Game edition Prev. Mission >>579837528Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blb2N-798xI>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)AC8 trailerTakes off OCTOBER 2 2026https://youtu.be/5i_W3HDZVLA>/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/ykPhc6hn>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/acegFAQ>Has the Project Wingman update dropped yet?Haha..>Has a PS2 trilogy remake been announced yet?No.
>>580452004>PA Twitter (ENG)https://twitter.com/AceCombatGames>Kono's Twitterhttps://twitter.com/kazutoki
Now that an official one exist you can compare to see how close people got with fanmade version of the Game with a conventional cockpit
New Kono interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj7D1c1QHB4Still only gives us hints on what his favorite level is
Out of fucking nowhere Arby gives proof of life for himself and Project Wingman, says he's working on cloud rendering with the goal of getting them to run well on Steam Deck. Some funny vitriol in the replies.
>>580454586Honestly a better attempt than the official version, since the decision to sinicize it led to them also fucking up the intake
>>580456419I hope whatever fix for deck also makes frontline 59 playable in VR; the tunnel run is amazing but all the railguns afterward kill performance.
>>580456419most people want the artbook I just want the S/K-30 to be playable without mods
>>580456419Maybe now the clouds will be coded right instead of why does my GPU sound like the jet I'm flying from the shit level of code in the update a few years ago.
>>580456419Guess they figured with AC8 right upon us, they need to be relevant again.
>>580458418Dropping a PW update 1 week prior to AC8 launch would actually be based.
>>580253961>>580255482Bamco just removed Denuvo from Code Vein 2, and it isn't even a year old. From what I understand that game didn't do very well (unlike AC8 which will definitely sell a billion copies and become the most popular game ever) so that might have helped speed it up, but it's still a positive sign for people who don't like DRM. Maybe AC8 will drop it sooner rather than later.
Did the Prof get his hands on an Emmerian Hornet? That doesn't look like machine gun fire that looks like 90mm cannon fire.
https://x.com/Nowwell1321/status/2097690865397633048
>>580460824>from 0% damage to dead in a single missileThank you Project Aces. Nerfing Ace difficulty in AC7 was completely unnecessary, it should be a 1HKO mode.
Even if we don't get a Shadow unit flying Gripens at least we know what it would look like from one of the skins in Zero>>580461417Just like it use to be and the proper way to play Ace
>>580461417HPAA builds are stronk, I'm excited to run some more matches since I swapped my Mig-29 build from MSL focused to HPAA focused.
>>580459184>icing updoes this realistically happen during dogfights? or did they add a new mechanic for artificial difficulty?
>>580465982icing up in clouds was a feature in 7
>>580465982>does this realistically happen during dogfights?Realistically, dogfights don't happen thanks to realistic missiles.
>>580467169Idk I've seen a Russian Su-25 shoot down another Russian Su-25 with rockets, close enough
>>580475432Draken back in AC never ever.
Old aviation photos are so kino
Yeeeeup, it's still good
Cute
>>580483350It's really funny how the style is exactly like the sort of stuff you'd see on a scooter or something marketed to girls in the late 2000s. Tasha's not even old enough to remember that shit!
https://sea.ign.com/ace-combat-bandai-namco-ilca-project/243610/ace-combat-8-is-a-very-grounded-game-set-in-the-skies-ign-preview>Cope narrating your actions like a Greek chorus after dying is added because Kono thought it was cool
>>580486327I can't believe /ouryuke/ is a filthy 00's poser.>>580487053The best kind of game design comes from that line of thinking desu.
sex with the F-22
Your first gameplay of AC Online will be through a male vtuber you've (very very probably) never heard ofhttps://x.com/PROJECT_ACES/status/2098006133936164968
>>580495332As a matter of fact I watched parts of some of their EDF6 videos at one point. Though I can't actually remember why. I was looking for something in specific but I can't remember what.I'm not really into streamers but they seemed tolerable. EDF is an extremely good game for streaming though so that helped.
>>580495332th…thanks Bamco very cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wMvuUMZxyQ
>>580500685Okay so I saw the thumbnail and somehow thought it was an Italian link.
>>580500914I have now seen the video. WHAT.
I like Ace Combat, the video game.I'm not very interested in Ace Combat, the TV show.Maybe some people care about that I guess.
