SkyDrift
In SkyDrift players pilot one of several airplanes in a fictional racing competition. Gameplay is similar to other airplane racing games such as Plane Crazy and the flight mode of Diddy Kong Racing. The game…
SkyDrift is an indie developed by Digital Reality, released 6 September 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.77 at Gamesplanet.
What SkyDrift is
SkyDrift is an indie game developed by Digital Reality and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
SkyDrift is a 2011 airplane racing video game developed by Digital Reality. It was self-published by the developer on the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3 platforms. The Xbox 360 version was published by Bandai Namco Partners.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
SkyDrift holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD/Intel dual-core processor running at 2.0 GHz, 1GB for MS Windows XP and 1.5GB for MS Windows Vista/Win7 of RAM and ATI/nVidia graphic card with at least 128MB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 3.0 support. ATI Radeon HD 3600 series and NVIDIA Geforce 8600GT. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.77 at Gamesplanet, 82% below its usual price. Across the 5 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $2.99 — a spread of $1.22 for an identical product.
What it launched against
SkyDrift launched on 6 September 2011, within three weeks of Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for SkyDrift yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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