Ace Combat Assault Horizon

None Ace Combat Assault Horizon comes out on Tuesday, at which time we'll post our review, but until then we have a preview video showcasing one of the early missions. We tried to show off all the nifty doodads this latest Ace Combat brings to the table, but forgive us for a bit of greenhorn flying as we try to talk and dogfight simultaneously. In this mission, the sixth, we're trying to protect Dubai from a squadron of bombers supposedly carrying some terrifying new super-weapon, but there's plenty of... » Read Full Ace Combat Assault Horizon preview

At some point we noticed we’d been gripping the controller like we were trying to choke the life from it. It was right after blowing a bogey to wreckage so nasty it could almost be described as gory, and we relaxed our talon-grip along with a release of endorphins in our brain. Damn, the enemy pilot got freakin’ handled. Not only does Ace Combat Assault Horizon feature super intense dogfights, but it also... » Read Full Ace Combat Assault Horizon preview

We always thought missiles were the easy way out in most air combat games. Simply snag missile lock, fire and forget. It was always a bit anticlimactic and automatic, if you ask us. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon changes that with a new feature called “Dogfight Mode.” The results are unexpectedly intense. » Read Full Ace Combat Assault Horizon preview

The Ace Combat series has never been interested in simulation levels of realism, but the latest version, dubbed Assault Horizon, has taken things even more into the arcade realm. Is it a dumbed-down attempt to snatch casual players? We don’t think so, at least based on the brief glimpse of gameplay we got recently. The newest Ace Combat goes for the standard near-future setting, this time in 2015 Africa, where the hero, William Bishop (there’s a hero’s name if we’ve ever heard one), must attempt to seek out and destroy some new-fangled weapon of mass destruction. You’ll get to play as other characters as well, but how important is the plot, really? What we want to know about is the flying. » Read Full Ace Combat Assault Horizon preview