Review: Airheart-Tales of broken Wings (PlayStation 4)

Airheart is a dieselpunk airplane action game, where every colorful level is built on top of the previous one, all the way up to the stratosphere. Welcome to Granaria, a flying city in the clouds. Meet Amelia – a young pilot and fisherwoman wishing to reach the edge of the abundant world.

Pros:

• Beautiful hand-drawn graphics.
• 1.36GB Download size.
• 14 Trophies.
• Control options- Steering style (invert), Damage info, Vibration and camera shake.
• DS 5.1 and DS 7.1 support.
• Can rebind controls.
• Has a cheat code menu!
• An opening tutorial which can be skipped if you wish.
• A plane flying action game with roguelike elements.
• Collect fish swimming in the clouds and use them for crafting.
• Twin stick shooter element to it and best describes the gameplay.
• Harpoon larger fish or Whales. Can also be used to harpoon enemies. Any fish you harpoon then go home with grants more bonus items/mats.
• Multi-layered levels with a port you hit to go up or down.
• Go home button to extract with what you have.
• Clear health and shield meter around your plane.
• Photo mode with all the settings and exposure you could want.
• No loading once in the game.
• Can see previous layers below you.
• Fish population bar in each level/area.
• Customise your plane- Buy new parts and fit them in the garage. Each part has its own attributes and abilities.
• Can buy whole new planes in one go.
• Handy reticule for aiming shots.
• Health pickups.
• Going home or crash landing is kind of its own mini-game where you must dodge obstacles and islands and try and land in your base. Failing it destroys any equipped items you crafted/bought.
• Trees on the island can be flown through for bonus items to fall out.
• Huge gunships can appear.
• The level layout can randomize each life.
• Many enemy types.
• Killing too many people will attract the air police who will try and shoot you down.
• Can get very addictive.
• Simple ideas executed well.
• Nice soundtrack.

Cons:

• The learning curve for the controls especially.
• Economy and crafting are not explained well.
• Kind of left on your own to feel it all out.
• Hard to see some fish/enemies at times.
• Slow paced.
• You lose crafted/bought stuff upon crashing which is not explained.