Eagle edition Prev. Mission :>>581145223Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjhIi_Pp98>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://x.com/PROJECT_ACES>PA Twitter (ENG)https://twitter.com/AceCombatGames>Kono's Twitterhttps://twitter.com/kazutoki>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/acegFAQ>Has the Project Wingman update dropped yet?Haha..>Has a PS2 trilogy remake been announced yet?No.
Tasha
Man... Is it almost spoiler time already? I'm gonna have to decide whether or not to keep hanging out in here soon.
They should've hired an anime studio for Hour Zero and kept the writing in-house.
Tashaposting will continue until morale improves.
>>581400347Love my future dead wife
>>581400449They're westaboos, they wanted to see what western writers would do with their prompt. Kinda like how Kojima wanted to re-release metal gear solid in Japan with the English dub and Japanese subtitles. (Of course kojoma didn't like the liberties the translators took but that's another story).
>>581403338Well the western writers fucked up the prompt. Hopefully this is a lesson.
Are we sure this is Versailles compliant?This doesn't look like a glider
It would be really funny if the Sotoan guy from Hour Zero was just the Torres of Sotoa and others weren't like that at all. Like an insane cultist the military only put up with for his talent even though everyone knows he's a nutjob, and he just happened to be the first depiction of a Sotoan in an officially released project.
>>581401557Sounds good
>>581403674No they haven't?>>581405363This so much this loons and fanatics in the military are a common thing. No matter what country it is
>>581400957
Stop posting her. It makes me want a daughter.
>>581406370
>>581405363I'm pretty sure Sotoa's portrayal between the main game and HZ are going to be really different.
>>581406975shes the carrier bicycle doe
<< Yo, buddies! >>With AC8 right around the corner 7's had a little bit of life breathed back into its dead multiplayer. I'll be hosting a final weekend of furballs on the 26th, 27th, and 28th at the usual starts of 1930 CET/1330 EST up until 8's early launch. Join the lobbies, finish out your achievements, and have fun! Let's sendoff 7 to celebrate its success and the launch of 8!
>>581407278Well yeah, HZ is like a half hour youtube skit written by some dude whos prior work was such fine prestige television as NCIS and SWAT whereas AC8 is a 25 hour long campaign by people whove been writing for AC for 25 years
Time for a bit of thread business for the 7 of us here.The OP as it is has just about reach the size limit even in its compressed form its still nearly at the size limit. How do we want to go about adding the MP info in a week and half?New pastebin and we can expand it as much as we want?Whoever bakes must include all the MP info in a separate post like some other generals do when they run out of OP room?
>>581407686Remove the FAQ
>>581407686why not just get rid of all the shit for 7+pw, its not like we still keep info for infinite around
>>581407686Easy but small space saver would be to remove https:// and www. prefixes from links, and to change youtube.com/watch?v= to youtu.be/ links. Modern browsers automatically redirect to https anyway, and a couple youtube links are already the short version.
>>581407686Oh also it looks like orph.link/aceg is dead, so either we need a new permalink or that can be removed wholesale.
>>581407686>New pastebin and we can expand it as much as we want?This obv. Although, who wants to play 7's shitty MP after this? Even Infinity has better TDM.
>>581407686Some of the mega’s should be merged imo. I think there are a lot of legacy links as well. The collage, story archive and assault records might as well be on a mega (maybe we should have new assault records?). As long as there is an old thread template you could remove pretty much whatever you want
>>581400102https://streamable.com/ypcruc
>>581407943We could take out the haha.. and just have it say no or haha for both combined instead of separate for each.>>581408064Infinity is dead and not many want to go to trouble of getting the "new version" to work it makes sense its gone and we just added the its playable again YT link for anyone who does want too. 7 on the other hand is still very much a fully playable game Can't really remove that from the OP.Nearly all of us here have and play PW form time to time besides we're in the game along with /our/plane it stays. The shootout info we can just adjust to fit 8 as needed>>581408490That could help but most of us are lazy and just copy the YT music link as is. We could adjust the one for Sean Ryan one however.Removing the Http://www would free up a few extra letters.>>581408714Huh seems your right ain't working for me either looks like we need a new one.
>>581410495And this is? what?
>>581407686Get rid of this.>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/>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/acegThe Pixy stuff is cool but its been there forever at this point.
