story - even those twenty minutes of animated video insertions that decorate the game from the ground up in the walls of the studio Production IG solely for Innocent Aces. Writer Hiroshi Mori and film director Mamoru Oshii worked on the project as consultants and even tested predreliznogo version. You've probably already knew: we are not hasty hack, but an independent chapter in the history of the world The Sky Crawlers.
Imbued with sympathy for the inhabitants of the universe, The Sky Crawlers without watching the anime in any case will not be easy - Innocent Aces developers wanted the player to leave behind all the philosophical thinking and focused on the action. The film is practically no-action component, and the Innocent Aces as the time it is the basis - thus, the game and the anime seemed to complement each other. In addition, both stories tell of two groups of pilots, operating at different times, which makes it possible to learn more about the world of The Sky Crawlers.
 | Watch or not watch? |
From the creator of Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence expecting too much, and anime The Sky Crawlers had at heart was not all. Someone film seemed frankly boring and too protracted. Slowly evolving story several kildrenov one of the corporations conducting its short life on a military base and its surroundings, could be more dynamic - just cut out scenes that make up a quarter of the film, in which the characters just keep quiet and think about something else. But without these episodes tape would be much more lightweight, even primitive - it is these moments of philosophical calm heroes give us the opportunity to think about those things that troubled characters, Hiroshi Mori. But even if you do not particularly like the "slow movie, still try to watch The Sky Crawlers at least for the few fight scenes - they will not disappoint you.
 | |  | Before departure briefings never miss! You hardly hear something really useful on the mission, but each time learn something new about the world and admire the "pictures" the local landscape. | | At the end of each mission, points are added. Thanks to them, you can not only get access to new paint schemes, but also to upgrade or even an additional aircraft models. |
However interesting the game is not alone bound to the anime. Another important feature - the management. When developers are asked to take the nunchuk in your right hand, and the panel on the left - do not be surprised they do not believe you left-handed. Just in Innocent Aces Nunchuk serves as the control knob plane (if you do not know, that's how it's called). Move it to smoothly: making slight tilt to the left - the plane gently to the left, pull over - the car takes to the skies. Button «Z» is used for shooting, and «C» - to change weapons. Rests on the Wiimote control the speed and switching purposes. And let settle a lot easier than in any simulator, the skill will not right away. If you do not want to spend time mastering, you can use the Classic Controller or GameCube Controller, but we urge you not to do so - are depriving themselves the lion's share of fun. Even without this, there are many opportunities to make the game more accessible. It's not just about changing the usual level of complexity. If his forces to destroy enemy aircraft - impossible task, you can use the system of Tactical Maneuver Command (TMC). In this case, all much simpler: flew as close as possible to the enemy, waited for some time, pressed the hidden button "A" - the plane will automatically beautiful and not at all realistic figure in the air and sat on the tail of the enemy for a few seconds. Business for small - aim and shoot down the enemy. However, not always, this system works correctly: the ground objects and fastest machines of the enemy, no possibility to use TMC. But even without live newcomer becomes much easier.If this fails, call someone a friend and let him into the hands of the second panel - newfound companion also be able to somehow miraculously shoot enemies, even if you are flying on single-seater. A sharp drop in difficulty - the only justification for such a strange and useless for skilled players an alternative to multiuser mode.
But there is a shortage and serious. Still, we face the development of Project Aces, a game the studio has never been a period. If you do not take into account minute workout is only a two dozens of tasks whose duration varies from five to fifteen minutes. Think for yourself. But in Project Aces, as usual, took care of the diversity of missions. Here and photo-espionage, and protection of objects, and the siege of terrestrial plants, and delivery of engineers in the right spot. It would be even training duel with his colleague, where instead of guns used capsules of paint.
Finally it is worth noting an interesting point - in Japan Innocent Aces appeared in late 2008. Lost if the game is relevant in this time? Not at all! Is that the graphics seem to someone slightly out of date ("slightly" - judging by the standards of Wii, of course), but still The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces is valuable not quite it. So it is a "slight" delay is possible, and to forgive.
| History of The Sky Crawlers |
As established by Hiroshi Mori, an alternative reality for many years there is a war between two powerful corporations. In warfare civilians not taking part: no one is killed, no one takes into captivity. In the battle only sent Kildrum (definition, composed of two words - «kill» and «children»). This genetically engineered people who never grow old, forever remain teenagers. Each of them will live very short life and must die in battle. Simple townsfolk have long been accustomed to it and get sick for battle, as if on TV football, and not an original game in which the rate - a human life.
 | |  | Planes resemble not so much real-world model as fictional aircraft from the Crimson Skies. Yes, fans of the game The Sky Crawlers, too, must be to the taste. | | Repeat left bobble - in the past Ace Combat watch them much more interesting, so that you hardly will have a desire to keep their results to once again enjoy the battle. |
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