When their country needed a hero, they asked a demon to fly.
Ace Combat 7 is the first game in the series that I have played, and was one of the strongest introductions to a franchise that I've experienced. The entirety of the game is an adrenaline fueled rush that had me on edge the full duration of my playtime, and the coupling of excellent controls and exciting campaign missions brought this full circle to be a near perfect experience to me. I will mention since I barely ever play games online U have only done the campaign mode so my rating does not reflect what the multiplayer experience may be like.
The campaign is genuinely one of the best story modes I've played in a while. I found the narrative to actually be pretty compelling, and also very sensical as compared to a lot of military plots. It does an excellent job of explaining prior world history so you can easily pick it up as your first game and not be confused by the story. I have to commend the hard work put into the various cutscenes of this mode, it really felt like a cinematic experience at times that also ties in extremely well to the actual gameplay. Another highlight of the campaign is the various radio talk that occurs in missions, I really enjoyed listening to the occasional banter that Trigger's fellow pilots would give, while of course gunning down legions at the same time.
The campaign offers some extremely strong moments in its highest points, such as incredible battles accompanied by some of the greatest songs ever composed. I can firmly say that Daredevil will never be leaving my playlist any time soon, it was actually the reason I wanted to play this in the first place. Probably the only thing I didn't like about the campaign is ironically where the game gets its "Unknown Skies" title, the gimmick slowed the gameplay down quite a lot so it was definitely the weakest point of the mode. Luckily that segment is over pretty quickly and the game returns to all guns blazing every which way until the credits roll.
With such an amazing game in existence, I think it is worth giving a shot atleast once even if you don't believe it will interest you. I have never really cared for military-style games but this easily puts them to shame and won me over. Looking forward to trying the rest of the series!
Ace Combat 7 is the first game in the series that I have played, and was one of the strongest introductions to a franchise that I've experienced. The entirety of the game is an adrenaline fueled rush that had me on edge the full duration of my playtime, and the coupling of excellent controls and exciting campaign missions brought this full circle to be a near perfect experience to me. I will mention since I barely ever play games online U have only done the campaign mode so my rating does not reflect what the multiplayer experience may be like.
The campaign is genuinely one of the best story modes I've played in a while. I found the narrative to actually be pretty compelling, and also very sensical as compared to a lot of military plots. It does an excellent job of explaining prior world history so you can easily pick it up as your first game and not be confused by the story. I have to commend the hard work put into the various cutscenes of this mode, it really felt like a cinematic experience at times that also ties in extremely well to the actual gameplay. Another highlight of the campaign is the various radio talk that occurs in missions, I really enjoyed listening to the occasional banter that Trigger's fellow pilots would give, while of course gunning down legions at the same time.
The campaign offers some extremely strong moments in its highest points, such as incredible battles accompanied by some of the greatest songs ever composed. I can firmly say that Daredevil will never be leaving my playlist any time soon, it was actually the reason I wanted to play this in the first place. Probably the only thing I didn't like about the campaign is ironically where the game gets its "Unknown Skies" title, the gimmick slowed the gameplay down quite a lot so it was definitely the weakest point of the mode. Luckily that segment is over pretty quickly and the game returns to all guns blazing every which way until the credits roll.
With such an amazing game in existence, I think it is worth giving a shot atleast once even if you don't believe it will interest you. I have never really cared for military-style games but this easily puts them to shame and won me over. Looking forward to trying the rest of the series!