>>580492767
>>580502594Does he know?
>>580500685wtf
>>580502594I've only seen the 'Sandra Oh' version of this image.
>>580500685for those who don't feel like clicking it>Check out the teaser trailer for HOUR ZERO, the live-action prequel to ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE. HOUR ZERO is a mini-series that will stream exclusively on IGN starting September 15. The live-action prequel will introduce fans and newcomers the Ace Combat universe. >In the series, three strangers survive the opening days of the Republic of Sotoa's invasion of the Federation of Central Usea. Josh Holloway stars as a pilot with nowhere to land, Brandon Routh as a doctor who saved his enemy, and Tamlyn Tomita as a news anchor silenced for telling the truth. >HOUR ZERO will span four total episodes and will be available on IGN.com and IGN's YouTube Channel.how bizarre
>>580500685Huh?
>>580502827Always go for younger sister
>>580495332Your right I've never heard of them I only know female vtubers. Couldn't they have gotten Maid Mint or Saba for this?
>>580500685>live action AC mini-seriesNeat
>>580503529Bamco tends to have live-action marketing for their big games since Elden Ring I recall so this is on-brand for them.
>>580500685That came out of nowhere, really this is something I would never in a million years expect to see as a thing.Well if NASCAR can do a 20 min show with the Navy for a Top Gun parody I guess we can get a live action Strangreal video too.
>>580503529>Josh Holloway stars as a pilot with nowhere to land>nowhere to land>nowhere to landThe river!!!!!! Holloway use the river don't use the fucking stadium!!!!!!
>>580503529Let me guessYour favorite characters from the franchise will cameo, and guess what? They'll not be flying, and most likely be gay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1QaRUZ85eA
>>580505409If Mobius 1 was flying over the FCU during that day we would have no game Sota's entire invasion would have gotten its ass handed to them by Mobius 1 in a single afternoon.
>>580505409If Gryphus 1 was flying over the FCU on that day we would have no game, Sotoa would've gotten their asses handed to them in almost a single afternoon.
>>580505797Sorry buddy, Erusia has died now the FCU needs to die so Usea can get electrosphre'd, as the prophecy foretold.
Unlike Top Gun, they have the balls to actually depict a real fucking war.
>>580500685I can't believe we got a live action mini series before an anime.
>>580506484in fictional planet
>>580506816????
>Three strangers survive the opening days of the Republic of Sotoa's invasion of the Federation of Central Usea. Josh Holloway stars as a pilot with nowhere to land, Brandon Routh as a doctor who saved his enemy, and Tamlyn Tomita as a news anchor silenced for telling the truth. Told in reverse and grounded in the family lives of its three leads, their stories count down to the moment where their normal lives were shattered and war began. Their story sets the stage for the narrative players will experience in the deep, engaging ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE ‘Campaign Mode.’>Told in Reverse
>>580507661Bravo Konojima
>>580500685what the fuck is this shit
The Sotoans are throwing Rods of God at the FCU
They fucking hit Expo City
>>580507897I can see how the FCU would've been fucked by the opening shots of the war. Cunts would have nuked every major base they didn't intend to take over immediately.
FCU Hornet
>>580506484Bro top gun literally got the strangereal treatment. They're fighting cobra commander so they don't have to deal with the political logic of a real war. Just like Aces invented strange real so we aren't asking why the fuck MIGs and Eagles are in the same squad. Assault Horizon's joint US-Russian anti-terror operation was the more reasonable way of answering this question.
>>580508068Oh god the Electrosphere is real and may god have mercy on everyone once Nemo get out
>>580507897>Rods of GodWouldn't that thing supposed to pack huge explosive punch due to sheer kinetic energy?
>>580500685holy shit its sawyer
>>580508271Forgot pic. Emblem on the enemy planes in Maverick looks like a literal opfor red team patch.
>>580507897Ah, so that's what the good news from space achievement thing meant, you're probably stopping whatever space based weapon the sotoans or whoever has
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q04toDxPJZcNext info stream on the 12th featuring some youtuber (long time fan of the series and even streamed 7's demo).
>>580507635Turning is for cowards we commit to the head on and die in the process
>>580508571>even streamed 7's demowow?
