One thing I do take exception to is that all of this gets old after a few missions. Do you have the navigator give his dying comrade first aid or man the now vacant gun turret? All while repairing damage, lining up bombing runs and wondering if one of the engines is going to explode (yes, yes it is.) All this while designating targets for the gunners and having the pilot maintain a proper course. Wait? Fuel? Planes like fuel… I’m going to need that. To make matters worse, opening the bay doors too soon causes drag, slowing down your aircraft and wasting fuel. For example, you can’t drop your bombs without having your bombardier open the bomb bay doors, but he is doubling as the radio operator and will stop that function to take on another. You can’t forget anything or delay too long with critical tasks without consequences. It is allowed to slow time, but this costs you reward money you would otherwise be able to use to upgrade your aircraft or equipment. (Pro-tip, keep someone in the pilot’s seat.) Like FTL this can be a lot of balls to keep in the air, not only do you have to make correct decisions, you must do so in real time as you can’t save or pause the game (Mu-ha-ha!) during a mission. It won’t warn you that you forgot to put down the landing gear or moved your pilot out of his seat. Presumably, this is done in the name of accessibility, but my bombardier looks like Gandhi, and I’m reasonably sure the radio operator is Oprah.īomber Crew’s interface is clean and reasonably clear, but it doesn’t cut you any slack. You can even name the cute doomed people who are a typical 21st-century mix of ethnicities and genders. The crew can be injured, killed or captured or just listed as missing during the mission and of course, your aircraft can be destroyed forcing you to start over with a new plane lacking those fancy upgrades you spent ten missions earning and of course brand new cute cartoon people to send to their doom. Failure to properly equip and manage your crew will lead to death or worse, mission failure. Their gentle persuasion includes cannon armed interceptors, crew-served weapons and if you purchase the Secret Weapons DLC guided missiles. The Germans, of course, think your dropping bombs on them is not the best idea they’ve ever heard and go to some trouble to discourage you. Unsurprisingly, in this case, that of a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster Bomber taking part in missions against German-occupied Europe during the Second World War. Much like the classic FTL: Faster Than Light, you manage the actions of your crew. Are you a fan of aviation? Of history? Of watching cute cartoon people struggle against overwhelming odds and ultimately fail leading to their violent and untimely death? If so, Rudder Duck’s Bomber Crew is just the thing to pass the time while you are waiting for Amazon to deliver that new bone saw you’ve been saving up for.
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