Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - ADFX-01 Morgan Set (DLC)

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is an arcade-leaning flight combat game that sits at an interesting crossroads between pure arcade bliss and light simulation. You are not filing flight plans or managing fuel loads - you are threading a supersonic jet through thunderclouds, locking four missiles onto bogeys simultaneously, and listening to a melodramatic radio drama play out between kills. The base game is one of the stronger entries in the long-running series, and this ADFX-01 Morgan Set is DLC aimed squarely at players who already know exactly what that plane name means. The Morgan itself is a fictional superfighter pulled from Ace Combat Zero, and Bandai Namco Studios has rebuilt it here with the kind of care that rewards series veterans. It comes loaded with the ADMM (Advanced Multi-Purpose Missile) and the tactical laser system, giving it a toolkit that feels distinct from the base roster. The ADMM lets you ripple-fire across multiple targets in a single lock sequence, which is genuinely useful in the dense sortie encounters AC7 throws at you. The laser weapon rewards precision and patience over spam, which is a different tempo than most of the aircraft in rotation. If you are the type of pilot who optimizes weapon selection per mission type, the Morgan adds a real decision point to your hangar. Where this DLC falls short is scope. You are buying a plane and a skin pack, not a new campaign chapter or multiplayer mode. The aircraft slots into the existing mission structure and the versus multiplayer, but there is no bespoke narrative content attached to it. For players who want more story - and AC7's story, cloud-drones and all, is better than its reputation suggests - this does nothing to scratch that itch. The Metacritic and Steam review scores reflect the base game rather than this specific add-on, so temper expectations accordingly. It is a content morsel, priced and sized like one. From a pure gameplay mechanics standpoint, the Morgan handles like a heavyweight: not the most agile frame on the roster, but the weapons compensate with range and multi-lock capability. In the versus modes it can dominate inexperienced opponents who get caught in the ADMM spread, but skilled dogfighters will exploit its turn radius. Learning its optimal engagement distance is the actual skill test here, and that is exactly the kind of depth-within-a-small-package that makes it worth picking up if you have already logged serious hours in the base game. New players should absolutely start with the core game before touching any DLC - the aircraft progression system in AC7 rewards you for earning planes rather than skipping the ladder. Bottom line for the spreadsheet-minded: this is a lateral expansion, not a vertical one. No new mechanics, no new missions, no mod ecosystem hooks. What it does deliver is a well-built iconic aircraft with a genuinely differentiated weapon set, which for the right kind of AC7 pilot is reason enough. Diego, Scout Team