Advantages: Intense full on action from start to finish
Disadvantages: Way to easy to complete in one sitting

...Love it or hate it, Ace Combat 2 is a flight shoot 'em up that offers intense action from start to finish. The only draw back is that you can reach the finish at the end of day one, so longevity is a serious fault with this game. However, if you like the kind of game that has you gripping your controller till your knuckles turn white and sweat breaks out on your forehead as you try to get the HUD crosshairs to lock on to the AI controlled plane in front of you, this game has that kind of intensity to it that makes up for it's short game life. Flight sim officionados and budding RAF members should by it, anyone else should really stay well clear.... Read review

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Advantages: Better than it's predecessors from the same publisher
Disadvantages: Not that much good compared to the same genre elsewhere

...Namco's third attempt at a flight sim has proved a little more successful in its attempt to provide longevity to the game, with more endings available at completion and more varied missions this time. They also seem to have just ported the same graphics over from Ace Combat 2, with little enhancements that are hardly noticeable from the prequel. However, they have once again captured that intensity that will have you riveted to your screen for the first few times you play it, and it's only after a little practice that you can start to relax a bit and start blasting away merrily with your cannons, until you get to the later levels where all sorts of enemies can await. Overall, the best of a bad bunch from Namco, if you are a die hard flight sim fanatic then it's probably worth spending a bit of money, otherwise I would advise... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing for the price amazing for the graphics
Disadvantages: None love it

...Ace Comabt 6; the best flight arcade game in history, forget "Over G-Fighter" this just doesnt come close. avlaible on he Xbox 360 the truely great gaming console no true gamer should be without. thats right not avalaible on the PS3 well looks like Namco are changing sides and so shoudl you. story is based around a city which came under attack by the "Estovakians" your mission is to retake "Gracmeria" along with you wing man "Shamrock". over 18 missions lasting hours on end with unlitited amounts of hours of playtime. online ENABLED play agaisnt friends for true Air Supremacy and tets your skills. Lead your team into battle for denefse or attck purposes. over 15 aircraft to unlock and choose from with phot realsitc graphic and true aircraft feel. feel the speed of each aircraft and master over G turns for desparate dog fighitng... Read review

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Advantages: Good ariel action offline and excellent action online
Disadvantages: Graphic a little old but Warbirds 3 promises to correct this.

...Warbirds is both an "online" and "offline" WWII flight simualtor combat game. The software can be downloaded from http://www.iencentral.com/warbirds/index.shtml (its large, 34 Mb for the game and 2Mb for the internet interface) but its free to play offline. Prices vary for the "online" games but you'll be playing against real people. There are a lot of related sights and if your keen you can get training for the online dogfights. There are a number of ways to play Warbirds that take in the various aspects of WWII ariel combat. Bombing, torpedoes, ground attack rockets, paratroops and, as mentioned earilier, dogfighting. You can try your hand at take off and landings both on dry land or carriers too. The flight characteristics of the various planes can be set to easy flight or realistic. The combat from novice to ace... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent gameplay and a variation of Jet planes to use
Disadvantages: At times feels like you are not going fast enough!

...The Ace Combat series is definitely one that has progressed over the years. Ace Combat X, the series debut on the PSP, is absolutely amazing. Graphically, the planes in-game look amazing. However, dont expect thrillings backgrounds graphic-wise, flying over the buildings shows you how little effort they put into making the scenery look good.On a lighter note, the cut scenes, the menus, etc. are artistically done very well. The menus are also very easy to navigate leaving you with more time for flying rather than selecting options. Selecting missions, aircraft, etc. are very easily done with a few button presses. Aircraft selections and options are numerous, which provides more depth for aircraft and military fanatics. The aircraft models are very nicely done an the game includes currently used aircraft (new and old) along... Read review

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Advantages: Good, war, fun.
Disadvantages: A bit limited.

...Flight Simulator. It’s one of the best selling simulations of all time, yet to many, it’s the embodiment of sheer boredom. Happily, though, with the discreet but strategic addition of the word ‘Combat’, Flight Simulator has earned its stripes, with added guns, bombs and thrills. World War I may have had the romance and the fabled Aces, but CFS brings us World War II, when aerial combat came of age. Strangely, considering the mild import of the period, WWII has rarely starred in a successful flight sim, but again, Microsoft have rectified all that with this plum of a simulation. There are eight classic WWII aircraft to fly, all faithfully recreated with spot-on avionics. In the Battle of Britain scenarios, the RAF can choose between the legendary Spitfire Mk.1 and Mk.IX, and the Hurricane Mk.1. In the Battle over Europe, the USAAF can... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Fun, Exciting Plane Action!
Disadvantages: Not much added from earlier games, No online play

...Ace Combat - The Belkan War pretty much uses all the same features as its predecessors, however don't be disappointed! If you enjoyed 'Ace Combat 5' and Ace Combat 04 then the term 'been there, done that' will undoubtedly spring to mind, don't let this put you off though, the skies are still infested with enemies and the game is just as pleasurable as the earlier ones, you'l still have a great time playing. If you have, or plan on playing the game the first thing you'l notice is the story hasn't really developed and should be familiar to those who play. For a number of years, Ace Combat games have defined there nature by combining combat with pretty good narrative commentary. This time round, the story follows an alternate-reality war between Osea and Belka. Osea is a large nation whereas Belka is better known for its aggression... Read review

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Advantages: Photo-realistic planes and landscapes
Disadvantages: Slightly repetetive. More arcadey than flight sim

...Ace Combat:Distant Thunder is the fourth game in the series and the first on PlayStation 2. I had only played the original and missed out numbers 2 & 3. I used to like the original, back when the Psone was released. AC:DT involves you flying a combat aircraft in a series of single-player missions or head-to-head in 2 players 'deathmatches'. The first thing that grabs you about this game are the photo-realistic landscpaes around you, and the sense of speed you get when flying at a low level. If you have ever wanted to fly a plane like in the movie Top Gun, this is as close as you are likely to get. The controls may be more arcade like than hardcore flight sim, but this is the PlayStation 2 and only to be expected. In fact this makes it more accessible than a lot of PC based flight sim games. The sound effects are good, with radio... Read review

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Advantages: good graphics
Disadvantages: expensive

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Advantages: Thrills, fun to watch, superb to play
Disadvantages: Too short when you play through the story mode

...Missile approaching, dive, dive! ACE COMBAT 2 is on the whole a brilliant game with only one flaw, but ill come to that later. SO Gameplay: The gameplay of this flightcombat sim is superb. After a couple of minutes grappling with the controls, youll find yourself swooping under bridges, through citys, going up as high as you can then diving and pulling out at the last moment, plummeting out of the sky into an enemy tank and then watching the replay of you and the tank going up into flames. This really is high thrill stuff. It is easy to start flying, just go to new or load game, select play mission, choose your plane and your off! The loading time is about 3 seconds for each mission, which is superb. The missions are really varied, some of them fending off tanks trying to reach a downed troop carrier plane, escorting ships through... Read review

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