>>580508415>Ledgergreat tac name desu
>>580508068>>580508381This means that Rocky Island already got BTFO, but the trailer has shown glowies trying to suppress the news report regarding a war out breakWhich begs the question: What the fuck is going on in the FCU?
>>580508571I didn't think there was anything left to reveal at this point. And they probably still have some bombshell for TGS.
>>580508831They’ve made it clear in preview stuff that the FCU is some corrupt, Austro-Hungarian hodgepodge mess that has barely recovered from the Lighthouse War. A bunch of constituent states of the Federation spin off of it the moment the shooting starts. Skullduggery is a feature.
>>580508536I never could find the full set I got most of them and the prices online for the rest were more than I was going to pay for them.>EmblemI do like that design it feels like a what if the Byzantine Empire still existed in the modern day.
>>580508831>>580509243Lol, just lmao. I can't wait to see how the corpos will take over this godforsaken continent.
>>580508982More original planes we got the Game back lets see if they finally give us the X planes & some more stuff from 3
I don't know how to feel about this lmao, I'll watch it anyway.
>>580508271The point I'm making is that the war is more than a single mission that gets wrapped up neatly with a bow and Everybody Claps. It's a messy, drawn-out thing where civilians are absolutely getting caught up in it.
>>580509243Useans are extremely adept at backstabbing themselves.
>>580509746at the end of the day they're still a collection of sovereign states with their own self interests that are members of a larger collective a la the EU, if said collective is no longer able to function theres no reason to stick around
>>580509626Its like you've never watched an action movie in your entire life.
>>580509746"Useans"You mean Belkan immigrants
Josh Holloway and Brandon Routh, two actors I've enjoyed watching, crossover with my formerly super niche anime jet video game. Weird day.
>theres no such thing as a good war >theres such thing as a just war you thought the blowback to Tasha’s character design was bad? hooboy
>>580500685everything around this game is starting to become a bit cringe
>>580510946this is the first sign of cringe
>>580510043Top Gun's just too openly propagandistic for my tastes.
>>580508389No it was debunked.
>>580512038Then just watch the 2nd one
>>580465628I love FLAG
>>580510946>>580511242"Cringe" is part of Ace Combat to be honest.
>>580510946Go dance with the angels!
>>580500685what in the goddamn
>>580510946anon...
>>580510946nigga you love ace combat BECAUSE of its cheesyness and cringiness
>>580508271Top Gun was never supposed to be real life retard. The first movie wasn't even about fighting the fucking Soviets.
>>580510907>you thought the blowback to Tasha’s character design was bad? hooboywhat blowbackive only seen people calling her cutethe only negativity comes from xitter brainrot chuddies who are a meaningless minority
>>580510907pfff we've been putting with miggers using this logic since february because of Iran that's nothing
>>580510907you're a mindbroken american, i know that
Oh damn now I'm wondering if there'll be potshots at Trump like in 7 regarding his meme wall.
>>580515982FCU tariffing all of its neighbours and randomnly renaming geographical features as a key jingling tactic to distract its internal opponents lol
I had a thought about the live actionWe will have a chance to see what the bridge on the airships and the landship looks like and maybe wheelchair lady in the air in whatever her normal plane was.
>>580500685>>580503529>FAN can't even put out an artbook or audio play despite having zero accountability to anyone>Kono and friends got so deep into Sotoa they made a fucking miniseries and had to convince Bamco it was necessary to market an arcade flight gameI miss when indie devs did it for fun and passion. Shoutout to Mackerel buddy
>>580512440That was even worse. It literally tries to sell the "Just one strike bro and Iran is donezo" line.
>>580513283>>580514404yes but this is different
>>580500685Just how much cash did PA convince Bamco to take out of the piggy bank for this game?
>>580513283>>580514404Too much cheesiness and cringe can also be bad, its the main problem people point out with 6 and 5 thats right fuck you
>>580516987Frankly speaking, what the fuck else does Bamco even have lined up? Sword Art Online?
>>580515816ok but you know that tweet from FAN is comingit's inevitable
>>580510907Would you rather have shit like the new halo devs saying they hate guns and have never fired one their lives?People who prickle up at the very idea of a just war could never have taken back Gracemaria.
