Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception review

A handful of problems still can't keep this series grounded

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The PSP's broken design also factors into the experience. The lack of extra shoulder buttons and a proper analog stick have caused the developers to strip away simple things that fans will likely miss. For one, you can't order your wingmen around, a basic ability that the past few games have offered. Most of the time your pals seem to be minding their own business instead of getting into the thick of things. It's even more annoying because the only real reason the feature's gone is because there's no place to put in on the PSP.

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GenreFlight
DescriptionThe high-flying series hits PSP with a predictably solid set of features. Multiplayer battles and tunable planes balance some odd omissions, though.
Platform"PSP"
US censor rating"Teen"
UK censor rating""
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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