Ace Combat Distant Thunder (PS2)

Something you might not know about me, guys - I like planes. No, not to the extent that I would be willing to spend six months in a Greek prison just for a couple of snapshots of an F-16 in my Kodak fun camera, but I freely admit to being an aviation enthusiast. In particular, I like fighters and fast combat aircraft. I'm a wee bit spoiled in my love of combat aircraft, as it just so happens I live only ten miles away from RAF Leuchars, Britain's main fighter base, which is situated on the Eden estuary across in Fife, right next to St.Andrew's, and I can occasionally drive over there and sit at the end of the runway watching the afterburners light, and ...

I've always been a pretty big fan of fighter jets. Heck, at one point when I was younger I even considered joining the US Air Force. That was about 12 years ago and now the thought of becoming a pawn for the government just doesn't excite me as much as it did when I was a teen. However, I still do get giddy at the site of an F-16 Falcon. Damn that is one cool looking plane. Despite no ...

I'm a big fan of Flight Sims, there is something ultimately satisfying about learning what all the buttons on your keyboard do in respect to launching missiles, releasing landing gear and what not. So I'm always a little bit dubious when it comes to playing a flight sim on a console. I mean that can't be a fully immersive experience can it? Surely not. Well actually I think it can. Not all the Ace Combat series have been as good as this, but I can safely say 2 and 4 seem to have managed it. So this is what you'd be playing Ace Combat:Distant Thunder. Or Ace Combat 4. AC4 is a very good flight sim on the whole. A delightful story unfolds ...