>it's only possible for you to play this port if you preordered our 70 dollars gamenigga
>>750215887just download it for free
>>750215887sounds like it's time to pirate
>>750215887pirate it
>>750215887lolI'm sorry you can't play it poorfag :)t. 3rd worlder
>>750216456AC8 was region locked in my country, not like I was going to purchase it anyway
>>750215887fucking infuriates me that they did this. I know there's apparently some legal issues behind them not being able to re-release the PS2 trilogy, but holy fuck I am frustrated as all hell that I missed out on getting the port of AC5 because I didn't pre-order the last game.
How isn't it obviously logically and ethically correct in your mind to just go and download the thingIt's not hard
>>750217121>preorder ac7>don't get ac5 because i'm on pc:^)
>>750215887just emulate nigga
>>750215887I preordered Ace Combat 8. I only got the F14-A. Fuck Bandai Namco.
why did AC move away from civilian/non military targets and an honor system? Seemed like it naturally melded well with the missions with multiple operation choices
>>750215887Just pirate it.
I just finished it
skill issue, also pirate
>>750217121the emulated version works without problems on a toaster
>>750217476because for most of people you ended up with 2 hours game
>>750215887Shoot the dots on the screen to win: The Game
>>750217476In Zero it's a thing because you're a mercenary whose job is beating Belka for cash, so you have some leeway with how you go about thatAfter Zero you're almost never a mercenary, so you're going to be on the hook for some of the war crimes you commitBy the time yellow targeting comes back in 7 it's more of a "do you dare?" signal, because yeah sure you can kill yellow targets but a) it's dangerous and b) it doesn't give you score since it's not in your job descriptionThat being said I do miss branching missions and stuff like the ace style, I always enjoy when there's a bit of variety in these games (like with X or Electrosphere), I was hoping there'd be more of it in 8
>>750217476Because Zero was done by the B-team as a stopgap for the PS2 while the A-team was making 6 for next-gen hardware.The fact that it was infinitely better than both 5 and 6 tells you everything about Project Aces' priorities at the time.
>>750215887>One of the top 5 ps2 games can only be played via piratingThis is the one series where the fanbase isn't cancerous enough to rage over simple renaming of planes and they refuse to take advatage of it. Project Wingman and Ace Combat overlap in fans and nobody game a shit about the renaming of real planes in that game
>>750218038What did you think, buddy?
>>750218038Hope you had fun, anon
>>750217476It was a whole honor system dedicated to knightly themes for the Belkan War since knights are a Belkan thing. It would take away what makes Zero a tad special if other games did it.
>>750217476It's the fallout 3 problem where the game naturally pushes you towards being a good boy and it requires an unreasonable amount of effort to get anything else
>>750218458Most of Zero's S-ranks are score based. Some are time based, but for most of the game the player is encouraged to go full Mercenary to chase points.
>>750218816I got s on all but 3 missions and I ended at pure knight on my first playthrough I just finished.
>>750217121What the main problem is generally is some older aircraft are a legal nightmare to license and they dont want to cut your starting choices, imagine playing old NFS games or whatever and instead of 3 starting cars you get 1 and 20% of the roster has to be cut because of it.Some licenses are easier to get but are as costly for AC8 as they would be for a ps2 trilogy rereleaseAnd there is this bitchhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panavia_AircraftFormationPanavia was established in 1969 by the British Aircraft Corporation, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (which had formed the year before) and Fiat Aviazione (which became Aeritalia that year).The partner companies are: 42.5% Airbus (Airbus Defence and Space) 42.5% BAE Systems (BAE Systems Military Air & Information) 15% LeonardoWho is the rights holder? Who has to license it? all of them? one of them? what if 2 say yes and one says no? etc. its a nightmare situation.
>>750218458Eh you just need ammo for Mercenary, and many yellow targets are easier to destroy than other types, I'm sure some people saw Sorcerer as overkill for all those exploded windmillsPure Soldier is a bit more annoying on a first run
Started AC7 as my first game right now.Am I crazy to think that the camera is way too close to the plane? Or does everyone play through the cockpit view?
>>750218458>>750218816>>750218949Iirc the only zero mission where it's actually helpful is deceit, because that mission was designed by retards
>3-4 hour campaign>ace system with 3x3 different boss encounters>ABC missions>165 aces to hunt on replayswish ace combat stayed like this instead of 20 hour campaign full of cutscene slop, I've already done 3 campaign clears since the standalone release on steam and I still have stuff to look forward to.
>>750219215I think FOV mods were some of the first mods put out for 7, you might want to look into thoseI don't mind it but I'm used to it, it's useful to have a sense of scale and dimension once you start having to fly around/through obstacles
>>750215887the port is kinda shit too and ruins the focus target camera when you hold triangle. on PS2 it's pressure sensitive and light press focuses on target and hard press zooms in. on this release it's perma max zoomed so it makes it completely useless.
