Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - PlayStation 4

note: This review is only for the singleplayer content, I don't have access to multiplayer.It's a bit of a struggle when you start out since your trying to figure out the control's, but once you do the game just becomes so fun to play as you fly though the skies as an ace pilot. There story is kinda of ehh mainly because you don't stick to the same squadron and they don't develop them enough in my opinion. To be fair though, it didn't seem that the game was to focus on fleshing out the character and it was more focused on the politics behind why everything was happening and I think they do a good enough job on that, but I wish they fleshed the teams you worked with more. For me, the game shines in graphics and gameplay. The evironoments in the sky look beautiful and I love the design of the planes and drones. For gameplay I played on the ps4 controller with standard controls, It was odd at first, but I got the hang of it. I like the aircraft tree for getting planes and parts, however if you want to unlock everything for singleplayer mode on the tree then your gonna have to play all the difficulties to get enough points to unlock them, which I didn't mind cause the game was really fun or repeat playthroughs with your new planes.

1st of all i played 1 - 2 - 3 US + JP - 4 - 5 - 0 - AH ps3 & 3dsas an ace combat fan growing up with PS this series was significant as much as resident evil and metal gearfor this game it's the most amazingly looking ace combat game and the most realistic yet , story is part of the strangereal world and not what they did with AH on ps3 so it has links to 4 - 5 & 0 .gameplay wise as a veteran i felt this game is a new and challenging experience with the missions having some new approach to objectives that might want you to listen closely to the awacs and radio this time around .the jets are of good variety and are more beautiful than ever with the new sharp G turns as well as parts customization to better enhance any craft you like .online is also a blast but you need to grind MRP points to get the good stuff but generally its funfinally after holding ace combat 4 as the best in the series this game has finally topped that in every aspect and hopefully the series will continue to do better .

Regarding the AC5 code; I didn't get mine in the mail, either. I contacted Amazon and they got one sent to me within the day. Even if they hadn't though, at some point reviews are supposed to be about the product, not the seller...People talk about Kingdom Hearts 3's long awaited release, but us Ace Combat fans have been waiting for this game to come out for almost as long. The last mainline Strangereal game that we got, Ace Combat 6 on 360, came out almost 12 years ago. And now that it's here, I can say that Project Aces has, for the most part, delivered.First, the good. We're back in Strangereal, and it feels great. You're once again flying for Osea (mostly), this time against an invasion by Erusia. One of the big themes of this game is information access, and how disrupting it can cause chaos. While you are principally an Osean soldier, that matters less and less as the game continues, information gives way to rumors, and lines are blurred. While this is the next entry in a very long-running franchise, newcomers shouldn't worry about jumping in. Aside from a few exciting callbacks to previous games (particularly 5), 7's story stands on its own. If you do get your digital copy of Ace Combat 5, I might recommend playing through it before you play 7, just so you'll get some of the references they put out there.The game looks really good. I remember early on the developers discussed that one of their goals with 7 was to make the sky itself more of an element in gameplay. That felt like fluff at the time, but playing through the game, it really does feel like special attention was paid to the natural elements. Clouds, for example, cause your canopy to fog and eventually ice up, and will screw with missile tracking, such that it's a viable tactic to escape enemies by flying into them. Turbulence can throw you off course, and lightning strikes can scramble your electronics. These things don't dominate the gameplay, but they are a meaningful addition and collectively make the game more immersive.The music is, as always, excellent. Keiki Kobayashi returns to add his signature touch to the score, and it shows. It still doesn't quite top what he did for AC5 in my opinion, but it's a great work all the same.There's a general feeling like the technology has progressed since the previous entries. The prevalence of drones in the story are maybe the biggest indication of this, but you can see it here and there across the board. For example, whereas railguns and laser weapons used to be limited to futuristic superplanes in past games, now they've spread to a wider variety of more basic planes. The final boss in the game made me feel like we were gradually approaching Macross levels of dogfighting.As a smaller note, the game is fully multilingual, with options for English and Japanese voiceovers and subtitles, as well as other languages.Now, for the stuff I was a little disappointed by.The first thing you'll likely notice is that the plane selection is a little weak. There's a noticeably large number of F-15 variants and Sukhois, and the selection is dominated by Fighters, with only TWO Attacker craft. Mainstays like the F-22, A-10, F/A-18, F-14, Su-47 and Typhoon are present, but for example we didn't get the Nighthawk this time around, and the F-4 Phantom is preorder only. The superplane in this game is also not very interesting, at least in my opinion.The wingmen in this game also feel a little less... there. It's fun to listen to radio chatter like always, and most of characters have reasonably endearing personalities (I liked Huxian and Wiseman in particular), but while I do occasionally notice them getting kills, for the most part your wingmen are just kinda there to fill out the scene and provide dialogue. There's also no wingman support mechanic like in 5, 6 and Zero.A quick note on the multiplayer. I haven't played a whole lot of it, but while it's a little basic it seems fine. It has two modes: Battle Royale (basically Free For All) and Team Deathmatch. In order to prevent every match from being a throwdown between F-22s, Su-57s and YF-23s each aircraft has a "cost" associated with it, with the better planes being more expensive. You can set your matchmaking criteria to only pull up matches with a certain maximum cost, which forces everyone to use lower tiers of planes. There's no voice chat from what I can see, but you can set a bunch of preset messages to broadcast while in-game.Overall, this unmistakably the game that Ace Combat fans have been waiting for. It's been a long wait, but Ace Combat is back.

I have loved all the Ace Combat games since I had my Nintendo 64 as a boy. It seems that the fighter jet games are becoming a thing of the past, but I hope they continue this franchise on whenever the next gen consoles come out.The story on this one feels like it jumps around a bit, and there is a lot of monologue that doesn’t seem to always fit together. I appreciate them trying to make it feel more like a story, but I think the gamers who play these, would be fine with just a simple plot of “here come the bad guys, let’s shoot them down”.Having said that, the missions are actually really diverse, and very fun. They are challenging as all Ace Combat games in the past have been. Just enough that it takes time to figure them out and break them down. I will say that I think every mission has a “plot twist” thrown in, which started seeming unnecessary. Also, the missions are generally fairly long. So it can be hard if you just want to sit and play for 20 minutes, you might not get through and there is no save or checkpoint in the middle of the missions.The aircraft and weapons are top notch. And of course the flying experience is fantastic. Very nostalgic of past Ace Combat games.PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE GAMES