The first game of the Ace Combat series. Combat flight simulator in which you play a mercenary pilot who hires his combat skills to several corporations, governments, etc. in order to get cash for weapons & upgrades. The game progresses through a series of linear missions, and has a 2 player split-screen deathmatch mode plus a series of extras like hidden planes, mini-games, etc. You play as a freelance mercenary hired by world governments to strike against terrorists. The missions get harder as you proceed, but the money you earn for completing each mission makes it worthwhile. You can purchase additional aircraft and arms as you go along, as well as hire wingmen to make the going easier.
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation, Legacy Mobile Device
- Developer
- Namco Limited, Namco Limited
- Publisher
- Namco Limited, Namco Hometek
- Released
- June 30, 1995
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
- Time to beat
- 5 h main story · 4 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 24 ratings.
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