Some of the missions are much more standard fare. Instead, in a bizarre twist, your squadron assumes the name of a fairytale demon.Įvery day can't be spent pushing the envelope, however. Over the course of the game, your name becomes the stuff of legends, even if no one knows what it actually is. Through the next 30 missions you'll be doing crazy things that would get you permanently grounded in any real military, but where else can you have a duel with descending spacecraft, fly through narrow tunnels in an unarmed training plane to escape enemies hot in pursuit, or perform sensitive stealth missions in a high speed jet? And better yet, people notice.

Unlike many other games, your wing men aren't just for show they're competent pilots, scoring kills and saving your bacon if you use them properly. With one whole mission under your belt, who better to fill the vacant leadership role than you? Your new pawns can be made to focus their fire on your 12 o'clock, cover your 6, or disperse to some random number and kill whatever is there. The second mission sees your captain being shot down to save a careless wing man. They go down one by one to the music of your superior officers reminding you that you're not supposed to be doing that. Adamant that only those on the guest list be allowed in, you inform them that they must have the wrong address - with missiles. Right around the time you get done wondering precisely how you flag down a retreating aircraft, escort fighters scream in from nowhere and try to break up your party. Next thing you know, you're strapped into the seat of a high-performance combat aircraft, chasing down some damaged spy plane. However, as of late the neighboring country of Yuktobania has been taking an unusually hostile interest in your country of Osea, and the fires of war are beginning to flame up once again. A world horrified by this turn of events sheathed its weapons, and uneasy peace settled over the land. Left with no other alternative, the Belkans detonated seven nuclear weapons on their own soil to halt the advances of the enemy. However, as of late the neighboring country of Yuktobania has been taking an unusually hostile interest in your country of Osea, and the fires of war are beginning to flame up once again.'įifteen years ago, there was a war. Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (PlayStation 2) review

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