0 to Z of Playstation 1 Games - Ace Combat 2
Ace Combat 2 is a semi
realistic flight simulation and flight combat game for the Playstation 1 and
was released on the 30th of May 1997 in Japan, on the 31st
July 1997 and in October 1997 in Europe, the game was developed and Published
by Namco, the game was designed by Asahi Higashiyama, Takahiro Miura, Takuya
Iwasaki, in 2005 the game as re-released as part of the NamCollection to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of Namco.
Players complete missions by
destroying various air and surface targets to acquire credits for their
airforce, prior to the mission the player receives a mission briefing detailing
the players objectives, expected route of attack and what the enemy opposition
will be using a 3D map display, the player can also choose the control setting
novice or expert.
The mercenary wingman system
from the first game in the series Air Combat returns however instead of choose
pilots who have their own specific aircraft, you are given the choice of one
male and one female pilot to choose for the mission, the player can opt to
choose neither and do the mission on their own.
The games story is mostly a
linear story however later the game the story will split into two braches
called Alphaville and Belissima, the main story a group of rebel military
forces launce a massive invasion all over the Usean continent,
The takeover
takes place as the political leaders of the Usean continent are away at a peace
conference, the speed of the coup allows the rebels to acquire special
strategic weapons, the immediate danger of these weapons prompts the deployment
of Scarface an elite mercenary air force to quell the coup.
Metacritic and Gamerankings have this game ranked at an 83%
and 81% respectively with some very good reviews for this game Games Domain
giving Ace Combat the full 100% with them saying, Bottom
Line: Palm sweating in your face explosive action that will please both Rookie
and Veteran flight sim pilots. Some of the most exciting and realistic
dogfighting you'll ever experience in a PSX game, likewise
Official US Playstation Magazine gave the game the maximum score possible with
another 100%.
Just below these two scores IGN, and Electric Playground
both awarded the game a 90/100 while GamePro gave the game an equivalent 4.5/5 the majority of other reviews awarded the game
between 75/100 and 85/100 their were however a few lower scores given to the
game.
Gaming Maxx only
awarding the game 6.6/10, their review blurb saying, I was truly amazed by how much fun this game actually is. The planes all
look amazing, the action is exciting, and it is an admirable attempt to bring
high-flying antics to the Playstation... That said, it's the very simplicity of
the gameplay that scuppers the game, as it is at times far too easy.while
Computer & Video Games UK giving the game a very average 5/10.
This is the part of 0 to Z where
is visit five online retailers and see what the availability of the title is,
and what price you would be looking at if you wanted to pick this title up, the
sites that I will be using for this are Amazon.com, eStarland.com,
retrogames.co.uk and Gamedude.com I know the last one is very location specific
but from a podcast I listen to and I have
heard they have a huge stock of older games, I will also be including Ebay.com
as well
So lets get down to business with Gamedude
if you are looking to trade in your copy of the game you are looking at $7 from
Gamedude, if you are in the market for a copy of the game from Gamedude you are
looking at an outlay of around $14.
Retrogames.co.uk don’t have a
Europe or North American version the game available, they do however have a
copy of the Japanese version of the game, this is a complete copy of the game
so, case, cover, disc and manual this will set you back £7 which converts to
around $9 in North America, in the EU region €7.73 and 86.12
Moroccan Dirham.
Moving on to eStarland.com they
have both the US version of the game and the Japanese Import version however
neither are currently in stock, when they are in stock the US version is priced
at between $7.92 and $14.95 and the Japanese version priced between $4.98 and $9.95.
Amazon.com has a plentiful supply
of used copies on the market with prices starting at $12.45 this comes with
free shipping on orders over $25 this is for an acceptable quality copy of the
game for a good quality used copy you are looking at a minimum spend of $15 these
again though have issues one is the disc only while the other comes with no
manual, for a complete used copy of the game you are looking at around the $17
mark this copy comes with free shipping on orders over $25.
Prices for a used copy go as high
as the $40 mark for a used like new copy which is 379.26 Moroccan Dirham,
£30.82 in the UK and €34.04 in the Euro region as
usual the token over priced copy Is available at $253.94
+ $4.54 shipping.
One new copy of the game is
currently on the market which will set you back more than a few pennies with a
price of $249.98 plus an additional $7.98 for shipping which comes to a total
cost of $256.09 which converts to €217.90 in Euro countries £197.29
in the UK and 2428.12 Moroccan Dirham.
Ebay in comparison is much cheaper
than Amazon for this game one copy that is up for sale in very good condition
for $3.99 or best offer, all three version of the game the Japanese, North
American and European versions of the games are on offer with prices going as
high as $68 for a copy of the Japanese version.
Written by
P J Gibbon
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