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Taken for a Quickie | Rogue Aces

15/4/2018

 
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Infinite State Games’ light-hearted take on aerial warfare, Rogue Aces, landed on PS4, Vita and Switch this week and is the latest to be given a quick one.

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by Liam
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​@liam_andrews5

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​Developer: ​Infinite State Games
​Publisher: ​Curve Digital
​Platforms:​ Switch, PS4, PS Vita
Players: ​1

Aerial warfare, you say? Go on...

​Rogue Aces is a 2D air combat game featuring rouge-lite elements, where players must battle against enemy tanks, blimps, planes and ships across a series of procedurally generated levels and missions whilst monitoring fuel supplies and aircraft damage.

How’s it play: we talking arcade or simulation?

Definitely the former, but while flying as low as you can and strafing enemy bases can be a laugh, Rogue Aces is a bit of a letdown overall.

The game’s quirky humour quickly grows stale, the procedurally generated maps are samey, and, along with the aforementioned resource management, never really influence gameplay in any meaningful way. Campaign missions also feel bland and uninspired, ranging from kill X amount of this enemy type to, well, not much else really.

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Any redeeming features?

​Erm… Alternative campaign modes can be unlocked, though there’s no real explanation of how to do so, with the couple we tried - the survival-based Bomber Defence and time-limited, island-hopping Frontline campaign - doing a little to spice proceedings up. That said, they’re unlikely to have you hungry for seconds.
If you’re specifically looking for some mindless plane-based carnage, and nothing more, then Rogue Aces just about fits the bill.
Despite the drawbacks, would you recommend it?

If you’re specifically looking for some mindless plane-based carnage, and nothing more, then Rogue Aces just about fits the bill. If you’re willing to spend a touch more than Rogue Aces’ £9.99/€12.99/$12.99 asking price and have access to an Xbox One or PC, however, we’d have to say Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China offers far superior aerial arcade action.
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