ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON Gameplay Intro PC HD
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The gameplay of AH is pretty normal when you compare it to the previous installments of Ace Combat. There have been a few new additions in the fray that seem suitable for this particular type of turn the game took. The Dog-Fighting System (DFS) is a scripted battle that takes your plane on a nearly cinematic fast-paced simplified rail-shooter that does offer a bit of eye-candy, but not much depth to the overall gameplay at all.
It is nice from a spectator's view, but as a player you kind of feel cheated-- and perhaps a way around this would have been to take off the rail riding in a higher difficulty, just to appease those who did not like it. Your plane also regenerates health significantly quick when you do not take damage-- something you see in many of today's shooters. This offended a lot of veteran AC players, saying that the game is losing all of its depth, and this is something I can partially agree with.
For players who haven't experienced another AC game, you would restore your health by going into a designated landing zone which would refill ammo for both your gun and missile cache, and would fully repair your plane (this was not always present on certain missions) all at the sacrifice of a few moments off of your deadline. Once again, a good way around this may have been to remove health restoration at higher difficulties of gameplay.
Overall, the new installment into the AC series is disappointing to those who have been playing the AC series extensively. But those who are just now being introduced to this great series now may not be able to go back and play the PS2 (or 360 for AC6) and enjoy it as much as they did ACAH.
For most casual gamers you will either enjoy Post ACAH, or Pre ACAH. However, reviews such as mine may steer the new players away from picking up this game-- and maybe, just maybe they will pick up one of the games that take place in Strangerealm,and Project Aces will see how they can fix all the disappointing features in ACAH-- beginning with the removal of Strangerealm..
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