>>581410596Did a quick edit based on my post >>581408490 and it looks like doing that plus using s.team links and removing a few trailing / at the end of some URLs we can save a good 300 characters without removing any content from the OP. We could also save 12 more characters by using x instead of twitter, but I don't think that's necessary right now.I figure copy-pasting the old OP is what most people do anyway so doing it once is probably all that's necessary and then people will just carry it forward. Here's the edited OP in a pastebin: pastebin.com/Cyg4vSEN
>>581410928The ostrich link should stay, lot’s of useful stuff on there
>>581410813It's pretty self explanatory.
>>581410928NoPW is a part of this general we're in it and so is our plane Permalink needs to be replaced with a new one yes but not removedOstrich mods will not be removed he has a lot of useful stuff and it helps when the nuggets show up to play PS2/PSP games same for the psp netplay sectionThe message it stays some anon or anons paid to have him do that just for this general its not going away. the Sean Ryan part is just fun to have around.>>581411226Hmm that could work but I know no one will adjust the theme link to the short one instead of just copying pasting from YT. But the others will work out
>>581412164Got it not going to click on it then
>>581411312Now that I look through it, I agree.>>581412197This might as well not even be a discussion then if you think everything should stay. I'll be ignoring your posts from here on.
Be honest /aceg/, would you enlist in sotoa’s military if it would get you a tasha or Kate war bride? I know I would
no, but I would enlist if they promised to put me in a fighter plane after a month of training no strings attached ww2 style
>>581412442>Thinks streamable links are bad>Can't see them embeddedImagine using vanilla 4chan
>>581412197>Hmm that could work but I know no one will adjust the theme link to the short one instead of just copying pasting from YT. But the others will work outThat's fine, it's only a savings of 16 characters which doesn't really matter when there's enough room made by trimming everything else. Hell, changing twitter to x would basically make that a non-factor.Using the shortlinks isn't a perfect solution since we'll have to trim it eventually, but it definitely gives the OP some room to grow again.
>>581412537Not that it matters now as >>581411226 solved the problem 300 characters is more than enough space for whatever we'll need for 8 MP info.
>>581412971Nothing is perfect but it leaves plenty of room for OP growth. Whoever bakes next time use this >>581411226 so we will be ready for the change over to 8
>>581412197>PW is a part of this generalit doesnt say pw general on the thread title, does it
>>581414473Our anons who may still be here or may return next week are featured as an enemy squad in conquest mode.Our plane is featured in the gameCheckmate schzio
>>581412197ace combat general not professional wrestling general
reposting from the last thread
pawg general
you guys didn't pre-order, right?
>>581416669ace combat 8 is a 150 dollar value proposition I believe in
>>581416669I have not. It’s probably going to be next year for me, if I can get some time. I’m old, and I’m happy to see the series is continuing and prospering.
>>581416669Bro the FCU needs us
>>581416669On the very day it went up for preorder didn't you?
>>581416669within the first 5 minutes of the pre-order available trailer yes, the joker version
>>581416306I am so fucking happy the F-4 has SAAMs.
>>581416669Bro I'm not even planning on buying the game until like 2027 at the earliest.
>>581416669I bought the deluxe edition. I need that early access.
>>581416669I have had no real disposable incone for the past three years, big dog. Depending on when I get my first paycheck I might be able to pre-order it from>FUCKING GAMESTOPso I can get some patches.
>>581416306>F-15E loses TLS and 6AAM for XSDB and HCAAHow does XSDB compare to 4AGM? I never used them in 7 since they were F-22 exclusive
>>581416669ac0 is temping but i'll just emulate it and wait till the game has a sale
>>581418798Just multilock bombs so they have better damage and extra splash range
>>581418798XSDB are amazing weapons overall better than 4AGM
>>581416669haha...
>>581420434>10 daysSoon
>>581420594Just one more week bros...
>>581421184I look forward to flying the skies with /aceg/
Your reminder that Tasha is going to die in this game:> Tasha has a civilian aerobat background sets her up to be killed for the "Sorry kids, this ain't Macross" moment. Think of it as a reverse Roy Focker.> Young impressionable pilot just like PJ> She is flying the same position in the squadron as Chopper did at #3> Latest trailer gave her considerable focus. Characters who are prominent in advertising are likely to get killed off> Trailer featured her looking straight at the camera, almost as if she is preparing a suicide ramming attack. The trailer cuts right to the missing man formation scene.> Kate is shown flying in the missing man formation scene given the lighting, hinting that she will survive and take Tasha's place ala Swordsman taking over Chopper's spot> Tasha says "It ain't over yet!" in a voice and tone that is all but screaming pre-sacrifice dialogue> Funeral scene with the FCU flag draped coffin. It can't be Cope's because everyone knows he dies in the prologue.> Can't kill Professor because Project Aces already killed the black guy in 7> Can't kill Noise because death would be too obvious and just retreading Chopper's what with the rock and roll motif, lacking emotional impact.> Killing Tasha would be genuinely shocking and instill a massive emotional gut punch reminding the player of what the stakes are
not reading allat
>>581424564Doesn't matter if you didn't read, Tasha is still going to die.
