Ace Combat 7 turns tense dogfights into goofy anime fun
On December 17th, 1903, in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, the Wright brothers made the first crewed, powered flight in an aircraft that wasn’t a hot air balloon. By the time World War I broke out in 1914, nations had realized how important airplanes were to combat, and an aeronautical arms race began that’s never ended. The world had changed. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is a product of that shift It’s a romp through the unfriendly skies, and it’s a ton of cartoony fun.
It’s the seventh entry in the main Ace Combat series — the 17th, if you count the more minor releases for various platforms — since Air Combat began in 1995. The first game was an arcade-style fighter sim that pitted you against the forces of terrorism (as one part of…
