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1999PlayStation

An arcade combat flight game on PlayStation that breaks from its predecessors with a bleak near-future story about a mercenary pilot and branching missions. The plot is told through anime-style cutscenes and leads to multiple endings.

  • Strong soundtrack
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger

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1994USK 12PC, PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and a strong soundtrack.

A space combat game that pairs dogfighting missions with lavish live-action cutscenes featuring a star-studded cast. How you perform in missions shapes the branching war against the feline Kilrathi.

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Project Wingman

Strong soundtrack

A fast arcade combat flight game in the spirit of classic Ace Combat: you fly as a mercenary pilot in an alternate world, upgrade planes and weapons, and fight intense dogfights backed by a driving soundtrack.

Wing Commander

Strong, story-driven narrative

A classic space combat sim where you fly cockpit missions against the feline Kilrathi. Your performance earns medals and promotions, and success or failure in key missions steers the storyline.

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

Strong, story-driven narrative

A 1990s space combat game that pairs fast dogfights with lavish live-action cutscenes starring real actors. Its story of war and betrayal in a space-faring human empire is front and center.

Wing Commander: Prophecy

Vast, open spaces

A late-90s space combat game where you play rookie pilot Lance Casey flying linear missions against a mysterious alien threat, told through live-action FMV cutscenes.

Astebreed

Strong soundtrack

A fast-paced anime-style mecha shooter that blends on-rails shooting sections with close-range hack-and-slash combat. You pilot a giant war machine in a war against a mechanical alien race.

Strike Suit Zero

Vast, open spaces

A fast arcade space shooter where you switch between a nimble fighter and a heavily armed transforming mech suit. Intense space battles unfold during the last hours of a doomed Earth.

Quantum Break

Strong, story-driven narrative

Remedy's cinematic third-person shooter where time-bending powers like freezing, dashing and rewinding define every firefight. Live-action TV episodes between acts react to your branching story decisions.

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Vast, open spaces

A third-person shooter set in the Final Fantasy VII universe, where you play Vincent Valentine fighting the mysterious Deepground organization with guns and magic. Its blend of shooting, light RPG elements and cinematic presentation is unusual for the franchise.

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