Aces of the Pacific

The Good
EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!

The Bad
NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Bottom Line
I've read the bad review of this game and I think it is not true I would like to clear a few things up they are: In some missions You start in the air the ones that you start in the air are somtimes in:"Fly an historic mission","Fight an ace" and "Fight a squadron" in all times you start in the air.

'The whole process of dive-bombing is next-to impossible. The ships don't show smoke or damage, so there's practically no way to know if you hit (unless you happen to catch the on-screen message that says you hit). After releasing your bombs, you always get shot down by a hail of AA fire, unless you press A to autopilot away (?!?!).' this is not true i've done it before without pressing auto pilot to get away and unless you missed The ship is sure to smoke.

'The US planes, allegedly far tougher and able to take lots of damage, are like paper airplanes... about 2 or 3 hits and your dead. Many Japanese planes can take more damage.' This is beacause the japanese were better shots, Where you hit was nowhere vital so it could still fly.

'One really nice thing about most other flight sims is that at the end of the mission you get to see what types of planes you shot down. At the end of the career or campaign, you can go back and look at how many of each type of plane you've shot down over your career. This game not only doesn't show you what you shot down during each mission (it just gives a total number of planes), but it keeps no career records. All you're left with is an anonymous number of total kills. This is very unrewarding." Look in: "view pilot record".

'Most of the Japanese planes look alike, so it's impossible to tell what type of plane you're flying against.' this is because the were almost all based on the same design.

'The mission recorder is really poor. When trying to position the camera, you can't move it vertically. For example, to move down, you have to tilt the camera down and move forward (down) until you get to the desired elevation, then tilt it back up. If they had just added an up/down control, it would've been sooo much easier to use.' They do.