Purple magic editionPrev. Mission : >>569532359Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PWp7L6FV0g>ACI is playable again!https://youtu.be/Q9wDRE7PszU>AC7/8 on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/502500 (AC7)https://store.steampowered.com/app/2288340 (AC8)>/aceg/ Emulation Guidehttps://rentry.org/ybyx6>Official /aceg/ multiplayer guidehttps://rentry.org/acegMPguide>/aceg/ livery and emblem packhttps://rentry.org/3tokr>Ace Combat 3: A New Translationhttps://pastebin.com/i6sfa9aK>Encyclopedia Strangerealhttp://www.encycstra.net/>New /aceg/ MEGAhttps://pastebin.com/aYYx2UKm>PA Twitter (JP)https://twitter.com/PROJECT_ACES>AC7Shootout Saturday is back! /aceg/ rooms are open every Sat at 1930 CET/1330 EST, with three rules:>Put /aceg/ in your tag before game for IFF purposes>No EML/QAAM/SASM>In Roca Roja, use ONLY air-to-ground special weapons in the tunnel>Resourceshttps://pastebin.com/Xbb41nvVhttps://rentry.org/ho8mm>OP Templatehttps://pastebin.com/e9PNHDcD>Project Wingmanhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/895870>Skin/Texture Modding Guide for PWhttps://pastebin.com/ykPhc6hnMisc Stuff>/aceg/ Collagehttps://i.imgur.com/wP9NNDv.png>/aceg/ Story Archive 2.0https://pastebin.com/1FLC4YyV>Razgriz Patch Guyhttps://www.strangerealpatches.com/>Ostrich's Modshttps://superostrich.xyz/>/aceg/ Assault Recordshttps://pastebin.com/CjuB314d>ACX / ACJA Online Netplay Guidehttps://pastebin.com/Pk1aJsTx>SPECIAL MESSAGE TO /aceg/ FROM PIXYhttps://www.cameo.com/v/qSL5bOosg>What happened to Sean Ryan (Pixy) after ACZhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qat5kEtrrpk>/aceg/ Permalinkhttp://orph.link/acegBECAUSE IT BEARS REPEATING:>Skill and guts are required here>Be a buddy, not a border>All planes are beautiful dreams>DELAY THE FINAL ATTACKFAQ>Has the Project Wingman update dropped yet?Haha...>New Ace Combat trailer? YES! COMING OCTOBER 2 2026https://youtu.be/5i_W3HDZVLA>Has a PS2 trilogy remake been announced yet?No.
The committent to actually characterising people in-story probably means that enemy ace profiles are making a comeback. Guess that means I won't have to repeat the Kitten And Mouse saga.
>>569846361Personal two cents on trimming the OP: I'd definitely ditch the Ace Combat 3: A New Translation part because the MEGA links in that pastebin are dead, and the necessary ISOs are in the new MEGA.
I'm worried that the heavier emphasis on an ongoing multiplayer component is going to preclude modding.
Hey buddies, started a new playthrough of AC7 on PC but I’m running into issues. Music and voice audio keeps cutting out and it gets to the point where the mission I’m currently on crashes been trying solutions but no luck so far I’ve never had this happen before
I hope there's more of these whiny bastards to shoot down
>>569851418I wonder how many variations of seethe we'll get with them. Also their flight lead reminds me of fucking Iguazu from Armored Core 6.
>>569851418Their theme's pretty sick but I found it funny how it just fades out once the last one goes down and you get back to business. Poor fuckers are just a sideshow.
>>569851891It's JYB so V.VII Swinburne comparisons write themselves.>YOU CUR!
>>569852648Oh you're right lol. That explains it. Huge fan of antagonists that seethe when they lose to you.
>>569846841I hope that extends to allied characters too, like in 6. Seems likely, given how much they're going in on characterization.
>>569852945I'm hoping we get to meet Purple Magic before they get schwacked.
This image but for Ustio
>>569852594is it another 'side villain with banger soundtrack' problem that is plaguing most games at the moment?
>>569850013Judging how there's going to be EAC, It will 100%.
>>569853032I'm not sure they are actually dead. You see them performing in the 1st trailer, though the drummer is on a video screen so might be a recording.Don't trust Cope's schizo ghost.
>>569855992The assault on the first Landship takes place in like mission 9, there's plenty of time to meet the band.
was rummaging through my stuff and found this deck of jet themed cards that an old man from the neighbourhood gave me a couple years back that i assume is from when he was a kid. thinking back on it, it was a pretty insane loot get to receive a dying old man's childhood toy in such good condition and it just so happened to be something i'm autistic about, if you tell me your planefu i might send you a pic, it's probably in there
>>569859535same to assume the JEFF isn't in there, but what about the fishbed?
>>569860151who's jeff? also no fishbed oddly enough, which is weird cause even the F-89 is in thereamerican bias maybe?
>>569859535Damn, are you italian? These were extremly rare even in italy back in the day>i live in southern italy and had those
>>569860396No the jeff cannot be there, these are extremly old. The jeff is from 2017, these were from like 2000 or even the nineties
Tasha seems pretty subdued during the Podarge intercept mission. Something fucked happens to her before then...
>>569859535>planefuany chance of xf84h or yf23 or is it only production plens
>>569860917yeah i'm italian, not southerner though>>569861426check it
>>569861082She probably experienced the equivalent of Hoffnung
>>569859535Could you find a Typhoon for this poor terrone?
>>569861815hell yeah sex time
So what will FCU-Sotoa war be called? "The Sotoan shitfit?"
>>569861019they have the top gun logo on them so i thought they were from the 80s but some planes are younger than that>>569862003of course i can Ciro>>569862332my money is on something jihad related
>>569861082Unless I misunderstood didn't she shoot down her first enemy (aka first time killing) before that mission?
>>569861902hot
I love the overly cheesy, melodramatic, hollywoodian story and narrative in 5, fuck you.
>>569862808what? so she's useless for the entire game until that mission?
>>569862808The Podarge interception is like mission 11 so I don't think it's that. Queen Squadron and the Endurance are both fine as well, so no losses there yet.
>>5698633764, 5 and 0 are weird to me in how it goes from the anime artstyle of 3 onward to cgi to live action. i partially wish they didnt stick with any one given medium for cutscenes
>>569863520look man, taking care of the plane rights is hard enough, no point in adding another work to the game, find something that works and stick with it.
How QTE heavy are the cutscenes on the ship going to be?
>>569864293live action for zero was probably the right call at least. it made the interviews seem more real
>>569863445maybe Sotoa actually fought the Yukes and her hometown got the short end of the stick?
>>569864324assault horizon fistbump levels of qte
>>569864435I got a better one, what if Nikanor gets killed like Harling did in 7? I'm not sure if they'd decide to keep him in power for so long but he'd probably be hanging around as a famous politician. But I also think that if something does happen to Yuktobania, it could be something related to Tonitrus sattelite because I'm almost positive that thing is gonna be a weather manipulation system.
what is the logistics of having not one, but a fleet of land based battleships
>>569862708>>569862003>>569861815why the fuck there are so many italians in here>t. italian
>>569864732probably not too much harder than supplying a conventional fleet underway
>>569864934because amerifats are asleep
>>569865030but its on land thoughever. it (presumably) still needs to be supplied via either helicopter or something like that. what if it comes against a mountain? the satoan taxpayer is getting a raw deal here in terms of ineffecient yet cool superweapons is all im saying
>>569865157>it (presumably) still needs to be supplied via either helicopter or something like thattrucks exist>what if it comes against a mountain?...drive around or over or engage the anti gravity floats stolen from belka to backflip over it like a real man
>>569865617you're going to supply it with trucks? have you seen the size of it? i doubt theres a low level entrypoint for it so you'd have to rope everything up
>>569864934Buongiorno fellow italian anons
>>569859535Bet you don't have an F9F in there
>>569864732I'll bet you that's what the Podarges are for.>>569864934AC7's february 2019 sales figure was second only to fucking FIFA. We may not look like it, but we are a pretty big market for plane games.
Put me in cold storage until release day, I can't take it anymore, I need to play, I'm going crazy
>>569859535Wait, how many fellow pastafags are in here anyway?And yeah, I have those too! God knows where the hell did I stash them, though.
>>569865727>you're going to supply it with trucks?yes, trucks already supply every military in existence and since it possesses a 3d printer capable of producing combat drones, it stands to reason it can also produce everything required to function in combat, so the trucks would just have to deliver raw feed stock>i doubt theres a low level entrypoint for it so you'd have to rope everything uptheres probably a cargo lift on the underside or a retractable ramp off the front and/or back or both
>Tasha: "You always open comms before firing?">Professor: "In the FCU we did, from top to bottom.">Tasha: "I dig it."So apparently it's FCU custom to shittalk your opponents on open comms.
>>569859535Bit late but I see there's a Flanker there so if you got a Fulcrum I'd appreciate it.
this animated pilot model gimmick is pretty neat
Do you really need an SSD for 8? They aren’t exactly affordable right now, at least for me.
>>569870090Best case scenario without an SSD things are just gonna look very weird since lots of assets are not gonna be able to be loaded in time and the loading times in general will be quite bad. Worst case scenario not being able to load things in time causes the game to crash and renders it unplayable. If you are unsure about performance I would just pirate it first to give it a try. Shame they haven't released a demo.
>>569870557It might have Denuvo though.
>>569870090Damn man i want to be honest with you, UE5 requires a SSD to be usable, even the optimized games.If i were you, i would download a free copy of Expedition 33 and try it on your rig
>>569870685The new Lego Batman had Denuvo and got cracked day 1, you could also just use the Bypass method which seems to be universal. Denuvo isn't as invincible as it was in the past anymore.
imagine not having an ssd in 2026shit is basically essential and mandatory on a modern computer
>>569871198You can still get by with running HDD only depending on your system. A lightweight linux distro still loads relatively fast and as long as you're not running anything heavy it should be able to keep up with it. For most gaming besides very lightweight indie games, or older games, I do think an SSD is important though, yes.
I bought a 500gb SSD to prepare for Stalker 2 release
>>569871790>500gb SSDDamn, how many games can that fit? Two? Three maybe?
>>569871852Depends on the size, really. Usually 5
I was planning on doing all endings for Ace Combat 3, but decided to just move on. The game is definitely very ambitious, and the Y2K design is neat, but man, the actual combat feels kinda anemic compared to AC2. The sound design is very low-key, the music is very "atmospheric" rather than intense and memorable, the planes don't feel as good, and overall, it kinda feels off. The story being basically Mamoru Oshii's version of GitS is neat, but at this point kinda tiresome. I knew Rena's entire deal the second I heard her voice. This character archetype has been done to death, and they don't deviate from it.Overall, it reminds me of Tekken 4 - I can tell the devs were going for something really cool, but I can also tell how rough-around-the-edges the new stuff is, meaning that it's best appreciated from a certain distance. I have lots of more interesting games to play, so I wanna move on to the PS2.
>>569870090You need a very beefy PC for it, according to the minimal specs. I'm pretty sure these are superior to the PS5 technologically, which makes me wonder how they're gonna optimize this game.
>>569875219I still think it's gonna run like shit, at least right after it releases, and there's gonna be endless complaining about it on Steam.
>>569876008Actually requiring 16 gigs at minimum is a guaranteed shitshow in Steam reviews.But it honestly sounds like bullshit to me. Are they saying the game's gonna run at 1080p/30fps on the PS5? No way that's gonna be allowed. But then why are they asking for more hardware than the fucking Microsoft Flight Simulator?
>>569876008People are going to cry about it not running on their 10 year old 1060 amyway.
>>569877181As they should do. Games look and have way less fidelity and interactions than ever, it's just all automated shit so that those developers can be utter monkeys and still churn out games, and the customers pay the price with dogshit performances.
I'm surprised it took so long for the Hornet to become a Canon plane
>>569877464The card is 10 years old man. I don't remember a similar degree of retardation back in 2015, nobody expected to run Witcher 3 on an 8800 GTS.
The real estate prices in Usea must be cheap as shit
>>569875219Am i really that crazy for finding these minimum specs very normal.go browse the top sellers on steam and almost every AAA game has comparable specs.The only outrageous thing here is the file size and this is 100% cause of the 4K textures, ideally they should have those be optional downloads like a lot of other games do.>>569877464>less fidelityAC8 looks so much better though then 7
>>569877612Because developers were still innovating on everything and needed more power, you are right,But now, they need DRASTICALLY more power to do the same things they did for the last 10 years, but with AI upscaling and fake frames because doing the lighting by hand is costly, so they need to use unreal gimmick #588 and you pay with your performances.The fact that you need a RTX card or do loops around that is literally only because the devs didn't get bothered to do the lights-
>>569877612I think people wouldn't complain as much if it wasn’t so painful to upgrade in current year, every component is fucked now in price compared to just GPU's a few years ago
>>569878208The earliest rtx cards are 8 years old, this is not some new tech. If you have the same standards a 1060 user did 10 years ago(1080p 60 fps) you could easily run this on a 3060, a 5 year old midrange card.Why is everyone talking like you need a 4090 or 5080 to run the game? If your standards got higher and you now want to run games at 1440p 144fps then obviously you're going to need better hardware. You're pushing like 5 times more pixels per second.
>>569878081I'm not shitting on the game, the game looks good. But i know damn right that if the industry as whole didn't go as it did, that same fidelity would have been easily reached with the power of an old 1060, because we had that already.
>>569878926Crysis is nowhere near the same level of fidelity though. All the materials have that 2000s plasticky look and dynamic shadows are all far too sharp. No volumetric fog either.Absolutely amazing visuals for 2007 but it looked obviously outdated by 2020.
