Red Baron Arcade was originally planned for the 360 as well, but was canned. That probably should have told whomever was in charge at Sony that this probably wasn't worth passing certification. When the already clogged 360 Marketplace won't have your game, perhaps it's best left to a could-have-been. As it stands, this game might be the worst $10 you can spend on the PSN right now. It's a lifeless, joyless abomination of its namesake and isn't worth the price or time it takes to download. Skip this and go find the original Dynamix game instead. The time and effort needed to do so will be worth more than anything the PSN title can provide.
Presentation - 2.0
Graphics - 2.0
Sound - 3.0
Gameplay - 2.0
Lasting Appeal - 2.0
Overall -
The 2009 GameStooge Awards continue with the fifth part of the Awards – the worst games of 2009, as well as the best mobile games.
Best iPhone Game: Zen Bound
Best Mobile Game: Townsmen 6: Revolution
Biggest Disappointment: The Conduit
Most Dead on Arrival: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
Worst Digital Game: NBA Unrivaled
Worst Game: Terminator Salvation
Developer Mad Otter Games has acquired the rights to Dynamix's classic World War I-era flight combat games Red Baron, Red Baron II, and Red Baron 3D -- but the company needs help tracking down the games' source code itself.
According to a news post on its official website, the studio is offering a $1,500 reward to the first person to deliver the complete original C/C++ source code to any of the three games.
The rights were almost certainly acquired from Sierra -- now effectively Activision -- which bought Dynamix in 1990. Earlier this year, Sierra released a poorly-received new game, Red Baron Arcade, to PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network.
Multiplayer packs in a handy Deathmatch mode and a number of other usual suspects, all of which are fun for about five minutes before you're kicked in the face by lag issues and the sheer lack of people willing to play the game online. Just avoid it altogether.
I now understand why Sierra delayed the game. What I don't get is why they released it.
maybe I donwloaded a different game, But I like some game with a name a lot like this. I am playing it right now and like it a lot. It is just like a little arcade game. Like a 20 year old one, but I don't mind that at all. Maybe It is because I love WW1, flying games, and the red baron, but I would give it a 4/10 as a game, but a 8/10 for a cheap downloadable game. I would be angry if this was 60 bucks, but for 10 it is great by me. (And yes, I have played good flight sim games, ace combat 04 for PS2) Anybody who knows a lot about ww1 will not have expected this to be like a modern fighter game. It is slow, but that is the way things were in WW1. Maybe I had low expectations(never having played the old PC game) and IGN had high expectations.
this is by far the funniest review ever.