Due note: I didn't beat this game on PC, but I have done so on Console. Which explains my low-hours.
I think that this is a fantastic Game, however, it is massively flawed as well. Most of the Game is basically filler, Although, the filler does have a purpose, but it isn't too terribly fun. This filler comes in the form of the many Score requirement missions. You fly in, and kill enough planes, buildings, or ground vehicles until the Score requirement is met. The fun of these missions come from the satisfaction of defeating such as difficult task, because on my first and last play through, these missions were difficult. Often times, I just didn't meet the score requirement. Sometimes, I'd meet it, and then die. That leads into another thing, there are no checkpoints. Of course, there are. But on most score attack missions, there is only one, and it is at the very beginning of the mission.
On the other hand, the Air-to-Air combat is Amazing. The boss fights are quite Epic and Exciting. There is a boss fight in which you buy time for your team mates occupying the flying Ace trying to shoot them down, and there is one where you follow another airplane through a very claustrophobic area that has to be navigated precisely to shoot them down. That's not even including the Multiplayer, which is still as energetic as ever.
There is one hardware problem though, if you like to fly with a HOTAS, you better hope that it is supported. Otherwise, you'll have to buy an entirely new Ace Combat 7 HOTAS if you want to fly with one. In fact, that is why I am refunding this game. It is not bad, I am just NOT going to fly with a keyboard. I'd rather lather my balls and ass in peanut butter and then walk up to a rabid dog.

Due note: I didn't beat this game on PC, but I have done so on Console. Which explains my low-hours. I think that this is a fantastic Game, however, it is massively flawed as well. Most of the Game is basically filler, Although, the filler does have a purpose, but it isn't too terribly fun. This filler comes in the form of the many Score requirement missions. You fly in, and kill enough planes, buildings, or ground vehicles until the Score requirement is met. The fun of these missions come from the satisfaction of defeating such as difficult task, because on my first and last play through, these missions were difficult. Often times, I just didn't meet the score requirement. Sometimes, I'd meet it, and then die. That leads into another thing, there are no checkpoints. Of course, there are. But on most score attack missions, there is only one, and it is at the very beginning of the mission. On the other hand, the Air-to-Air combat is Amazing. The boss fights are quite Epic and Exciting. There is a boss fight in which you buy time for your team mates occupying the flying Ace trying to shoot them down, and there is one where you follow another airplane through a very claustrophobic area that has to be navigated precisely to shoot them down. That's not even including the Multiplayer, which is still as energetic as ever. There is one hardware problem though, if you like to fly with a HOTAS, you better hope that it is supported. Otherwise, you'll have to buy an entirely new Ace Combat 7 HOTAS if you want to fly with one. In fact, that is why I am refunding this game. It is not bad, I am just NOT going to fly with a keyboard. I'd rather lather my balls and ass in peanut butter and then walk up to a rabid dog.