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>>569404354How come PW get to have TWO(2) WSOs and we get zero(pixy)?
https://x.com/Okami13_/status/2062547016824098973
How well can an RTX 3060 run this game? Can I even hit 60 fps without my PC heating up?
>>569404508
>>569404508>Fully explore EnduranceSo walk around sections and probably squadmate bonding confirmed?
>>569404695You'll have to wait and see, it's UE5 so entirely unpredictable
I hope this new IRL stealth plane (even if it's just a prototype) is featured in AC8.https://xcancel.com/ProjectFearX/status/2061900806660694159
>>569404695>>569404990I'd say we can trust PA to deliver on optimisation. AC7 would run on my shitass laptop, even if at the lowest possible setting, and that bitch had 768MB of VRAM and 2 GHz of clock speed on a good day.
AC8 Mission 4 Gameplay:https://youtu.be/a7uKjH6e488
>>569405026Coming in the next season pass
>>569405284i feel a visceral disgust whenever i see someone use beginner flight mode
I can't wait to sweep my gun all over that bird
>CA-1 Europa is an autonomous fighter jet in the three-to-five ton class under development at Helsing and its subsidiary Grob Aircraft. Combining the Centaur AI software and mission stack with Grob's proven capability in aircraft design and manufacturing, CA-1 represents a clean-slate approach to air dominance.dron
>>569405271i really don't want to have to refund my preorder...
>>569405026It would be a more convincing image if the screen shot didn't have an AK & bullet icon on the screen>>569370764Again its just the XFA-24
With strangereals obsession with air superiorityHow will they play with the reality of drones taking over everything, not those drones tho
>>569405860>It would be a more convincing image if the screen shot didn't have an AK & bullet icon on the screensupposedly it's ghost hunters who got lucky using a thermal gun scopeso not the brightest in the shed of content creators
>>569405271The problem is that any optimization efforts seems to be hardcapped due to forced RT
30 minutes to go from hitting new game until you're in mission and flying I get they want to give newcomers the rundown but Jesus
that's fucking sick dude
>>569406163It could be any number of test bed aircraft we don't know exist sure. It could be the F-47 protoype it just don't smell right thoughYeah >Press X to doubt
>>569405026Its just a J-20 they acquired for Constant Peg 2.0
>>569406448I think we are looking at the most story heavy entry since Ace Combat 3 which is kind of fitting as the franchise is on the cusp of being back at AC3.
>>569408306what do we do if the story sucks
>>569408371We call Katabuchi a hackfraud and a poppyhead.
>>569406947I am definitely bringing SFFS to this mission.
>>569408371Cry, I guess.
>>569408371It's gonna be AC5-tier at worst, which means mildly fun as long as you turn your brain off.
>>569408371then just ignore it and play the funny plane gameits what i do for 5 and 6
>>569408371If the multiplayer is even remotely like Infinity, I'm spending most of my playtime on it anyways.
Is it just me, or did you get the vibe that they were going for a "won't you think of the refugee" vibes
>>569409132No.
>>569408929i already like joker more than anyone in 5, so i'm going to take that as a good sign
>>569409237so you did get that vibe too
>>569408371At least it's going to be one story planned front to back instead of 3 different stories smashed together somewhat disjointedly due to the game being scrapped 3 times like 7
>>569409132They made Tasha cute for a reason
I'm really liking the sound effects holy shit 7 was bad but this sounds a bit more like Infinity to me
>>569409715Well no, Tasha is literally a egirl recruiter from the yuke demonstration squad that joined up for the war and becoming an actual soldierIt's like if Lujan somehow got shanghaied into fighting in a real war It's part of the "fake becoming real" theme that they are obviously going for
The Endurance air boss sounds like Garrus from Mass Effect in the English dub. If that is his VA I'm always happy to see him pop up in random games.
>>569408371We fuckin DANCE WITH THE ANGELS because SHAMROCK IS DOWN!!! MARCUS, MARCUS!!!! ALL PLANES GET IN THERE AND SAVE HIM!!!nothing will be as bad as 6 not even 5
>>569406947Big Shiee is back
Just watched the gameplayidk.. grim?I don't mind cutscenes, but something about cutscenes when they're already in the planes give me icky vibes, feels "wrong"
>>569410663Grim isn't in this game.
>>569408161It would be more fun to find out how the corrupt official manage to hide a J-20 falling off a truck than yeah we have one.
>>569410663They've been doing that since the ps2 games
>>569410816this feels different and I don't know why
>>569410308at least you can skip the story in 6you can't do that in 5 and 7
>>569410856UE5 is making your mind feel strange
>>569411342It's strange and real
Any links to those deleted mission videos in english?
>569397719they uploaded Cope into your AI wso. that's how you're hearing him talking to you the whole game even though he's supposed to be dead.
>>569411806>"GLA Postal Service!"
>>569410308I'm gonna be honest I do not get the hate for 6's story at all aside from the funny meme line. I actually like Shamrock a lot, he ranks pretty well on the Buddy hierarchy in my book. >>569411601Say that again.....>>569411806Kek I wonder what the context for this is gonna be.
No sight of PLS, TLS or Railgun on the tech tree yet. I guess the FCU is to poor to afford good weapons and we have to pay the friendly GR rep a couple of million credits to buy us some from Osea to equip on our high end planes then?>>569411806>IED>Ally unitI'm sorry I can do that arab yell I can only do the Confederate yell
Watching the uninterrupted missions and apparently Shark squad was an FCU squad that defected alongside Newfield to ally with Sotoa. Sounds like I'm shoving all the SpW up their asses when they show up.
But what is Belka's involvement in all of this?
>>569413525I don't know how, I just know they're profiting off of this somehow
>>569413313So that's why they use F-15s? A bit, lame. Wish we could get more "bad guy" squadrons with western planes because its Strangereal after all.
>>569413525The FCU is run by Belkans, and the antagonists are the good guys this time.
>>569411806They're remote controlled but it's still funny
>>569413525Watching the Sotoans successfully act like a superpower and wishing they were as competent.
>>569413052>Kek I wonder what the context for this is gonna be.basically, joker distracts/knocks out the defenses. when the building collapses immobilize the battleship the trucks go underneath it and suicide bomb the mechanisms keeping the armor skirts in place over the treads
God,I can't wait until we get the soundtrack. It sounds so good from what I've heard so far
Enemy ECM seems way less annoying this time around, looks like target locks don't take forever while in green bubbles any more. Although that might be because the gameplay video I watched is probably on ez modo, given that the gun ammo is unlimited.
>>569404354Can't wait to see Ace Combat hit full mainstream because of this fucking e-girl.
>>569415786That's gonna be a <<NO>> from me dog. I wonder if this will actually matter to the story or not.
>>569415786I wish the d-pad looked like it did in older games, this almost looks out of place
>>569416414That looks like a 2007 Xbox 360 Dpad, they used a green X button QTE icon too.Very weird, I think they're trying to aim at xbox people for some reason.
>>569416414Are those the PS5 face buttons why do they look like that
>>569415786I'm making a new storyteller kid.
>>569406947Feels like making that into a ship shape limits the weaponry optionsImagine how many more guns and VLS you could fit there if the bow didnt have to come to a point
I hate Tasha because she looks exactly like the girl who ruined my life
>>569404695If they optimize it, you will have not a single problem.Id they don't, it would be unplayable for you (us) since unoptimized UE5 uses the 30XX cards only at 50% (3080 haver)
This is gonna run like shit unless I get a new PC but it's kino
>>569416836>exactly like the girl who ruined my lifeqrd? curious
>>569417397I sent her a dick pic and she got me expelled.
>>569416836Damn, did you never learn about aposematic coloration?
>severskyDon't fall for it bros
>>569416220i've seen yes and no answered and in both cases the guy is alive at the end
>>569417795kojimbo...
>>569417795So what is this saucy lady about to do to Sever the Sky
>>569417838Ah. Kinda figured
>>569417614she wasnt your girlfriend or something?
I think one of the things I'm most excited to hear about is the flight model, the fact that its heavier than 7 and more in line with the PS2 games is awesome. I like being able to pull off bullshit in 7 but its flight model makes half the roster feel exactly the same handling wise.
>>569418187wait that's nuclear option
>>569413237I hope shit like EML won't be upgradeable. They're already powerful enough weapons the way they are.
>>569417397Made up allegations against my and my "friends" didn't even want to hear my side of the story despite the allegations making zero sense
>>569416725It does apparently go into the water as well. So I guess the implications are that the Sotoans sailed their Land Battleship fleet, defeated most of the FCU Navy (hence the Endurance being so important), and rolled them onto land once their sealanes were secured.
>>569420762They were flow in part by part.
>>569421963You can see the landships being carried by air
This emblem looks sick, reminds me or Armored Core.>>569416193Never gonna happen. Planes are the great filter.
>>569421963>>569422308I'm going by Chole's video where he claims they're also seagoing. The preview players got to play missions 1-5, and the ones we're seeing footage of today are 4, 9, and 11. Going by what's currently known, 9 has you attack one of likely multiple Land Battleships, and 11 is the mission where you intercept the Podarges bringing in spare Landship parts.
Bets on what the sooperplen is gonna be? A prototype of something from 3, or something entirely unanticipated?
>we included drop tanks because they look cool
we love our e-girls here don't we folks
Since she's a pilot I hope she's actually relevant instead of being Avril 2.0.
>>569423179I'm hoping it's something carrier based. Or it's just a production model of the Apalis because that's my favorite X superplane.>>569423208Oh so you can drop them, some videos I saw said you couldn't. Finally I can properly LARP before a match in MP/campaign mission begins.
I will not fall for the charms of the Yuke fiend
>>569424247but surely you'll help her with her homework, r-right anon?and let her scooch closer to you in the mess hall...and let her lean on your shoulder...
>>569423179Carrier Wyvern obtained via Erusean lend-lease.
>>569422387Agreed on the filter. But more AC girls are welcome, there's also a criminal lack of Avril and Cossette in general.
>>569424023The fact that 8 is really shaping up to be 5 2.0 then the squad should have relevancy. I'm curious how Kate is going to be worked in since the way she is presented makes it look like she is tied to the squad but she's in a different squad.
>>569424531So just the Wyvern then.
>>569422387How come planes are a filter but boats aren't?
>>569425143normies can't into 3D movement
>Your choices and how well you do can affect which characters survive in the storyImagine your waifu dying because you're shit at the game
>>569425292That's a weird looking A-10.
>>569425143What >>569425260 says, and they also can't wrap their heads around not being able to stop.
Watched the gameplay. How come everyone calls the main dude Rex but Tasha calls him Ray?
>>569425636Rey, Spanish for "king", because apparently Yuktobanian gets translated to Spanish in non-Strangereal.
i really like featherhead as the enemy nickname for (You)
>>569425775>Spanish communist federationBased
Still can't believe the dude's name is Jane Cope.
>>569425648I need a hi-res image and irl patch of this emblem immediately.
>>569423179Its a drone, its always drones.
>>569426745And he looks like Temu Maverick too. That shit got to be intentional, its hilarious.
>>569425775>>569426689This feels like such an odd choice given Yukes always have Ivan Ivanovitch Ivanovsky ass names and they've generally been protrayed as a mix of a bunch of slavic cultures. But I guess that kinda makes sense since a lot of communist movements popped up in Spanish speaking parts of the world.
