Monday, January 12, 2026

First Impressions: ACE COMBAT 7: Skies Unknown (VSD)

Systems: Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Steam OS, Linux
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Publisher: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.

I love it.

I was tempted to leave my first impression as just that, but we'll expand on it just a little bit.

I was a bit worried going into this game, as I've mentioned before, chasing that high from ACE COMBAT X: Skies of Deception and being pretty let down by that last batch of games in the series.  But I'm, I think, about halfway through my first campaign playthrough (on Easy because I was worried the game was going to try to be violent with me; looking at you ACE COMBAT: Assault Horizon) and apart from being afraid of some missions on higher difficulties and even what I would need to do to get that S rank, I'm having a blast.  I love the gameplay so far, I love the music.  I'll often sit and rewatch the mission I just played with the radio turned off and toggling the slow motion to make the videos all dramatic.  For instance:


and


And then there are plenty of stills too!





So yeah.  I just wanted to say that if you're on the fence like I was prior to the Steam Winter Sale, the game is great, and I'd be surprised (and deeply saddened) if the next 15 missions go downhill really fast.


~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian


P.S.  And it plays great on the Steam Deck.

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