A Review of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown @WritingOnGames

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In which I discuss the design of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, and the ways in which its utterly thrilling gameplay perhaps realises its thematic ambitions more effectively than its lengthy cutscenes.

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