LHX: Attack Chopper

Game review

Flight simulators are either focused to bring you the most real experience of how the fighters work and control, or they have to compromise and make the game more fun with less technical stuff, more gameplay. The game LHX: Attack Chopper belongs to the second category, but it is taking the arcade stuff too far and leaving the technical stuff out. It is focused more on the arcade part of the game, regardless of the reality. Although the game is named after one type of chopper, LHX is not the only type that can be controlled here, you can choose a total of 4: Apache, Blackhawk, Osprey and LHX. Or to be more precise: AH-64A Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk and Boeing V-22 Osprey. LHX, the prototype from which the RAH-66 Comanche was created, will be presented here as the fourth.

Each chopper differ from each other mainly by how they look like and also by the interior. Each has a slightly different arrangement of board unit and each used a different graphic elements. Regarding the properties of flying, there are almost no differences. In the game you can go on several missions to Libya, East Germany and Vietnam.

Three combat environments will be presented to you on the monitor in vector graphics with a resolution of 320x200 points in 256 colors, in which you will complete various missions. These are maps of Vietnam, Libya and East Germany.

Individual missions are preceded by briefings in which the primary and secondary objectives of the mission are explained, and in addition to the machine, you can also choose from several types of weaponry. This varies according to the nature of the mission, because most missions are not just about blunt "find and destroy", but often an important convoy, supply vehicles, etc. must be protected... Engine LHX will delight you with destructible objects, whether they are buildings or enemy units , including aerial ones.

LHX Attack Chopper can be described as a user-friendly flight simulator. The control was quite intuitive for its time and the player gets used to it quickly. This is also why LHX was popular at one time even among players who otherwise did not have much understanding of flight simulators.