>>750215887This game is even rarer. I bet no one bought the Xbox version. Not even John from Digital Foundry covered it
>>750219663fortunately AC6 got the recomp recently.
>>750219728Nobody's playing these
>>750215887more publishers should jump on the fomo preorder shit that aren't skins
>>750219906NTA but i literally just finished playing 6 for the first time last month using the recomp. ran better than my xbone with no bugs at alldidn't make it a good game, but it's still the best way to play that game hands down
>>750219215Cockpit view is the optimal way to play because you get the UI elements for pitch and roll
>>750219906I played and finished the recomp literally 2 days ago, faggot.Go dance with the angels, nigger.
how does it run on psx? If it's good on there then complaining is a waste of time. also there has to be some way to pirate the ac5 steam port.
>>750217121I just pirated it dude.I still bought the preorder of AC8 because AC0 is THAT good they deserve itOn a related note I have a pirated PS2 disc of the game back when it was new, but it never worked for some reason, either because the pirate didn't burn the iso correctly, or my PS2 had problems reading the disc. Never got to play the game until I emulated it a few years ago.
>>750221273Emulation for the PS2 games these days is flawless, though it has been a while since I checkedIIRC they've fixed all the big issues, no more black planes and square suns
>>750215887>it's only possible for you to play this port if you preordered our 70 dollars gametranslation:>this is a love letter to our actual die hard fans of the series that purchase and play our games making new releases possible, broke bums and non-gamers secondary tourists can go fuck themselves
Man it's a great game but 8 really is just better. Some of the missions in this game are such ass.
>they pull this shit and a batlepass>there are anons itt still dicksucking this jew companymakes me lmao, they deserve 0 of my bux.
>>750221273>ac5 steam porthard to pirate something that doesn’t fucking exist
>>750219663That wasn't a real 'remaster'. It's just the emulated x360 version running in backwards compatibility, didn't even have new achievements. The game is delisted digitally, but you could still play it with the disc on xbone or series x
Ace Combat Zero had a really cool plot, especially when compared to 7 "ooh drones are scary" and 8 "ooh I'm a streamer now"
>>750215887Coincidently just started this. I died four times on the first mission somehow cause the game does not let me fix my own key setup.>>750217476I instantly noticed it when the first bomber was bailing out but i clapped their buttcheeks anyhow. Do not engage in a fight and expect to just tap out when you do not feel like it. Is this somehow a bad thing ingame wise?
>>750217476Every game in this series is either gimmicky or straightforward, there's not much more to say than that.
>>750221273https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TMS6Vyg6HcApparently without using Software Mode you still have lingering graphics issues like the sun and afterburner effects on PCSX2.
agadaboo boo just get pcsx2 and pirate it fuckface
>>750227472It only alters some cutscenes and boss fights IIRC (it has been 10 years since I last play AC0)
Good lord.I paid 5€ for my codeI don't even own AC8 yet
>>750227472The route you go just changes what enemy squadrons you face and will talk about you during the cutscenes, there's some dialogue changes here and there, and there's some other stuff like plane selection, but there's no "bad end" or anything like that, war crimes are happening with and without youIf you go Mercenary, they start treating you like a real Demon Lord, if you go Knight, they try to take advantage of your honour, if you go Soldier, they try to match you as a matter of principleThe game is built around playing all three routes so play however you want
>>750227472if you destroy yellow targets you get more cash to buy planes with, but the ace bosses in mercenary have pretty high tier planes. so have fun fighting typhoons on draken or fishbed if you go merc mission 3 on fresh save.
>>750228324I did that yesterday, it wasn't that bad
>>750228324I played with the Draken halfway through on Ace difficulty to save up for teh Wyvern. Ballin
>>750215887>>750217121the manufacturers are incredibly jewish and all bandai namco can do is ask for a license to distribute it as a free time limited preorder incentive
>>750228086I ended up getting 2 cause Amazon didn't give me my code so I complained to Bandai to give me one and they did and then a week later Amazon sent me it.
>>750215887Not my problem, buddy
>>750215887The experience is literally no better than emulating it. All the PS2 ace combat games actually have a native 16:9 mode, so if you use widescreen hacks with PCSX2 and toggle 16:9 in game, you get perfectly scaled UI rather than stretched 2D assets.
>>750219906I'm playing it, but it's a pretty bad recomp.
>>750220185>>750221026I was worried about the recomp being buggy but that's nice to hear. I actually own a physical AC6 and Xbone + 360 to play it on but I'd rather just have 60 fps on 4K
Did they figure out how to make it a separate install on PC yet?