>>569878854THIS is exactly what we don't know and what scares people. I have a 4080 on 1440p monitor. Recently there was a release, Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, PURE UE5 slop with all the bells and whistles of the fucking engine.I pushed 15 fps on all minimum at 1080p, just because the engine didn't like my setup and optimization is a lost art (and i know this because i have a friend that is a gamedev)And what i hope is that this doesn't happen to Ace Combat. And that's ALL up to the developers
>>569879276see>>569879350
My buddies in Borders, SSDs became common around a decade ago, the PS5 is a 6 year old console, the hardware crisis started in October, and AC8 was announced as a current-gen game in December. There's been time to upgrade.
>>569879350Don't we already know from the content creators that a 5080 can max the game at native 4k and get 60 fps? That means if you lower some of the more demanding settings and drop the resolution to 1440p you should be getting 100-120 fps on a 4080?
>tfw snagged a pair of 1.92TB ex-datacenter drives with 90+% life remaining before the RAMpocalypse for 60 bucks eachDog bless fleabay
>>569877464>Games look and have way less fidelity and interactions than everThis is ultimately the problem. I would accept having to buy a new graphics card if games looked measurably better. But they don't, and run worse.Battlefield 1 is 10 years old this year, and it still looks incredible and runs like a dream. There are games coming out this year that look worse and run like dogshit even on new hardware at 1080p.
>>569879350PA has a good track record with optimization, 7 is a technical marvel.The only thing we really know is that the rigs that youtubers played the game on a few weeks ago had these specs.and it ran on 4K with 60-80 fps (guesstimating this from people saying it ran fine and sometimes dipping below 60)now we don't know what the settings are but seeing how this was an event to show off the game its pretty safe to assume it was max or at least high settings with most likely Quality DLSS or native.so you'd probs be able to run this fine, also not taking into account there's 3 more months until release
>>569880249Yeah i should, but on my setup, like hundreds of others, it just doesn't work because there's no optimization thanks to magic technologies like upscaling, framegen etc. etc.My GPU and CPU usages are at 40-60% with the game downscaled at 1080p all minimum.Then compare the pic i posted to the 2007 crysis one. The GPUs and CPUs have become extremly powerful, but all this power gets sunk into bad developement practices, not in actual innovation.
>>569880674>Yeah i should, but on my setup, like hundreds of others, it just doesn't work because there's no optimizationHow do you know it doesn't work on yoir setup? Do you have early access?
>>569880419That's another GREAT example. And i run BF1 at 165fps stable with all ultra. Now compare your pic with >>569879350, a game i run at 15fps.>>569880550Oh you were talking about AC, fair enough.Yes i still believe in PA, but what scares me is what UE5 (not directly, it's a great engine) did to game developement in the last years.>>569881016Sorry i thought you were talking about HLL:V
>>569880419Plenty of modern games look a lot better than BF1 though.
>>569880149Why did you kirkify Chopper?
cute haircut
>>569881189I do agree with the general sentiment most modern devs don't bother to optimize anymore and just use tools as a crutch.
>>569881189>Oh you were talking about AC, fair enough.Yes i still believe in PA, but what scares me is what UE5 (not directly, it's a great engine) did to game developement in the last years.I get this part and there are lots of games that run badly or at least substandardly on modern hardware because of these shortcuts. Screamer off the top of my head looks ~fine~ but it should be running at like double the frames it actually runs at. Compare it to Forza Horizon 6 which actually runs slightly better but its graphics are a whole league above.That said I still think it's silly to expect a great looking game like AC8 to run perfectly on 8 year old hardware. You have to upgrade at some point.
>>569878854>The earliest rtx cards are 8 years oldand yet actually playable framerates with raytracing on are only achievable on top tier cards that these days cost like two full months' salary
I understand why they went 3D in later games, but the level of detail in 04 was so damn magical. I loved it.
USEA = USA rightthis game finally started mentioning the strangereal factions
Kono posted about the pins included in Japan's ultra super platinum mega deluxe preoder edition. While I like pins personally all I care about is Aces at War, and I'd rather be able to listen to AC music on vinyl than have a bunch of trinkets on my wall.
>>569882154No, Usea is basically StrangeEurope. Osea is the US+Japan
The missile homing we've seen in footage so far looks even more powerful than AC7's missiles equipped with Homing 2.
>>569882243oh right...the name similarity tripped me up
>>569881930Bro a 9070xt or a 5070ti are only 700 to 800 bucks, or at least they were a few months ago(when ac8 was announced). That's like 1 week's wages and only if you're a low income earner.
>>569882161I wanted the artbook but there doesn't seem to be an option to just buy that separately. Damn shame because I don't collect LPs.Would've been cool to get the soundtrack on cassette desu.
oh shit, finally camera controls, by holding the lock button, great feature
>>569882741and you can lock from 2k, and the shots from the gun actually work beyond like 300, pretty cool, not sure about the UI though, will take some getting used to
>>569882243Usea is also StrangeAfrica in terms of geopolitical status.>Resource rich>High population>Whole bunch of countries crammed together with constant border disputes>Trapped in the machinations between two rival superpowers>Constantly bites the hand that feeds them
>>569881269Like Battlefield 6 for example. Very pretty game that's surprisingly well optimized. Although the destruction is somewhat of a downgrade from BF1 but that's par for the course with Battlefield anyways, it's never been as good as BC2 or even BF3 ever again.>>569882741You should have free camera controls by just moving the right stick
>>569882741>>569882985this replay system is sick as well with highlights >>569883908yeah, I realized I had my emu setup to use my xbone controller as a digital PS controller without analogs lol, set it to analog now, although the freecam is basically 4-way with set directions
I read all this and I still don't get what it is so basically its like the meta-verse? lol augmented reality internet
>>5698749483's flight model feels somewhat slow all things considered, I actually like the heaviness of the controls a bit. Like your planes have momentum and take a split second to start really registering inputs. But the dogfights don't feel as fun and the pseudo special weapons system that switches automatically takes getting used to. I do want to get all the endings though.>>569883992Enjoy it buddy, 3's an interesting game and almost like a road not taken for the series. >>569884394Yeah basically, think the Net from Cyberpunk or The Wired from Lain.
>>569874948>The sound design is very low-key, the music is very "atmospheric" rather than intense and memorableyeah I noticed this immediately as wellmore background noise than the tracks being the star of the show like in 1/2>>569884635thanks, I'll try and push through to every ending and not quit like that anon but I dunno
>>569884851this camera view alone is a HUGE game-changer compared to 1/2 where I was vaguely steering towards the arrows on the screen and always overshooting though
Her game
What language is the song at 1:05 in the reveal trailer?https://youtu.be/cW6zBuO7sb4?si=-F_A5lR1JJNRr35L&t=65
>>569886556>1990's Russian gopnik fit with Ustio 6th air division squadron logoHmm, has anyone considered Cipher being a Yuktobanian?
Damn, playing AC4 after the PS1 games is like playing GTA 3 after 1 and 2. The gameplay was improved a ton, it's so much smoother and more fun to control. The overall aesthetics are not as all over the place, the (admittedly basic) cutscenes really bring in that Gundam atmosphere, and the entire package feels more cohesive than ever. It really feels like the series of "fun but piecemeal" arcade games is becoming something larger. I can tell I'm gonna have some real fun with this one.
>>569880249>native 4kWas there any confirmation it was native 4k and not 4k upscaled from 1080p
>>569887915He's Sapin
If they decide to release one more trailer, I expect it to be all about the multiplayer.
the F-18 has "short range missiles" which have 4 in the tube instead of 2 for the normal missilesbut they lock at 2k just like normal missiles so idk the disadvantage lol
>>569888219no idea,all though i dont think its performance dlss (upscaled from 1080p) you would notice upscaling artifacts in the footage.at worst its dlss quality (upscaled from 1440p)
My apologies if this is old news.FCAS is over. That is all.
>>569890046It was never gonna end any other way.
Are these two all you need in 7? Very good flight performance, well rounded weapon loadouts
Faust's bossfight is pissing me off. It's been 2 nights of trying and getting fucked at the third phase. The TGT planes are so evasive the best chance of killing them is using the gun, but the continuous explosions make them hard to follow without taking damage. This is fine on phase 2, but phase 3 really fucking amps this up to a thousand, and it's hard to kill the flaks causing the explosions because CHANGING TARGETS FUCKING SUCKS IN THIS GAME and there's a billion targets so I have to pray I target the correct one. By phase 3 all the chip damage from the AA and explosions have usually taken away a significant chunk of my health, so flying through the explosions is not an option.
>>569890254I mean you can beat the entire game on Ace in an F-16 while S-ranking every mission so that's technically "all you need".That said these 2 provide a decent and well rounded loadout but you still might want something with SFFS and something with LASMs for missions with lots of ships.
>>569890498Good point forgot the F-15E you get a big bomb load and it has really snappy high-g turns
>>569890046It was an international development project with heavy French involvement, it was doomed from the start.
>>569887981Man you are in for a treat. What i would do to play the holy trinity without knowing what i'm in for
>>569887981AC4 is legitimately super impressive graphically considering that it came out right at the start of the PS2's lifespan.
>>569889734They do less damage but honestly being able to spam them makes up for it. >>569890046As Orson Welles once said: AHHHHHHHHH, THE FRENCH. I hope GCAP comes to fruition.>>569890375Yeah honestly that fight is just dogshit and I'd rather fight Crimson 1 a billion times than fight Faust again. Maybe if you have a mod so you can use a superplane for it it'd be a bit more tolerable.
damn first person perspcetive is actually useful in this game with this 3d ring thing telling me the horizon + if i'm flying above or bellow it
dude i fucking raped in this level, immediately started killing every plane I sawand I get a D japanese games were so rough with these rankings...
>>569893949if you think this is rough, try S ranking Alicorn boss fight mission on Ace
>>569893078Tomorrow I'll try again but lower the difficulty to Normal. And I forgot to mention, the planes don't even die to a fucking SAAM. You know, the missile type that's supposed to oneshot nearly everything because you have to baby it until it hits? Fucking absurd.
>>569881910NTA but I was actually coming up on an upgrade cycle before the AI Sloppers blew up the market and shit's getting worse. Gotta fucking pray shit starts to come down before this rig dies. Else I'm looking at like a 2030 rebuild...Hell gotta make sure if my existing board got any slots for drives to fit a SSD in.>>569883908Really when maps started to get bigger destruction had to scale down.>>569893078Just keep the Krauts away until they're listed as receiving export models. Else Airbus is gonna start doing the same shit they did with FCAS.
>>569890046Truly a Certified France Moment™
>>569890943The French could probably build a next gen aircraft, but don't have room in their budget to do it alone. The Germans have money to help fund a next gen aircraft, but don't have the industrial know how to build one at all. I side more with the frogs on this one but I do feel for the krauts getting less tech share than they desired, but the krauts have basically locked themselves into buying from the burgers until the 22nd century with this decision.>>569893078>They do less damage but honestly being able to spam them makes up for it. >As Orson Welles once said: AHHHHHHHHH, THE FRENCH. I hope GCAP comes to fruition.The Nips will see it through for their sake alone and the Pastafarians are holding up their end. The real question is if the Bongs have stopped fucking around and committed their fair workshare yet, of if Perfidious Albion has struck again and they're still dragging it out.
added the suggested route some anon mentioned yday and gonna follow it for all the endingslol what they did to the international release of this game is brutal tho
>>569896239The worst part is that they had a localization nearly completed before the funding for it was pulled.
>>569851418It looks like there's dozens of Shadows if the numbering is anything to go by, so I'm guessing we'll be bullying them every couple of missions Strigon-style
what's the deal with the gun-sights in this franchise? How do you even use these, they're like off to the side for some reason, I expected this to be a lead indicator like war thunder, but they don't work that way
>>569900221You put the circle on the plen and you fire and the boolets put holes in the plen. 7's pipper is the least reliable in the franchise, but still good enough to do a gun-only run with.
>>569900221put the middle dot on top of a plane and press the shoot button
>>569900726>>569900915oh so that's how it works...
>the Typhoon won't get HCAAs in 8Fuck me
>>569900726God I hope they fix the gun reticle in 8. I almost never used the gun vs air targets because it was so shaky. PW had very good gun gameplay and I hope they learn from it.
>>569900221The outer ring is decorative. The inner ring is a rangefinder (gets shorter the closer you are to the target). The center dot is the only important bit for ace combat.
rena my beloved
they got asian countries in there too? damn
>>569899074literally me
I love duckstation this app makes emulation so braindead and convenientthat older e-something ps1 emulator ages ago was crap in comparison
>>569889157Ace Combat 7 and 6's final trailers were about the multiplayer. Both a week before release, by the way.
>>569909656As lame as 7s multiplayer was in the end, at least Roca Roja was a banger.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGgNGtXP6Vg
>>569870090just pick up a shitter 256gb ssd (preferably m.2 but 2.5 inch will work too) and some sata cables and you'll be good
>>569870090don't even try to play an UE5 game on a spinning hard drive lmao, not having your windows on an SSD in 2026 is insane though, single biggest PC upgrade possible and among the cheapest, even if its a shitty SATA one
>>569912225NTA but I built my machine in '17 and never bothered with SSDs as I just wanted more storage cheap as I never was in the super hyper mega rush for things to load.Not even sure if having the SSD as a non OS drive would even help with UE5
>>569912840you would probably just wait in load screens for 4-5 minutes a piece best case, worst case experience big texture topping, stalker 2 for example has like minute long loading screens on a M.2 PCI-E SSD, on 7200rpm sata i assume its gonna be 10-15min, this engine just isn't built for slow storage, every time I use a PC without an SSD as main drive could immediately feel it though, not just fast boot into windows but everything is more sluggish including opening folders n such, highly recommend a cheap one desu, can be found for 50$ still, 256gb nvme one for 50 euros just checked my local store
https://youtu.be/SGZJnLYvio0I remember this meme going viral like years agofeels weird finally playing the franchise for myself, the only country mentioned in 3 so far is USEA though, and its an irrelevant economic zone, besides the corporations of course, i guess 4+ truly starts building the worldstate
>>569913237Yea I was planning for this to be part of the rebuild planned for '27 originally. Hell the SSD might not even fucking matter when my CPU's a i7-7700K. I'm happy sticking with AC7 but I might frankly be waiting for heavy Steam sales to get it so by that point the new machine may be built in a post AI-Bubble world when prices drop down to something more reasonable. Although that might be high levels of coping on my end.
