AND ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS™ EditionThread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRosMyUkQ3gPrevious mission: >>549248803>/aceg/ Emulation Guidehttps://rentry.org/ybyx6>Official /aceg/ multiplayer guidehttps://rentry.org/acegMPguide>/aceg/ livery and emblem packhttps://rentry.org/3tokr>Ace Combat 3: A New Translationhttps://pastebin.com/i6sfa9aK>Encyclopedia Strangerealhttp://www.encycstra.net/>New /aceg/ MEGAhttps://pastebin.com/aYYx2UKm>PA Twitter (JP)https://twitter.com/PROJECT_ACES>AC7:Shootout Saturday is back! /aceg/ rooms are open every Sat at 2030 CEST/1430 EDT, with only three rules:>Put on an /aceg/ tag in your name before you boot the game>No EML/QAAM/SASM>In Roca Roja, use only air-to-ground weapons in the tunnel>Resources:https://pastebin.com/CZWp7rzqThe modding guide and material are in the open!https://rentry.org/ho8mmProject Wingman:>Store pagehttps://pastebin.com/NBXczRv8>Skin/texture modding guidehttps://pastebin.com/ykPhc6hnMisc Stuff:>/aceg/ Collagehttps://i.imgur.com/wP9NNDv.png>/aceg/ Story Archive 2.0https://pastebin.com/1FLC4YyV>Razgriz Patch Guyhttps://www.strangerealpatches.com/>Ostrich's Modshttps://superostrich.xyz/>/aceg/ Assault Recordshttps://pastebin.com/CrfiDhxM>ACX / ACJA Online Netplay Guidehttps://pastebin.com/Pk1aJsTx>SPECIAL MESSAGE TO /aceg/ FROM PIXY:https://www.cameo.com/v/qSL5bOosg>What happened to Sean Ryan (Pixy's actor) after ACZ:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qat5kEtrrpk [Embed]>/aceg/ Permalink:http://orph.link/acegBecause it bears repeating:>Skill and guts are required here>Be a buddy, not a border>All planes are beautiful dreams>DELAY THE FINAL ATTACKFAQ:>Has the Project Wingman update dropped yet?Haha...>Is there any AC8 news yet?YES! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYx_867ua0>Has a PS2 trilogy remake been announced yet?No.
WAKE UP
>>549851927>Has a PS2 trilogy remake been announced yet?>No.please do this now bamco
post yfw >fox two!
I hope we get to burn Hoffnung again.
>social media themeI better see multiple in-game tweets of my many warcrimes
>>549851927>>Be a buddy, not a borderWhat does this mean?
post yfw game ends on a fistbump qte
WSO status?
How much would you bet that all of the ground crew NPC cast is irrelevant to the plot again?
>>549852201I was unironically so dejected and uninterested in the rest of the TGA that when the missile alerts and radio chatter kicked in I was still deadpan and alt-tabbed 'cause it didn't register for several seconds.Only realized it when I alt-tabbed back in and saw the missile trails.
>>549852130>wanting remakeslopspirtually dalit
So why is the FCU being invaded?
Is lifeboat guy our WSO?
Just got home and watched the trailer now, why did it sound like it was about to launch into CUM HISTORIA with the orchestra right at the end?
>>549852379You know why.
>>549852237
>>549852379>we invented [thing] to combat [global natural disaster] and now we'll use that [thing] which also has anti aircraft capabilities specifically to invade [place] because [we sunk all our military budget into the air force last year]
>>549852379literally just another tuesday in strangereal
>>549852379They're weak and it's rightful Sotoan clay>>549852503It feels very AC5, even more than 7 didMaybe we'll get even more references
>>549851927Said this a while ago but the assault records link is dead.
So are the character interactions going to determine our WSO or am I expecting too much
>we are razgriz>again for a third timewatch it
>>549852571I wish we could see Strangereal twitter memes.>>549852667Too complicated. Just let players choose WSO voicelines in mission setup. It's just a few days of recording booth time for both actors.
Belka will rise again
>all this begging for a WSO>inb4 we actually get one>inb4 it's actually just a dude.
>>549852667we arent getting a WSO otherwise we would probably only be flying two seaters; if we are getting one its probably some random nobody and not an important side character
>>549852379It was looking funny at me
There are Super Hornets AND Legacy Hornets, for those old boomers complaining about their Cold War shitboxes
>>549852379it was promised to sotoa 3000 years ago
>>549852867we are getting owen wilson, from the film 'Behind Enemy Lines', which also prominantly features an f-18
I HAVE SO FAR TO GO
>>549852776>I wish we could see Strangereal twitter memes.You will see the stragereal 4chan memes
>>549852892im glad we are back to colorful liveries instead of all gray
>>549852935Forgive his slowness, he is a Redditor
>>549852867If this game doesn't have a WSO, it's legitimately a step down from PW.The two things I want are>WSO to give two seaters more characterand>multiple special weapon slots so bombs are more viable
>>549852892you know exactly what they mean by cold war shitboxes, aka 2nd gen and 3rd gen planes, not 4th gen like the hornet
>>549852867>we arent getting a WSO otherwise we would probably only be flying two seatersObviously the story's not going to wwork if we can switch to a Viper or something on the mission where we get shot down with Rex (tho maybe it's a cutscene if he's the pilot?)
i praise jesus for making me an osean, i praise jesus for making me an osean, i praise jesus christ our lord and savior for letting me be born in the greatest nation on strangereal
It's not even that big of a deal to have optional dialogue from the WSO.It's not like ace combat games are masterpieces where every spoken sentence is crucial and intertwines with the plot, just have it be a in the moment funny quip machine.
>>549853141Tutorial mission that ends with you getting shot down
>>549853097The very earliest I could see is 60s buckets like the Phantom.
>>549852379sotoa's MIC funded and it's government lobbied by various (likely osean or belkan) megacorps to destabilize a usean government in decline in order to increase profits/gain access to natural resources in the area
>>549852892It took me a lot of staring but yeah, the one in front (ours) is an F/A-18C.That's a plane that isn't in the AC7 roster, so that's something to take note of.
if we could fly COIN planes in 8 like the OV-10 or the A-37 that would be so kino but thats probably never gonna happen
>my wso at the start of a mission when i have negative 5 trillion relationship score with them
I'd rather have an Ace Combat Cold War game where shitboxes are the main stars.>new enemy superweapon>it's an F-16
>>549853459ww2 ace combat game featuring belka as the big bad is too much of an ask isnt it>me-262 squads near the end>komet penal squadrons>crazy bigass tank superweapon like the ratte
>>549853459i really doubt we would ever get an AC set before Zero but i would love a game like that
>>549852914kek
So this thing is an unmanned refueling tanker.
so>belkacolors in german>eruseacolors in english and astrology>oseafantasy themed>yuketobaniaastrology but in russian>sotoa apparently middle east/north africa dishes
Is the pink haired grill belkan?
>>549853651ok yeah but the question iswhat is it refueling for it to be so big
>>549853726Her name's Tasha so I'd peg her more as a Yuke.
>>549852532I got globally banned for posting this on /lit/.
>Sunao Katabuchi is doing the script again. This is the guy behind all the narrative problems in 7 and 5. They should have given the story to someone else. At least the game play will be good.>>549852379Katabuchi is writing it so that will be hand waved away. The question is will the forced message be "social media = bad" or "social media = good"
>>549853573I have nothing against WW2 planes, but Ace Combat is very much a jet age franchise in my opinion. Blame the Top Gun influence.There should be room for WW2 planes, there just isn't.
owari da...
>>549853851I think Infinity had a couple, near the end at least.
WW2 wank is intensely boring
Katabuchi isnt coming back for this games story right? The trailer already rose some red flags.
>>549853905infinity had i believe a corsair and a zero and thats it, they were more gimmick planes than actual picks
>>549853961infinity didnt have a corsair; they had a BF109, and Zero, a Spitfire, and a P-38 and thats it
>>549852620Took a look at the pastebin link through Wayback, linked to a google spreadsheet that's unfortunately also dead. We'll have to take it out of the OP unless a buddy archived it
Ace Combat 5 is overly criticized, Ace Combat 7 was literally torn to shreds and stapled together in a year, as per Kono, and Katabuchi directed some banger anime movies. I will not be dooming over him.
>>549853909It isn't at least not from a technological standpoint. It's a key age in air combat. If you want to complain about "fighting WW2 for the billionth time", sure. You have a point. But Strangereal WW2 wouldn't be that, it'd be a whole two decades of pre-jet air warfare.
I claim her as my pilotwaif btw
>>549854119Dead within a week.
>>549853905>>549854025Joint Assault also had the Zero alongside the Hellcat.
>>549854119Well she is Gwen StacyGreen Goblin is gonna throw her off his glider and you are gonna snap her neck
>>549854218good i dont need a wso they only weigh me down
>pink AND blonde hair dye>with brown rootsPick a color and stick with it.
>>549854265she's not going to be a WSO, lmao.She's going to be the e-girl mascot of our fake squad with the fake rex and thousands of inflated kills.
Not exactly shocking, but these look like wingman commands.
hoping ace8 will be on linux
>>549853927Shit didnt see your post>>549853826tbf, Katabuchi can produce some decent stuff if he gets restricted/tardwrangled like what happened in 4 and 7 was just a mess of development all over, but seeing how japanese work culture is with their seniors this could still be a problem.
>>549854342yeah, shes literally just nagase from temu (and i hated nagase so i think this character is gonna be really annoying)
>>549854342good i dont need an e-girl mascot, im the face of the war crime squadron. i want children from here to usea with a poster of my helmeted face on their walls, and i want them to dream of just how many crimes they would be convicted of if ever they were dragged to the hague
>>549854141they wouldn't do that again would they? killing the cute girl then the black guy?
>>549854119me on the back thinking about the quirky squad in front of me with the colored hair girl and weird mute and realizing they're the main characters and i'm not so that means i'll be dying soon
>>549854571CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP LITTLE CHICK
>>549854624you must quirk chungus yourself if you want to live
>>549852935When the war broke out Kono made it very clear he was following it somewhat. So I personally can't for the mission where we bomb the shit out of unsupported paratroopers at an airport because the Sotoans made a fucky wucky.
>>549852935>went to r*dditleave and never come back
>>549854475Based warcrimes enthusiast.
Even after all the stuff with Top Gun in the sidelines I honestly never have expected to see a Hornet as the cover plane for an AC game
>>549855530And a legacy one at that, right?
>>549855530probably has nothing to do with a certain movie in 2022...
>>549855679i love tom cruise and scientology
>>549853651
>>549851927BUDDIES, I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THIS IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT THE GAMING SPHERE COULD HAVE GIVEN ME IN NO SMALL PART BECAUSE ALL THE AI BULLSHIT IS KILLING THE INDUSTRY BY PRICING OUT PLAYERS
>>549855782unironically yes (to the former), maverick is still one of my favorite aviation films; i should rewatch it again before 8 comes out
>>549853763<<you asked for this>><<your mom>>
>>5498540845 is a great game overall, but it's weakest point is the writing by Katabuchi. And the parallels between them and 7 are clear to see. Rather than decent characters who take us through the plot and setting, the main conflict is merely a backdrop for character drama and Katabuchi's undeveloped ideas.As for 7, the issues with its story are foundational and were evidently there before the development troubles, it was a low effort script. The basic premise of the war in 7 is stupid.>Vague statements about the space elevator and soverenty>Logically having the Space Elevator on their dorrstep is a massive boon for Erusea>They still throw a fit for some reasonAnd even if you assume the war had a good cause, the anti drone message which the game culminates with is directly contradicted by the actual plot. >Drones used in a conventional war against military targets>By the underdog supposedly defending its own territory and sovereignty from foreign interference>Somehow the message is "drones bad".And none of the plot points hold up to any scrutiny either.
i predict it'll release mid-2027 after announcing a few delays
>>549855863>top of the line, next generation fighter aircraft>have trouble dealing with two fucking su-37's
>>549855863what?
>>549855605Having the starter and cover plane both being Hornets would be really clever.
>>549856000I predict mid-late 2028.
