Ace Combat Infinity
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| Developer(s) | Project Aces |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai Namco Games |
| Director(s) | Natsuki Isaki |
| Producer(s) | Kazutoki Kono |
| Designer(s) | Jun Tamaoki Taichi Wada |
| Programmer(s) | Masato Aikawa |
| Artist(s) | Kosuki Itomi |
| Writer(s) | Kosuke Itomi Yuta Hamanaka |
| Composer(s) | Rio Hamamoto Hiroshi Okubo |
| Series | Ace Combat |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
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| Genre(s) | Combat flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Ace Combat Infinity (Japanese: エースコンバット インフィニティ; Ēsu Konbatto Infiniti) is a free-to-play combat flight simulator video game developed by Project Aces and published by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation 3. It is the eighteenth title in the Ace Combat series, and was released worldwide in May 2014. It is the first free-to-play title in the series, and unlike most games in the series, Infinity takes place on Earth. However, it includes certain elements from past Ace Combat games, including historical events, organizations, superweapons, and original aircraft. In particular, elements in the game like the Ulysses disaster, the superweapon Stonehedge and the rise of the USEA enemy faction, in the game a new multinational military federation (the "United States of EurAsia") instead of the fictional continent, are directly reference to the game of Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies, but played on Earth, instead of Strangereal. In fact, the player take the role of a mercenary pilot of a "private military company", similar to the previous game of Ace Combat: the Belkan War, that is hired by the UN to keep the "post-Ulysses" world stable to regional dispute and terrorism attacks. Thus the game graphic and effect are considered excellent, poor development of the game characters and the relative small campaign for single player have led to a drop of positive critics of the game.
The game has three modes - story, tutorial, and the multiplayer deathmatch/cooperative mode. Players log on to the game itself through their PlayStation Network accounts. To fly in the story or multiplayer missions, the player will use one fuel credit; three Supplied Fuel units are rechargeable after a set period of time while Stocked Fuel credits are available as a mission reward or bought at the PlayStation Store. A lobby system allows the players to go through eight story missions and 39 multiplayer missions, with a few being Special Raid Missions that involve players taking on superweapons.
Infinity has around 50 licensed jet aircraft representing modern designs from the United States, Europe, and Russia, with the F-4 Phantom as the player's first plane. Further updates since the game's release gave players a chance to use some of the Ace Combat franchise's iconic superfighters as well as the Japanese ATD-0 Shinshin technology demonstrator. As they play through the game, they can earn enough experience points to advance in rank and in the global leaderboards for every tournament.
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