>>569426745Btw buddies this guy's channel has gameplay of missions 4, 9, and 11 in English if you wanna watch them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awUUsyopBfg>>569427262In some extended gameplay I saw Cope's force ghost says something about a drummer and a bassist dying. I'm honestly starting to wonder if Cope wasn't even in the military to begin with or he was drafted when the Sotoans invaded and just bumbled his way into being the Wings of Sneed by accident.
>the new ace combat has microtransactions and a season passAnd here I am wishing armored core 6 got some dlc
>>569404467Was the guy shouting BINGO! in Air Combat the awacs or a WSO or who
Oh also, the fact that noise plays the guitar and flew alongside Cope makes me think that they were just a band, having a thrash, and then got shanghaied into being fighter pilots.
>the new AWACS speaks in BongishUhh, alright then.
>>569427837He's not Osean for once
>>569427781Honestly I'd rather get Armored Core 6: 2 over DLC at this point.>>569427814Either or depending on the plane.>>569427837If you look at the map, the FCU has some very Anglo city names. The only thing missing is one that ends in -shire.
>>569413313>Shark squadS H A R K B A S T A R DHARKBASTARD
>dead mentor living in your headThis is like the seventh game I've played in the past couple of years with this trope
>>569428321I can't blame writers for using it so much, when done right it's a great storytelling device. I like it better when your character is going full schizo and talking to them though.
>>569417838That's because you haven't gone full Butterfly Master and lasered the bail out pilot.
>>569428221American humor escapes me.
>>569428321Well at least Cope has a nice and smooth sounding voice. Couldn't stand Keanu Chungus in Cyberpunk.
Forget the Y*ke bitch.I want to know more about this goddess.
>>569416414mods will fix it
>>569424247Bartlett was ahead of the game.
>>569425648Man, they're really making 7 look like shit with these.
>>569428321my money's on it being some sort of proto-sublimation thing
>>569428896I want to know whose dying in Joker so she becomes part of Joker.
>>569428896>leader of the other squad named queen's flight>your character is named rex(king)Kino incoming
>>569428221AKULA!*takes missile to the cockpit*WEW, I CAN'T EJECT!
>>569428732>KeanuThat motherfucker was sleepwalking through his lines. Shit actor and even shittier voice actor
>>569429226not-Dision will leave your squad for GR mid-campaign
>>569429226I hope it’s Professor.
>>569416646it's a ps5 controller dpad, since they were presumably playing the demo on ps5it'll probably look different based on console
>>569418059She's going to betray us in the end
Am I a bad guy for planning to keep Professor in the electronic warfare planes?
>>569429226>>569429295This whole theory about Knocker is bullshit, but I believe it.
>>569429358good chance if it does happen it's him, considering how autistic he seems about MUH FRIENDS and how there seems to be some focus on traitor squads a-la World With No Boundries
>>569429442No.Banish his ass to the nerd squad.
dafuq does this game need a battlepass for
>>569429421
>>569429610Bamco suits seem to think this game has a big normalfag audience, they're in for a rude awakening.
>>569429376Should’ve just done white or green outlines, like in AC5 (or like the wingman commands in this very game). It’s so much more seamless.
>>569429743If the campaign is 25 something hours then Bamco can do whatever the fuck they want with the multiplayer.
>>569429610DESU, if it means they’re planning fairly extensive post-launch support, I might consider it worth it.
>>569422665I'm sure they can go in the water but that doesn't change between what we see and what was said implies they are being sent by air.Some attack the cost and move in as far as they can. Others can't get that far inland unless they are flown in like the one we'll destroy in the capitol
Learned my lesson from AC7. I'm going all the PvP achievements week one and then never touching the mode ever again.
>>569429857i guess, i got a lot of fun out of infinity but i never actually spent money on it
One briefing mentions the Tonitrus Sattelites, which is latin for 'thunder'. More or less confirms we're dealing with rods from God type weapons. Unless it's a weather control sattelite.>>569429610FOMO to keep people playing.
>>569429813i'm willing to bet it's some console compliance thingthere's also 4 months to launch, so things could change in the meantime
>>569429610They want to bring back Infinity but without the Fuel I presume.
>>569429843There is no way a mission based game could ever be that long, unless they're going to do Metal Gear Solid 4 and FF16 tier cutscenes.
>>569423208I'll be happy to waste a misc slot on a drop tank just so I can drop it before I go into battle for nothing more than it look cool to do it. I bet most everywhere in /aceg/ thinks the same
>>569429610Whale bait.>>569429743A fair number of normies did end up buying AC7, if they can convert a chunk of them into multiplayer it could be a real payday for bamco. Or I’m sure that’s the theory, at least. Remember that Infinity was a significant financial success.
>>569430303>Remember that Infinity was a significant financial success.And that was back when AC was much less of a big franchise compared to now.
>>569430303I can see it. People complain all the time about BP, DLC, micortransactions, gacha, etc. But at the same time, these things are stupidly profitable despite the kvetching over them. There's too many people willing to pay up for a company to drop them.
>>569430227Drop tanks don't use weapon stations on most planes so they should be free to pick.
>>569424531In the lore the FCU built several X-02's as test units after the continental war.To obtain the X-02 you just find it in a hanger during a missionTo obtain the X-02S you buy it from this new company called Neucom. It comes with a COFFIN option You don't know how much I want this to really happen
>>569430012Eh, if it's more like Infinity it might be worth a damn. I really liked the team vs team co-op missions, shame about the fuel and grind.
>>569415786
>>569430702They take up a Misc part slot though.
>>569430762Fucking Belkans...
>>569430450We also don't know exactly how predatory the battlepass will be. As an example, The Crew 2 was awful when they first added a battlepass system, but eventually they made the full thing buyable with regular in-game currency.
>>569430894I'm still hoping they take a Helldivers approach and make the battle pass buyable more or less whenever, and especially I hope it's one of the passes where finishing it gives you the currency to buy the next one so you really only buy it one time with real money.
>>569430450I honestly don’t hate whale-funded games, not inherently at least. If some retard wants to drop hundreds on cosmetics and I get to play for free or cheap, I’ll take that deal. It’s only a problem when they gate major content, in this case I guess that would be planes and maybe bonus levels.
>no sight of laser weapons or the OC planes from 3 and XI'm not feeling so good buddies.............
>>569430303battlepass isn't really whalebaitif you're hunting for whales you go gacha route
>>569431229the morgan is a pre-order planeit's also too early for the 3 planes
>>569431229I'm really hoping that stuff like that just wasn't in the build they're showing off.>>569431286Or cosmetic packs.
>>569429376They were playing on PC actually. One of today's videos, I think Oboe's, had the specs for the rigs they used.>>569429936Anon do you understand how retarded it sounds to transport an entire warship in pieces across an ocean to assemble it on-site, instead of sailing the thing across and then engaging land mode?
Why is nobody talking about how the entire radar mini map disappears when you pull up the wingman commands? Minor thing but kind of annoying
>>569431229Who's expecting AC3 planes?
>>569431392nta but being shipped by air is faster than shipping itself by sea.
>>569430727I really want to see objective-based PvPvE, personally. An evolved version of Capital Assault from AH would be great. Fleet vs fleet battles. Or one team is attacking a fortress and the other is defending it. That kind of thing.For all the things wrong with AH, it had some pretty cool multiplayer features.
>>569431082>in this case I guess that would be planesThe ADFX-02 is (temporarily?) locked behind the premium battlepass.https://youtube.com/watch?v=-B-EWLPtCUU&pp=ygUTYWNlIGNvbWJhdCA4IGRlbHV4ZQ%3D%3D&t=72
>>569430702Todays videos shows you the drop tank is listed under the misc parts section. If you want to use them it takes one misc. slot
>>569431460Eh, it was always like that, wasn’t it?
>>569431229Might be DLC again
>>569431229definitely feeling some trepidation around thatno 6th gensno chinese or korean or whateverif they don't pad it out with OCs then the roster won't look too different from 7 which really sucks considering we're 10 years down the timeline
>>569431553iirc they said the battlepass was a "get it instantly" thing so I assume it's a "don't buy the battlepass and you grind up 69% of a level per match and at level 30 you unlock the Morgan"but that's merely a guess
>>569431782>no 6th gensI can't imagine them trying to do this when the various countries don't know themselves the end state of 6th gen beyond classified stuff.
Are they going to restock the Joker Flight Pack editions?
>>569431082what's the least worstLocking super planes behind 5 buck DLC like AC7?or locking them behind online battlepasses?I think I'd prefer the latter if they implement it well but we don't know enough right now
Ace Combat Fan pointed out on twitter that the mission briefings contain specs for included superweapons. We have gameplay footage of Missions 4, 9, and 11 in 4k so I thought I'd screenshot the relevant vehicles.From Mission 4: Project Triumphant, a supersub being built by the FCU but stuck on Newfield Island when they defected. Little under 1/2 the size of the Alicorn but with FAR less displacement. Notably, not nuclear powered like the Alicorn.
>>569430303Infinity worked because it was F2P and Japs were allowed to play with everyone else. Accessible for some bored rando scrolling through PSN bored at 3am. Infinity really wasn't that populated from what I remember, even still.
>>569431872I think it's part of the premium pass buddy
not watching any full mission video
speaking of laser weapons and the morgan god do i hope they dont fuck the damage output of it like they did in 7
From Mission 9: Terpan Class Land Battleship No. 1 "Xanthos". Glancing at the Wiki it's roughly the size of the Alicorn, and notably has 8 Pump Jets for water propulsion and 8 main + 8 sub crawlers for land movement. Interestingly the corporation Enso Order who helped Sotoa build these was also one of the builders of the Project Triumphant submarines, along with GR and the FCU.
>>569432215Ohhhh that kind of model. Meh, I'll cope with non-battlepass planes
Lastly, from Mission 11 some info on the Podarges. These things have nearly a kilometer long Wingspan and can reach speeds of 700km, with a range of 8,300 km. Ace Combat Fan also noticed that they appear to be seaplanes, based on a recent promo image.
>>569432405best case:free tier has enough premium currency to buy premium tier once you clear it.
>>569432701there's some unsubtitled background radio chatter in that mission about "seaplanes that can't do water landings" or something like that
does anyone know what this is supposed to mean?
>>569432701>seaplanesStrangereal Spruce Geese. Neat.
The soundtrack is so cool.
Bonus Purple Magic squadron emblem. These guys are from White Valley and are fucking dead, their squad being wiped out on a previous attack on the land battleship that caused it to go down Theve for a resupply. Their logo reminds me of LLenn's logo from GGO.>>569426749Best you're going to get with for now, buddy.
>>569432997no fuel/contracts/tickets i guess
What the hell even are all these things, I'm guessing there's a plane and some roundels or skins, and all the other shit?Why is ace combat infected with this cancer now?
>>569433327moneh
>>569433327are you new to namco?
>>569433548Yes
>>569433668Some people fondly refer to them as scamco. Make of that what you will.
>>569432879Interesting. Would make sense considering how much cargo they can be hauling but that makes me wonder how they unload.
