mphitheatre gets blocky if you arise low). You'll zoom through clouds, aloft treetops??”even through caves??”all with an adrenaline-pushing faculty of 0 Ace Activity 5 Iron eagle. By James Mielke, 12/13/2004 at 00:00 Since the PS1's aboriginal days, Namco's Ace Activity alternation has been the arch animate flight-combat game, aloft to both Konami's AirForce Delta and Sammy's Lethal Skies series. But as composure in adventurous architecture advances, will Ace Combat's arcade roots be its undoing? Namco gave Ace Activity 5: The Unsung War a accession of Bruckheimer, all-important in a brand about characterized by blandness. While not as candidly manga as AirForce Delta Strike, Unsung War puts personality at the forefront, wrapping the capital actualization in a black neopolitical plot. From the aperture Metal Accessory Solid-styled appellation arrangement to the cut-scenes afore the storm, pilots acquisition themselves in the bosom of what can best be declared as a accumulation effort. With three wingmen at your side, you can about-face formations at the columnist of the D-pad (for covering, beforehand configurations, etc.), which allows for able cardinal accommodation making. But aloft the crunch-time brotherhood lies a affluence of enhancements, such as the acquaintance arrangement that rewards players based on their marksmanship and efficiency. The bigger pilot you are, the broader your even alternative will be, both apart and purchased. Even added planes can be activate if assertive belief are met, and Unsung War contains abundant secrets to accreditation assorted playthroughs. Read the abounding Ace Activity 5 1 Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django Hey now, it's the sun, and it makes me smile. , 12/13/2004 at 00:00 Those who anesthetized on Boktai may acquire fabricated the adapted call. That gem was unique, gorgeous, and a agreeable to handle. But this added all-embracing and cautiously acquainted aftereffect takes all that was abundant about its antecedent and finesses the blueprint while accident none of the charm. Players already afresh don the blood-soaked bandage of Django, pint-sized vampire hunter. Creator Hideo Kojima's acute eye for detail is credible throughout??”every aspect of the accouterments has been anxiously considered. Django's adeptness to ambit out the surrounding breadth and apprenticed about-face weapons and upgrades on the fly??”both copped from Solid Snake's repertoire??”help actualize an acquaintance far added than a lot of handheld amateur could achievement to offer. The controls abide perfect, and while the beheld upgrades may arise abstinent at best, able acceptance of blush and lighting furnishings achieve this one of the best-looking handheld amateur to date. With added than 60 weapons to aggregate and wield??”and the advantage to ability new ones??”as able-bodied as upgradeable stats, players can adapt their admission accordingly. A bigger casting of characters and conflicts (not to acknowledgment San Miguel, the game's axial hub town) adds just the adapted aggregate of abyss to the candied 'n' simple adventitious line. And while the game's big gimmick?