Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

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  • Summary: (Also known as "Ace Combat 5: Squadron Leader") With more than 50 different licensed planes and an intense storyline extending over 30 missions, players will be put to the ultimate test, including air-to-air combat, air-to-ground fighting, air-to-sea assaults, rescue, recon and much more.(Also known as "Ace Combat 5: Squadron Leader") With more than 50 different licensed planes and an intense storyline extending over 30 missions, players will be put to the ultimate test, including air-to-air combat, air-to-ground fighting, air-to-sea assaults, rescue, recon and much more. Incorporating ultra-realistic beautifully rendered in-game graphics and cinematics along with unparalleled game play; ACE COMBAT 5 goes a step beyond the traditional air combat gaming experience. One of the exciting new features to the sequel includes Wingman Command, where players can issue directives to their wingmen mid-mission to carry out coordinated group attacks. Additionally, the in-game radio communications with the squadron and enemies adds to the realism and intensity of the dynamic battle sequences. In the game's premise, it is September 23, 2010 on distant Sand Island, a small island in the Ceres Ocean that divides the two superpowers, Osea and Yuktobania. An entire military base is on red alert--the 108th Tactical Fighter Squadron intercepted an unidentified aircraft and the entire squadron was decimated. You are a fighter pilot, part of the new squadron that's been called into action to protect your nation of Osea. Now, the story begins to unfold. [Namco]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. Game Chronicles
    97
    Heavy on action and heavier on story, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War is without a doubt the finest flight combat game on the PS2.
  2. Play Magazine
    91
    What's important here is the execution and level of player involvement, not that we haven't done all this before, because we have. And believe me, I was involved. [Dec 2004, p.78]
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  3. AceGamez
    90
    The intensity the radio chatter brings, matched with amazing music, exciting missions and fantastic storytelling makes one game that every gamer looking for a great action game should not miss, despite the short nature of the main story.
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  4. netjak
    85
    It's EXCELLENT fun with the flight stick, but it's also $130 plus tax for that bundle...it had better be that good. (Add a +1 onto the gameplay, replay, and overall score for the scores with the Flight Stick.)
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  5. GMR Magazine
    80
    Boasts ideal handling and control, near photo-realistic graphics, and digital surround sound. Where the game staggers is in its defiantly single-player focus. [Jan 2005, p.86]
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  6. NTSC-uk
    80
    AC5 ups the ante once again for console dogfight games, combining the tight, exciting gameplay and gorgeous visuals and atmosphere of AC04 with added challenge and a superb story tied together by some brilliant cinematic cutscenes.
  7. Times Online
    60
    It’s a shame, too, that the levels aren’t more exciting and spontaneous. Such predictability stops this game from being any more than an enjoyable flight simulator.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. AlphaB.
    Oct 31, 2004
    10
    Just Awesome!!!
  2. The1stGodfather
    Feb 13, 2012
    10
    This game is incredible. Although the actual game-play graphics are rather poor, the CGI animations during cut scenes is so high-quality thatThis game is incredible. Although the actual game-play graphics are rather poor, the CGI animations during cut scenes is so high-quality that there are even a couple of small moments when I mistake them for real actors. The plot is incredible, and is not just another cheap war game where you work your way into the enemy and hit their capital and wipe them out. The whole complication with the Gray Men of Belka made it really interesting, especially with the 8492nd Squadron and Captain Hamilton. Like the previous game in the series, Shattered Skies (A.K.A. Distant Thunder in Europe), it does not take the war lightly. For example, in the mission where you escort the Kestrel and other ships out of Port Hewlett, there is a brief cut scene in the middle, which is appropriate seeing as this is the first mission that you fight planes that aren't unmanned aerial drones, in which the news reporter narrates seeing living people drowning in the ocean after shooting down the Yuktobanian planes, and becomes emotional and begins saying "Just stop this! I can't take it anymore!" This game amazes me even further with the new addition of commands to your wingmen. The action your wingmen take can really change the course of the battle, because they do not go off and clear out enemies if you have them following you in cover-mode the whole battle.… Expand
  4. Cjstaal
    Jan 4, 2005
    10
    This game is amazing.
  5. Lewis-Angelo
    Feb 8, 2019
    10
    jugada la versión remasterizada en PS4

    sin duda AC5 es el mejor Ace Combat de la saga, la banda sonora, la historia, la progresión, los    jugada la versión remasterizada en PS4

    sin duda AC5 es el mejor Ace Combat de la saga, la banda sonora, la historia, la progresión, los aviones, la rejugabilidad, poder montar tu propio escuadron amarillo...

    dar órdenes a los compañeros, el marcador de vida de los objetivos en el radar, los giros argumentales, misiones bien medidas en las que vamos justos de armamento, buenos personajes...
    todo es digno de mención y está perfectamente resuelto

    incluso la Operación Katina en el modo arcade está muy bien para ensalzar a Mobius 1

    AC5>AC7>AC4>ACZero>ACInfinity>AC2>AC3>AC1    … Expand
  6. Ishi123
    Jan 25, 2019
    10
    The best Ace Combat title there is and my personal favorite game ever. Amazing story, tons of planes to choose from, great mission variety,The best Ace Combat title there is and my personal favorite game ever. Amazing story, tons of planes to choose from, great mission variety, spectacular music. The graphics are a little dated, and even the update on the PS4 can only make the models sharper and clear out some busted particle effects from the PS2 version, but it's still an incredible game that stands the test of time even to this day.… Expand
  7. emlugo123
    Feb 23, 2015
    9
    Another great storyline added into the Ace Combat 5 franchise. This and Ace Combat 04 are the only games that I love playing the missionsAnother great storyline added into the Ace Combat 5 franchise. This and Ace Combat 04 are the only games that I love playing the missions over and over again to unlock the new planes with new skins and abilities.… Expand
  8. caligula_king
    Oct 3, 2015
    4
    No me llego ha gustarme cuando lo tuve hace tiempo . Hay gente que seguro que le gusto o le gustara , pero para mi no dio la talla . MeNo me llego ha gustarme cuando lo tuve hace tiempo . Hay gente que seguro que le gusto o le gustara , pero para mi no dio la talla . Me decepciono , por suerte lo tenia pirata y no me gaste nada por el… Expand

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#25 Best PS2 Game of 2004
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#27 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2004
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#18 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2004