>Monarch>Rex
>>549855975>They still throw a fit for some reasonThat's hardly unrealistic, countries chimp out over things for dumb reasons all the time. I think their intention was that the regime in Erusea was an ultranationalist one that viewed the ISEV as a poison chalice that would make them a vassal state of Osea. But like everything in 7's story it's not really explored or explained very well. Not to mention the translation gets pretty dodgy in some places that doesn't help.
>>549856215like the dinosaur
>>549855975>Logically having the Space Elevator on their dorrstep is a massive boon for EruseaThere's also the two giant flying unmanned drone carriers with energy shield and long-range missile capabilities to take into consideration, to be fair.
>>549856348Calvin grew up to work at Project Aces I see.
>>549856348Are you telling me that when I land on the carrier, everyone is going to open the door and get on the floor?
>>549855975its more like drones make war too convenient, letting it be an easier option, basically letting hardline ultranationalist revanchists whitewash war to the populace
>>549856518yeah, but the asphalt on the deck might give them bad scrapes
>>549856492>t-rexs in f-14skino
>>549856521electrosphere bros not like this
100% disgust
F18's are usean, tails have MF on them, theyre from megafloat.
>>549854418UE games usually work out of the box on day 1
>>549856764Yeah not gonna lie I really don't like the transparent visors. At least make them a goofy color like Gundam pilot suits or something, not just uncolored.
tasha more like twanisha amiright
>>549857094Tasha more Tap-that-assha
More environment screencaps on the ACES website.
>>549856874>Yeah not gonna lie I really don't like the transparent visorsagreed, it also defeats the purpose of having a visor is the first place
>>549856874I mean, maybe they don't want to look like PW completely since it's literally the header/cover. idk.
bruh, lol
jerking off hand motion
>>549857662that guy keeps being a retard on twitter
torress was right1 million lives for ace combat 8
>>549857662>>549857890I like PW. I don't know much about Arby and that's probably why I don't hate him.But fuck me if FAN never ceases to disappoint me.
>>549857662>>549857890What possesses someone to be this stupid on purpose for everyone else to hear
>>549857662I wont even be mad if AC8 just goes with a brainless social media=bad plot at this point, its just the truth.
Salvation.
>ac7 beat wingman to the punch>ac8 beat it getting any meaningful content updatesI like Wingman and I know it's like one dude mostly but holy kek.
>>549856079>Su-37sToo be fair, it seems like the Terminators of strangereal is a real deal
>>549858113Maybe we'll get a proper Conquest mode rework before 8 drops
>>549857890>>549857662everytime this retard shows up on my feed it makes me regret not pirating pw
>>549857662>they can do what Ace Combat can'tLike not release an art book on time? Or promise a patch then go radio silence for a year before dropping timed exclusive content for a different platform instead?
sex with sukhoi planes
>>549856820Also the suit isnt a belkan or osean glowie, he's a neucom corpo>hello there my dear newcomerneucommer... its right there
>>549858373OR MAYBE MAKE A GAME THAT IS NOT LITERALLY ACE COMBAT BUT WITH THE SERIAL NUMBERS FILED OFF??
So, the MC is quite literally based on the Ghost of Kyiv bullshit story, right?>He's a mass delusion fabricated by the rumor mill of social media
>>549858504yeah, except the MC is a genuine osean psyop, wheras ghost of kiev was just a rumor that got bigger than it should have. i speculate the guy in the suite is basically your handler/ pr manager. they'll probably do shit like have you do easy missions early starting off like picking off bombers, only for something like you get ambushed by an enemy ace squadron and actually win, so the legend kind of builds itself
>>549857662>>549857890I don't even know who this goober is.
>>549857981>I don't know much about Arby and that's probably why I don't hate him.Alright maybe that's a bit harsh for what I meant to get across, which is that Arby doesn't keep making really stupid twitter posts that tank my opinion of him without fail.>>549858473Retard-tier take, PW has far more pressing issues than it being an Ace Combat-like conceptualized amidst a drought in Ace Combat's release cycle. That's why most people (including people from this very thread) probably funded the kickstarter - because they wanted more Ace Combat.
>>549858504more like thr ghost of razgriz amright
>>549855975>>Logically having the Space Elevator on their dorrstep is a massive boon for EruseaChinese economic historians found that treaty ports in Canton, Macau, Shandong etc. were a massive boon to the Chinese economy back then.
>>549858650I unironically wanted a mission like that blops cold war one where it's a flashback that got kept getting updated as your legend grows>it's a mission shooting down a flight of BearsMission Update>actually, there's some Fishbeds escorting the bombersMission Update>no, i heard he's fighting Su-37s and it's actually a flight of BlackjacksMission Update>and it's in a lightning storm with falling satellite parts crashing down in the areaQuit Game?
>>549858740>Retard-tier take, PW has far more pressing issues than it being an Ace Combat-likeI'm not saying thats a bad thing on its own, just that FAN acting like PW is some ENTIRELY AUTEUR UNIQUE INDIE GAME that Project Aces COULD never ever pull off is hilariously arrogant.
>>549858910>after action score is ridiculously inflated>a bunch of your kills are shit that wasn't even on the map
>>549858925>FAN>hilariously arrogantPar for the course I'd say.
>>549859031>that one missile you fired that missed the enemy but hit a flock of birds counts as a kill
>>549858910>>549859031I like this idea anons.
just woke up to the newsholy fuck
>>549858650>wheras ghost of kiev was just a rumor that got bigger than it should haveWasn't it an Ace Combat shitpost specifically? Didn't WE make it? Or am I tripping
>>549859269The internet is funny like that. I think it started on Twitter, though.
>>549858910This would be a fun time to bring back the Ace Styles so you could actually control your reputation>You're a Knight, you fight honorably and do flashy shit and everyone loves you, people at the base approach you to say they're fans>You're a Mercenary, you kill and bomb everyone and everything and everyone is scared shitless of you, people avoid you at the base and flinch at your approach>You're a Soldier, you do what you need to do and everyone respects you for your efficiency, people give you salutes and are straight shooters with you
Bros
>>549859269As funny as that would be and as much fun we had running with it, the ground zero for the Ghost of Keev's Sneed N' Feed was a fucking War Thunder YouTuber of all things. There was an anon on /pol/ I think that made up a Russian rival for him named THE BLACK BEAR.
>>549856521Yes that was clearly the intention, the basic idea he wanted to convey, but the story is not set up to execute that idea. If you take it seriously it comes across more as an outmatched Erusea prudently using drones to bolster it's traditional forces against an strong international coalition led by Osea. Besides, 'convenience' isn't really a factor when modern manned systems already make things so easy. The idea of removing humans from the decision chain could have worked, though it makes mret sense for more powerful force which is on the offensive, But Sunao-san was too busy writing scrap queen dialogue to worry about things like that. If he doesn't get too ambitious, or somebody puts a leash on him, 8 could have a good straightforward story. I hope that's the case, but know better than to ask for too much.>>549856293>translation gets pretty dodgy in some places that doesn't helpYeah on a line-by-line basis, some things ending up sounding wonky. But the poor characterization and lack of plot cohesion are there in the nipponese too.
>>549853826ah fuckAH FUUUCKThis is the one piece of news I didn't want to wake up to. I joked that people wanted 5 III and a few said "yes please".I don't want to be too much of a Debbie Downer though.
>>549859339>your reputation affects how people treat you on the carrier>you can't please everyone, though
>>549859269I thought it was War Thunder meme that accidentally got big when the invasion started?
>>549859269I remember being in these threads when the war started and while there was Ghost of Kyiv posting it didn't start here - I think it metastasized over from other social media just 'cause it was apropos to the whole idea of Ace Combat.
>>549859269you are on drugs
>>549859341Umamusume skin collab DLCs.
>>549859445Yeah that'd be good>Tasha likes that you're a Knight but Noise says you're not being thorough enough and Professor cautions you to not get carried away being stylishIt'd be a bit cliche for it to end up resulting in you fighting whoever you had the worst reputation with but hell if I wouldn't eat that shit up anyway
My recollection was>early invasion, fog of war everywhere>there are reports on Twitter of Russian jets going down>rumor spreads this is all the same person because the math doesn't work out based on known number of Ukrainian jets still in the air>it turns out this math was wrong, and the Russians were just being shot down by AA
i thought erusea was supposed to be a stand in for imperial japan
>>549858026gee bill how come your mom lets your have four engines?
Clouds are far far higher fidelity now, you can even see shadows cast by your plane, and by enemy planes on clouds.
>>549859436>imageunrelated but do you have the one that says "I WILL NOT DIE OF DEATH" and it's a guy on a 50cal turret?i've been trying to find it for ages
>>549859723bribing politicians to lobby for a plane contract
Tfw no WSO.https://youtu.be/2z4epI3CeSs
>>549859569Ace Combat nationalities are usually a mix of real world ones, Erusea's French, at least during 7
>>549859774No, sorry!This is ostensibly a frame from whatever production the image you're thinking of is from.
>>549859569In 04 at least, it was pretty clearly Nazi Germany>Supreme leader instead of King>Boy yells 'get out fascist!'>initial situation is very similar to post fall of France WW2 - total continental domination, with only one small Island nation left to take out.
>>549859892Erusea also gave me some Tsarist Russian vibes. Which isn't a contradiction, given the French influence on that monarchy.
>>549859774>>549859918to add, it also appears to be a video with English subs added by YouTuber Kocayine.He has more than a few Yugoslavia-breakup-related videos though, so I wouldn't know which one it's from.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_TightsI was looking up stuff about the Ghost myth and this was one of the related articles for other wartime myths. Apparently during the Chechen Wars rumors circulated of sexy, blonde, female biathletes mucking in with Chechen rebels and sniping Russian soldiers. This has fuck all to do with the Ghost but I find this extremely funny.
>>549857662>>549857890always hated this faggot
>>549852235><<REX THAT WAS A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL YOU JUST BOMBED!>>>random comment under that video:BASED REX FUCK THEM KIDS
>>549860347https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKjxqsYhQAQ
They ask me what it is like to kill people, I tell them I do not know. I have only ever killed Sotoans.
Since Sotoa is the antagonist this is the perfect time for Memri TV edits.
>>549859569>>549859930its vichy france you dolts
I will now buy a ps5
>>549860628>We will miss the days of Hamilton.>A Fishbed. A worn Fishbed is my only comment.>Let us talk about Princess Rosa, that watermelon seller.
>>549860716Amazing quality here, the photographer is a genius.
>>549860709its coming out on steam niggy
>>549852235>flying towards a mission objective>Enemy Pilot: "@Susie Don't worry, I'll be home in time for your birthday, Daddy just has go on one last airplane ride. :)">Susie: "@EnemyPilot I love you daddy! I can't wait to grow up and be just like you, but a civilian airplane pilot and not continue the cycle of violence at all!"
>>549860760>Strap me to missile and fire me at November City, I am ready!>>549861012This is how you create a future war criminal.
>Social media angleI'm praying for Nanomachine TorresI'm praying hard
>>549861012>AWACS: As Emmerians once said, he's dancing with the angels now kid
>>549860760>please, none of us have time to discuss such childish topics such as 'ateheism' 'human rights' or 'belka'
MEANWHILE IN STRANGEREAL /K/
>>549861005I run a i5 4670k and a gtx 770 I won't be able to run it, my cope is I'd prefer to play it on my 70inch tv
I'm so happy bros, I really thought we'd be looking at a late 2026 announcement with a holiday 2027 release
what will be Rex's eceleb name? Hasan piker?
So what are Osea and Erusea doing while Sotoa and FCU are beating the shit out of each other?
>>549861552Don't electrocute the dog, he's been through enough
>>549861592>Licking their wounds>Rebuilding the world's satellite networks>Slowly being bought up by GR and Neucom>Belkan pogroms
>>549861592sitting with their thumbs up their asses
>>549861154Extremely based
>>549861592I imagine Erusea suffered a huge hemorrhaging of the population, again.Osea might have decided to pull out of Usea, honestly.
>>549861413>YUKES DEVELOPING SCINFAXI 3, IT"S FUCKING HAPPENING BWOS>yeah right, because the first two iterations are any good>those were destroyed by anomalies, anon. how much ace of aces like Razgriz and Trigger do you think are there?
