Reviews

Heatseeker puts you in the role of Mike 'Downtown' Hudson and his wingman Hank 'Divot' Harrison, who fly around in high powered International Council jets taking down terrorists, whether they be on land, in the air or by sea. Some missions merely require you to analyze suspicious targets, like cargo ships and random aircraft, but more often than not your role is to lock on to an enemy and blast them out of the sky - with a possible forty weapons and thirty different jets at your disposal.

The game is most assuredly not a realistic simulation of piloting a fighter jet, and it's not supposed to be either. The idea here is more an arcade, Afterburner-style thrill ride, where all you need to know is how fast you're going and what direction you should point your cockpit in to catch the bad guys. The control options are fairly basic: your jet steers by pointing the Wii remote to go left or right, or alternately the 'professional' controller configuration lets you rotate your jet by rotating the remote clockwise or anti-clockwise.

Mmmmm, hot steak. Wait, that's not what it says!

This is an 80's arcade throwback, so it's really no surprise (or loss) to find no multi-player or Wi-Fi options. You do have a choice of either a Campaign or a Single Mission, but since you'll need to play the former before you can access the latter, there's really only one choice to begin with. There are four levels with 18 missions spread between them, which take you from Lord Roberts Island to Vertana, on to Antarctica, before you finish up intercepting nuclear missiles in Kamcha.

In terms of difficulty, the player is either a rookie, a pilot or an ace - either way you're still going to get Clichéd Shouty Commander Picasso briefing you in some very basic mission introductions before the action begins. That's it in terms of story: find the terrorists and blow many, many things to kingdom come. If you're not chasing enemies then you'll be defending allied airports, ships or fellow pilots from them. Either way, it's the same attack situations repeated over and over.

#Highway to the Danger Zone!#