Take On Helicopters

Take On Helicopters
Developer(s)Bohemia Interactive
EngineReal Virtuality 3
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release27 October 2011[1]
Genre(s)Amateur flight simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Take On Helicopters is a 2011 flight simulation video game developed by Bohemia Interactive. It was released on 27 October 2011 for Microsoft Windows, with its first official downloadable content, Take On Helicopters: Hinds being released on 15 March 2012. The DLC features three different versions of the Mi-24 Hind (Mil Mi-24 V, Mi-24 P and SuperHind Mk.III).[2] It is the first game in the Take On video game series, followed by Take On Mars.

The campaign takes place primarily in the then-future of 2013, on a 3,800 square kilometer section of Seattle, Washington and its surrounding metropolitan area.[3] In the campaign mode, the player takes on the role of a civilian helicopter pilot, Tom Larkin, whose civil aviation business is struggling through hard times. The campaign involves different types of contracts which the player earns money, which can be used to buy, repair, and upgrade helicopters. The campaign also features flashback missions, where the player takes on the role of Larkin's older brother, Joe Larkin, during his military service as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot during a 2012 war in Takistan, the fictional country that was the setting of Bohemia Interactive's 2010 video game, ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead.[4]

  1. ^ "Take On Helicopters Pre-Order Beta". 15 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Take On Helicopters: Hinds!". 9 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ Stone, Tim (28 September 2011). "Larkin About: Take On Helicopters Test Flown". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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