>>750229113Yes, they literally did it this morning
i have a zip folder of this game :)i still havent played it, is it better than just using pcsx2?
>>750215887I'm not a fake fan or a bandwaggoner, so not my problem, lmao.I only pre-ordered the basic version, though, because real fans only care about the campaign, not the sweaty multiplayer.
>>750229147Oh shit, should've looked at my library before askingThanks friendo
It's so beautiful.
>>750215887I'm happy :)I hope they port AC4 next, I miss yellow squadron and yellow13 ;_; they were the saddest "enemies"
>>750215887>70 dollarsOfficial keyseller sites like Fanatical and Greenmangaming exist, you know. They buy keys in bulk directly from the publisher, and rather than taking a 30% cut for themselves like Steam, they usually keep 12% and pass on 18% in savings to customers. Why do they do this? To create incentive to buy from them instead of Steam. I haven't paid full price for new release in a decade, or possibly longer, because I used to buy PS4 games on Amazon when they were doing 20% off if you had a prime sub.
>>750229154I find the controls slightly more finicky in the port, I get a weird drift, but that might be my own setupThe textures are a bit nicer than the emulated version but they're basically the same, otherwise
>>750218458Even if the honor system wasn't done well in Zero, the bones were there to iterate on. It's actually really disapointing AC8 didn't have it, it would have been a riot hearing the fear in the Sotoan voices when they do their gay little chant. We even had like three titles for the different honor scoresMercenary = Terminus fingersSoldier = 5 WingsKnight = Hand of hope
>>750229550ac4 is a cautionary tale about women>ignore some tween slut who wants to fuck you in favor of enjoying flying>she kills your wingman (some brown slut)>this leads to you being killed>MOBIUS 1, LOOKS LIKE THE GOOD GUYS WIN AGAIN, YAHOO
I got the AC5 port with AC7 and didn't really think it was that great of a game so didn't bother pre-ordering AC8. Something about that era just seemed dull and grey to me. I was kind of hoping there'd be a glitch like last time where I could wait for a sale and get it but I guess that isn't the case.If they release AC4 I am definitely buying whatever game it comes with because of the fond memories I had of that game. New AC games have been fantastic but I'm not going to spend 80+ quid on a new game anymore.
>>750215887>>750217121Seethe, little nigger. Should've pre-ordered ;)
>>750217121just emulate it you fag>b-but i need the heckin cheevos and play time tracked for ps2 gamesretroachievements
Even though he just blasts that little kid who has been collecting death flags the entire game like it was a hobby, I just can’t bring myself to dislike Pixy, probably my favorite character in the series. Wish we had a route where he at least tries to recruit us and join them, I mean we are mercenaries, Cypher had no real obligation or loyalty here.
>>750229550The story with yellow squadron was awesome. They didn’t feel like enemies or villains, and felt bad when it was time to fight them. We were just unlucky to end up on different sides in a war.
>>750217476The real annoying thing is how in 0, the ground attack missions have a score threshold where they grade you on time which is so much better than how the other games in the series do it where there's a (tediously long) time threshold and they grade you on score. They NEVER went back to the way 0 did it (Maybe in 8, I dunno, haven't played it) even though it was so much better that way.
>>750219083thiseven the rims in old NFS games are licensed, good luck re-releasing the game digitally 1:1 with the original release
>>750233319>Join Pixy>Nuke everything>Nothing can now stop Ulysses and the world endsWould be funny, at least
>>750215887How the fuck do you play this with mouse and keyboard? Is it worth it?
>>750235024I bought a controller specifically because my first and only KB+M run of 7 hurt my wrists too muchJust use a controller
>>750235024I can’t even begin to imagine how much of a degenerate you would have to be to play this with kbm
>guess the anime protagonist
>>750235212I tried that with this port and it was unbelievably uncomfortable. Clearly not designed for it uncomfortable. But I might just play the whole game like that because I don't have a controller to connect to my PC.
>>750235329man, decent chink controller are like 20 bucks now, don't torture yourself
>>750235329get a cheap gamesaar
>>750235329I didn't even like doing that in 1993 with shit like TFX where you got one of pic related things with all the controls. My first (incredibly shit) flight stick was like discovering a whole sense I didn't have until then. Actually I wonder if a flight stick is worth it for AC, it's pretty arcady and it doesn't really need a cobra button anyway so probably not. How much is a flight stick these d->£250-350 for a good one. Never mind, not for fucking ace combat.
>>750215887Are you Japanese or something? Just pirate it.
>>750235223I feel obligated to fly shit planes when I'm in spare squadron. Yes that's very autistic thank you.
>PC is a toaster>still pre-ordered AC8 only to get AC0>get trolled and I still have to install AC8 to play it >wait 20 days>zero is here, with achievements evenThanks Project AcesI would donate my left testicle only to buy a better PC and play AC8
>>750235223I went out of my way to fly the same jet as everyone else for that screenshot
odds of some kind of fix for the issues with the port?
