Shiryu

@rainbowtick it did not.

@bones sadly those 3 VR missions and flight deck air show remains a PS4 exclusive VR experience. that said, if you have sort of strap-on-head VR devices, the cockpit view in this is quite amazing.

@Gorlock @Gs69 I can help you with that. The game offers two types of control options: Normal and Expert. Normal will lock your plane on a Axis and it is meant for new comers to play while ensuring it will be hard to crash your plane. Expert mode is my default go to and let you actually rotate your plane on its axis, giving you full freedom of movement. every button on the controller is used but this is not a flight simulator,its an arcade style shooter so ou can really push as much as you want and just have a lot of fun at it. There are also several difficulty levels from casual to (unlockable) Ace. some people also have issues with the inverted up/down|dive/rise movement so you can reverse those two (but in real life when you push the yokel forward, the plane will dive and vice versa). As such I can assure you if you plunge into this, controls will not be an issue.

@SirWalrus bit I did watch it and was eagerly awaiting for it. It confirmed everything I wrote about the issues previously mentioned. I will hold out the 10 out of 10 for "Ace Combat 8" that will hopefully have a day 1 release on Switch Next. Thank you.

@BloodWolfe I've notice some people complaining about this. I have three regional accounts because I need to have access to EU, US and JPN eshops. You only need to have a different email for each and you can buy funds for any of them at Play Asia. A small annoyance indeed, but not that hard to circumvent.

Here you go: https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/how-to-buy-nintendo-switch-games-from-any-region-eshop-create-a-japanese-north-american-european-and-australian-nintendo-account

@SirWalrus the reviewer is not wrong! The reviewer has 100 hours of AC7 on STEAM so the reviewer did not have to look very far to spot some concessions made to make the game run, namely a few slowdowns when explosions go crazy or target rich environments during the score target missions. Yet it runs incredible when side to side with other versions. Also, the reviewer is me.

@Lord because the positives by far outweigh the negatives. It's not about quantity, its about quality.

@beltmenot "Steel Battalion 2" on Switch Next. Heck, maybe even a new "Space Harrier".

@SpeedRunRocks ... if they put it up with a model F-22, I might just bite.

(PS: What this game really needs is a flight stick controller like the one on Xbox 360 for "Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation"...)

@Vyacheslav333 yes it does. Both audio track for English and Japanese are present on cartridge. I am playing this for the first time in English, my 100+ hours on STEAM were with Japanese audio which is something I often do to pick up a new Japanese word here and there.

@beltmenot yes but only in Europe and Asia. No US one, sadly.

If you guys have any questions related to this port, @ me over here and I will address any lingering issues that might not have been covered on the review.

@Serpenterror I don't know what going on over there, but the game received a physical edition in Europe and the cartridge really has the whole game in it.

@rainbowtick which just happens to be my favourite "Ace Combat" spin-off. The movie was really depressing but the game not only acts as a prequel/origin story but has some awesome missions and airplanes.

@rainbowtick I think you're confusing this with "Heatseeker".

I still can't believe this runs as good as it does. Review as soon as humanly possible.

@Vyacheslav333 still in the bag of my backlog of shame. That bag is getting quite heavy...

@Solomon_Rambling I can help you with that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S2G-i4mm2Y

@Yoshif3 surely is just a matter of a few more decades... Y_Y

Switch needs more dakka anyway.

... this is the happiest day of my life. Y_Y

@MrHeli and it only took 5 years...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrB3Z5XGZcc

F-Zero. Pretty please.

Flip the table it is!

Fingers crossed they put this on a box and cartridge along with some extra single player modes.

@Guitario @Vyacheslav333 here you go gents, beautiful pixel art in motion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hVMdqfvFyw

Just once, I got a sealed empty box of "Little Nightmares" from Amazon.es . Asked for a refund and got it at local FNAC store. I can only assume this happens in several units of a bad batch that will only get discovered once the customer gets the box.

That's a buy from me then! Was worried there for a bit, but I can live with it's flaws. hope they do fix that random stutter problem down the line...

What a massive win for Japan...

@Ralizah You are quite correct, and the reason I played FM1 then jumped to FM3.

Will buy it day 1.
Will regret it day 2 when they announce fancy physical edition.
By day 3ill probably be on Mission 10 because this is the one that got away so I'm really looking forward to this.

Backed. That's it, that's the post.

@Zuljaras nice!

Hikari and the tragic tale of his kingdom's downfall.

"You are already thin." ... That's GOTY sorted then.

@romanista while shipping is quite reasonable, taxes ain't. So I try not to order single games from Asia and Japan, I try to bundle a few at a time to be more cost effective.

@romanista there are other ways, less natural ways...

Well this is quite the coincindece. Posted just 2 minutes ago:

No way this one would ever need to escalate this hard, but there I was pushing the analogue sticks of my PS2 like my life depended on it.

I can not lie: I'm loving this thing. Liberated Fort Monus just yesterday. And yes, the hidden Ziege Rifle is present and accounted for.

This will be an historical landslide victory for Japan.

Will be interesting to pit this agaisnt "Front Mission 1st: Remake".

... strange how Shiryu remains quiet in all of this.

This was one of the 50 finalists in this year's Indie X edition and I can assure you this is rather special, really looking forward to this.

@Herna That Wii U kept me going for several great years, namely because it was my first HD home console system. Lack of games just made me appreciate the ones I had, it was my gateway into 2assasin's Credd", and "Mass Effect" to mention a few, along with some super proper "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" action and of course the best version of "Tekken Tag Tournament" and "Need For Speed: Most Wanted" along with some exclusives to this day like "Tank!Tank! Tank!" and of course "Xenoblade Chronicles X". No need to mention all the Nintendo first party stuff because they are so good they still sell like hotcakes nowadays as enhanced Switch ports. Failed system yes, but failed to deliver at home? Never.

Day one for me.

Funny because I was streming this live on Friday and mentioned my audience exactly:"Lunistice" is a better game than "Sonic Frontiers" because it has precise and responsive controls and no odd camera behaviour.

@funkyplasma not gonna lie, that one came out of nowhere and its utterly brilliant. I want to try it online but I just have very little time right now between current and retro games I'm currently tackling. Wish publishers would not release so much stuff during this period, but here we are evert year and I'm many other indie gems like "From Space" will slip unnoticed by most folks.

My quick review of the Switch version based an hour of play:

YAY!

• graphics
• minimalist music
• open world exploration
• cool 3D stages design
• open world boss fights

NAY...

• clunky platforming controls
• pop-in
• camera during boss fights

FINAL SCORE:
8 out of 10

I had to do this because everyone on my discord community was unsure if this was a worthwhile endeavour since well... 3D Sonics have a potty reputation. I also warned everyone that the Switch would surely suffer from performance issues when faced up to the other versions and adjust score to hardware. Will I score the game lower after I'm done with it? Possibly. While I had a lot of fun with the initial moments of the game, this is 2022 and I can't accept SEGA still can't handle 3D camera controls and proper 3D platforming? This game like rather large part of other AAA titles simply need more time in the oven, its like the industry leaned nothing from "Cyberpunk 2077" and for this I blame shareholders and publisher administrators who understand very little on how long it takes to make a proper good game.

For reference, this is what I played before writing the review.

Please note: In absolute NO WAY should my review score be deemed more valid than Ollies since he played the whole thing to completion.