>>569431392Is this your first AC or something?Landships are big which means a lot of terrain is completely impassible for them the capitol city is inland.We see parts that match the landships that kind of narrows it down to one thing they are carrying some of them or all of them got shipped by air and assembled in USEA. If they are replacement parts then it means these things were built for quick assembly.
>>569433313Thank god for that
><<WARNING! SOTOAN BACKED MERCENARIES SQUADRON HAS ENTERED THE AIRSPACE , REX THEY COMING ON YOUR 6!>>>Cinematic start>5 planes in Purple and Red camo >[Spoiler] Pic Insigna appear , INTERNATIONAL MERCENARY SQUADRON : NEO-SCARFACE [/Spoiler]
>>569432701They are the same size as the Arsenal Bird. Makes sense as the Podarges are unused assets from 7
>>569434917actually now that i think about it it might be referring to in-mission consumable items. like a pack that gives you a dozen super missiles but once you fire off those dozen you have to buy another pack. there's clearly some sort of meta progression booster listed in the premium pass that seems like it's consumable.
>>569433327No seriously can someone explain what all that stuff is
>>569405527It'd be cool if the next AC in the timeline does properly add actual IRL CCA built by various countries instead of adding fictional design, we're really on the cusp of cool things
>>569435306it's for the online mode, probably a lot of credit boosters ammo boosters, maybe even "crafting materials" and "schematics"
>>569435306nobody knowsthe roundels and avatar skins are obviousbut they've barely talked how the online will actually function so no idea what the "tickets" and "folders" are
>>569434726>the capital city is inlandBuddy, gameplay footage for mission 4 is out. Not only do we see Theve's coastline but we also get a trail of the land battleship cutting across the continent from White Valley down to Highmarch. Also, what are you basing your assumption on that these things have difficulty passing terrain? Like you said it's fucking Strangereal.
>>569435306Mostly cosmetic stuff for AC Online, and Pixy's livery for the Morgan from the sounds of it.
>>569435306This has got to be a troll no one can be that clueless. Have you never played a single video game in your life? The icons tell you exactly what your getting for MP with those passes.
>>569433187I'm not too fond of the track during the land battleship mission, but otherwise, yes it is
>>569433327atleast the campaign progression is separate.so you can safely ignore all of this stuff and have same experience as in previous games
>>569434726
>>569435037>its actually a 17 vs 4 plane fight where you fight planes that reference each of the scarface squadron members
>>569425292>no phantom
Long overdue feature, but damn am I glad to see it.
>>569435780Nigger what the fuck do I know what these are.
>>569434505https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJofWL3KD_Q&t=536sfound it, sounds like>the hell's the point of a seaplane that can't land on water?
>>569436129There is a Mobius skin included in the preorder, the Panthom is definitely in the game.
>>569435709I'm trying to avoid spoiling the entire game before I play it I want something fun to look forward too in Oct.> difficulty passing terrainThe same reason you car can't go everywhere its not made for it some places aren't passable for vehicles and something like that is going to have trouble in a lot of places just from its size.> fucking StrangerealYeah thats exactlywhy every type of ground known to man can be found in a area about the size of some US states.Still doesn't answer or change the question of why we're seeing parts that look like the landships being brought in by air
Any AIM-260 news?
with so many features returning , please Kono...please give us back ACES OF ACES bonus missions
>>569436490The landships won't be all that fast compared to the Podarges, even if they have amphibious capability.
>>569436257What is in a file folder? a sheet of paper with a 100% on it some of your stuff is fully unlocked
>>569431082>>569430450It takes years for Project Aces to make a game so they really need repeat sales to keep the franchise alive, especially as things get more expensive.
>>569406947hell yeah
>>569436928>some of your stuff is fully unlockedWhat stuffIf you're asking people to pay extra money you ought to tell them exactly what they're getting
>>569425292>Clean AircraftCan't wait to lather up my Tomcat
What's the deal with Cope speaking inside your head?
>>569437424Rex got MK ultra by FCU glowies
>>569436928>What is in a file folder?A miserable little pile of secrets.
>>569436732I wouldn't mind seeing gunslingers if we're trying to outhope the cope.
>>569420762The briefing in >>569435709 said they crossed the continent instead of going all the way around it via sea, indicating its an amphibious vessel. It also doubles as a 3D printing factory for drones. Looking at all the footage of it, I question if those parts we see air lifted are actually land-ship parts or something else.
>>569437424The numbers, Rex
>>569437424>>569437523>>569438052
TLS is going to feel amazing with the new damage system.
Cancelled my preorder. So sad Project Aces got taken over by wokies, but I'm used to it by now.
>>569412206Does someone need a special delivery?
>>569439707I can't wait to sweep my TLS across the sky and watch those A-50's and Podarges just fall out of the sky. Just like in the good old PS2 days
>>569437780>>569437780>The briefing in >>569435709 said they crossed the continent instead of going all the way around it via sea, indicating its an amphibious vessel.Their goal is apparently to beeline for resupply at the Enso Special Zone, which during the mission is in FCU territory. I wonder what the significance of Enso is considering their name keeps popping up, with even the JP webpage url for 8 being Enso Order.It makes the most sense to me to bring over amphibs via sea during the initial phase of the war, and after supply routes are established/protected by the Terminus Fingers satellite weapons major resupply would be done via the Podarges. But 11's briefing all but states that Sotoa's bringing in Land Battleship parts to Rocky Island, where they ostensibly assemble them and then have them cross the ocean to the Usea mainland. So I guess that settles that.
>>569440565
>>569440798You replied to it, though.Solitary, now.
How does ace combat lore workWhat do i miss out on if i skip 1-6 and jump into 7 and are the sequels always direct sequels or a 20 years later new cast type thing?
>>569440729EnsoIts the Grey Men secret USEA base with all the wonder weapons in it.
Any SFFS yet
So General Resources Inc is manifesting destiny right now, do I have this right? Like, actual proof?
This is a LITTLE BEE general.KNEEL.
>>569440902all the games are set in the same setting but always different wars, but sometimes related events/locations/countries from other games appear.You can understand every story on its own but having played older games adds a lot.1-2 have minimal story and can be skipped (2 has best ost though)4-5-Zero are quite important to setting up the rest of the series.6 is basically completely standalone7 follows up on 4-5-Zero and it seems 8 is going to follow up on 7
>>569440902they all take place in the same world on the same timeline just at different places and dates. though it is strongly recommended to play the ps2 trinity first (4, 5, zero) 7 is a decent enough starting point. if you don't want to play the ps2 ones first, play 7 and if you like it go check out the older games. 7 has a lot of callbacks to 4 and 5 but it's not strictly required to play those to understand 7. 4 properly solidified the franchise's setting and lore going forward, and i recommend it regardless because i think it's a great game. zero (fantastic) is a prequel to 5 (it's ok) but both can be played on their own.
>>569441462Am tired and forgot to mention that 3 is set in the far future and the series still hasn't caught up to it in the timeline
>>569440902You'll just be confused at all the names and locations and miss out on all the hints and easter eggs that flesh out the world and story.>sequels always direct sequels Yes every game leads us that much closer to the electrosphere.Only 5 & 0 are connected to the same story the rest all tell a self contained story. If you wanna know the lore go read up on the wiki before you play 7.
>Feels like I'm the only one super hyped for getting a coop mode
Keep swimmin' soldier. Make it home alive
>>569441657I want to be hyped but im scared they'll make the multiplayer super grindy
>>569441375dreadful wrinkles around her eyes
Do we know how closely the actual gameplay the multiplayer will be to Infinity, excluding the season pass bullshit. Is it gonna be teams competing for highest score or simply one 4-man squadron? Famous boss battles?
>>569441641>the series still hasn't caught up to it in the timelineSOON
>>569441773This is true Japs love a grind, still though exciting to get coop and a bigger online focus
>>569441819Its a job hazard
>>569441462>>569441586>>569441645problem is the games seem to play pretty similarly so pretty sure I'd burn out on the series before even reaching 5 if I decide to marathon them allAlso I only have PC but I guess it's ez to emulate the pre 5 ones, I'll think about either trying to marathon the series or watch some mega lore vid before 7...
>>569441873seeing how dev timeline for new ac games are like 6 years, AC9 will most likely be around that time, unless they do a prequel
>>569441868The only official comment is they will reveal more closer to launch
Man after all these years I can still hear the radio chatter from Moby Dick Pursuit in my head
>>569441985none of the games are very long. at least play 4 yourself.
>>569441873>SOONMaybe in the 2040s we'll get a post-3 entry. I'm convinced the next Ace Combat will be a prequel like Zero, just to rhyme with the PS2 trilogy's progression.
>>569441985They're all really short games except for 5
>>569441985just play 4 5 Zero and then go to 7the older ps2 games are like 5-6 hours long each
>>569442059>>569442113A prequel to 3
>>569442064LAUNCH NEEMBAWS
>>569442390GUNNER GIVE EM STEEL RAIN
>>569442087>>569442203>>569442265alright thanks for the tips lads what's with 5 BTW why is it a 360 exclusive
>>569441985The games aren't long unless you just suck at plane games you can clear them in 3-5 hoursDon't watch a lore vid those can be questionable depending on who you watch. Just go to the AC wiki and read up yourself
>>569429169This, it's probably AI tech in Rex's helmet.
>>569443114I assume you mean 6, and the general assumption is that bamco/PA thought developing for the 360 was easier at the time compared to dealing with the clusterfuck that was the PS3's hardware
>>569443114You mean 6 it was 360 only as MS paid bamco the big bucks for that exclusive right. Its sales weren't very good and never got ported to where 90% of the player base was and would have sold great.
>>569443385Oh yeah 6 mbis it hard to emulate on PC though, last I checked 360 emu was fucky
>>569429743Bamco needs a new money pit with Tekken on fire.
>>569443478you're in luckhttps://github.com/sal063/AC6_recomp
>>569430303>A fair number of normies did end up buying AC7The first two weeks of AC7 muliplayer were legit. The amount of nuggets I bagged, I was eating good.
>>569443649damn these recomp projects are rly magic, though looks like it's still a work in progress
>>569443654What about it?
>>569441985Zero is a four hour game. You're not playing trails
>>569443478AC6 emu has supposedly come a long way in recent years (I don't emulate it so idk the specifics) but apart from cutscenes I'm pretty sure it's playable from start to finish, but you still have to navigate xenia which is a chore on its own
>>569441375Those dark circles make my dick hard.
>>569443747Just smile for the camera
why do people say to skip the ps1 ones anyway?
>no SAAM on the F-18Csparrowbros...
>>569444001You can skip 1 I guess but the rest are worth playing specially 3
>>569431782>>569431925One factor is this, they're showing off the campaign. It has been said that by default, in new game, you cannot select anything but carrier aircraft, which many 6th gens aren't. You'll have to NG+ for the ability to pick any runway birds. It could be that the F-35 is the apex for first runs of the campaign.
>>569444001I only played it a couple times, but I liked 2 and would recommend it to anyone my age who already liked the series. Even reaching back just to 4 is a big departure in how the planes feel to fly so I could see people not wanting to bother with anything older than that.
i still want to believe
>>569435037>>569433303>Project Aces teasing rad squad liveriesI demand livery customization for PVP, demand it!
