Ace Combat Infinity

 PlayStation 3
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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 69 Ratings

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  1. lastfox
    Aug 27, 2015
    1
    Usually I would say it's a waste of money. But since it's a "free" game, I can only say it's a waste of time.
    The multiplayer Co-Op is very chaotic, with no clear distinction if you're up against pros or beginners. I say that especially to new players, the menu and overall layout is very confusing. With no real tutorial to guide you through the process. The so-called 'Campaign' is just    Usually I would say it's a waste of money. But since it's a "free" game, I can only say it's a waste of time.
    The multiplayer Co-Op is very chaotic, with no clear distinction if you're up against pros or beginners. I say that especially to new players, the menu and overall layout is very confusing. With no real tutorial to guide you through the process. The so-called 'Campaign' is just a disguise for 8 short challenges, with no gripping storyline. Upgrading your planes or buying new planes is linked with the multiplayer, since it's the only way to earn credits etc if you don't wanna pay for it on the PSN store.
    ANd then you're up against players with their pimped jets who are faster than you, faster missiles and a much higher reach. This makes earning points a real pain in the ass, like bringing a bicycle to a Nascar race. That the publisher's don't host the network to create a balanced system feels like they just thrown out an unfinished product to hyenas. The Multiplayer matches are completely repetitive, with the same layout and same enemy variety.
    Don't bother playing this excuse of a game.    … Expand
  2. Kenjbattosai
    Jan 18, 2015
    2
    I really have a soft spot for the Ace Combat series but this F2P trend is growing worrisome for me. I mean Tekken Revolution's token system where you must wait a half hour for a coin to play seemed a tad excessive. However, with AC you must wait an outrageous four hours for a fuel supply. In which the max fuel supply is a paltry three units that fly by in an instant.

    On top of that, the    I really have a soft spot for the Ace Combat series but this F2P trend is growing worrisome for me. I mean Tekken Revolution's token system where you must wait a half hour for a coin to play seemed a tad excessive. However, with AC you must wait an outrageous four hours for a fuel supply. In which the max fuel supply is a paltry three units that fly by in an instant.

    On top of that, the most insulting part is the campaign in which you must either spend a ridiculous 20 dollars for an unlimited campaign ticket or waste innumerable hours stocking hundreds of thousands of credits to play one campaign mission of eight which go up in price every mission

    Ex. Mission #2 200,000 credits, Mission #3 300,000 and so on and so forth...
    It sounds easy enough and relatively obtainable but if you're not a good enough pilot or just beginning, get ready for only a average of 8,000 credits or so with every sortie. Not even taking into account the credits you have to spend to buy parts, planes, or upgrades.

    The aircraft tree is a complete joke it takes WAY too long to unlock particular planes and all of which are so drastically under powered compared to special planes that you can buy with actual money or hope for a random drop. It's a wonder why anyone even wants to play Ace Combat Infinity, this game is a supreme example of how spending hundreds of dollars can net the fool who wastes his money some meager sense of superiority with his bought "skills".

    Do yourself a favor and AVOID THIS LIKE THE PLAGUE!    … Expand
  3. SiAScORCH
    Oct 15, 2014
    2
    The franchise has been a great one and the graphics on this one are amazing. I'm glad they even got away from that dogfighting mode(which killed AH), however that's all I can say that is positive about this game.

    The whole waiting for fuel to recharge is bogus, so unless you want to wait you have to purchase fuel. That's something cell phone apps do. Also if you want to unlock planes    The franchise has been a great one and the graphics on this one are amazing. I'm glad they even got away from that dogfighting mode(which killed AH), however that's all I can say that is positive about this game.

    The whole waiting for fuel to recharge is bogus, so unless you want to wait you have to purchase fuel. That's something cell phone apps do. Also if you want to unlock planes you have to play online because it's quicker to get everything online, which makes the game rather annoying. Then the fact that everything is online, so what about when PS3 isn't online anymore like PS2? Then all that hard work was for nothing. This game could of been amazing had they kept it within it's roots of what made the series what it is today.

    With that being said, you should stay far away from this game. I regret the couple of hours I spent playing it.    … Expand
  4. Ishi123
    May 15, 2017
    1
    For a series that prides itself in its incredible single player experiences, it's a shame that it's been butchered to make way for a free to play mechanic that limits the player more than anything else, in spite of the game's title.

