It might have had a long and relatively 'anime' and cheesy narrative, but the sheer amount of emotion and wave of feels that it forced on me was immense. It is a story where you play a character who isn't even the main protagonist in the narrative until close to the end, you're not so much a character, you're a goddamn force of nature here to destroy everything that stands in your way.Īce Combat 5 to me is the pinnacle of the series. I jumped right into electrosphere where the new UI and the electronic beats took a little to get used to, same with the branching story but it was still the exact same experience I wanted out of the series.įast forward to Ace Combat 04, this game blew my mind visually it felt so photo realistic at the time it was incredible, not to mention that the story telling in this entry is still definitely one of the coolest methods of narrative delivery I have seen in a long time, another gaffer whose name escapes me at the moment describes it perfectly as, 'The whole story is basically one giant letter to Mobius 1, from a civilian onlooker who has seen war from all sides'. Ace Combat introduced me to a world where my F-15 had over 40 missiles, blazing fast speeds, a crazy awesome universe, an amazing sound track and best of all a distinct feeling of an arcade game wrapped up inside a Playstation one black disc. Here I thought oh this won't be anything special it will just be a lame flight sim. Let's give a little preface: I have been a long time Ace Combat fan, ever since playing AC2 on my brand new Playstation back in the day, it was the first game I got when I bought the console because of some in store deal.

Unmarked spoilers about Ace Combat in general ahead!Īlso pardon my grammar, I am typing this from a phone.

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