>>5699152814 starts it but 5 is when Strangreal as we know it is really born
god this thing is ugly
I tried to keep myself off of any story spoiler for AC8 but if I had to get stupid about predictionsIt wouldn't be that somehow the voice hallucinations are not hallucinations and are actually the personality of the original Rex somehow uploaded into your systems as a prelude to sublimation and as a follow-up to AC7's whole flight style recording thing haha
wtf this Dision dude groomed Rena
>>569918783all women in ace combat were groomed
>>569918830i dunno this Dision guy is a menace tho
>>569918783General Resources got their hands on her when she was NINE.
so these are some of the warcrimes you famously commit in AC lol
>>569921624fake news by the corrupt GR mediathey were all enemy combatants
damn MIRVs are dogshit, in AC3 at least
>>569923023like i thought they would let me lock and target multiple targets at once, its still 1 targetand its 4 shitty small missiles that even if like 2 hit they don't kill the planescammed
>>569923023yes, but they are very cool, so i used them whenever i could
>>569923250they're cool but shooting a missile that would normally 100% connect and seeing it split off to 4 just before it hits, 3 of them miss, 1 connects and does like 10 dmg, pisses me off too much to use it again
man, planes are so cool.
>>569924953controversial opinion here
>>569924953ackshually they get pretty hot when flying
kinda unrelated to the game but I sure find it funny just how professional the news and politicians are in old media like thisthen you look at our world these days and all these things are like 4chan threads with emotions jokes accusations projections abound on all sides, a future too clowny for Namco to predict...
>>569926709Twitter was one of mankind's biggest mistakes this century.
Calling it now, the superplane's Sp.W will be an orbital target designator AC3-style
>>569927962>FCU launching an exact 1-to-1 copy of the Tonitrus satellite from Comona so that they can use a reverse-engineered model of Sotoa's superplane
oh so in the new canon the dude from ace combat 1 and 2 is the same guy, phoenix in the games definitely wasn't implied lol, and the name "phoenix" was never mentioned I think, it was just the scarface mercs in 2, unnamed group in 1interesting
Should I be a faggot retard and preorder AC8?
>>569929625Yesn't
Are nanomachines mentioned anywhere asides from Electrosphere? AC3 had a mission with grey goo nanobots so I'm curious.
>>569886556I preordered it as soon as I saw it. Digital, since I have too much clutter in my house as it is. I also preordered snoy gaylo. I'm debating getting a refurb'd ps5 pro before it comes out. Is there anyone in the thread that upgraded from a normal to a pro and can tell me how much of a difference it makes?
>>569931098Not yet. Right now the most advanced nanotech is the paint job of the F-35. I ain't even meming the tech to make the paint even what's declassified is insane. It's also why it gets a Tan at sea.
>>569929625Come on, join the /aceg/ club of Deluxe Edition pre-orderers.
>>569741057I DID IT
If we get anime girl skins or emblems this time around, who do you think it will be? Vtubers? Or will they go back to some Japanese idol IP?
Ive got 3 mp match achievements left and im probably never going to get them as a point of pride
what will the version of zero look like in the 8 preorder again? A simple port with nothing changed? If so I'm kinda reluctant, or a remaster?
>>569934118Congratulations buddy! What are those last two achievements you need?
>>569935382I don't know and I don't want to knowThis is peak cringe
>>569935621>A simple port with nothing changed?Yes.It's entirely pointless if you can emulate zero. It's more a thing for consolefrens who never got to play the PS2 games.
>>569935382i hope so, i don't care to use them myself but i always enjoyed seeing them aroundit'll probably be more idolmaster
>>569935382iM@S coming back makes the most sense considering it's Bamco's IP.
>>569935621Just a port with UI changes and upscale FMVs>>569929625I already did because I’ll play the game regardless.
I hope the twist antagonists don't fly Sukhoi planes, since I'm tired of getting to my Su-27 derivatives and upgrades just to see every enemy fly them. I know F-18 with some modern update packages are probably better than them, but I still vibe with their looks. Except Su-47, fuck that experimental front swept wings trash.
>>569935728Destroy all aces and get medalsAll set for one last AC7 playthrough before AC8
I have to get something off my chest: most ace combats have some nice but mostly forgettable tracks. Sure, I'll remember Unsung War, Zero, Liberation of Gracemaria and Chandelier, End of Deception, Daredevil and Agnus Dei but it's mostly one or two tracks per game. It's mostly pleasant but plain. Except Assault Horizon, the soundtrack from that game SHREDS, perhaps to the electric guitars but nearly all of the tracks on that OST are bangers. Dogfight, Shall Defend, White Devil, Naval Warfare, Keep Alive, Eyes, Decisive Battle, Release are still on my playlists.
>>569940616Not a common opinion but you won't find many people who think AH's music sucks. I do find some of it blends together a bit too much and the Hollywood Arabic music that isn't actually Arabic at all doesn't stick out to me much. Personally though I think Mrs. Krista Yoslav is one of the most beautiful tracks in all of AC period. It's very emotional and haunting in a way that most of the games don't go for. Shame it's wasted on Markov though.Also there's always GOTTA STAY FLY, which is probably the funniest song in the series.
>>569929625I bought the vinyl/artbook set that doesnt even come with a steam code because everyone and their frickin dog was spawncamping bamcos website last week and cleared that shit out in a nanosecond
>>569878081>AC8 looks so much better though then 7this, it feels like im talking to people with severe glaucoma when they say 8 looks "just the same" as 7, the level of detail in the environment and the airplanes, the lighting and reflections are all so obviously miles ahead of 7. genuinely think RTGI and related tech is a technical advance on par with physically based materials rendering
>Last thread ended with 767 postsExcellent
>>569943569They got AC7 on Switch. AC8 will never come to Switch 2.
>>569944072its okay, 90 percent of nintendo fans dont give a shit about anything that isnt mario or zelda anyways
>>569929625Do you want preorder skins or whatever? 0 chevos?
What's his problem?
>>569944795incel rage
>>569943569I have a feeling it's buddies who haven't played 7 in a while comparing what 8 looks like on their 1080p, maybe 1440p monitor, to what they remember 7 looking like in the months/years since they last booted it up. We get the same posts complaining about system requirements/game performance/graphics every time we get more AC8 news, when simply comparing level of detail on the planes and the clouds between games shows that 8 has noticeably improved graphics. While I agree that "better graphics" has long since reached diminishing returns, and as a Monster Hunter fan I know how shitty UE5 performance can be even with good hardware, it's all so tiring watching the same discussion pop up again and again. Especially from people who haven't upgraded their hardware in years.
>>569851418Here is a thoughtOnce we beat Sota shit in do you think we'll run into a Shadow unit that had to pull out the old Mig-21 as they had nothing left>To be a threat to the player they come at you in gunpod 21's
>>569942369You have to log into your Bamco account three days before release and the steam key code will be there and you'll be able to play instantly with a code from them before people who just bought it through Steam's store
>>569865617>anti gravity floats stolen from belkaYou joke but they really exist one can be spotted at Stonehenge. Before Trigger blew it to hell with his F-15
>>569946212I think anon was talking about buying the vinyl/artbook standalone and not as part of the bundle. The Deluxe Edition bundle sold out within hours of the State of Play trailer premiering, it might have barely lasted to the evening.
will they ever add planes not yet seen before in the series or that were only ever grunt planes. im pretty sure the harrier was in 4 but only ever as an enemy. something something>sorry bro we cant licence it the technology is classified despite it being well over 50 years old
>>569870027Just think how fun this will be with a Nugget pilot>Yes expect Nugget pilot to return once again>>5698839923 is the only game where I can not use the machine gun for nothing I can sort of use the cannon. PLS is so so, TLS varies due to a tiny hitbox area.
Oh you know how it goes.
>>569947309Harrier has appeared in every single AC game except for 3 & the mobile games. Its only been playable in AH & Infinity
>>569944795The man who was cucked to death
As no one has brought this up yet PA tells us what we kind of expected to happenEven with preorder bonus why do you have to beat the game to access Morgan?Due to game balance reasons>Spanish Guitar intensifyScrew the weak points on the Landships I'm nuking the bastardAlso of note>Premium Ace pass will be sold individuality in the futureOnline will not have FOMO you can just buy it later.
>>569950505It takes you like 2 hours, 3 tops, to finish a fucking AC game, why the fuck are you so impatient?
>>569950505Nice. Guarantees new nuggets will have to engage with the game without being able to cheese it with a super plane.
>>569950724I'm not I'm perfectly happy to play the entire game several times over before I even touch a super plane. >>569950831This is a good thing
>>569950724this one is 25 hours though
>>569951279I can't believe PA is making an Ace Combat game take 100 hours minimum.
>>569951279>approximately 25 missions>each mission takes an hour to clear>if you use checkpoints you lose your S ranksDamn, I didn't know From made this game, might as well remove the pause button too.
>>56995127920hrs of cut scenes with 5 hours of gameplay
>>569951279pretty sure the caveat there is that its 25 hours if you grind out the MRP to purchase every plane and SPW, median mission length is still like 25 minutes
>>569851418i feel like these guys were sent off to die on purpose, sent on a suicide mission by the wheelchair lady going by one shadow's final words. somehow their deaths at the hands of the protagonist and building up the legend is beneficial for whoever the real antagonists are
>>569950505>>Premium Ace pass will be sold individuality in the future>Online will not have FOMO you can just buy it later.I don't think this is what was said, while I'm not discarding that option, what this tells us is that you can buy the premium battlepass without buying the deluxe edition, probably by buying a premium pass that will be available as an in-game purchase once the game releases.
>>569951279I guarantee you that that number includes unlocking the entire aircraft tree and S-ranking all the missions. It's probably going to be 10-12 hours including all of the cutscenes
>>569952334Madam Hotwheels seems like a very seductive type going by her lines and the way the Shadows seem to behave towards her.She do be kinda bad doe
>>569952334>beneficial for whoever the real antagonists areI wonder who??
>>569952503I'm really curious about what her and the dude with Raidou Kuzunoha sideburns are up to.
>>569946964This still doesn’t make any sense to me. How can the top-tier bundle be sold out if the individual art book item is still available? It’s the only thing in that bundle that would actually be limited lmao, the rest is just the game itself and the normal-deluxe digital stuff. I’m not complaining too much, I also bought the separate artbook/vinyl bundle and will be preordering the deluxe edition from Amazon or GameStop or whatever. But it doesn’t make any sense.
>>569954772It's just scamco things.
>>569952503It's pretty much guaranteed that she's going to show up with a COFFIN prototype, isn't it?
>>569951279You pull that number out ass?
https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/ace-combat/ace-combat-8-wings-of-theve/characters?_gl=1%2A10dmz4e%2A_gcl_au%2AMTkxMzg0MDc5Mi4xNzgwOTc2MDkyTasha and Jan had their official names changed/retranslated.
>>569959583Severskaya is a cute name, what does it mean now
>>569960197same as before, russian surnames are just gendered
>>569959583Was he not Jan Cope before? What changed there? Glad to see they corrected Severskaya though.
>>569961930It was Jane
>>569959583>Highest Ranking Senior Private
>>569959583So I guess his name is pronounced Yan?
>>569962502ace combats very first dutchie
>>569963439Ah yes, Nose.
>>569962689>Damn, my aircraft's dutch-rolling!
>>569959583What kinda first name is Ellington anyways.
>>569962396What?
>>569965720Is this a poorly translated Japanese rank or something?
>>569962396>>569966051maybe she's in one of those weird limbo ranks where she has enough years of service that they have to keep bumping her up the pay scale, but then she keeps doing insubordinate stuff that's bad enough to get her demoted / keep her from getting promoted, but not bad enough to get her kicked out
Flanker D at Fort Grays
>>569966248Or it could he she's part of some military adjacent medical service but not a part of the regular FCU military. If she was a navy doctor I'd think she'd have a naval rank.
>>569966051>>569966248Bamco's jp website doesn't have bios for those guys yet, I think? At least, I wasn't able to find it. The chinese website has the picture related though.■Adriana Sanders (CV: Yuko Sanpei/Melissa Medina)A strong-willed ship's doctor aboard the aircraft carrier Endurance. Many on board are fond of her because of her helpful nature, but she herself is unaware of this. She will offer suggestions on how to treat the wounded without hesitation, even when it comes to the first officer.Also says this about the cmdr:■Jessica Parker (CV: Rieko Takahashi / Debra Wilson)A colonel, she serves as the executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Endurance, overseeing its operations in place of the largely ineffective Captain Gordon. Due to a chronic manpower shortage, she hires anyone of usefulness, even ordinary citizens, barely managing to keep the carrier running.So who knows, there definitely is some shenanigans going on in that carrier.
>>569950505very nice so this all but confirms that the campaign will be very strict in aircraft choice, at least for the first hard playthroughvery cool
>>569960381not just russian, all eastern european names, but yes
>needle drop during one of the missions
I AM WILLIAM COSTER, BOUND BY SIN…ABYSSAL DISION, TRUE OMEN
>Tasha calls us Rayis that our real name?
>>569968736Ray is Spanish for King, like Rex is for Latin
>>569968883that would be Rey not Ray
>>569968736Nah, she just likes MGS2 over 1.
