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Great game, but have I played this before?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 88 / 90
Date: October 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Okay, this is a awesome game. It has wonderful graphics, the airplane details are superbly represented, and the sound is really good. One of the signature differences between this new title and the previous Ace Combat 4 is the addition of the CGI cutscene movies, whereas the Ace Combat 4 used the storyboard type representation. If you have played Ace Combat 4, this game is easy enough to pick up and jump right in to the action. Minor changes have been made to controls to allow for the "wingman" control scheme with the D-pad. This enables you to direct you wingmen to either cover, attack, disperse and use their special weapons on a target. You can also use the dpad for the standard yes no reply to questions that your wingmen will ask you throughout the game. It does add a nice touch of realism to the game with all the chatter you hear over the radio.

Now, since it has been 3 years since Ace Combat 4, I must say that I really did expect more in the way of advancements, but it truely feels like the same gamestyle, typical storyline, and overall general feel. Of course that is not berateing this game one iota. The graphics are much sharper, the land elevation scenery is much more detailed with trees and brushes now visible. The buildings are also nicely detailed with a higher polygon count. Perhaps the best change made for me is the missile animation you now see when you launch a missile. The missile stream is now much more realistic with the way it curves and actually winds through the air.

If you enjoyed Ace Combat 4, you won't regret buying this game. If you never played Ace Combat 4, then you will truely love this game moreso than the typical veteran Ace Combat player. Great visuals, good storyline and good sound design make this a winner in anyone's book.

Just to mention that you can either play the campaign mode or arcade mode. Arcade mode will have you reprise your role as Morphius from the Ace Combat 4 game. The campaign will carry you in the role of flight leader and allow you to fight with and control your wingmen. Enjoy.

Realistic And Satisfying

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 41 / 43
Date: January 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The only other Ace Combat game I've ever played was the first one for the PlayStation. It was impressed with the look and feel of the game. Ace Combat 5 effectively helps me to relive the same enjoyment I had playing the first game.

AC5 does a fantastic job of putting you in the pilot's seat of a fighter jet. The realism is astounding. Plane models look just like real jets, with good detail and believable movement. There are multiple viewpoints available both inside the cockpit and out that can be adjusted. The landscapes in certain missions are stunning to see from 2000 feet in the air. Finally, instant replays with adjustable angles appear after the completion of a mission (or in the event of the player's untimely death). They're reminiscent of the cool-looking replays in Gran Turismo 3.

The music is movie-quality and suits whatever action is taking place. As for sound effects, I don't think they could have been any better. For example, the farther away you are from an enemy when it's destroyed the longer the sound from the explosion takes to reach your ears. If possible, use a 5.1 stereo system with AC5. It sounds awesome.

There's a nice variety of missions, and none are excessively long. Once the campaign mode is complete you can replay any mission from that mode singularly. With 50 models of jets to unlock and use there's plenty of reason to keep playing.

As if all these pros weren't enough, AC5's story isn't bad either. How rare to witness a well told, positive moral in a video game. Communication between pilots during missions adds character depth and makes the gameplay more involving. Some players have complained about the audio chatter being annoying but I didn't find it bothersome.

At it's core Ace Combat 5 is a game with heart. I wholly recommend it.

Splash {get} this game before it flys off the shelves

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 22
Date: August 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ace Combat 04 was a good game, but after a while of flying the same missions over,and over again. The missions get so boring you know what to expect, and with the right plane such as the X-02{or dreamstar as I call it.all you Dale Brown fans should know what I am talking about} you can beat the game in one day, but Ace Combat 05 is the jewel that I can't wait for. More weapons, more planes, customizable colors, wingman commands. The only other game that may top Ace Combat 05 is the fact that Grand Theft Auto San Andreas comes out the week before. Your mission in this game is to defend your homeland, and like a Dale Brown novel your base is between your homeland and Enemy Territroy. Defend the homeland with a poetent arsenal of weapons and aircraft including Dreamstar {X-02} go air to air, air to ground, but try your best to keep the enemy from your country. Good Hunting on 10/25/04 Dismissed!!