    Long time series fans will adore the nostalgia factor of this game, featuring many elements, including special planes, from previous entries. However, the    For a series that prides itself in its incredible single player experiences, it's a shame that it's been butchered to make way for a free to play mechanic that limits the player more than anything else, in spite of the game's title.

    Long time series fans will adore the nostalgia factor of this game, featuring many elements, including special planes, from previous entries. However, the single player is made of a paltry eight missions that will go by in just over 2 hours if you know how to play, and has none of the fun or glamour of the original series. The story basically amounts to some guy being butthurt that he got fired for something that was his own fault so he decided to start a massive terrorist uprising to take over the world. That's actually it. The point is for the single player campaign to blend into the multiplayer, as after the eighth mission, it sets you up as a mercenary pilot of your own, and the online co-op missions are just missions within the same huge operation that the single player takes place in. Neat idea, but it doesn't quite cut it with how repetitive the multiplayer gets.

    Combat in this game consists of spinning around at stall speed, trying to turn harder than your enemy, banking around and around and around for several minutes, or getting hit with missiles that the enemy actually flips around 180 degrees to shoot behind them, because that's how planes work. I have no idea who programmed the AI for this game, but they did the worst job I've seen in any Ace Combat game. This is HAWX levels of boring and tedious. It's not even a challenge, it's just annoying to have all enemies fly at half your stall speed and then suddenly gain an extra 500mph the instant you fire a missile like it's programmed to the circle button.

    The player base doesn't help much either. Approximately 100% of people boost in this game by joining into low level lobbies so they can sweep the floor with everyone and artificially inflate their score. This is how tournaments work, as well. Tournaments in Infinity involve flying at your best and getting as much points as you can in order to receive rewards at the end of the tournament. The problem is, as with literally every other system with a number on it, people boost and/or buy fuel and/or hack or whatever they do in order to rack up ludicrous numbers and win top prize. It is actually impossible to get to the good rewards by playing normally. No matter how good you do, even if you score over 100k points and win every single sortie with an S rank, you won't even come close to the really good stuff. Project ACES refuses to fix this.

    The multiplayer itself is broken, as well, even besides the player base. Matchmaking doesn't exist, leading to you as a beginner being sortied with people who have been playing for years, and you can't choose teams either, since you're just put in with a random person in the room, usually the lowest level player in the lobby. It's also laggy and you'll get dropped from lobbies because the servers are crap and then you'll be blamed for it failing by being restricted so your available games are limited, and most of the time it results in you being completely restricted from playing the game. It's a completely broken system that makes for a garbage experience since the multiplayer is all the game really has.

    The gameplay itself is sound and works very well. Actually controlling your plane feels tight and responsive, and it's easy to perform all the tricks at your disposal in combat. The lock-on camera actually works again, unlike Assault Horizon, and the camera isn't trying to motorboat the plane's nozzle like it was then as well. Just flying in this game feels good, and unlike HAWX where it feels like you're going 50 mph even when the speedometer says you're at mach 2, this game makes you feel fast, with the wind speeding by around you, really letting you feel the power of the machine you're piloting.

    Graphically, the game is astounding. All the stops were pulled with the aircraft models, with every single detail of every plane being on display. You can see the mechanics of a plane at work when you fly them, from the control surfaces to the engine nozzles to smaller details such as moving intake ramps and even spinning turbines. The series has always prided itself on making the planes look good, and every mechanic a plane has to offer is on display. The fictional aircraft this game boasts also looks damn impressive, with some space-age and sharp-looking plane designs from past games making returns after many years.

    Overall, I can't say I'd recommend this game to anyone, especially to long time fans. The game just has way too many issues in comparison to it's good points. With a garbage multiplayer, a non-existent single player, and a trash player base, there's almost nothing I can say to make the game appealing. It's all a waste of time.    … Expand
  5. Bellicose
    Jul 22, 2014
    1
    I love Ace Combat. So much. But this...

    This is why free-to-play is bad for the customer. Picture this: You sit down to play the game, and fifteen minutes later (three five-minute missions), the game informs you that you're out of fuel. You can either wait *four hours* before you can fly *one* more mission or you can buy more fuel at *one dollar per unit of fuel*. So either 4h    I love Ace Combat. So much. But this...

    This is why free-to-play is bad for the customer.

    Picture this: You sit down to play the game, and fifteen minutes later (three five-minute missions), the game informs you that you're out of fuel. You can either wait *four hours* before you can fly *one* more mission or you can buy more fuel at *one dollar per unit of fuel*. So either 4h for 5m, or $1 for 5m. Doesn't matter which you pick, that adds up fast.

