Lock On: Modern Air Combat
European cover art
Developer(s)Eagle Dynamics
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Nick Grey
Release
Genre(s)Air combat simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Lock On: Modern Air Combat or LOMAC, known in Russia as LockOn, is a modern combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics and published by Ubi Soft in Europe and 1C Company in Russia. It is a continuation of the Flanker series.[3]

Gameplay

Lock On is a survey sim[4] featuring 8 playable aircraft:

The game features both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat including combat air patrol, dogfighting, airstrikes, close air support, SEAD and anti-surface warfare. It simulates takeoff and landing including carrier operations with the Su-33 and Kuznetsov-class carrier. Over 40 non-playable AI airplanes are present including support from AWACS aircraft and refueling tankers.

Expansions

Flaming Cliffs

LockOn: Flaming Cliffs is a continuation of LockOn: Modern Air Combat. It adds additional content including a playable Su-25T, new missions and updated textures.[5] Three singleplayer campaigns titled Flaming Cliffs, Hot Wind and Last Ditch are included.

Flaming Cliffs 2

LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2 is a further evolution of LockOn: Flaming Cliffs. All of the player-controlled aircraft have been transferred to the virtual environment created for the Digital Combat Simulator series. It features a new GUI and mission editor. AI flight models, gun ballistics, 3D models and sound are improved. Flaming Cliffs 2 is network-compatible with DCS: Black Shark.[6]

Flaming Cliffs 3

Flaming Cliffs 3 was released as a DCS World module, porting all flyable aircraft into the DCS World game client.[7]

Reception

The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Lock On: Modern Air Combat for their 2003 "Flight Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Lock On home page (Russian)
  2. 1 2 MobyGames page on Lock On: Modern Air Combat
  3. ↑ "LockOn: Modern Air Combat". www.lockon.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. ↑ DCS FAQ
  5. ↑ "LockOn: Flaming Cliffs". www.lockon.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  6. ↑ "LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2". www.lockon.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  7. ↑ "Announcing Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3". ED Forums. September 2012. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. ↑ Editors of CGW (March 2004). "Computer Gaming World's 2003 Games of the Year". Computer Gaming World. No. 236. pp. 57–60, 62–69.
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