Not the best, but still great.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: November 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As a real-life pilot and self admitted video game nerd, I have say that Ace Combat 4 changed my life. It literally altered my whole life. I had to dedicate a minimum of one hour a day (this is with school and work) for several months to this game. You can imagine how much torture it was waiting for 5 to come out. And it was good 4 years!
Well, its finally here. First things first, I think Namco saw the success of AC4 and didn't change the formula too much for AC5. This is good and bad. The good should be fairly obvious to you. The bad: it seems like this game is only 50 or 60% new material.
Basically the graphics, controls, sounds, and environments make this game super-fun and very replayable. However, the story isn't quite as cool as AC4. They replaced the great still art with cheesy looking CG. And answering my wingmen's questions during combat is not enjoyable either. You can't re-arm during missions anymore. This would be ok if they didn't give you seemingly near-impossible objectives in some of the missions.
In summary, AC5 could not eclipse the brilliance of AC4. But if you are a fan of AC4, then AC5 is certainly worth $40-50 purchase price because it should provide countless hours of entertainment (without effecting your social life of course).

Ace Combat 5

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: October 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ace Combat 5 is so much better than Ace Combat 4 in many ways.First off the graphics and AI is much better.The explosions look and sound better and this has some planes and weapons ace 4 doesn't in addition to wingman control which is really helpful.Ace 5 employs the same weapons ace 4 does and new ones.Here is the weapon list.

Anti Air
Qaam
Saam This is new you must keep the plane or copter in the circle to hit it and the saam has long range usually one hit will bring down a plane.
Xmaa
Xlaa

Anti Ground
UGB
UGBL This is my favorite one since it can take out more than 4 targets at once.
RCL
NPB
FREB Fuel Air Explosive This is another one of my favorites to use.This will take out multiple targets usually 4 or more and these frebs are better than the one on ace 4 as the explosions are much louder and looks better.You can see it ignite over the objects if you hold down the triangle button.
BDSP
SFFS New Bomblets spread out and take out multiple targets

Guided Anti Ground
LAGM Just one of these missiles can take out 4 ground targets at once.
XAGM
GPB
SOD

Anti Ship
LASM These also work great on ground targets and are essential for battiling the biggest ships like the rimtaxie.They are long range.

Special
ECMP New These can jam missile locks that a plane has on you and can get you out of a bind but you only get 5-6 of them.

TLS Tactical Laser System New This is only available on the Falkin plane.This laser will destroy anything air,ship and ground and very quickley.They will take out the Arkbird,Sinfaxi,Solg very quickley.Planes that are moving are a little hard to hit with this laser but you can if your careful and you can take out a lot of them.This laser is helpful and elimanating the Belkin Grabac Fighters which are the aces of your enemies.To get the falkin you must destroy certain hangers in mission 12a,12b,16a,16b and 27a.You can do this in free mission mode once you complete the game.Also the falkin has a 360 degree view if you fly it in cockpit mode and it has 84 missiles and is very fast.

The X02 is easier to get in this game as well.All you have to do is get all 50 planes and you open it up.You can use free mode to fill up the kill meters on planes.

The wingmen mode is very helpful.You can tell them to cover you if you get an enemie behind you,Disperse to take out multiple enemies,Attack if you run out of missiles and Special Weapons.

Once you finish the game you open free mode and also you can fly anyplane you choose in free mode and for the most part in campain mode with the exception of just a few levels.

Here is the pros and cons of this game.

Pros
Free Flight You can fly on any level without enemies once you complete the game.

Free music Listen to any song from the game you want to hear.This is available once you complete the game.

Painted enemy aircraft once you finish the game you must shoot them down.

Better and Louder explosions.

Better Graphics

Better Storyline You can watch any storyline in free mode.

Better Characters You will be flying with Captain Bartlett(Heartbreak one),Nagase(EDGE)the only female pilot,Captain Davenport(Chopper)who talks a lot,Grimm(Archer),Pops and Captain Snow(Swordsman)You are Blaze and you give commands starting at mission 3.

