In my opinion, Ace Combat Zero is the best in the franchise. While it is the shortest of the PS2 games, its unique ace style system gives it the most replayability series, surpassed only by the third game.

Zero perfected the gameplay of the past two games, each dog fight feels intense and each air-to-ground attack feels devastating. Zero also tells the best story the series has to date, not only does it explore the war the characters fight in, but those you fight agaisnt and their motive and it strives to humanize all of your opponents.

Ace Combat is famous for its soundtrack and Zero's sound track is best the series has to date, with such memorable tracks such as: Diapason, the round table, avalon, zero, and much more.

Very little does Ace Combat Zero do wrong, while there are the ocasional uninteresting missions, they are nessasary for the games pacing to move as smoothly as it does. Zero's missions also lack check points, making game overs on longer missions feeling cheaply fustrating.

Reviewed on Jan 20, 2024


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