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disappointment in description

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 34
Date: September 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have not opened the game as yet. I just received & am very dismayed to see on the back cover the game is for 1 player. I bought this game because the description listed said 1-2 players.

give me a break

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 20
Date: February 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After reading other reviews, I have to ask...are we playing the same game?

The gameplay is monotonous. Very little dogfighting...just missle lock and fire, which gets old pretty fast.

Often the mission objectives are unclear, and so you just shoot at everything you can target...I was about to say everything that moves, but you can't shoot at everything.

Your 'wingmen' are not 'there' for you. You're basically flying/fighting solo, though you can give orders...big deal.
Makes me wonder if the game developers intended that feature, but either ran out of money or time in meeting their production deadline.

I guess one star overall is unfair...the graphics, sound, and story are good.

The flight model is ok, not great. For example, in doing a 'nose-over' near the ground, if you realize you're too near the ground to complete the maneuver, you can't reverse the maneuver to recover...you simply crash. That's annoying.

I guess I don't like it mainly because I've played far better PC air combat simulators...well, better because of the flight/combat model, not because of the graphics, story, or sound.

Wouldn't it be great if all the good developers were on the same team? It seems if you want a good combat simulator, buy from one company...if you want a good story, buy from another. What would it take to get the best developers on the same page, working for the same company? A lot of money, I guess.

Speaking of money, I'm really glad I didn't buy this game when it sold for $50+ But I am stuck with paying $20. It might be worth $10...maybe.

this game doesn't fly

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 14
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Having been spoiled by the professional play of Battlefield 2, I was not only disappointed with this game, I was shocked. It has the same technology as the origional "ping pong" and I couldn't resell it fast enough. Save your money on this one.

Great Graphics Do Not a Great Game Make...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 17
Date: October 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

CONCEPT: Your home country of Osea is under attack by an invading nation. Lead a handful of fighter pilots on a variety of missions in a variety of planes to repel the invaders.
GRAPHICS: WOW. Photo-realistc aircraft and terrain make this game absolutely beautiful. Realistic weather and altitude effects add to the mix to provide an absolutely stunning visual experience.
SOUND: Aircraft engine and weapon sound effects were great, as were the sound of targets being destroyed. You see the explosion, THEN you hear it. Very nice... Now, the game sound is another point that I don't like. The radio chatter, although nice at first, gets VERY annoying, VERY fast. You hear ground forces arguing about who is better, and your fellow pilots also complain about some of the most inane stuff imaginable, all during the heat of battle. However, the catch is that the radio chatter sometimes provides key mission updates. Radio or no radio? That is the question...
CONTROL: Nice and tight, just like Ace Combat 4. Although now, you use the D-pad to issue wingman orders. Nothing much new to report as far as controls are concerned.
WHAT'S NEW: Now, you can issue wingman orders, and decide what fighters the three other pilots in your squadron fly. You can have some in air-superiority fighters, while others buzz the deck in ground attackers. It's all up to you.
OVERALL: I had this game for about 2 days before I took it back. I got so SICK of the lame dialogue, and the silly "Can't we all just get along?" message that was so pervasive throughout this game. Don't get me wrong, I think that real war is terrible, and should be avoided, especially if it isn't necessary (current world events...), but a game with "Combat" in it's title shouldn't be so d**n preachy!!! Also, there is very little variety to the combat. Some missions are air-to-air, others are air-to-ground, and others are a mix. But after a while the idea of "Fly around, do some rolls and loops, shoot down some fighters, take out some tanks, end of mission" gets OLD. Anyway, fans of the "Ace Combat" series will dig this one, I guess I just lost interest.

