Your digits drop to the arrow keys to control flight movement: left and right turn your aero-bird, but you'll need to take gravity into account – climb at a low speed and you'll stall; dive and you'll pick up pace. Constant movement means staking a favorite place on the map is tough, but keeps the tumult of conflict pulsing. It's indicative of Altitude's easy charm that after two games, our brain had hardwired our plane's keyboard-based controls into muscle memory and we were flying like a pro.
You'll love
Keeps the tumult of conflict pulsing
Deceptive depth
Rewarding to learn and master
You'll hate
Perk system unfriendly to newbies
Bots are suspect at best
Flying doesn't come quickly to all
Jay Castello writes: "So I’m here to tell you that irony and cynicism are officially boring– loving things is in. We live in a world where the walls so often seem to be crumbling around us – you might as well vocally care about things in between the landslides."
Bit Culture writes: It’s the second week, and the same deal as the first: play games, write briefly about games, be unreasonably annoyed at a simulator. Let’s begin!
Nimbly Games has released an update for multiplayer aerial combat game Altitude, available to download now on Steam for owners of the game.
This update introduces new maps and gameplay options.
