I LIVE FOR NEUCOM, I DIE FOR NEUCOM. POWER FOR LIFE
>>23595833I love Rena
>>23595837
>>23595840I LOVE HER!!!
The remastered soundtracks for the 25th anniversary was a pleasant surprise. Also they put out a sick Delphinus blueprint phone wallpaper I've been using since then.
Fiona is best girl!
>>23595863Do you know where these Delphinus sketches came from? Been looking around to see if there's a design artbook for AC3 but nada.
>>23596248its being gatekept by that project nemo translator guy.
>>23596569Like he's hoarding it or you have to join a gay Discord to have him send you files of them?
>>23596585hoarding it and hardly sharing it to anyone else unless he feels like posting them on twitter. the guy's a dick anyway, thank god we have a better translation available so we don't have to leech from him
>>23596591So does the guy from the other translation have it?
>>23595833Corporations goodTranshumanism badGet in the fucking flying coffin.
>>23596798If they ever made a forward swept wing Delphinus they'd achieved perfection, alas...
>>23596010Even if the fucking universe clearly hates her.
>>23596798We know GR killed Yoko over sublimation, but how do you know Neucom thinks sublimation is bad?
There's a stage that's exactly the same as the target in TOP GUN 2. I've been shot down 200 times.
SMOOCH
>>23598207no ass
>>23595833Project Aces really needs to make a remake of AC3.As great as the game is it could really benefit from some quality of life changes like a way to track campaign progress i.e. what route you're on/completed. Also some graphical fixes for issues like the infamous MiG-33 Fulcrum SS reversed control surfaces during rolls.
>>23598209I happen to like small flat boyish girls.No gay.
>>23598048>Darkness of EnigmaTerminated>SublimationShot the lead scientist working on itJust what the fuck was General Resource's problem?
>>23598284I don't know that sounds gay to me
>>23598439>liking girls is gaysigh.
>>23598437Just Grunder being Grunder
>>23598566Grunder didn't exist yet.
>>23596798I am sexually attracted to that airplane
Are you a General Resource type of nigga, or Neucom kind of motherfucker?
>>23599888UPEO-SARF. Fuck corpos.
>>23599888GR, Neucoms look goofy.
>>23599913No they don't.
>>23598209Blacks are not welcome here.
>>23601643Ace Combat Community>BuT tHaTs RaCiSt
>>23596890They kinda tried in ACX
AC8 is going to be heavily related to 3, won't it?
>>23604236With all the AI stuff in current year it'd be a good time for it
>>23601635That's a weird truck.
>>23604236It would be a great idea. After all, we're moving closer to AC3 on the timeline. I wouldn't be against meeting the human Dision throughout AC8.
>>23604236How much time has this game been in development as of now?
Maybe they were unto something with the fish theme https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477352-jets-wrapped-in-shark-skin-material-could-fly-further-on-less-fuel/
>>23604236I doubt it. 3 didn't do well at all iirc, and neither did X.That kinda sleek scifi stuff is too far out, especially with the military larpers who gravitate toward these kinds of games
>>23605144Never been to an airport?
>>23604236I would bet on it doing more of the connective work to 3 that 7 did, AC3 is as important to the worldbuilding as any of the PS2 titles.Speaking of, the official AC website got an overhaul recently, complete with interactive map and timeline of events in Strangereal.https://acecombat.jp/en/chronicle/
Neucom designs might be cool, but the planes themselves are shit to use and have the worst weapons in the game. Fly this beaut instead>>23598209She sits in a pilot seat all day, of course she has no ass. All the mass goes to her thighs for blood circulation
>>23604236If it isn't a straight up remake it'll come really close to the AC3 timeframe. AC7 was already pushing in that direction with the drone shit. It's just a shame 7 is such a mess of a game with a cobbled together story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Ar7eE91cY
>>23604236Seven was already heavily related to 3. Not even touching the AI stuff, or the fact that the Ravens literally have COFFIN cockpits: Schroder literally name drops Yoko, Jaeger is Erich's dad, Scream and Rage work for GR
>>23615724>or the fact that the Ravens literally have COFFIN cockpitsiirc their textures literally have Z.O.E. emblazoned on the side of the fuselage
>>23616774Literally?! Holy shit, you guys!
>>23616774AC is in the Zone of the Enders universe?
