Solid game that I had a really good time with all throughout, but I have some complaints. The targetting was often complete garbage, hitting targets I wanted to hit was near impossible at times. As far as I could tell, there is no function to target priority targets, which means often you just end up hitting the "switch target" button a bunch of times, hoping it'll land on the thing you actually want to lock on to. It can be very frustrating.

The story also wasn't anything to write home about. It had some memorable moments, but honestly, I didn't really get invested in any of the characters, or even what was going on in the plot. It wasn't told in a very comprehensive way, and although I have a loose idea of what was going on, it never felt like it got me to care much.

Another thing is, I didn't think the mission objectives and the environments had enough variety. Most of the time, the objective was just "shoot all the enemies", and the environment was rather flat. I would've enjoyed some more unique mission structures and places to fly around in.

Don't get me wrong, the game is very solid, and I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I couldn't help but compare it to something like Ace Combat 5, which does all of these things much better, despite being a ps2 game.

Some of the stuff the game does well is its graphics, they're beautiful, and flying through clouds and coming out on top will never stop being enjoyable. The controls are also overall fantastic, besides the targetting, as is the soundtrack.

Overall, this was a good experience, and if you're into this style of game, it's definitely worth playing.