For Quarkus, the introducer, Mari, the one that made the dream a reality, and Bean, the Padawan by proxy.Flight Control on the iPod Touch/iPhone is the best game to make use of the touch pad, and the gameplay - requiring a balance of concentration, consistency, crowd management, cool-as-ice nerves and cockiness - is up there with Tetris and 1-player Pro Evo. But what can you do to get a score beyond your initial comprehension (on airfield one)?
Use the optimum playing position: find a steady surface on a static object; ensure that your body won't get sore or uncomfortable from playing for more than 10 minutes; and have all around you know the importance of what you're doing.
Common rules of flight don't apply. The aircraft can perform sharp turns any which way you choose. This is essential for speed and guaging how far a plane is from the runway in comparison to other aircraft. Also, each of the four type of aircraft come from four possible places on the edge of the screen, meaning that if you learn all 16 possibilities you are prepared before they enter the air space. And they all fly towards the middle.
Keep your cool when things get busy. Get the big jets in first and the others will follow. Try to learn the most common and successful flight paths and avoid flying along the edge of the screen unless absolutely necessary.
Now, O F F with you.
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2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your expertise with us. While I do appreciate and follow your advice I think you missed a point here focussing too much on the technical side of the game and completely ignoring the mental component. Everytime I start the game the numerical evidence of your flying greatness pops up and I completely lose the will to live. Now, I believe throughout your career you must have been at that same point, when someone's just so much better it hurts. How did you get out of that situation, how did you manage to motivate yourself in the face of a task that just seems so overwhelmingly great it paralyses you?
BS
There are people with scores in the 30,000 region so it's best not to think about those who are better. Flight Control is about bettering yourself. It must, however, be annoying if the high score on your individual iPhone/iTouch is not your own. My advice would be: make a note of you own high score and try to beat that. Hope this helps.
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