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Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Bundle (Includes Flightstick) | 
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| From: Namco
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $164.95
New (11) Used (6) from $89.10
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1013
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: air_racing_and_flying_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.2
Dimensions (in): 14.7 x 10.6 x 10
MPN: 21010
UPC: 722674210140
EAN: 0722674210140
ASIN: B000UHEA0Y
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Live the War Zones in photo realistic detail. | | • | Command the allied assault force of Aerial, Naval, and Ground Combat units. | | • | Prove your supremacy on a global scale in the intense multiplayer online mode via Xbox live. | | • | Pilot the authentic licensed combat aircraft of your dreams. Get in the cockpits of the F15 Strike Eagle, F22 Raptor, and Tornado. | | • | Enjoy an action packed Ace Pilot experience of unsurpassed quality. Experience firsthand the intense drama and emotions of the battlefield. |
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Product Description
Get into the cockpits of your favorite authentically-detailed combat aircraft and command the allied assault force of aerial, naval and ground combat units. Engage in fierce combat on an unprecedented scale and intensity as up to six massive conflicts unfold at once across multiple locations, each in photo-realistic detail. For the first time in an Ace Combat Game, you'll be able to prove your supremacy on a global scale in the intense multiplayer mode via Xbox Live! Break the sound barrier and soar 360 degrees through the sky as battles and drama explode around you on an epic scale! This version of Ace Combat 6 comes bundled with a collectible faceplate and the Ace Combat 6 ACE-EDGE Flightstick. ESRB Rated T for Teen
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
Best Flight game for the 360 to date December 29, 2008
Erik L. Wolff (Philadelphia, PA)
I picked this up at one of Amazon's competitors (Best Buy) for $100 (+tax). The flight sticks take some getting used too, but once you do, the game takes on a whole new feel. The graphics of the game are amazing, and the flight dynamics and physics are pretty close to reality. The story line is ok, but could be more involved what you are actually doing in the game. Even on easy some of the missions are a challenge. Has a huge online community, never hard to find matches online. The only reason I didn't give a full 5 stars is that there are no instructions relevant to the flight stick. None in the box, in the game instruction manual, heck even the tutorials assume you use the normal system controller. No mention of the flight stick anywhere. It would not have been hard to add a selection in the game to the type of controller you are using (flight stick and throttle, or system controller) and had that reflect the instructions in the tutorial. The game is packaged with the controller, so the flight stick was not unplanned. Spent some time going through trial and error to get everything right.
 What a rip off! August 8, 2008
Clinton Martin
The game is pretty good, and no doubt it would even be better if I had the flight stick but I just can't bring myself to buy something that is not even worth the cost of making the controller. This is a product that rips people off(just the stick not the game) I really hope they drop the price at least 50 dollars. And they should sell them sepratly.
 Flightstick not worth it. June 8, 2008
Mountain Mike (Sioux Falls, SD United States)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Some of the reviews of the AC6 Flightstick Bundle seem to be only for the game itself. I reviewed the game itself separately. This review is for the flightstick bundle, which comes in the box displayed by amazon here.
I bought a used set that came complete with everything from the original purchase, box, cords, faceplate, etc. And, everything worked fine and as intended.
However, I found these controls to be not really much fun at all. My experience with them showed they were slow, sluggish, and difficult to be precise with. I went through AC6 entirely, on two different levels. The only way I could get anywhere beyond about the first 5 missions was to revert to the standard hand-held controller. With that, I could control the plane very precisely.
The flight stick is a great concept, but I feel it's actual performance is much below what I anticipated. It really boils down to being able to control the plane quickly and precisely, which just wouldn't happen with this flightstick for me. Others may have a completely different experience. Read the reviews here to gain an idea of what some gamers have to say about their flightstick.
No instructions come with the bundle, this is the way it came from the factory. There is a somewhat confusing schema on the side of the box which attempts to explain what the function of each button/movement will be. I also bought a game guide which devoted a page to labeling the buttons and trying to correlate them with what the buttons on the hand-held controller did. This helped, but some of it you really had to figure out by trial and error.
Again, some gamers perhaps have had a stellar experience with this Flightstick Bundle. I did not. My experience with the Ace Combat series includes all of them from Air Combat (the first one) through Ace Combat 6, including Ace Combat Zero. All completed at multiple levels. For whatever reason, I was never able to become good enough with the stick to even approach what I could do with the standard controller.
 Not Available for less than arm and leg now March 20, 2008
FSJUNKIE (Oxnard, CA USA)
I purchased the game without the flightstick a week ago and I love it! I've been exclusively flying pc simulators since 1994 and this was a refreshing experience. No IT'S NOT A SIMULATOR!! If you approach the GAME with that in mind, I believe you will enjoy it. By far the main selling point of this game is the unbelievable graphics compared to what's possible with pc simulators...talk about eye candy. If you want "realism" in a combat sim, go for something pc such as Falcon 4.0 Allied Assault, or Lock On: Modern Air Combat. But if you just want to run and gun and marvel at some superb scenery along the way, this is the game.
Like the title of the review says, the flight stick is not available as a new purchase anymore, even as a standalone item. This is why this "available from the following resellers" item doesn't get higher marks in my review. Before it was realized that a flight stick was a feasible reality for a console game, I would have just accepted using just a controller. It's clear that actual flight simmers were not the target audience here...baffling missed opportunity since Microsoft Flight Simulator controls something like 97 percent of the flightsim audience. Some of us are actually willing to trade off an acceptable degree of realism for a better entertainment experience in the combat genre.
Just like the intro days of the console, Microsoft has left the public at the mercy of mercenaries on Ebay if you want to own one of these flight sticks. I cannot for the life of me understand the logic with this one. Limited edition...it's a joystick for crying out loud! It's a tool to reap the maximum experience from a game that should be available for purchase. Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, Genesis, and the other ancient consoles haven't really become "collector's items". Their games were either re-released for other systems, or they were forgotten; Xbox 360 will follow the same as more advanced technology comes into play. Their pattern of attempts to manufacture value is pathetic in my opinion.
Finally... A worthy Flight Combat Sim in almost 10 years after D.I.D.'S "T.A.W." and Jane's "USAF" February 4, 2008
M. Rivas (Perris, CA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After almost 10 years since Digital Image Design's (D.I.D.) "Total Air War"(T.A.W.) and Jane's "USAF", here is a Flight Combat Sim that is a worthy successor to those Great Flight Sims of the past. Today we have "Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation". This game has to be played with a flight stick and throttle in order to fully immerse yourself into this flight sim. The only thing more I could hope for is that this game makes it to P.C. in the near future...
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