PlayStation 3 Critic Reviews

A sequel that does the franchise proud. Being free-to-play means no-one has a reason not to try it out. Established fans will have incentive to keep playing their PS3 during the PS4 generation, while rookies have a great platform to get their feet wet in the series.

It still needs content to match the main episodes of the series, but still it's a good experience and doesn't need any purchases if you're patient enough.

As a free game this is definitely worth taking for a spin, but as monetary investment this title still needs to find its wings.

Mechanically, a step up from Assault Horizon, but has barebones solo and is F2P. A nice substitute while we wait for a PS4 Ace Combat. [August 2014, p76]

This time around servers seem stable, and the free to play formula is a little more balanced. Using your wallet will still grant you bonuses, but at least the gameplay is true to the core saga.

A much gamer-friendly than what we saw in other free to play titles from Namco Bandai, but still a quite limited game, unless you're seriously into co-op.

This is only a strange and not-so-good experiment made by Namco Bandai to try the free-to-play model.

The soaring bird that has long served as the metaphor for the Ace Combat pilot becomes a vulture fighting over highway carrion, looping away incautiously when the odd car passes a little too close, before returning again for a final few scraps of flesh.

It's a little dull - particularly without PvP - but shouting "danger zone" at the top of your lungs will no doubt alleviate some of the mundanity. [Issue#150, p.116]

It’s downright frustrating, then, that the title in its present state has so much potential, but asks for gamers to invest their time and money on the basis of what it could be.