>>750217476fuck you mean "move away from"only one game ever did it
>>750233319AC3 did that
What Ace Combat game should I play if I want an actual challenge (without going full bullshit on the difficult)?
>>750238641X and JA on PSP get pretty hard if you're looking for a genuine challenge. Though JA may be up there in the high bullshit levels because it's designed with co-op in mind, so a one player run trying to cover for a multitude of targets can be rough.
>>750238641Maybe 3? If only because it's difficult to untangle without a guide, considering there are levels you only unlock if you fail others and other things like thatThere are mods for 7 that can bump the difficulty up, you can modify it as you see fit, push it right up into full bullshit if you end up in the mood for it, I think it's called Skies Unbalanced or somethingJoint Assault gave me some trouble recently but only in a few places and only because of actual, total horseshit, I can't recommend itTrouble is Ace Combat games generally aren't very hard on their own, and by the time you unlock the higher difficulties you'll be practiced enough that they won't be so bad, you have to go out of your way to challenge yourself (or do one of the dev challenges like no damage/guns only/attackers only, etc.,)
>>750227141>ooh I'm a streamer now"i don't deny that Zero has a compelling story, but the social media aspect of 8 is mostly in the background and serves as forming your reputationD.D.'s big break at the end was kino tho
FUCK YEAH BITCH WHERE'S YOUR RANDOM ASS FORCEFIELD NOW? I DIED 5 TIMES TO THIS THING THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THAT BULLSHIT
>>750229061I'm guessing it doesn't even have the IMAS DLC skins.
>>750239219I feel SO fucking vindicated right now its unreal.
>>750239294Why'd you bring a fucking bomber to an air fight?
>>750215887Loyalty is its own reward, nigga.
>>750239348I mean that mission is probably one of the least shit ones to bring a bomber to, like 70% of it is ground attack or slow bombers and you don't really need anything maneuverable for the arsenal bird portion
Just finished 8, wasn't really sold until the last 5 missions.Holy fucking shit though it's impossible not to cry at the music it's spectacularMissions 28 and 29 are strong contenders for the best in the series
>>750239475Glad you had fun in the end, anon
>>750239475did you save Jackpot 9 anon? she dies if you're not fast enough clearing ground targets, but if you save her she shows up as your number 1 fangirl through the rest of the game
>>750229061>pretty bad recompI didn't have any issues playing through AC6 for the first time this past week.
>>750239281nah as long as you can find downloads for it, all the dlc work from what I've seen
honestly hope there will be mods for the ac0 port
>>750241846A coop mod would be cool but the guy who made the one for 7 got doxx'd over it so it might not happen
>>750216938stop living in a shithole
It'll be decomped any day now
>>750215887Stop being poor
Literally why is Belka still allowed to exist if their people continue to be such a menace. I bet Enzo Order was a bunch of Belkans too.
>>750215887We literally LITERALLY told you for MONTHS leading up to AC8's release to preorder the game as Zero is only available for the pre-order. Project Aces literally cannot re-sell the game due to licenses being expired so the only way they can redistribute the game is giving it away for "free" as a Pre-order bonus.We fucking told you for months to pre-order to not miss out
How was it?
>>750241870>coop modbut you already have pixy and pj. >got doxx'd over it why did that happen?
>>750239219>he died to the telegraphed APSDid you learn nothing from skeleton squadron's sacrifice?
>>750242045Yeah but I want my friend to play as Pixy so we can fight to the death at the end of the game>why did that happen?It was an AI slop modIt worked great, I've played it with a friend, but it was AI so people decided that was punishable by death
CUUUUUM POTENTIAAAAA SUAAAAAADAEEEEEEEEMONFUUUUNDEEEEEEEET MORTEM IN TERRAMDEEEEEEEINDEEEEEEEMORIUUUUUUUUURCUM SOMNUSFINITRAZGRIZSURGETITERUUUUUUUUUUUMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5kmBk2AqSA
>>750242013>Project Aces literally cannot re-sell the game due to licenses being expiredJust rebuy the license then you cheap fucks
>>750242015it's basically what AC8 Online is now but no lobby, the awful 3 matches a day without paying more fuel system, the crap ass research grind and the fact that what you can get for trying to research was straight up RNG, different emergency sortie bosses for the time obviously, a handful of co-op missions, and the different plane model physics. So, kinda shit, but cool novelty.
Feel like there's a decent chance the DLC is playing as Tasha's mom fighting Luna 11 in the sotoa-yuktobania war
>>750241971The belkans who rile up war are not directly affiliated with the modern Belkan people, they're remnants of the old regime.