>>581416669Digital Deluxewhy?
>Zero Hour 2So did someone finally ship Japan a box set of DVDs of 24? Like I'm waiting for Jack Bauer to parachute in with a car battery and jumper cables. Aren't we like 20 years past the idea that torturing people doesn't work? Just kinda weird in a series that usually tries to humanize its antagonist nations.
>>581424183>Can't kill Professor because Project Aces already killed the black guy in 7imagine the memes tho
>>581416669How am I gonna play Ace Combat Zero if I don't preorder?
>>581426323Track down a PS2 on ebay.
>>581426410I want to play it on PC.
>>581424183I believe in the MC x Tasha romance and they will both survive.
>>581426717Then pre-order it. What, are you asking permission to emulate it?
>>581426323it'll be a separate release
>>581426838I believe in Noise x Tasha rokance and they will both survive.
i just hope there are more than 20 missions this time
>>581430036there are 30 missions
>>581430123alright
>>581427316didn't they made it clear that it wont?its pre-order only just like 5 and 6 were for 7
>>581430615>6 were for 7x dd
ACES even challenge the true sky
>>581431069what did they mean by this
https://awards.cesa.or.jp/future/Vote if you can
>>581425031stuff like 24 and Prison Break were both really huge there iirc, Fox's TV shows were shilled hard there for some reason with great dubs. Prison Break even had an official manga and 24 had a JP-only remake (then again most countries do)
>>581425031FCU guys are kind of pissed off and it's a running theme in the series that your side's leadership tends to get kind of fanatical under pressure.
>>581418798It’s the same thing but better
>>581417602Where was that confirmed? I’ve only seen HVAA and MGP
>>581430615nopeand SIX-SEVEN
planes+waifus are BACK
>>581431435>requires name and address
Just finished the UPEO route in 3 and holy shit it's amazing how much better it is than the Neucom path. Regardless of how angsty Erich gets it's surprisingly optimistic; every asshole that deserved to die gets killed, GR and Neucom are exhausted from actually entering open war, Ouroboros gets dismantled by its crown jewel and the Night Raven never blows up a city. Missions felt more engaging as well.Ironic that the path route that has you kill one of your friends ends up with such a strong friendship saves the day theme. I guess Fiona really is just a bitch who didn't deserve Erich's compassion. Dude really lives up to UPEO's ideals in spite of all the organization's rot, looks like all of Jaeger's bedtime stories paid off.
I hope we get lots of reactions to our bullshit on Strangereal social media.
>>581435208I do find it odd that Fiona's never sister never really shows up in that route, I know she makes a cameo in the GR route as a mook you shoot down like Erich. Also in UPEO my boy Keith likely survives, because he dies in the Ouroboros route and in GR he doesn't explicitly die but then he disappears before the final mission. Your opinion on each route really comes down to how much you like certain characters, UPEO's my favorite just because Rena survives.
>>581433046Well there was a screenshot where the Phantom was carrying Sparrows but maybe those are just the model it uses for HVAAs.
>>581437171>I do find it odd that Fiona's never sister never really shows up in that route, I know she makes a cameo in the GR route as a mook you shoot down like Erich.Most of the UPEO route is Park sending SARF after GR in an effort to assert independence from them. It's pretty interesting how weak Neucom comes off since even if Nemo joins them they're unable to deal a finishing blow against GR, and when Nemo doesn't GR's constantly trying to start shit with Neucom only for UPEO to run interference in order to preserve the balance of power.>Your opinion on each route really comes down to how much you like certain characters, UPEO's my favorite just because Rena survives.Rena had surprisingly more depth than I was expecting, at first she comes off as autistic and then you learn it's because she's a super bubble child who later got brainfucked by General Resource experiments and groomed by an AI ghost. It's fun seeing how a machine/program is what ends up driving her to be more human when as a child she wished to be just a machine.
