Take On Helicopters Demo

Unlike planes, helicopters are much harder to keep steady up in the air and the pilots are required to perform some very intricate maneuvers just to hover in place. However, after enough practice, one can safely pilot them in almost any condition, which is why they are so vital in rescue operations and various other scenarios that would not be accessible to land vehicles.

Take On Helicopters is a simulator developed by Bohemia Interactive, the same studio that’s responsible for the Armed Assault series. As you might have guessed, the game is actually derived from ArmA 2 and it basically features a lot more helicopters, as well as heavily improved flight dynamics to make the simulation as close to reality as possible.

Unlike in ArmA 2, on the other hand, the missions are not very violent most of the time and you need to rescue people from danger, whether they are in the middle of the ocean, or barely alive in a remote area around the world. Keeping the helicopter steady for longer periods of time, navigating tricky natural obstacles and coping with the bad weather are also part of the equation, making every mission special and unpredictable.

Depending on your experience with flight simulators or actual helicopters, the game allows you to fully customize the difficulty level and enable or disable various flight aids. Naturally, if you opt for the expert profile, you must have a dedicated controller handy, since the mouse and keyboard are pretty much useless. Even so, the helicopters respond quite accurately to the environment and they are difficult to control even with a joystick, making the entire experience that much more exciting.

Since the game is basically ArmA 2 with more helicopters, it should come as no surprise that the graphics engine is the same, although there are a few modifications when it comes to the environment and post-processing. The terrain looks a bit odd and blurry, on the other hand, especially when you get very close to it, but that may only be due to the fact that the maps can reach 120 square kilometers in size, which is quite impressive.

All things considered, Take On Helicopters is indeed a good game and it holds an enormous amount of potential, especially with mods and the included easy-to-use editor. However, you must really like helicopters in order to have fun with it, since the difficulty level can turn most people off from the first few minutes.