Heading into Summer Game Fest, one of the games I was most excited to check out was Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. I have been a fan of the series since it first appeared in arcades and later made the jump to PlayStation, and between this and Sega’s After Burner, I got to live out my fantasy of being a hotshot ace ruling the skies.
It has been over a decade since Ace Combat 7, and for a while, I honestly thought the series had met the same fate as Ridge Racer. Thankfully, that was not the case. With Ace Combat 8, I can fully appreciate the time Bandai Namco has taken to get us back into the cockpit, because from what I played, it already feels worth the wait.
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