I haven’t been able to kill one since then, but dammit, I’m going to keep trying.
As the airship’s wreckage played out in a cutscene, a new mission popped up, challenging me to destroy three more blimps on my next turn. The difficulty level keeps you humble, and it teaches you to cherish the smaller but meaningful victories, like when I destroyed the massive, screen-hogging blimp for the first time. Whenever I had a successful or record-setting run, I felt like I finally had this game figured out … but the countless bad runs that usually followed it would bring my ego crashing back down to Earth. Luftrausers harshly reminds you that you’re only as good as your last score. Even if my score was in the low thousands, I was always satisfied with a run if I survived long enough to hear that part.Ĭheck out the video below to see what I mean. What starts as an upbeat, eclectic melody suddenly turns into an epic, patriotic anthem that always seems to trigger at the right moment, like when I barely escaped death by flying into the clouds or when I just killed a tough opponent. Though they sound slightly different from one another, they all begin with the same set of marching footsteps - it’s hard not to get in the dogfighting mood when you hear it.īut the real treat is the crescendo that each song eventually builds up to. Composer Jukio “Kozilek” Kallio artfully rearranged and remixed the original track several times over, and the version you end up hearing depends on the kind of plane you’re using. Listening to the same song over 300 times within just a few days is enough to drive anyone mad, but Luftrausers takes a smart approach with its soundtrack. Balancing these shortcomings is key to figuring out which plane is best for you. The big drawback is that the melee body also decreases my overall health, so it only takes a few shots to bring me down. Not only do I have an extra safety net if my health is running low - I can dive underwater for a brief time to hide and regenerate health - but the Shipwreck is also ideal against smaller ships via hit-and-run techniques. One of my favorites is the Shipwreck, which has the spread weapon (fires five shots in an arc), melee body (you’re invulnerable to melee damage), and the underwater engine (lets you dip in the ocean without taking damage). Experimenting with different loadouts (each combination has its own nickname) can drastically alter your strategy. You’ll unlock more as you complete the missions - such as killing 20 enemies while on fire - and earn experience points, and you can tweak your plane any time before you fly out.
It consists of three parts: weapon, body, and engine. And you’ll never tackle them in the same order: Sometimes a battleship shows up right in the beginning, and other times, it took a while before I saw one.Ĭustomizing your plane adds even more variety. The ocean has its own threats in the form of powerful battleships and submarines that launch heat-seeking missiles. The scene quickly shifts from a serene and empty skyline into an aerial battlefield filled with crisscrossing enemy pilots and their endless barrage of bullets. While Luftrausers’s short game sessions might sound ridiculous, it packs so much drama and excitement within that time that you’ll be too busy preparing for your next battle to care.
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