Budget-priced high-action title that pits players in the cockpit of a military helicopter to indulge in dozens of day and night-based missions, all of which takes place in real world locations. Players take the helm of two distinct choppers and fly attack and rescue missions in 18 different levels. The game features four campaigns in a variety of environments including the Swiss Alps, Arizona Desert, Amazon Jungle and the Arctic Circle. Players blast opponents with the help of high-tech weaponry, including EMP weapons, rail guns, homing missiles, and special turbo upgrades that give the helicopter jet aircraft capabilities.
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Fireblade Rocks!!!Jul 05, 2002
By Mr. S. K. Humber I was a bit sceptical having played Thunderstrike and been disappointed. But this is certainly the best chopper game on PS2. It has a feel of the Strike series by EA, but of course updated to full 3d. Where EA have failed to update the series, Midway have stepped in and done a good job; or rather the developer Kuju have. It's quite a challenging game, with lots going on around you but this produces a white knuckle experience with that "just one more try" mentality to missions you can't quite do. A small number of the missions are stealth which involve using a cloaking device and sneaking up close to the enemy and supporting troops on the ground. It's enhanced by the use of a 1st person shooter style sniper mode, which allows you to xoom in and blow individual limbs off the soldiers. Even when they are dead you can still hack them up! Nasty but nice! It's not perfect, graphically it's not all there, and some missions are bloody hard, but in terms of delivering a fun experience it's well up there with the best. Hopefully this will be the start of a series, as I much prefer the arcade nature of this to the bland siminess of Thunderstrike.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Good game for chopper geeks and patient people.Dec 24, 2003
Man, I HATE timed levels!! If this game was all about completing objectives on your own sweet time this would be a killer game!! As it stands, it is a cool game if you like flight type sims. Fun blowing up stuff - not fun finding out you have only 30 sec to complete 2 objectives. Lot's of 'ups and downs' as far as level difficulty goes (REALLY easy, then FRIGGIN hard). Not too many chopper sims out for PS2, so give it a try first before buying.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
More Negative than Positive.Jul 05, 2002
By DTN My only reference point for chopper combat games is Thunder Strike: Operation Phoenix which I think is a killer game but I'll try to evaluate FB as a stand alone experience. FB, although high on the entertainment factor, has several ridiculously difficult missions. I'm on the very last mission and, after several days, still don't see how to complete its primary and secondary objectives in the allotted time. Still haven't even figured out how to complete the primary? The game controls are cumbersome and really can't be changed to the player's liking. Graphics and sound are acceptable. Weapons are okay but another gripe I have is that the most effective weapon, the swarmer missiles, is only used on two missions and you don't even have a chance to use them on one of those two. I've also had the game "lock-up" several time and noticed several conflicting or inaccurate comments/orders during game play. I honestly can't recommend buy this game until the price comes down or the used market comes to life. I hate putting such a negative spin on FB but I gotta call 'em like I see 'em. Those of you who enjoy really, really challenging air combat, go for it. Just drop me a line and let me know how to get through the game's last mission before I go insane.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Buy something else....Oct 23, 2004
By Black-Dove Nice try, but this game is just plain annoying, punctuated with frequent boredom. The AI is stupid, and keeps repeating irrelevant commands. Like another reviewer said, it's simple one minute, and difficult the next, for no logical reason, leaving me to believe that more effort was put into marketing than into creating a decent game. If you still want to try it, I recommend renting it first (Family Video had it for a mere $2.50 for 7 days -- now I know why!)
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A 14-Year Old GamerApr 01, 2003
By Eric Moore Lets see. I haven't played the full version of this game but I have played the demo on Playstation2 Underground. What I like about it is that you can go into stealth mode. You can find health and more ammo. You also can use the sniper. Which is totally tight. Esp. when you are in stealth mode and you fire EMP which immoblizes your target. I don't know what the other gamers are about giving this game a 1,or 2 stars. It needs to get 5 stars.
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