A helicopter sim ahead of its time
Comanche is a game produced by Novalogic, the company that also brought us the Delta Force series of games series of games as well as the later Joint Operations games. At their core, the game company have always had a sweet spot for army simulations and for vehicular simulation, but they also were innovators and pioneers in some other, less known ways. The Comanche series of games, started in 1992 was interesting purely as a game and sim but also from a technology point of view. The game was among the first to make use of voxel based graphics. This allowed for the creation of far more detailed graphics, with more intricate elevations and without the need for ultra performance computers. The game itself was a helicopter simulator in which you were tasked with a diversity of tasks. You could be a fighter in certain missions, a rescuer on others and there were other interesting scenarios to be played as well. For a 1992 game, Comanche simply looks and plays extraordinarily well, and honestly I recommend it wholeheartedly. It's quite rare to find such an old game with such easy to learn controls and also very clear instructions of what it is that you need to do to accomplish your missions, so that you don't feel lost or confused.
