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"My body didn't come with wings, but my mind does... and it gave me the sky. At times all I want is to be a winged mind."
"My body didn't come with wings, but my mind does... and it gave me the sky. At times all I want is to be a winged mind."
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As ThunderousFolf on YouTube said, this game can be simply described as "when ambition and innovation are on afterburners".
Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere is a game simply far ahead of its time in every sense of the word. It's no wonder that some of the same staff went on to work on Drakengard, one of the most popular and beloved video game series in history. ACE3 mastered the art of immersion way back in 1999. From the moment you boot up the game, you step into a world full of trickery and illusions, and it makes you feel that way.
The team was superb at setting the atmosphere; and throughout the game, you feel like something's wrong. Every part of the game just doesn't feel right, all the way up to the true ending - which, by the way, can only be seen after completing 5 routes; it's as much of a technical feat to achieve that on a PS1 as it is a literary one.
ACE3 tells a story set in a cyberpunk-ish, futuristic world where governments have been weakened to the point where corporates have become the de-facto centres of power. It is a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked scientific advancement without stopping to consider morals and capitalism. It draws a lot from many similar works at the time (most noticeably, Ghost in The Shell), and the story is structured somewhat like a mecha anime. But ACE3 puts in its own flair of originality, and uses the medium of video games to its maximum possible advantage to tell its story: from the menu designs, the cutscenes, the gameplay and all the way down to the UI.
If you're worried about the number of routes, don't worry - they're all relatively short, and the game is about 20 hours long considering all routes. You can play in any order you want, though if you want a recommendation, you might wanna try my own ((subjective)) route guide, the order which I think brings the most tension and drama into your playthrough. And trust me, it is worth it. This is most probably my favourite game of all time just because of how different it is, and I doubt anything like it is going to come out ever again.
Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere is a game simply far ahead of its time in every sense of the word. It's no wonder that some of the same staff went on to work on Drakengard, one of the most popular and beloved video game series in history. ACE3 mastered the art of immersion way back in 1999. From the moment you boot up the game, you step into a world full of trickery and illusions, and it makes you feel that way.
The team was superb at setting the atmosphere; and throughout the game, you feel like something's wrong. Every part of the game just doesn't feel right, all the way up to the true ending - which, by the way, can only be seen after completing 5 routes; it's as much of a technical feat to achieve that on a PS1 as it is a literary one.
ACE3 tells a story set in a cyberpunk-ish, futuristic world where governments have been weakened to the point where corporates have become the de-facto centres of power. It is a cautionary tale about the dangers of unchecked scientific advancement without stopping to consider morals and capitalism. It draws a lot from many similar works at the time (most noticeably, Ghost in The Shell), and the story is structured somewhat like a mecha anime. But ACE3 puts in its own flair of originality, and uses the medium of video games to its maximum possible advantage to tell its story: from the menu designs, the cutscenes, the gameplay and all the way down to the UI.
If you're worried about the number of routes, don't worry - they're all relatively short, and the game is about 20 hours long considering all routes. You can play in any order you want, though if you want a recommendation, you might wanna try my own ((subjective)) route guide, the order which I think brings the most tension and drama into your playthrough. And trust me, it is worth it. This is most probably my favourite game of all time just because of how different it is, and I doubt anything like it is going to come out ever again.
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its peak your honour