Gunship III - Combat Flight Simulator for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By SlapShot II

  Realistic Vietnam Aerial Combat Game

  Like this game a LOT ! Becuase it’s one of the most realistic flying games I’ve ever encountered. The cockpit layouts are exactly like the real aircraft. The flight controls work like a real aircraft. Unlike most aerial simulation games when you hit the down arrow the elevator raises and the nose pitches up ! Most aerial combat simulation games the elevator control is backwards i.e. when you push the down arrow the aircraft noses down. That drives me nuts! Not how a real airlpane works! You take off and land ( in the Navy version you take off and land on the carrier) . You can crash if you screw up. The weapons are just what the real aircraft had. The same PC guns, canons , missles and bombs. Even the same number of rounds the real aircraft carried. Someone did a lot of research to make this a relaistic game. For $5 it’s well worth it. If you are not familiar with the basics of how to fly and aircraft there is definitely a learning curve. It will take you a while to master the aircraft and weapons systems. You build positive and negative G tolerance as you score points playing the game. At first you may black out easily when pulling high G loads. Now the BAD NEWS: This game will NOT run on the new Windows OS Catalina ! I really would love to see an upgrade so it will run on Catalina. I am avoiding upgrading my Windows OS so I can continue to play the game.

  
  
• By Vassili_Z

  Updates break multiplayer...

  The game is really fun in multiplayer rooms - it’s the best part of the game. The problem is that the developers don’t release updates for all platforms in tandem. They will release updates for iOS but not for Windows OS. This means that Windows users are in limbo until the Windows update is released, which can take weeks. Windows players will still be able to connect to multiplayer rooms, but there will only be a few players there, since the majority of players seem to be on mobile devices. Windows players purchase the game just like iOS players do, and it doesn’t seem like a good practice to release udpates that effectively break multiplayer for a segment of the games install base. The game is loads of fun, but just be aware before you buy for Windows that you will not be a priority to the developers. If they would simply release updates for all platforms at the same time I would rate this game as four stars, but the practice of ignoring their Windows players earns a three star rating.

  
  
• By *S*Pliskin*

  Good Vintage Theme But….

  It’s kind of a fun game, for what it is. But Really….. In 2015 you would think the quality of combat flight sims available on the market would be way better than this. Even and maybe especially on Windows. The flight sims from 25 years ago still blow this away. I wish someone would take the initiative to recreate some of the classics from MicroProse and Jane’s flight sims. They were great then on a 15” CRT monitor. I would gladly pay at least what I paid for them originally to see them work well on the big screen of my Windows.

  
  
• By Jgreg10

  Great game

  I love the Vietnam war era aircraft and this game is very good. A couple fixes I would suggest is adding some more aircraft (it already does have a great selection) such as the F4U-7 used in the Vietnam war. Also, more missions and larger area of where the missions are would be nice. If you don’t have this app, its worth the $5.

  
  

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