I HAVE A SINGLE WISH
>>549861413>HARLING WAS MURDERED BY TRIGGER, HE WAS ONLY PARDONED BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY EMBARASSING TO SEND HIM BACK TO JAIL
always blame the belkans
My prayers have been answered. After 2 console generations, PA have finally remembered that supersonic shockwave vapor cones can occur.
>>549861413counting or not counting skipped refuel and landing mi-ack
So it's confirmed that Count is in AC8, right? There's a voice that sounds like Greg Chun saying the line "I can make your kill count to be whatever." and "Alright, from now on, you'll be the greatest ace pilot this war will ever know."Try comparing their voices. I've timeskipped the trailer to where Count speaks.https://youtu.be/JQYx_867ua0I&t=72https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqdj6a1CtZk
>>549862581he'll be the awacs and eating sandwiches on the mic
Does Nemo get the flight data from both Rex's?
>>549862581its either count or dision
imagine going to war because a cute girl said so
>>549862829That's not Dision. This is how he looked pre-sublimation.
>>549862881I'd do anything a cute girl tells me to do
Is Tasha an ethnic Yuktobanian? Peep her dogtags, its got the Yuke "leaping stag" on it.
>>549862979is that nig my WSO
>>549862581Nah after watching the JP trailer the guy saying those lines is the suits guy. Maybe they did get Count's VA to voice him.
>Count is backIf this is true, then they better not kill him off.
>>549863035I hope not, if the WSO's a nigger I'm not going to use two-seater in this game
>MF>Megafloat>Suit guy welcomes newcomer>Neucom>Burgers in multiple scenes>carrier ops, snow tent hangars, greenery hard hangars>missing man formation>not playing as oseayeah i'm thinking we're back
>>549863373ThrustyWump/Belenger detected
>daredevil>sol squadron>archangecan this faggot still do it?
>>549862979I mean that's certainly a stag, but I don't think we can extrapolate that it's the Yuke's jumping one.Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a Yuke in the squad, characters from various countries is better than homogenous Usean blorbos.
MY STUPID ASS THOUGHT I SHOULD SLEEP TONIGHT FOR A CHANGEWE ARE FUCKING BACK
>>549863425>>Suit guy welcomes newcomerjp acecombat twitter is speculating glasses suit guy is a general resources executive, since he has the flashy bluetooth headset and smartphone>>549863512i mean, its a red background, a stag, "tasha/natasha" itself is a slavic name, yuktobania is a big political player in strangereal...kinda seems like it to me
>>549863425If they're going with USN tail codes (would make sense if this is a carrier-focused game) then MF would be the tail code assigned to Joker Squadron's carrier air wing; why would Joker Squadron have a Megafloat tailcode if they're stationed on Endurance (at least at the time of their formation)?
>>549863807the game starts off on a carrier, but there are several screencaps of a land-based airfield hangar, perhaps thats the base that uses the MF tailcodealso, maybe its like 7 in that the protag transfers between different units and even service wings
>>549861592More importantly, what are the Yukes doing while Sotoa's actively waging cross-ocean war and when we inevitably start bombing Sotoa? Getting puppetes by the Belkans to stay quite/sell arms to the Sotoans?
>>549857890Talking WSO is such a nothing burger, idk why people want another character that only exists to jerk you off
>>549862581>Count goes right back to committing fraud>But this time it's for the good guysWould be funny, at least
Seems like the Endurance might be using the USS Hornet as a model base, apparently they had some team members go and scan the ship a while ago.
>>549864035https://x.com/HornetMuseum/status/1999330740820148317Actually I think this tweet just straight up confirms it.
>>549864029>count brought back out of retirement>not because he's a good pilot>but because he's the best at cooking the books
>>549863937Yeah, but the trailer's got the MF tail code on the Hornets while they're on Endurance - including the catapult launch scene.I wouldn't be surprised if I'm completely wrong or it's something subject to change though, since it is just a reveal trailer.
>>549863965Same reason why a Yuke is heading a squadron of state sec for Belka 35 years ago?
Was hoping the soundtrack would lean more towards 3 but the snippet in the trailer sounds like ac7-2 which is lame
>>549862784Nemo gets the flight data from our Roca Roja tunnel runsThat's why he can save Rena in Bug Hunt
surely she'll be in this one, r-right bros?
>AC8 finally announced>am reminded that AI niggers have ruined hardware prices for the forseeable future
>>549864278>legacy Hornet made it inFuck it why not.
HOW CAN THEY USE A SHIP NAMED AFTER WAR CRIMINAL? NEVER FORGET DOOLITE ATTACK TARGETED JAPANESE CIVILIANS. WHEN WILL YANKEES LEAVE OKINAWA?
YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY WANT THE SUPER PLANES TO BE OP LIKE IN THE OLDER GAMES AND NOT GIMPED IN 7 AND INFINITY
>>549864525its gimped because of multiplayer
>>549859269>Or am I trippingTripping, it was a War thunder CC discord in-joke that leaked an got picked up as "Real News" and blew up.
>>549863657Its not like hands free and phones are exclusive, Neucom literally have a smartphone advertisement in game in 2019, AC8 is 2029+
>>549864525TLS should act like a proper super death ray instead of having minute long tick rate health chipping
>>549861191>BELKAN SECRET WEAPONS, SON!>THEY GET MORE RIDICULOUS IN RESPONSE TO BUTTHURT!
>>549864628ADMM should be like 6 not like the later versions
Imagine if they let you actually "walk around" your airplane in the hangar menu, like in 7's VR mode.
>>549864279I mean they got it running on PS5 hardware and that's already 6 years old at this point. Plus they're still running on the same Unreal Engine that 7 used, with the biggest change apparently being Cloudly for more snortable clouds. Hopefully they've managed to be more optimized/efficient with everything since it's a known system, but that might be asking too much when the entire industry's been using hardware as a crutch for shitty code.Man, there really was only a short 2 year window from 2023 to a few months ago to upgrade PC hardware in between the GPU shitcoin farm shortage and the AI RAMpocalypse. Gabecube's probably going to be prohibitively expensive because of everything as well. It's rough, buddy.
>>549864925Hope they bring back the plane animation from the older games
>Rex of Theves>King of ThievesWill we see a Robin Williams performance?
>>549864968>Plus they're still running on the same Unreal Engine that 7 usedThey're using UE5, not UE4. You can even see raytraced reflections.
>>549864968Ace Combat 8 is on Unreal Engine 5. We don't know anything beyond that (version, features on/off, etc.).Press release(s) and news circuit.
>>549864968>Gabecube'sThe cope is Valve already produced a lot to the circulation so it shouldn't be affected that hard, but things certainly don't really bode well desu.
>>549861592Oseans are chilling out on the space elevator and daring anyone to fuck with them.
>>549865096>raytraced reflectionsaka shit nobody cares about
>>549864279I wonder how much dedotate wam the Nemo simulation requires. >>549864968>>549865167According to Valve employees the price should be about what it costs to make am equivalent rig yourself, whatever that means. I think if they keep it under 1k it'll sell like hotcakes.
>>549865096>>549865146You'll need to provide more evidence of this, the Famitsu article says they're using the same engine as 7.UE5 is not UE4, claiming 7 and 8 in the same engine would be a lie if 8 is truly in UE5.
So my prediction is this:You are some refugee (together with the hawaiian shrit guy, egirl and guitar guy) who they pulled out from an evaculation or something, you arrive on a SAR bird to the ship, they realize you and the three others know how to fly and they are short on manpower so they put you in the backseat of the "Wings of Theves" (probably the bearded guy), but the guy is a fraud who became a legend purely through ghost of kiev tier propaganda. The first time he has to fight a superweapon he gets fucked up. You grab his dogtag and become him and live up as the king of aces (Thus rise above)It's the only logical progression of the trailer
>>549865476I admit, I've only looked at English-language press, which certainly does not have a spotless track record.I'll dig around.
>>549865476Some time ago there was a JP article interviewing PA devs in their studio and they were specifically talking about using UE5. Can't provide a source atm unfortunately because it was from a while back shortly after the company was formed as Bamco Aces.
>>549865476There was an interview done with Kono and co. all the way back in like 2021 when they first announed the ILCA merger that stated 8 is being developed with UE5. Also, its something that should be immediately obvious if you have eyes? UE4's rendering tech is 2012 era shit.
>>549865476>>549865618https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/ace-combat-8-wings-of-theve-coming-in-2026
>>549861592Osea might be going hands-off in regards to Usea because the last time they got involved they caused a clusterfuck (this was the same exact reasoning given as to why they never got involved in the Continental War in regards to Osean diplomatic overtures into Usea causing AC2)Erusea is probably still dealing with post-war recovery and breakaway states (i.e. Shilage and Voslage, though those two could very easily be goners in the immediate aftermath of AC7)
>>549865360Its a very noticeable upgrade over straight cubemap reflections and/or SSR.
>>549861413I lived near the space elevator and managed to get my hands on an intact AI core from one of the down arsenal bird drones. Gonna see if I can plug it into an RC airplane for shits and giggles.
>>549865476Maybe you read the MTL too quickly,OR your 日本語 isn't too 上手 yet
>>549865618>>549865664>>549865695>>549865730Well shit, I was really hoping it would be UE5.Man, I hope my rig can run it....
>>549865881Wouldn't be, I mean.Fuck.
it do be time
>>549865881>Man, I hope my rig can run it....unless the AI bubble pops tomorrow, PC parts arent getting any cheaper
>>549866023<< May the Golden King smile upon you! >>
>>549865971If you can run Frostpunk 2, you can run Unreal Engine 5.Not saying play Frostpunk 2, it's on UE5 so check its system requirements
>>549866023Dance with the angels, anon!
>>549866075It ran Lords of the Fallen (2023) decently when my friend wanted me to try it out with him, is that a good sign?
>>549866261For now, I'd say so.The RAM shortage is definitely going to cause optimization to be more of a priority. It's going to hit CPUs soon too.
>>549852201With the red flashes and so on I was worried it was just going to be a reveal of Battlefield 6's next expansion or some shit.
>>549866376performance varies wildly even on games using the same engine tbf, AC8 and Frostpunk2 and Fortnite all use the same engine but require way different things from your hardware
I'll just pray and hope that it can run well enough to play, I'm not a graphics hog I'll put everything down to the lowest setting if need be.
Really people should be upgrading right now while they can. My prediction is that by 2030 there will be no more computer parts at all, and they'll be selling terminals that connect to cloud computing.
>have a fuckton of bordered nations>yeah lets attack those guys an ocean awaythe fuck is sotoa's problem?
>>549867163>a fucktonYeah, like YuktobaniaAnd YuktobaniaAnd Verusa! The country, not the continentOh but Verusa is on the other side of Yuktobania
>>549866865not like I play many modern gamesI have bought 0 games in the entire year of 2025 and only a couple indie games last year.
Is Osea gonna intervene this time or stay out of it?
Oceans have actual waves and swells. Might be a neat bit of challenge for extreme low altitude flight in stormy weather.
>>549853826The problem with 7's narrative is more to do with the fact that they glued together elements from like six different drafts, leaving a lot of orphaned dialogue.
>>549867384I wish 7 just stuck with the penal unit idea all the way through. That was novel, we didn't need to join a real unit.
>>549867163it'll probably be told in-game or in the next aces at war book
>>549867336staying out most likely
>>549867356>Tsunami level>Have to dodge giant waves as they wash through a cityWould be amazingHopefully modders can edit the wave levels so things can get absurd
>>549867628They won't do tsunamis, touchy subject in Japan, but they might do rogue waves.
>>549865501I love this premise to bits.>>549867336I bet they're gonna stay out.>get massively fucked in 2019>literally every single carrier except the grounded one got fucked, meaning no more power projection>have to rebuild satellite constellations or fight like it's 1950>this is another conflict on the Usean continent, and the last one was a gigantic PR disaster
>>549867384The one thing about 7's orphaned dialogue that still lives rent-free in my head is>Georg - the Belkan on the böte with Avril and Tabloid that exists in the final release purely to give Tabloid an excuse to say he's Belkan - was meant to tie into Avril's similarly orphaned dialogue on Tyler Island about a guy who wanted to atone for his sins, because the initial draft had Georg be responsible for Harling's death instead of a drone - he had a whole speech cut from the game during Avril's space elevator transmission in M19>He was also supposed to be the one killed off-screen by debris instead of Tabloid.
