The “Foam Fighters” video game combines two expertly crafted and air-worthy foam airplanes with a realistic and incredibly fun WWII-like flying simulator App.
The package might say ages 9+, but my six-year-old niece craves this game, and I greatly enjoy it (being a bit older than six myself).
AppGear has been combining free Apps – that are adept at their game’s purpose, such as flying and fighting in this case – with props that function as fun add-ons that stick via a suction cup to the tablet or smart phone the players are using.
And I cannot understate this: having a WWII fighter plane on a stand that can be angled to give you a perfect view of the screen and the soaring foam fighter just beyond the game’s horizon is a great illusion that adds to the action; but what I find most intriguing is that the foam fighters actually glide, and are built extremely well to fly better than the old foam plane kits that we all bought from the ice cream man from time to time.
These foam fighters are balanced and shaped to glide amazingly, once the battery of the iPhone dies, because the actual “Foam Fighters” App, which is free, is a ton of fighter plane firing fun.
What catches the player’s attention immediately is the sound: the music and effects are echoing the windy skies and the loud and clunky WWII plane engines. The pitch, yaw, and throttle all play out and train the player as if they were a real pilot, as the tablet is tilted left and right and angled up and down and all around to guide the gorgeous aircraft toward the enemy!
For anyone that has ever loved a realistic flight simulator and even just a pair of foam planes that glide like a champ, AppGear’s “Foam Fighters” package is an excellent buy at ten bucks.
