Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review

The first thing I noticed about Ace Combat 8 was the weight. My F-18C's control yoke felt more like the reins of a mustang, guiding my aircraft's control surfaces while afterburners strained against an ocean's worth of air pressure, desperately pleading for a faster climb or a tighter turn as bandits closed on my six o'clock.

If that sounds dramatic, that's because it is. While Ace Combat has always married its arcade flight action to bombastic theatrics, Wings of Theve soars to greater heights than t...