>>569443482Money pit was my favorite stage in Soul Calibur
>>569441375>>569404354Girls who do bombing runs and commit war crimes, are very sexy.
>pc just barely hits the minimum requirementsI hope this thing has a demo
>>569444516At least have the logo editor be as good as Armored Core 6 .
i just want more plens
>>5694440012 is awesome but I would only recommend it for someone already fond with the series
>>569444001People are crazy I've seen people say that with the reason being I don't like how low poly this looks thus its bad.The game are very fun the first two are really the home version of an arcade game fun. The 3rd one is still very fun and the first attempt at a real story and world building.Do not skip the PS1 games play all 3 they are very fun and playing X is a must also.
>>569405527Controversial Opinion: Drones aren't cool unless they can shoot out smaller drones.
>>569431483>Gyrfalcon F-16 retrofit is the last, most advanced thing, on the tech treeI would fucking nut, it would be perfect since that's basically your default plane in 3.
>>569444853>>569444807>>569444374thanks for all the replies lads I'll just try playing from release order and see what happens, I assume 1-2 are short anyways, not a complete stranger to the "genre" as I've already played project wingman a while ago and I don't mind ps1 jank so I'll see what happens
>>569432701>>569433024>Ace Combat finally gets a Ground Effect super weaponYEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
>>569445098>smaller drone shoots out even smaller drones
Drone buddy tankers
>>569441375Best girl, please don't die
>>569444526Based and Italian gimp pilled.
>>569444001What? 3 is some incredible kino. And it's gonna be at least a tiny bit relevant in 8.
>>569445998sick
>>569444001Go play the remake of 2, Assault Horizon Legacy is great.>>569444807
>>569431483ME!!Gyrfalcon, Eagle++, F/A-18I, NAV Hawk, F/A-32I want these as high end stuff.
The sound of the burners lighting up when you hit the thrusters is orgasmic>gu-SHUNKhttps://youtu.be/a7uKjH6e488?si=xG8A8OAq2kwwV9U7&t=380
>>569445872Each successive done needs bombay doors for this meme to work nugget.
>>569424023Who drew this? I thought it was Yusuke Kozaki since he did AC stuff once and it looks like his work before but the signature doesn't quite line up and now I'm only 80% sure
>>569446632That's him, he's the game's character designer
>>569446632https://x.com/kymg/status/2062549461008777395It is Yuzuke Kozaki, he's the character designer for the game.
>>569446474Personally I found it lacking and enjoy the original more it felt slower than the original and that proto DFM it has didn't help yeah its not required but the game tries it hardest to get you to use it.Did enjoy the ace squads however so it has that going for it.
>>569444001Do not do this >>569446474Despite being a remake they are both wildly different experiences and you should at least play 2 first
I really, really like the missile fire sound
>>569424023>Game about assuming a fake identities>Rex is a talented nugget pretending to be an Ace (until becoming one)>Tasha is a Yuke air acrobat who gets dragged into a real war...Could be bait, but not getting the best most trustworthy feeling from our girl here.
>>569447276I like how they added a subtle *click* sound, feels like its imitating the sound of Rex pressing the missile release button on his stick
I was watching more stuff from people who went to the event, apparently it was an 8 hour event and like the dorks PA are, they gave the attendees an actual briefing about the game.>>569447276It's so crispy.
Oh also if the person took a paid sponsorship, they got a flight jacket. Also apparently mission 5 is HUGE spoilers so footage of it is entirely off limits despite thr fact that people got to play it.
>>569446629Then picture this A drone surrounded by small drones that shoot out drones
>>569427652>something about a drummer and a bassist dyingI think he's talking about Noise's former wingmen, who got wiped out with the White Valley forces.
>>569447747Horrifying, but also real and soon.
>>569447520I think that's the missile release click so the missile is dropped, then it fires
>>569448306Drown swarm should be an air to ground SPW for Hornet.
>>569447974I see, I still haven't watched all the gameplay yet
So is Sotoa supposed to be Mongolia, Mexico or what
>>569448582*DroneI can't type for nothing right now
eww like omg gross save me rex lol
>>569448864One FAE the entire swarm dies.
Wild Nostradamus Prediction: Cope is an Ace Combat techno force ghost in the helmet of Rex in some fucking wack GRL tech test as a nod to both 7 and 3.X-Wings will be the guest planes in 8.
>>5694135257 was the end of belkan resentment mannnnn
>>569448676I don't even know anymore since the Yuke's are supposed to be Russia/Mongolia but Tasha talks in a Spanish honorifics.
>>569413525hopefully none so the unfunny redditors who think countryball memes are still bleeding edge comedy can fuck off
>>569449227you mean the start
>>569448864Gonna bet the new class of jammer aircraft are gonna be meta for this shit
>>569449329While country ball memes are okay with me, I don't like how all the twitter spam about belka back in 2015 made kono actually involve belka with 7. 6 had nothing to do with Belka and neither did X.
>>569448864Them introducing like non-weakspot damage for the big birds I think is also meant so you can use your guns to sweep at drone swarms to knock them out
>>569449565>While country ball memes are okay with mefucking why, that shit was stale a decade ago
>>569449576MPBM gonna do WORK
>>569449565>6 had nothing to do with Belkaiirc the aigaion's engineer was belkan but that might have just been to build it off of hresvelgr
>>569449384Belkans famously did nothing wrong until 2019, when they consorted with Eruseans
Might be because at some level I want to justify my purchase but the ADFX-01/2 is probably the coolest fictional aircraft in the franchise even if the design's a bit generic.
>>569449565>6 had nothing to do with BelkaBelkan immigrants post-Belkan War gave the Estovakians information on Hresvelgr, which led to the development of the Aigaion and its support air fleet. One of the Gault members in 0 resurfaces as an ace in 6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2YvUOODmRw
>>569450196>She's called severskyShe's up to something, I do not trust her
>>569450152I like it tooIt really does nail the aesthetic of an early generation superplane, it's something you might actually have seen in real life but it's already a little out of date
>>569441657but is it actually campaign coop though?
>>569449565> 6 had nothing to do with BelkaGault 7 Lorenz Riedel Estovakian Air Force callsign FeniksFound on mission 9>At some point after the Belkan War, Lorenz left the Osean continent and traveled to Estovakia as one of the many "war exiles" expelled from his country. In 2007, he fought in the Estovakian Civil War as part of the Eastern Faction, and supplied Gustav Dvornik with classified Belkan research on heavy command cruiser technology, allowing them to build the P-1112 Aigaion and her escort ships, the former of which would allow them to win the war.Just because they aren't the main villains doesn't mean they don't have a hand to play in event
>>569450152>>569450350I like that they updated the model to be more detailed
>>569450152>even if the design's a bit generic.u wot
>>569449565The vast majority of Belka's involvement with 7 is Young Erusean Officers being idiots using imported Belkan tech without reading the instruction manuals. It's only Schroeder's pet project with Mihaly and his enthralling creatures that went Triple Belkan.
>>569449565>twitter spam made konowhat
>>569449565>twitter spam about belka back in 2015 made kono actually involve belka with 7I don't think that's true
>>569450152For me its the XFA-27But how is the ADFX generic? Maybe if we compare it to a FALKEN which is its descendant but I don't see a lot of similar stuff to it in other media or in the real world
>>569448306Old school flak is going to be more of a thing again.There is no magic "lol i win" weapon, not even nukes.
>opening comms just to shit talk youKek
>>569449565At this point I want a Belkan protag in the next AC.
Do you guys also feel a dreamlike aspect to Ace Combat 4? Might be how foggy things get, specially in the cutscenes but there's something charming about it.
>>569451603It captures the kind of haze you get from reading or listening about the war, whether it's in letters or granddad's stories, that fuzzy nostalgia that colors the good and bad memories alikeIt's definitely part of why I enjoyed it so much, I had a lot of that growing uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVudkZcdI7I
>>569444001I played through the series in release order last year and I knew nothing Ace Combat. People that say to skip the PS1 games are little bitches.
>>569451603it just pisses me off
>>569452880Seems a little excessive
>>569452880We got a pisser here boys
>>569450475Morgan's bulge... uohhh
>>569453396>>569453562well forgive me for not liking dated ass graphics, AC4 taking 3 fucking hours to complete a single fucking mission isn't helping either.
>can only use carrier jets in the campaignOdd choice. I wonder if this means there will be an abundant amount of carrier jets. Carrier planes dont tend to be endgame tier, if i'm correct. What do you guys think the endgame planes will be? Perhaps a XFA-27 update? A fictional F-14 upgrade? Naval F-22? I tend to like carrier planes a bit more than land planes but it still seems weird not to just have some stages where carrier planes are mandatory like AC5. What planes are you guys hoping for?
>>569454301Bro got hardstuck on Whiskey Corridor. Same.
>>569454301>well forgive me for [reasons that are stupid]Well, no
>>569454301zoom zoom
>>569454418>>can only use carrier jets in the campaignyou misheard, you can only use carrier jets in your initial playthrough, every run afterwards lets you use regular air force aircraft too.
>>569454301>3 fucking hours to complete a single fucking missionskill issue
>>569454418>can only use carrier jets in the campaignNo, it's like AC5 where some missions are limited to carrier jets.
>>569454424>>569454560is it really skill issue when you spend most of the mission waiting for the time to run out?
I'm gonna keep my planes grimy as fuck
>>569454418Nosferatu is technically a carrier plen, as is the WyvernRafale and F-35 are the carrier variants so they're probably gonna be pretty goodMaybe GR will send us a brand new carrier-based superplane toy to play with too
>>569454807Wash your plane
>>569454807>>569454931WASH YO THRUSTERS
Holy moly, skin selection is a trillion times better this time around. Kono, I fucking kneel...
>>569454554Right but the initial playthrough usually has some kind of end game aircraft like the raptor or su37/50. Theres no naval endgame plane thats not a superplane if i recall correctly. >>569454578is it only some? i heard it was all of them. Darn I was really hoping that there'd be an excuse for them to make a new tomcat upgrade. I know the XFA-27 was supposed to be that but i'm a bit greedy and its still too different from a tomcat. Also wish theyd make a SU-33 upgrade but i'm just happy that she's making it into another game. I feel like shes kinda underappreciated and overshadowed by other flankers like the SU-37/35.
>>569404508>Surprise attackAgain?
>>569454978why dont they give us the color edit that they gave us in ass horizon?
Panther-chan got rid of her luneberg lens
>>569455283Cockpit view. Neat detail with the cockpit canopy reflecting the MFD.
>>569440902If you didn't play Ace Combat 3, you won't understand literally anything that happens in 4, 5, 7, and 8. Everything about Ace Combat leads to 3 and then to Armored Core 1.
>>569455514is that it? the whole forced ray tracing thing? So I can just not go to cockpit mode and my game performance won't tank?
>>569451342AA shells cost more than a single drone does.
>>569454980You can see land base hangars on the trailer already. And all of the early access missions has you sortie from these hangars.
>>569454965White pilots don't wash their thrusters?
>>569455716And the potential damage the drone can do costs even more than the shell. They're using ATACMS to shoot them down for fuck's sake.
>>569455657>So I can just not go to cockpit mode and my game performance won't tank?son...
>>569455117Probably because they don't want neon eye searing planes, like that one fucking skin in 7.
