Ace Combat 8: Wings Of Theve review – highway to the danger zone

Ace Combat 8: Wings Of Theve – some kind of maverick (Bandai Namco)

Gaming’s longest running combat flight simulator series is better than ever, in this highly accessible and excitingly unique new action game.

Video games have seen a general decrease in velocity, over the last generation or two, that is very difficult to understand. We’re not talking about Sonic going fast (making bad games is a very easy to explain reason) but the fact that vehicle-based games, or really anything that is relentlessly fast-paced, has become an increasingly niche affair in terms of casual gamer preferences.

Perhaps it’s the worry that such games require more sk...