>>580516657Have you thought that the action genre isn't for you and maybe its time to switch to uh watching paint dry??
>>580500685I might need few beers to watch this but hopefully it reaches Command & Conquer live action levels of cheese.
>>580518861It's funny how fucking tilted people get when I tell them that I think Top Gun's lame.
>>580519198Its you think that is tilted what kind of bubble world do you live in?Anyways I guess we'll all be live posting as we all watch ep 1 Tuesday?
>>580519198they watched that movie as kids or teens so it is part of their identity and it bothers them when someone says negative things about itkinda like ace combat 4
>>580519729nah idrc about the show maybe if they drop some epic background lore details ill read a synopsis
>>580516657How little self-awareness do you need to have to say this in an Ace Combat thread?
>>580520893AC doesnt actually do that, in fact most of the series is about the after effects of consecutive wars in Strangereal.Like the Lighthouse War could not have occured if Erusea was truly defeated in a clean, singular operation in AC04.
>>580500685So this is what happens when you pre-order games.
>>580521258They were defeated very nicely then Belka stepped in and they came back againSolution: 7 nukes wasn't enough
Alright teamWe can add 30 more missions or...We can make a tv show...
>>580521893TV show, people who want a 60 mission SP are retarded
>>580520893He's talking about the second Top Gun movie, not ace combat.Which... I think the bad guys are supposed to be analagous to North Korea or something. Popping in to fuck up their long range weapons makes at least a little sense. Obviously it does in fact parallel the later IRL Midnight Hammer which, didn't in fact get all of Iran's nuclear material so didn't prevent a messy war later.
>>580521893Do you expect the script writers to program the new levels or
>>580521893TV Show, retard, the fuck?
>>580522024Maybe. You don't know them
>>580521998>I think the bad guys are supposed to be analagous to North Korea or somethingbad guys with tomcats and trying to develop nuclear weapons gee I wonder what country this is alluding to
>>580522191Niggersneedland...
>>580521258By that logic any action movie with sequels is fine. "Oh but the bad guys show up again later so when they insisted last time this was the shot that would end the war for good they clearly knew all along that such strikes are a farce and weren't being 100% serious"Basically every AC game has a "just do this one thing and we'll have true lasting peace" mission, credits roll, everything's great, than oh whoops we need a reason for the next game I guess uuuuh peace was temporary actually.Which isn't to say I think it's poorly written, it's to say you're a hypocrite who already enjoys action movie plots who just wants to feel high-brow and above it all.
>>580522751ace combat is better than zogslop like topgun 2
>>580517378i mean bamco doesnt give a fuck since it can just piggybank off gundam and since GQUACKS made lots of cash, they can blow their load on AC8.
>>580523124Good, we can let the old nerds at PA live out the dream before they retire. While we get good stuff out of it thanks to your budget is Yes.
>>580523425>assuming bamco wouldnt force them to work and force them to work on gundam gaems
Oh waitThe whole Aurelia - Leasath war happened 1 year after the lighthouse war and 9 years before the Sotoa Shitfling
>>580522751>Do this one thing and we'll have peaceTbf if you grew up in strangereal you'd consider guaranteeing your country's existence for 5-10 years before the next full scale border war or just not getting nuked to be a big win. Everybody is always on the verge of a "nuke drops on capital city" scale event.
>>580523916PA doing a Gundam game could be fun, still I want them to do a Macross game however.
If there was justice in the world, we’d have at least three versions of the F4 in game. >F4E (starter/lowtier) >some kind of naval F4 (lowtier)>F4F ICE (midtier)
>>580503529Yeah it's real strange.
>>580522575They have a right to defend themselves.
>>580524372I'm surprised Osea didn't stick their nose into that war in retrospect, given the interventionist streak.>>580526821F-4X would be neat to have back.
>>580527426I forgot about the X. Yeah even more reason to have a mid-tree model. >looks good with the conformal tanks
>>580527554CFTs look better when the plane in question is already kind of a fat fuck(affectionate)
>>580526873Oh you
>>580526821F-4 COFFIN (hightier)>>580527426I'm sure they were a little busy cleaning up orbit to care beyond we'll send more troops south just in case.
>>580516536Wheelchair lady is a pilot?
