Title: Ace Combat 4   Developer: Namco   Type: Flight Shooter
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ACE COMBAT 4

"A flight game that removes most of the technicalities from the aircraft control system, allowing for a perfect balance of gameplay that involves pure arcade dog-fights, tactical land assaults and varied sea scenarios."
Ace Combat 4
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Ace4  "Always A Fan Of Dog-fight, Even Though I Am Not A Pilot. But Just Like Many People, I Dreamt Of Being A Pilot. This Game Has Helped Me Entertain The Idea Of Being A Pilot. Not Only It's Almost Realistic, The Fun Of Being In A Cockpit On Different Advanced Airplanes Is More Than I Can Imagine...

I Put The Receiver Into "prologic Surround Mode" And Blast Away Through All The Missions. And Then, Watch What You've Done Through Each Mission. You Just Sit There And Wonder - How The Heck Can This Game Be So Good!!!!...

The Last Fighter-jet Simulation Game I Played Was F-117 On A Pc. Never Seen Anything Like Ace Combat 4 Though On Any Console Or Pc.

Buy It, Rent It, Get It, Master It, You'll Really Appreciate Your Ps2 And This Game."
Graphics  18/20
Playability  50/50
Sound  10/10
Lastability  20/20
98%
Last updated on 2003-03-08 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Tate Sessler  "Overall An Excellent Game. The Graphics Are Awesome, Although It Lasted Me All Of About 3 Days Before I Had Beaten All The Missions. Great Game, But It Wouldve Been Nice To Have 40 Or 50 Missions."
Graphics  20/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  9/10
Lastability  7/20
84%
Last updated on 2002-08-02 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Luke Howard  "This Is A Great Game, You Must Own This.
The 18 Missions Are Quite Similar But When There This Good It Doesnt Matter. The Speed Is Great The Sound Superb.
Buy This Now."
Graphics  20/20
Playability  50/50
Sound  10/10
Lastability  20/20
100%
Last updated on 2002-06-02 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
(masterman)  "I Thought This Game Was A Pretty Good Fighting Air Plane Game. At First It Was Slow To Me , But Then I Got The Hang Of It And It Was Pretty Fun!! I Passed A Few Missions . So Far This Game Has Been A All Out Joy Ride For Me And My Ps2. Shooting Down Other Air Planes Was Pretty Fun For Me Personally."
Graphics  15/20
Playability  43/50
Sound  8/10
Lastability  15/20
81%
Last updated on 2002-05-16 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Dan Standiford  "What Details! Actual Cockpits View For Each
Specific Plane. There Is Even The Correct Glow
From The Displays When Viewed From The
Outside On A Night Mission. See The
Atmosphere Whisp Off Your Wings When Diving
Through Clouds. Look Back And Watch Your
Flaps Tilt Up And Down. Watch Missiles Fly Off
The Rails. Complete 360 Views, Plus Third
Person View As Always, But You Gotta Fly These
Planes From The Inside!
Smooth Rendering Of All Surfaces, Canopies
Includes. The Most Photo Realism On The Ps2
Yet, With The Only Flaw Being Really Close To
The Ground, When The Earth Begins To Look Like
That From Sky Odyssey. Actual Jet Sounds
Recorded For This Game Are A Major Benefit!
My Favorite "chore" Is Landing At Sea. Carrier
Landings Are Great And You Need Learn To Love
'em Because If You Want To Score S (super) On
All Missions To Unlock Goodies, You Are Going
To Need To Go Back For More Missles Or To
Change Weapons. Choosing The Right
Weapons Is Very Important To Attain The Correct
Destruction Of Ground Targets In The Mountains
As Opposed To Attacking Tanks On City Streets.
The Game Has A Real Soul, As You Fly Missions
And Then Watch The Minimalist-amine Clips
That Show How You And Your Opponents Are
Affecting The Civilians Below. The Classical
Guitar Theme Won't Leave Your Head-be
Warned. The Voice Acting Is Surprisingly Well
Done For A Video Game. The Menu
Displays/debriefings Are So Well Put Together
You Won't Want To Skip Them Even If You Are
Repeating A Mission Again.
The Gameplay? Well, I Am One Of Those Gran
Turismo Guys, That's Why I Bought The Ps2,
And This Game Has Taken Over My Life For The
Past Two Weeks With No End In Sight. It Is In
Depth Like Gt3, Whereas You Buy Planes, Buy
Arms, And Then Sell Them Off To Upgrade. But, If
You Told Me This Game Would Surpass Gt3, I
Don't Know If I'd Have Believed It. Well, I've
Played It So Much That Like Another Reviewer
Has Said, I See The Images In My Dreams And
Wake Up With Pain From Playing It So Much The
Night Before-holding My Hand As If It's Been
Burned And Promise Myself Not To Play It The
Next Day. Then I Go Right Ahead And Do It All
Over Again. Why Can't I Stop?! It's Because
It Is So In Depth, Doing What Should Have Been
Done In Gt3, For Example, The Individual
Cockpits And Half A Dozen Replay Veiws To
Choose From At Will, Plus Instant In Game
Replay Of Great Moments. Besides, All Those
People Need You To Free Their Country And Your
Wingmates Are Depending On You.
A Stand-out Example Of What Can Be Achieved
On The Ps2."
Graphics  20/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  10/10
Lastability  20/20
98%
Last updated on 2002-03-29 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 14 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Joe  "What Can I Say, Sad Though It Seems, Metal Gear Solid 2 Has Lain Virtually Unplayed For Two Weeks, The Cause.....ac 4! Ac2 Was The Most Fun I Had With The Original Ps And 4 Gives It The Next Gen Treatment. The Graphics, Sound And Gameplay Are Spectacular, Much Better Than The Air Force Delta/dark Skies Series On Other Platforms. The Missions Are Varied, My Only Issue Is The Lack Of A True Canyon Mission And The Two Player Is A Bit Limited, Actually It Sucks, But
Roll On Ac5, Multiplayer Over The Net Anyone?!!"
Graphics  15/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  9/10
Lastability  18/20
90%
Last updated on 2002-03-28 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Starman200  "I Must Agree With Bruse And The Other Reviews Of This Game. It Is Incredibly User Friendly.
Once You Start You Cant Put It Down."
Graphics  18/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  9/10
Lastability  20/20
95%
Last updated on 2002-03-21 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 14 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Bruce A Bosma  "It`s Worse Than A Drug Addiction. It`s As Bad As What The First Gran Turismo Did To Me. At Night When I Close My Eyes To Go To Sleep All I Saw Was Race Cars Now It`s Fighter Planes. I Lost My Job Over It Staying Up To Late And Not Being Able To Get Up For Work On Time. My Kids Hate Me Again Because They Can Use The Playstation.wait A Minute I Don`t Have Any Kid`s It Just Sounded Good.but Anyway The Game Is Damn Good And It`s Fun. I`m 40 Some Year`s Old. It Take Quite A Bit To Impress Me Concerning These Games. Bruce"
Graphics  15/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  9/10
Lastability  20/20
92%
Last updated on 2002-03-18 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Alex Degnan  "I Had Top Gun And Was Disappointed. After Reading The U.s. Reviews For Ace Combat 4: Distant Thunder Eagerly Awaiting The Uk Launch. The Review Read That This Was The Best Arcade Style Flight Game Released For Any Console And That The Graphics Were Better Than Anything Seen On A Pc. Surely Not? Oh Yes... This Game Is So Cool. The Graphical Detail Of All The Planes Is Mindblowing, The Scenery Is Mindblowing And The Missions Are Varied From Bombing To Escort To Dogfights. Also Worth A Mention Is The Missile View Available. Fire A Missile, Keep You Finger On The Button And Take A Ride On You Missile Of Destruction To The Heart Of Your Target.. Boom!