>>549867290Estovakia wasn't exactly labeled on the world map at first, we don't know, man. could be 5 small ones
>>549867671>They won't do tsunamis, touchy subject in Japanwat? didnt disaster report do tsunamis?
>>549867336They didn't do anything for Aurellia
>>549867967>Released in 2018 in Japan, it is the fourth entry in the Disaster Report series. It was originally meant to be released for the PlayStation 3 by Irem, but was cancelled in 2011 after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March of the same yearIt's not like nukes where it is completely forbidden, but by making tsunamis a "cool moment" setpiece, you're going to be pissing off a whole bunch of people whose families died in one tsunami or another. It's just a sore subject. You need to be respectful about it.
>>549867384Yeah the actual core plot of AC7 wasn't too bad for me but it could never decide what it wanted to be.Just take the prisoner story, insert Huxian (she beat up her commander like in the torres dlc or something) and run the prisoner plot with the drones straight. No need to switch team constantly.
>>549868095are you the same retard who keeps trying to push this bizarre notion that geopolitics will dictate what planes appear in ace combat
>>549868093That was basically immediately after the Lighthouse War, they had nothing to help with.
>>549864925Christ you'd think that was a photo.
You guys did notice the listing for the game shows co-op right? (AC7 only lists online pvp)
>>549867713>literally every single carrierExcept Vulture (II), unless the same mission where they lost Kestrel II also sunk that one
>>549868176Hell yeahIt's the one thing I wanted to have in AC8 so now I just have to hope it doesn't suckMy hype is growing STRONGER
>>549868173Yeah some of these shots are honestly crazy high fidelity.
>>549868147No? That sounds really pathetic. Again, rogue waves fine, tsunami not fine. That's my argument. If you don't buy it, fine. If we get a cool mission where you have to dodge skyscrapers while outrunning a wall of water, that's great. I'd be surprised the Japs would do it, but I wouldn't complain.
Gonna miss her
Shame were playing as Useans again, should have just let us be the Yukes fighting off Sotoa instead
>>549868424She'll be backShe's on my returning characters bingo card as the free space
>>549868441>How is big bad Yuktobania having trouble fending off fucking Sotoans?>Oseans fucked our shit UP during the last war and we're still not back in shape.
>>549868275>If we get a cool mission where you have to dodge skyscrapers while outrunning a wall of waterDifferent anon, but this has suddenly reminded me of a different Japanese video game that uses a tsunami as a cool moment set piece.
>first-person cutscenes>story takes place in a carrier>F-18 as canon plane>the player character is a WSO (turned pilot)am I the only here who thinks that this is just the Battlefield 3 F-18 mission but as it's own game?
>>549868441I want a Nordennavic game.Give me.
>>549868735yes
>AC8 introduces an annoying child character>Game ends on the reveal that it's Trigger's kid with your favourite AC7 girlYour reaction?
>>549868856>it's Trigger's kid with your favourite AC7 girl>Your reaction?I disapprove of May-December relationships.
>>549868980Wait fuck my sleep deprivation has obliterated my reading comprehension
>>549868856I don't know if I'd be okay with Trigger cucking his boy by smashing Huxian.
>>549867384Based on some JP articles I read the lead writer basically rushed out one script then turned his attention to other projects. Kono wanted to make more changes (presumably cut out some plot elements entirely) but couldn't really challenge an industry veteran who had seniority and clout.>>549867435This.>>549868134I'm not sure it had a core plot. there are five parts and none of them feel like a 'core'.>Basic intro but with completely unclear reason for the conflict>Novel penal squadron section serves no purpose and has no consequences>Fairly normal AC stuff with the LRSSG>4th act after the satalites go down is one giant plot hole>Hamfisted anti-drone message which is not supported by the rest of the storyThe Penal Squadron stands out most but its also the least relevant to the other sections.
>>549868638Holy shit, look at that!
>>549868202>Except VultureRight, I forgot. The game just says she's sailing empty, right?
>>549869151Penal Squadron is super relevant, it's a parallel to the drone theme where both drones and the penal pilots are disposable.
>inb4 the final mission has everyone decorate their planes the same as Rex and we get an entire Squadron of Wings of TheveJEAN LOUIS
>>549869379That combined with the enemy being smug about revealing that Rex isn't the legendary ace the propaganda made him out to be will be kino>There were only supposed to be four Wings!>There wasn't even supposed to be one!>Then why are we reading multiple incoming Wings squadrons?!
One nitpick I hope finally gets set right with Sotoa being the antagonist nation is that the rest of Verusea’s countries finally get names Sotoa has been named since AC5 bro it’s time to finish up the map
>>549856215>>549856348>pilot is autistic and keeps his hands in a t-rex pose
>>549869116Yeah trigger is for the princess
>the Legend is revealed to be untrue>all of the inflated kills you are credited with during the game are exposed>Rex is then revealed as a Singularity and singlehandedly beats his own legendary accomplishments
>Already getting kino fan art
>wake up>might as well look at TGA, nothing cool would've been announced>AC8 announcedsomeone pinch me
>>549869848Yeah, 100% the enemy force you're dealing with is going to reveal the Wings of Theve, prior to you mantling it, was a bunch of bullshit, and it's going to lead to a massive morale drop because nobody knows what to believe.
>>549869297Yea, she's basically Kestrel at the time of that mission. A carrier with no plen
SOTOA IS IN RIGHTFUCK USEA
>>549871156>Account based in: Belka
>>549871492fucking kek it would be really hilarious if this is actually in game that the belkans were all the shitposters
What’s the over/under on if this game will actually be fully completed abd not rushed off the cutting room floor like 7 was?
>>549871156>>549871492Kek. The usual response might be>Hoffnung is fake, tbdesu. Sidewinders can't blast open factory complex
here you go anons, for future usage
>>549871624I mean we've already gathered the general plot of the story is that the MC is loosely based on the fake story of the Ghost of Kyiv (Kyiv [keeve] and Theve even rhyming), and the overarching narrative is about spinning false narratives, and disinformation as a tool of war. As an overarching story, that's already more cohesive than "uh penal unit and then drones happened."
>>549871624It probably won't be as rushed as 7. 7 was during a period where Ace Combat was effectively dead as a franchise. It made sense that had a troubled development, 8 ought to be a case of "shut up, finish the script, make the missions, make sure the clouds look nice."
>>549872105I just hope that after finishing the script they did some re-drafting and aren't afraid to fix things.
>>549853726No but she probably has onlyfans
>mission 12>you have a legendary soldier in your plane inside an unguided bomb and you have to do a successful HALO jump behind enemy lines>you are also tasked to do a successful fulton recovery with your plane after his mission ends>operation: rigid serpentcringe or cringe?
>>549870646got the source to that? it's so new that nothing is bringing it up.
>>549872891https://x.com/Heartbreak_Juan/status/1999398467580613103
>>549872891heartbreak juan
>>549854119Here's your wingman bro.
>dialogue sounds flat and generally not good>muh "soshal mehdiaz">Unreal Engine 5>anonymous epic choirs for the OSThope it's just not another Ace Combat 7 frens :(
uh this came out of my feedwhy is niki minaj in my ace combat?
>>549874052>dialogue sounds flat and generally not goodIt's the reveal trailer. Do you remember how awful 7's was?Also>muh "soshal mehdiaz"Has the potential to be at least an interesting way to follow on 7's "what is true and what is rumour" theme, and this time it's not going to be development hell. Allow yourself to hope, buddy.
>>549874284stop giving attention to shitposters larping as "concerned ace combat fans", retard
Remember to votehttps://strawpoll.com/xVg71Mmxeyrhttps://strawpoll.com/xVg71Mmxeyrhttps://strawpoll.com/xVg71Mmxeyr
>>549874481Not today, CIA
>>549874361I care about AC retard, go back to War Thunder toxic cunt>>549874284>Do you remember how awful 7's was?To be fair? No>Social mediasIt might be good, but I usually don't trust corporations on these type of things. Hope the trope is at least of AC3 tier
>>549874481Project Aces and Wingman General/pawg/
Thank Christ the protag plane isn't the fucking F-22 again.
>>549854073I did, will post it again once I get home later but this time remember to actually use it in the OP.
Take your bets, everyone.Will we see the Lighthouse in AC8?
So is this a transport?>>549870646>>549872995Kino.>>549874576>To be fair? NoTake a look for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zuBSUJfpBk
>>549875164ok yes fair enough, you're right
Alright friends time for me to start getting into Ace Combat
I'm going to have to replay the entire series again aren't I
hoping that Neucom and GR appear more, this time
>>549875164>Arsenal Bird designYeah I can already smell the presence of Osea in AC8
can't wait for the inevitable "suicide drone to take out a power plant" mission
To a certain Draken enjoyer in the thread: aren't you glad you were wrong?
>>549875332It's like choosing my own pokemon
>>549876075F-4 beats F-14 which beats MiG-29 that beats F-4?
>>549876134I can't make sense of these arbitrary stats on these planes because the F4 just has worse everything compared to the F14 lol
Famitsu interview says concept phase started in 2020. So probably 4 years of development?https://www-famitsu-com.translate.goog/article/202512/60393?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true>The concept for "ACE8" was solidified in 2020 and development began, but this is entirely thanks to the support of everyone." was well-received by fans of the series and we were able to attract new customers, which gave us the impetus to develop it. We felt that releasing "ACE8" was a great opportunity to make an even bigger leap forward for the Ace Combat series.ACE7--Sales of "ACE7" are going well."Ace Combat 8" was well-received by fans of the series and attracted new customers, which gave us the impetus to develop it. We felt that releasing "ACE8" was a great opportunity to make an even bigger leap forward for the Ace Combat series.
>>549875773It would be cool if they actually acknowledged it as a derivative design. It happens all the time IRL, so it could be used as a theme too.>Uploading files from your IP range has been temporarily blocked due to abuse Pretend I posted a J-35.
>MC is voiceless still per interviewThat's good, I was worried.
>>549874052>>549874284I think it will be a better 7. The same kind of game overall but with each element executed better. The biggest potential weak link is the story but as long as they don;t push things too far the game has potential to really good. The ideal outcome is a game which we can compare to 7 and say "that wasn't a return to form, but this is.">>549874694Yeah it's about time. But I hope we aren't stuck with naval jets for too long into the campaign. Hornet is nice but I'm a dorito guy and we probably won't get the Rafale until pretty late.>>549874950Yeah for better or worse we will probably end up going into Usea. Hopefully there is some new set piece in Sotoa first.>>549876620I was going too post one for you but saw this J-10 image in my china folder. It looks so good in this paint job, I hope we get the A variant in game with this as the unlockable skin for it.
So OG Rex survived the last war, made to shoulder a fake clout and then just die so the player could replace him? That's kinda cruel
>>549876328Pretty much. In a live stream few years back they said they started development back in 2021 or so.
>>549877091I want the OG Rex to have some character or mention post-death so that it doesn't seem like he's some faceless replaceable grunt.
>>549876328I try my best not to let Kobayashi namedropping and wanking turn my opinion against him unfairly, but seeing even (Japanese!) interviewers do it gets to me.
>>549877870plot twist, OG Rex survived and now is working for the enemy and coming after (you) for stealing his legacy
>>549876075"Stealth">Spray paints it white blue and red the moment I purchase itjej
>>549877880Kobayashi namedropping?
>>549878325>>549876075>One livery for everythingI know having your own custom skin is a must as an Ace but this is just stupid and overglazing.
>"We designed the dogfight maps to allow free flight across an immense 10,000 square kilometer space, while also crafting tiny elements like the hamburger featured in the promotional video for the cinematic scenes.">Huge playable areas and detailed objects>That and UE5 with all the graphical baggage that comes with it like raytracingFor Bamco sake, I really, really hope they'll try to optimize this fucking game.
What's the best VR headset to buy? I'll get one just for AC8 alone.
>>549859269Ghost of Kiev was a War Thunder story that was made up and then some War Thunder youtubers started taking money ‘reporting’ on it before admitting they lied. 100% bullshit through and through, and it’s a good symbol of what that war became.
>>549878969the clouds might act as render fog, here to hoping anyway
>>549878969Any chance of the game being under 100 gigs? I might have to buy a new SSD for this and Wuwa at this point.
