| JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters | |
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| Developer(s) | Trickstar Games |
| Publisher(s) | Maximum Family Games |
| Series | Jane's Combat Simulations |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
| Release | October 18, 2011 |
| Genre(s) | Combat flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters is an arcade-style flight simulator developed by Trickstar Games and published by Maximum Family Games.[1] Released in October 2011,[1] it was the first game to have the Jane's title in over a decade. Unlike the previous games in the Jane's Combat Simulations line, JASF does not feature realistic gameplay and instead focuses more on arcade-style gameplay.[2]
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Transcription
Sorry, Kenny Loggins. The only thing that’s dangerous about this zone is that it makes you want to crash your plane yourself. It’s J.A.S.F. for the Xbox 360. Released in late 2011 for the Xbox 360, Jane’s Advanced Strike Fighters revisits the classic PC titles Jane’s Combat Simulations. Evidently, Jane has lost a step, because Advanced Strike Fighters is a dull flight-combat game that only has a brand name in common. I suppose people will call this an arcade flight game, but I don’t know. I mean, I like arcade flight games. Advanced Strike Fighters is too slow, too sim-like...and just too boring for me to look at it that way. Watching paint dry should never, ever be more exciting than blowing things up. Somehow, Advanced Strike Fighters breaks the rule. If you’ve played games like Tom Clancy’s HAWX and Ace Combat, you have a pretty good idea what this game is trying to be like. Advanced Strike Fighters puts you in the air and gives you multiple targets. You take them all out in virtually indistinguishable ways. You wash, rinse, repeat, fall asleep. Part of the problem is that the game just doesn’t do anything new, but perhaps more importantly, it doesn’t do anything unique either. It just feels like other games, only the other games do this much better. The sole strength of Advanced Strike Fighters is its wide selection of jet fighters. Otherwise, the controls are a pain, the graphics are outdated, the missions are uneventful...there are no smart bombs. Fortunately, the game has 16-player online multiplayer. Unfortunately, I have serious doubts that you’ll ever find 16 players who want to play it. Jane’s PC games might’ve been good, but Advanced Strike Fighters proves she has no business on consoles. Unless she’s good looking.
Story
For ten long years, the small island nation of Azbaristan has been rent by a disastrous civil war. Two factions of the government―the Northern People's Republic of Azbaristan and the Southern Azbaristan Democratic Front―have fought over resources, and thousands have died in the struggle. When the cease-fire was negotiated, the North controlled everything except the Southern capital city of Talvade. Knowing that the North's fiery leader, Chairman Kropanin Borzai, could order his forces to resume the war at any moment, the SADF wasted no time in petitioning the Western Democratic Alliance in a desperate plea for support. In exchange for exclusive trade rights to South Azbaristan's vast oil and natural gas reserves, the WDA sent help in the form of military advisors and hardware.
One exceptional individual is a fighter pilot known only by his call sign, Razor, who served in the Second Gulf War and has extensive experience in both air-to-air and air-to-ground operations with almost any fixed-wing combat aircraft. The skill and ability of this one pilot rival that of an entire squadron, North or South, and can hold his own even when outnumbered ten to one.
There are fifteen combat aircraft of four profiles to choose from―ground attack, multirole, fighter, and air superiority―each with two versions. They're divided by generation and range from classics like the F-4 Phantom II and MiG-21 Fishbed to the most advanced stealth aircraft like the F-22 Raptor and Su-50 PAK-FA, armed with a variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions. Some are more specialized to one mission profile than others, with armament weighted toward that specialization, but all carry a cannon.
Reception
JASF garnered generally unfavorable reviews and holds an average of 41/100 on aggregate web site Metacritic.[3] Gamingbolt gave the game a 5/10, citing the shortness of the campaign as a reason for a low score.[4] The game has also received a Mostly Negative review rating on Steam.[5]
References
- ^ a b "JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters Tech Info". GameSpot. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "J.A.S.F.: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters review". Official Xbox Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters Review". GamingBolt. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Steam Reviews". Steam. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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