>>580527426>>580528135Pretty the Lighthouse War fucked over Osea’s status as a superpower somehow. They probably voted in some isolationist retard in because the ASAT attacks fucked up their internet or something.
>>580528135Cleaning up orbit, building some sort of new A-bird platform, rebuilding the navy. They lost a LOT of ships for no good reason besides Erusea chimping out again, which probably didn't help with power projection.Oh, and enacting reprisals against Grunder and its personnel probably ate up the warhawks' ire.
>>580525250I would like a Macross game from them if PA could crank out a game every 2-3 years. If they do Macross we'll get AC9 near 20 fucking 40.
>>580456419Artbook eventually. I think this is the first time in forever that it's been officially acknowledged.
>>580500685So *this* is the thematic connection to Zero that explains the preorder tie-in: live action media!It looks cheesy as fuck and I’m absolutely going watch it. If the PA writers were involved I’m optimistic it’ll be the good kind of cheese, or at least not worthless. Maybe I’ll make my wife join in.
Lately there have been some cool mods for PW. There's a F-15E, Su-30 that words with the DLC, F-35, Su-47 and some other stuff.
>>580505409I don’t think PA is afraid of doing something like this with standalone characters. This is such a totally bizarre thing to do that it gives me more of a “passion project” vibe than a “forced marketing” vibe.
>>580510907Wtf are you even talking about? Touch grass.
>>580510946Ace Combat is *supposed* to be a bit cringe, anon. The unabashed earnestness is a huge part of why the games are consistently good and interesting.
>>580532892>So *this* is the thematic connection to Zero Doesn't exist Kono flat out told us why he included Zero with 8 because people like it and he wanted too that is the only two reasons Zero is the preorder bonus this time.
>>580532952Does the Strike Eagle work with the DLC by chance?
Do they really think with all this investment they'll make Ace Combat a mainstream title like Call of Duty or Battlefield? All this fucking all-or-nothing bullshit. Either the series has to go mainstream or people don't care about Ace Combat. Fuck wasting shit on a live-action show now instead of making DLC campaign missions
>>580534445It's a fucking web series streamed on IGN, probably cost them 23 yen to produce it.It's just a marketing thing, I don't think Bamco is trying to push Ace Combat as the next gigafranchise that has to sell 20 million a year or get canned.
>>580534445Do you ever get tired of doom posting? Do you enjoy anything anymore?
>>580534428https://www.nexusmods.com/projectwingman/mods/738Have not tried it yet but the page does say that it does.
The Shinden II would be a 10/10 design if it didn't have the 2nd stacked engine and the dorsal intake. As is, it's an 8/10.
ace combat but with nfs underground customization with ridiculous bodykits and wing setups
>>580537360no
>>580537360KSP but with Ace Combat campaign.
>>580535541Nothing wrong with that they just made the Shinden British
>>580535541Wrong, the shinden is great, very much including the stacked engines. One of my favorites of the fictional planes desu.
Project wingman 2 when, I need to kill merc scum
>>580546987hopefully never
Hello /aceg/, I'm PW's lead dev, now that the second game's on the plane addition stage I've come to see what new thread plane we can add, because you guys have produced a new original plane in the last 6 years, right?
>>580547828are you really that bored nigger? fuck off
>>5805173135 is THE peak fuck you ima fight you >>580547828still waiting on your patreon pamplet nigger fuck off
What makes this plane 'never ever forever' for AC?
>>580550710panavia aircraft gmbh
I don't have to subscribe to ign right?
>>580550710wasn't it in X
>>580550710The one guy still working at the Panavia office now downgraded to single cubical in an airport is a dick?
>>580547828>>580548121>>580550167lol>>580552160Announcement says it will be on their YouTube so no
>>580552665It was in 4, 5, 0, and 6 but didn’t show up in 7
>>580554589It was in X and even in 1 and 2, but not the remake. It was basically in every game except 3 and 7.
>>580554589Also in 1, 2, JA, Infinty & AH. 3 & 7 are the only two times it hasn't shown up
Joint Assault any good, or is it like AH bad?
>>580556732Take X's flight modelDouble the size of all planesBut don't adjust the flight model to fit the new larger plane size. Its a complete downgrade of X in every wayStill worth a play however as everyone needs to experience fighting the railgun who has maxed out its melee stats.
