Apache: Air Assault has several game modes from the fun, beginner's Arcade Mode in which the gamer can get quickly used to the controls and experience combat. The landscape is, in fact, nearly as detailed as the damage modelling. There are both air and ground missions to undertake in environments that were created using high resolution map data from real-life satellite photography. The game actually sees the player doing more than air combat in such locations as the African coast, the mountains of the Middle East and Central American jungles. Apache: Air Assault puts the gamer in command of the legendary Boeing AH-64 Apache assault helicopter as they make their way through 16 multi-stage missions all over the world.