Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China
Developer(s)	ACE MADDOX
Publisher(s)	ACE MADDOX
Director(s)	Björn Larsson
Producer(s)	Björn Larsson
Designer(s)	Peter Adamčík Björn Larsson
Programmer(s)	Peter Adamčík Štefan Sinčák Ján Kerekeš
Artist(s)	Antonis Karidis Gintas Galvanauskas Juan Martín García Forn The Sharp Brothers Vladimir Baloga István Szalai
Writer(s)	Björn Larsson
Composer(s)	Simone Cicconi Magnus Ringblom
Series	Air-Combat Action™
Engine
Platform(s)	Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
Release	29 May, 2017 Microsoft Windows 29 May 2017 Xbox One 12 January 2018
Genre(s)	Action-adventure, Combat Flight Simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Cabinet
Arcade system
CPU
Sound
Display

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Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China is a Combat flight simulation game developed and published by ACE MADDOX for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. The game is based on the historical events of America's secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in World War II. An Xbox One version was released on January 12, 2018.

Plot

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China puts players in the Flying Tigers, a volunteer squadron that was recruited by the Chinese troops to help fight against Japan during World War II. The game focuses on the key battles of the China-Burma-India theatre. The game features missions based on real historical battles such as the Battle of the Salween Gorge, Invasion of Malaya, and raids on Rangoon. Players recreate the intense aerial victories of the Flying Tigers during their most trying and challenging moments.

Gameplay

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China's single-player campaign includes a total of 12 missions with a variety of objectives in each, allowing players to take on the role of fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance pilots, as well as gunners and rescue staff. Objectives vary from bombing runs on enemy airfields, dropping torpedoes on ships, or strafing ground targets. A big part of the campaign is shooting and destroying targets. Missions also focus on battle strategy. One mission in the game has the player damaging multiple planes in a Japanese bombing run in order to break up their formation.

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China also features several other single-player modes outside of the campaign. Dogfight is a mode focused on air combat. The players choose a plane, location, and a number of enemies to battle against. Dogfight also has a survival mode where the player is forced to face an endless amount of enemies to see how long they can survive.

Free Flight is a mode that allows the player to fly freely without any objectives. In this mode, the player can practice controlling the aircraft without worrying about enemies.

Challenge mode has five missions with specific objectives including survival, capture the flag, and destroying all enemies. Challenge mode also comes with leaderboards so players can compete for the best times and highest scores.

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China's multiplayer mode allows up to 16 players and has five modes available including Dogfight VS, Team Dogfight, Rocket Match VS, Team Rocket Match, and Flagbusters. Dogfight is a free-for-all deathmatch. Team Dogfight is a team deathmatch. Rocket Battle and Team Rocket Battle are game types that equip each player's plane with rockets and is a one-shot, one-kill mode. Flagbusters is a capture the flag type of game mode with the aircraft.

Release

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China was officially released on May 29, 2017, on Steam. It also has a deluxe edition available to buy on Steam. The deluxe edition includes the official soundtrack for the game and DLC for the game called Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China - Paradise Island. Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China - Paradise Island includes two aircraft: the Japanese A6M2-N "Rufe" and the US Navy “Seahawk" SC-1. It also includes the Phi Phi Islands map.

On January 12, 2018, Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China was officially released on the Xbox Games Store.

Reception

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China received mixed to positive reviews. It has a score of 67 on Metacritic, based on 6 reviews. Joe Pepek of Xbox Tavern praised the game's campaign, saying "Top to bottom the single player campaign alone is worth the price of admission, despite its short length." The game also received praise for the amount of content. Andrew Ogley of TrueAchievements said, "there's a fair bit of content, and the combat can be intense and challenging."

Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China received some criticism for being too repetitive. Carlos Santuana from TheXboxHub claims "the actual missions available – of which there are a decent number – fail to bring any real enjoyment or match that early excitement. Instead they suffer from a rather distinct amount of repetition throughout." Adam Dileva from XboxAddict criticized the game's story for being boring, saying, "While there’s a little variety in the campaign, I do wish it told the stories better. You’ve given a dossier to read before and after the missions, and there’s some brief cutscenes sprinkled in with some voiceover work, but nothing exciting or that will wow you."

It has received a gamerscore of 6.81 on Whatoplay based on 569 user reviews.

External links

• Official website

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