Air Conflicts: Vietnam

 PC
Metascore
43

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 6 out of 9
  1. XGN
    Nov 15, 2013
    70
    With a great background, warzone in Vietnam, this is a fun game to pick up and fly around, shooting commies. The sound effects of the Air Conflicts are really good, but with walls in the levels it curtails the openness of this game.
  2. DarkStation
    Oct 22, 2013
    60
    Unless you’re dying for a game set in Vietnam, there’s no great need to play this.
  3. GameWatcher
    Oct 8, 2013
    50
    There are lots of good ideas here, variations in objectives, AI companions, skill building, and numerous aircrafts to fly, but it all feels so bland, mundane even.
  5. Games.cz
    Nov 7, 2013
    40
    An aerial arcade game with a silly storyline along with its repetitive missions that become boring as early as they start, and there's not a chance they will get better.
  6. Eurogamer Sweden
    Oct 28, 2013
    40
    Air Conflicts Vietnam tries to be easy to pick up but merely manages to be easy to put down. The theme of the Vietnam conflict is portrayed well but besides that the experience left me wanting. Lack of AI and some bugged out missions pull the game down from being just mediocre.
  7. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Oct 24, 2013
    40
    Vietnam usually makes for a fresh theatre of gaming war but in the hands of Games Farm, it turns out to be quite unexceptional. Suitable for killing time but nothing more. [Nov 2013]
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  8. IGN
    Dec 11, 2013
    35
    A terribly executed arcade flight game.
  9. 4P.de
    Oct 25, 2013
    35
    Kudos! It takes some effort to demolish a franchise – even if it was mediocre at best. The flight model is simple, the controls are gruesome and the visuals are as outdated as the planes you have to fly.
  10. Hooked Gamers
    Oct 11, 2013
    32
    It is, simply put, not a good game. In fact, the lack of polish to the game mechanics almost make the 30 euro price tag laughable. If you're still interested in buying the game after reading this, however, at least wait until the developers have released a few updates to address the control issues. It will it infinitely more playable.

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#83 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

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User Score
3.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 22 out of 29
  1. Freesiberia
    Oct 4, 2013
    7
    Well, at first I gave this game 5 of 10. My first impressions were bad and some statements still stay: AI does not even exist, for example.Well, at first I gave this game 5 of 10. My first impressions were bad and some statements still stay: AI does not even exist, for example. All other planes and helos don't even try to do anything. Planes simply circle around a combat zone size of a city block, helicopters hover over the same spot and stay there until the end of the mission unless you take control. Physics is almost non-existent too. I understand that's an arcade game, but at least they could have implemented speed increase when the plane is descending. Some missions are buggy and sometimes you will try to run the same mission again and again until you restart the game and it will get itself together. And these things made me mad. Yet the game succeeded to capture my attention for a whole day. Despite all the bugs fighting was enjoyable and the atmosphere of the Vietnamese War feels quite well in the game, thanks to the choice of music. So, if you are interested in this particular period of history, you can find the game fun even with its poor realization.… Full Review »
  2. MosesMania
    Dec 5, 2013
    2
    A game that somewhat looked promising turned out to be a nightmare of a game. This game is as bad as the reviews state. This game offers someA game that somewhat looked promising turned out to be a nightmare of a game. This game is as bad as the reviews state. This game offers some sort of aerial combat with a dumptruck full of bugs that severely hurt this game chances of even being remotely successful.… Full Review »
  3. NightGeisha
    Jan 2, 2019
    3
    If like aerial fight games, this game could be a thing for you. I am not particularly a fan of the genre and I also did not become a fan withIf like aerial fight games, this game could be a thing for you. I am not particularly a fan of the genre and I also did not become a fan with this game, so I think you're already seeing where I am going...

    This aerial fight game from 2013, takes us to the Vietnam war and for some of the history battles during that war. The game is not visually impressive. Some visual details look well worked out, like the sky, clouds in the distance and even the forest itself in the distance. But then when approaching the camera everything seems of poor detail, like on a RTS when you get far closer to the units that you should.

    One of my favorite aspects of the game is the music. It is awesome, old rock classics from that time are fantastically sounding all the action. The number of songs seems limited because they rolled several times the same music in my short gameplay time.

    The gameplay its not hard to understand, and seems easy to use. It could be a very fun game, if you like the genre, but honestly not to me. So I do not recommend it, at all.

    Here is small YouTube vide with the first minutes of the gameplay if you wanna check it out: https://youtu.be/tYUgHC6MhBU    … Full Review »
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