Mission: Blackhawk Review

Ratings: Graphics & Audio: 20/25, Gameplay: 17/25, Creativity 18/25, Fun 18/25
Total: 73/100

Mission: Blackhawk is a highly detailed six mission add on for Flight Sim X from Abacus. Blackhawk adds six variations of the Blackhawk helicopter to Flight Sim X including the Navy, Army and Coast Guard versions. The game includes six varied missions flying the Blackhawk in mostly clear weather but you do need to learn to fly the ungainly chopper.

The six missions start out at intermediate difficulty but the Blackhawk helicopter is no easy bird to fly. You will definitely need to learn how to fly a helicopter first and then jump into the pilots seat for a fun mission rescuing people or investigating downed UFO's.

The missions provide a good mix of uses for the helicopter along with some decent graphics of the helicopter and some add-ons not used much in Flight Sim X. They have added some on the ground troops to your scenery that do not work very well but do add a little realism to the mix of the missions. The troops running around and performing parts of the missions are a nice touch but the game is not really programmed to add things like this so it is not exactly great.

You have two general rescue missions and four varied missions that will take you around the world inserting troops into situations that our military could easily find themselves in today. You also investigate the crash site of some mysterious object to find the inhabitants and must move them to a secure facility.

Although there is a cheesy aspect to the men running on the ground and definitely with the aliens, the missions are well thought out and rather difficult to accomplish. They are tough enough with the Blackhawk using the various aspects of flying and having to hover for some of the missions that you have to practice in order to perfect.