>>569456018this looks pretty eye searing already doe
>>569455117so they can sell you those colors, duh
>>569456018>he doesn't want to coat his plen in full mirror chrome that kills the performance of anyone it gets near because of all the reflections
>>569455965I really don't see anything else in this game needing ray tracing, it's just reflectionshit, no?
>>569456282wow i wonder what type of material reflects light in a game about aircraft
>>569456157Anon, pls
>>569456232God I wishChrome is best
>>569456447how is Pixy's head not full of radiation at this point?
>>569456157Oh McDonald's finally got an air force.
>>569455657I expect it’s baked into the cloud and weather engine.
>>569456157Well, looks like I have an idea for my PVP squad. Everyone is gonna be a condiment. I pick relish, no one steal this.
>>569457794are non-crow birds really that smart? They can aura farm too?
>>569447731>mission 5 is HUGE spoilersI wonder how big of a deal it is, considering that the story you can piece together from the stuff they have shown off is pretty fucking bonkers.
>>569447731So everything shown up to now is pre-mission 5? is the goofy land ship an early game boss?
I've never done PVP in Ace Combat. Is it actually fun or no fun bullshit?
>>569455848>You can see land base hangars on the trailer already. And all of the early access missions has you sortie from these hangars.It's a bit misleading. The early access missions are in Free mode and give the option to be limited to True-to-Campaign planes or to use anything. Where you sortie from changes based on what plane you pick; 7 had the same thing in one or two missions where if you picked a carrier capable craft it launched from that otherwise you took off from a runway.
>>569458535Can be fun, extremely easy to decay into no fun bullshit though, all it takes is one asshole.
>>569458430the recorded missions are 4, 9, and 11. land battleship is 9 and podarge is 11
>>569458535You need a private game with people on the honor system in order to not devolve into a cheese-fest.
>>569457875All birds aura farm to some extent. Whatever baby that ace delivering gonna be born with aviators on.
>>569457948Yeah I'm wondering the same thing given what we've seen so far is already insane.>>569459193Hummingbirds dogfight each other which is really funny.
>>5694585357 was lackluster for PvP, jousting is fun but that's all it was. I wanted base raids and PvPvE
>>569458535/aceg/ shootouts are reliably a good time because of the house rules.Public lobbies are a lot more hit or miss, they're fun until somebody decides to pull out the railguns, the Darkstars, the NASCAR QAAMs or the Modern Aerial Combat Experience™.
>>569427652>video is privateFuck, does anyone save it?
is it october yet
>>569458535>Enter lobby>Everyone else is in a stealth jet using LAAMsA BVR simulator, in my arcade flight game?
>>569461054no
>>569454980I, too, hope for the st-21 buddy. With sm-6 on the wing pylons and smart bombs and either aim-120s or 260s between the engines. But I know this sounds too good to be true.
Pre-order chads should be able to download Zero right the fuck now. It's twenty years old, there would be no harm letting us wet our beaks.
>>569461552The ritual...
>>569461552forgot link https://www.4gamer.net/games/969/G096901/20260605006/
>>569461602Just emulate it faggot. You can wait until september for your shiny achievements.
Assuming your entire plane wishlist is in 8, are you going to use a mixed squadron of different planes or is everyone going to fly the same jet?Who gets what plane?
>>569461845I don't like looking at the square explosions, they ruin it for me.
>>569461602they'll probably let us download it soon..They released 5 on ps4 long before launch
>>569461935I need at least 1, maybe 2 EW planes as it seems EW is gone and it has been replaced by ESM and ECM.
>>569461935i'd like to put noise on dedicated ecm duty, but i'll probably roll into the final mission with everyone in the same plane
>>569461935Everyone in the starter legacy hornet and me in whatever plane I just unlocked and wasted all my money on
when AC8 comes out, I'm gonna host a multiplayer lobby where we all agree to use the same plane and we only use blind-fired RCLs to try to hit each other (assuming they're still in the game)
>>569462075*IEWS
there eventually better be some fucking top-shelf hydrafxx tier r34 of the characters or I'm going to be sorely disappointed
>>569461935Since 8 all about Rex, I will be artistically compelled to use the Tomcat.
Surely it's kind of awkward to make your squad members take two/four-seatersTo say nothing of making Chopper fly one
>>569462401Can't even get decent Avril coochie while every obscure gacha bint gets ten thousand pieces.
>>569461935Everybody would be flying Hawks just like in AC5. I wonder what memeplen we'll get in 8, but the F-16 apparently has QAAMs now so that alone makes me happy.>>569461957Square explosions have been fixed for years at this point, try updating your PCSX2.>>569462145>noise gets to shoot musicPottery.
>>569461935I will relegate Noise to permanent jammer status.
I'm going to be fucking pissed if none of the ACX units made it in this game, it's not like the game is badly received either and most avid fans know about them.
>>569461935Is it racist to keep Tasha in nothing but Rus planes?
>>569461006There's another videohttps://youtu.be/XCr9b08CJR8?si=HeZqZvxt1UAApiSj
>>569462830Nobody should be subjected to such torture, not even russians themselves.
>>569462830what if that's where she feels most comfortable?you actually be doing her a kindness.
>>569462830Just as long as you don't put Professor in just black planes I guess
>>569462830would be funny if she had a secret passive that made her perform better on russian crafts
>>569454301I was just joking around you sound insufferable.
>>569462830She was a Hornet pilot
I need a full rip of that Shadow Team theme ASAP.
>>569461801
>>569463409You and me both pal.
TASHA GET OUT OF THE JET AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK
>>569463076>professor in only black planes>tasha in only russian planes>noise in only eaw planesI know what my meme roster is going to be for the inevitable gun run.
The only track I like so far is at 6:40https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcphpBvdt28
>>569461935Grumman buddies all the way through.>mostly aa3 cats and a prowler>mostly agbombcats a tadpole and a prowlerThen if it's possible, do a douglas brothers campaign with phantoms and skyhawks
>>569463627(You) in uh? F14?
so only 2 attackers? I think it's time to bring Adler into this universe, at least give us a superplane attacker for once.
Do you guys think this game will run on Win10 gtx 1660 ti on lowest setting on 30 fps? I think I make a mistake purchasing it last month to replace my outdated gt 1030...
>>569464267I doubt it will run, much less at 30.
>>569463564>SU-25SMOh shit new variant. The other times the Frogfoot showed up it was the original production model and the TM. Although the model in 2 was a two seater. Awesome man, I hope it's as fun as the Frogfoot in PW is. Seeing this gives me hope we'll see things like the Stealth Eagle or something.>>569464248See >>569461801 and >>569463564So far we have at least five>A-10>SU-34>SU-25SN>A-10>A-6E
>>569464267i'm not familiar with that card but ray tracing is required
>>5694644375 out of how many? Do we have the numbers yet?
>>569464523Everything I've seen has said 30 planes, with 4 plane types. EW planes are their own dedicated type now.
>>569464267>Win 10Son I think it's time to upgrade
>>569464267Not gonna make it
>>569464441why would game devs still fall for mandatory ray tracing gimmick? I'll wait until someone posting benchmark of it on youtube once it released
>>569464934Game is in development way before the AI bullshit, probably way too late to backpedal when the trend started.
>>569464647>EW planes are their own dedicated type now.Oh that's interesting, usually they were multiroles or whatever, and the EW depended on you picking an EW special weapon. I guess they'll feature more in pvp?
>>569464437Oh that's righr the F-2 is in game so it's 6 out of 30 for Attackers.>>569465654In multiplayer and campaign. Some videos by people who played at the event said they found making your squadron into EM slaves was really effective.
>>569454931It's called AURA bro
>>569431976Is that white circle like logo the one from the Enso Order coorporation? Doesn't that look like an Ouroboros snake kinda?Is it related to the Ouroboros from 3?
>>569467394Looks more like they're referencing the Ulysses disaster to me.
>>569467394I don't know how they'll connect to Ouroboros but they are pretty sus making weapons for both sides. And they have their own special zone in Theve too.It's also the name of the official website of 8
>>569467394>Is that white circle like logo the one from the Enso Order coorporation? Doesn't that look like an Ouroboros snake kinda?It is, and yeah it does. I wouldn't be surprised if it tied into 3, and my personal pie in the sky theory is that Enso is based in or heavily involved with space. The "Enso Special Zone" might be where they bridge down to Earth a la a reverse space elevator, the dots outside the circle look suspiciously like a a planet and its moon, the release date announcement trailer showed a space shuttle docking with some sort of friendly satellite, and we know from the destruction system patent that Project Aces had desires to set something in orbit. Space is looking like it plays a big part in 8.
>traitor on board>squads defectingWere definitely fighting Cope by the end aren't we?
>>569468431>fighting our schizophrenia demonyeah im thinking the oxygen deprivation did a number on us
>>569468431>Copewhat? we're fighting in our head?
All this online mode talk and no mention of co-op campaign yet.
>>569468497ENTERING ELECTROSPHERE
>>569468592>cross-platformac7 didn't have that i don't think? or am i misremembering
>>569468484Would be really funny if Cope was actually alive and talking to us through nanomachines in our head or something
>>569468592>All this online mode talkdude, we barely talk about online outside of the deluxe edition battlepass
>>569468431>cope, as a proto-sublimation ai ghost, has been leaking intel from the endurance to the sotoans>it's all to draw enemies to you and you to enemies, in order to make the legend real>he hijacks the sotoan superplane at the end so you can put to rest the one thing standing between you and being the real wings of thevethe skies belong to you, rex. go take what's yours.
>>569468592i wouldn't get my hopes up if i were you, it's probably counting infinity-style raid bosses as "co-op"i would, of course, love to be proven wrong though
For those complaining about the landship being stupid cause it wouldn't be able to cross certain terrain, that's literally addressed in the mission, it's secondary tracks allow it to elevate slightly to clear obstacles (you can see them 'walking' in the trailer), that's why you knock them out before dropping buildings in its path and why it takes a predictable route through the city...
>>569468647Nope, AC7 did not have cross platform. I don't expect details like this about MP to come up until near launch but with all the talk about wingmen I was curious no one asked in these interviews if you could invite friends to play as your wingmen instead.
>>569468942"stupid because it wouldn't work" is literally every superweapon in the series, anyone saying that in the first place is retarded
>>569468942Ok but how is Belka involved with Sotoa?
>>569468942Plot twist: it can launch itself with rockets, temporarily lifting it up to clear itself from the rubble. I kinda warmed up with the idea desu. Think of it like a kaiju fucking up the city.
>>569469079Why not just a giant robot at this point?
>>569469048the same way they are involved with Estovakia?
>>569469048Image unrelated, I'm Belkan at heart, long live Belka
>>569405271Well Anon he literally just told you it's UE5.It's far more likely it will run like dogshit than run well, especially on a 3060 and especially if it's like Indiana Jones where Raytracing is forced. I wish you the best, though. At the very least UE5 is so glaringly obviously considered to run like shit by most people while also having widely understood engine parameters and shit that we always have tons of "ULTIMATE ENGINE TWEAK FOR MAX PERFORMANCE" mods with each one to help.
>>569464267>upgrading to a 1660 in the year of our lord 2026bruh
any news about a linux release?
