To start, Ace Combat 7 returns once more to the fictional Strangereal world first defined in Ace Combat 04. With the right people at the helm, however, chances were good, and after a lengthy development, Ace Combat 7 emerges. So, when it was announced that Ace Combat would return for a numbered, seventh instalment, I was cautiously optimistic. Namco made a few attempts at redefining the series with moderately disappointing titles such as Ace Combat: Assault Horizon but, for fans of the series, the last truly great instalment in the series, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, launched nearly 12 years ago on Xbox 360. While hardcore flight simulation has retained an audience on PC, the arcade-leaning gameplay offered in Ace Combat and the like has all but dissipated into thin air. Over the last decade, however, this light has faded. Ace Combat, along with other games such as Factor 5's Rogue Squadron series, were extremely popular in their day, receiving many sequels along the way. During this early era of 3D graphics, nothing quite showcased a new machine like an aerial combat game.
In 1995, Namco embraced this concept and introduced console players to the world of aerial dog fighting with Air Combat or, as it was known in Japan, Ace Combat - its own take on flight simulation with a perfect blend of realism and arcade style action.
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