If you know Gameloft, chances are, you’ve experienced the heart pumping, pulse thumping game that is an Asphalt game. Asphalt 8: Airborne has garnered quite a lot of attention and success since its release. It has gained success at the same pace as the game actually moves, with speed and a lot of momentum. Due to the natural feel of the streamlined controls, I feel like this is a game I would highly recommend to car game enthusiasts. Unfortunately, this is yet another game that likes to constantly remind you that the game will be a hell of a lot easier if you just throw some of your real money at it.
As the eighth game in the Asphalt series, it isn’t surprising that Gameloft has got the whole car driving simulation game totally down. This game is by no means a disaster; these guys know what they are doing with games of this genre.
The game basically works like this, each side of your screen works differently to make your car move, one side acts as a nitro boost, whilst the other side works to make your car brake, since the cars automatically accelerate, you don’t actually have to steer yourself. These three features are all this game really needs to create a sense of a very precise way of controlling your vehicle as you glide through a variety of nine different areas ranging from the sophisticated London streets, to the busy streets of Tokyo.
Asphalt 8: Airborne is currently running version 1.8.0 and requires your device to be running at least iOS version 6.1.6 or later. Whilst this game is not new, you may still encounter some bugs, so anything that restricts your playing the game, please report to Gameloft via Twitter, Facebook or by email. Making the developers aware of the problem gives them chance to fix the issue. The game supports a variety of languages, so wherever you are in the world, playing the game shouldn’t be an issue, even if your language isn’t supported, this game is not a heavily text based game, so it’s easy enough to get the hang of the gameplay fairly quick. The game can be downloaded for free from the app store along with the option to purchase further in app content from within the game. The game currently has a four and a half star rating and has received mostly good reviews from players on the app store and critics alike.
There are a variety of in game purchases that you can check out if you so desire to do so. In terms of the premium currency – tokens – there are six available packs that you can buy; for a two hundred pack of tokens it will cost you $1.99, for a five hundred and twenty five token pack it will cost you $4.99, for a one thousand one hundred token pack it will cost you $9.99, for a two thousand four hundred token pack it will cost you $19.99, for a six thousand five hundred token pack it will cost you $49.99 and for a fifteen thousand token pack it will cost you $99.99. You are also able to buy the lesser currency – tokens – in various packs too, ranging from twelve thousand tokens to one million two hundred thousand tokens and costing from $1.99 to $99.99. There is also a variety of special car packs available for various prices. Credits and tokens can be used for a variety of purposes like buying new cars, upgrades and buying special kit boxes.
If you want to unlock all of the cool cars and upgrades in Asphalt 8, you’re going to need plenty of credits and stars. In-game purchases can add up quickly and most players don’t want to have to spend any money at all. If this sounds like you, then you’re in luck!
The Asphalt 8 Airborne hack tool will let you add thousands of credits and stars to your Asphalt 8 account, free of charge. The tool works for both Android and iOS devices and is tested to be safe for use. You can download the Asphalt 8 hack here at AppGameCheats.
The Asphalt 8 tool will install automatically on your device after you download it. Then you’ll be able to select from the options pictured here.
Once you’ve downloaded the Asphalt 8 Airborne hack, you’ll be able to view the options menu. First, link the tool to your device by selecting either iOS or Android. Tap the “Connect” button to link the tool to your Asphalt 8 account. Now just type in the amount of credits and stars you want to add to your account. You can also check the box to unlock all cars.
Tap the “Start Hack” button when you’re ready to begin the hack. It takes about 20 seconds for the Asphalt 8 hack tool to finish working. When it’s finished, open your Asphalt 8 Overdrive app and you’ll see the credits and stars have been added to your account. Prepare to win every race with the help of unlimited stars and credits!
Since this game will eventually get long and drawn out, I’m here to make the process at little less painful for you with some tips and tricks to make playing the game a little easier and a little more interesting. For those who are interested in hacking the game to get as many advantages as possible, you’ll be happy to know that there are working hacks available for the game; these hacks offer infinite nitro, no speed limit, no crashes and infinite credits. Unfortunately, many of these hack require a jailbreak, so if you’re not jailbroken, you may have to look around to find a hack that will work for you.
However, if you don’t want to hack the game and you want to play legitimately, check out these tips and tricks for an easier time getting through the game.
When you start playing the game, you’ll notice that as you progress through the game, you’ll unlock stars; these are to be used for new seasons and new varieties of races. You can also use them to get special in game items. Earning new stars will help to unlock special money bonuses that can be activated at the end of your races. So try to collect as many stars as you can in order to make as much money as you can of any races that you win.
If you’re planning on spending any real life money on the game, you may want to reconsider doing so. But if you are certain, I would advise just going for the car packs. The car pack include cars from various classes, so if you get one pretty early on in the game, you’re good to go for a while, this will give you chance to rack up stars and cash so you can get some really awesome cars as you progress in the game.
