Sky Babes vs. Fly Boys, from A.C.R.O.N.Y.M games, is one of those games that is a great concept and good execution but is still missing something. In the game you choose one of four pilots and then a level and start to fly cargo from place to place for pay. As you go fuel prices skyrocket making it more and more difficult to turn a profit. As the level proceeds the other players (all AI) will begin dropping out as they go bankrupt and your goal is to be the last one standing with money in the bank.

But the game is missing some things. For example, choosing your pilot does absolutely nothing. There are no bonuses for any of them and really the only thing that it changes is the color of your plane. Why even have characters if they have no actual bearing on the game whatsoever?

The sound consists of a few songs that play during the menu and while you play. They have an epic wartime feel to them and remind me what might play during a Black Sheep Squadron episode. I guess that’s the point of the music and it works. There are some other minor sounds in the game and each character has a spoken phrase or two but that’s about it.

The graphics are good as well and while you play each level time will pass and so the sun will rise and set, sort of. Your actually looking down at the world from a satellite-like view and can even spin the globe as necessary.

Cities will light up with a number which represents how much pay the package is worth. There are also dotted lines to show where it is going. The best strategy I found is to simply take more packages than anyone else no matter how far they are going on most levels. That will ensure that you have continuing funds.

That was also the thing I didn’t like about the game. There’s not really any challenge in it. You could just try to take the most pacakges and win most levels. You didn’t have to think about how much the package was worth or where it was going. Most of the time you don’t even have a chance to do that because the AI-controlled characters will come by and snatch it up. Everyone is on the screen and picking up packages in real time so if you wait too long you’ll miss your chance to make money.

Like I said, great concept, good execution but missing something. That something that it’s missing is challenge and a lot of strategy. The game, while being cool in general, just didn’t manage to keep my interest. I’m not really sure who this game would appeal to, it’s not a puzzle game, it’s not really a strategy game. Maybe it would appeal to people who like planes...