The North American version of Ace Combat 3 might seem a little odd and half put together. Once you play the original Japanese edition, you realize that's just what it's issue was.
Damn. That is some /heavy/ stuff. It feels strange that it makes me respect the game and its creators while also making me want to be sure to avoid playing it. Ace Combat 2 sounds like what I'd want out of the experience; "flying some high-tech impossibilities through the sky at a speed that makes the air itself scream". Murdering people I know and quite possibly like and respect because the world forces such things on us is the opposite of my idea of fun gaming.
Not that I expect everybody's emotional relationship to gaming and to their games to mirror my own. Far from it. And clearly the people that worked on Ace Combat 3 at Namco put a lot of love and heart into it. Thanks for writing about it, there's a great story here beyond that within the game itself.
Damn. That is some /heavy/ stuff. It feels strange that it makes me respect the game and its creators while also making me want to be sure to avoid playing it. Ace Combat 2 sounds like what I'd want out of the experience; "flying some high-tech impossibilities through the sky at a speed that makes the air itself scream". Murdering people I know and quite possibly like and respect because the world forces such things on us is the opposite of my idea of fun gaming.
Not that I expect everybody's emotional relationship to gaming and to their games to mirror my own. Far from it. And clearly the people that worked on Ace Combat 3 at Namco put a lot of love and heart into it. Thanks for writing about it, there's a great story here beyond that within the game itself.
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