There's a lot of minor tweaks that add up to make the experience better than the first. The planes feel a bit better and the menus are more functional, the music and presentation are really good, and I appreciate some of the streamlining. Unfortunately I think it suffers a bit in the actual design in a lot of ways. There's not a lot of levels I can say are outright bad, but there is just a lot of missed potential coming off the first game, which hurts a lot more since it's shorter. There are a couple neat gimmicks but they are usually only used once, and I think the final levels especially are pretty disappointing. Still a pretty solid game though.

Infinitamente Superior a Air Combat, Ace Combat 2 nos trás novamente o Esquadrão Scarface, Especificamente Phoenix do primeiro jogo, para lidar com mais uma tentativa de golpe de estado no país da USEA, que pôde acontecer muito provavelmente por conta de uma reunião dos membros da alta-cúpula dos estados de Strangereal para discutir a situação do asteróide Ulysses, que estava em rota de colisão com a Terra.

Por conta de ser um jogo arcade, a sua história é bem straight-forward, mas o World-Building está ali nas entrelinhas de modo discreto e interessante. Você luta em Anchorhead, por exemplo, como em Ace Combat 7.

Nesse jogo, Phoenix se torna tão importante quanto Mobius-1, na minha percepção. O antigo herói de Usea que desapareceu, e nos deu espaço para, futuramente, o destruidor do Megalito reinar na memória dos livros de história do Strangereal

Glória ao Scarface Squadron!😎

Ir de Ace Combat 7 para o 2 é algo cômico. Tipo, no 7 tem uma puta de uma baita narrativa elaborada, que romantiza o voo, reflete sobre a concepção de nação, traz mó papo antiguerra, e ainda mete um MGS2 momento.

Já o 2 é tipo: "Porra, como é foda pilotar um caça militar"

Esse jogo entendeu pra caralho pqp

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Awww yeah, now that's a motherfucking video game sequel.

Ace Combat 2 is more Ace Combat. Bigger, bolder, better, the hallmarks of a killer sequel are all here and accounted for. The satisfying air combat dogfighting is even more fun, the campaign has more going on with alternative routes to up the replayability, and the soundtrack is as rocking as ever. Top notch stuff all around!

But what really makes AC2 better than the first game is that the "Alert! Body damaged!" sound effect only plays once or twice after getting shot, rather than 12 times in a row like the original.

I think Air Combat tricked me into believing all PS1 just looked like that. The flat ground texture which resulted in difficult-to-judge altitude is a total non-issue in the sequel. The flight controls have been tightened, the music even better and the story? A mild improvement, but not something I cared about.

Ace Combat's biggest strength lies in its missions, where we some much needed variety. Standard dogfights are interspersed between defence objectives, time restrictions and levels that require precise navigation. Not every level is great, but the diversity is appreciated regardless. Environments are more unique, too, with the highlight being a city at night which lets you squeeze right by the buildings if you're feeling brave. As this is a PS1 game with access only to a D-Pad, controls aren't as accurate as you'd hope, making some maneuvers riskier han they'd be if full analog control was possible. Regardless, it works well enough that I can forgive the shortcomings.

Ace Combat 2 is great, a solid step up from its predecessor and a fantastic foundation for entries moving forward. I'm particularly excited to see how the series fares on more powerful hardware (particularly given the dual analog setup), but that'll have to wait a little longer.

Ah, o que falar de Ace Combat 2? Simplesmente melhorou tudo do primeiro jogo em cada detalhe. Primeiramente, a trilha sonora que já era incrível no primeiro jogo, conseguiu ficar melhor ainda para o jogo e tem um trabalho bem mais elaborado por trás em quesito de passar o sentimento da fase. A direção de arte do jogo melhorou TANTO, as missões são mais variadas os cenários são lindos, a HUD é muito mais agradável e charmosa. A gameplay melhorou horrores, muito mais justo, sempre quando eu perdia eu senti ser incompetência minha e não do jogo, sua jogabilidade é muito mais dinâmica e divertida de se jogar. Agora algo que eu não estava esperando do jogo, é ter um valor semântico dentro disso tudo, coisa que o jogo anterior simplesmente não tinha, a situação em que estamos - uma situação emergencial já que somos pegos desprevenidos aqui - é muito bem transposta in-game, você sente como precisamos correr contra o tempo, há várias fases que você tem que fazer as coisas rápidas se não você falha, essa constante sensação de precisar fazer algo de urgência com poucas pessoas ainda, é muito boa e todo a execução disso é bem bacana.

Good visuals and a hard hitting soundtrack coalesce into a game that can only be described as a vibe. I continue my Ace Combat journey as I play the sequel

I described the first game's visual design as "simple" but Ace Combat 2 is a really vibrant game. You'll go from snowy mountains to a rocky desert, or fly over the cold blue sea in what feels like a cold winter day and the game's vibrant colours so a great job of immersing you in the world as you fight off this enemy invasion.

Guys...I did it. I finally changed the controller layout from Novice to Expert!!! I don't know if the first game had it but the expert layout gives you much better control over the plane that I'm surprised it's not the standard. The gameplay is pretty similar to the first one but it is better, as for the levels themselves I think only a few levels in this game irked me due to their design not being great. Sometimes the target would be around too tight a corner or be smack dab behind a narrow passageway. This game also has less levels than the last one, which wouldn't be an issue but this game also has way few choices in what levels you want to approach. The last level was also unfortunately a bit of a let down, I still think the first game's final enemy slowly coming into your view with that ominous music in the background far outshines this game's lackluster finale.

Oh yeah the soundtrack? It's stellar. Never did I expect that jazz would go so well with blowing up airplanes but here we are. Being locked into firefights with enemy planes as you both desperately try your best to destroy each other while hard rock music plays just pumps you up. It really is something you have to play for yourself to experience.

Ace Combat 2 is a fun time, definitely better than its predecessor I'd say. I'm curious to see what the remake is like, but I'm sure it won't match the original. Anyways, time to enter the Electrosphere.