Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies
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Description
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies is as close as console owners can come to owning a PC-class simulator. It still has the arcade sensibilities of previous entries in this popular series, but the graphics, number of planes (all with different flight characteristics), and story line kick this dogfighting experience into full afterburner.
Things don't start out too well. Early in the game you're saddled with what amounts to a flying brick, and are forced to fly a few boring mud-moving missions. Stick with it, though. By the end of the game, you'll have earned enough money to buy a hangar full of incredible aircraft, each with special weapons, capabilities, and shortcomings. The F-14, for example, has a slow roll rate but can engage multiple targets at long range. The A-10 is horrible in a dogfight, but is devastating down low. You'll need to familiarize yourself with all the planes, as picking the right plane for the job always spells the difference between success and failure in the later missions.
The game is nearly perfect in the audio department, with booming engine noises (taken from recordings of the planes' real-life counterparts) and constant radio chatter during missions. Graphically, it's a bit of a letdown, especially the anemic explosions. Up high, everything is picture perfect, and the plane models are gorgeous, but close to the ground the terrain melts into a pixilated mess. This is offset somewhat by the inclusion of dense urban areas and twisting canyons that are thrilling to fly through. All things considered, Shattered Skies is the best mix of simulation and arcade action ever burned onto a disc. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Photorealistic terrain (at least when viewed from high altitude)
- Nonstop action backed by an engaging story
- Intense dogfights, sometimes involving dozens of planes
- Scripted mission design doesn't give players much freedom
- Pathetic explosions
- Terrain that loses detail when viewed from a low altitude
Other Details
- AmazonMaximumAge: 204
- AmazonMinimumAge: 96
- Brand: Namco Hometek Inc
- EAN: 0722674021104
- ESRBAgeRating: Everyone
- Genre: racing_and_flying_games
- Label: Namco
- Manufacturer: Namco
- MPN: 02110
- NumberOfItems: 1
- PackageQuantity: 0
- Platform: PlayStation2
- ReleaseDate: 2001-10-24
- SKU: 280153
- UPC: 722674021104
- Package Dimensions: 7.40 in x 5.40 in x 0.60 in; 0.15 lb
Customer Reviews
Good game
This is a good game but their could be some improvements. The graphics are great, the selection of jets is awesome, and the levels are very fun and not to difficult, this game is definatly worth the $20. It is not a game for young children or people who suck at video games though, it will take some practice, also its not a game with much replay value. The realisticness(if thats even a word) is great until the last level which you have to fly through an enemy base which i just found to be sort of silly. Its multiplayer isnt very great either. I do recommend this game even though it could use a new last level. Im lookin forward to ace combat 5 which comes out sometime this holiday season.
Best Flight simulator game ever!
I played this game, and became addicted right away! I've played flight simulators, but none like this! The missions are intense, the graphics beyond words, and to top it off, the jets and weaponry is state-of-the-art! If you like combat flight simulators, you will love this game! Destroy a pillbox/bunker with a precision guided bomb or shoot down a yellow with a QAAM (Quick Air to Air Maneuver missle)! The Erusian Power house has taken over the mighty 'stonehenge', a massive facility made to shoot down astroids, and are using it to shoot down aircraft! Now, be the hero and help save ISAF (Independant States of Allied Forces) from certain doom in this war! May I also add that it is a very interesting plot that devolps as you beat the missions! Overall, a 5 star game that deserves your buying it!
Best Flight simulator game ever!
I played this game, and became addicted right away! I've played flight simulators, but none like this! The missions are intense, the graphics beyond words, and to top it off, the jets and weaponry is state-of-the-art! If you like combat flight simulators, you will love this game! Destroy a pillbox/bunker with a precision guided bomb or shoot down a yellow with a QAAM (Quick Air to Air Maneuver missle)! The Erusian Power house has taken over the mighty 'stonehenge', a massive facility made to shoot down astroids, and are using it to shoot down aircraft! Now, be the hero and help save ISAF (Independant States of Allied Forces) from certain doom in this war! May I also add that it is a very interesting plot that devolps as you beat the missions! Overall, a 5 star game that deserves your buying it!
Top Gun for NES Revisited...
This game reminds me of "Top Gun" for the original Nintendo console.
Its a button masher, one button to fire your cannon and another to lock-on/fire your missiles. (And somehow, your aircraft is capable of carrying 50+ missiles.)
In short, its an arcade shoot 'em up game.
No functioning fire control computer, no true MDU's, no NAV aids, no ATC integration, no anything that one would expect to find in an aircraft. You simply just "fly" and fire your 50+ missiles.
The flight model? Well, the aircraft fly like Star Wars spacecraft. You can't even stall the aircraft if you try.
Fun game
This game is fun, alot of stuff to do