>>569968948forgot pic
I really hope the in mission character portraits are a place holder, they're a big step down from 6 and 7.
>>569968883>>569968948It could also mean Raya or Ray like the fish with tail
>>569969925I did notice that a lot of the portraits look strange as hell.I think they're portrait renders of the 3D models, instead of the 2D-drawn portraits that 7 had.I'd like for them to be placeholders, but I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to go with 3D renders because the focus on first-person cutscenes has made them decide that the fidelity of the models is good enough.
>>569951702i dont know why the concept of an hour long ace combat mission is so funny to me
>>569967698But they're not? Most other Slavic countries only use gendered names, not surnames.
>>569973114Surname inflection's in Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian, but also in Czech, Bulgarian and Polish to varying degrees.Which is to say "all eastern european names" is very wrong, but a fairly decent chunk of Slavic ones do.
>>569971991I would be down for that if it had 6's landing resupply
>>569977707Just had a thought. Tasha's hair could lose its colour over time as it grows out, as she won't have access to dye, and that could be like a visual metaphor for her losing her positivity as the pressures of the war drags on her.
>>569978009>bubbly egirl transforms into a goth dom over the course of the wardo you think this would make ac a household name overnight due to gooners or would it totally dumpster the series
>>569966051It could well be, they have some weird rank names to non Japanese eyes, especially if you translate them kanji by kanji instead of just looking up rank equivalencies. In some ways it's more logical, Privates are all the character for warrior, 士, preceded by either 陸 which is land, 海 for sea, or 空 for air, depending on which branch you're in. But if you transliterate it, you get ranks of like 1st class sea warrior or chief air warrior.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Japan_Self-Defense_Forces
>>569978197Leaning towards dumpster because gooners would just expect more anime girl archetypes and get mad when planes get the focus instead as they should.
>>569979054So when are they introducing the fire branch of the military to round it all out?
>>569979054Oh, so that's where the Tau got it.
>>569979353Honestly it makes it really easy to invent branches of their military, I don't know what the fire branch would be but the ranks would be kashi for private, kasou for sergeant, kai for junior officers, kasa for senior officers, and kashou for generals. And if they wanted to make a space force it would probably be chuushi/chuusou/chuui/chuusa/chuushou.
>moved countries>took my old laptop with me>it's not like anything interesting is coming out, I'll get the Switch 2 anyway, that'll be enough>AC8 is announced>it's not on Switch 2, of courseIt's not looking good. It would unironically be cheaper for me to buy a PS5 just for this game. But I also need to upgrade anyway.
>>569966051Could it be Sergeant major? You could say that a sergeant is a "senior-private" and the highest ranking sergeant is sergeant major? For the navy (US Navy at least) it probably should be something like master chief petty officer? Probably some weird translation errors. Although now that I think about it, shouldn't a doctor be a full officer anyways and have a non-enlisted rank?
>>569977707>she's freaked out by flying through a tunnelwhat a nugget
>>569980183JSDF doesn't have an equivalent to Sergeant Major, their highest enlisted rank is equivalent to First Sergeant for Army, Senior Chief Petty Officer for Navy, and Senior Master Sergeant for Air Force. And the kanji is pretty simple, it's just (land/sea/air) + Noncommisioned Officer + Chief
>>569979886>3050should work, no?
>>569980842>4GBNo chance lmao.
>>569981075would a 6 GB work? that's what they listed in steam.
What are they expecting us to have if we want 60fps at native 1080p?
>>5699811296 gigs would work, yes. But Nvidia cheapened out with VRAM for the laptop models.
>>569981273Probably a 3060 or 6600xt, unless you set path tracing to giga ultta epic max level with 40 gorillion rays.
>>569980842I don't expect it to work, especially if ray tracing is enabled by default (which might be the case since they demand an RTX card). I would absolutely play on the lowest settings available if it means I won't have to shell out 2 grand, but let's be real here.
Maybe this was officially released elsewhere (I couldn't find it in the wallpaper section of ACES WEB)or maybe someone already did a similar edit and posted it before.I expanded the 3000x1421 ACES pattern found on the official websiteinto a 3840x2160 image.
>>569981478But that's what they're putting as the minimum reqs for upscaled 1080p at 30fps.
>>569981717A 6600xt is a decent bit faster than a 2060 so it's only listed as minimum because previous gen amd cards don't have gaytracing. And the 6500xt is 4 gigs(the 8 gig version is rare and would just confuse people).
>>569982006So I'm kind of SOL with my 5700 XT.
>>569981717Also keep in mind most games overstate minimum reqs and understate expected performance just to be on the safe side. Otherwise retards with gunked up overheating rigs would give them shit.
>>569982184No gaytracing no gayme, sorry. You can pick up a 9070xt for 700ish and be safe.
>>569951279You're beyond retarded if you actually believe a single campaign run will take 25 hours.
>>569982491I don't believe they would force scamtracing with no way of turning it off. That shit still fucking destroys framerates, and base PS5 would melt if the game forces it. If the hardware recs were written with it in mind, then the game would probably run at 1080p/30 on GTX 1660 without it.
>>569983042Why else would they explicitly list hardware rt as requirement?Also it's possible that it's only forced on in some areas of the game, like the 1sr person cutscenes on the carrier and can be turned off for gameplay.
>>569951279
>>569983338translated cause i can't read moonrunes>Shimomoto: I won't disclose the specific number of missions, but there are more than in ACE7. From what I've seen of the media playing from behind today, I think it will probably take around 25 hours to complete the story, even if you do some training and collect fighter jets.
dude had a cool ass patch
>>569874948im glad others are seeing how overrated AC3 is. The game is not good and the story is mediocre at best even in JP. AC2 is the peak of PS1 Ace Combat by fucking far.
>>569874948>>569983583idk that anon was too harsh imo im enjoying it enough to go for the 2nd tree in a moment on the last mission, the main problem is the mid soundtrack, not a single memorable trackcompared to 2 or 1https://youtu.be/CGR9gv1KHTQhttps://youtu.be/gQScHiG5Co4but yeah they clearly wanted a darker more atmospheric n slow paced tone
>>569983583now if only we could start accepting how overrated 4 is too
>>569983583>first AC with an actual storyum no>>569983770sure i agree that most games past 4 are better but that's only cause they're build on the foundations of 4.Modern AC would not exist without 4
>>569952503She kinda bad for a old bitch in a wheelchair. Built for LAAM SLAMS
>>569984050I love 4's low-key storytelling a lot.The one thing that's really rough with 4 is that the flight model was wack and you can especially feel it on the late-game planes that the roll speed is overtuned while yaw might as well not exist.
>>569983770Kill yourself retard. >>569984050An actual story thats kinda ass and boring. The story isn't good enough to make the wackass gameplay/music worth playing. AC3 is a waste of time.
>>569984406Kill yourself retard.
Ok, even on Normal these VX-23s can turn on a dime as soon as you launch a missile. Fucking unbelievable. At least I heal to full after every phase now.
I have considered upgrading graphics card for AC8, something in the range of RTX5060Ti or RTX5070. But would those even work with the old-ass motherboard with PCI express 3.0?
>>569984608don't, unless you plan on buying a whole new PC soon after, it'll run like 20% slower, big waste of gpu, especially since ur CPU is prob also old and UE5 games are CPU heavy, just get a whole new PC instead if u rly wanna upgrade
>>569984406no I don't think I will, AC4 is kinda bad but not bad enough to make me want to kms
>>569984608my extensive research says yes
>>569984406>>569984462truly an exchange worthy of retards who have random installments of the series living rent-free in their heads
>>569983746oh we're posting AC2 tracks?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQc49LP_uto
>>569984780>>569984737>>569984462Defending 3tards shows just how far you're willing to go to defame 4. Die in hell.
>>569984757>only 5%sounds like bs but idk, might be fax
>>569984872I certainly encourage doing further research before making a purchase, but the internet not immediately going "no, that's retarded" is at least a starting point
>>569984843not the anon in questionyou're throwing strays at me because i think this autistic tribalism about muh 3 or muh 4 is gay as shit as a wholethe tourist seething at 4's existence every time it is even vaguely mentioned is cringe as shit, but it's clear he's just a metastasized tumor from /v/ fishing for (you)s in the wrong pond
>>569984956if i was him I'd sell my old and buy a new PC because chances are everything other than RAM/SSD might rise in the near future, but I like having relatively new hardware for other games not just AC8 so i dunno if its worth
>>569984843I like 4 and dislike 3, but I don't like you
>>569984704Oh yeah, I know that the bottleneck from my i5-9600k would be hilarious probably. It's really a shame that I need to rip out every component. Shit really got expensive with all the AI and component shortages bullshit. And with all the AAA slop these days it feels stupid to upgrade for just one game really (Hope new Metro will be good tho).
>>569985061You will scream
>>569984406>wackass gameplayBut 3 has the best flight model in the series.
>>569984843>Defending 3tardswhere in my post did i say literally anything about 3 being good or bad or anything about 3tardsyou should try not sperging out when someone on the internet has an opinion you disagree with, fren, be good for your mental well-being
>>569985297If it's not fun, it's not good.
>>569985318don't pretend like you're any better chiefyou're both two peanuts in the same turd. dare i say you're made for eachother.
>>569985297delusional
>>569985360But it is fun.>>569985472Filtered.
>>569985401okayfor the record i dont have much of an opinion on 3 cause i only played it once like 15 years ago and it was the castrated western version
only thing I'm pissed at 3 for is the fact that I'm stuck using this useless MIRV weapon against advanced jets rn, since the stuff u chose 2 missions ago carries over, no chance to dock the plane or something and change between these missions, god these missiles are straight DOGSHIT in every way this plane is great tho, insane handling, b-something
>it's 7's release all over againI can't wait for the release cycle to be over, man
You can't be surprised a general goes bad when the series it's devoted to takes a decade to release a new game
>>569985606its not because the dev time is actually pretty good and wasn't announced like 4 years before it was ready. you forget the dark age between infinity and 7 and the idolmaster wars.
>>569985163Are you in the states buddy? Micro*****r has deals if you can shop in person. Less than 3k for the same rig the gameplay streamers used. 9800x3d 5080.
>>569985539this thing is so ass because even when it hits it doesn't kill cause the mini missiles do like 10 dmg eachFUCKKKK MIRVSS
>>569985801Fair. I'm just hoping things mellow out eventually.
>>569985831Nope, central/eastern urope, student poorfag. And I quit my job just before the announcement, quite unfortunate lol.
>>569985968im losing it manmirvs are simply too shti to finish this mission with
>>569986240if u click "no" on retry it brings you back to pre-mission though yay
>>569986240Mirvs are great bait because all the endgame planes get 4 standard missiles anyway.
>>569986240MIRVs are just pretty bad in general. I appreciate PA laying the groundwork for what would become special weapons but it's quite apparent that it was their first try.I don't think there's ever a point in the game where you don't want to just go with regular missiles.
>>569986421Ground missiles and bombs are both good because you get standard missiles if you lock onto an air target.
>>569986421at least they figured out the AI buddies, they're actually decent in 3, in 1-2 these guys didn't do ANYTHING
>>569986575Crap, I did forget about the ground missile. That one came in handy more than a few times from what I remember.
>>569986421The 'short-range' missiles you get on most GR aircraft are great, actually. Lock-on range doesn't change from regular missiles, and you can get a six-missile salvo of them on their super-plane.
>>569986859>Lock-on range doesn't change from regular missilesIs that true?I think I rescind my statement on all counts then, though it's a bit silly that they'd label it 'short-range' and then not make it short-range.
>>569887553Unclear but based on the live rendition of the main theme people were speculating that this game's using a fair bit of spanish.
>>569935382Idolmaster is usually in because Bamco owns it.So either you get that or maybe something like Tekken or Digimon.
Do you think the Sotoans will just be this but human? Or will they be actually nuanced?
>>569981608Zoom it in for 1080p and recolor it/recontrast it to be blue like AC04
>>569987134Yeah, it's true.I think the 'short-range' bit refers to their shorter flight time compared to regular missiles, but that doesn't matter when they hit their targets in 3-4 seconds at most.Oh, and you get an ammo boost as well.
uhhwhoops
>>569987871Slow down. No, really. There's no shame in not being able to do a tunnel run at full throttle.
>>569983770The mission design is kinda ass but I do wish the modern games would take another attempt at the more low-key storytelling.
she cute
>>569988493I too love my wife
>>569990335shame I think you only get to see her in the upeo route? Which is like the most sheep bad route, you get played like a fiddle by park at least u get him in the end i guessmy fav so far is neucom cause they got cool shit n cynthia is mommy
>>569987995>>569987871That one is extra troll because there's no exit on the other side anyway. You need the mission end screen to save you once you go in.
>>569990519okay htis needle thing is a piece of shit with -10 stability but still, looks cool
>>569991720the worst plane ive ever used in this series so farmaybe i spoke too soon about neucum
I'm replaying AC7 to get the aces, and man.Fuck mantis.
>>569983583Anon is to young to enjoy 90's cyberpunk anime game. Simple as
>>569985968>>569986240To make use of MIRV you have to learn how they work. The trick to use them is simpleThey don't work at close range they are only effective if you attack from almost max range
>>569994516not true. im 30s and would like to play a gits game i just don't think ac3 is good at all.
Man, it's bullshit that you can't actually shoot down any of the Yellows in AC4. I focused on one, shoved four missiles up his anus, chased him down, but that bitch started flying off at impossible speed and ran away from the mission area.Next time I see these rats, I will start blasting with the most expensive cannons I can get my hands on. They'll pay for the humiliation.