God I love protecting the ground troops, makes me feel like an angel in the sky.>>750239348Its the best plane I have, its stat bars are better in all categories compared to my previous one.
>>750242296Usea sure ran out of pizza by the time of 8
>>750242130come to think of it a coop mode would be fun as it would probably make the vs mode work
>>750242331AFAIK cut dialogue suggests the pizza was a ruse
>>750218816iirc at least one mission has its score requirement adjusted to compensate for the additional score yellow targets give
>>750242394>no pizzaOsea deserves worse
>>750242178Why not ask them to just release it for free full-stop instead of as a pre-jew
>I've lost time and time again, but now... I've finally won.
>>750243107La la la la...La la la la~
>>750215887problem? just pirate if you're broke.
>>750242296> Chopper: <<Then everyone down there is your brother!>>o7
>>750243107>they somehow jig it so that the Kestrel can launch ANY plane, not just the ones that are rated for carrier takeoffwould it make sense to carry those planes in the carrier, anyway? I guess they could be transported to another base or something...Man, that Sea of Chaos + ACES combo is just pure kino.
I wish Cope got to save Moon 11 and give her a happy ending
>>750243531You have to be wondering how freaked out those Belkans were at the end, a squadron of just 4 planes continually completely BTFOing them without even an airport to return to.
>>750243950I mean, going together to pilot heaven sounds like a pretty good ending to me.
just beat it for the first time going full Demon Kingreally cool game, looking forward to doing the other routes, I also got all S ranks except for Valley of the Kings, I might reload the mission until I get the rank, do you just go for the dam as fast as possible or hang back and kill off everything first?
>>750245819oh good, I'm only on chapter 16 now. I just hope I can see fanart of them together in the future. I think Cope pushing her around would be very cute
>>750243950I wanna show her mah DICK
>>750245819AC8 canonizing the fucking Afterlife somehow made AC3 even more fucked up than it already was.
<< Rex! >>< Yes - No >
>>750246808... You don't mince words, do you Ray?
>>750246272Good luck in your next 14 missions bro
>>750247174Honestly feels weird that people thought this guy was just gonna be Tom Cruise in hindsight
>>750246513Not only is there an afterlife but certain people can communicate with those in the afterlife like Rex can. It's very likely we are going to get Dision talking to sublimated Dision at some point.
>>750247174Cope.
>>750247379Baxter talking to Cope in that sceneThe same goes for Queen 1...My bro was literally there
>>750236843>PC is a toaster>still pre-ordered AC8 only to get AC0I was in the same situation, hoping that I could play it in a few years. But then a vtuber I like started playing it so I went and bought a used PS5 and another copy. Stupid decision but no regrets, AC8 is pure kino
>>750219663Speaking of 7, am I the only one that after playing AC8, 7 feels like absolute dogshit in comparison? I know AC7 had a problematic development cycle, but it's amazing how bad AC8 makes AC7 look in comparison
>>750242015You can literally play it right now and find out.
>>750247379>Abyssal Dision and Paradyssial Dision
>>750247921other way around for me. 7 is much more replayable. 8 has fundamental problems regarding the menus and cutscenes. like having to skip 3 cutscenes with each having individual loading screen. then hold on, I forgot to check ace spawn condition for the mission. so I go back to assault record, check it, and now I have to skip those fully rendered and loaded cutscenes again. same with aircraft tree. it's very bad design. first campaign clear was cool but the game clearly wasnt properly designed for arcade style replaying which is a huge core pillar issue.
What's the appeal of this game? I get why mechfags like AC but ace combat? Shit looks like the same game of just flying planes
>>750249261whats the appeal of call if duty? it's just shooting guns?
>>750247921i think Ace Combat 7 has better peaks but overall yes
>>750249261Ludokino mixed with a bit of autism and macross
>>750249295>implying I still play CODBRVTAL
>>750249261Besides the obvious plane autism and just outright liking plane gameplay, Ace Combat's storylines specifically hit that power fantasy of being a war hero and turning a losing war around, mix that with anime-ass military westaboo narratives and cool if kinda retarded superweapons, and you get a pretty damn fun game to both casually enjoy and master as you go along.
>playing ACZero>Pixy just steals the kills right in front of mefucking asshole, this has happened multiple times in like 7 missions, fucker even stole one of the flankers in the capital fight.
>>750249570You get the score even if pixy kills stuff. he's your buddy.
>>750247921In terms of game feel AC8 in general feels like they got UE realized and a real physics engine here that's both solid and predictable in how it plays out. The weight really helps make the game feel nice and meaty.
