Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China
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| Developer(s) | ACE MADDOX [1] |
| Publisher(s) | ACE MADDOX [1] |
| Director(s) | Björn Larsson [2] |
| Producer(s) | Björn Larsson [2] |
| Designer(s) | Peter Adamčík, Björn Larsson [2], |
| Programmer(s) | Peter Adamčík, Štefan Sinčák, Ján Kerekeš |
| Artist(s) | Antonis “roen911” Karidis [3], Gintas Galvanauskas, Juan Martín García Forn, The Sharp Brothers, Vladimir Baloga, István Szalai |
| Writer(s) | Björn Larsson [2] |
| Composer(s) | Simone Cicconi [2], Magnus Ringblom |
| Series | Air-Combat Action™ |
| Platform(s) | Xbox One, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 29 May, 2017
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| Genre(s) | Action Adventure, Combat Flight Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China is a Combat Flight Simulation game developed and published by ACE MADDOX for Microsoft Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The game is based on the historical events of America’s secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in World War 2.[4] An Xbox One version was released on 12 January 2018. [5]
Plot
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China puts players in the Flying Tigers a volunteer squadron that was recruited by the Chinese troops to help fight against Japan during World War 2. [6] The game focuses on the key battles and of the China-Burma-India theatre. The game features missions based on real historical battles such as Battle of the Salween Gorge, Invasion of Malaya, and raids on Rangoon. [7] Players recreate the intense aerial victories of the Flying Tigers during their most trying and challenging moments. [6]
Gameplay
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China single-player campaign includes a total of 12 missions with a variety of objectives in each, allowing players to take on the role of fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance soldiers, as well as gunners and rescue staff. Objectives vary from bombing runs on enemy airfields, dropping torpedos on ships, or strafing ground targets. [8] A big part of the campaign is shooting and destroying targets. Missions also focus on battle strategy. One mission in the game has the player damaging multiple planes in a Japanese bombing run in order to break up their formation. [7]
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China also features several other single-player modes outside of the campaign. Dogfight is a mode focused on air combat. The players choose a plane, location, and a number of enemies to battle against. Dogfight also has a survival mode where the player is forced to face an endless amount of enemies to see how long they can survive. [7]
Free Flight is a mode that allows the player to fly freely without any objectives. [9] In this mode the player can practice controlling the aircraft without worrying about enemies. [10]
Challenge mode Has five missions with specific objectives including survival, capture the flag, and destroying all enemies. [9] Challenge mode also comes with leaderboards so players can compete for the best times and highest scores. [10]
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China multiplayer mode allows up to 16 players [10] and has five modes available including Dogfight VS, Team Dogfight, Rocket Match VS, Team Rocket Match and Flagbusters.[9] Dogfight is a free for all deathmatch. Team Dogfight is a team deathmatch. Rocketbattle and Team Rocket Battle are game types that equip each player's plane with rockets and is a one-shot one kill mode. Flagbusters is a capture the flag type of game mode with the aircraft. [10]
Release
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China was officially released on May 29, 2017, on Steam. It also has a deluxe edition available to buy on Steam. The deluxe edition includes the official soundtrack for the game and DLC for the game called Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China - Paradise Island. [11] Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China - Paradise Island includes two aircraft the Japanese A6M2-N "Rufe" and the US Navy “Seahawk" SC-1. It also includes the Phi Phi Islands map. [11]
On January 12, 2018, Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China was officially released on the Xbox Games Store. [5]
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 63.55% [12] |
| Metacritic | 67/100 [13] |
| Publication | Score |
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| Xbox Tavern | 7.8/10 [10] |
| Xbox Addict | 6.7/10 [7] |
| Generación Xbox | 7.5/10 [14] |
| TheXboxHub | 3/5 [9] |
| IGN Spain | 6/10 [15] |
| TrueAchievements | 3/5 [6] |
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China received mixed to positive reviews. It has a score of 67 on Metacritic, based on 6 reviews.[16] Joe Pepek of Xbox Tavern praised the game's campaign saying "Top to bottom the single player campaign alone is worth the price of admission, despite its short length." [10] The game also recived praised for the amount of content. Andrew Ogley of TrueAchivements said, "there's a fair bit of content, and the combat can be intense and challenging."
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China received some criticism for being too repetitive Carlos Santuana from TheXboxHub claims "the actual missions available – of which there are a decent number – fail to bring any real enjoyment or match that early excitement. Instead they suffer from a rather distinct amount of repetition throughout." [9] Adam Dileva from Xboxaddict criticized the game's story for being boring saying, "While there’s a little variety in the campaign, I do wish it told the stories better. You’ve given a dossier to read before and after the missions, and there’s some brief cutscenes sprinkled in with some voiceover work, but nothing exciting or that will wow you."[17]
References
- ^ a b "The Game". ACE MADDOX. September 14, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Antonis (rOEN911) Karidis". ArtStation.
- ^ "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China on Steam". store.steampowered.com.
- ^ a b "Buy FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA - Microsoft Store en-CA". Microsoft Store.
- ^ a b c "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China Review".
- ^ a b c d "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China Review (Xbox One) - XboxAddict.com". www.xboxaddict.com.
- ^ <https://www.trueachievements.com/n31301/flying-tigers-shadows-over-china-review
- ^ a b c d e Santuana, Carlos (January 15, 2018). "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China Review".
- ^ a b c d e f "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China Review". January 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China - Paradise Island on Steam". store.steampowered.com.
- ^ "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China for Xbox One". GameRankings.
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- ^ "Análisis de Flying Tigers: Shadows over China".
- ^ "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China. Análisis para Xbox One". IGN España. January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China". Metacritic.
- ^ "Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China Review (Xbox One) - XboxAddict.com". xboxaddict.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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