No crash and burn here......

User Rating: 7.5 | Ace Combat 6: Kaihou e no Senka X360
First things first, this is an ARCADE flight game, NOT a sim, so if that is what you were looking for then do not buy this game. I have not played a Ace Combat game in a while so I decided to pick this one up. My first impression right away is that from the very get go this is a BEAUTIFUL looking game. As you fly around you will notice the photo realistic landscape and sky graphics. Flying in cockpit view will pretty much give you motion sickness if you are prone to that! The controls are sharp and easy, pulling 7Gs is not a problem, especially when there is no black-out consequences. Weapon selection is good, lots of different weapons and some very fun special weapons.

Most of what I do not enjoy about the game have to do with figuring out exactly what to do and who to shoot at sometimes! Some times there are so many enemies in the air it's hard to tell which ones are the main objective and which ones are just fodder. On-line = Total confusion on my end. I played a few times and each time we were split into teams, each team had to protect it's EMS plane... not sure I ever really saw the one I was supposed to protect because I was to busy watch the mass of speeding, shooting friendlies and enemies in front of me. Also, it seemed nearly impossible to get on peoples six, the speed and turning ability of most planes made them zig and zag to fast to actually get a good quality shot off. After a while it did get a little better, but over all it just seemed like you were lucky to actually get into a good cat & mouse chase.

Story line... skip it.

Over all I think it's worth playing, just don't expect a deep flight experience or story line.