>>580557170Oh yeah that mission is fucking silly.
>>580556732The planes feel very weirdThe story is bad even for AC standardsIt's not set in StrangerealIt's shit
>>580557170>Double the size of all planes>But don't adjust the flight model to fit the new larger plane size.how does one affect the other?
>>580557908Every plane controls like it's flying through molasses, even higher tier planes.
>>580500685This is going to be so hammy but at the same time, I am really glad that Bandai decided to dump a shit ton of money into AC. But why the change of heart? Was AC7 really that ground breaking for them?
Cannot wait to hear "The hero of comberth harbor" and fight the Alicorn with 7 of you niggers, locked to 600 points in a MiG-21 with gunpods
>>580558265Bandai is willing to dumb money on random shit like Syn Duality. That's just how they are.
>>580558265It's the best selling game in the entire franchise. 7 million copies in 7 years. That's a continuous rise in interest. It was a lot of newcomers first game. 7 is flawed, but took the franchise to new heights.
>from starring in one of the biggest TV cultural phenomenons of the century to starring in a direct to IGN cheesefest for a plane game
>>580558265Checking Kono's twitter they dumped money into this because PA wanted to do this its a passion project apparently. Guess they sold the idea to the suits as marketing >AC7 really that ground breaking for them7 million+ sales for something that has always been a popular but never a huge seller is a big deal for any company.>>580558267Your on but I'll take the F-4, plus we don't know if Mig-21 is keeping the gunpods or not this time
>>580556732It's not the worst AC game but it's down there. Skip it unless you're really curious.
>>580552665X is almost 20 years old
>>580559391The game does have a 2nd reason to play it To fight the Orgoi
Does anyone knows if the preorders for AC8 are going good \ better than AC7?Overall i'm seeing way more hype all around, even in mainstream channels. And that's a big thing, even by them releasing in the months near the GTAVI blackhole
>>580562020100% sold out of all versions of the LE they had to make more LE outside of Japan due to demand.
>>580562243That's good to hear. I know damn well we'll be here bitching about how we should've gatekept the game in 10 years, but great news.
>>580500685Yeah no this isn't doing anything for me, cool that some people enjoy it but it's just not for me, a live action TV series is not something I ever felt like Ace Combat was missing, and what I saw on the trailer didn't impress me.
>>580562897Dunno man, i love strangereal meta-lore, even the one that is hidden and you can only find in some obscure wiki. This could potentially be a goldmine for it
>>580562897Fair but on the other side its only 4 episodes I doubt they'll be more than 10 mins long.
>>580556732The only Ace Combat game that has Co-Op by it's real definition.
>>580562338>I know damn well we'll be here bitching about how we should've gatekept the game in 10 years, but great news.Vehicular controls of any kind are anathema to normalfags. Flight mechanics will filter the riffraff just as they always have.
>>580565795Would you consider 6+ million sales to be normie enough?
>>580566710I mean if Steam trends are also representative of console players, less than half of players complete mission 10 and less than a third finish the campaign. Ace Combat is a relatively big name but it also doesn't seem to have had a big cultural impact with the average gamer.
>>580566710Six million? Can't have been that many...
8's plot got finalized years ago in the early Ukraine War. Now due to Iran the next game will be about how air power takes a backseat to mass ballistic missile warfare.
>>580550710It was basically a series staple until 7 for whatever reasonIt doesn't even feel like a licensing thing because Typoon is produced by the same three companies (Airbus, BAE and Leonardo) and War Thunder also got it as a jet a few years after ac7
>>580566710270k sales should be enough
>>580570048That's normal for big games though. Even for AAA games that try to be as casualized as possible so even the most blithering retard can finish the main story, less than half actually do.
>steam cheevo listAm I blind or are there no multiplayer achievements? Seems weird, 7 had the obligatory "play 10 pvp matches" cheevo
>>580576826i hate mp achivements
>>580576826Isn't ACO a separate game? It's probably going there instead.
>>580577994Its a separate executable, but has so far resided in the AC8 depot.
Jorking it
YF-23 confirmed to be in game
>>580583412>f-117 and harrier listed on the creditsI'm getting my "fell for it again" medal readywe can also asume no mickey mouse 6th gens in the game either, especially since Game is part of the game
>>580584073Osprey's there too.Playable Osprey confirmed!!!
