Ace Combat.. I love this game.. I started playing the second game Ace Combat 2 on the Playstation One.. then Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, then onto the PS2 with Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies, my favourite Ace Combat 5: Unsung War and the last Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War.. funny thing is I didnt play the original Air Combat.. LOL.. Ace Combat 6 was made for the XBOX *FUCK U NAMCO*.. but luckily the new one.. Ace Combat Assault Horizon was on the PS3.. waited YEARS for this.. :)
Lets start with the new feature of this game.. Dogfight Mode.. basically is u FLY AS CLOSE TO THE TARGET.. then a circle will appear around the plane.. then press L2 + R2..
then all ur work is to shoot missiles and fire a of machine gun bullets.. LOL.. the plane will just follow the enemy plane until the target its shot down.. Ok i dont really like this.. cuz it makes the game SOOOOOOOOO EASY.. i mean if the target is flying head to head towards u, as long as u get close, if DFM is possible, engage it and automatically the plane is behind the target.. WTF? some one second gravity physics defying move.. ==.. but no worries.. DFM can also be used on u.. targets behind u will which comes close enough will be able to engage DFM onto u.. but no worries.. if that happens there is a counter measure.. if the target engages DFM on you.. there will be two arrows appearing on the HUD, slow the plane down till the two arrows come together, level the plane and hit R2 + L2 and watch the magic happen.. LOL.. in one second u'll be behind the target and boom there it goes.. DOWNN...
Oh ya.. last time when u shoot a plane down.. all u see is black smoke coming out from the plane.. now? IT BURSTS AND BREAKS APART!.. LOL.. im not kidding.. the game will even show u the target plane breaks into peices.. in slowwww mottioonn.. lolol.. if ur fast enough sometimes u can see the pilot gets blast out of the plane.. LOL..
So new features well.. the major one will be flying a helicopter.. no shit.. This game allows you to fly the Apache and a Russian heli.. at first it was retarded, but after a while, u'll get used to it and its pretty easy..
oh yeah.. then u can also play as a door gunner.. basically u sit at the side of a BlackHawk and use the gatling gun to rain down bullets on EVERYTHING.. -.-.. i tot i was playing Call of Duty for a moment.. lolz..
OHH OHH!~ speaking of COD, there is one mission where we will use the gunship like in COD, support ground troops with shooting from the sky.. lol..
then u will also play as a bomber.. oh yeah.. u can choose either to use the B-1B Lancer or the B-2 Spirit.. OHH YAEHH that was funn.. :D
The music as usual is awesome.. like all ace combat games.. will download the soundtrack soon when its available.. :P then it comes down to the graphics. it supports up to 1080p so YEAH!!! ITS AWESOME!! its beautiful.. everything is perfectly rendered.. the planes are all smooth and the destruction is really defined. only let down is the terrain looks generic and plain.
ok now the storyline, unlike the other AC games, Assault Horizon takes place in the REAL WORLD!.. yeahh.. there are pros and cons.. well more cons that pros for me.. ..... pros? REAL WORLD! means that the missions takes place in REAL PLACES!.. we have stages in Africa, Miami, Russia, Dubai, Washington, and a few more.. and finally the main character is given a name and well.. a soul.. LOL.. funny though, he doesnt have a callsign.. either its Bishop or thats his name cuz everyone juz calls him Warwofl 1.. -.-
so the enemies are well.. who are American's highest threat? the russians.. LOL.. so yeah.. the enemies in this game are the russians.. wont spoil the storyline for u so thats all i will say.. the campaign is VERY short.. i finished the game is over 5-6 hours.. THAT IS NOT COOL!~ well the campaign is actually about 30% of the entire game..
lets get over to the cons.. because its the REAL world, there is now special technology in this game, there wont be a HUGE ass aircraft that needs to be shot down, there wont be laser tech satellites which will shoot you from space, there is no superweapons nuking you from afar.. basically all u do is shooot countless of fighters and bombers, provide air support.. like in real life.. then there is no SUPERPLANES,.. mehhh
After finishing the campaign there is plenty much to do,u can play the free missions to unlock more planes, yeah, no more like last time u use money to buy planes, now as long as u use it once, it will be yours to use over and over again.. then everytime you complete a free mission, u'll collect points and this points will level you up and allows you to unlock certain "attributes" for your pilot profile such as "Enhance Missiles, Enhance Machine Gun" and unlocks callsigns like "Alpha, Garuda, Viking, Razgriz, Möbius" all these are used for Free Mission and Multiplayer..
Speaking of multiplayer, so far i've played once.. IT WAS AWESOME!.. well now u can customize your plane, well besides adding attributes, u can change the colours of your plane.. so yeah.. its FUNN.. there are several multiplayer game modes, but so far i've played deathmatch.. basically 1-15 planes in a map shooting everyone down.. a free for all.. man it was WIN!~..
So Namco has announced it will release DLC for the game.. and some coming up are the fictional planes from the old ace combat games and my favourite the Su-37 Terminator.. also they will release the special paint schemes from previous games such as the F22- Möbius 1 colours from AC4.. the F-14 Razgriz colours from AC5 and F-15 Cipher colours form ACZero.. SYOKK!~ i love that razgriz colour.. well cuz its the F-14.. lol..
The amount of planes are similar or a little more than ACZero.. still the most is AC5..
So here's the game trailer and a little insight of how the game is..
So all i have to say is, this game is WIN.. its AWESOME!.. it gets pretty frustrating at times but hey! thats the fun!... u shoot two targets back to back.. 5-6 targets trying to shoot u down at once.. yes that happens and u manage to evade them and shoot them all back.. the feeling is great! its exciting.. i've never been this excited playing a game before.. LOL.. if your a Fighter Jet fan.. GET IT!.. it may defy logic sometimes but hey its a game! and that is how it should be!
all and all.. i hope the AC games will continue.. and i really hope they go back to the fictional world.. this real world thingy is not as fun.. there is no more briefing at the start of every misison.. instead all u get are short cutscenes and straight into the action.. and im pretty sure there is no carrier landing.. hmm... o well.. im gonna play more of the multiplayer soon enough.. this game?
8/10!
