Battle Engine Aquila

Try not to step on your own troops

A game based After the End were two armies fight over what land is left is left of the world. You play Hawk Winter, a Dockworker whose girlfriend is involved in the Aquila project and recruits him as its pilot.

You can pilot 5 different Battle engines, vehicles that can transform between walker mode and jet mode.

A version for Microsoft Windows can be found on Steam here.

Tropes used in Battle Engine Aquila include:
  • Ace Pilot
  • After the End
  • Battleship Raid: The penultimate encounter.
  • The Battlestar
  • Deflector Shields: Available in walker mode but not jet mode.
  • Energy Weapon: Several of the 10 possible weapons are energy based.
  • Encyclopedia Exposita: Every unit in the game, from the giant artillery platform to those civilian trucks that make a cameo in one level, have their own page of specs and history.
  • Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: A gigantic mutant sea creature randomly appears in one level and obliterates all the enemy forces on the island. Then you have to kill it.
  • Hollywood Global Warming: Rising sea levels has left land a scarce commodity.
  • Humongous Mecha: The titular battle engine isn't the biggest unit in the game, but it towers over convoys of tanks and most other walkers easily.
  • Invisibility Cloak: The sniper has reduced weaponry but can turn invisible.
  • Macross Missile Massacre: The micro missiles are spat out in impressive volleys.
  • Mook Maker: Factories and landing craft churn out a steady supply of reinforcements. Interestingly, your own Redshirt Army has them in some missions.
  • Super Drowning Skills: The Aquila is destroyed if it enters water. In a world where the vast majority of the world is covered in it.
  • Super Prototype: Several. Including the titular Battle Engine.
  • Spider Tank: Several tanks and the battle engines (Prototype Aquila, Pulsar, Blazer, Lancer and Sniper)
  • Transforming Mecha: the Battle engines can transform between walker and flight modes.
  • The War Sequence: Some of the battles are absolutely massive.
  • Wing Man: You get a choice of three of'em. One's good at taking out ground targets, one's good at taking out enemy fighters, and one's in between.
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