The rating on this game mentions “mild language” and “violence.” This mild language is usually in the form of pilots cursing when they're either shot down or having trouble with enemy aircraft. It's only too bad that they got off the hook when it comes to modeling the landscapes from actual locations. This is one of the few games I've seen where the graphics are nearly unquestionable.
The programmers really did a good job on the graphics here. One also never runs out of fuel, and if you need to repair damage, all you would have to do is to fly south to the base and you're instantly repaired, quite a contrast from the real world. In addition, most of the aircraft supposedly hold more than 30 missiles at a time, and these missiles can be used on both air and ground targets. The actual limit, I believe, is around 471. For example, I was able to get an A-10 Thunderbolt II to about 900 knots, far past Mach 1. The overall physics model is good as far as actual flight goes, but some of the elements are quite unrealistic. A two-player mode is available, albeit a bit more annoying due to the loss of screen space. You will never have anyone shooting at you while you are trying to land, unlike some of the classic games like "Chuck Yeager's Air Combat". In order to return to base, one must cross a line on the map which always happens to be south. The game lets you choose from eighteen fighter aircraft ranging from the F-4 to the F-22, and eighteen missions including bombing ground targets, escorting allied aircraft, and all-out dogfights. It revolves around a relationship between one of the Erusian pilots whose flight callsign is “Yellow 13,” and a young boy in an ISAF member state whose family was killed when Yellow 13 downed an aircraft, sending it into the boy's house. I ignored them at first, but they are quite entertaining. In between many of the missions, you will be presented with Japanese-style cartoon sequences accompanied with music explaining the storyline in further detail. You are referred to as Mobius 1 throughout the game.
The storyline is based on a fictitious continent where a war has broken out between Erusia and the Independent States Allied Forces, a UN of sorts. Good gameplay combined with excellent graphics merge to produce a great experience. Namco has come out with quite possibly the best console-based flight simulation ever produced, Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies.
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