User blog comment:Halo123AlphaCallofDutyRedvsBlue/Which Ace Combat game/s would you like to see remade, and why/@comment-67.174.222.100-20121230002122

Okay, I must warn that there will be a tiny bit of fanboy antics to be had here, and I apologize ahead of time for it, but here's my opinion on the subject.

I'd love to see Ace Combat 5 remade and updated graphically because it had just about everything that you could ever want in a flight sim game. It had deep, believable characters with entertaining and memorable vocal performances. It had a long story and many missions which tugged at the heart strings and made me tear up, and I will openly admit that I cried the first time I played mission 17 when Chopper got shot down. It had a solid plane selection, good graphics for its time, and a wonderful host of enemies and interesting maps to go through.

And here's the fanboy part: Kei Nagase is, and will forever remain, my favorite AC character of all time. Her character was deeply troubled and burdened by what went on around her throughout the story, and in my opinion had some of the most interesting reactions and in game banter of the ground. Chopper had the most entertaining banter to be sure, but Nagase's always grabbed my attention much more so than Chopper. Also, I think Nagase's beautiful. Total fanboy... I'm ashamed... of NOTHING!!

Anyway, moving on!

The game's story needs absolutely no work done whatsoever in my opinion, but I think it would be cool to add a few more missions. To that effect, I'd say bring the original voice cast back to add some new banter to further compliment the old, as well as to keep with the update by deepening the somewhat generic conversations that take place in the original version. They were still entertianing for sure, but I'd like there to be more to it than the same things over and over again. Know what I mean?

The plane selection is fantastic, and to be honest I wouldn't change it... though I would like at least a few choices in the first few missions of what plane we fly in. Being stuck in the F4 was... bothersome to me, but oh well.

The only thing I think really needs to happen is an update in the graphics engine. The original graphics were fantastic when they first came out, but I'd still love to see the original version cleaned up and revamped into HD quality. Even if they do nothing else to it, updating the graphics would make it all worth it!

So that's my opinion.

The formula which created Ace Combat 5 was by far the best in my opinion, with Ace Combat Zero being very close behind it. If they stick to that formula, I think it really wouldn't matter where they decide to take the games from here. If Ace Combat Assasult Horizon had a better storyline and better characters (not to mention that I didn't like the whole up close and personal dog fight mechanic), then I think it could have been a better game. They don't need to change a successful formula, they just need to come up with fresh storylines and characters. That's not too hard if they put their minds to it.

Ciao!