Lock On: Modern Air Combat

A bittersweet victory

User Rating: 8.5 | Lock On: Air Combat Simulation PC

By ClassySloth | Review Date: November 4, 2007

Well, to start off, I'd just like to say OVERALL, this is an excellent game. It's Flanker's hot, 19 year old sister, but better. Still lacks the ability to let the player fly American naval aircraft, but it's great all the same.

I have an ATi Radeon 9250 card, which has only DX8 support, yet if I turn down a few graphical settings here and there, it works almost without a hitch. Not to mention only 512mb of RAM, and a 2.8Ghz CPU.

I think the best addition to this game was the ability to fly ground attack aircraft, and the online play. Props to ubi.com for their free online play/providing a place to do so.

This game could be greatly improved with another patch or 2. Maybe the ability to fly a single-seat F/A-18C. That way, you could control all the planes functions, and there wouldn't be a realism issue with a RIO in the backseat.

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