>>750249637i don't get back one of my 4 (FOUR) QAAMs though
>>750215887How does the port handle the map? It used analogue buttons on ps2
>>750247921I sat at my couch and dusted off my PS4 in what seems like so long and I swear the game wasn't this horseshit before
>>750249261animeshit, but the corny good kind
>>750249261They're basically arcade shooters with anime plots on top that take themselves pretty seriously about how one ace changes the tide of wars. Doesn't mean there isn't value to be had in arcade-y, though, but it's the best plane combat you're getting outside of throwing yourself into a dedicated simulator game for sheer autism.
>>750249570My save right now has him with like 2% of my killcount, let the man have his pity-frags.
>>750249817Onions esos dos
I did like half the game in a fishbed and the other half in an su-38 because I had like zero fucking credits despite being mercenary mode and splashing everything to the point where I reliably had no ammo left. I didn't even get the F-15 until after I beat the game.
>>750249261Basically one man (mute psychopath protag) changing the tide of the war so hard they make him into a mythical figure, usually religion. You are a big deal to everyone around you.
>>750215887>>it's only possible for you to play this portjapman or a retard? call it
>>750249880Are you giving him orders and special weapons use? I have 150 plane kills so far and he has 29
No matter what you do, you can't surpass this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI1CVbW9r6g
>>750249905you can sell planes for full refund
>>750249905basically the better you do .time bonus, kill multipliers, etc you should get lots of credz. Elite diff + S rank should be a big bonus
>>750250067fuck wait, zero thread not 8 my bad, we've been having 8 threads for so long now
Does outfitting my squad with good planes have a noticeable effect on gameplay?
>>750215887They told you it would be preorder exclusive well in advance. You only have yourself to blame. If you didn't get AC8 because you're a tourist that just learned about the series, then you don't deserve it.
>>750250004I will admit, it had been long enough since I'd last played Ace Combat that I legitimately forgot you needed to do that until I beat the game once.
How on earth did a gypsy nation get a fleet of orbital rod of god satellites that would enable them to nuke every nation on the planet simultaneously
>>750250010Go Shiina really loves that full anime mode english vocal themes approachhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldFN0nb464https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFkUPAbpqE4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSbO046pVmo
Do we have modded skins already?I wanna slap Chihaya on my F-15 when I replay this.
>>750250104I thought it didn't matter until i saw a plane being obliterated in front of me by a railgun shot from the X40 i gave to Kate.
>>750250104if you give proper commands they absolutely make a difference
>>750250104I remember seeing a Land destroyer being atomized by cruise missiles from my wingmen in the rocky island fight so yeah.
>>750250104Yes, this game very much makes it much easier on Ace with superplanes and living on the command buttons, this ain't 5
>>750247235kudos to the voice actors, both en and jp, cope's performance was excellent
>>750247921>>750249749What makes 7 so much worse than 8?
>>750239348The Fullback is a better fighter than 50% of the fighter roster.
>>750238641You can activily handicap yourself in any game of this by simply using the worst attacker plane meant to just attack ground targets. They can't move well and their missile homing is shit.
Still the best moment in the series
>>750243170>La la la la...>La la la la~
I can't believe people still don't know how to emulate.
>>750215887emulation is really the only way to play. i have the port on steam and i can't fucking play it on my toaster because it needs directx 12.2 for some reason
One of the other issues is that the game isn't downloadable independently - even on Steam it shows you playing AC8 when you're playing Zero sinceits a DLC. I'm not sure why they did this atop the stupid pre-order only thing (I figure they will make it a pay DLC for non preorder?). Game itself is neat though. I'm trying to decide which Ace Style though - I naturally incline toward the Knight style which I'm to understand is the 'hardest' mode given you don't get all the extra money, but apparently getting "pure soldier" is the hardest thing to technically maintain because you need to get the marker exactly in the middle of the middle Soldier block which is harder to maintain vs "all the way Merc vs all the way Knight".
Does anyone else think the PC port has weird audio mixing? The dialogue and music have issues.
>>750238641Just play Ace Combat 8 without any parts in your plane
>>750251957>One of the other issues is that the game isn't downloadable independentlythey just fixed thathttps://steamdb.info/app/5370600/
>>750252037Holy shit, so they did - and recently too. Seems like this version even gets achievements. Okay, guess I'll need to disable the DLC for Zero and then install the independent one.
I didn't really like pixy.
>>750252097I didn't even bother to do that and my save transferred over somehow
>>750252149Lookng at the update, apparently they're basically merging the saves automatically which is nice.
This is one hell of a map, wonder what happened that sunk half the city.
I wonder if they'll someday make a remade version of AC3 Electrosphere. With its farthest-future (I think?) setting of the series it should be possible to do even more mecha anime style wacky wunderwaffen shit, but most importantly in the west the game was literally only 25% of the JP version as I recall. There were like 4 major endings and other decision trees inside them, and instead the US version cut it down to only 1 route with no choices, and a lot of the chatter and plot stuff was removed to simplify everything. A full version of Electrosphere remade in a modern engine would be printing money for Namco.