>>569994916but they're worse than normal missiles at that range too, and they have the range lockon range, they split off and the 4 mini-missiles never all hit, like 2 will hit, dealing half the dmg of a normal missile
>>569994974>would like to play a gits gamePS1, PS2, PSP have them take your pick
damn all these neucom airtcraft are kinda dogshitfeel like ur going 500 when ur going 2000just no stability can't turn can't do anything but go straightcan't beat the classics I guess
>>569995826General Resource does what Neucomdont
>>569995887vodka engineering)) since su-47 feels like its 50 years ahead of these things ingame
XO last name is Pike is the one who runs the shows as the Captain is to chill for the job.I hope she doesn't end up in a wheelchair unable to talk by games end like another Captain Pike we all know.When your ships chief mechanic is named Leroy err David Jenkins should we be concerned or thrilled about what will happen to our planes?
>>569995826Your flying a ground attacker not a fighter. Have you flown the 102 or 103 yet?
>>569996514yeah the deplhinius one was probably the bestbut I wasn't tryinna hit air targets, mostly ground, and these things have problems with pulling up in time after a bombing run to not hit the ground, other multirole or "advanced fighters" like the berkut don't, that thing can do everything
cytnhia my beloved
>>569995826I mean that's a specialised high altitude plane, what'd you expect?
>>569997136that other anon just called it a ground attacker... dafuq is the point of high altitude planes when the lockon range is always <2k and the enemies are never high altitude well besides that one mission AC2 gave me where you have to try really hard to catch planes flying extremely high
>>569996691They do handle different they don't have mobility set to high. But Neucom will send you a plane that puts all other to shame in terms of everything
>>569997565maybeso far the berkut has been the goattaking a break from nowAC3 is pretty long for a ps1 game, if u wanna go all endings anyways
>>569997382It's a supercruise capable bomber inspired by the SR-71 Blackbird.>dafuq is the point of high altitude planes when the lockon range is always <2k and the enemies are never high altitudeYou start the mission by detaching from a carrier halfway up the stratosphere lol.
>>569997136That is a screen shot of the R-211 its a ground attacker not a high alt plane like the Remora is
>>569997806that was this one >>569990519
>>569998019>>569998050but yeah regardless the remora mission had you attacking ground targets, so it was a huge pain pulling up in that shit
>>569998237Yes its a total pain for ground but its meat to be as its a high alt fighter only. Its like the blackbird trying to use them on ground targets is a challenge mode thing.
>>569998050>>569998019Yeah, sorry. Was looking at the wrong pic.The 211 is just bad, the 103 makes for a better ground attacker despite being a fighter.It's also easily the best non superplane.
What's gonna be the >we need a current year meme in the story!thing in 8? They already did drones and AI
>>570000380>Wings of theve(pronounced theev)>Ghost of KeefNot quite current year but close enough.
>>570000813But that's just a moniker
>>570000380>>570002506The story is going to be about the effects of Social Media on Modern Warfare. You're playing as the embodiment of "A mass delusion created by the rumour mill of social media (actual quote from the reveal trailer)", taken advantage of as a political tool to drum up support for the war. The Sotoans seem to be framing their attacks as a "Holy War", and I bet it'll come to light the movement was influenced by internet radicals. I'm speculating the twist will be the whole thing was orchestrated by AI bots influencing public opinion in both countries (probably belkans again)
>>570000813>Wings of Steve>Ghost of Bamco
>>570008265>Holy War>BelkansI have the solution But this time we hit them 21 times instead of letting them do it themselves 7 times.
Welp, I thought I got this one. Oh well, time to free mission on normal I guess.
>>570010474He can be missed the mission spawns more than one Su-37.
>>570008265>falseflagging and shitposting to make people hate each other>their home is a shitshowso Belkans are just Germans acting like Indians?
>>569935382If Online is going to be a huge deal then I'd expect multiple batches of im@s skins or collabs. I'm not how Infinity did it with it's skins.They could also turn Tasha into anime girl.
>AC8 on Oct 2 I'm going to pre-order but given my 3rd world internet I'll have it downloaded by the time it releases globally (maybe)>DDDA2 just got announced for Oct 9Why.
>>570015837>third worldMight wanna make sure that your shitty laptop could run it first bro
https://x.com/PROJECT_ACES/status/2064225983574749352Jean Cope got a new post>Jean Cope (VA: Kenjiro Tsuda)He holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and serves as the leader of the Joker Squadron. Known as the "Wings of Sieve"—named after the FCU capital—he is a legendary ace pilot hailed as a symbol of hope. However, that reputation was a fabrication; he was selected for a "fake ace" program due to his exceptional piloting skills, particularly his mastery of evasive maneuvers. In his private life, he is fond of gambling—sometimes even skipping out on his debts—yet his affable personality ensures he remains well-liked.
>>570015837Same here, same here.
>>570015837Do what I plan on doingNew Pod Racer released on Oct 6th. I'll just Pod Race sometime in 2027 for now the skies of USEA call once again.
>>570015837I still need to get Code Veronica and MGS Collection vol.2, I'm cooked
>>570015989What makes you thing I don't mog half the thread? My problem is living in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with a 10mbps connection.
>>569995582>>569994974Actually looking forward to the actual gits game.
>USEA is both the name of the continent and the federation of USEA which is like idk, less than half the continent? I thinkconfusing
these dudes are the worst types of transhumanistsgo ahead and turn ur brain into data if u want, but forcing it on every1 else is so fucking cringeI'll back em for story sake later but would never pick em on a first run, fuck that
>>570020117same thing as the united states of america on the continent of north americaalso usea isn't an acronym (in mainline)
>>570020117Not really, consider Europe vs the European Union. It's the same thing, except the FCU has federalised into one state.
The IL-78 is worth zero points????Don't care I'll shoot it down anyway
>>570020117As if our own world doesn't have the continent of Europe and the European Union.
>>570022823What'd you expect, it's a refuelling tanker.
>>5700228230 points? Does that thing explodes like a red barrel and destroy the things around it to justify that? Tankers were worth a lot of points in previous games.
jesus christ this levelim not this good at flying ffs
>>570023951Best tunnel run in the series and the AC3 flight model is what makes it so good(because your planes have a lot of drift and you have to keep lift in mind as you navigate tight turns).
>>570024331its pretty trippy
>>570020117>america is both the name of a continent and the united states of america which is like idk, less then half the continent?I thinkconfusing
maybe its time to grind out the final ones in ac7
>>570027421I really hope that stupid flight distance achievment doesn't come back.
cool area for a showdown
>>570027872thats an interesting sky OH FU-
>>569962689Will we get to pass him on the left hand side?
always talkin bout muh weakness of the flesh
>>569966282Fuck that looks good. The Su-33 is my favorite flanker, nice to see it getting some love.
>>570010474If you haven't gotten him already, he spawns with the helicopter assault team in the north.
>>570030050Same buddy. It's like an between of being a mook plane like the SU-27 but not quite a main character plane like the 35 or 37.
>>569870027All of AC8's new and returning features are really setting it up to be a true quantum leap for the franchise.
>>570027847Won't be as terrible if it does given the increase in map size.
>>570031584Or if they drop it down from that specific number. I know it's the funny Namco number but still.
>>569984843I dont like both 3 and 4. 4 is a badly designed AC with a boring, mediocre story that barely if ever interacts with the game. Its only interesting factor are the cutscenes which X also does. 5 was way more influential in establishing the series core values, storytelling and strengths which can be seen in 7 and 8. Sci-fi weebs and nostalgiafaggots can suck my sidewinder.
>>569968051hope it's an original song
>>570027421Multiplayer is alive again thanks to 8, so TDM achievements are in reach. Multiplayer matches also give a ton of MRP so that'll help with Patron of the Parts. And basically everyone cheeses the flight distance cheevo with the Darkstar/Foxhound and a rubber band.
>>570023698The few time they appear they are usually worth 800-1000 points
>>570023951>>570024964Now witness the tunnel run in HDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppcOm7FY8l0
>>570027847To be honest I didn't find it that hard to get that trophy I was more worried about the TD matches.Anyway back to AC8; which version do you think I should pre-order? I'm really interested in the Aces at War book, but not so much in the vinyl records; though I might pick up one of those reasonably-priced record players. I'm not interested in the multiplayer pass at all.
Stumbled on thisTunnel vision with Remora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkwiGFXBalA
>>570041000If you want the book then put yourself on the waitlist for the Joker pack, because it costs the same as buying the standard edition and book/vinyl pack separately.
Fictional Horizon put a new video this time its XB-0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaOB6y0QXFc
>>570022823>>570023698>>570023869He's just locked onto the wing, which is going to destroy the rest of the plane and give you points. Big planes will have multiple target boxes.
>>570036225>yfw it's performed by Puddle of Mudd
kek
>>570046793
>>570047492It'd be the perfect thing to do since this game is very much like 5 in a lot of ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcyO7KEzoQ0The Wings museum put out a short interview with an F-4 pilot, talking about dogfighting with the Phantom and eventually joining the aggressor squadron. Apparently they have a podcast where they have the full length version.I'm retarded and forgot to link the video.
>>570048339Arguably one of my favourite planes of all time. I wish this plane was in any game. I would kill for it to be in ace combat. Analog FBW and canards on a brick.
>>570041000is it just me but i find ac7 mp really bad.EML and QAAM are horribly OP, and there's so much PSM spam, planes are spinning around in place it's extremely silly
the F-15 is so peakironically makes for a 3x better ground attacker than that piece of shit R-211, whilst being classed as a fighter
>>570049562F-15S/MTD has been pretty much top tier in any game it's shown up in!
>>570050513oh it's a real sub-variant, I thought it was the game's own spin on the F-15 modenrized by GD or somethin
>>570050683Very realYou get her NASA colors in later games.
>>570049136I'm pretty mixed on 7's part system but the Phantom really feels like it comes to life with Acceleration++ and Deceleration++. Really makes energy fighting come to life as you quickly thrust to break out of turn fights and rapidly bleed speed to get a good angle off. Also helps that the Phantom is the lowest point cost plane so you get that sweet multiplier applied to all your kills.My heart lies with the F-16 though, it's mindblowing how smol those things are. 8 giving the F-4 gunpods and the F-16 QAAMs really excites me.
>>570050683See the S/MTD was a late 80s tech demonstrator giving a pre-production F-15B Canards and thrust vectoring with the idea that it'd not only improve performance but allow for shorter take off and landings.The S/MTD prototype was later refined into the F-15 ACTIVE which took off the 2D thrust vectoring gear (Raptor Boxes) and put on full 3d thrust vectoring nozzles onto the back of the Eagle. Apparently got some crazy results for NASA but well the S/MTD program was just an experimental project. As a side note said airframe was used as a testbed for the Strike Eagle's avionics
>>570052039interestingso far F-15 is prob my fav american jet twin engines just looks cooler than single on F-16 and the wing design is peakMIG-21 is the god of single engine jet designs but I don't remember seeing it in any AC 'yet even tho its in 1-2 I think I didn't unlock it
>>570052381AC2's MiG-21 is unlockable in Extra Mode iirc, but after that it isn't playable again until 5.
>>570052621damn until 5... its def my fav eastern block jet also one of the only things I knew about jets before playin jet games is its rivalty against the F-4 phantom in nam https://youtu.be/MDJlxMYjqPMsukhoi jets look clunky as hell
>>570052039Those rocket nerds can really make a fucking airplane when they put their minds to it.
stopped hearing much on the weather in AC8. still holding out for a weather-controlling super weapon. One thing AH did right was give you a boss dogfight in a hurricane eye.
>Plays a little Zero>Flicking planes, missiles, anything to do with light effects are back>They somehow fucked up a game that was working perfectly>Also effects 5
>>570052916Hey Aeronautics is in their name after all so making wild and crazy planes is part of their mission statement. After all they gave us the X-29 and X-31 as fully unique buildsThey had their own B-52 for dropping all sorts of weird shit off of and man if you look at how much Balls 8 tested it's pretty crazy. Like some Ace Combat ass drones were carried by it. Seriously Project HiMAT was pretty wild.
>>570054869That B-52 has tally marks for every thing its ever test dropped?
>>570046793Puddle of Mudd may be a meme band and Wes Scantlin a laughing stock of the rock world, but Blurry is a kickass song, fuck you
>>570054869>X-68: Air launched wingman UCAV>X-65: Plane without moving control surfaces that maneuvers via ejecting compressed air>X-62: F-16D base given multi axis thrust vectoring which was originally given F-35 like controls, and now they're upgrading it to fly as an unmanned wingman>X-53: F/A-18 with flexible articulating wings giving it more control authority without excess wing load>X-49: YSH-60F helicopter with wings and thrust vectoring>X-44: F-22 with no tail an a stretched delta wing that controls entirely with multi axis thrust vectoringHonestly PA isn't getting wild enough, there are more things to do than 'make it huge', 'give it a coffin system', and ''make it a variable fighter'
I'm so glad that for once the cover plane in a new AC game isn't that fucking overrated faggot F-22
>>570059051Su-35 in 2Su-37 in 3F-14 in 5 (Rafale or Typhoon if your a euro)F-15 in 6F-22 isn't the cover plane in every game. X had alt covers for Euro's
who the fuck made wings of theve theme? its fucking trash. this is definitely not made by my boy keiki. which fucking cuckbayashi is this
>>570059642shit taste
>>570059330>X had alt covers for Euro'sIt was always an F-22
Yeah they broke something have to put the blending back down to basic>gets on screen warning message >this games recommended setting is medium settingsYeah they broke something
>>570062519What are we talking about?
>>570064940The last few nightly for PCSX2 they fubar'd something that has worked perfectly for a couple of years now.If you have blending accuracy set to anything but basic AC5 & 0 will now have flicking planes, missile, & explosion effects. Sometimes it gets funky if you set it to full and it puts all the effects into a small box in the top right of the screen for a few moments.