>>581437528Project Aces has used Sparrows for both SAAMs and HVAAs in the past. The same online showcase that revealed the Alicorn also showed that the F-4 gets HVAAs because someone was cycling through loadouts, and that it's a multirole. MGPs could be driving that but it could also imply that the third slot is an anti-ground weapon. The chart might also be based off some demo gameplay that confirmed its loadout but who knows.
thoughts on ideal AC3 route order? i found>UPEO>GR>Ouroboros (GR)>Neucom>Ouroboros (Neucom)unfolded pretty well but i'm curious as to if anyone thinks differently
>>581421398thats not very belkan of you anon
>>581438806Well if it doesn't get another A2A option it'll probably get dumb bombs or maybe even LAGMs to give the F-4G a little nod. Or hell they might even give it LASMs since Japanese Phantoms can use those.
>>581416669I'm regretting the big physical version. Code for steam comes in the box. I probably won't get to play until 3 or 4 days after release.
>live between a heli base and an air basehaha...what's the splash range on tactical nukes?
>>581439683>Fiona>Keith>Dision>Cynthia>RenaWorks pretty well for slowly giving you more information and backstory while saving the most optimistic route for a happy ending.
TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE MARTYDROM OF COLONEL AZAT SOROKIN! DIED WHILE BEING TORTURED BY THE DIRTY USEANS! VICTORY WILL BE OURS!SLAVA SOTOA
>>581441526>physical version>code for steam
>>581416669Bamco knows how to twist my nuts.
>>581403338when kojima doesnt let the translators take liberties you get v's "i wont cast your ashes to the heartless sea"
>>581443654The one with the book and soundtrack.
>>581443237TIE ME TO A TERMINUS FINGER AND FIRE ME TO EXPO CITY!
>>581444447That name got thrown out
>>581444421>book and soundtrackNTA are you retarded, by chance?
>>581444704Are you?
>seasons>pass
>>581445153yeah that part has me a lil worried
yet what is a season pass?
you buy another season pass as seasons pass
if you can't unlock premium currency through playing I'm out
what about the battle pass? how many passes do i need
if you can't unlock premium currency through shooting refugee tents I'm out
without beginning or end, the pass stretches into the infinite.
they put the symphony orchestra in the plane
I didn't pass
You actually need 200GB for all the live service updates
multi-pass!
you actually need 400GB for all the tasha porn
I need a solid state, just for driving
>>581445928Iowa...
I don't like season passes but if it means other people can fund new maps or whatever by buying dumb cosmetics then I guess it's okay. As long as there's nothing too good in there.Actually they said it's going to have planes so maybe I'm fucked.I'll just play single player I guess.
I drive.
tasha porn makes my state solid
>>581445928>>581445969He means Oklahoma
bombi bomb
bob-omb
Mario collaboration not possible. Mario will not be on the Playstation entertainment system. You should know
Do you think we're gonna blow up Stonehenge for real this time
>>581446896well what if instead of mario we have marias in temarias in the idolput the dumb idiot idol in the game please i need idols
>>581446896goomba-stomping sotoans
>>581441526The code's coming via email I'm pretty sure
Erusea seems positively benevolent compared to Sotoa
I think it would be cool if Ace Combat would pull a "previous protagonist of game comes in clutch and is an enemy/ally"
can't wait for people to pretend they always liked the Princess when she actually gets an interesting role in 8
>>581450452The Newfield Island stuff gives the impression that they are kind to vassals who swear fealty, even allowing defectors to fight alongside them. They warcrime anyone who doesn’t stand aside. Very Mongolian.
>FCU ships get British naming conventions so much better than Osea’s convention of various birds
>>581454262What about Osea's magic squadrons vs the FCU's gambling squadrons
>>581416669Considering the market today and how make-or-break it is, yeah I pre-ordered. I want this series to keep going.
>>581453650I'm just hoping they don't drop a bridge on her, so to speak.
>>581450452AC7's particular storytelling style meant that we never really got an idea of how Erusea's occupation was treating people. They were trying to act like they had the moral high ground, so I suspect they didn't go full retard like the fascists did last time.
>>581441526If you got it through Namco's store you'll get a code on the 29th, box comes on normal release day
>>581455489But then also:>Tyler Island Pogrom
>>581456097Yeah that's the tards chimping out because the Belkans told them No Refunds.
Beauty of the Hornet vs the popular designs like Su-27, F-22, F-14, etc?
