Recent reviews by XM8

Narrative design along with the core loop of this game can keep you engaging throughout the story and make you wonder what's going on throughout the whole time!

10/10 love letter to Ace combat franchise
now I hate orange

The music, the gameplay and the mechanics, all of them are really well refined! really love this game!

If you love number going up, I recommended this game. When I said number going up, I really mean it, not just the name of the game lmao.
You could change it to Scientific or Engineering Number style if you want.

The story in this game is really good, it made me love the maiden and the overlord.
For anyone who love a visual novel game with a branching path and multiple ending, I suggest you grab this one at full price, the dev deserve it.

The music and the art style in this game deliver such an amazing storytelling to me. The development of each character also make me love the game, the choice really impact the outcome of the ending, they are not a trivial choice but an impactful choices that affect the outcome.

Good game but friends are not so good. 10/10 would press the button again.

90% hit chance
10% miss chance
you are that 10%
you and me both

Overall aside from that bad RNG
There are 2 phases for the game, the World map gameplay and the turn-based gameplay
both are fun in its own way. In the World map, it offers resources and time management and strategy on which place to go next while the turn-based gameplay offer more on strategic layer.

I would recommend playing the based game first before playing with DLC version, the DLC offer many different gameplay elements that seem like an overall of the base game which make the game look like a new game when you play it again.

If you are a fan of TOP GUN, Macross series, or previous ACE COMBAT series, you need to play this game.

First of all, this game is not for everyone, this is for specific type of player only.
If you're looking for action, this is not a game for you.
If you're looking for a gorgeous landscape, atmosphere or good story telling, then this might be your game.

Pros
+ Good story telling, Kojima's story telling method is one of the best out there in the world.
+ There's always a new stuff/mechanic along the way for the player to discover while playing till the end of the game.
+ Photo mode for those who love to take a picture in the game
+ Multiple experience when playing. When facing BT(S), the game become survival horror game until later on the game.
When facing human enemies, the game become action game.
+ The music!

Cons
- Repetitive gameplay. In case you hate doing the same thing all over the game
- The fighting mechanic in this game is... bad. Well the main focus of this game is the delivering mechanic so that's the most refine part of the game but the fighting mechanic when engaging against human enemy is like normal TPS game.

Dorothy: The commander would put my mind on a Dinergate for three years just like Ro-chan if I choose no!

Overall: Good story with soundtracks that make you want to listen while doing your chores. The narrative from the story and dialogue is what drive this game to be one of the best narrative game in my opinion and combining with soundtracks and arts that support the narrative that stuck inside the player.