>>549879185You might as well buy those SSDs ASAP with all these AI fiascos fucking up productions.
>>549879185>WuwaEasy solution, drop Wuwa and gachashit.
I just realized with the social media aspect, there’s a not-0% chance you can drop a bomb on a twitch streamer’s house
>>549879185If the assets are in 4K that's almost impossible
>>549863978I want a girl to jerk me off, the concept's not particularly difficult to understand.
>>5498791851,000,000:1
>>549879076complicated question to answer, the Bigscreen Beyond 2 is personally the headset I really want due to the small form factor and MicroOLED displays but it's $1k+ and you need to source Basestation trackers and controllers either from a Valve Index or get them ala carte from Valve or eBay, or you can just wait for the Steam Frame and save yourself the headache
>>549878758Yea, I get it's a pretty damn old game, but it would've been nice if you didn't have everything in the same damn color though
>>549878381In this interview's case, I think it's a bit unfortunate that the interviewer asked specifically about Kobayashi's involvement. I get why, of course.It was nice save for Kono and Shimamoto to explicitly mention Kitadani and Watanabe (the MTL writes it out as "centered around" them? Watanabe returning as Audio Director, and Kitadani as...?),and implicitly include the rest of the compositional team (the exact lineup of which we aren't sure about).As for fan discussion, whether or not people believe that "most of the good/notable tracks are by Kobayashi" is their opinion to have,but sometimes they believe that he was the sole composer on a given game.People talk about the music from other franchises like Nier (it's all Keiichi Okabe!) or Persona / SMT (it's all Shoji Meguro!),and sometimes, even those in the know still misattribute.Ultimately, not an issue we have here, and not an issue I can do anything about.In short, less about competence; more about credit.
>>5498806172 fixes this so you only have the one game with a single paint scheme.
>>549880765Fair enough, I think. Personally, I'd enjoy it if Go Shiina came back to compose more music for the series.
What if it turns out to be an AI generated prank and John Namco tweets something like:>Haha I can't believe they fell for our it! They couldn't tell the obviously AI generated footage was AI generated! Like we'd ever make another shitty plane game. Our real new game next year is One Piece lol
>>549880765>>549880920I want more Nakanishi.Is he even still involved with Ace Combat?
>>549881517I remember people saying the first Persona 3 Reload leaks were AI generatedI hate this timeline so god damn much
>>549881597https://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Tetsukazu_Nakanishiquick google gave me this
>>549881517The only thing AI generated is going to the doctored strangereal arma 3 footage our media guy is using as propaganda.I bet our little rust bucket carrier is actually like a media center where all the propaganda is coming from.Then the enemy aces finally pinpoint the source of all this arma 3 gameplay footage and finally decided to launch an attack on us, and Rex just goes up there and wrecks his shit.
I wasn't awake so I'll just get this out of the system:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT'S REAL IT'S HAPPENINGNow I just need the hardware to run this...
>>549878248Close enough, welcome back Raven
>>549880920It will never happen but I want more music like what we got in 3. I would be happy if we got more music like what the first two games had though.
>>549881597He's listed as "assistance" on two relatively recent original albums from veteran Namco / Bamco composers (ALL ABOUT LOVE vol.1 and vol. 2).Other familiar names like Nakatsuru, Okubo, and Hashimoto composed tracks for these albums,but "assistance" is all the credit he got on them. Dunno what that means.
>>549880765Kobayashi is great but he’s not the only one. Some of my favorite tracks came from Nakanishi.
What do we think he is talking about here? (quoting the MTL anon posted for all all the できない anons)>If you look closely at the key visual, you can spot one item. Please take a good look and let your imagination run wild about the story.And>I'll elaborate more later, but for ‘ACE8’, we decided early in development to make that narrator ‘a certain entity’. This naturally aligned with the idea of engaging with cinematic scenes in first-person, leading to the current focus on real-time, first-person cinematic sequences."Certain Entiy" isn't bad translation, it's just that vague. I'm a bit disappointed we aren't going back to a journo-narrator they did good in 0 and great in X, but anythign is better than scrap queen,Also what do we think about cockpit cameras?>Previously, we could only show narrative scenes through radio chatter and external fighter aircraft action. This time, however, we can use cockpit cameras to show the characters of wingman aircraft. We've prepared such scenes for conversations before missionsI'm dubious, would be great if it reduced the load for actual cutscenes, but suck to have some squadmates face pop up on screen unexpectedly when loading into a mission.,
>>549881703>did 7 tracks in AC7Anyone know which ones he did?
>>549882245>cockpit camerasSomething like AC6 but more animated I assume?
>>549882346you can always go to vgmdb for all of your VGM info needs (and more! They got all kinds of shit like doujin release credits)
>>549882245where's the original
>>549882467*just don't blindly trust their [insert language] into English track title translations to be 1) official or 2) well done
Meet your new squadmaets: Professor, Tasha and Noise.
>>549882728They seem okayNot the best squadmates, not the worst
>>549882728Why is Noise hitting the bombastic side eye
>>549882826Tasha's no Blaze, that's for sure
>>549882728im taking Tasha on a date when we get back from sortie
>>549882985Blaze the protagonist? That would've been a hell of a feat if she was
>>549882865He heard something
>>549883048did you even bring flowers?
I don't get itare they saying that they're making us the narrator?or just keep doing what they've been doing in the previous games. seems unlikely with the quote about letting the player be themselves so we're unlikely to receive a voice.
>>549882728Graphical glitch or Belkan orbital superweapon.Call it.
>>549882728>glassesIs this even allowed as a pilot?
>>549883432you're talking about the reflected panels on the windshield?
>>549883256I'd reckon it'll be something like Metro games, where Artyom only spoke in loading screen narration but never in-game. Though yeah it's especially vague for some reason here.
>>549882728I hope the middle one doesn't end being annoying as fuck
>>549883516When the fuck do AC girls ever be annoying? People complain about loudmouths like Chopper and PJ more.
>>549883734Shut up Nagase
>>549882467Thanks, anon
>>549883498oh wait, I checked the translation again.They're saying that first person cutscenes felt like a very natural evolution to the series, but previous entries didn't employ them because of the existence of the narrator.So this StoryTeller has to be someone that can talk while we remain in our first person view.I think it might be an AI construct.
>>549883734Carmilla's annoying and since the game is dead there's no way to shoot her ass down from the atmosphere
Well, well, well... if it isn't my old friend the Arsenal Bird..
>>549884012to be fair, that's a kid, and kids being annoying pricks is a given
>>549883435its strangereal , piloting planes is so common that even a cripple can do it in that world
>>549884030Pretty sure it's a modified XB0/Aigaion, look at the cargo bay. I don't think arsenal birds have that.
>>549882826I think that’s the idea, they’re a bunch of schmucks with enough influence to be turned into faux-heroes. They’re propaganda pieces from a side that has to lie and is outright losing the war.
>>549883435In the Navy, yes they actually are now. To a degree.
>>549884000>I think it might be an AI construct.It's definitely this, maybe it'll be Rex, and then we'll see him talk to us through our helmet HUD.
>>549884219I do hope the story goes from bunch of frauds turning into fucking monsters and actually useful AI late game, maybe AC6 tier AI rather than just Rex doing all the work while the rest of the world glazes him.
>>549883516>muh peace >muh not-arkbird>oi rex do you know what the not-arkbird is for?
>>549884478She's going to be either an e-girl "I don't want to be here" type character or a rising newbie "come on, let me join the REAL frontline" type character.
REX
I must admit I am disappointed by how much AC8 looks like 7. I suppose a distinct visual identity is too much to ask for when it comes to Unreal Engine
>>549884582>e-girl "I don't want to be here" type characterIt does seem that way. I'd prefer that than the latter trope desu. I just hope she won't be annoying about it though.
What constitutes for an Airborne Fortress in the good year 1995, I'm quite curious
>>549885261I guess that thing does lmeow
>>549883435If you had 20/20 when you got in and your eyesight declined years later? Yes (at least in real life). this guy's nickname is professor so he's probably a war veteran who got caught criticizing a higher-up and was "promoted" to the propaganda carrier
>>549885261Lots of SAMs, AA and escort fighters. Also some weirdly eerie accompanying music.
You guys remember that base assault game mode from Assault Horizon? They should really bring that back. Running the gauntlet of enemy aces in a B2 was quite fun.
>>549869151>based on some JP articles I read the lead writer basically rushed out one script then turned his attention to other projectsWe got D&D'd. Imagine what could've been
I was hoping for full-blown corporate shittery and more of a bleed-into AC3 but maybe they'll surprise me. Or maybe they're saving it for AC9/when they finally run out of countries.
>>549885589Ya weren't kidding
>>549885589>weirdly eerie accompanying musicUnless you're like me and your first time seeing and hearing that music is from a 2006 youtube video where the guy recorded it base boosted x100 and now you cant hear that song any other way.
>>549885563No they’ll let you in as a newcomer with glasses if your eyes aren’t too bad. Sometimes. It feels really random and I don’t understand it. But it has happened.
Anyone playing the campaign already? I just finished downloading.
Finally I have all the lore I need to start the series off
>>549885965>No trademarkProject Aces wouldn't let you go that easily
>>549885843They'll pull a Yugoslavia to make new countries anyway.
>>549885965>just finished downloadingWe're already speculating 9s story, where have you been?
>>549886037Yeah unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten.>>549886094Shit, have I been sleeping under a rock?
>>549886338I need to get a stick...
>>549886019now for the sequel! Overall Air Combat was a nice short little game, not much noteworthy to say other than I enjoyed the music, and fuck that reused ravine level for making me crash into the narrow walls man...
>>549886338>English copy of 3
>>549886070Lucky then that there's already a federation just waiting to break up>>549886338>AHWell she's thorough, I'll give her that
>>549886338>ACXIf she's taking a peek on which route is canon, she's a fraud
>>549886528Thank god, I hate inverted controls man
It’s been enough years in the canon do you think Princess Elise is pregnant with Trigger’s 4th child in 8?Also what seems to be the state of affairs with Er*sia in the new game? Still all nice and formal or what?
>>549886616Isn't that the JP cover art?
>>549886983I'd rather wonder about Cipher and Blaze after their games. Dudes just vanished like that while other MCs are still in service.
>He's a mass delusion fabricated by the rumor mill of social mediaI knew it was going to be the ghost of Kiev if he real. The story is guaranteed to be this >>549865501. Man, this is creative bankruptcy. If we're lucky we'll get an interesting twist, but I'm not holding my breath.
>>549887352Blaze vanished because he was officially KIA
>>549886616>>549887087is there a stark difference between the EN and the JP releases? Does it really matter if I play through one or the other?
>>549887516Don't you hate it when you actually have a good career and then you are forced to disappear because you joined Razgriz? I don't know how Snow would ever agree on retiring like this. He had a good thing going.
>>549887516So were Nagase
>>549887691English releases were going to get the JP versions story but Bamco pulled the plug on the localization at the last moment for budget reasons or some shit, so no branching mission paths, no cutscenes, etc etc
>>549887352Cipher's a merc, he's probably out there blowing shit upBlaze became an astronaut with his Nagase wife and had many kids>>549887691JP is an actual game with a story and campaign with multiple routes that clearly had a lot of love put into itEN is a storyless collection of missions slapped together because the JP version didn't do so well and they wanted to sell something overseasJP is often considered the best entry in the entire series, EN is often considered one of the worst, t's about as stark as it could getAnd it's not necessarily that the EN version is bad, it's just that JP version is so weird and good that playing a gutted version is a complete waste of your time>>549887825I'm pretty sure Snow enjoys his salvaging business, I think I read that somewhere
>>549887825well the files are declassified in 2020, so I assume Harling pulled some strings to let the four Razgriz members retire in peace and quiet should they choose
>>549888079>JP is often considered the best entry in the entire serieswell, plot-wise it's certainly the most complex and finished
>>549888037>>549888079alright thanks guys, I'll look into the JP version after I finish Ace Combat 2
>>549888350Personally I'm very fond of AC04's story, it feels like a fairly authentic war story and it has a good amount of pathosIt's simpler compared to 3 but it speaks to me on a more personal levelThe other games are a bit more mixed but still enjoyable, they do different things and when they succeed they're a lot of fun>>549888409There are English translation patched isos out in the wild now, should be easy enough to findHave fun anon
That's 2 coup's in 2 games, what's next, a 3rd coup in Ace Combat 3 or something?
