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GF Rating
6.1

1752 ratings

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GF Rating
2

Really Bad

So disappointed

posted by Lyniaer (MARYSVILLE, PA) Oct 15, 2011

Member since Oct 2009

35 out of 49 gamers (71%) found this review helpful

I was really looking forward to the next AC game...then I realized Namco was taking over the reigns and my heart sank. Stupid as I am I went out and bought it instead of renting it. Big mistake.
Namco needs to give this back up to Konami because AH just plain sucks.
1. Your AI is hopeless. They don't give a dam about you.
2. Enemy AI doesn't give a dam about your ally AI. Your wingmen just take up space in the sky and annoy you with relentless radio chatter going on about how useless they are.
3. All the action is so fast-paced and jarring you can't really get into the game or give a dam about the story or the characters.
4. If the radio tells you to focus on "Target" and your allies will cover you...fat chance of that. You best come prepared to do ALL the work, and I mean all of it. If you have to shoot down a bomber (which some take 20 missiles in the poochute) you'll have so many escort fighters jamming rockets into your exhaust you'll have no choice but to take them all out, then your target. And you best do it fast. Take more than 60 seconds on 1 errant plane, you may as well eat the ground and start over.
4. The Dogfight and Ground assault modes suck out all the fun and skill of the original games.
5. Controls for handling the Apache portions of the game are so bad...just...bad...baaaaad.
6. Some enemies are purely invincible and are simply there to rattle your FREAKIN' nerves; which is insulting. Yellow Squadron was tough but at least you could take one down and startle them hilariously over the radio.

This game is not worth the disc it's printed on.
Konami.. Where are you?!

If Namco holds the copyright, now... I'm done with the AC series. So sad to see it go out like this trying to imitate an FPS like CoD. These games make their money because they're NOT Call of Duty yet everyone tries to emulate the winners... Even if they're a dozen Genre's apart from each other.

Dumb, dumb, dumb Idiots. This is the ET of the 7th? Gen cons

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GF Rating
9

Excellent

Thrill Ride

posted by Supermane1985 (PORTLAND, OR) Oct 13, 2011

Member since Oct 2011

11 out of 16 gamers (69%) found this review helpful

While a bit of a departure from the previous series this side of Ace Combat is a heck of a game on its own. The intensity has been ramped way up and the dogfights are an adrenaline rush unmatched in the series.

The "other" missions where you man a bomber/AC130/helicopter are mediocre diversions for the most part and the plot is pretty forgettable but none of it got in the way of wanting to jump back into one of my favorite planes.

My advice: If you like airplane games at all, adjust your expectations slightly, turn up the difficulty, set controls to original, and strap yourself in for one of the best air combat games around.

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GF Rating
8

Very Good

A great departure

posted by shooterjunkie56 (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO) Nov 1, 2011

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Member since May 2011

9 out of 13 gamers (69%) found this review helpful

The Ace Combat franchise has always been a favorite of mine, with awesome title such as Ace Combat 4 Shattered skies and Ace Combat 5 I was eagerly awaiting Assault Horizon. While this game is somewhat of a departure for the series by no means is that a bad thing.

The Good:
1. Ace Combat finally has some different types of missions such as helicopter and bomber missions.
2. The game looks quite stunning in most areas.
3. multiplayer is great fun. It has modes such as deathmatch to base destruction.
4. Combat is very fun.
5. Game has some great music for the intense dogfights.

The bad:
1. The game can be a bit to easy at times. The bomber mission require almost no skill.
2. Each mission is a bit to long and towards the ned of the game it starts getting very repetitive.
3. The controlls are very loose and are hard to get used to.

Overall Ace Combat Assault Horizon is a great game with only some minor issues.

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