I think it's hilarious that massive rolling fortresses are impractical IRL because they're vulnerable to air attacks, but the air attack game decided actually they sound like a good idea. It's peak.
>>569469854it can fly + cold fusion powered energy shield
>>569469229I'm sure they'd do that sometime in the future.
>>569470024soon...
Callsign for AWACS is "Dealer"
>>569469854that's why they brought multiple land aegis ships with them (not that they helped much)
>>569469782If it's anything like AC7 it should run fine on Proton. Unless they package it with denuvo (like 7 until apr 2021) or some retarded KAC
>>569470264october*, misremembered
>>569469854You'll have to wait for the last mission prototype version that counters you by digging underground
>>569470115Technically they did in 3 with the Ant Lion tanks. >>569470205I like him already, he seems like a fucking dork bringing up game theory in the middle of a battle. Kinda reminds me of Eugene from X in how he's at wit's end with the war going poorly.
>>569464437wait, is Nighthawk not in the game? again?
>>569470245>aegis ships>aegis ashore>aegis landshipsThey're evolving. What's next, airborne aegis?Oh right.
>>569471061aegis gundam of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Fh3QKlnlYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4tNg2AbrJgClose enough, welcome back Tarakian Unidentified Weapon.
>>569471212why do the nips call it Desmogami? What does that even mean?
>>569470024Can you really call it a Battleship at this point?
>>569470949Nope. Seems it was snubbed again, at least for now. We still haven't seen the entire plane roster yet. Harriers exist in game but whether they're playable or not remains to be seen.
>>569471359why the sudden hatred towards the thing anyway? Why is it reduced to a punchbag?
>>569471357it can go on waterand it does battlelogic is sound to me
>>569471434It might be a bit of plane autism as even by Ace Combat standards the Nighthawk has always been protrayed wrong in every game. They also may not be able to get real world scans of them nowadays because for some reason the US government keeps information about them classified to this day.
>>569471292Because it has this weird mast that's similar to the one on the Mogami and the fact that it's armed with big fuck off railguns, hence Death Mogami.
>>569472074oh Mogami is a ship name, that makes sense now.
sotoa is israel btw
>>569471357its a ship for battle, therefore a battleship
Can somebody post the unofficial glamrock patch please?>>569426749>>569433303You're welcome. Font appears to be superclarendon bold, 110% width for anyone interested>>569454978>>569456157It's nice to have options, but I'm not sure how I feel about this system... a lot of generic skin variations and it looks like a pain in the ass to skinmod
>>569472394>a lot of generic skin variations and it looks like a pain in the ass to skinmodkeep in mind that you can still unlock enemy ace skins and that one of the biggest complaints about 7 was how few variations of generic schemes there weremy only worry is if the marking customization is still limited to single emblems
>>569472508fair enough>my only worry is if the marking customization is still limited to single emblemsJudging by the pre-order bonuses, I'm afraid this will be the case
>>569469854They made it so obnoxiously big that air-launched munitions are barely effective against it. Hell of a solution.
Dont think anyone has pointed it out yet, but chaff and flares all eject from their proper dispenser points on aircraft now.https://youtu.be/OaDCVQ7P8nI?t=419&si=CYfpR80WTrDmn78X
>>569472394That really is a sickass emblem
>>569472508>>569472732Having multiple emblems was like the one good thing JA did and they've never done it since. I should be able to have a roundel and a normal emblem at least.>>569473029Yeah it is. Shame that squadron appears to be have been wiped out though.
>>569473132I rocked Skeleton Squadron's emblem tooMaybe putting a skeleton in your emblem in Strangereal is like calling your ship the Titanic, it's just a guaranteed jinx
>>569465869>said they found making your squadron into EM slaves was really effective.from what ive heard from the jewtubers invited out to california to play, its basically like having enchanter squadron from ac7 dlc mission 1 but they're actually glued to your ass instead of doing a slow loop in a predetermined area
>>569473337That's what it sounded like to me, yeah. It'd be funny to put them all in Prowlers.
>Resource rich>High population>Caught in the machinations between two great powers>Goes to war every five minutes>Consistently bites the hand that feeds themUsea is Strangereal Africa
Need for Speed Unbound had 8 season passes for every season with new cars to get and afterwards, when the season ends, you can buy "catch up packs" do get all the contents from the previous season passes.I imagine Bamco would do something similar, because it would make them more money rather than locking away every new planes forever if you didn't manage to unlock them
>>569473629>I imagine Bamco would do something similar, because it would make them more money rather than locking away every new planes forever if you didn't manage to unlock themit also feels like it would be hard to get normgroids to engage in fomo over scifiplanes from 20 year old ps2 titles, that shit barely works when it comes to actual mass entertainment slop like codletting people purchase access to planes released in the battlepass after the season ends seems like it would reduce resentment from the core fanbase
>>569472394should say 43rd flight, not 43th flight
Gunpod Phantom
>>569473996Noice.
>>569473831Good catch thanksI'm retarded FUCK, japs speak better english than me
>>569473996flying my shitbox F4 in vietnam camo colours to every mission without washing it and while mocking Sotoans
>>569474229No worries buddy, good work
Check out the refraction of the fuselage through the cockpit canopy. Also more drop tanks, this time for the Charlie Eagle.
I don't like how the UGBs are still doing that thing where they literally launch off the rails at supersonic speeds.
i really hope 2.5 inch ssds are going to cut it and that i wont need to get a 512gb m.2 for fucking $200
Mission to bomb enemy AI data centres when
>>569475016The space elevator was basically one giant datacenter in 7, maybe that's why it's getting blown up.
>>569451603When you play it on a CRT, the way the highlights in the sky blow out, and the overall coloration of the game (even from mission to mission) really makes it all look like combat footage.You can emulate some of that with some of the more complex filters/shaders available, and doubly so if you've got a decent HDR monitor.For some reason, 5 and Zero never induced that effect on me (again, on my specific TV back then).
The motif heard in the release date trailer and in the Shadows squadron theme is nice,but the way it's rendered in the latter is a bit close to 2010s Stomp Clap Woaaahhh music for me. Not quite, but close.Ladies singing their hearts out always get me - a 'cheat code' to my heart.
UAV made with 3D Printer?
>>569477062We Gran Turismo now.>>569477303Those'll probbaly be real before too long now. You can already make a suicide drone in a shed.
>>569477559Is the Landship 3D Printer supposed to be materialless magic printer or what? You can't just print a billion of drones from nothing.
>>569477678Its stated in the mission that it requires raw resources and they may be low due to purple magic throwing themselves at it in the previous battle
>>569477678No they explicitly mention that its printing materials are low but it has enough to print off a few more drone swarms, which is one of the reasons they have to stop it before it gets to the neutral zone.
>>569477678It probably rolls over enough material to make stuff
>>569477559Gran Autismo -> Autist Combat
>Armored Core 6 with Ayre>Now Ace Combat 8 with CopeWhat's with the disembodied voice character talking inside your head trope?
>>569468691Truly Metal Gear but planes
>>569480876how old is Rex anyway? Around the same age as Tasha heightwise?
>>569481154I know people have talked about player choices resulting in character deathsBut who the fuck isn't going to save Tasha
>We're receiving aid from Osea, but due to the current circumstances they cannot intervene directly.>Our maintenance issues are mounting>The Princess has made some calls, and an old friend of hers will be joining us aboard the Endurance to get our aircraft up to scratch
>>569481278me i'm sacrificing myselfthe negro and the w*man WILL make it out alive
>>569481404>They call her the Scrap Mom now because she's had five kids with Trigger but now she's carrying your sorry asses for some reason
>>569481574>BF2042 makes Irish surviving and Hannah dying the canon choice instead of just third optioning it and making the faceless voiceless loser Recker do the sacrificial play>Hannah turns out to still be kicking anyway but this is only revealed at the very end of the game's life
>>569481615>Scrap Cougar, irresistibly stinky.
>>569481154>>569480876>the Republic of Sotoa, is a nation located in the western region of the Verusan continent, located southwest of Yuktobania.>Main antagonist nation conveniently neighbors the YukesI'm watching this chick's every move.
>>569404354So this is the last game before the mega-corps take over the world.Hopefully we get some prototype planes from each in this game.
>>569462401>90% is going to be Tasha>70% of that is going to be blacked porn with Teach
>>569482331Its bait to think that Tasha will be the leak cause Yuke, pinky will be loyal
>>569482963>Little Bee is ignored and therefore protectedExcellent, SHE'S MINE
Are they gonna be skipping, retconning or rebooting electrosphere?
>>569483154Text your vote to 03030,SKIP,RTCN,or REBTto 03030!
>>569483025Both her and Noise are bait, it will be Baxter, who fakes his own death. He already has friends among the enemy.
>>569482963damn that's disheartening
>>569483154If it were relevant at all, 3 would be getting the PS5 treatment, not Zero. 5 got the port with 7's pre-order because Nagase shows up at the end of the game. So clearly something from Zero is going to be stinger in 8.
>>569483154i want for it to be retconned because i never played it
>>569423208SOOOOOOOUUUUUUULLLLL
>>569424703i love cosette, i NEED more of her
So do the others even care that Cope is dead? Do we at least see the others deal with his death?
>>569483528Japs will be cheeky about it. The Japanese version, with all the important story bits, will be the one retconned, but the butchered Western version without any story at all will be the one Project Aces uses going forward. This way, nothing about the story in 3 about the future will matter and they can just shrug it all off and do whatever they want next.
professor's design is so weird, his head looks so fucking square it's jarringtoo bad cause he seems like a cool guy
>>569483753The Professor and Little Bee would care, and maybe Noise, but he was in a different flight element with its own deaths to death with.
>>569483874I want him to be autisitc as fuck. Just on comms nonstop giving technical info about planes and ground units you fight.
What are the chances Queen Flight also defects and we have to put them in the ground?
>>569483440>So clearly something from Zero is going to be stinger in 8Big if true
>>569483134Literally Queen
>>569483995 he autistim yaps in one of the missions so you get your wish buddy
>>569483154I honestly kinda just want it to be retconned and pushed further away in the future.You technically don't see the real world in AC3, so there's a part of me that hopes they'll leverage that so that we don't suddenly go from basically real world technologies to whole fleets of UFOs that got developed in a day.
>>5694834403 is basically impossible to rerelease with the gimped localization, even if they wanted to
>>569484039If you don't help them enough, maybe they'll defect
Does Osea have energy weapon tech tightly controlled real lack of lasers and railguns on these early and mid game planes
>>569483154i honestly hope it gets retconned, the story wasn't all that, it doesn't justify hitting a dead end for the setting but they'll probably go with it since martha was mentioned in AC7 (even though the localization fucked it up and called her massa)
>>569484282As much as I hope choices matter. They probably won't do much outside of small mission events or give special dialogue, but that's it.
>>569482331Honestly I'd wager that Sotoa doesn't like the Yukes all too much.
>>569484039I can see a choice of helping Queen or some vital thing to stay on mission that gets someone else killed.>>569484082Pixy won't show up. It will be something stupid like JP survived and he's relevant somehow like a relative of someone else Rex or Tasha knows. In mission 11, Tasha already talks about the fact that her mother is dead and was a Yuke ace.