>>581456486F-14 is the best looking one for me especially when the wings are folded.
Good morning.Your reminder that Tasha is going to die in this game:> Tasha has a civilian aerobat background sets her up to be killed for the "Sorry kids, this ain't Macross" moment. Think of it as a reverse Roy Focker.> Young impressionable pilot just like PJ> She is flying the same position in the squadron as Chopper did at #3> Latest trailer gave her considerable focus. Characters who are prominent in advertising are likely to get killed off> Trailer featured her looking straight at the camera, almost as if she is preparing a suicide ramming attack. The trailer cuts right to the missing man formation scene.> Kate is shown flying in the missing man formation scene given the lighting, hinting that she will survive and take Tasha's place ala Swordsman taking over Chopper's spot> Tasha says "It ain't over yet!" in a voice and tone that is all but screaming pre-sacrifice dialogue> Funeral scene with the FCU flag draped coffin. It can't be Cope's because everyone knows he dies in the prologue.> Can't kill Professor because Project Aces already killed the black guy in 7> Can't kill Noise because death would be too obvious and just retreading Chopper's what with the rock and roll motif, lacking emotional impact.> Killing Tasha would be genuinely shocking and instill a massive emotional gut punch reminding the player of what the stakes are
>>581457004I can promise you, if there's one thing that isn't going to happen in AC8, its Tasha dying
>>581456486To be honest, I never really cared much for the Flanker. It's just too much of a fat fuck. The Mig-29, now that's where Soviet aircraft aesthetics peaked.
>>581457004it'll be funny when she lives & the wings of theve win harder than anyone ever
I hope the F-47 looks better than the SU-57
[ So you'll never have to look for it ever again ]
Since countries still exist how are GR and Neucom going to buy them? Everyone gets nuked to hell?
>>581457004Read the list:> Tasha has a civilian aerobat background sets her up to be killed for the "Sorry kids, this ain't Macross" moment. Think of it as a reverse Roy Focker.> Young impressionable pilot just like PJ> She is flying the same position in the squadron as Chopper did at #3> Latest trailer gave her considerable focus. Characters who are prominent in advertising are likely to get killed off> Trailer featured her looking straight at the camera, almost as if she is preparing a suicide ramming attack. The trailer cuts right to the missing man formation scene.> Kate is shown flying in the missing man formation scene given the lighting, hinting that she will survive and take Tasha's place ala Swordsman taking over Chopper's spot> Tasha says "It ain't over yet!" in a voice and tone that is all but screaming pre-sacrifice dialogue> Funeral scene with the FCU flag draped coffin. It can't be Cope's because everyone knows he dies in the prologue.> Can't kill Professor because Project Aces already killed the black guy in 7> Can't kill Noise because death would be too obvious and just retreading Chopper's what with the rock and roll motif, lacking emotional impact.> Killing Tasha would be genuinely shocking and instill a massive emotional gut punch reminding the player of what the stakes areToo many death flags just from the previews alone.
>>581459801Probably just by having so much more money and centralised control than the beat up Usea that they just sorta turn into parallel governing structures that start to matter more than the states.
Playable Harrier yes or no?
>>581459801I assume with all the insane Strangereal military build up, theres some businesses profitting heavily from all of that
Post-stall moves should have been changed so they can be done at 500 knots base and 750 with the upgrade.240 knots is comically fucking low to the point they were practically unusable. Project Wingman did it better.
>thinking that BAMCO or the modern vidya climate would let P.A fucking murder a female characteryou guys are retarded if she's actually going to die+ its guaranteed she wont since the coffin we see has a FCU flag, not yuktobanian
>>581460812>thinking that BAMCO or the modern vidya climate would let P.A fucking murder a female characterFemale characters are killed in major games (including AC7) all the time wtf are you talking about
>>581461407>in modern days2019 doesnt reflect 2026 politics you retard, is tasha dies the game is gonna get turborapped by feminists and the west, BAMCO cant fucking do thatif anything its gonna be the black guy that's gonna die
>>581461625>It's 2026 they can't kill women!>But they'll kill the black guy
>>581460292Literally all the ACTUAL evidence we have points towards it being Professor.
