Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition is a fast paced aerial shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The game play in a very arcade-like fashion as the player goes through a journey to…
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition is an arcade developed by Phosphor Games Studio, released 18 February 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition is
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition is an arcade game developed by Phosphor Games Studio and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player starts off as a lowly flyboy in the middle of a Waaagh! They squabble over who will lead them as our character climbs the ranks. As some unexpected events unfold on faraway planets, our flyboy finds himself on an adventure that takes us to strange and dangerous places.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 60 players online. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition is the 97th of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. The next entry was Necromunda: Hired Gun in 2021. Its critic score of 48 is 23 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.
How it was received
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition holds a critic score of 48 out of 100. That places it above 8% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 26 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition launched on 18 February 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero and The Medium. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero, The Medium.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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