>>569484381The Lighthouse War fucked over a ton of satellite infrastructure so maybe targeting for some of the nastier energy weapons got fucked.
>>569484652They don't. Part of 8's backstory is that Sotoa and the Yuke's got into a boarder scuffle prior to the game's opening. Sotoa got its ass kicked therein, so maybe that's what prompts them to go all in on being a military dictatorship.
You know, come to think of it, it might've taken a superweapon to clean up the atmosphere of all that debris
>>569484980>You will never be a reactivated Stonehenge operator who spends their time with some office chums and coffee from behind a screen, vaporizing debris still in orbit all dayWhy even live?
>>569484980So what are we thinking, drones? Some gravity well bullshit? A massive fuckoff laser?
>>569483154The in-mission choices will effect the ending of the game, one of the endings will lead to the AC3 universe. AC3 will be its own sub-canon.Screenshot this
>>569484381FCU is in shambles during the early game, we/Wings of Theve exist literally as a psyop against our own people trying to force the Usean myth of a heroic ace saving the nation in its darkest hour. We're so brokedick that we live on a fucking Yorktown in 2029.Might also be hidden to prevent spoilers, like how Mission 9 apparently ends shortly for the early access players because it would spoil things.
>>569484835There wasn't a right lot of StS DEWs even before then. Off the top of my head, only the Arkbird displayed that kind of capability.
>>569484084I wonder where her scars are/ what they look like
>>569485354If FCU it totally fucked outside one aircraft carrier, it makes me wonder what happened to Scarface Squadron and Phoenix. Surely the dude is retired by then but he can't be happy.
>>569485428It must really, really, be rad as fuck to be in the business of ocean salvage in the AC universe.
>Squadmates call out the specific model of aircraft you downThat's awesome
>>569485776What year is Ace Combat 2 set in, anyway?
>>569486139Lessons learned from AC7 DLC I suppose.
>>5694862681995, technically Zero takes place before the Scully Island incident.
Shootouts are gonna be fun in October.
>>569481154do white girls like this exist in real life
>>569488616My Phantom II is gonna wrack up many kills from nuggets who disrespect its old ass.
Will I be able to put anime girl decals on my plane in singleplayer too?
>>569489779After you finish the campaign
really hope the multiplayer as a PVE infinity like mode>LAND BATTLESHIP BATTLE IV
I'm gonna be honest, I am a bit worried about the performance, I watched this video>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDCVQ7P8nIAnd according to him the game dipped below 60fps at certain times on a PC with a 5080, 32GB DDR5 RAM and an Ultra 7 265F. Combine with the fact that in the minimum specs on the steam page it says the expected performace at UPSCALED 1080p is 30fps, and that they mention it can go below that, and I think this might be another case of an UE5 game with less than ideal performance.
Did anyone notice the Morgan TLS destroying an enemy in one hit in the deluxe edition trailer? I guess we're back to the super weapons being over powered?
>>569490792grim, i do hope PA releases the day 1 performance patch on day 0 instead
>>569490792Oh come the fuck on, so what? all we 3060ers should just refund the game?
>>569491054Considering they have all this feedback already, they should be doing performance patches right nowOctober is still 4 months away, they've got time
>>569490368>Hunt for the Alicorn IV>Gleipnir Pursuit IV
>>569490978The new subsidiary damage system should unironically make the TLS fucking lit. Same goes for sick pickling moves on flying bosses and the cluster missiles.
>>569491439I would LOVE it if multiplayer was just a greatest hits set of missions from the series. I miss ACEX.
>>569491520If the TLS is a one hit kill again, is there a chance it will be re-balanced for multiplayer? Because that is how it should've been in AC7. Instead they turned it into a fucking laser pointer that couldn't damage anything. Having the TLS be the wrath of God in campaign, but slightly weaker in MP for balancing purposes seems like a fair compromise.
>>569491818My problem with the plane part system has always been that it gives the devs an excuse to weaken munitions, because the player can always equip the parts that make things stronger, It's a really shitty conceit in game design.
>>569490368It's the best way to tell key events from previous games for normies that dont emulate, so yeah, i can see it happening, at some point.
A TWENTY-FIVE HOUR LONG CAMPAIGN?5 has 27 levels and you can beat it in 10 hours even while watching cutscenes. How big is this game going to be?
>>56949211410 hours of unskippable cutscenes, MGS4 style
>>569490792Lately AAA games such as Doom TDA, Borderlands 4 and Code Vein 2 flopped on PC due to bad optimization issue. Bamco really should be worried about this. People are losing patience with having to buy $70 for a game only to have laggy performance on their PC.
>>569492114The real question is how much of that is cutscenes. One of the early access players mentioned that there's like 30 min of intro before you actually play the game, and one complaint about the heavy story focus was that (specifically in mission 9) there was a lot of waiting around for dialogue to play out/waiting for the mission clock to advance before the next targets popped up..
>>569491643This is all it needs to be good. Even better if they copy the helldivers Galactic war or battlefront galactic conquest mechanics but set it in strangereal
>>569490792He mentions in the comments the game was running at 4kIf it was native res 4k then it's actually pretty good performance, if it was upscaled 4k it's rather fucked
>>569492369>30 min of intro before you actually play the gameOf all videogame series I never expected AC to fal into that pit of cancer.If I want to watch a movie I'll go watch a movie. A fucking half hour cutscene is never acceptable in a videogame.
>>569492369>had to watch 30 min intro before I can test if my PC can even survive this shitCan I even refund at that point?
How do we feel about most nuggets likely coming from Max0r videos? Are they better or worse than those that come for the Yuke e-girl?
>>569493874Cant we at least skip shit?
>>569493589There is absolutely no way it's native 4k, they use upscaling every single time, and given they're trying to get the best impression they are probably using upscaling to make it look like 4k but still trying to get the best performance. Since they also mentioned upscaled 1080p I'm the minimum specs section on the Steam page I wouldn't be surprised if they expected you to always play it upscaled no matter what.
>>569493995usually when a cutscene is long I'd just chalk it up as unskippable, so 50/50 in this case.
>>569493874You could probably pirate it if you just wanna test the performance.
>>569494142I already preordered it...
>>569494226You already paid the retard tax then, too bad.
>>569494226NEVER PREORDER SHIT NIGGER
><<yo,buddy still alive ?>>><<ready to do it all again in widescreen ?>>
>>569494064>30 minute unskippable cutscenei don't understand what kind of fart-sniffing pretentious cunt thinks his writing or directing on a videogame are elite enough to force a player to sit through thati'm here to fly planes and blow shit up not to watch your fucking movie
>>569494489<< Borderless? >>
>>569494404>>569494350look, Ace combat is a priority for me so there's no way around it. I just don't like the fact that I was promised that the minimum requirement is 2060, I didn't expect it actually need a fucking 4080 for the game to just be 'playable'.
>>569494489I hope it comes with achievements. Did the AC5 port come with them?
>>569494773How did you conclude, after all that noise,that you "actually need a fucking 4080 for the game to just be 'playable'"? Do you even game at 4K? Do you have a CPU that is near or better than a 5800X3D (the SKU that an Ultra 7 265K trades blows with)?
>>569494773What the fuck are you talking about? Did you expect the minimum requirements to run at 60 FPS at 4K and max graphics?
>>569494773If it's such a priority that you can justify preordering it before you're even sure if it will run well, then you can justify spending 300+ bucks on a new GPU.
>>569494773ace combat is cool i get it, hell i even considered purchasing the game, but corpos only understand one thing, the stick, and beatings will continue until games can run with reasonable hardware
>>569494995I dunno, just hearing that even a high end PC is barely getting 60 FPS sounds like the game is unoptimized, like most games nowadays I guess.
Why does the runway matter so much anyway? I don't want my fav crafts to be locked to only a few missions.
>>569493883I don't judge people, but I dislike max0r's videos for being an unfunny assault on your senses distilled from the most recognisable memes of a given franchise.>>569494773"Minimum requirement" likely means "still looks good while running stably". That 2060 will run the game.
>>569483154Reboot because how the fuck is Cohen going to convince the factions that Nemo is totally a fleshbag pilot and not AI sloppa?
>Unreal Engine 5 game>Runs like shitColor me surprised
>>569490792I'd wager the game's just about complete by now, so they've got a solid four months to optimise the bastard.
>>569495352oh well, I guess I can keep it for now. Surely a 3060 can survive.
>>569495492Terminator Infiltrator unit. Alternatively, brain chip with Nemo on it that overwrites the host.
>>569494773Minimum requirements means console performance. 1080p on low settings and probably not even targeting 60 fps. You should know that by now
How long did it take for 7 to go on sale for the first time?
>>569494404Stfu Sotoan poorfag, I'll preorder what i want, isn't my fault your personal economy is in the bin cause you built landships
>>569495901It's targeting 30fps actually.
>>569495095What's so unreasonable about expecting people to have a GPU that's not more than 8 years old?
Is it time to get all our old infinity buddies back? Do they still exist in these threads still?
Which Vtuber do you want to see get into Ace Combat
>>569496147>REQUIRES an RTX-capable cardChrist.
>>569496285All of emLet it be the next gen version of the idolmaster planes
>>569496147>8GB VRAM card can barely reach 30 fps at upscaled 1080pGaming, has changed...
>>569496421So you need an AMD card from the last 6 years or an Nvidia one from the last 8. That's like the length of a full console generation. Pretty sure AC7 couldn't run on Fermi cards either.
>>569496421Not RTX, but "hardware raytracing" via DX12 (Ultimate) DXR.So including and everything after what was listed there.
>>569496147>>569490792can a nuclear reactor even run this game smoothly at this point? Holy fuck.
Played the AC7 VR missions (the mod that ports them in flat screen to PC) and holy shit, is it just a skill issue or is this actually tough as shit? It was a struggle to get through just on normal, I can't even imagine trying to ace this in VR
>>569496285Only the manliest ones
>>569496646>Pretty sure AC7 couldn't run on Fermi cards either.It does, actually.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEE8bHv_-LQ
>>569496939Bau Bau!
>>569470024Bolos in my AC universe?
>>569496636The 2060 is 6GB thoughverbeit.
>>569496147Pretty debatable whether that even counts as playable, it's PS3 resolution and a framerate no AC game has targeted ever
>>569494773Like most UE5 games it's gonna be ok on a 3060ti I'm pretty confident of this.>>569490792again I wouldn't worry too much. The event is likely running retarded max settings. It's gonna be fine on medium/high 1440p.
>>569498893Honestly the only game that made me less confident is MGS Delta, that game lagged on my PC on bigger maps.
>>569500429>AC8 maps are all bigAnon, it might be over
>>569500787honestly it's just when its loading the map, after that it's okay, it's 3060 6 GB if that matters
It doesn't even look all that much better than AC7 outside of higher fidelity plane modelsIt's like the current theme of the videogame industry. Almost nothing looks substantially better than games did a generation ago, yet everything runs like ass on any hardware except a fucking xx90.
>>569497356Alright, fair enough. So both AC7 and AC8 run on 8 year old midrange(xx60) hardware as an absolute minimum. Guess AC8 is a bit worse for AMD users because of the hardware RT requirement which AMD only got 6 years ago.
>rerelease is an exclusive againThank FUCK for emulation.
