List Price: $49.99
Sale Price: $16.98
Today's Bonus: 66% Off
I am a longtime fan of the Ace Combat series, but when the latest incarnation of AC diverged into a Modern Warfare-esque melee I looked for an alternative. JASF should have been a natural: a game that's inspired in every way by Ace Combat. Instead, JASF is a complete mess of a game that Microsoft should be ashamed of approving for license on their console.
The immediate thing you'll notice is that JASF has all the graphic sophistication of an early PS2 title. It looks at least 10 years out of date and completely out of place on this generation console (even as an Arcade release it would fail the graphics bar). There is no detail whatsoever to any of the models, and the ground you fly over is almost always just plain dirt mottled with the same same tree over and over. The plane models, which should be any flying game's highlight, are poorly rendered and lack any ability to customize them. During gameplay this becomes even more pronounced since every explosion looks identical and trying to get your bearing with landmarks is fruitless.
Once the campaign starts things go from bad to worse. You are a "Western" pilot inexplicably sent to a fictional country to fly patrol along its border. This country was once unified, but now the smaller southern half where you are is being oppressed by the "godless heathens" in the north. While it would be tempting to want this to be Korea, it's structured more like a tiny Soviet country with rich oil fields. The last part is important because one of your first missions is to help ground forces take over the oil fields as a first step to "removing the infidels" from the country, "may the vultures feast on their corpses". The preceding in-quotes parts of this review are directly from the game, and are sometimes disturbing in their inappropriateness and their tone.
During the game, the voice acting will grate you (you have a sort of Ohio accent, while everyone else has some impossibly bad fake Russian-style ones). The CO is perpetually angry, while your character always sounds like he couldn't care less about anything. Whether you're flying a B-111, an A-10, an F-16, or any of the myriad of planes the sound is the same and, for the most part, so is the gameplay. The Amazon description says JASF has an "Easy" and an "Advanced" control scheme, but at least on the Xbox 360 there's only one scheme, and you can't change any of the buttons. The touchiness of the roll overwhelms the pitch and yaw controls, meaning it's difficult to turn the plane and you'll more often than not just end up sideways or upside down.
Fortunately the game is short, the AI is moronic, the missions are a breeze, there are frequent checkpoints for when you crash your plane due to the aforementioned poor controls, so you can finish this quickly and never have to play it again. All the while you will rack up about 800 gamer points just for doing stuff you must to get through the campaign. I tried going on XBL a couple times to play, but there was noone there. In theory the game supports 2 to 4 people online coop, but that would mean subjecting my friends to this game and I like them too much to do that.
Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>
The Jane's brand has always been reliable in giving me the lowdown on the latest military hardware. This game gave me the technical satisfaction of flying the latest planes that the world has seen.However...
As good looking as this game is, the rest of the gameplay systems feel rushed.
The gameplay itself is not that great. Despite the huge capability differences in the planes, they don't FEEL all that different in some ways. Most of these planes can go almost as fast as others (the Mig-21 can is nearly as fast as the PAK-FA for example). The lock-on time for the planes aren't any different. (It takes the F-22 as much time to lock onto a target as a Mig-21 ?!?!)
Also the flight model in the game is very unsophisticated. You can fly straight up and still be accelerating without any additional throttle.
The game is VERY basic. You fly missions, a little multiplayer and that's it. No model viewer, no specs/stats on the planes, little documentation, no bells and whistles. And good luck finding a multiplayer game btw.
Fun for a little while but disappointing, especially if you're a plane nut like me.
Best Deals for Jane's Advance Strike Fighters - Xbox 360
Sadly, there seems to be a problem with the game. It freezes up and doesn't work. Very frustrating to pay for something that doesn't work.Honest reviews on Jane's Advance Strike Fighters - Xbox 360
This game is the first one i have seen to include the PAK-FA in it, so that's a point for it; though i t treats it almost like deus ex machina in power. The plot is very dumb though, and the weapons are lackluster.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Jane's Advance Strike Fighters - Xbox 360
great game i give it a 4 star because you cant really free play at all but other wise great game.
No comments:
Post a Comment