>>581461787Yeah, BLM was like 2020-2023, so they can get away with that
Have you actually unironically missed achievement called "nightmare" having Professor's emblem as icon or that guy just trolling?
no shit the guys trolling, this nigger has been dumping his paragraph long posts about tasha dying in only the past three or so threads
>>581462491what's even the fucking point of saying TASHA will die when the achievement leaks comfirmed it wont be her Or the fucking coffin having a FCU flag? does this guy gets off the fact she'd die or is it a retard that is screaming 'HURR DURR WOKE BECAUSE HAIR!!! WOKE CHARACTER MUST DIE!!!'
the only people dying are sotoans
I hope Mobius-1 saves everyone this time. I also hope the game will work on Win10.
professors phd? in dying yeah thats right i said it sorry buddy but you're black so you gotta die!
>>581459801They never stopped existing, that’s a misconception by people who haven’t played 3
>>581461869What evidence?
>>581444418Yeah, that is a point. If you compare Hour Zero to, say, the FMVs in AC0, they're both kinda hokey and cliched but AC0 has all those over the top quotable lines, >There are three kinds of pilots... and even if they didn't really make sense they were memorable single lines on their own. Hour Zero doesn't have anything like that.
>>581465871this DEMON
>>581446005they said planes will be available for purchase after the season ends, so dont worry about fomo (unless you really care about fucking emotes and avatar cosmetics LOL)
I'm relatively neBut how big is the hype compared to ac7I honestly feel like this is something that should be a lot bigger than it has been.
>>581466192AC7 hype was smaller than this. Maybe not in this thread specifically, but in the wider internet by far. The fact that AC7 was a success means there's been more marketing and a while generation of new fans, many of whole played 7 first then went back and played the older games on emulators.
>>581460412These look like Harriers, and this same scene was in the first trailer but the planes were F-18s, so if they are Harriers they're probably playable.
>>581466192AC7 announcement trailer after 10 years: 1milAC8 announcement trailer after 9 months: 3.7 mil
>>581466357>new fans, many of whole played 7 first then went back and played the older games on emulatorsJust like me. For me 7 is a kind of remake 04
>>581422575Me too but I hope y'all finish the campaign first...
>>581466714Unveiling at the Game Awards was definitely a good move on their part.
>>581466714the southern-twanged "YOU'RE MIINE!" in that reveal trailer pops into my head once in a while.
>>581467841The classic problem of a new Halo release (back when people cared about halo).Are you jumping into campaign or multiplayer on day 1?
Do you ever stop to think if the 8 trailers have scenes that give you a much different impression than they will in game? Like in 7 with scenes of the princess looking disinterested watching her talk about peace on TV or that "Burn Osea to the ground!" line.
>>581469828Everyone thinking "WE'VE GOT A LEAK" is hinting at a big whodunnit spy on the carrier plot when really it's just the XO bitching about DD openly live tweeting the war is probably going to be the biggest switcheroo (assuming I'm right).
>>581407686I suggest that we put all AC7-related stuff in a single rentry file, including>the current MP guide t. author>the modding info>the current Shootout rules, until a new ruleset may be agreed upon>the links currently listed under >ResourcesAnd all PW-related stuff under>Project Wingman resourcesI'm also seconding >>581407943's proposal.>>581469828That shit genuinely had me tweaking back in the day. Hopefully 8's development being less hellish than 7 means that the tone will be more coherent.
>>581469828i dunno i havent watched the trailers
>>581468239Campaign first. I'll burn through it in the first dayThen, it's online time
>>581469828I'm gonna be real with you, I only have eyes for plane and plane related things, people and their lives matter very little to me.
>>581470862you don't care about the story? 7's trailers made it sound waaaay more interesting than it ended up being
>>581470862But people fly those planes!
>>581470862I like planes
>>581462491Fuck, I avoided looking at the cheevos to avoid le spoilers.
>>581474027why are you still in ace combat related online groups if you really care about spoilers, the game is 10 days away breh
>>581474310Because all in all buddies have been good about not being spoilery. Avoiding spoiler tags/images I don't really know much more than what's been seen in the trailers/demos since TGS, apart from the 30 missions and implied Professor death.Also I didn't leave during the necrobump perma pace 10 era and I'm not leaving now.
>>581464519Even looking at the UGSF timeline, it outright states that GR and Neucom basically shadow control the United Earth and later United Galaxy.