They're jeets
I hope all the buddies that wanted a legacy Hornet are happy.
>>549888572They should call it Ace Coupd'état with how many coups there are
>>549888572AC4 but yeah
>>549888653Alternatively shah era Iran
>>549888653Counterpoint: Japan
>>549876893It would be thoughtful if our guy actually spoke for that first part of the game, and then he has to shut up when he assumes Rex's identity.
The certain entity is definitely hinting at it being a sentient, but not organic entity.ORAlternatively, it could be talking about a personified version of social media, and we'll read through the "narration" ala a twitter scroll, perhaps news report you can listen to in the first person walk around section
>the protagonist squadron is named JOKERSo will they get wet, wild and do dirty, dirty things?
>>549889179We'll live in a society
>>549888564We're opposites, 4 (and 5 in places) are extremely boring to me, out of all of the ones I've played. I treat X as a much better version of 4. But to each their own.
>>549889179>Shadow22/Aresso a squadron based on Catch-22?
>>549889179>the trailer calls out Shadow 22He's gonna be our rival, isn't he?
>>549889179Funny, Ace Combat Zero had a Joker squadron too. They were one of the squadrons in Valley of Kings getting shot down.
So the FCU Endurance is a post-rebuild Essex class. Apparently PA went to do scans of CV-12 USS Hornet, a carrier that was laid down in 1942.
"Slash""Edge"Cut my life into pieces...
Wait, don't the FCU have an actual modern aircraft carri..
>>549890215Isnt that Osean?
>>549889792Partially rebuilt apparently, since it still has the 5"/38 mounts in front of the island.
>>549889320I really like X, but the cutscene plot feels super sparse, especially compared to 04 (and 5), Albert feels really underutilised as a narrator compared to what you get in something like Zero or 5 or even 7What I find cool about X story-wise is that it's really a story about Crux more than anyone else, going from a nervous wimp to a confident AWACS who believes in you and himself; you don't really get that in any other AC game, AWACS are usually the voice you can rely onBut I can understand why people would find 4 boring, personally I grew up listening to and reading a lot of war stories so 04's somber, calm pace with a lot of heartbreak and hope thrown in really hit me in the right placesIt's not nearly as bombastic as 5 or Zero or hell basically all the other entries but for me it feels the most human out of all of them, makes Strangereal feel like an actual lived in world and not a Hollywood or anime movie>"Do you really hate us that much?!"
Go dance with the angels
>>549885843But it is a bleed-into 3 scenario, Osea has fallen so far that they're using old carriers in war for propaganda purposes and losing to a random island country (who are probably armed by Neucom let's be honest, this game's probably gonna end up with General Resource taking over the mainland)
>>549890283Technically, it's the IUN. I don't know though, the VR mission shows the ship launching Mobius
The only thing I hate about X is the missile speed and tracking, shit is so fast it always overshoots your target when you're jousting them and you don't have enough time to dodge missiles when the enemies are right behind you
>2029>still flying a fucking toasterWhere the fuck are my coffin planes?
>>549890824>OseaUsea, Federation of Central Usea.
>>549890215It sounds like the FCU is just scrapping bottom of the barrel stuff.
>Unreal Engine 5I love it when the game crashes more than I do.
Ace Combat 8? It's a mass delusion fabricated by the rumor mill of social media
Honestly, I think it makes sense to retcon AC3 taking place later than it did in 3. 2060 maybe?
>>549861592Osea is busy rebuilding EruseaErusea is busy siphoning funds from the not-Marshall Plan into military to have another go at Usean domination in Ace Combat 10
>>549868791You got Northern Wings :^)
>Rex>-1000 odds on "He's the king of aces" being dropped at some point
>想像せよパイロット諸君!1本の新作で1000万人が救済される! JP ace combat youtube comments are pretty wholesome kek
>>549891069>starts with bunch of hornets instead of shit like F-4I dunno, this is better than like, most of the starter crafts, the only one who is arguably better would be Talisman and his F-15
>>549891612It's 2029, so the F-18 at that point would be pretty bottom of the barrel. Are these even Super Hornets?
>>549891708There's Legacy Hornets in the steam page screenshots, but from what I remember all the Hornets in the trailer were Super Hornets.
>>549891708The starter one seems to be a classic model.
>>549891374>Rex's survival chances are betted on in strange!Polymarket
I really hope the F-35 won't have Luneburg lenses this time around
>>549891374>I guess you're right....>I guess we really are...... >.>.>.>WINGS OF THEVE
I'm happy that the missile counts are once again massive, I hope we get another furball mission where you get to wipe 100 planes like in Unexpected Visitor
FLY FASTFUNNYFULCRUM
Based on the JP trailer and after rewatching the ENG one I think the person who derogatorily refers to the Wings of Theve as a mass delusion created by social media is Fake!Wings of Theve himself because his VA sounds like the guy who tells Rex to survive and start swimming
Sotoa will fly these in Mission 1
Damn 4 missions in and I already have my favorite song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nWVijXCZ3AAlthough I gotta say the mission screen music here is also a jam
Odds of unspeakable horrors showing up in 8?https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iKKFotFCl2A&pp=ygUVbW9yY2VhdXggYWNlIGNvbWJhdCAz
>>549892424I think PS1 Ace Combat has the best music in the series.
Fuck SotoaAll my homies hate SotoaAlso, what are the chances that professor, tasha and noise will survive through the entire campaing?
>>549892475Hard to imagine Sotoa wielding anything scarier than Hugin and Munin but who knows, maybe they're already at Bug Hunt levels of secret tech>VIRUS ALERT
>>549892307My read wasGlasses is the one manufacturing the LegendOG rex is the cynical one going "it's all fake..."Then he crashes, dies, tells us to swim home, we then grab his dog tag and swim upI assuming the guy on the raft isn't actually him.
>>549892789>I assuming the guy on the raft isn't actually himCorrect, the guy on the raft and (You) get picked up by the Carrier first - then OG Wings of Theve dying happens later.
>>549892475We will see version 1.0 of NEMO. Screencap this postAlso if Dision is already around at this tome then where is Simon at?
>>549892963Currently working for GR, gonna transfer to Neucom in a couple years
>>549892475Probably low but I would love to be wrong.
>Shadow 22 has a female squad member/comms officer who has to tell him to pull outclose enough, welcome back Yellow 13
We're getting an AI WSO.
>>549893090Does Neucom and UPEO and the other big firms exist during this time? It’s been a while but I never recall hearing them mentioned outside of 3
>>549893519GR is the one salvaging Alicorn, iirc
This guy is the raft guy, yeah? roughly same looking stacheI think he appears again in the party cutscene
>>549893712He appears in a few scenes, he's also in the balcony scene
>>549893819Do we have his name?I can't tell if he's part of our squad or not.Or maybe he's like the narrator entity that just follows us everywhere
>>549893519GR has a presence in 7, they're the guys behind Mimic squadron and retrofitting the AlicornNeucom is what the EASA turns into after Erusea has to sell off assets like their space programThe UPEO is presumably in the process of forming as the IUN had to step up during 7 and is going to eventually become the NUN, if it hasn't already
>>549893906hes probably the original rex?
>>549893519General exist at least, those two crazy fuckers in 7s dlc are flying SU-47s with the General logo on it.
>>549893906>Or maybe he's like the narrator entity that just follows us everywhereIf he's a ghost I swear to god
>>549893964nah, that nigga rex is dead
>>549893519The IUN-PKF is UPEO, or at least an early predecessor
I think they're going to introduce some sort of new gen fighter or weapon that officially makes Arsenal birds absolutely obsolete.
>>549893916>>549893986>>549894034Odds this is when they start taking major power in this game and we start legitimately transitioning into the AC3 timeline being in the horizon?
>>549893964>hes probably the original rex?I don't think so, in the scene where (You) and the confirmed squad members are walking to your hangars he's standing to Rex's left with his hearing protection and no pilot suit I think he might just be ground staff/comms?
>kono just got word the project was canceled December 10th>forgot to tell tga to not release the trailer>fans around the world are celebrating more than when the Kaiser surrenderedWhat would you do in Kono's shoes today 12/12/25?
>>549894582Well Arsenal Birds is in essence an old concept. a mothership, but with microwave shields and long range powered by transformed solar energy. if there's anything that can turn them obsolete, it's a wave disruptor
>>549894652I would say fairly high but I thought the same shit about 7Considering the absolute state of Strangereal right now I would be more surprised if they weren't actively picking up the pieces and puppeteering formerly sovereign nations>>549894685Find a fighter jet and become a real Ace Combat
>>549892706Unless they start throwing death flags left and right I guarantee at least one of them will be biting it for the cheap emotional gut punch.
>>549894652High, hopefully. COFFIN plane prototypes should be around if nothing else given they are in X.
Complete VR implementationCome on, it's literally perfect, all the first person cutscenes, you can just transition from fighting to cutscene seemlessly.
Based on the interview it sounds like static images for our squad are gone and now we'll have live cockpit feeds for all our squad?
>>549895413So back to AC6 style?
>>549895572The way the interview worded it it sounds like it's more like the cockpit shots in the trailer are actually in-game and not just cutscene shit. They talked about how one of the big challenges for implementing it previously was putting a camera view of the pilots in the aircraft
I've got to replay all the games now obviously. What's the best way to play 6? I think I actually have the disk somewhere but I don't think I have a 360 anymore.
>Kono: It looks like the Arsenal Bird because it attacks so fiercely, but it is actually a super-giant transport aircraft. >The reason we included this aircraft in the trailer is—which I'll explain in detail if we have another opportunity—because it serves as a clear and dynamic demonstration of the results of our design review for the game's mechanics, particularly the under-the-hood support for aerial combat. >If you look closely at the trailer, I think you'll notice things happening that have not occurred in previous Ace Combat games.I think I know what he was referring to here.It's either the destroyed plane's falling debris crashing into another plane, or regional destruction where you can break parts of the planes off, the large transport plane with the wings falling off and not just the whole thing going boom.
>>549896571Xenia worked for me though there was an audio bug in every cutscene. Some mates of mine say they could not even play it though so keep that in mind if you want to give it a go that way.
>>549896571Xenia emulation is good enough you can play through the game with no problems, but the cutscenes have a bad audio glitch so you'd have to skip them
>>549896793>>549896854Interesting. I might try it since I'v (probably) got the disk anyway. I'm willing to float the idea of even getting a series S or whatever since it seems like it's one of the backwards compatible ones. But I Also kind of hate the idea of buying into that when it won't be a permenant solution and MS could always just brick it and it will 100% stop working in the future. If I'm going for trying to complete my AC archive.At least with the PS1/2 games, I have the disks and also backed them up. So I normally play them on old reliable emulators and also I have multiple PS2s that still work and will essentially always work. The internet didn't necessarily ruin everything just by itself, but it definitely facilitated companies to ruin everything a lot more easily.
>>549896590
>>549897835God if coop/multiplayer ends up having Arsenal Bird fights this shit could get so hilarious>Dunking parts of superweapons on your friends and enemies
I've had an election since 9pm last night. How long until this goes away?
>>549898247did you try voting it away?
ngl, I hope we can get away from flying wings a little bit. I did really like the manta ray carrier one in AC6, but I'd like some more variety in the superweapons this time around. More land-based ones would be cool, we all love stonehenge, and even chandelier is cool. Arkbird and SOLG are some of the more memorable AC5 bosses, even if that's more for story reasons.
>>549898350Given the proximity to 3 maybe we can get some fighter sized superweapons, something in the same vein as Night Raven.
>>549898247If it lasts four years consult your politicians
>another modern day ACI bet Kono won't even add the most powerful swing-wing fighter on the planet
>>549899025And that might be?
>>549898092Imagine if this means more dynamic destruction for regular mob enemies as well. Like blowing the wing off of a fighter jet and it collides into its wingman.
>>549899025but the Philippines don't have a swing wing
><<Kebab 1 : its him , the Wings of Sheevs !>>
Post YFW the now-Queen Rosa appears with a personal peacekeeping unit in the vein of Mineva Zabi helping pacify the situation in Gundam Narrative
>>549899515It's all fun and games until it happens to you after spending 29 minutes in an annihilation type mission.