>>569490978>I guess we're back to the super weapons being over powered?More like *SUPER* weapons aren't underpowered anymore. That's what I'm hoping for anyway.
>>569456723Small price to pay for a world without borders
With the Zero port. Do we finally get higher quality Pixy images now?
>>569502589Aw but the blurriness is part of the charm
>>569502589I assume they have relatively uncompressed versions of the FMVs somewhere, especially since the promotional image version of the backgrounds are much clearer. Guess we'll see.
>>569501787it's on every platform, unless you mean exclusive to preorders
>trying to 100% Project Wingman>have to complete all mission on easy mode>try it on free missions: fail>restart the campaign: faildo I seriously need to restart all progress to get the achievement or is it a bug?
>>569503331yeah gonna be like the command and conquer remastered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM8F4BHxgrctought in their case they had to do with already compressed stuff cause they only were able to find whatever EA still had in their archive
>>569505267There was talk about some bugged achievements a while back.
>>569501127>It doesn't even look all that much better than AC7 outside of higher fidelity plane modelsi dont know how you can watch any of the multiple videos of 8 and think it isnt a huge step up graphics and interactivity-wise over 7
>>569473132I'm not sure it has been wiped out. Check the first trailer, the drummer and the bassist are alive.
><<CALLING ALL LANDING FORCE UNITS>>><<ABOVE YOU FLIES THE WINGS OF THEVE>>><<NO HARM WILL COME TO YOU>>God I fucking love missions like this, because despite there being no gameplay incentive to try harder, I already know I'm gonna be gunning it harder than usual.
The sound design is looking better than the visual stuff.afterburners kicking in, the way missiles click on before they fire off the racks, the sonic booms, very cool.
>>569511347They fucked up the gun sound though. Some Top Gun bullshit.
>>569501127You may need glasses buddy
>>569511515I didnt watch the gameplay but are you really telling me they are using stock 50 cal sounds for the gun?
>>569511515https://youtu.be/eSNT1-AL-Pw?si=8JWusC8BxGUgaWaa&t=265Sounds just like AC7's Vulcan tho>>569511652Game will undeniably run heavy, but denying it isnt in service of a big step up graphix-wise is just sour grapes imo
>>569511848what is it about volumetric clouds that makes them so hard to look good? i mean these don't look bad at all, very cool and fluffy and give you a sense of depth and scale, but you can still clearly see how grainy and low res they are
>>569512103I disagree, these are not "grainy and low res"
>>569512396maybe it's just the image compressionalso i think i meant noise instead of grain
>>569512526AFAIK demo players were talking about a noise filter of some kindHopefully it's a graphical option or possible to mod out.
I'm just hoping there's a lot less grain than AC7 had.
>>569513503>Whole game has a noise filter>Can hear cope the entire timeWe're an AI aren't we
https://x.com/yamags/status/2062901603393552784Not a lot of people talk about how all the leads at PA are huge into scale model building. This guy is the art director and shows off his builds, Kono blogs about how his employees leave Scale Aviation issues on his desk every month, etc. Probably why the texturework in AC games are always so topnotch.
>>569498371pretty sure 6 and infinity were not 1080p/60
>>569505267achievements are buggeddon't bother
The JP dub sounds a lot better tbqhfJP Tasha's ~kimochiwaruiiii~ when she sees the droneswarm is too moe...
>>569516867That's why you switch up audio tracks on different playthroughs.
>Tests RE4 Ray Tracing>had to turn off the entire graphics settings to at least let the card breatheI don't think my 3060 mobile going to like AC8? or at least I'm not getting pretty graphics like this?
can I just have the game, like, right nowit's literally the only upcoming game i'm interested in, not counting shit that's still years away like the bitcher 4
>>569517129Replaying the entirety of the AC franchise in the meantime. It's a long agonizing wait
Any cockpit gameplay? It pissed me off so bad when they never got the cannon muzzle flash working in first person in 7
>>569517112Its going to hate it, 8 has forced ray tracing.
>>569516867Biggest selling point seems to be TsudaKen homoerotically whispering into your ear for the entire game
>>569517876also debra wilson's acting feels a little too forced on the aggro alpha female boss lady side of thingsher jp counterpart feels a lot more calm and measured
>>569517876If we're taking the ASMR Combat route I'd rather listen to a woman.
>>569517571i already replied the PS2 games, 7 and X a while agomaybe it's time to check out that 6 PC port people are jerking off to
>>569494489Is the widescreen on the PS2 version just cropped? Also does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of those upscaling artifacts in the menus on PCSX2 or is that just the price for HD.
>>569517865well I heard AC8 has DLSS? Maybe I can use it to soften the blow, RE4 has no DLSS to help the card so that could be the solution.
>>569518080Either that or the infinity revival
>>569518038It always isAnother reason to use jp dubs I guess
>>569518623On an RTX 2060 they're targeting 1080p(upscaled) 60fps(with framegen), so really more like 720p30.
>>569519296I'm okay with bad graphics but I'm going to be pissed if my game is basically pixelated, I might have to wait for the community mod to remove all these ray tracing shenanigans.
>>569516043you are correct
>>569519427I myself just want to play the game at 60 fps no matter if it looks like it came straight from the PS1 or something, and it seems like RT will deny me even that.
>>569519296The Monster Hunter Wilds experience. If they do framegen that's probably less than ideal if you can't run it well in the first place, especially with the heavy flight model.
Game not even out or finished and buddies are doomposting, just another day in /aceg/
>>569520140I was suprised at how well MHW runs on my old PC, I was expecting a shitshow. I'm on an RX 570 (Which was mid range in 2017)
>>569520279>slight criticism or reasonable yet sane fears>doompostingmaybe r/acecombat is more your speed
Should have bought an Xbox Series Sneed when they were like $200 for Christmas 2-3 years ago that's the perfect poverty box
>>569520469reasonable criticism like complaining about their midrange hardware from a decade ago might not be able to play an upcoming game
>>569520626the hardware from the minimum specs are not from a decade ago
>>569520469I only have 1 speed, full AB
>>569520812They're only from 8 years ago
>>569520812NTA but the min specs are for 7 year old parts that were lower-midrange back then
>>569522439>>569522460So not from a decade ago and actually capable of running current games at 60 fps if not for one setting that is optional in others but for some reason is in this?
>>569522910if only you had 6 years to get your money up and have a PS5 equivalent PC
>>569522910By the time the game comes out its 8 year old parts, and wdym by current games, that's such a large bracket, i guarantee that setup doesn't run ALL games at 60fps and thats including non RT and pre UE5 games.
>>569523389>>569523554>>569523389I am running BF6 and FH6 smoothly on 60fps and last time I checked they are or will be on PS5>hahaha slop gamesYes, and?
also the build that the youtubers played had the graphics and button mapping settings disabled so we have no idea how truly scalable the game is going to be on launchregardless, it is annoying to listen to poorfags complain about a dev having the temerity to not reheat 7th gen console standards of rendering and scale ad infinitum...
>>569524107BF6 and FH6 are PS4 era titles at heart, they do not do anything ambitious. Not so with AC8.
>>569514148If they're so passionate and autistic, why can't they get the textures optimized for UE5?
>>569514148>Not a lot of people talk about how all the leads at PA are huge into scale model buildingbecause it's not really relevant to anything> Probably why the texturework in AC games are always so topnotch.or maybe they're just good professionals and would still be good professionals even if they didn't care about plens?
>>569525151>or maybe they're just good professionals and would still be good professionals even if they didn't care about plens?there are many professional AAA products with substandard assets because they or their bosses did not have passion for the subject matter
So apparently you can't buy Ace Combat 8 if you live in Iraq, Syria, Libya, or Venezuela. Like those four specifically. But if you live in Iran you can.
I wonder if tourists will complain about Hotas this time
>>569516867>Tasha's OOO~KI! when she sees your LAND BATTLESHIP
>>569525567perhaps iran gets a pass for being one of the few modern nations that has produced actual aces in the post ww2 order
>>569516867I'm disappointed she doesn't have a Yuke accent in english, I was hoping to hear her BLYAT
>>569525697VR this time seems to be the hot thing to complain about from people who don't play these.
>>569525567Its because the strait of Hormuz issues are going to be solved with a US vs Iran AC online lobby
>>569525952Lol maybe.
>>569526247That would make more sense than whatever the fuck is happening there now.
>>569524215>we have no idea how truly scalable the game is going to be on launchWe already know 60fps will not be possible in a wide range of currently used GPUs that are fine, look I get that poorfags can be annoying but complaining about people rising fears about optimization in a engine notoriously famous for its inefficiency is annoying too.>>569524492That was FH5, 6 was developed as a current gen title.
>>569521820>AC7 neverHow things change
Is the ATD a big deal for the japs? I saw that thing so much on Infinity, but now with the revival nobody flies it.
>>569527307That might be because it's a bit far up the tech tree and no one is interested in the special versions of it.
gonna try my first ace combat game
>>569529445fun gamehave fun buddy
>>569525567>VenezuelaDisappearing their president and stealing their oil wasn't enough? Now they can't play the silly plane game either?
>>569417795>seversky"Seversky" is not a real name, as far as I can tell, but it does pretty directly translate to "[person from] North", which could be an interesting clue of sorts. That, or she's named SEVER SKY because she's a traitor as you suspect.BUT WAIT, "Tasha" is derived from Natasha which is derived from Natalya which is derived from Natalia, a Roman name which means "relating to birth" or "birthday" and is in particular used to refer to Christmas Day/Jesus' birthday. So maybe there's gonna be some Christmas or Christ symbolism with her too. We know Christmas exists in Ace Combat, with similar traditions.Hold on... a Christmasy person from the North... She's Santa Claus!
>>569530104thanks, the soundtrack slaps
>>569530369also it should be severskaya since russian last names are gendered
>>569527307There was a bit of national pride for them, since the ATD was the first time they'd built a domestic jet fighter since the 1970s.ATD is not actually going to become a fighter since Japan signed on GCAP, so I think interest in it has faded.
>>569530369>Seversky is not a real namedo you even P-47 Thunderbolt?
>>569530861I stand corrected, buddy!
>>569530630>ATD is not actually going to become a fighter since Japan signed on GCAP, so I think interest in it has faded.Well the ATD was never going to be a production fighter, that was the intention from the outset. It was built to see if Japan *could* build stealth aircraft, a tech demonstrator essentially. The Mitsubishi F-X was going to be the actual production fighter, before Japan joined GCAP.
>>569530484I got so scammed with the stealth plane this thing handles like a boat
>>569531953Don't worry you get actually good stealth planes later.
>>569531953Some non-spoilery tips:>If you die in the game you die IRL*You lose access to the plane you died in, but may be able to rebuy one.>Offense determines how strong your missiles areOnly really matters on Hard difficulty and when your Offense and the enemy plane's Defense have a huge mismatch, otherwise everything dies in 2 missiles, 3 for bombers.
bread doko
>>569532359>>569532359>>569532359Time to fly off to azurer skies
>>569473996I wonder if they’re counting the F-4 as a “carrier” plane, with the apparently big focus on carrier-specific aircraft? I know they usually use the F-4E, but AC4 had it as a carrier jet, even if AC5 didn’t… maybe they’ll even have two variants?
