Altitude: Difference between revisions

''Altitude'' is a two-dimensional [[High Altitude Battle|aerial combat]] game developed by Erik Measure and Karl Sabo and released for PC, [[Mac OS X]] and Linux in May 2009. It became available on [[Steam]] in December of that year.

 

Players can choose from five different planes and battle opponents across 2D landscapes ranging from the expected to the [[Eldritch Location|bizarre]]. Players earn [[Experience Points]] as they play and unlock customization perks. Game modes include [[Kill'Em All|Free For All]], Team Deathmatch, Team Base Destruction and Ball. In TBD, you must work with your team to use special bomb pickups to attack the enemy's base while defending your own. In Ball, you work with your team to deliver a ball to the enemy's goal while defending your own. It can be fired from your plane to pass it to friendlies (watch out for interceptions!) or shoot a goal, or you may fly into the goal while carrying it. Touchdown!

 

* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Missiles and bullets ahoy, but also things like [[EMP|electromagnetic pulses]] and [[Deadly Gas|corrosive gas canisters]].

* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: Some maps are zanier then others.

* [[Heal Thyself]]: In addition to health pickups, in Team Base Destruction you can land your plane on your base to get instant full repairs. [[Rule of Funny|Upside-down, if need be.]]

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: But of course.

* [[Interface Screw]]: Several weapons in this game make your plane go screwy. The Loopy's [[EMP]] makes you sluggish, while the Explodet's concussive rockets and mines knock you away- often into a wall. If that wasn't enough, its alternate Thermobaric rockets actually do invert your controls briefly, [[Captain Obvious|which is never a good thing.]]

* [[Laser Sight]]: Visible from your plane to where you are aiming when using mouse controls.

 

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