With the maps, they all have alternative routes and shortcuts, since you will get to know all the maps pretty well after playing for some time, it’s a good idea to keep an eyes out for these alternate routes as they can be shorter than the suggested route. Some routes may suit your driving methods better than others, so it’s a good idea to try out as many as you can as finding the best route for you on each specific map will help you out greatly and will grant you a whole lot more success.
With a brand new game, comes other brand new things, such as incredible new air stunts, nitro boost rewards and the idea of being rewarded for any risks you take. Figuring out whether taking ti the air is worth the time it will set you back is something that you will soon learn, since air stunts actually take up more time than just regular street driving, you have to make the split second decision on whether the speed boost you’ll be rewarded with will be worth the time you’re spending on the stunt. This definitely brings a feel of tension and excitement to your game, which is something that fast paced games like these really need. Occasionally, the physics of the game doesn’t really quite make sense or they become erratic, whilst it’s rare that a perfectly executed trick can wrong, it will sometimes happen and it can be a real pain in the behind.
Most races in the game are pretty standard and don’t really offer a whole lot that can be considered out of the norm for these kinds of games, you can’t say that it’s short on content though. With a fully established online mode and a series of over one hundred and eighty races, you are not stuck for things to do in this game, even when you have finished all of the single player mode races; playing online mode gives you a different race every single time, so the experience is always new. However, with single player mode, with the high number of single player races, the areas are going to be repeated several times before you get through all of them, so it’s likely that you’ll get bored after some time of playing the game, sure, it is definitely a lot of fun speeding like a crazy person down the streets of London, but after a while, you memorize the map so either an easy win will be inevitable or you get completely torn down by someone with a better vehicle. In this game, unfortunately, skill isn’t really a main deciding factor when it comes to the outcome of the races, what it comes down to is buying the best possible car, also known as; spending money to get premium currency for a badass car with crazy specs.
Naturally, Asphalt 8: Airborne is one of those games that is happy to constantly remind you that you can buy premium cars or premium currency, you know if you want to. Even if you do make the decision to spend actual money on the game, you still aren’t really guaranteed to get something awesome from your money, the car packs can either be a mix of cars from a certain class of speed, or they’ll be average cars that aren’t really going to do you all that much good in a race. Even if you just decide you go for buying some of the [premium currency, it isn’t going to do you much good either, whilst it might be a good idea at the very beginning of the game where anything is better than what you start off with, but once you get further into the game, you quickly realize that to win, you need the very pricey cars to actually consistently succeed, something which will completely eat up your premium currency balance in one bite.
I will say that Asphalt 8: Airborne is a well created game that does not fall short on content, however you may feel incredibly put off by the feeling that the game is trying to force in app purchases on you, which is something that no mobile gamer likes. Once you get past the easy parts of the game, the grind becomes a real struggle and it gets boring very quickly. Until you do get to that point though, the game is a whole lot of fun, so enjoy the game while it’s still easy. After that, it loses its point in even playing. For a short amount of time, it’s definitely worth a play, and with the price tag of free, you have nothing to lose if you do want to try out the game.
Artwork: I give Asphalt 8: Airborne a 9/10 for its artwork the artwork was very smoothly designed and had few flaws. The areas were attractive and definitely made the game fun to play, even if you weren’t winning the race, you’d still have a lot of really nice areas to look at. It is clear that a lot of effort went onto making the game look good.
Music and SFX: I give the game a 7/10 for its music and SFX. The sound effects sadly sound as though they were mostly taken from previous games so there wasn’t a whole lot of new stuff in there; I actually was really disappointed about that. The music on the other hand is very well chosen, it really feels like it fits in well with the theme of the game, and it provides it with a really good sense of flow, which is something that a game like this really needs to distract from the chaos that the game is full of.
Story and Originality: I give the game a 5/10 for its story and originality. When it comes to games that are part of a series, you’re cursed with including all the things people have loved in previous games, so you end up compromising the originality of the game; I suppose it’s good that they went to the effort of adding some original features, but at times it would feel pretty much like a rehash of the other seven games in the series. On top of that fact, there wasn’t a story to the game which made it a little less fun, a game with a story always feels like it has a better sense of structure, so the fact that there isn’t really much point to playing the game doesn’t make me feel all that enthusiastic about playing it.
General Gameplay: I give the game a 7/10 for its general gameplay. The gameplay is surprisingly smooth in this new addition to the series. I was actually pretty surprised about this as I have played a few of the other games and they’ve displayed quite a few issues, issues which seems to have been totally ironed out in this game. Still, at times steering can be a little glitch and make it a little hard to get through the map whilst retaining a decent place in the race.
Addictiveness: I give the game an 8/10 for its addictiveness. I can definitely see how people would get addicted to this game, it’s full of content which you could play for hours on end, it just depends on whether or not the boredom of playing the same thing over and over deters you or not. It’s a lot of fun while it’s easy, but when the difficulty changes, it doesn’t really feel worth playing anymore.
My overall score for Asphalt 8: Airborne is 7/10. This game has a lot of potential, whether or not the developers utilize this potential remains to be seen.