Some other flight features are also available, despite never being used in the campaign. The player can switch to these at any time for direct control, with the plane continuing on the same course until they switch back. (Rockets will not auto-aim – at this point in history, they were not yet guided – but are perfectly accurate.) A temporary slow motion mode, referred to in-game as “Adrenaline”, is also available.Īs well as player-controlled weaponry, larger planes also have one or more tail gunners which will fire automatically on enemy aircraft in their field of vision. In order to decrease difficulty of aiming in Arcade mode, machine guns will automatically target enemies close enough to the cross hair and an indicator displaying the potential bomb impact location can be permanently enabled. Machine guns will overheat if fired continuously for too long, and bombs and rockets reload slowly. This makes the plane easier to fly, but certain manoeuvres or complex turns are impossible unless flying in Simulation mode.Īll aircraft have infinite but limited ammunition.

Neither mode is particularly realistic – for example, planes will fly in a straight line if given enough power and have unlimited ammunition – instead, Arcade mode limits the range of motion and combines the planes various control surfaces. The game includes two flight modes, Arcade and Simulation.

The title of the game mainly refers to the campaign’s focus on the unofficial resistance forces during WWII as well as more official but still secret espionage to a lesser extent it also refers to themes within the campaign about the significance of heroism and what it means to be honourable in war, as well as the mystery of Dorothy’s father’s disappearance. Most events referenced or experienced in the game did occur (if perhaps not exactly the way the game depicts them) but are generally less well-known. The main character assists a number of resistance movements in countries such as Libya, Azerbaijan, Yugoslavia, Poland and France. The game takes place in a number of locations involved in the Second World War, from 1941 to 1945, with occasional flashbacks to the Battle of Gallipoli and other moments from the First World War. The game's campaign focusses on the smuggler Dorothy Derbec (known to her companions as “DeeDee”) as she takes part in a number of resistance efforts in World War II, and tries to discover the fate of her father, a pilot like her who vanished mysteriously in World War I. Air Conflicts: Secret Wars is the third game in the 'Air Conflicts' series, and the second to be released on Windows.

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