Codemasters have today released a new Wii controls video and info for their upcoming title Heatseeker. Heatseeker, the supercharged, blackout-inducing flight combat game coming April 27th, is set to give players unprecedented control over the military's finest aerial weapons thanks to an innovative use of the Wii controls.
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.
Austrailia is about to get web swinging come May 30.
Equal parts cheese and action, Heatseeker draws inspiration directly from classic jet pilot flicks like Top Gun. As such, it offers a throwback to a time when games were simpler – although this isn't always a good thing. Heatseeker's repetitive design sadly has it deploying landing gear shortly after take off.
the controls will make or break this game
While that looked incredibly awesome, I'm curious to know what the Wiimote functionality is going to be, as it seemed, from the video, that the nunchuck was doing all of the shooting and maneuvering.
I'm sorry I just couldn't help myself. :-)