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Airforce Delta Strike
Airforce Delta Strike
Developer(s)Konami Computer Entertainment Studios
Publisher(s)Konami
Artist(s)Jun Tsukasa
SeriesAirforce Delta series
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: February 3, 2004
  • JP: February 5, 2004
  • EU: May 14, 2004
Genre(s)Flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

Airforce Delta Strike, known as Airforce Delta: Blue Wing Knights in Japan and Deadly Skies III in Europe, is the third installment in the Konami Airforce Delta series. It was released in 2004 exclusively on the PlayStation 2. It plays very similarly to the previous Airforce Delta games.

Story[]

The game plot occurs in a not specified time, but has futuristic, sci-fi weapons, planes and environments. When O.C.C. (Orbital Citizen Community), a space colony set on Earth's orbit, starts to attack the Earth to control it, EDAF (Earth Defense Allied Forces) launches a defensive campaign. After some time, EDAF sees itself almost with no forces to fight and decides to enlist any militia forces to help, including the bad-famed Delta Squadron. After that, the tide starts to turn and as the Earth forces advance, they find out that O.C.C. is not the major threat - an organization from Mars is planning to destroy Earth with the help of the orbital colony.

Gameplay[]

AFDS features a large selection of planes to choose from and a series of missions to play through. However, unlike the previous installments, AFDS features an all new cast of anime-style characters illustrated by Jun Tsukasa. Some can be played as and others are just for support. Each character has a unique selection of planes to fly and has a different branch of missions to complete. Completion of some missions unlocks secret missions and hidden planes for replays.

After the game is once completed, a secret hangar becomes available. As the game is completed and medals are earned, more secret planes become available.

Reception[]

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The game was met with average reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 65.40%,[1] while Metacritic gave it 66 out of 100.[2]

References[]

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  3. EGM staff (March 2004). "AirForce Delta Strike". Electronic Gaming Monthly (177): 115. 
  4. "Airforce Delta: Blue Wing Knights". Famitsu 791. February 13, 2004. 
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  8. Schiaparelli, Frank (February 16, 2004). "GameSpy: AirForce Delta Strike". GameSpy. Retrieved January 4, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  9. The Bearer (February 13, 2004). "Airforce Delta Strike - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  10. Dunham, Jeremy (February 2, 2004). "AirForce Delta Strike". IGN. Retrieved January 4, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  11. "AirForce Delta Strike". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 98. March 2004. 
  12. Speer, Justin (January 28, 2004). "'AirForce Delta Strike' (PS2) Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on February 11, 2004. Retrieved January 4, 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>

External links[]

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