RaidersSphere4th

Very reminiscing of early Ace Combat with a Visual Novel in between levels. Weak points are the soundtrack and fighter designs, but the gameplay is solid fun

Genuinely very surprised by how competent and fun this game is. basic colours and details aside (I died more than once from not being able to tell the difference between a tunnel and a wall) it's a fine Ace Combat-esq adventure in a sci-fi setting. If you're looking for a 3d based plane combat game you could do much, much worse than this.

Poorly designed mission, sluggish response across all planes, stats seem not even matter most of the time. If you have played AC, PW or similar game, this game will give you an aneurysm finishing it.

Peaksphere 4

Good

I feel like comparing this to Ace Combat games is a bit unfair and wrong. This game is pretty much its own thing (maybe they took a few things as inspiration, but that's about it). To make it short, this is perhaps the most anime Arcade Flight Sim games I've ever seen. Maybe even surpassing AC on that level. Also, the fact that it has 30 missions is insane. It's an aging game so controller configuration was hell in the beginning. You'll probably use the shoulder buttons instead of the trigger buttons for thrust and brakes. The rest is up to your preferences. If you need to yaw left or right, just tilt the jet slightly to the left or right and it'll respond. Other than that, [b] PLAY THE GAME IN EASY MODE IF YOU'RE JUST STARTING. [/b] Doesn't matter if you're an AC veteran. Every jet -- yours' and the enemies' -- will be stuck at the stats the developers gave them. You're going to start with a bad jet while enemies may have better ones, and they'll be swarming you. And the planes have weight. You can easily stall, get hit by enemies, and have reduced maneuverability if you fly wrong. If solely you and and the enemies are facing off while using the same jets, you have to play smart, fly smart and fly patiently. The AI is no joke and there are no flares and no magical hi g maneuvers that'll save you. The game doesn't hold hands with you, and I like that. Storywise, you and your companions take on missions as independents at the beginning while also desiring to figure out a mystery that drives the characters. They (and us players) also get to know more about the setting's politics and hidden mysteries that may or may not lead to even more questions. Speculation can be fun. There won't be preachy sermons of morality. [spoiler] All factions were quite literally at fault (despite being perhaps unaware of it) in the creation of what I could argue the true enemies in the game [/spoiler]. And there is no deification of characters, which happens a lot in AC. There are a lot of great pilots in the game's universe and you're just regarded as one of them as you take on more daring tasks. As for superweapons because, of course, they're pretty great. Some originals, some taken from inspiration. There are a lot of megastructures and megacities. Settingwise, it is some of the most hyperborean and anime things I've ever seen and I love it. At the same time, the way characters and factions react, speak, and think is realistic. It lacks the theatrics AC games had and perhaps that's a good thing? You decide. So yes. I love this game for being RaidersSphere4th. It doesn't try to be a carbon copy of other games and only focuses on the story they made. Instead of recycling another game's story (hopefully not), it makes their own and maximizes the hyperborean levels in storytelling and whatnot. I needed this when I'm craving for an Arcade Flight Sim game. Honestly, so long as it has good controls, good story, good enemies, and a challenge, I'm eating it up.

RaidersSphere4th c'est basiquement le gameplay et l'esthétique de Ace Combat 3 mais sur Venus. Un très bon level design, une histoire prenante et une musique très sympa. Cependant, je ne recommande ce jeu qu'aux fans Ace Combat ET de science-fiction spatiale comme moi (Stargate, Halo, Mass Effect, etc...), vous serez agréablement surpris.

For ace combat knock off, it's not that bad. If someone had said this was a spin off without prior knowledge, you'd think this was part of the franchise. What makes it difficult though is it definitely shows it's age. Game runs fine, but the QoL features are rough around the edges. I'd say yea for enthusiasts who love ace combat style games. It almost feels like a Vita game. Might feel better to play on the Deck. During combat, you are mostly better off just using the machine gun the entire time. i'll commend it for being an indie game that does the genre well.

I enjoyed this wacky mix of arcade flight simulator and visual novel. Graphics aren't amazing, though that's fine because the game is old and they aren't eye-destroying. Controlling the plane was somewhat difficult at first because you have to use the arrow keys for pitch and roll, and you should probably assign q and e to yaw. The rest of the controls are kind of nonsensical so it would be best to just totally rebind them before you start playing. I also found the missions to be difficult and dogfights too tough on normal because of the bad controls, so I just played on easy. The story is alright. It's not Ace Combat/Project Wingman, but it has its moments. Nobuyuki is an OG. Overall, if you can look past the dated graphics, bad controls, and don't mind playing on easy, I think this can be a nice game to buy on sale.