>>23599905Which is funny since UPEO sucks the cock of General Resource on a daily basis.
SRW whenI mean, really, everyone talks about 4/5/Zero but 3 (along X) has the best potential for SRW, especially considering most of the plane rosters are futuristic derivations from the real planes (so no copyright BS), cool original models, and fucking space planes.
>>23617573No ZOE in Ace Combat predates Zone of the Enders by 4 years, appearing first in Ace Combat 2 in 1997
I am gearing up to replay Ace Combat 3. I only did one route the first time. What's the most efficient way to do all routes and get the true ending?
>>23595833Just play effyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2186420/EFFY_one_of_unreasonable_if/
>>23619248just play game that is only available once every 10 years when the old boomer who runs this doujin circle manages to get a table at some con in sakurachi-ko prefecture, japan
>>23621407it's on steam and dlsite
>>23619248I'd love some more recs for 3D future-plane fighter games (no shmup scrollers please)
>>23621474Witch of the triple canopy https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186430/_/Raiders Sphere 4thhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/340860/RaidersSphere4th/(Raiders Sphere 2 and 3 are also great but they're pretty much impossible to find)
>>23621474nuclear optionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVsn5aPcvRk
Toward the end of the lecture, when asked by Mr. Robson about his new project, Mr. Kono stated clearly, “I am working on it.” He also mentioned that he had announced plans to create a new title several years ago and had established a developer called Bandai Namco Aces (related article). He explained the current situation, saying, “I participated in an online meeting from Korea yesterday and am directing the new project.” However, he stated that he could not reveal details yet and displayed a blank slide.He also expressed interest in creating another work using the Strange Real world, though he emphasized this was purely hypothetical.However, he stated he wanted to avoid it feeling too much like a spin-off. He revealed his vision: “I'd like to create a new IP where there's a solid action or adventure project that seems incredibly interesting. Then, upon closer inspection, it turns out it's a game set in the Ace Combat world.”https://www.4gamer.net/games/369/G036985/20251114021/
>>23619245Use a route guide like >>23618307 posted and use the Save Files, you get 6 per Account. Save before starting the missions, Paper Tiger, Seylla and Charybdis, Utopian Dream, and Dilemma, use these as starting points for routes you want to complete. The last two files can be used at your digression for saving your progress on the route you're completing. Don't worry about overwriting files that you have completed a route on, mission data and what endings you've gotten are saved separately from save files and are in instead saved in your Account. You don't have to complete all missions in every route to get the true ending, just finish the all routes and watch their endings. Once you get the last ending the true ending should play right afterwards and unlock Sim.
>>23623204cont.Also make a list of which endings you've gotten so you don't miss any. Also I can't remember if the game autosaves or gives you prompt to save after endings so play it safe and save your game in one of the two Save Files you're using to save progress.
>>23623204>>23623225Thanks anon, that's all I need
I can't believe General Resource did this
>>23627876Reminds me of Phantom Crash
>>23627876>Abyssal DijonLamo
AC3 was so ahead of its time. I wanna play it for real so bad
>>23630653How is there someone on the internet in 2025 who doesnt know how to emulate a fucking ps1 game
>>23630787Maybe he means piloting a real plane from the Electrosphere?
>>236306531.install duckstation or some other psx emulator 2.find a jp rom of ac3 (both discs)3.download loanword ac3 patch4.patch the jp rom (I believe that the patch comes with a rom patcher)5.play the game.
>>23630653It's on cdromance pre patched with the best and most recent translation.
So what's the situation around AC3? Did westerners get the same game but without anime? Or wasn't it released on west at all?
>>23633370AC3 when released in the west had the FMVs and story cut out and the campaign was restructured so that the missions were all played in order instead of the branching paths present in the JP release. So it stayed mostly the same game play wise but no branching missions
>>23633417cont.also most non-UPEO planes in AC3 International have their faction emblems changed into UPEO emblems because UPEO is the only faction you fight for in International.Also I think some of the missions were changed because of how the campaign was restructured.
Vroom
>>23596010Rena is better.
>>23645504No, Cynthia is best
>>23645504>>23648523You're both wrong. Chris is where its at.
>>23633417Wasn't this because the localization didn't have a budget or something? I wish I could've seen this game with the shitty 90s dub voice acting. Probably would've ruined certain cutscenes in the game though.