    And you can't wait until Saturday and binge, because you can only hold three units of supplied fuel.

    Fuel's not the only barrier to entry, either. The lobby system isn't automated, which means that even once you manage to get into a full room, the lobby is in limbo because it let someone who doesn't have fuel (and thus can't play) join. If they don't realize this on their own and leave, you have to wait out a countdown before it kicks them out. But even if everybody has fuel, the game will sit at the lobby screen forever unless the host sets their status as 'ready'. Even if the other seven players are all ready, the game will not begin until the host (who may have walked away) says it's okay.

    So you've finally spent either time or money just for the privilege of playing the game, and patience has seen you through the lobby system. Welcome to Ace Combat! All four missions of it. Seriously. There is a tiny bit of variety, as each mission has a randomized "emergency" objective halfway through, but even those are limited, and you'll have seen every combination distressingly quickly. I would almost expect more content in a demo. Seriously. Four missions.

    Oh, but there's a campaign mode with more missions! That you still have to use fuel for. That are actually just tutorials. That's right, you have to pay or wait to play the tutorial.

    But at least it's not pay-to-win, right? Well...

    True, you can't just buy better planes. BUT, there exist planes that they release as "special drops", and you are far, far more likely to receive them if you're playing more than three missions every twelve hours. Which means you're far, far more likely to receive them if you're buying fuel. So you can basically buy these special planes. And these special planes? Indisputably superior to even the end-game content.

    I love Ace Combat, but I would never recommend this entry.    … Expand
  6. Mazzeroth
    Jun 27, 2014
    4
    This game is such a disappointment. First of all the fuel system is BS and everybody keeps stealing kills. Not to mention how crappy the wifi is. Not to mention the limited time events that forces pretty much the majority of gamers to play the game. And when you start off, it's so ridiculously hard to get high scores since others have high spec aircraft already! It's a pay to win game whatThis game is such a disappointment. First of all the fuel system is BS and everybody keeps stealing kills. Not to mention how crappy the wifi is. Not to mention the limited time events that forces pretty much the majority of gamers to play the game. And when you start off, it's so ridiculously hard to get high scores since others have high spec aircraft already! It's a pay to win game what a joke. Also don't get me started on how little research progress they give you on almost every single parts and special weapon. And when you run out of Stocked and Sortie fuel you have to wait for 5 HOURS or so just to replenish only 3 frickin sortie fuel! I'd rather buy the game for 60$ rather than pay for stocked fuel everytime! What a complete disappointment..… Expand
  7. Blaze_Viper
    Jun 5, 2014
    3
    With too few levels and days of grinding just to unlock a few parts in single player and fuel taking hours to restore, this game is an absolute insult the the Ace Combat genre. The same levels and objectives online quickly get boring and if you sit down and want to play the campaign for an extended amount of time, you'll find yourself rapidly running out of fuel. This isn't okay Namco Bandai.
  8. LadyAthena
    Jun 14, 2014
    3
    I gave this game a 3 out of 10 for several reasons.

    1) I won't lie I'm a little bias. Having played the Ace Combat since the very beginning, I was very upset when it switched to Bandai, and they utterly destroyed the series. This was a big step in the right direction, bringing it back to the PlayStation, and with old school play style, or partially anyway. However, the free to play and    I gave this game a 3 out of 10 for several reasons.

    1) I won't lie I'm a little bias. Having played the Ace Combat since the very beginning, I was very upset when it switched to Bandai, and they utterly destroyed the series. This was a big step in the right direction, bringing it back to the PlayStation, and with old school play style, or partially anyway. However, the free to play and limited play time is a huge backward step, and the fact they could have easily made this a legit full scale Ace Combat, but copped out to a half assed version.

    2) Co-op is a huge head ache if you want to play with friends. There is no pre lobby to make a group with friends, and trying to get into a room, invite a friend, and hoping they get in before it fills can be a nightmare. Often times when they do get in, the game lobby will close.

    3) They did alot of good idea's in the game, working up a tech tree which revolves around the story was great, again making me actually down vote the game, due to the fact they placed it in a Free to play version of the game where you're limited on play time.

