Gunship Overwatch
Circle above a desert convoy in a gunship and pick off enemy jeeps, tanks and flak guns with a cannon, rockets and a gatling, without hitting the blue friendlies.
Gunship Overwatch is an overhead shooting game where you fly top cover for a supply convoy. The camera slowly circles the trucks as they wind along a desert road, and you aim at the ground below with three weapons: a heavy cannon with a huge blast and a long reload, a pod of rockets fired in quick salvos, and a gatling gun that sprays fast rounds until it overheats. Every shot takes a moment to land, so you have to lead moving targets, and a well placed cannon round that catches several vehicles at once triggers a slow-motion multi kill bonus.
Each of the ten missions is a longer road with more enemies. Jeeps rush in first, then armed pickups and slow, tough tanks join the attack. Ambushes strike from the roadside, roadblocks stop the convoy until you blast them, and flak guns count down to fire at your gunship, so you must destroy them before your hull runs out. Blue friendly patrols fight alongside you, and splash damage hurts them and your own trucks, so precision matters when the fight gets close. Credits from every kill buy permanent upgrades in the hangar, and missions you reach stay unlocked.
Great for players who like aerial support shooters, careful aiming and steady upgrades. Tip: save the cannon for tight groups and finish lone jeeps near the trucks with the gatling.
How to play
Escort the convoy until its trucks reach the base at the end of the road. Aim at the ground and fire to destroy red enemy vehicles; shells take a moment to land, so aim ahead of moving targets. Switch between the cannon (big blast, slow reload), rockets (salvos, then reload) and gatling (rapid fire, overheats). Destroy flak guns before they fire at your gunship, blast roadblocks so the convoy can move, and avoid hitting blue friendly units and your own trucks. The run ends if every truck is destroyed or your hull reaches zero. Spend credits in the hangar between missions on upgrades.
Controls
- Mouse: Aim; click or hold to fire
- 1 / 2 / 3, Q / E, mouse wheel or right click: Switch weapon
- Arrow keys / WASD and Space: Move the sight and fire
- Touch: Tap or hold on the map to fire there; weapon buttons bottom left
- Left / Right on the title: Choose a starting mission
- 1-5 in the hangar: Buy upgrades
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart
Category: Shooting games
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