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GamerBlipsHolding the fire button makes the camera chase the missile you’ve just released, which is an option you’ll probably ignore if, like us, you’re only scoring hits with one shot in five. The impact camera is more fun, though. It kicks in automatically and gives a dramatic view of the enemy being ripped to pieces in a spectacular fireball. Sometimes the pilots parachute to safety - but because we’re such lousy shots, we haven’t managed to confirm whether or not you can shoot them while they’re floating to the ground.
The few times you’re not destroying stuff, you’ll be scanning vehicles and taking recon flights deep into enemy territory. One really good mission, on the third of the game’s four environments, began with a tense flight through an ice canyon. It was a great workout for the sensitive controls, although the atmosphere was spoiled a little by continuous, intrusive low altitude warnings from the computer - we’re meant to fly low to avoid enemy radar, damnit.
With a story that’s told via news reports and radio chatter, and none of the cinematic tricks found in Ace Combat or other games of this type, there’s no emotional connection with your pilot and his buddies. Heatseeker is a Top Gun -style shooter, plain and simple, and it’s rather good at what it does.