>>570066362It's so funny how Ace Combat of all things is like the MGS4 PS3 emulation for PS2. Complicated to no end.
>>570068985Yeah really I hope they revert whatever they did back to how it was soon
Soooo an Apache was shot down by an armed Shahed drone. The pilots were able to eject and in a first for the USN they were rescued by a sea drone.
>>570066362Just downgrade back to latest stable. Only thing that might not work is Ostrich's HD pack.
>>570070410>Shahed drone >Fucking up ApacheI thought it only targets stationary objects?
>>570070818Shahed seems to be a catch all term for the iranian drones
>>570070818Russians started to add missiles to some variants last year. Some were just bolted on to be the explosive part of the donre but some can fire those missiles. Looks like they showed Iran how to do it. While Ukraine on the other hand has shot down several Russian choppers with the normal FPV drones.
>>570071441I'm wondering if maybe the Shasneed wasn't actually targeting the Apache and it just got hit because the targeting algorithm fucked up on the way to another target. If it was even one and not a surveillance drone that went off course. >>570071998There's also been footage of Apaches from the US Army and Gulf State militaries using attack helicopters as flying anti air guns against these drones, with some success too. Seems like suicide drones vs helos isn't a very air fight, but Apaches and the like are decent at intercepting them.
>>570072649Choppers are good at the role I've seen several blowing Russian drones out of the sky. Its a good use for choppers they got room for plenty of rockets. Or the dude in the door gunner role also works very well
>>570073540Ka-52's seem to eat shit against them more frequently though, probably a side effect of it being Russia's primary attack helicopter now. Also doesn't have a 360 gun turret like a Hind or Havoc does, unless some recent variants have added one.
Which one is better, GPB or SOD?
>>570074107SOD, GPBs are hot garbage.
>>570074107GPB, SOD is atrociously bad and actively tries to work against you in many cases.
>>570074107SOD it can destroy more than one target. GPB are good on ships and bunkers but that is about it.
>>570074107GPB looks pretty fucking strong in 8, oneshotting those land Aegises(?) in the mission 9 demo footage. Hopefully SOD has gotten a similar buff, but I won't hold my breath.
>>570074508>>570074705>>570074727>>570075263duality of anons
>>570074107sod off mate
>>570075263>GPB looks pretty fucking strong in 8, oneshotting those land Aegises(?) in the mission 9 demo footage.yeah if there's more heavily armored targets in 8 as a matter of course that provides a reason for GPB to matter, 7 barely had any hardened ground targets so the much greater splash damage of UGBs simply mogged every other bomb type
>>570075263Its the first time in like ever where we have a target that actually needs a bunker buster
Hardest game in the series? X?
>>570077332X has Time Limit I guess that would be a yes
This doesn't feel strange any more it feels kind of yeah I can see it.
>>570077332>unreactable missiles>meson cannon being outright bullshit even at high speed>Extra stage with TLS (forma de old AC) equipped enemiespretty much
Swing wing supersonic passenger jets
>>570077332Yes simply for the noradar missions
>>570059051F22 is the greatest fighter jet ever created retard
>>570081252This feels like something designed explicitly to be a form of torture for aircraft mechanics.
>>570083931>sits on the cuck chair while F-35 hogs all the gloryPotential man much?
I don't really get why AC8 has such high system reqs on PC when it's releasing on Series S, a system with a GPU equivalent of GTX 1650 Super and 8 gigs of shared RAM.
>>570087684Its probly for extreme settings with UE5.Just find the global illumination setting and put it on medium
Playing AC8.This game is fun, I enjoy most of it, but holy shit, they just want you to do bombing runs all day every day. I'm on mission 10, and so far, I've only had one dedicated dogfight mission. Everything else was mostly me flying five inches away from the ground and hammering every nail that sticks out. Even in score-based missions, sweeping the floor is more effective because it gives you more points.At this point, I wish I had an actual goddamn bomber plane, the one that can actually drop bombs vertically, because as far as I'm concerned, enemy planes and SAMs ain't got shit on enemy chimneys.
>>570089617what did you think of the callback in mission 7? shit surprised me
>>570089617>AC8Damn, I meant AC4, obviously.
>>570089698oh haha me too
>>570089680Like a callback to the trench runs in previous games? That was cool, yeah.
>>570089617AC4 is mostly score-attacks with a small few gimmick missions, that's always been the big point of contention around it and you either like it or you don't (and I don't blame you if you don't)But I'm glad you are enjoying it nonetheless.
>>570090042I'm pretty sure you guys castrated anyone who would speak ill of 4, why are we even pretending?
>>570090042Yeah, that's the thing - score-based missions encourage you to bomb the ground because you can spend 30 seconds chasing an enemy plane that gives you 70 points, or you can rain hell on enemy mudhuts that don't move, take 1 missile, and give 50 points each. I wish the game encouraged you to fight others more, because that part is way more fun.
>>570090283Who the fuck is this "you guys"
>>570090283Buddy, the most commonly agreed faults for each member of the trinity are 4's overuse of score attack missions, 5's gimmick missions, and Zero's pseud fanboys who haven't actually played it.
>>570090769its funny how the best missions in 7 are the score attack missions
>>570090769hey now i watched a vtuber reacting to maxor's video, i'm basically an expert on zero
>>570091476Farbanti does have that giant asterisk because it's capped off by the Mihaly "fight" tho.
>>570091686At least it isn't as egregious as the Liberation of Gracemeria going from probably the coolest multi-layered battlefield of the series to a truly obnoxious superplane fight.
>>570091476only because your SP weapons are great in that game and ammo is rarely a concern and you can just spam.
>tfw preorderedfeels bad man
>>570093320I had to cancel mine, I have no confidence in my rig, might have to pirate it first.
theres been so many ace combat games if you look at a list, but it feels like theres been so few
>>570055929Yea Balls 8 got a huge amount of it's body length covered in tally marks from those drops when they finally retired it. 45 years of dropping all sorts of experimental aircraft and rockets>>570072649It could have been "Missile is flying towards X" Something got in the way of the missile. Missile exploded thing in the way.>>570073917What's eating them is FPVs so getting chased by a Drone being used as a SAM.
>>570090769>5's gimmick missions5 is my favorite of the PS2 trinity because of them. The camera mission, simultaneous destruction timing mission, neutralizing bomb mission, etc. were all fun, maybe with the exception of finding Nagase because that mission has basically no margin for error.
>>570096142why the fuck is the enemy AI suddenly go endgame tier in that mission anyway
>>570093812because only the numbered ones matter
>>570097397>saves the franchise in your path
i can smell the grunder industries fiasco again from my pre order
>>570062519Oh, shit. So i'm not the only one with emulation problems. Although I had more issues with sound getting unstable. Yeah they definitely broke something.
>>570097397Does X count as a number?
>>570103632I'm retarded and I only now realized it's called X because it's about the southern cross
>>570103632If you want to count it as a roman numeral, yes
>>570105145Oh shit wtf
>>570105145
Anyone care to speculate about the whole disembodied cope voice in your head thing? I was thinking that the business guy is probably evil and doing experiments on you by trying to implant ace skill into you or something. He’s also probably from GR and will probably turn on you eventually. I can’t really come up with anything else that makes sense. It’s pretty funny cope is almost like the heart in dishonored with his commentary. The lady antagonist in the wheelchair is also interesting and the obvious answer for her would be coffin stuff. Anyone else have a good theory?
>>570107843you were just buddies and you miss him
>>570090769My main criticism of 4's score attacks is more the length really. Did Tango Line really need to be 20 minutes long?
>>570090769My only criticism of Zero is that the story feels weirdly paced and compressed, it could have used maybe two or three more missions
<<Strategic AI chose Liberty over Justice. Courses have already changed.>>
>>570110965Kojimbles does it agane
Replaying 7 after having it be my first ace game and having played every game in the franchise afterwards.It's really obvious now how dev hell botched the story and pacing.But also makes me excited for 8 cause the 7 DLC missions are some of the best missions in the franchise
>>570087684The specs are basically a PS5 game. Other PS5 games on steam have around the same specs on the rec side. Xbox can do RT but will come at a cost of lower everything else. Anyone getting it on xbox will end up with worst looking version of the 3
>>570107843He never existed in the first place it was always YOU. Its all in your head due to some bad injuries sustained during the opening moments of the invasion. You were caught in a blast on your ship or something gave you brain trauma or some shit. At the end of the game You will look in the mirror after what seems like a mental breakdown but is just your mind finally returning to normal and see it was you Jane Cope all along.>The reflection will look at you and say Yo buddy welcome back>Credits roll None of your wingmen know you are the same person as you were stationed on a different carrier at wars start.Hows that for crazy theories?Less crazy answerHe never existed as a person but was just an GR AI built off the data from the twins>wheelchair ladyI think those legs are just for show she has none. That fact will allow her to pull of batshit crazy moves as her body can handle it while flying the expected COFFIN equipped superplane
Belkans man, they fly differentAlso notice when they made Zero they didn't even change the emblem on the chopper it still has a LQ Yuke emblem. In universe answer Belkans looted some Yuke equipment during the warOnce we get our Zero bonus in a few months we have got to check this out and see if they fixed this or left it as it. Just like a lot of bugs in 5 weren't fixed either.
this F-15 is such a beast one of the best ground attackers in the game better than any of the "attacker" class planes as a fighterprobably my favorite plane in 3, ridiculously stable, short range missiles, "heavy" armor to boot, love this thing
>>570121871AA guns and SAM sites only take one missile to destroy. This applies to the entire series.
Finished AC4.Holy shit, that final stage was absolute cinema. The music, the tension, everything. This game really is lightyears ahead of the previous ones in terms of staging. The way you start as a nobody, like in previous games, but by the end, you're so goddamn legendary that the enemies call you the Grim Reaper, and your allies advise each other to lie about Mobius-1 being here to raise morale. Overall, framing the action around an actual tangible conflict gives each battle a lot more tension and meaning that simply wasn't there before. The cutscenes also reminded me of Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, which was easily one of the best pieces of Gundam fiction ever made.The gameplay had its flaws. The game focuses on you sweeping the floor until the bitter end, with not a lot of actual air combat until later missions. Some planes and weapons also felt a bit useless, especially air-to-ground stuff - it's much easier to just slow down and mow everything down with missiles than trying to aim bombs. Later weapons are better, but also extremely limited. Basically, I wish there were more variety to the missions and a better weapons system.But this was definitely the highlight so far. Moving on to AC5.
>>570122618I see, I just spam short range missilesthese things have 0 downside compared to the normal missiles, I think even same dmg but i dunno, just more of themalways spam em just to make sure lol since u get a ton of missiles for the levels
>>570122665damn you're fast, not reading the rest due to spoilers but good to know the ending will be kino I'm still on 3 for now, this game has so many cutscenes, like at least 3 different ones between each mission, its basically like watching an anime
>>570123046I'm saying this because you'll have to learn how to save ammo for AC04 and ESPECIALLY AC5. Once you're done with AC3, try taking out ground targets with your gun more often. You'll thank me later.>>570122665>it's much easier to just slow down and mow everything down with missiles than trying to aim bombs... You might have a problem with bombs in general. The only bad ones in AC04 are UGBS and SFFS. UGBM has often been my bread and butter in that game. UGBL is excellent, and FAEB is almost always the best option for A2G, no matter the game.>not a lot of actual air combat until later missionsFunnily enough, Shattered Skies is probably the best furball mission in the entire series.
>>570124083The cutscenes were apparently made by Production IG, they later worked on GitS:Stand Alone Complex, among many other things. I imagine a ton of money went into them, which is why the sequel used slideshows.>>570124159>... You might have a problem with bombs in general.Maybe I just don't know how to aim them? The reticle feels completely useless because they never land where it points, always overshooting by a big margin. It's easier to just point in a general direction and pray, but if I have to do that, I can just use the missiles.>Funnily enough, Shattered Skies is probably the best furball mission in the entire series.Yeah, I remember it, shit was dope.
>>570124651Here's an example of someone using bombs well on mission 2.https://youtu.be/Kq3P4QkreQY
>>570125084Wait, I think I got it. When he aimed the bomb, the reticle focused and went red, but I never saw it do that when I played. I guess I assumed it didn't do that, and you were supposed to use the line pointing downwards as your only guide.
>>570107843Given that the whole theme is that Rex is a mass delusion I don't think it's related to sublimation or anything technological. I think we've got brain damage from oxygen deprivation from near drowning and we're hearing voices that match what we think we know. Just as we're being created as a myth, we're also creating myths ourself. I think Dr. Santos will be an important character for this frame and there will be tension between her and D.D. with D.D. wanting to encourage and exploit your delusions to expand the myth of "Rex" and Dr. Santos wanting to help you come back to reality.Mission 9 semi-spoiler:Good example of the unreliable narrator effect is ghost-Cope's comments about the white valley team getting wiped out (Presumably Coster's former wingmen/bandmates from Purple Magic). Yet we see him playing with a drummer and a bassist in the first trailer in what is likely a scene from later on in the game. Without knowing the order of events it's difficult to say anything definitive, but I think it's a hint that GhostCope isn't anything more than your own delusions.
>>570122665>Final stageYes that is everyones response the first time they get to that mission. They nailed it perfectlySince you finished 4 you can try something funTake Rafale on mission 2 equip SOD. Once you take out the fighters, AA & SAM's line up a shot and hold down the missile for missile cam. You'll be surprised at just how long the SOD stays active in camera mode. If your recording it allows you to get some cool distance shots>>570123046Just shooting all 6 missiles off on a single plane feels so good. >>570068985>>570101465Small updateWhatever they broke only affects 5 & 0 while 4 still works just fine with no issues.>>570124159>Shattered SkiesI have to agree DLC #1 is great and a close second but something about this mission you just can't beat.
