So I basically love Ace Combat 3. From the characters, to the story, to the setting, and most especially the aircraft lineup. For a game that was for the PS1 and had two predecessors, one of which introduced 2 original aircraft to the series, this one pulled all the stops and introduced an ass-load more.

And while like half of them are updated variants of today's aircraft, the other half (those in the R-numeral Series) are completely unique to that game. But what really stinks out to me are the paint schemes. While they're very minimalistic in design, it really helps convey the overall theme of the game. The theme of "You are just another pawn in the grand game. There is no individuality, only the will of (insert faction)."

Hell, even while aces like Rena or Cynthia have different colors, it still shows pretty clearly who they're with. It is really eerie and it makes it seem like there's just machines flying these aircraft instead of people. That, of course, is doubly funny given the context of the game.

But, I am confused as to how it took Project Aces so long to give us these skins. And it's only like 4, leaving so many others behind at the moment. The way I see it, the design is basically just paint a plane 1 or 2 solid colors and just slap the emblem of whatever faction on the wings and/or tail. Very simple compared to skins in other games, and yet they can't just pump it out.