>>750229061The biggest glaring issue is that it doesn't work on linux.
>>750243228>pirate denuvo protected game
>>750252348play ace combat 4
>>750252454zero doesnt have denuvo. in fact it was shared here with goldberg emu on day of AC8 release. you'd know this if you weren't a larper who isn't even interested in playing these games.
>>750252454isn't there a bypass or some shit now that you can do. i thought the faggots were releasing denuvo bypasses by day one now.
Bandog did nothing wrong.
>>750250202Through crypto bro Amazon (Enso Order) pay attention.
>>750236535Not sure about britbong pricing, but you can pick up one of the cheaper VKB / Virpil sticks for half that price or less. The more expensive versions get up there in cost, but there are cheaper (VKB Gladiator NXT EVO , Virpil Cadet family etc)
>>750215887Vanillaware did the same with Princess Crown and I am forever mad.
>>750252378It would also require a budget the size of a AAA game that Bandai Namco isn't super keen on, even for what AC8 performed. That's a ton of unique environments per mission and a very long campaign thanks to the different story routes. Now imagine having to make all of that in UE6 with AC8's fidelity even if they reused assets wholesale where applicable.
>>750240645care to spoonfeed? i kinda remember the first thread about the 1.0 release of the recomp had a link to a download but i didn't save it and now i regret it.
>>750236468Yeah a cheap Gamesaar is like $35 or something
>>750252684Eh, its not like Bandai Namco doesn't have the money to do it and even if they took the time to create all the new stuff in UE6 properly, having all the info on the plot, missions and other things that would normally take time to design from scratch saves some cash, making it cheaper than a whole new game. Not to say it won't have a AA/AAA cost of some sort, but it would likely do very well if they basically remade it in UE6, did all the things of JP AC3, and even expanded adding things that wouldn't be done at the original's time, would motivate sales. If they don't want to spend anything that's one thing, but it would probably be very successful and for way cheaper than a totally new AC9 style title. Hell, Sega should do the same by remaking Valkyria Chronicles 2 and VC3 Extra Edition, but that's another discussion.
>>750215887>the only people who can have actual discourse and comment on this have jobsCould you imagine such a hell on earth
>>750218145Hes not talking bout emulators
We really need a female AWACS in this game.
>>750253470Too distracting for the pilot
>>750253470the part of tewy's fight that's just joi made my dick twitch already, i don't think i could handle a full game's worth
>>750254490Is that an actual military doctrine?
If i buy the disc can I still get the bonuses?
I can't beat him. This might be it for me.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ks87K09DOM
>>750252378Isn't the tone of AC3 supposedly rather grim, especially compared to modern AC titles? Not to say that it would be impossible, but it might be tough to replicate without losing a thing or two that made the OG truly stand out since it might be "product of its time" type of deal.
>>750255562A mix of that and the fact that every major cutscene outside a mission, news bulletin and character conversation was animated by the same studio that did the Ghost in the Shell movie at the time. Either you just redo the visuals in the modern style, you find the original footage by Production I.G., or you reanimate all of that shit from the ground up.
>>750251734I didn't even realize there was a fucking dog until I googled it
>>750236843Same here, currently looking to replace my dated rx580. But new 3060 cost ~500$ in my shithole. Also found some curious 2060s with single fan from HP (oem) pre-built for 220$, feels too good to be true
>>7502577136700xt is like 300 bucks
>>750257785For 300 in my place you can only find used one. Same 550$ for new.
>>750254793Probably yeah
>>750257713Fuck that sucks. Legit feel lucky I could enjoy the masterpiece on ultra@4k on my 5090
>>750219663It's a 360 BC version, put a disc into Xbone and you can play it.>>750219906faggot
btw, you can enable frame gen in AC8 with Engine.ini tweaks, it's the type of game where you most likely won't notice much difference between real frames and fake frames
>>750249721It's exactly the same as in AC6-8, you switch between like 3 zoom modes with each click.
>>750219663Speaking of whitch, what was the best approach at the Liberation of Gracemeria mission? I remember failing too many times.
>>750259785Someone make this but with railgun warnings
>>750259553Also apparently the DLSS scaling isn't set up properly so you should go one level lower than you usually use.
>>750260018Yeah, except for Performance mode. It's the same problem as in MGS Delta, where they use UE5's TSR settings for resolution scaling, instead of Nvidia and AMD.
Kate is simply superior.
Pixy flew off into space, literally. I can't see the guy anymore
Did they really invert the Throttle/rudder buttons on controller to be like AC8 instead of the classic setup? cause if that's the case and i can't rebind them then i might as well just dust off theiso and play that instead
>>750240302the framepacing can be bad, like it is on every Xenia based recompilations.Most people wouldn't notice it though.
