A Gaming Diary
F.A.S.T. (iPhone)
To keep with the tradition of long, stupid game names, this game actually appears to be called “F.A.S.T. — Fleet Air Superiority Training!”, which is just ridiculous.
Anyway, it’s a flying game. You’re a plane, you have to shoot down other planes. And by “planes” I mean “dots that your lock-on system tells you are planes”. And by “shoot down” I mean “hit the missiles button as soon as your lock-on system makes a long beeping sound”.
So it’s really just about tracking down your enemies before letting the lock-on system do its thing. And by “tracking down your enemies” I mean “tilt your iPhone to follow an arrow until the lock-on system says you’re looking at an enemy plane”.
So far, after five or so missions, it’s either incredibly easy and you just lock on and shoot down targets within seconds, or it’s impossible and the arrow to your target keeps moving around and you can never find the bugger and then you die.
This is not a problem with the game itself, I don’t think. It’s just that I have never been able to track targets in 3D space when I’ve got full 3D movement. Games with planes in them are not for me – but this was only 59p and it got great reviews from people who like these sort of games and it looks really very nice… and I have been enjoying it after a fashion. More so in this little lunchtime session than I did over the weekend, actually. It may have started to click, possibly.
For the record, there’s also a big online component that I haven’t dared try.
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about 2 years ago
Yes it's just tracking dots in the same way that driving games are just about keeping the car between two white lines. You are never going to feel the g-forces and adrenaline associated to driving fast of flying on an iphone game. It's the imagination you put in it that makes the difference.
If you are into this, then the game is good, you can get more planes as you advance in the game and play against other people.