M.A.C.H.: Modified Air Combat Heroes

PSM3 Magazine UK

Only a slight lack of personality and a few motion sickness issues stop this [from] scoring higher. [Apr 2007, p.86]

Games Master UK

Extremely arcadey and immediately engaging racing game. [Apr 2007, p.84]

IC-Games

With more variety in events and more stages, M.A.C.H would have kept me going for longer. That being said, if it’s a simple, satisfying flight game you’re after M.A.C.H is the choice.

GameZone

For the initial thrills, high replay value, and outstanding time-kill factor, M.A.C.H. is a great game to have spinning in your PSP. But if a sequel is to be made, here’s hoping for a lengthier single-player campaign.

GameBrink

It’s a decent racing and dogfight hybrid that will appeal to some but leave many others feeling a bit let down by the repetitiveness and the lack of online play. [JPN Import]

GameSpot

M.A.C.H. is a solid flight game that offers plenty of speed and high-flying antics, but it's grounded by a limited selection of stages and activities.

GamePro

The game's style suits portable gaming perfectly, it's just a shame that there isn't much there to keep any gamer occupied for long.

Games Radar (in-house)

It's not like M.A.C.H. is going to set the world on fire. We're not saying that. But for a game that's pretty much gonna fly right into bargain bins due to zip awareness, it's a shockingly tight package.

Pocket Gamer UK

Many will find M.A.C.H.'s fuselage a little thin and the solo flight briefer than it deserves to be. But if they get together, they'll also discover it offers some of the finest multiplayer gaming on PSP.

PSM Magazine

If there were more track variation, more weapons, and a bit more effort in the presentation, M.A.C.H. could have easily have been a must-have PSP game. [Apr 2007, p.86]

Pure Magazine UK

Well-designed high-speed racing with great dogfight arenas for single and multiplayer fun. [Apr 2007, p.83]

Game Informer

The sense of speed is fantastic and the visuals are divine, but the openness of the tracks, cautionary AI opponents, and fact that you really have to go out of your way to wreck serve to suck all of the excitement out of the experience.

Gamers Europe

Given how fast and exciting jet fighters are by their very nature, it takes a real effort (or in this case, lack of one) to make a game about them as pedestrian as this. Modified Air Combat Heroes? Mediocre Aeroplane Crap Hour, more like.

Play.tm

The whole package fails to do the actually racing justice. You'll be bored of the small number of courses within the first few hours and, unless you have a decent number of friends who own copies, the multiplayer mode won't ever get enough use to make it worthwhile.

Playstation Official Magazine UK

There's just no lasting appeal. [Apr 2007, p.97]

AceGamez

I can only recommend M.A.C.H.: Modified Air Combat Heroes to racing enthusiasts with a love of science fiction who have already played Wipeout Pure to death.

PALGN

A decent, speedy racer that is unfortunately cut down by a lack of lasting appeal.

Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK

There's not enough to it, and what there is of it, there's too much of, if you follow us. Good, but in an oversaturated market it needs more. [Apr 2007, p.97]

IGN

Although the gameplay is fun and the controls are easy to master, the fact that you can play the game for half an hour and see just about everything possible makes M.A.C.H. an experience you don't need to plunk your hard-earned money to purchase.

1UP

The game itself is polished and, for a while, a lot of fun -- it's just that, unfortunately, there isn't that much game here.

Play Magazine

It simply wallows in its competence, but doesn't do much - okay, anything - to try and exceed it. [Mar 2007, p.71]

Worth Playing

It lacks longevity, has some gameplay flaws, and has no personality whatsoever.

Gamestyle

M.A.C.H is technically a near-perfect game; smooth, easy to play, good looking, well implemented multiplayer modes and so on. What it doesn't have is a single spark of originality or even the smallest bit of personality. Is polish more important than originality? GameStyle thinks not.

Edge Magazine

While there are occasional sparks from things like laser weapons, or games of tag in the arena combat, too much time is spent racing the same courses at the same speed, with only a very gradual increase in AI awareness to differentiate each step up through the ranks. [Mar 2007, p.85]

Jolt Online Gaming UK

M.A.C.H is a sad waste of potential that feels like no one actually cared to deliver anything innovative or even competent.