>>750252348There's a pretty damn big hint on that picture.
>>750261418Yeah. It's not perfect but way better than the 720p 30fps alternative.
>>750252348hint: the huge crater to the left is why Erusea is shit in the first place
Do you think Pixy and Cipher ever met up?
Kate my beloved
>>750253470>>750254490>>750254529>>750254793I thought Prez was a nice addition to PW.
>>750253470https://store.steampowered.com/app/2991650/DAWN_AEROWAR/Here's your female AWACS (visual novel) game, voiced by the same actress who did B2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myNMzW5vYqA
>>750262186Yes they are happily married now.
>>750264720I really want to see what happened to Pixy, with his fucked up ass AK in the middle of nowhere.
>>750264224Huh, I thought Dawn was just an audioplay.
>>750249261Japanese military soap opera plus arcade flying
>>750215887idk why people have their panties in a twist over this. they did the same thing for AC7, it's a work around due to some licensing issues (blame lockheed martin if you want to screech about this). it's not like it's a remake, you can barely tell a difference between playing this version and emulating it. and if for some reason you really care, they announced it months ahead of release so you don't have an excuse for "missing out". plus AI decomps are getting cranked out, i'm sure AC0 will have a free, native binary soon. just a complete non-issue but poors still want to cry about it
>>750251443The lack of woke DEI slop
Why are there so many ground attack missions in 0? I just took out Excalibur and I feel like so far I've only had to fight planes like twice and in at least one of those I had to bomb a ton of ground shit first.
>>750243228Feels good brah
>>750268951Idk but it's the reason it's one of my least favorites, ground attack point score missions tend to be really unmemorable and mix together in my mind
>>750270163>2765 gamesdamn nigga
>>750264224Possible kino?
>>750268951there's like only 3 mandatory ground attack missions.
i can buy the ps5 code on ebay, should I? its a giga flex
>>750273065Sure. Zero on PS5 and Steam are eventually gonna "run out" so better get it now than never.
>ac9 drops in the future>kono gives away assault horizon insteadHow mad will you be?
>>750275829is it possible to get the code in the box? i would rather buy the game and the bonus
>>750275919people will pre order because they know its their only chance
>>750275919I'd much rather they release 3 or 6 again. I think they might do 3.
>>7502760783 rerelease seems problematic, though an official english translated version would be nice imagine if japan gets 3 jp but global gets the butchered 3 kek 4 is the only one still missing, i would say that has a higher chance of coming first
5 > 0 > 4
>>750277346I was just thinking 3 if AC9 is a 3 remake would work pretty well.>official english translated versionHonestly they could just collaborate with the translation teams that already translated it.
>>750253470Can't believe Joint Assault of all games was the one to give you TWO
>>750260948bro your steam controller input customization?
>>7502774824 is really interesting because it feels like a seinen plot. 5 feels like an Ace Combat game for Persona fans. And 0 is basically high literature.
>>750280702>0 is basically high literature0 is probably the most retarded ace combat game plot-wise which is really saying something, but I do appreciate the unique documentary presentation.It's also just really disappointing as a representation of the Belkan War after how it was hyped up in 5
>>750280780>erm anything I don't like is retarded, mkay?
>>750280780i think Zero is very mid up to mission 12 and then the kino just doesn't stop.
>>750260948they did that so you can do proper thrust control with triggers. besides thrust being R1 on PS2 was cancer because pressure sensitivity made you hold that button really hard if you wanted maximum thrust. it should had been R2 on PS2 in the first place. my right index just aches thinking about the hours I put in PS2 ace combat games on real hardware.
>>750281665I really don't see the point of having anything less than max thrust/brake in AC. Analog yawing at least has some utility
>>750281850it's useful if you wanna turn little bit faster but not lose all your speed. you should be doing that a lot in the round table encounters to prevent those pile ups.
>>750281146The idea that nuking stuff would successfully create a "world without national borders" is fundamentally retarded yes anon, the only way their plan would ever work is if they pretty much eradicated the human race.
>>750282225You're trying to imagine this in the context of modern Earth, you don't grasp how much of a hellish planet-wide grinder of human lives Strangereal is (outside of the seemingly well-guarded cities), in which context Pixy's actions are practically mundane. It's nightmare Earth.
>>750283315I really don't see that it's basically just earth but with a far more accelerated timeline with big wars every 5 years. If you're not living in a country actively in a war the living conditions don't seem so different.
>>750216345>>750216390New Denuvo version. Hypervisor is patched out.No crack is possible
>>750284660There are entire megastructures built solely for weapons and craters all over the place, I'm not sure how much clearer they could make the setting's relationship with war. Electrosphere goes further.