New Weapons and Planes

3 views 1st 3rd and cockpit.You can change views on this by hitting the r3 button.

Landing is easier and taking off is louder with more vibration.Landings also offer 1000 points.
Refueling Missions on 2 levels which offer 1000 points if you can do it.

The TLS Laser on the Falkin.This laser can take out anything quick even the toughest enemies if your in a hurry to get to another level.

The X02 is easier to get just by getting all 50 planes and on any difficulty.You don't have to get an S rating on every level to get the X02 like you did in ace 4 and the missile count in the X02 has incresed from 82 in ace 4 to 84 in ace 5.

Flip a coin missions.Chopper will ask you certain questions and if you reply yes for example you will go to 11 a and no 11 b.Note all missions are available in free mode so you can play 11a and 11b if you want.Split missions are only on campain mode.

Arcade Mode In this mode you are Mobius One and you must take out some resistant Eurusion fighters in the air,ground and sea.This has nothing to do with campain mode it is a totally different storyline.

Cons
You can't go back and land when you want to reload your missiles and secondary weapons and fix damage like in ace
4.Landings are only available in certain missions as well as takeoffs.

You only get one secondary weapon per plane.

On some missions you must fly reconnisence around radars without getting caught and take pictures.

I hope xbox will get it's own version of an ace combat game with a different storyline since they have no flight similator games.Crimson Skies and Secret Weapons Over Normandy arn't really flight similator games with fighter jets.I can't wait to see Ace Combat 6 come out.I am already saving for a playstation 3 since that is what it will be released on.If you are looking for a relistic fighter jet flight similator game ace 5 is it and ace 4 is also good.

Realistic and Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: September 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I know its a little late but here goes. I bought the game on its release date because I have Ace Combat 4 and I was waiting for the new Ace Combat game. I was so happy when I played it. The graphics are sharp and more realistic than AC4. Now there is more missions and aircraft. There are a few hard ones but you can get through it. The gameplay was smooth sailing. With 32 missions in this game, it would seem like a lot, but it actually isn't. Just a problem with the game. Theres no rearming your plane so that makes the game haeder and more challenging. I'd recommend buying this game. If you want hours of fun, I'd get this game if I were you. Planes I recommend are the ******(i dont wanna give it away! its a secret aircraft after you do something), Typhoon(best for almost everything), Su-37(best dogfighter), and the Su-47(i just like how its designed)

Ace Combat 5 is airborne w/ wings of innovation and passion.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Integrating the movie effect into the new Ace Combat hit made it even better in some ways making not only a pilot out of you, but an actor as well, to lead a team of 4 pilots and combat aircraft towards victory under the wings of innovation and passion. You fly your choice of the usual arsenal of planes currently in service, and the new JSF. The planes come with a certain number of unique weapons as designed specifically for either air-to-air or air-to-ground combat along with the usual payload of missiles. Although none of the plane's ordinance configurations could be customized, you get to pick the planes your wingmen fly in later missions to meet all types of contingencies, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship warfare, tank hunting, escort missions, search and rescue, interception, attack missions, and surgical air strikes, in over 30 different areas of operations. The graphics and sound have been vastly improved, but the most notable improvement over the previous versions is the incorporation of engaging cinematics in the presentation of the story, turning Ace Combat 5 into a more amusing interactive aviation experience.

Ace combat 5

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: September 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you thought ace combat 4 was good then you have to get ace combat 5 and try it out. Ace combat 5 is more exciting then ace combat 4 there are more planes and more levels. So take it from me when you see ace combat 5 buy it.

Callin all fight simulator fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: October 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If Anyone even remotly liked acecombat 4 then your probably gonna love acecombat 5 I loved acecombat 4 (I beat it 66 Times in Ace Difficulty then it got a little boring) But now there's over 30 missions and over 50 planes this game is gonna rock if your like air combat games this game is a must have you should by it!!

Ace Combat 5

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Awesome,takes very long time to get bored of,and very hard to stop playing.

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