>>549900418>Went from charging into gunfire and diving off the space elevator to increasingly more dangerous situationsDoes she get off to it or what
>>549900727It's a little-known fact that the titular Daredevil that the song's title refers to is in fact Rosa, not Trigger
>>549900418can someone remind me the reason she jumped off the space elevator in that suit again ?
I hope we get to hear the main theme of 8.
Wouldn't it be great if in like 2 weeks they were just like>The VERY BEGINNING of 2026! It's out now!
>>549902040>Happy New Year
>>549902040AC7 dropped on January 18th 2019 so it's within the realm of possibility
>>549902040more likely that it'll be delayed until 2029
>>549902040Would be a very nice surprise but I doubt that will ever happen.
Alright, tell me about your plane list expectations, we already got both Hornets and the Su-57 confirmed:F-16CF-15C, J and EXF-111F-22F-35Buncha FlankersMiG-29A and hopefully a more modern variantMiG-23F-4 and MiG-21EurodoritosSome early mass produced COFFIN for the AC3 tie in, could be a original aircraft or a retrofitted one, the F-15S would be particularly neatThe superplane
I should probably use this as an excuse to replay 7, and get it on Steam since I previously had it on my now-sold PS4.I know this Maverick Ultimate Edition includes the Season Pass which includes all the DLC missions, but is there any other DLC that isn't included?
>>549902650Bring back the fucking Idolm@ster skins cowards
>>549865501To expand on my predictions (or just analysis really since I have nothing better to do):Professor is obviously the babysitter who did not like the ghost of kiev i mean the wings of theve (FCU carrier air wing 6, etc.)Tasha is going to be an uwu e-girl who only joined because of the wings of theve stuffNoise is this guy here (his guitar = noise) and he dies halfway though the storyHaiwaiian shirt guy is just a giant pussy (or maybe a mole I am leaning towards he’s gonna fuck you for his own safety which is standard AC trope)Theve is the FCU's capital city (SAR heli says "Theve city fire department) that just happens to rhyme with kyiv, which has to defend their homeland against the strangereal russians (the yukes, it happens on a ship, it's an ocean across so it's 100% the case)
>>549901897you already heard it>Kono: The main theme of this work was played in the PV
>>549902650Give me 3s S/MT and SU-43 and I am a happy man. Xs COFFIN planes or at least something like them should show up as well, if Aurelia can get them FCU or Sotoa should have a few.
I'm gonna go knock on Kono's door to see if he'll let me try just even a crumb of Ace Combat 8
Is this true "After the death of the team's ace, the player must become the ace and make the legend true using social media because the legend was never real to start with"
>>549902905Off the top of my head, the Morgan and the AC6 superplane. I think ECM pods are exclusive to them too.
Our rex needs a first person shower scene with out Obviously real and totally not cope cute tomboy WSO.
>>549904008Yes, it's literally laid out in the trailer>The man in front is Jan Rexco(sp?) the 'Wings of Theve', you're riding shotgun with a legendary ace of aces>He's a mass delusion fabricated by the rumor mill of social media(Scene of 'Wings of Theve' drowning as you claim his dog tags after getting shot down)>To keep hope alive 'Wings of Theve' must stay on the mission. He must fly on>I can make up your kill count to be whatever>Alright, from now on you'll be the greatest ace pilot this war will ever know
>>549903595Hawaiian shirt guy is probably some refugee civilian from the FCU that's meant to be a dev self-insert for comedy purposes.
The japanese title is worthy of some discussionliterally wings of a faker.
>>549904631>Faker? I think you're the fake Ace around here. You're comparing yourself to me? Hah, you're not even good enough to be my fake!
>>549905140>I'll make you eat those words!
>>549904368So will the theme be about how social media can make lies into the truth and the truth into lies because you will 100% force lies of the team's making into being the truth
now that the dust has settled, when the echoes of chaos have finally faded, once the storms fury died out, now that the battlefield fell silent, once the shadow has retreated and clarity returned, what was his fucking problem?
>>549903595>Theve is the FCU's capital city (SAR heli says "Theve city fire department) that just happens to rhyme with kyiv, which has to defend their homeland against the strangereal russians (the yukes, it happens on a ship, it's an ocean across so it's 100% the case)?Tasha is implied to be a Yuke, and the enemies are Sotoan.
>>549859341Umamusume pilots when?
>>549905620he really hates book stores
>>549905620hoffnung was the tipping point the nukes were the straw that broke the camels back
>>549905609[Sad News] The 'Wings of Theve' shot down an entire squad of evacuation craft carrying civilian refugees fleeing Sotoan airspace.
>>549861592Osea is America so I assume the population is tired of getting into conflicts after fighting 2 in the last 2 decades while just being a total cluster fuck the second time around though I put money on them backing one country in this war and this being a Yuke/Osean proxy war
>>549905987>Osea gets burned in one too many overseas conflicts and goes isolationist, leaving client states out to dry>America gets burned in one too many overseas conflicts and goes isolationist, leaving Ukraine out to drybravo katabuchi...
>>549904631> You aren't the Ghost, are you? You're just a shadow trying to cast a shape.>>549905678You're right I didn't see the livery
>the admiral kuznetsov is the super weapon>explicitly paranormal>runs on the souls of 50000 human sacrifices
>>549892424You seem to have the wrong opinion, you see, this is a Bear Tracks general, and if you disagree were gonna bring back lynching.
>>549906356Ah shit it's Fuga all over again
>>549903765Yes nigga I knowI want the full version
>>549861592considering its been 9-11 years since the lighthouse war I imagine Erusea managed to rebuild its military to a somewhat functional state minus their fleet which would take considerably more time to rebuild. that said with the space elevator being right there they might have a booming economy by 2029, that said unless Erusea and by extension Cosette has some kinship with the rest of USEA she probably wont involve herself in this conflict unless it ends up on her doorstep.Osea and the IUN are probably fucked though, they lost a lot of assets during the lighthouse war. All their satellites, all their aircraft carriers, all their known super weapons and they lost them all to a data breach by the Eruseans and had to spend half of the lighthouse war fighting their own equipment the Eruseans stole. As of 2029 in strangereal Yuktobania is probably the global hegemon or at the very least the largest super power, and it did so by doing nothing while everyone else beat themselves to death in back to back wars.
Modders recreating the AC8 Super Hornet skin for 7 really shows how much more detail is in AC8. Look at how low res the shadowmaps are.
>>549905932>Based50k likes | 16k regrunders
>>549906676>considering its been 9-11 years since the lighthouse war I imagine Erusea managed to rebuild its military to a somewhat functional state minus their fleet which would take considerably more time to rebuild. that said with the space elevator being right there they might have a booming economy by 2029, that said unless Erusea and by extension Cosette has some kinship with the rest of USEA she probably wont involve herself in this conflict unless it ends up on her doorstep.erusea got fucking raped in 7, in what fucking world are they in an economic boom that leaves them in a better state than osea? they got turned into a balkanized mess that had to privatize its crown jewel of an aerospace development organization to strangereal Apple
>>549906745>Joker >trickster > fake > He stole a name and pretended to be the ghost of kievMan Project Aces are really going for the subtle route this time around
>>549906745I hope Rex's insignia gets a tiny crown on it at the end
>>549906676Isn't Rosa just a diplomat after she helped set up that provisional government at the end of the war?
Post mission replay with an enhanced, actual photo mode that includes a free flight camera and a pause button please, Kono.
>>549904631What’s the Japanese title?
>>549907849It's "nisemono no tsubasa" which translates to "False Wings"
THIS GUYS A FAKE, HE'S A PHONY, A GREAT BIG PHONY!
>>549907928That’s way better, they should have just gone with that.
>>549908212"Theve" sounds like "Thief"/"Thieves" so it fits. "Wings of Thieves."It only sounds like "Kyiv" if you use the Russian pronunciation, which Japan has flip-flopped on but currently does not.
Any idea who the guy in the suit might be?Looks kind of out of place on a carrier.
>>549908524Really a missed opportunity to not call it Wings of Redemption
>>549907928Is that actually the title? Just seeing Wings of Theve in Katakana outside of refering to the protagonist as the one with false wings.
>>549908539see >>549858650
>>549888653>they are IndiaIndia bros Tejas and AMCA before they even fly in Real life also could be Pakistan/Turkey
>Superweapon is a maglev shinkansen<<It keeps weaving in and out of the tunnels, we can't damage it!>><<There is only one thing we can do, Rex, you have to dive in after it!>>
>>549908630Yes it's the title of the video on their official channel.
>>549908630「偽物の翼」(False Wings) is the subtitle of the game in Japan.「シーヴの翼」(Wings of Theve) is what the character is referred to in Japanese.
>>549906676>Yuktobania>implying the Belkans haven't been focusing on the Yukes after Osea took heavy losses during the Lighthouse WarThey can't have Belka Uber Alles if there's still someone who could challenge them.
>>549909059Tbf Yukes are likely just arming the bad guys though they may send a culinary PMC to assist them as that would be a funny mission
>>549874905Do you have the link for me to put in the next OP
carrier wing thevey
>>549908524>wings of thieves>you’re literally stealing the identity of the legend right down to the callsignSometimes I complain about stories being too on the nose but then I miss obvious shit like this and forget how retarded I am.>>549908603That would be too close to 7’s story of redemption. And you’re not really getting redeemed from any past wrongdoing
Are we still doing weekly sorties by the way?
You know, the Grey Men could easily succesfully make things go their way if they just lobbied governments to not invest as much in the air force, and sent most of the money to the army instead, so there would be less chance of a super giga ace to fuck up their plans. Again.
>>549909298Funny that you mention it as I just got home.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WCm3Erkaft9YNlsxcnBSvP2G3S7c3o4CT-TzSSekUpE/edit?usp=sharing
>>549909381><< LOOK HERE LOOK LISTEN >>
Theve is a funny word.
>>549909576><< I can't do it I can't TAKE this shit no more man! >>
>>549909537That's how you end up with a singularity in the army instead and we get a Commando Combat game
>>549909537The monkey's paw curls, and Osea gets a Tank Ace
>>549908830>>549908906Thanks for the clarification.
>>549909537That just means the up-and-coming Singularity has to fight TU-95s (because the enemy didn't buy anything new) while in an old 3rd-gen jet (because the airforce didn't buy anything new), eventually being the only dude trusted to fly one of a handful of the allies' 5th gens against ground-based army superweapons. So nothing really changes except maybe Ridge Racer courses get crazier as land superweapons end up reshaping the topography.
>>549909537They'll still want an air force even if it's just one plane, and obviously that one pilot is gonna be a mute psychopath super-ace that fucks up all their plans. Again.
>>549910028>ace combat game but your only choices are anti air tanks
>>549909831>>549910028Both of these sound like solid ideas in their own right. The tank one would probably have a bunch of cursed designs though.
>Joker squadronIt's literally the fool's journeyThe Joker's function in a deck of cards is to replace a lost cardRex is latin for King. Lost the King? Use the Joker.B-bravo kono
Early Delphinus prototype yes/no?It's 10 years until 3 so we could get some fucky neucom planes already.
>>549910559but anon theres two jokers in a deck
>>549910615The wheelchair the Sotoan officer lady uses looks very AC3-ish unironically
>>549910615Yes as a late-game enemy when Sotoa's emptying out the royal treasury buying anything that could keep them in power.
What confuses me about this is that the protag pilot (a.k.a. me) IS actually just worlds better than every other pilot in strangereal.So the concept of>We have a mythical pilot, we just cover up his death and replace him whenever we need to in order to maintain hope and strike fear into the hearts of our enemiesOkay. But I AM The ghost of razgris. I AM Mobius 1, I AM Cipher. and those pilots existed as real people.It's like if a masked gladiator was actually several different people, but then you just replaced him with superman>Good luck 'Rex'... Oh shit he's way better than the other Rexs have been, arguably better than we pretend he is
>>549910809
>>549910909ludonarrative dissonance. or some gay shit like that
>>549910909The FCU has simply never had a real Singularity to themselves, so they had to make one up.We're going to make it real.