I really like the little bit of yellow on the tails for the default skins in Infinity. It looks nice on certain liveries. Also Silent Eagle back when?
>>580584529>eagle but it has bay delayNO
>>580584529Bay delay was gone in 7 wasn't it?
>>5805840736th gens will be dlc. They won’t leave that sort of money on the table if they can help it
>>580583412Why does Kono hate the F-5?
buddies, i have to say that this has disappointed me >>580500685whenever i look at the photorealistic/live-action stuff in 8, i'm always drawn into comparing it to the cutscenes and trailers from the earlier gameshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0WUypLOfeUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPgb5cV-Tjoi feel like we are abandoning some of the things that made ace combat what it is and are moving into a new era that won't be viewed as warmly in retrospect in the future
>>580586464>project aces showing off all the planes from the 6th gen dlc pack
>>580587319We get a game a decade now. F-47 is supposed to fly in 2028 and at least a British demonstrator for GCAP in 2027. There’s also the possibility the Lockheed demonstrator gets declassified, and F/A-XX if the pentagon gets off their ass and finally awards the contact. With the post launch content model looking more like a seasonal live service type rather than old style dlc packs I would bet we see each of them within a year of their public reveal. Assuming the game doesn’t pull a marathon and die of course.
A reminder that Sotoa is also invading Yuktobania
>>580458303>Maybe now the clouds will be coded right instead of why does my GPU sound like the jet I'm flying from the shit level of code in the update a few years ago.I thought that was just me
https://www.polygon.com/ace-combat-8-story-dlc/?taid=6aa323b6129c920001abd230&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter“We've already announced that Ace Combat 8 is going to have a live-service element to it, so that needs its own team to continually develop new content,” Kono said. “And I haven't really spoken much about this yet, but even the main storyline, once the team is done, there's another challenge awaiting them. And even further down the line, Ace Combat 9, perhaps, as we continue the franchise."
>>580584073They'll be in ACO at least, if it's anything like Infinity
>>580578748Calling it now, its going to become free to play like a year after release.
>>580600057>but even the main storyline, once the team is done, there's another challenge awaiting them.He's talking about dlc I guess?
>>580601547>free players will be required to spend 1 unit of fuel per game played, fuel recharges at a rate of 1 unit per 4 hours, max fuel held is 3>fuel will be available for purchase at reasonable prices
Can story DLC missions be post campaign this time? I dread of being distractingly right in the middle of the main story, and oddly never spoken of by anyone after it's over?
>>580606306Doubtful. Presumably the war ends at the end of the game. They'd either have to ruin the ending, make dlc missions non canon, or frame them as a traininh excercise or a simulation.
>>580607120If they don't want to dedicate a whole game to it, it could be about the first real boy UPEO deployments, they haven't happened JUST YET right?
>>580607120The story could be something other than SOTOA or whatever. Could make it about terrorists gaining some weapon, or whatever. It doesn't necessarily have to be a continuation of the previous.
>>580583412>no Draken>no ViggenI'm refunding. It's over.
>>580583412Even in fiction, it can never leave prototype phase.
>>580606306Maybe it'll be pre-campaign and we'll get to play as Cope.
>>580610786Cope was stated to have had 0 kills so I doubt it.
>>580606306This is just me but I'd have it thematically tie in with the multiplayer. IE, you get some story missions as a mercenary pilot instead of Rex. It could also be some minor conflict flare-up that serves as an epilogue. Like I think the Alicorn DLC mission is set during the war in 7? But since it's about basically one rogue dude, there's no logical reason it would have to be. Or, I know people don't like HAWX here, but the last mission in that one was about assassinating the rich dude who owned the mercenary army. That mission was easy and basically served as gameplay during what could have been a cinema. But something like that which is a big fight would thematically make sense to tack on after the end of the story.
>>580614480no fuck off the MP must remain non-canon for the sake of strangereal keep that shit far away
>>580615313Thismultiplayer was a mistake
>>580515982We have to defend not Toronto from the Trump class land battleship.
the Burandodirekutā is headed to Florida
>>580615717No the MP is fine. They just can't make it canon.