    4) Campaign which you're limited on play time unless you buy it for $19.99, I'd be ok with this, if it wasn't for the fact that the campaign is literally only 8 short missions....    … Expand
  9. CPD98
    Jul 21, 2014
    2
    Este juego es un desastre. Bueno, que podía esperar de un F2P?...
    Gráficamente cumple, aunque los escenarios son mas planos que la suela de un zapato, los aviones y la iluminación son correctos. Pero el juego es un laberinto de menús, los cuales ya da pereza el simple hecho de leerlos. Todo es demasiado enrevesado y simple a la vez, la campaña es pobre, unas cuantas misiones de acabar con    Este juego es un desastre. Bueno, que podía esperar de un F2P?...
    Gráficamente cumple, aunque los escenarios son mas planos que la suela de un zapato, los aviones y la iluminación son correctos. Pero el juego es un laberinto de menús, los cuales ya da pereza el simple hecho de leerlos. Todo es demasiado enrevesado y simple a la vez, la campaña es pobre, unas cuantas misiones de acabar con aviones, objetos y poco mas. Las misiones coop. son frustrantes, no entendía ni que estaba haciendo. Tras jugarlo un poco lo borré, tres gigas para esto era un desperdicio.    … Expand
  10. Radioactivebuny
    Sep 2, 2014
    3
    With the legends of another world by my side, with names like "Blaze", "Chopper", "Mobius One", and "Yellow 13", I stand and remember days passed, when there was glory and meaning to fighting in the skies. I stand and weep.
  11. ChaosSS
    Aug 9, 2016
    1
    Pay2Win версия некогда великой серии аркадных леталок. Скудная и короткая кампания ниочем, где для открытия новых миссий (всего их 8) нужно раскошелится на суму с 5-ю нулями за каждую. Не хочешь тратить 600к кредитов на новый огрызок сюжета и 10 минут геймплея? Заплати косарь реальных денег.
    Всего бы ничего но на вылет нужен бензин (изначально у тебя 6 баков = 6 вылетов без разницы в    Pay2Win версия некогда великой серии аркадных леталок. Скудная и короткая кампания ниочем, где для открытия новых миссий (всего их 8) нужно раскошелится на суму с 5-ю нулями за каждую. Не хочешь тратить 600к кредитов на новый огрызок сюжета и 10 минут геймплея? Заплати косарь реальных денег.
    Всего бы ничего но на вылет нужен бензин (изначально у тебя 6 баков = 6 вылетов без разницы в кампании или в мультиплеере). После чего жди три часа на наполнение. Не хочешь ждать? Заплати косарь. Но не это самое печальное.
    Самое печальное, в игре напрочь отсутствует баланс. Деньги и бензин можно нафармить за выполнение боевых заданий в PvP и coop-PvE миссиях. Но когда вас бросает в лобби к пилотам >9000 уровня (а вас бросит к ним всегда) с лазерным оружием и ядерными ракетами, и после тотального отсоса вы смотрите на статистику после боя и вам не дают ровным счетом ничего, играть дальше желание отпадает. А не хочешь отсасивать? Заплати косарь.
    Нет, конечно в игре есть всякие бонусы типа за ежедневное посещение, и вы спустя месяц откроете все сюжетные миссии и может вам улыбнется удача и вам дадут сбить один вражеский самолет в PvE... Но какой смысл? Игра никак не развивается и единственные что вы добьетесь, это возможность нагибать и унижать новичков которые чисто случайно установили и зашли в это говно.
    Итого:
    Бесполезная трата времени. Особенно сейчас, спустя джва года, так как в полумертвые лобби заглядывают только самые отмороженные задроты.    … Expand
  12. SrPepe
    Oct 30, 2017
    3
    Una perdida total de tiempo descargarte este juego. Poner gratis este juego es casi como un insulto a los jugadores: "Miren este pedazo de mierda, tenganlo gratis"

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#61 Best PS3 Game of 2014
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#11 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2014
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Aug 4, 2014
    40
    In a game build around multiplayer, it's baffling that the developer would undermine any gains made through Infinity being freely available by making it so difficult to play once you have it. [Aug 2014, p.91]
  2. Games Master UK
    Jul 29, 2014
    27
    The rotting corpse floating in this flight sim's pool is its free-to-play mechanic. [Sept 2014, p.80]
  3. games(TM)
    Jul 19, 2014
    60
    It's a little dull - particularly without PvP - but shouting "danger zone" at the top of your lungs will no doubt alleviate some of the mundanity. [Issue#150, p.116]
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