Arcade-style aerial combat games have been thin on the ground in recent years, with the notable exception of Bandai Namco’s Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. This 2019 high-altitude genre revival gave us a high-quality jet combat game, built for modern visual expectations with the help of Unreal Engine 4.
Now, with little build-up or fanfare, Bandai Namco has dropped a Switch conversion, which promises the full Ace Combat experience at home or on the go. How well has this graphically sophisticated title been translated to the Nintendo Switch?
A quick glance at the Switch and Xbox One versions side-by-side reveals few obvious compromises on Switch relative to the game on last-gen consoles. But if you go a little deeper, there are some key differences that separate the two releases – even if in typical gameplay some of those changes aren’t terribly evident.
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