The graphics of this game are its only upside.

User Rating: 2 | Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies PS2
(+) good graphics

(-) non user friendly game menus, bad camera, bad controls, multiplayer mode is a joke, the story mode in the game does not make much sense.,spinning around and crashing is more fun than playing the game seriously.

The story is about a guy that lost his family when a plane crashed on his home taking the lives of his family yet he somehow ends up flying a plane himself it is just strange. The story mode is mission based basically you will be fighting the controls to complete the objective like blowing up the enemy planes etc. The interface in the game is strange because you have a bunch of lines in front of your view and there also is no lock on button in this game.

The graphics in this game are its only upside the game looks good just that it doesn't have fun gameplay to match it. The music in the game is okay but, it does seem like it would get annoying after playing this game for a while.

The multiplayer mode is a joke the matches are set for thirty minutes in this game. In order to end the match early someone would have to win or you would have to exit the match. Just like the story mode it is no fun more entertaining to spin around and crash than play seriously.

This game's only upside is its graphics so I would not recommend it to anyone because overall this game should be avoided and only played by those that want to play it because of its flaws.