GameSpot Needs New Blood
User Rating: 8.5 | Over G Fighters X360
First off, if you buy this game expecting something like the Ace Combat series, you should be slapped for not doing your homework. And GameSpot should be slapped for giving the retarded review they did for this game. When are game sites going to start writing responsible reviews. I think they overcompensate a bit too much for the casual gamer. They, including GameSpot, need to start reviewing games for the audience for whom they were intended first, THEN give analysis on what the casual. or 'mainstream', gamer should expect. Overall, the game should be scored based on what the intent of the developer is FIRST, and scored based upon their execution of their intent. Can a certain style of game get a low score in the fun department? SURE they can. But a game like this, a simulation, is meant to immerse you in that world, not fun first. Simulations are just that. A way for you to be an athlete when you know you can't in real life. Or, a pilot when you know you just ain't got the right stuff. So, fun really isn't the intent of the developer, is it? The intent is to let you feel what it is like to occupy that role for a bit, not see how many cog tags you can collect, or find out how many alien hordes you can fend off. I think GameSpot needs to be scored lowly for their ridiculous score of this 'simulation'.
This game, as a simulation, is probably the closest you will come to a PC simulation on a console. It does very well in that respect. As with most simulations, the graphics can be a bit better. I think the difficulty in this game is hit and miss, but not bad for a first attempt. I enjoy this game lot's. I like games that make you use your intelligence, and make you work to acquire skills to become good, instead of giving you infinite fuel and weapons to complete a task.
if you are looking for a simulation, then you should pick this up because they did an above average job for a first attempt. This game is an 8.5, but could be a 9 or more with some graphical improvements and a little bit of tweaking. DEFINITELY not a 5.9. Clowns...
UrbanMerc 