>>570125423>When he aimed the bomb, the reticle focused and went redNo, that was his missiles locking on after he had switched back to them.The actual point of reference you should be aiming with is the dot at the center of the circle.
>>570124159Personally I've never really liked bomb type weapons in Ace Combat, I've always found it so much easier to just missiles, either the standard or the dedicated A2G ones much, much easier to use and effective, guns are great for ground targets too. Always found it strange how some people praised stuff like UGBLs, I just neved had much success with bombs in general when it comes to AC. Somehow the ones in Nuclear Option feel easier to use, even the non-glide ones.
>>570125423It went red because the very moment he drops the bomb he switches back to missiles. Your just seeing the missile lock not a bomb lock. Dumb bomb never lock onto anything they just show your drop area. They don't start to turn red until 7
>>570125528Maybe that's because some characters can live or die based on how well you perform and what you do in missions.
>>570126395I've heard those lines used in other games and it never effects the main cast just secondary characters that really don't matter beyond you have more or less allies on a mission. Or its those plot point for which route do you want? Save this one for route A or save this one for route B.I don't expect anything to come of those lines beyond the usual.
the F-22 is a beast as wellmuch as I like the neucom stuff by appearance, it all sucks so fly, even the 103 delphinius or whatever, I swear it handles worse than the american jetsgeneral ftw I guess
>>570125846>Somehow the ones in Nuclear Option feel easier to useThat's because they're all guided.
>>570127587Have you flown the Game yet?
>>570016197>He's literally Tom CruiseWhich celebrity will be the next schizo mind ghost in a singleplayer game?
>>570131358>Caravans instead of Aviatorswalmart-brand maverick at best
>>570131358>Which celebrity will be the next schizo mind ghostNicolas Cage could pull off an amazing schizo head ghost
>>570132912>Shoot him again, his soul is dancing with the angels
>>570129737trying it nowpretty good
is the 7/8/9 trinity going to be like the PS2 trinity where it started with a decent but mostly basic game, then a huge very ambitious game, and then the perfect game?
>>570135186hope 9 isn't a short as zero
>>570132912Give him the Con Air cut for shits and gigs.
>>570135186Ace Combat 9 >The Sota warOnce again you play as a merc. Who was born in Versa (country not continent) and you fight for the Yukes to once again remind Sota no fuck you this is my clay not yours.
>>570135683That would be perfect
>>570135186The trinity started with a mostly basic, yet great game though.
>>570137170that is your opinion and i disagree with it but let's not fight over it :)
>>5701373584 is a great game and I am tired of pretending it isn't just to spite overcriticizers from the other games.
gotta say ouroros' main ship is kinda funny not intimidating at all>a fuckin blimp
>>570137805it's kinda cute
>>570137608you don't have to pretend for anyone
>colalpse the whole city to trap night raven insideuhhhh... aren't there people down there?
>>570139163which is why i am not pretending?
>>570139349you think millions of people are more important than REVENGE?
>>570139482then why would you be tired of pretending?
>>570139349Don't worry about the small stuffRemember anon10 million lives to destroy one plane its an elegant method of destruction and SALVATION!!!
>>570140804because i dont want to pretend anymore? i am realizing we are actually fighting over this anyway
>>570116529>wheelchair lady>I think those legs are just for show she has none. That fact will allow her to pull of batshit crazy moves as her body can handle it while flying the expected COFFIN equipped superplaneI think she'll have an ENSI COFFIN equipped plane. Further pushing her beyond the limits of her body as she just has to THINK the path to victory. Timeline wise it'd be fitting too since the tech needs to starting to take over now>>570139349Shows just how batshit fucking insane Simon is if he thinks this is a viable solution to kill just ONE PERSON
what the fuck
>>570143745My exact reaction as well. GR route's a good one.
>>570143878yeah probably my fav route so farbesides missing cynthia :( only the ourobors routes left to go ill do em tomorrowthis game is long as fuck, if u wanna go all routes, close to 15 hours at least probthe cutscenes n between intro segments are a bit too long imo, but it is what it is, plot is still kino, at the end of the day all factions got fucked by the corpo wars...
>>570145414I've played UPEO and GR loyalist routes si far, I like UPEO the best because Rena survives but I hate that Cynthia dies in that route.
>>570146363ngl besides that shot of Rena with her arms up squeezing her fat tits together, the upeo route is probably the worst, park plays you like a slave
>>570086501Got that balloon though.
>>570131358looks more like miles teller to me
So I finally decided to get to AC X and it's such a good time, buddies. I really like that you can affect later missions depending on what route you take. Why didn't they do more of this in the later games? It's a great gimmick
>>570146508You do get to kill the bastard at the end of the route though. And honestly the way UPEO takes down Ouroboros feels less messy than the GR loyalist route did. Next time I play I'll probably do the Neucom route.
>>570149129Because the later games have bigger, longer and more complex missions on smaller and less detailed maps, that means it's a lot more work to make 3 playthroughs worth of missions including some maps having 2 or 3 different missions in themI would love nothing more than for them to bring back the X style of branching campaign but it won't happen again I don't think
>>570149851>on smaller and less detailed mapsEvidently I meant bigger and more detailed maps lmaoThe point is it was feasible to do it in X cause it's a much more simple and smaller game
What's some UE5 shit I can stress test my PC with? Halo comes out next month will probably try that.
>>570153451Oblivion Remaster maybeThe performance in that game is all over the place
>>570153451>>570153695that, or if you're up for a real challenge, stalker 2
>>570143732>as she just has to THINK the path to victoryRemember you have to think in Russian ummm sorry I mean Belkan uhh no that isn't it yeah Sotan yeah that's it lets go with that and just ignore why she's speaking in Belkan during your boss fight.
>>570143745Did you notice your XFA-36 was not only with you at all times but it fires when you fire?
>>570157817oh i didn't notice it fires when i fire lol cool there's nothing about THAT part of lore so far, i guess in the ouroboros paths?o yeah, besides a monologue in japanese during the mission which sadly wasn't translated
>>570149129I don't know if you have reached it or not but when the shockwaves come switch to HUD mode it cancels out the screen shake.
Prof is up nexthttps://x.com/PROJECT_ACES/status/2064543078732685790Ellington Baxter (Voiced by Yuki Onodera)The pilot of Unit 2 in the Joker Squadron and the team's coordinator; he holds the rank of Major. He is a knowledgeable and considerate individual. Although he has a background as a part-time university lecturer, his field of expertise remains unknown. Tasha calls him "Sensei" (Teacher), and he often tutors her in the mess hall during their downtime.
From Kono's twitterSeems the art director Yamaguchi has been building stuff
Do we have datamines on the exact, numeric effect of each part? Especially comparing Lightweight to S and M and the hybrid missile parts? I want to be autistic.
2 more to go...
Electrosphere has such a banger OST. Glad I played it finally
>>570164110I like how you can tell by my dates whenever i get a burst of energy to 100% this game.Hopefully can finally manage before 8 comes out.
>>570164282Favorite tack?What did you think of how the original TLS & PLS worked?Did you try out the OSL?
>>570162029There were build-making websites back in the day, which I guess means we should check if they're still up. If not, maybe the wayback machine's still got them. Let me check an old OP and I'll get back to you.
>>570165452infbuild, ye, I'm using it to help buildcraft, but it's only good for damage numbers and breakpoints that I don't think are exact. If we take it's word and assume consistency, then L > M > LW > S.
I hope it's in. Doesn't have to be it's own plen, just put all this shit on any f-15. Heavily loaded jets look incredibly cool to me.
>>570167929The F-15E will be an attacker, unless the HCAA is modeled after AMRAAMS I don't think this will be possible for now.
>>570162029>>570165452Yeah, that was the one I'd found. I'll keep digging.
>>570167929I'm expecting the EX to be in as a high end Eagle I figure she'll have the PLS while B3 Hornet has the railgun. That just leaves the weaker TLS umm Su-47?
>>570170997is EX confirmed?i suppose 7 didnt have it cause it got deployed in 2021
>>570171471no
>>570171471A lot of planes aren't known still but it just makes sense to have it in. We already got 4 Hornets in game already might as well go 4 Eagles while we're at it.I expect the EX and MTD to appear I also expect the B3 Hornet to bring it up to 5 Eagles and 5 Hornets
>>570171776If we're talking random F-15 variants, there is another that has some precedence in AC.
we actually need more su-27 variants
>>570174353Put me in coach, I'm ready.
>>570172652Its not so much a random variant when the EX is in production. While MTD is just popular being in 5 games to date.
>>570160246Ah yes, the squad member most likely to die.
>>570164942Montage or The Manuever!I did not get to try the OSL and desu don't really recall the TLS or PLS either. I'll have to do another run and check them out and go for another ending.
>>570180316>just popularDon't sell it so short. Everything about the demo is awesome. My favorite part is that those mondo canards are just hornet stabilators. Though if they're tired of including it, I wouldn't mind if pa made another fictitious version like the plus in 3 with the baby canards or the barely fictional single seater active in 4, or even just giving the real active another shot since it's been so long since we had a 3dtv eagle.
>>570174353what about giving other sukhois a chance?
>>570170997I'd love to see the Silent Eagle again.
>>570181016OSL is usable when you do one of two thingsA rank all missions on hard its permanently unlocked for all planesOr if you just want to use it at anytime being a PS1 game it has hidden commands to unlock stuff but you'll have do this command for each useDo thisPick your plane pick your gun now when move to missiles Hit and hold Start + button till mission starts Start + Triangle = OSLStart + X = Plasma BeamStart + O = Spread BombDoesn't always register sometime you have to exit mission and try again it can be picky or maybe it was just my controller idkThe original TLS is the default and only gun choice for Night Raven and GeopeliaThe PLS is one of the gun choices for R-103, R-102, Remora, & R-211
>>570182824It could happen you have a legit chance for it to happen this time around.If online is bigger than infinity it means they'll add a lot of planes if online takes off and keeps going strong for years to come. Every plane you add to online could go over the SP with no issue since its the same game. In theory 8's SP roster could be has huge or larger than Infinity's was depending on how well AC Online does.
is there a parts build list for ACX superplanes? I just wanna minmax.
>>570164282I'm almost done with it and I didn't find a single memorable track, it's all atmospheric stuff, which is fine, but not anything I'll look up after the gameBoth 1 and 2 were filled with memorable tracks meanwhile, maybe it's a taste thing I guess, for me the ost is by far the weakest part
>>570162029btw plan isADA-01B -VQ-, 4AGM / Speed LL, Accel LL, Pitch L, Msl Homing L, Msl Reload LW (to be M with enough slots), SpW Reload L, SpW Damage L / Datalink ReloadADF-01 -ZE-, ECM / Speed LL, Accel LL, Pitch L, Msl Homing L, Msl Homing+Speed L, Msl Reload L, ECM Duration / Datalink Homing
>>570139349People always joke about Ace Combat having you play as a war criminal, but Electrosphere is the only one where you ACTUALLY ARE one.
>>570183620Yeah its not really as bombastic as other games are with the music. I'm big on the atmospheric stuff so it scratches that itch for me.>>570182928Oh dope thanks I'll try that out anon!
>>570185156In Lost Kingdom the dialogue implies some of the tents you bomb are refugee encampments. But then again only 3 has you pull off actual false flags multiple times.
>>570185583The tents are optional targets and Voslagians aren't people anyway, so it's fine.
>>570185156Well 7 does let you change the color of the TGT You can feel like your warcrimeing the entire game if you want.
https://x.com/PROJECT_ACES/status/2064905464731840592Oh neat, she's voiced by Chisato (Lycoreco) VA.
>>570185565Electrosphere's OST is great music and perfect for the setting and story, but it's really, really weird in terms of it being a high-octane air combat game. It's not really something that gets your blood going and it's like that throughout the entire game with the exception of Revelation.Most of the soundtrack sounds like it belongs in an old Dark5 video.
>>570191393Tasha Severskaya (Voiced by: Chika Anzai)Pilot of Joker Squadron's No. 3 aircraft; rank: Second Lieutenant. She is a star pilot for the Yuktobanian aerobatic flight team "Zvezda." She was caught up in the war while filming a promotional video aboard the *Endurance* and subsequently remained on the aircraft carrier.She does the voice for one of the Idolmaster girlsMisaki Aoba
>>570192208>She is a star pilot for the Yuktobanian aerobatic flight team "Zvezda."where are the other members of the team? Why is she the only one in Endurance?
>>570192784We'll find out in a couple of months. She could have had to stay behind to do some solo shoots for a few more days. Or the rest of her team is shot down as they attempt to defend the carrier and finally they could have been killed when the carrier gets attacked before they ever got into the air.
Bzzzzzzt
>ace combat 9>with the rise of AI pilots, human pilots are no longer in demand>(You) and your squadron, who are one of the only human mercenary pilots left, are no longer getting contracts and losing hope as pilots>with no one hiring your squad, your squadmate started streaming for your take down on AI plane bounties>it goes viral and your radio chatter is now replaced with voiced "chats" including the dank memes>for some reason usea is at war again and hiring you to become a legend meme in the air spaceit think ace combat is over. unless they remake 3 again
>>570194135These looks greatThis game better come with a proper photo mode
It's still pretty crazy how fully formed Ace Combat was by the second entry. I doubt it'll happen but I hope 8 brings back being able to see enemy ace spawns on the briefing screen. Really though I hope 8 has 3's boresight, 7's target filtering is much better than the PS2 games' but it'd be rad to have the option to just fucking lock on to the bitch right in front of me.
>>570195819>>570195994I wonder when Bamco will let ACF and co upload their full playthroughs that they had to private last week
And the best image
>>570195994This Superhornet looks like its been affected by the dynamic weathering they've implemented in 8.
>>570196351It does and I like it, now she looks like a real Hornet who's been at sea for a while. I wonder does this mean I can give F-35 a tan if she doesn't take a bath for a while?
