Score: 7.5

This game is for children depending on the challenge and difficulty. I must say that the planes themselves need some serious re-modeling, many of them are seriously out of scale. Lack of realism as if there is no realism at all. All of the Ace Combat games is complete Anime and the newest one will follow the same type of enviroment. Interesting story-telling, but does nothing to compensate for the lack of realism and intensity.

Have fun shooting drones.

I'd have to correct you there. I play the Ace Combat series because of it's fast pace action. Simple but demanding controls and arcade style flight control. Not confusing like other flight slim games. Also all of the Ace Combat series games on the PS2 have been great in terms of graphics and story.

Lastly, it's not freaking borning like Mircosoft Flight Sim. There's an actual plot and story.

The Ace Combat series sets it's self apart from other flight sims because of it's action style of game play. It is designed from the ground up as a arcade style action game. Not a military techno uber realistic sim.

NAMCO makes one great series.

It's kinda like the modern version of After Burner II.

PS - There is a new After Burner Game in the works by Sega.

there was this "Aero Elite" something... its a great game

anyone played it?