Like oh god it’s bad, I was on the verge of having multiple crashouts throughout the game, only to have the crashout on the final mission, and this game has 30 missions.
And before anyone says anything, I bought it with birthday money so technically I didn’t spend money I got from working a job.
i’m not sure if you expecting the plot to be any good was the right way to approach this game
Ever notice how some form of “story doesn’t matter in games” gets dragged out to defend games that don’t have good stories? It’s starting to be a major bugbear I have in game discourse now.
Not saying you’re trying to do that, but it kinda does feel like you’re doing that.
Ace Combat games (to me) don’t have stories that set up gameplay, more that their gameplay requires dumbass stories to justify. It can be done well (see Project Wingman) but at the end of the day, with Ace Combat I’m here to fly funni plane. This obviously doesn’t apply to all games, I just enjoy the goofiness of AC combined with extremely tight gameplay.
YMMV, if story matters to you it’s not a great game and you should play project wingman instead
Already have, it’s a series that I played growing up. Like i’ve played 4, 5, Zero, 6, AH, AHL (remake of 2), 7, and now 8. On top of that i’ve played other “ace combats” in Project Wingman, also Airforce Delta Strike.
Though I should get around to actually playing the fan translation of 3, and playing X, X2, and Joint Assault sometime.