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Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a spiritual successor to Desert Strike & Choplifter

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Pizza Bear Games is currently working on a new arcade helicopter game that is heavily inspired by classics like Desert Strike and Choplifter. This new indie title is called Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess, and below you can find a new gameplay video for it.

In Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess, you will play through the campaign featuring seek and destroy, boss, rescue, and defense missions. Players will be able to upgrade the Megacopter with the fabled AZ-TECH: ancient weaponry and armor.

The major difference between Desert Strike and Megacopter is the bad guys you face. In Desert Strike, you fought against other humans. But in Megacopter, you’ll be up against aliens. This means the game can have cool sci-fi weapons and power-ups. However, I kind of miss the realistic feel of Desert Strike. Guess you can’t have everything in this life.

Other than that, I’m really liking what I see here. From the looks of it, Megacopter will be a lot of fun. The controls feel to be tied and responsive. The game will have in total 4 different biomes and dozens of missions. And yes, this will be mainly a single-player game. Or at least that’s what I got from its description.

So, if you loved Desert Strike and Choplifter, you should keep an eye on this. After all, we won’t get a direct sequel to DS anytime soon. So, here is hoping that Pizza Bear Games will be able to deliver a solid indie arcade game.

There is currently no ETA on when Megacopter will be released. The devs have only stated that it will come out soon. It will also be compatible with Steam Deck. So, if I had to guess, I’d say that it will come out later this year. That’s the safest bet.

Enjoy the video and stay tuned for more!