The Sounds Are Excellent, Destroy A Target In The Distance, Watch The Explosion And 1 Second Later The Explosion Sound.. Cool. Aircraft Jet Engines Whistling By. This Could Be The Game That Makes Me Invest In A Dolby Home Cinema System!

Basically, You Have Got To Buy This Game. It Ranks On The Grand Turismo 3 Level Of Arcade Flight Games.

Final Word - After Completing A Mission Sit For 5 Minutes Watching The Replays .. Wow!

You Will No Be Disappointed."
Graphics  20/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  9/10
Lastability  18/20
95%
Last updated on 2002-03-16 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 7 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Gerjurd King  "This Game Is One Of The Best Flight-sims Ever!
The Analog Controller Provides A Realistic Feel And Gives The Player Incredible Control. A Must Own Game!"
Graphics  18/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  8/10
Lastability  18/20
92%
Last updated on 2002-03-15 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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PS2 Review SUMMARY and SCORE
Steve Koltai  "Well, I've Had The Ace Combat 3 On Psx. And
That Was Absolutely Great. And Now The Combat
Arrived On Ps2. The Graphics Are Wonderful:
Beauty Landscapes. But The Story Is Ridicilous
Between The Nearly 20 Great Missions. I Love
This Game Anyway. The Best Air Shooting
Game Ever. You Have To Buy It."
Graphics  15/20
Playability  48/50
Sound  8/10
Lastability  18/20
89%
Last updated on 2002-03-12 and based on views after owning/playing for approx 52 days.
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GRAPHICS:
Very Poor - an embarrassment to the console
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Quality visuals that clearly show the power of this machine
Graphical masterpiece that is amongst the best currently available
Pushing the visual capability to it's absolute limit
This game has graphics that were never thought possible on this console

SOUND:
Makes little use of the CD capacity and audio hardware
Functional sounds that compliment the on-screen action
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Sounds like this were never thought possible on this console

PLAY-ABILITY (The way the game actually plays)
No fun to play, control is bad, gameplay lacks ideas
Offers moderate enjoyment but lacks a reason to play regularly
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Little room for improvement and the best game of its type
Introduces new gameplay aspects not thought possible for this console

LAST-ABILITY
Wouldn't even buy for your worst enemy
Life-span would be a short rental period
Recommended purchase which should offer a weeks enjoyment
Has the potential to still be played regularly weeks from now
This will remain a popular game in your collection for months
You will enjoy playing this game occasionally even years from now


 
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