Air Traffic Chaos
- Use touch screen to safely manage takeoffs, landings and air traffic
- 3 difficulty levels each with 5 stages
- In depth tutorial to teach you how to be an air traffic controller
- Keep track of 7 unique airplanes and 14 airlines
- View and share high scores with up to 7 friends in the ATC library
Product Description
Do you have the nerves to be an air traffic controller and manage a heap of takeoffs and landings at once? Find out in Air Traffic Chaos, the new management simulation where you are solely responsible for directing tons of airplane steel and the passengers within. It will take a sharp memory and charming sense of control to get these massive vessels on and off the ground safely!
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Air Traffic Chaos is equal parts fun and frustration. The largest disappointment is that with a few unadorned game play tweaks it could have been much better.
Here’s a rundown on some of my issues with the game:
- The ATC exchanges (in the form of scrolling text banners) are ridiculously slow, and you can’t issue commands to other aircraft in the same phase of flight while the text is scrolling. If the banners were sped up and outgoing exchanges eliminated (you already know what command you issued) it would have been much less frustrating.
- You can’t change a command once issued. This is particularly aggravating on the ground when you realize you accidentally directed a plane to the incorrect gate. After you do that, a ground crash is inevitable as there is no way to tell an aircraft to hold position (and the pilots in Air Traffic Chaos are apparently not smart enough to hold position on their own when there is another plane right in front of them).
- When an aircraft is ready to “push back” from a gate a small truck must guide to it from its parking spot–which can be all the way at the other side of the airport. You then need to wait until the small truck moves the aircraft and then drives all the way back to its starting spot before the aircraft can taxi. If they had the small truck already waiting for the aircraft and you were able to taxi as soon as it was done pushing the aircraft it would have been more realistic.
- The music consists of small “loops” that become monotonous quickly. But, you can’t turn it off! You can turn the sound effects off, but they grant useful game play cues. You either have to live with the repetitive music to get the sound effect cues, or turn the volume all the way down on your DS and miss out on the sound effects.
- The largest conundrum–and the reason I give this game two stars instead of three–is that every game plays the same every time. There is no randomness whatsoever. There are five airports each with three levels, Rookie, Novice, and Expert. Rookie is a tutorial mode at best; Novice is a bit more of a challenge, but Expert is the only mode which is challenging once you learn the commands and flow of the game. After you get to the Expert level there are really only five different sports meeting you can play, each of which plays exactly the same every time. Once you’ve played each a couple of times and know what to expect, any challenge is gone.
I’ve always loved aviation-related sports meeting, and although this game isn’t a simulator it could have been a lot of fun. The fact that ATC sports meeting are few and far between (this is the only one I’m aware of on a gaming platform other than the PC), it makes it all the more disappointing that Air Traffic Chaos wasn’t a better game. With a few unadorned fixes, it could have been.
Rating: 2 / 5
I bought this game while in paris. read about it on some game web page. this game is fun as crap. for $10, i’d buy several. what makes this game fun is that it tests your memory on the normal and pro modes. it’s like keeping the balls in the air and knowing when to place them in a slot while taking on a new ball. it’s gets nerve racking at times. the fun parts are when you just know you screwed up but somehow you have one plane taking off while another is landing just a few hundred yards behind it. yeah, pull that one off in real life. it’s stuff like that that makes you clench your fist and say, “yeah, baby!” as the ATC, you only have to survive for like a 3 – 4 hour shift. on pro mode, it gets hard!
this game does support the rumble pack if you have one.
buy one for a friend. it’s as addictive as brain age, but one third the cost.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m pleased with the game but the sound is lame. I can’t hear the radio communciations because the music is so loud. It would be nice if there were separate volume controls or the ability to turn the music off. One of the airports only allows use of two of four available gates which seems like a glitch.
Rating: 4 / 5
I really like this game. It’s not a super quick paced game or anything, but it’s one that is addictive once you start playing it.
Rating: 4 / 5
Yes this game has maybe the worst box art ever. But still I selected this up when I saw in a retail store, hoping it would be like Aerobiz which was an awesome game back in the ancient days. It’s not like Aerobiz and that’s just fine; this is an air traffic control sim which is hard and really a blast. A lot of $[...] sports meeting are hit or miss even when they are considered excellent by the huge review sites, but this one is a bargain gem at $[...]. If you are interested in aviation and like challenging sims, you’ll like this. A exact DS game.
Rating: 5 / 5