Secret Weapons Over Normandy
© 2003 LucasArts
This is a a World War II flying game that uses the same flight controls as other Lucas StarWars flying games (just imagine the White Cliffs of Dover instead of the Death Star). There are mission games, where you unlock as many as 16 additional historically detailed airplanes and weapons, and also quick flights. This is not an easy game to play -- you get dizzy trying to find the enemy. We reviewed both the PlayStation and the PC version, and liked the console rendition more. The detailed graphics did not perform well on our standard graphics card. The game has some historic value, most notably the facts about the airplanes, their attributes, and the different weapon systems of the period. Violence is no more than you'd expect: shooting and crashing; nothing more than that to worry about. For PC, bag it; for console, borrow it.
$49.95, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows
Teaches: flying, history