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.

Air Control
Developer(s)Killjoy Games 
Publisher(s)Killjoy Games 
EngineUnity 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]

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See also

References
  1. Smith, Adam (May 6, 2014). "Brazen Aviation: Air Control". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. VanOrd, Kevin (May 28, 2014). "Systems failure". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.
  4. 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.
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