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A popular series of arcade style flight action games published by Bandai Namco and developed by in-house team Project Aces.
From the very first Ace Combat console game, the setting of the games take place in a world similar to Earth but with a radically different history, countries, geography, and having mixed existence of both real and fictional aircraft, as well as exponentially advanced technology, superweapons, submarines, and airships that are larger than life. This world is known as "Strangereal". Two major events have shaped many of the events of the mainline Ace Combat games: The Belkan War, and the Ulysses Impact.
The typical Ace Combat plot follows a no-name pilot's rise from a fledgling rookie to become a feared and respected ace in the war he is fighting, but told in narrative perspective of the people surrounding the pilot. The pilot in question will also typically face off against "rival" aces from the opposing nation. The music in the series has been composed by quite a few people, with Keiki Kobayashi as the lead composer since Ace Combat 5. The games also feature many familiar English dub anime voice actors.
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