>>23659062Yeah pretty much. AC3 wasn't a hit in Japan and Namco didn't have enough money to localize it fully. Though I would have settled just fine with JP-only voice acting, since they were great already.
YOOOOOOO
>>23665457YOOOOOOOMy flight sticks are ready...!
>>23665457Was watching this shit through the YouTube app on Xbox and it ran a fucking ad in the middle of the trailer.
review the synopsis
>>23665526>Outdated peice of shit carrier full of refugees>Throw it to the fornt linesJesus, at least send the civvies away first. My GOAT could never
>>23665526So 0079 without space?
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202512/60393Famitsu interview that goes fairly indepth into what Project Aces is hyping up about 8.tl;dr>CLOUDS are heavily upgraded from 7, with PA building its own in-house real time weather and cloud formation system called Cloudly>cutscenes are now entirely 1st person POV, camera controlled by player, there are QTEs for handshakes, fist bumps as dictated by context>map sizes have been expanded to an insane size, avg is about 10,000 square km>scale is 1:1 to IRL, unlike prev titles that were scaled down due to resource constraints>F/A-18E is the canonical hero plane, like Mobius and his F-22, Blaze and his F-14, Cipher and his Eagle>post stall maneuvers as a gameplay mechanic will return>they've implemented special radio chatter that only plays if you complete missions at S rank as a reward for high skill players>Keiki Kobayashi, Watanabe Ryo, Mitsuhiro Kitatani returning as composers for the OST>multiplayer co-op campaigns are planned
>>23665664>>Incoming bogey, it's fast!<<>https://youtu.be/1GsQSJzmd1A?list=RD1GsQSJzmd1A
>>23665677>there are QTEs for handshakes, fist bumps as dictated by contextAssault Horizon 2.0 let's fucking go
>>23665526Can't wait to farm likes on StrangeTwitter by bombing the shit out of Sotoan hospitals.>>23665677>multiplayer co-op campaigns are plannedInfinitybros we are so back. The lacking multiplayer in 7 was one of my biggest disappointments.>>23665716Hopefully this time the characters are more interrsting. I do like them taking a page from Air Force Delta Strike for bonding with your squadmates.
>>23665457I can't believe this is coming out before Mega Man
>>23665526>they told you to fly as propaganda piece>end up surpassing even the legendthey're really good at making you feel like a hero
>>23665677>Super Hornet as the hero planeSuperbug bros are eating good thanks to Top Gun Maverick.>>23665664More Battlestar Galactica. You're on a surviving shitbox with your limited but effective kit, more than lucking out and escaping with the bleeding edge of what your faction can do.At least going by what they've shown so far. Hell, even the fake ace for hope kind of parallels Adama using the promise of Earth to keep morale from collapsing.
>>23665741To be fair, we already knew 8 was in development for quite some time now, while Megaman 12 development has been a 'on and off' thing and started later.
>>23665677>1st person cutscenesThis is ACES just trying to set up a "we have Call of Duty at home" bit, and I am all for it.At least Ace Combat knows how to be certifiably batshit insane in all the right ways. Now to wait 5 years for the Switch 2 port I guess.
>>23665852>we have _____ at home>I am all for it>knows how to be certifiably batshit insane in all the right ways
>>23665834>Superbug bros are eating good thanks to Top Gun Maverick.Super Hornets AND legacy Hornets.
>>23665852>Now to wait 5 years for the Switch 2 port I guess.why would you wait 5 years for an inferior experience
>>23666212rhino-chan looking good
>>23666364Indeed. I think AC8 has both raytraced lighting and reflections too.
>>23666370>>23666212Oh shit these are screenshots
>>23666370More evidence of RT reflections. The visor is reflecting an offscreen, animated entity (the helicopter blades)
>>23666408that's so cool
>>23666408Look we all know none of this really matters until we see some incidental reflections in the cockpit instrumentation.
>>23666408My rig is definitely not going to be able to run this. I couldn't even get MHWilds to work. And with computer part prices now... forget it
>>23666476a used pee ess 5 probably cheaper than trying to build a new masterrace gaymer rig rn...