not quite what I expected

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a game with all the potentials to be the best game played. So I got the game with a brand new PS2 (no harddrive). The screen captures reminded me of an arcade game that I much liked. However the game disappoints:
1) The PS2 Dual Shock 2 controller is not the right controller for the game. The little analog controls are almost like on off switches that doesn't allow for fine control of the airplane. Trying to use the machine guns to shoot down a C130 that flies slow and straight turns out to be a real chore. The fighter does loops around the C130 when all you want to do is stay behind the C130 and aim the gun on the C130. You also find out the extreme limitations of the controls when you go through the seemingly simple exercises to learn how to perform turns and loops, etc.
2) The dual shock controller doesn't have a throttle wheel or trim wheels. So your controls are on and off switches. Who wants to hold the throttle button to keep the throttle on?
3) After you go into the arcade mode, you can't back out to the top level through the menus. It's kind of like opening a folder in windows explorer and opening other folders to go further inside this folder only to find out that you can't go back up to view the content of the top level folder. So if you select to go into arcade mode then later decide to play a mission instead, you pretty much have to reset the PS2 and sit and wait for the PS2 to run through all the startup sequences. This menu limitation exists also when you select the save function. Once you select to save, you can't cancel the save if you change your mind. The menus aren't flexible and require you to commit.
4) Flying a mission with other same type planes, you quickly find out that your plane doesn't turn quite sharply or is as responsive as the other planes. Maybe this is a limitation of the PS2 dual shock controller. But if I have to upgrade the controller just to get the game to work correctly, then I have to think that the game is a scam to get me to buy more stuff. There's a game bundle for A.C.5 that includes a specialized and expensive joystick. Given the limitations, the game itself already costs too much to pay for the overpriced joystick that works only for this specific game.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: January 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this is a pretty good game. challenging levels, outstanding graphics, good gameplay, semi-easy controlsm, but it sucks for just one tiny reason. . . WHEN YOU GET TO THE LAST LEVEL YOU WILL NOT SEE THE ENDING! THE LAST LEVEL IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST FOR THAT REASON, THAT ONE REASON IS WHY THIS GAME TURNED FROM 4/5 TO 2/5 STARS! i say rent it for fun but DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got excited for this.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: November 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I had long been waiting for this game to come out and now that I've played it; I could have waited longer. Yes, the backgrounds look amazing and the detail of the planes killer, but it was not what I expected.
The contsant chattering from your squad gets very annoying during the game, to the point that I just turned the voice off completely and put a CD on.
I played the game on Hard/Expert/Ace, and the Arcade Mode on all levels. After playing on Expert I really had no desire to play it on Ace, besids that fact of just wanting to beat it on that level. I did not find the game all to hard. I currently have no intension of playing it again. The replay need for this game is simply not there. Its too bad that they took away the VS Mode. Thats one thing that made Ace Combat 4 really fun.
Now we get down to the fighters. In this game you are provided with 50 aircraft from around the world. Most are the same from AC4, but look much better. A bad thing that I found was that you were unable to pick the weapons load for your plane via Ace Combat 4. The need to have to gain experience with a plane in order to get it upgraded model was not worth the time. Planes like the the French Rafael are only allowed to carry their Sidewinder variant for AA Combat and the Exocet Anti-ship Missile for ground targets. Where as in Ace Combat 4, you could load her up with medium ramge missile or air to ground. The same thing with the British Typhoon, nothing but air to air, and no waepons for ground operations. Air to ground missiles on the A-10 & SU-32 have no range what so ever, so why even bother putting them in.
In my opinion the upgrade was interesting yet could have been better,EX: The MiG-29 is not only a bomber but also a Fighter. Plus there is a Carrier version of this plane the MiG-29K as well a Carrier version of the SU-27, the Su-27K. The Britsh Tornado GR4 in Ace Combat 4 is more interesting than the ones in this game. They could have gotten rid of some of the upgrade versions and added more fighters in, Example: A-4 skyhawk, SU-22 Fitter, F-111 Ardvark, SU-24 Fencer, & SU-25 Frogfoot to name a few. Also, what is the point of in-flight refueling when you never run out of fuel?
If your a die hard fan of the series as I was then you'll love the game. If they would have left the VS Mode in then Iwould probably still be playing the game. Also, the ablitly to choose payloads. I guess I'll go to PC Games for a better flight game. If they come out with a # 6, I'll wait to rent it before I get it. Yet, remeber guys this is my opinion, its up to you to make your own. Laters

Have to admit could be better...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After falling in love with AC4 I nearly jumped out of my chair when I saw the commercial for AC5. After playing the game for about 4 days now I must hang my head and admit some of the other reviewers were right.

Sound and graphics are fine. The gameplay is where the road gets bumpy. The ridiculous amout of lame dialog an chatter from your wingmen is enough to make you shoot them down yourself and go at it alone if you could. Right now that's my biggest gripe. One reviewr mentioned not choosing the special weapons payload on the planes and I agree that was a cool feature of AC4 but I think having so many planes to choose from makes up for it.

The game is still fun so far. Time will tell what the replay value will be. I'm a fan of shooters especially simple ones like this one; Here's your weapon there's the target now blow it up..gotta love it. That said a game where the fun is blowing up stuff would do itself a favor by throwing in a scenario where some tactical nukes would be involved. Overall I'm still glad I picked up my copy and other fans of AC will likely be also but I think the developers enhanced AC4s' weaknesses rather than its strengths.

Please read this before you buy.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Before you think about buying Ace Combat 5 there are a few things you need to know.

This game was made around the storyline and not the storyline around the game. In each and every mission you have to answer yes or no questions from other characters in game, how you answer them will result in a different reply. This goes on WHILE YOU ARE FLYING and is highly annoying.

You don't actually advance the storyline like in AC4. You will be flying along destroying ground targets and the game will tell you that they won't be destroyed until the ground forces destroy them. So no matter how many times you blow up that bunker, the game won't advance until the storyline does.

At the end of each mission you are supposed to see a flyby view of your entire mission and be able to scroll through different camera views, unfortunately this is bugged and you only get about 30 seconds of flyby time.

You can't fly back to your base and stock back up like you could in AC4, I was shocked the first time I tried this.

The airplane purchase mode is extremely cluttered and cumbersome.

Trust me, I want to love this game. I purchased it the first day it was out hoping it would give me the same excitement as AC4 did. When I play a game, I like to feel in control of my path to some degree. Unfortunately the storyline totally kills the gameplay and makes this game seem more like work than fun.

Please rent this game before you buy it and try it out yourself.

Not a worthy sequel

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: February 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you've played Ace Combat 4, play it again rather than this follow-up. Game play is ridiculously easy, the only saving grace being that there are a number of missions to pass your time. The flight controls are great, as they were in Ace Combat 4, but the chatter from the wingmen - constantly annoying and repetitive, particularly if you have to repeat a mission. The worst part for me though, is the constant beating of the anti-war drum. Now, that might make sense in a game about hippies picking flowers, but this is a game about war - the purpose of the game is to blow up the enemy, not daydream about more peaceful times. Like I said, just save your money and replay AC4.

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