Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the latest in the long-running series of combat flight simulator games that were a staple of the PS1 and PS2 era. Five years since Ace Combat Infinity — the last entry, which was a free-to-play PS3 game — the franchise returns on PS4 and Xbox One, with a Windows release slated for next month. In Ace Combat 7, you don the role of a fighter pilot with a host of aircraft and a veritable arsenal of weapons at your disposal. In an age where flight simulators are scarce, is there more to Ace Combat 7 than just its novelty? Let's find out.