ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
After a longer pause, we have again an air action series, this time also on the PC. Consoles enjoy great pride and high prizes, but if it is enough on a PC where there is much more competition in this genre, it will be seen right after the first take off.
The story has always been seen as a strong side in this series. Over-the-scenes scenes, storytelling during the flight over the radio, miscellaneous communications outside missions during breezes and debrisings. It's hard to say if it's an ignorance of previous parts that I have not played but the story is boring. On the other hand, at least its submission can be evaluated without knowledge of past events. You are fighting in a world that is fictitious, whose history is also fictitious, but it is as if it took something from our world. They suggest similar names, or at least names, to evoke, for example, real countries or political clusters. There will probably be a lot of problems here, as the names of the two main parties and the continent where fighting is taking place are very similar. Usean, Erusea, Osean - confusing? You believe that. From the very beginning, you are thrown into the vortex of events without any explanation of who and who is who. It can not be read in any encyclopedia unless you search the internet. The events are very chaotic, served in a non-distinctive, prestigious scene to inspire a sense of something daring, but they seem pathetic. They are absolutely boring.
The flight model is boring. Not expecting a reprocessed simulator from this game, it did not happen. But also action arcade air games have their flight model, which may be less or more complex. Here is the flight model totally shallow, simpler than in some cheap sci-fi action "arcade". You can spin the circle endlessly without losing speed, fly anything and do anything, the airplane is still handled the same way. minutes of completing and, of course, the infinity of cartridges cannons.Therefore, the gameplay is very fast, explosive and does not have to go down to everyone.It is fast enough that the efficient use of the cannon is very sporadic.Of course, you have air-to-air missiles and air-ground, and you can use the first air-borne aircraft for all land and airplane targets, and it is a pity that there are no bombers and customized missions where the shift mechanism will only benefit.
Missions are generally very simple, fast, mostly destroy everything on the ground and in the air, unless you sometimes have it on time. Goals are used to change and you have something to protect yourself from here - nothing special that you have never seen before. During the flight, someone is still screaming something about the radio. It sounds cool and impressed as if you were on an adventurous journey, creating a backdrop, as there is a lot going on around you. Often it sounds embarrassing and does not fit into the context. The truth is that your comrades make a total minimum, and when the script turns on, dozens of planes appear or disappear around you in seconds, which does not add to the good feeling of the game. Enemies are very skilful, they try to avoid shots, they still send you hello-controlled missiles, and once and for all they release misleading targets. You can also let them out, but it is enough if you ignore the missiles in most cases, it will not hurt you until you have a little maneuver. At least this is one of the few things processed a bit deeply. If the missile flies to the target at a too big angle, it gets used to walking.
What, by contrast, is a great aviation park. You can choose from three basic branches where you will gradually unlock and improve machines. American branch, European and Russian. Every fan of the aircraft will find it here. Airplanes have been here since the era of the second generation of jet fighters since the last fifth generation. Even though it's great and not the heart of the aviation enthusiast is quicker than joy, you will certainly ask yourself how these machines from our world fit into that imaginary. Especially if there are two different peoples, all the machines fight against everything from the very old to the latest side by side. It does not give any logic. As mentioned, on the one hand, the story is playful, on the other hand it has no heads or heels. In addition, the machines are very similar in features and equipment, so it's one that you control, so there's no such great feeling of progress or better fighters and lightening killing.
You will not have the best feeling of control. There are sensitivity problems with joystick, or you can not do it at all. The mouse plus the keyboard that works in a similar star game is similar to the Stone Age. It's not like heading in some direction, and the plane will still turn where you're going. Instead, it will head, it stops moving, so you have to constantly move the mouse, lift it off the table, again move, lift, move and so over and over again as autistic. Who remembers the first X-Wing, knows what I'm saying. Except that joystick control worked smoothly, that's a problem. Only if you have a gamepad, but they often do not have PCs.
What will be liked by the console and the PC's is the environment. Overall, the technical processing of the environment and the models of the main aircraft is at a good level. On the other hand, the other models of aircraft and ground units are already processed more positively, which is particularly close to see enough. Nice explosions, changing maps, and a variety of effects. Music is generic, no tones will catch you, you will not remember any passages, or you can not download the soundtrack to your computer.
Ace Combat 7 can be enjoyed and recommended. If you like Action Arcade Arcade Games, you might want to try but optimally it would be demo first. If you expect something deeper, you will be disappointed and if you are looking for something to shorten for a long time, it may be too easy for you. You will not remember the story, you will probably skip it, the epic moments that try to inspire the game, you will not even experience it. On the one hand, a game that is trying to present it seriously, but it lacks its depth, on the other hand a pure fast action, but which still lack the proper balls causing the goose skin and zither. It's not bad, the authors went the right way, but they somehow mistakenly landed on the side track. Well, if you're a fan of the series and do not let it go, add 2,5 points to the rating.