Dakka Squadron: Flyboyz Edition

[Evil Eye]

Having recently gotten my PC set up with my long-delayed graphics card I decided to nab a new game on Steam- Dakka Squadron! It's an arcade-style flight shooter with a distinctly Orky flavour to it, and having given it a spin I love it.

 

The pros:

>Wonderful visuals, really good grasp on the 40K look and the Ork aesthetic.

>Once you get the hang of the controls, zipping about in your jet is really, really fun. Especially when you can effectively handbrake-turn in your jet.

>Excellent voice acting, properly Orky sounding.

>Not only can you paint your jet any number of colours, but the colours have actual Orky in-game effects! Blue makes you luckier (less likely to take damage), red makes you faster, purple makes you harder to hit, etc.

>It is by far and away the Orkiest game on Steam right now, bar none.

>Almost enough Dakka.

 

The cons:
>Learning to fly the jet is quite tricky, and you'll probably crash a lot at first. Definitely take the time to fiddle with the sensitivity settings.

>The maps are a little bit small, and from what I've seen of the campaign they get repeated a lot.

>Can't skip intro cutscenes, which is annoying if you die and have to restart the level.

>Aiming is about as precise as you would expect from an Ork pilot.

>Not quite enough Dakka.

 

It's not perfect, but it is a lot of fun and I would definitely recommend it. Certainly I liked it enough to leave this Orky review for it on Steam:

Dis is a roight gud kompyoota game, dis is! Da graffiks are propa flash, an' it'z abowt as orky as it getz! Flyin' yer jet an' krumpin' da runtier boyz is ded fun, 'speshully wiv da rokk myoozik in da bakkgrownd! Yer paintz yer jet all kindz ov kool kolourz wivvout spendin' ages kleenin' mold linez an' thinnin' yer paintz (sorry Boss Dunkan Rhodez, no offense) an' dere's almost enuff dakka! Well, almost. Only problemz are dere ain't many mapz, also kontrollin' yer jet is 'ard at furst wot wiv 'ow finnicky da kontrolz are. Take kare not ta krash! But anywayz, it'z a great arkade flyin' shoota fer a gud price- only fifteen teef! Deffinitely wurf it if yer ask me! Unless yer just don't like flyin', which is respektable enuff I suppoze. But fer real, dere ain't an orkier game on Steam! Now if only doze toaster-huggin' 'umiez wud stop tryin' ter steal me gamin' rig...

 

Anyone else playing?