>>549910909>>We have a mythical pilot, we just cover up his death and replace him whenever we need to in order to maintain hope and strike fear into the hearts of our enemies>Okay. But I AM The ghost of razgris. I AM Mobius 1, I AM Cipher.no, you're some random schmuck fresh out of the academyevery ace pilot IRL wasnt born out of the womb with 5+ kills under their belt
>>549858650>wheras ghost of kiev was just a rumor that got bigger than it should haveNo It was actually a psyop by the Ukrainian armyhttps://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2025/12/03/8010039/>Kiev avenger? – one of the members of the Ukrainian Ground Forces creative team suggests a name for the future legend.>Maybe a ghost? – another officer joins the brainstorm.>So one long night in late February 2022, the myth of the “Ghost of Kiev” appeared – a generalized image of Ukrainian military pilots.>Feedback from Ukrainians charged the Ground Forces (GV) communicators to be more creative. Day and night, officers created stories, such as about the women's special forces unit “Valkyries of Kiev”, and composed songs, such as “Bayraktar”.>It was propaganda for the benefit, not a lie, – says Colonel Serhiy Cherevatyi.>He combines many roles. At the beginning of the invasion, he was the head of the Center for Monitoring the Information Space and Counteracting the GV. Later, he became the spokesman for the Khortytsia Special Forces Unit. He currently heads the state news agency Ukrinform.>It was Cherevaty's team at the beginning of the full-scale war that created what later became known among the people as "bayraktarshchyna".>All these stories helped us raise the morale of the military and civilians. I don't think it harmed anyone, - Cherevaty is sure.
>>549911191Phoenix kinda was, even if temporary or contractually obligated, hell they even designed a plane for him.
>>549906970I mainly base this off of proximity to the space elevator which would bring investment not just to Erusea but the Usean continent as a whole and i see it as laying the foundation of what comes later in the electrosphere simulation megacorps which are canon. Usea and by extension Erusea would become really wealthy from this. Another reason why I think Erusea would be better off than Osea is because Erusea has historically little interest in force projection beyond its continent where Osea has been built up as the USA. Think of it like if France lost its carriers in a major war it would suck but it wouldnt be the end of the world, meanwhile if the US were to lose its carriers it would be devastating as it compromises Americas force projection abilities and threatens its seat as the dominant super power.>>549907126im assuming after almost a decade the provisional government will step down similar to how it did after the continental war and as far as I know Cosette is the only surviving member of the monarchy unless they count mihalys grand daughters.>>549909059we just dont know, Yukes havent done anything since the circum-pacific war. They basically been doing nothing but twiddling their thumbs for 25 years. While Usea, Osea, and Anea burn themselves to the ground.
>>549902650>a-5>f-105>f-111>f-15ex>f-16 block 72>f-35 without luneburg lenses>mig-27>mig-35>no su-37, no idea why they keep putting it when the su-30sm exists>j-10>any sixth-gen>me-262
>>549902650F-100F
>>549912121>Union of Yuktobanian Republics? I thought you guys broke up>Thats what we WANTED YOU TO THINK!
>>549853826Nice!
>>549910547It's time to revive <<THE PLAN>>https://acecombat.fandom.com/wiki/2007_game_concepts
>>549909547Might want to lock editing permissions if you haven't done so already
>>549853826Social media can only be bad
>>549912575Why does this feel like Disaster Day of Crisis
>>549912121>I mainly base this off of proximity to the space elevator which would bring investment not just to Erusea but the Usean continent as a wholeThe space elevator is not owned by Erusea if I recall, there is no guarantee that investments and profit from it would circulate into the country that tried and failed to perform a hostile takeover. The aftermath of the lighthouse war resulted in most of the government getting killed, a mass refugee exodus and the break up of the country into multiple smaller states too. I just dont see how they could turn that around in a mere 10 years.>i see it as laying the foundation of what comes later in the electrosphere simulation megacorps which are canon. Usea and by extension Erusea would become really wealthy from this. AC3's entire shtick is that corps amassed more financial and political power than national governments.
>>549912575「だめです!」is right. This does not look like a project that inspires confidence.
>Tasha calls Rex 'Rey' actually cute
>>549910490Honestly just give me a Shilka and a square full of Belkan protestors.
>>549912693I'm pretty sure anyone with the link can edit it.
>>549913338When does that happen?
Rex? As in a king? Maybe some sort of king of tremendous majesty?
>>549913490Can you make a clone of it with editing permissions off? I don't have access to my google account right now
>>549913684https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKItIedwjfQ1:05 onwards
naval aviation time bros
>Jan-Rex dies>Rex = King>Gets replaced by Rex (MC)>Joker squadron - Jokers exist to replace missing cards>Fake King that becomes an Ace (Ace > King)BRAVOOOOOOO
>>549914206Man between this and 7 Kono got really into cards.>>549913338>VA mistake they left in>Rey is Spanish for king and pink-hair is actually from Sapin, hence the red tagsCall it.
>>549913763Here's the classic one before me or anyone else decided to make any change after the announcement of Ace Combat 8, the only changes before this was Tom Brady fucking around with his stuff but unfortunately this is a copy of the sheet meaning the original version history is gone.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nSBlHoASfcZ_-GJe3uso7562j300wv_IbtR6ujmS9gI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Is Tasha a Yuke? Maybe we could visit her hometown for one mission to reminisce in case the Yukes are actually involved in this one?
>>549913338Wonder who's the VA.
lmfao
>>549914895If someone is banned, how come their posts aren't deleted? What's the point of banning someone when their mark is left?
>>549914715I think so. That, or she's from a Yuke family that immigrated.
>>549914701She calls them Rey in the JP trailer too
>>549914895Steam discussions are such a cess pit. Even more so than some boards here. Like why are people on Steam like this?
>>549915158Yeah, I'm thinking Kino.
>>549914701Eh? There were cards in 7?
>>549914701Kono fucked those tables in Vegas UPKONO YOU CAN'T DECEIVE USTHOSE WEREN'T BUSINESS TRIPS
>>549915178>Even more so than some boards here. Like why are people on Steam like this?this very general has people like this who are addicted to imagining the worst possible outcomes, you had people all year pushing the "AC8 is stealth cancelled and never coming out" even with all the promo shit for AC
>>549915347Don't you remember the whole prison thing?
PleasePleasePleaseLet me give my squad members the planes I want to give them again.
>>549915178Because being a contrarian is fun nowadays. And especially on steam, since you can get free points from people giving you clown awards.
>>549915137Batista?
>>549914895Its been 6 fucking years since AC7, if you havent gotten something that can run a UE5 game by now you should GET A JOB
>>549913030>The space elevator is not owned by Erusea if I recall, there is no guarantee that investments and profit from it would circulate into the country that tried and failed to perform a hostile takeoverNo they wouldnt, in fact Amber (the country according to my map which owns the territory) would be far better off than Erusea, but they dont need to own the territory to benefit from its presence as I believe the entire continent would benefit from it at least until more elevators are built elsewhere. >The aftermath of the lighthouse war resulted in most of the government getting killed, a mass refugee exodus and the break up of the country into multiple smaller states too. I just dont see how they could turn that around in a mere 10 years.They did it before under similar circumstances after the continental war.>entire navy sunk, airforce wiped out, their capital fallen with most of their leaders dead.not much different from last time and this time around they had help from the Osean assets they stole during the data breach.
>>549915660Go dance with La Passion, amigo.
>>549915347the operation names during the spare squadron arc were all poker hands
>>549914707Thanks, putting it in the OP for next time
Was Osea bailed out from Ulysses by Stonehenge or did they have their own super weapon?
>>549914895Oh God I’m getting flashbacks to AC7’s release and all the dumb reviews newcomers left complaining it was more sim or like war thunder>AC7 was always made with joystick in mindIf anyone has any pictures of those I’d appreciate it.>>549915158Gonna guess she from Sapin then.>>549915347All the Spare Squadron operations were named after poker hands. Two Pair, Three of a Kind, etc.
I still haven't beaten PW's DLC, because I kept getting stuck on that underground highway mission. :^K
>>549914895About fucking time that fag got banned. Was getting exhausting seeing him in every single thread
>>549915979just use VX23 with flares instead of AoA limiter, you're the only one around so the whole map targets your ass, sometimes it's better just to take your time than rushing to your death on A2G missions.
>>549915854What's the point of using the old one which can't be edited in the OP? Why not use the new one that already has a couple people updating their credentials in. I thought you only wanted it for archiving purposes.
>>549858650Dug back to the archives to see if my memory held up but it was NOT a psyop, although maybe they co-opted it later. It was some bullshit made up by a Warthunder shitposter who wanted to sell merch, then backpedaled and deleted his psots because people realized he was a shitty grifter.>>374002008First time the Ghost of Kyiv was brought to /aceg/'s attention, citing this tweet https://twitter.com/Sc0ttishKoala/status/1496904999456370690 https://archive.is/q73pU>>374048326Within EIGHT HOURS he exposes himself as a shitbag https://twitter.com/sc0ttishkoala/status/1497027979947671552 Tweet is dead, but it's supposedly pic related and searching for "Scottish Koala" and "Ghost of Kyiv" brings up a bunch of reddit threads reacting to the same post as proof of him being a dirtbag.If anything it's all a great example for how AC8's story can play out. If a single shitpost by some irrelevant faggot can gain enough traction that almost four years later people are divided about how it started, then the Wings of Theve actually having a pilot behind the story can be as fantastical as it wants.
>>549916309I fucking knew it was a War Thunder fag.
>>549915962That was irritating to watch.>WAAAAAH MY $2000 HOTAS SETUP DOESN'T WORK OUT OF THE BOX ON AN ARCADE FLIGHT GAME DESIGNED FOR CONTROLLERS THIS FUCKING SUCKSThough I'm pretty sure you can just go to the review graph on steam and click the red bar below Jan 2019, if you want to see them whining
>>549861592Osea's navy's fucked both by the Lighthouse War sinking shit and the damage done to ship production facilities by the opening Drone attack. Osea was only getting close to having her fleets back up to strength before the Circum-Pacific War.AirForce got shredded by the war too. Trigger's a god but he can't be everywhere at once.They're probably doing a buildup with Erusea and North Point to do a big invasion Desert Storm-style but that took a LONG time for everything to be in theater and they can't count on Sotoa to roll over like the Iraqis did.>>549906676Yea I suspect IUN forces tired to get involved early on the FCU's side and got utterly shredded or are so beat up they're combat ineffective.
>>549916230Putting something in the OP that everybody can edit unrestricted isn't a good idea. No doubt somebody will grief it and delete everything. Especially now that the thread consists of more than 6 people.
>>549915675UE games regularly crash my 4080. UE is trash, Intel 14th gen is trash, and we're never going to be able to buy RAM again because it's all being used to make tralalero tralala videos.
>>549914109So we finally gonna have MiG-29K? WE FULCRUM-D NOW!
>>549915797>>549915962Ah, guess I didn't pay much attention during prison arc.
>>549916880It was fine the first time and we can always restore previous versions. Up to you I guess
>>549916932>UE games regularly crash my 4080. UE is trashlazy devs and management that doesnt care about optimization and QA are trashUE is entirely capable of being a stable performant game engine when devs actually put in the effort and not just throwing lumen/nanite at everything. I trust Project Aces.
>>549915675UE5 has been a disaster for gaming
>>549917426the japanese have been pretty good with ue5 i thinktokyoxtremeracer2025 is ue5 and it runs well, as long as you turn off lumen
>>549917381If it's that much of an issue I'll put the editable version in the OP, give me a sec
The egirl is so cute. I bet my ex-gf Avril could beat the shit out of her though.
But will AC8 have a fishing minigame?
>>549917583Put both in the pastebin, one as a back up/archive and the other one for regular use.
>>549917525esp since Genki Project are a small handful of japanese oldheads, if they can manage it PA can too
>>549917704if you count dropping FAEB into the ocean as fishing, then probly yeah
>>549918229NEW THREAD>>549918229NEW THREAD>>549918229NEW THREAD
>>549917695>exIt's (You) who's gonna get beat up, buddy.
>>549909831and that was what we were gonna see in the cancelled Ace Combat Rising Revengence
>>549905731I wonder if Pixie was originally born in Hoffnung. Seeing your hometown burn to the ground like that probably caused him to get to the point where he accepted Bristow's offer once the bombs dropped