I hope my 2070 super can run it decently enough
>>23666616should be fine desu, a 2070 super is like a tier above PS5 hardware
>>23666476just turn off the raytracingwill look like slightly better ac7
>>23666732I don't think you understand how bloated and inefficient recent game coding really is. Shit that looks worse than a PS3 game runs at half the framerate, requires 64gb memory and is a 200gb install
>>23667040This is entirely dependent on the skill of the dev team and what that dev team prioritizes. The reason you see bloated unrealslop is because unreal is the default game engine of the industry, like how unity was the engine known for bloated shovelware during the mid 10's. Project Aces is a team i'd trust to deliver something that runs well while looking good, they've done it before with AC7.
https://geekculture.co/ace-combat-8-wings-of-theve-interview/English language interview with Kono and Shimimoto.Elaborates on the trailer, new gameplay mechanics include more granular, physics derived destruction. Example of the flying wing transport craft being broken up and the ensuing debris destroying another aircraft.
>>23665526>>23666212>>23666370>FCU>Roundels look like EruseaThis is so weird.
>>23668615They do share a continent with Erusea. It's probably like how a bunch of places claim the southern cross, even if people would usually associate it first with the Australian flag.
>>23668615Its also a federation, each star denoting a member state just makes sense.
I need to replay 3 soon>>23616774>Scream and Rage work for GRwtf
>they've implemented special radio chatter that only plays if you complete missions at S rank as a reward for high skill players>multiplayer co-op campaigns are planned>1:1 scaleThis is already amazing. All I hope for now is a story that actually deliver (I liked AC7's story but it kinda goes nowhere) and they don't forget about the AC3 stuff that should be brewing up at least in the background by now.
>>23668769>and they don't forget about the AC3 stuffThey certainly didn't forget.
>just as I start my application to the air forceMust be a sign
>>23604236We are getting to a point in the timeline where it's starting to be unavoidable. ACX is the closest game we have in the timeline so far and we already started seeing AC3 tech there. Plus, 7's ending works too well as a setup to the setting in 3 to be unintentional.
I really hope the system requirements for AC8 arent much higher than AC7's so I can actually play it. 7 was actually preety well optimized so I'm not too worried so far, but still.
>>23668866AC7 is based on 10 yr old tech, AC8 seems a lot more technically ambitious (RT lighting, huge scale maps, aircraft debris affecting other NPC aircraft).It'll probably run great on mid range hardware, but if you were having to modify settings on 7, I'd be thinking of upgrading.
>>23668622>>23668626Yeah it's probably something like that, it's just that I don't recall ISAF or IUN using anything like that. Surely it can't be a simple coinsedense.
>>23668773Fuck yes
>>23668877The only real problematic parts are that assuming 8 runs on UE5, there's still the running issue of Nanite and Lumen historically shitting things up for people who haven't bought into the latest graphics silicon, which fucking blows compared to the highly scalable state of UE4.And the gains for it are visual candy, something that ACES does well enough that I sometimes wonder what even does ray tracing and global illumination bring to their style when games like AC6 could look really convincing in still shots.Honestly I think I'm more interested in hearing what if any VR plans there are for 8, because to me the choice to tell the story from first person screams VR-synergistic game design.
>>23668933About VR...https://bbs.ruliweb.com/news/read/219204● During the November G-Star interview, you implied VR support might be difficult. Has this stance changed?Ko: Regarding VR, as mentioned at G-Star, while it was very successful in the previous title, several issues arose simultaneously, requiring a decision. As you know, VR has challenging requirements: it needs to render graphics for both left and right eyes and must maintain a consistent frame rate. In other words, it requires double the processing power. While developing VR for the previous title, we realized that even the narrative and level design needed to be redesigned for VR, giving us the feeling we were creating an entirely different game.The decision we faced during development was whether to create the best Ace Combat for VR, the best Ace Combat for flat monitors, or both simultaneously. The decision we made this time was to create a numbered title for flat monitors, an Ace Combat that would delight fans worldwide. This title itself is so large in scope that creating two games simultaneously was impossible. As more details emerge, you'll see we've chosen to focus solely on this one Ace Combat.
>>23668933>8 runs on UE5pls no>>23669045understandable but a shame; I never played 7 in vr since it was exclusive to PS but the playing Project Wingman on pc on vr was great.Though the super fast pace of Ace Combat with a gazillion enemies I don't think would play well on vr.