>>570196473>>570196351Oh yeah, it definitely is. Wow, that effect is pretty noticeable, but in a very naturalistic way.
>>570196145>oops! all phoenixesC'mon, show me what else she can haul.
As much as I love the series, I wish it was less stingy with customization.>AC8 will let you equip 2 SPWscool>still only 3 SPW options per planeI figure they'd learn their lesson when there's several SPWs in AC7's launch restricted to only 1 plane, or take inspiration from PW or HAWX2 someday. Reintroducing ACAH's livery color customization would also be nice, but I'd rather they go 1 step further and have generic patterns for all planes mixed with color customization, maybe even highlight layers, really make a plane your own instead of using a historic character's colors, y'know
>>570198556>but I'd rather they go 1 step further and have generic patterns for all planesAlready in, though I doubt they'll have a colour wheel.
>>570198556i agree but i understand that its so the different chassis variants have more difference than just adjusted mobility stats
>>570198749That navy and grey splotchy camo looks nice, so I'll take it.
>>570194834That’s 8 years from now buddy relax… I guess.
>>570202657>RTX 5090 is now required to run the game at 30 FPS
God I love this game.
>>570203618>atleast 9 year old gpu required to play the gamewooooooooooow what the fuck!?!?!?
>>570203992Damn, never seen that in 500 hours of play outside of the UAVs scripted to body-block the Arsenal Bird. That's rad.
Its going to be a long 3 months.
>>570204338think it will be cracked before october? denuvo and all?
>>570204338I'm going to play 6 and Ass Horizon to pass the time.I figure going thru Ass Horizon will take me about a month.
>>570204693>I'm going to play 6????????????
>>570204708What, you don't want me to dance with angels?t. idiot who never got to play it
>>570204819what the fuck is bro going to play it with? a console from his delusions?
>>570204960It got recompiled for PC brah. Plus emulation is still a back up plan if I can't hack the recompilation.Hell, even Infinity MP is back nowadays.
>>570204960A custom build of Xenia for AC6 has been floating around for ages now.
>>570204708Not him but I just did my first run of 6.Good lord I am rusty and out of practice for ace combat. Story was surprisingly good and I enjoyed the music. Felt like 4, 5, and Zero all sorta put together and remixed into a large (I hate it) battlescape set piece. Running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to hurry up and get B ranks on easy before my Emmerian baby-chicks died. Probably wont play again for a while.
>>570204960are you from 2011 or something?
>>570122665I also just finished AC4, after promising someone I would finish it 6 months ago. Honestly such a fun game. I mostly used the F-18 for ground missions and the first F-15 for air missions. It felt like the game starting throwing new aircraft for you to buy at the end, but I only bought Su-37 and it handled like a beauty. I started and played the first 3 missions of AC5, I was dominating those aircraft and was able to successful bomb all the ships.
Heavy physics model, or light? Which do you steer towards?
>>570205384heavy is more interesting
>>570204960
FACTac6 has the most fun brainoff destroy everything gameplay
Turn 8 sideways
>>57020575967?
>>570205759I
if 7 8 9, is that why X happened?
>>570205759I was going to make a joke but I forgot how to spoiler blackout.
>>570206025ctr+s
When I drop FAEBs over yuktobanians they scream loud as fukkkkkk
>>570204338is AC8 the best looking plane game now?
>>570210574i believe flight simulator has better looking COCKpits
>>570210870ground environments definitely look a lot better on flight simulator but overall fidelity is pretty close.
>>570210574I want to see more of it to make that judgment.>>570210870A ton of planes in MSFS are community-sourced, with many imports from Microsoft Flight Simulator X, a game from 2006 that was the pillar of the community for 15 years prior to MS reviving the series. So most of it is not actually all that visually impressive, nor does it have to be. People who play MSFS are in it for the simulation, the visuals are just a nice bonus.>>570211240It easily takes the cake when it comes to scale. AC8's not gonna give you the entire procedurally generated Earth, but AC8 looks like it's gonna have way more detail in its maps.https://x.com/PlayStation/status/2062527379231134083
>>570211832novice controls + cinematic camera looks so badwe need to see more indeed, but im pretty confident in saying it has DCS beat now
>>570211067I opened this and Free Bird started playing in my head lol. These rocket assisted tests are funny to me, what the hell was the point of this?
>>570213140I imagine as an alternative method of take off that affects the fuel reserves of the plane less and gets them into action more immediately. Probably not comfortable for G-force strain though.
>>570211240MSFS ground detail is not great because it's just generated from satellite photos, with some foliage and water effects thrown in. If you have ever used Google Earth, you know what it actually looks like up close. This allowed them to copy the entire planet, but actually flying close to the ground ruins the illusion completely. If AC8 maps are handmade, it'll easily beat MSFS.
>>570213140>what the hell was the point of this?On paper, launching a plane from anywhere where you could park a trailer, ideally in an innocuous and concealed spot that wouldn't be targeted by a first strike.In reality, launching a plane from anywhere where you could park a big, expensive, unwieldy, oversized trailer and also happens near enough to a normal airfield that you can land normally.Then STOL and VTOL came around, and ZELL went away.Still cool as fuck to look at, though.
>>570211067BBBRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPP
>>570210574No, DCS and Microsoft FS look better. DCS has superior plane mdoels and cockpits, MSFS has superior environments and lighting.I guess if you want to be pedantic those are more sims than games so AC8 would be the best looking game. Although I'd say nowadays even War Thunder has absolutely top tier plane models.
>>570216107Cursed
>>570216107is there an autopilot mod for this game? I can't be bothered to stabilize the aircraft while waiting for this long ass mission end dialogue, especially on the Presidia liberation mission.
>>570213140>>570213594It also didn't help that a place where you can park a big launching system for a rocket is also a good place to park a big launching system for SAMs, and you don't have to keep a fully-suited guy in the cockpit for hours on end with the latter.
>>570107843you're just hyping yourself up with your tulpa
Was conflicted between listening to Rena and joining NEUCOM. What did you do in your first playthrough?
>>570205139I'm almost done with my first run and 6 is honestly incredible. The operations are kind of a pain, but the scale is phenomenal. Favorite mission so far has been Agno Fortress.
>>570218838>weird shitty contrails and pixelated cloudsSo that still isn't fixed
>>570203618>game is sorta playable on 9 year old hardwarePA remain the kings of optimisation.
>>570195945They brought the boresight back for acz. No idea why they got rid of it again.
The one point in AC7's story where I couldn't suspend my disbelief was when I shot two different vehicles, got nuked (forma de blue and non-nuclear) for my trouble, and in both occasions all I got from my allies was "Huh?".
>>570174353Bring her back.
>>570220007i still don't fully understand what those blue nukes were
>>570220316Helios missiles for the ABs.
>>570220363oh i almost forgot about themweird that they hype them up so much and it only appears in 2 missions
>>570220363The wiki theorizes they're related to the gleipnir's missiles, which are basically FAEBs. For a blue flame, perhaps propane?
As someone used to indie games I can see the seams on what this is (voice acting, visuals), but all things considered it's not much wonder people find it so impressive by that same merit
>>570221204shame the writer is such a cunt
>>570222273Really? Damn.
The recompilation dude started work on ACX for PC
>>570222273just don't use twitter>>570221204imo mainline ace is still better but this is the only non ace game in the genre that's actually good
>>570222393I wish he would do the ios games first, the psp emulator works great.
>>570222573why would you want to play those?
>>570222823Because it's literally impossible to otherwise?
>>570222393For what purpose? This game emulates 100% flawlessly already even on a toaster.
>>570222393If he can somehow implement regular AC controls into it I'll suck his dick.
>>570224009you mean things like analog throttle control instead of either no throttle or full burner? rudder on shoulder buttons? those things?considering he's vibe coding this I doubt he has the know how to actually make such changes to the game
>>570224384Analog throttle would be amazing but I doubt that's going to happen, but yeah proper yaw controls plus the autopilot would be nice.
Controversial Opinion: I would rather have plane parts that actively upgrade aircraft into different one models, instead of an aircraft tree full of planes that are largely similar but with small differences in model and armament. This would allow for more planes.
Playing AC5.Man, this game really starves you for missiles. You have to learn how to shoot them real slow and steady, or you simply won't have enough for the entire level. Takes me back to the original arcade Air Combat.
>>570224384>you mean things like analog throttle control instead of either no throttle or full burner?isnt this entirely dependent on hardwarelike you cant have analog control on a MKB setup>>570226586how would that allow for "more planes"
>>570226586The limiting factor for planecount is not the UI or some arbitrary limit, it's the work that goes into creating super detailed 3D models.
>>570227194>how would that allow for "more planes"An example: Instead of a million F-15s and 16s you would have one which you could put together to create different block rollouts, this would save space on the aircraft tree, allowing for more planes without having a huge tree you need to zoom out to see fully, like in 7.
>>570227334Also, according to PA, the number one thing licensees care about is model accuracy. Slapping a generic set of canards on the F-15E and calling it an "SMTD" would be a no-go.
>>570227651I know it's probably not an option for a larger company like Bamco but I wish they'd just project wingman it with fakereal planes they can do whatever the fuck they want with. Still sell real planes and livery as DLC if they want, I just wish the vanilla stuff wasn't so limited. Gunpods for everyone, please.
>>570227510See>>570227334
>>570227817limits are importantif every plane got gunpods, there would be zero reason to use an attacker since speed and mobility will always trump armor
>>570227857Why not a drop down tree for blocks then? You hold a key on a plane it gives you a tree within a tree.
>>570228483Attackers could get stronger gunpods, like the HGPs in PW. Or maybe even do something silly and increase the GAU-8 rate of fire. Gunpods are such a plug and play piece of equipment that they should work on every plane because there's no real datalink nonsense to worry about. Just binary shoot/noshoot and angling for the appropriate convergence point.
>>570228483Each of the 4 archetypes should have unlockable arms that apply to the entire archetype. Unironically. With certain planes still excluded due to being test craft with very specific load-outs so you can't just put PLS on every attacker.
>>570228558I mean you could, to clean up the UI a bit. Wouldn't really help increase the total plane count because UI is not the limiting factor.
>>570203992Good job buddy, One of the most rarest kills possible in this game as it all comes down to luckI've only got lucky like this once in 3 and once in 4
>>570228789To a degree, I agree. More advanced planes should get more advanced versions though. 8AGM instead of 4AGM, two LASM instead of one, etc.
>>570222393Why? Its played perfectly for at least 6 years if not longer. 6 I can understand as Xenia still has a lot of issues. Infinity also makes sense as you just couldn't play it period till now. But any other AC game is just a waste of time when they all play perfectly on existing emus. What is his reasoning behind this?
>>570222273I think a bigger problem is the dev being a total retard with no intentions to communicate. Like they left the game quite unfinished but with pretty big promises and don't even have the balls to say that they will not work on it anymore. There is also the whole DLC thing. I really enjoyed the game but this is really disappointing.
>>570231205The game wasn't unfinished desu. But the dev promised a bunch of extra shit as post release content then never did it.
>>570222273FAN deciding to put his foot in his mouth being a pretentious pseud about Ace Combat for the 378255th time, classic!
Do we know how many campaign missions there are?Also, where the fucking is my F-5?!
>>570231518reminder there'll have been 2 (two) full fledged AC titles in the same timespan the PW artbook still hasnt been released
>>570231581Season 2 premium ace pass exclusive >>5702317513 if we count Online as a separate game from 8
>>570231581Producer Shimomoto says "I won't disclose the specific number of missions, but there are more than in Ace Combat 7" as per a Famitsu interview with him and Kono.
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>>570233007?
>>570232629AC7 had 20 missions. I can't see the game being longer than 25 missions at max. So 21-25 is a safe bet. But why keep that a secret? If you're gonna say it's longer than 7, just tell us the total number of missions. Why keep that particular aspect a secret?
>>570234291Maybe there will be bonus missions
>>570234291They might try for 5 length again and go for 32 missions.
>>570234786That would be fine by me, longer the better. I just don't think it would go that long budget and development wise.
>>570234291<< Hold up, hold up. Let's make a bet. Whoever guesses the next mission count wins. >>
>>570234291>>570235042this game has the most dev time behind it so far yet though.reminder that 7 development got in dev hell and practically only got worked on for 2 years while this seems to have been fine and got worked on since 2020
>>570235595But how much of that was working on 8 and not moved to a new studio, used Belkan magic to make 7 work on SwitchOn the flip side its only June the are still working on 8 right now. Still got plenty of time before you have to send the data off to whoever prints the discs.
>>570235872there's no way they're working on adding new missions only a few months before releaseThey're 100% just focusing on bug fixes, performance and balance
>>570236208I don't expect new missions that part is doneWhat I expect them doing is things you mentioned plus Maybe some nice little small touches that have no impact on gameplay just make the game more enjoyable. Like say in the A-6 your WSO will give you a thumbs up if you look his way long enough.Oh we've hit the limit who is going to bake?
>>570234291We could be getting branching missions again which would make a "true" number a bit wonky. Looking back at previous games Project Aces tends to enjoy having different "A/B" missions depending on player choice, like how in 5 you could listen to Chopper's Song, Zero had Ace Style and briefing selection, 2 had hidden missions based on optional targets/aces, etc.
>>570231575Not sure what he's even saying here. It's not like Ace Combat is all hip-hip-hooray military propaganda like Top Gun. And what does the "original sin" imply here? Nothing was licensed until AC4.
>>570238795Even he doesn't know what he's saying. He's one of those people who thinks the whole world needs to hear every little thought that comes to his mind because everything he says is so deep.I don't get how someone with so little to say and basically nothing of value to his name gets to love the smell of his own farts so much.
If no one else is going to bake I guess I'll make one.
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