

Of course, with time often running out, a trip to a FARP may be a luxury you can’t afford. At the FARP you can stock you up and also repair your battered bird in a matter of seconds.

So it’s just as well that a slider bar records the damage being inflicted and if things start to get critical you can head off to the nearest FARP - forwarded arming and refueling point. And no matter how carefully you pop-up from behind that hill, the enemy doesn’t seem to need a lock time to target you - all manner of projectiles will shortly be coming your way. In Comanche 4 however, you’ll seldom get a target lock at that distance, and so end up firing off Hellfires at much closer range, usually while under fire. For example, the real Hellfire can be launched up to six kilometres from its target. When it comes to fighting, the game tends to emphasize close quarters contact. You can play from a first-person (HUD), third-person or cockpit view. Crashing into things is really all that will stop this bird. A simple tap of the space bar lets you bound up over obstacles and it actually seems impossible to force the Comanche to depart from its flight envelope. There are altitude presets for the lazy, but if you want to control altitude yourself, it is as easy as tapping the hat switch on your joystick. Although there are some “advanced” settings for the flight characteristics, they are minimal. Veterans of more serious sims may find both the flying and fighting in Comanche 4 a bit strange. Blowing up enemy helicopters with your Stinger missiles blowing up tanks with Hellfires or taking out soft targets with your Hydra rockets or 20mm cannon. Comanche 4 is all about blowing things up. There are often time-based factors in a mission, forcing you to rush madly from one waypoint to another (or circumvent the waypoints altogether) to get the job done.Īnd destruction is the order of the day. You’ll do assorted tasks, from defending friendly troops to search and destroy. The game takes you through six campaigns, each with five missions. Comanche 4 the company has reverted to the more lightweight approach of earlier Comanche games.Ĭomanche 4 drops you in the seat of the US Army’s Comanche, a sleek and deadly attack helicopter.
