Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters

Simply forget about the name. Jane's in the past was associated with nice kind of realistic-grade simulations of some the world's greatests military assets: Apache, F-15 Eagle... This is not the case. This a cheap, generic, bland carbon-copy of Ace Combat or Hawx series, but worse. The game is an arcade flying game when you receive unlimited weapons and ammo so you only need to focus onto the next target and shoot. It's pretty simple and basic and you'll not find any kind of fidelity or something nearly similar to a simulator anywhere in here. But, if you accept this and just want to enjoy somehow an average arcade game, then it is maybe not that bad. In fact it's really good for the Steam Deck, for example. The main campaign is a few-hours experience (16 missions in total if I not counted bad) with a totally forgotteable plot and story. There is no real countries or names involved like in Ace Combat, just the real licensed planes, which you unlock just advancing through the missions of the campaign. There is a great amount of fighter jets in total and even when they have some differences, the experience is pretty similar with nearly all of them. You'll only will notice difference when the mission has some specific roles required like ground attack (better to get an A-10) or air superiority (better to get an F-22, Su-30...) The missions have great variety of goals and targets and that is nice, even when in the end your final objective is just massacre the hundreds of enemies by yourself. For that, you will have to navigate to them, select the right weapon, track the enemy and shoot when in range (you'll have to wait for "reload" these weapons), deploy countermeasures and evade enemies' missiles and SAMs. As sometimes there is tons of enemies, some situations are really intense and hard to manage. Sometimes the enemies randomly spawn just behind you at 10 miles and that is annoying. The map is really well done with nice scenarios and good 3D and textures, for a game that has more than a decade. Cities, buildings, airbases, bridges, forests, mountains, all of them look great and have even great details, like a truck in quarry, for example. Same with the jets, where the 3D models and textures are probably one of the strongests points, visually speaking, of this game. Also the sky and the clouds are really good quality (even static). Some certain light conditions (dusk specially) look great aswell. Sound is pretty average on sound effects and music but with some nice talking and radio transmissions that informs you about the development of mission or the campaing. I played in my Steam Deck with quick customized control and it worked great, nice combat arcade experience, the lenght of the missions (15-20 minutes each one) really helps to this. If I have to play this game on my main gaming rig, the review will be totally negative. But on the Steam Deck, where this game makes sense, and for it's price (a pair of bucks when sale or keys), I think it is still recommendable. Solid 6/10

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters is a game with potential that is hindered by its lack of depth and polish. It offers a fun, accessible flight combat experience but fails to stand out in a crowded genre. Casual players might enjoy its straightforward approach, but those looking for a more immersive and realistic flight sim may be disappointed.

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No funciona. El juego se ve divertido y parece ser una versión más simple de Ace Combat; ojalá pudiera decir más, pero los controles del juego hacen su experiencia totalmente nula. Hay una guía en japonés para que reconozca los demás botones del mando; la haces, funciona y todo ok. AHORA, queda el problema de que el vector izquierdo está bugeado y siempre el avión girará eternamente a la izquierda. Hay una discusión en Steam para arreglar eso y no sirve.  El juego es injugable; así intentes arreglarlo, es muy complicado.

rien ne marche! un jeu d'avion (TRES acade) au clavier, c'es vraiment décevant de la part de cette entreprise! Les manettes Xbox one ne sont pas pleinement reconnu

The price was $2 and worth it. It's more like ace combat than a Jane's flight sim, but still fun. I use a cheap logitech flight stick to play because I have no idea if a xbx360 controller works...some have reported it doesn't work well, but the stick works fine. My only gripe is that it didn't launch right away and I feel like a game bought should already include the necessary assets to play. It was easy to get it going though. I had to put some files from steam tools into the Jane's folder for it to launch on windows 11.

i much prefer JANES: USAF, but this is as close as I'm gonna get. Still a great game!

This game is pure arcade fun. I dont understand the negative reviews . Yes its not DCS , its more of a budget HAWX or Ace combat and its very good for what it is.

not bad for an arcade flight game, sadly lacks proper graphical settings so ur stuck playing on an unconfigured console port. story isnt bad and the dialogue is pretty funny, main gripe is that many mechanics arent properly introduced, eg afterburners (double clicking throttle and hold), has a nice selection of aircraft though and gameplay isnt horrid solid 6/10 worth the $2.50 i spent

hawx three is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome actually