>>581470072This would make a lot of sense. The Ghost of Kyiv was one of the big social media stories from early in the Ukraine war. That serves as the main story premise more or less.Another big story was at least one instance where a Ukraine soldier posted pictures from inside a building on social media (a school gymnasium?) And Russia figured our where they were by cross referencing the picture of the building interior with others from online. Then they hit them with artillery and killed a bunch of soldiers and civilians.So I'll take it one step further, I bet this happens:>"Here's a picture of beautiful Tourist Island! We're sailing past, too bad we can't stay!">Fleet gets attacked by rods from god, 2 ships sunk, 700 fatalities
>>581476191Oh yeah, I remember that. Wasn't it one of the foreign volunteers who did that though?
>>581476191Really annoying how war has developed in such a direction that you can't even take a pic inside a completely non-descript room without some no-lifer going "I recognise that bulge" and blowing your ass to kingdom come.
>>581476863it was yeahthey had posted a video of them playing instruments and singing songs on redditlook say what you want about ziggers but russia killing redditors by raining cruise missiles on them was a laugh
>>581478320ow
>>581478235it's been a thing since at least WWII if not much longer. the only difference being that everyone now carries a personal tracking device
So I'm gonna get banned if I call myself Big Nig in the Mig right
>>581478957Yeah don't
>>581476863>>581478320>foreign volunteer>redditOK yeah it totally is gonna be DD posting on social media I'm all in. Also it's going to be framed as "Maybe the FCU does have a leg to stand on about social media censorship" after the player is initially mad at them for getting Tasha fired or whatever happened to her for reporting on the war.>>581478957If you're feeling lucky you MIGHT be able to call yourself a Migger but that's pushing it and also had a second meaning now.
>>581466424They could have just changed it for the trailer. One of the cutscenes talks about how they do have harriers on board the carrier but they're just NPCs.
I hope I can make the true Ghost of Kiev in the character creator.
rap-tan
>>581481113The #wingsoftheve has a name, and he has absolutely OWNED the Satoan Airforce. Godspeed and more kills, Samuyil!
>>581481174She's getting up there in years...
>>581481629n-no- old planes are like, the f-4 and f-5 right?
>>581481629>tfw older than rapetor
>>581481629chinese balloon hands typed this post
>game isn't even out yet>already people are arguing about if Sotoa being the bad guy is war on terror/Iran war propaganda or if Sotoans are actually IsraeliI wish people understood fictional wars are usually not 1:1 to irl wars and usually that makes for bad writing
I... am Theve
>FI VENTUS!
>>581484851gday
>>581482493>base fiction on real life>complain when people talk about real lifeI understand your complaint but it's bound to happen.
>>581486113everyone was fine with the belka/germany analogues, with erusea being japan, with yuktobania being the most stereotypical of russians. but all of a sudden you go to the middle east and then its a no no
>>581486528With Yuktobania, its actually the opposite
>>581487041do people really
>>581462491I think it's interesting that PA went out of their way in his character blurb to mention that he's never told anyone what he lectured in at university.My headcanon is that he's secretly an AI/Sublimation researcher for the Enso Order, and turns heel on the FCU in Nightmare, killing one of Noise, Tasha or Kate in the process. The final ace fight will be against him and a prototype sublimation of either your dead squad mate or Cope in that superplane that leaked at gamescom
>>581487306Its kind of a truke desu
>>581487764That sounds like a plausible theory, honestly.>>581487819Jimbo delivers trukes (truth nukes) as usual.
>>581487819
>>581487819i despise how much i want to refute this but find no argument other than 'well culturally its obvious that osea is the us and yuktobania is russia'
>>581486528Well China and Qatar aren't spending one kojimbillion dollars on social media campaigns about how you can't say anything bad about Germany.
>>581488538china i can get, if wanting to align a more western country like they do with pakistan. but qatar? iran doesnt have the best of relations with its arab cousins at the best of times
>>581486528>the belka/germany analoguesthe Belkans are clearly British
>>581488928the belkans are LITERALLY israel including nuking themselves samson option style. and thats without taking into account making other countries fight eachother for petty revenge that happened afterwards
>>581486528There are multiple sets of stereotypes for most countries and the ones Project Aces has used in the past are usually nuanced or tinged positive. The first Belkans we meet is a normal dude and the country's most heinous act of nuking itself is tinged as a desperate move rather than an act of outright villainy. The Yukes are first and foremost stereotypical friendly vodka-loving Russians, not stereotypical cold war enslave the world to communism and throw everyone in the gulags Russians. Oseans are brash, well-meaning (if occasionally overzealous) world police Americans, and not fat slobs with purple hair taxiing a mobility scooter off the Walmart runway.Literally the only Sotoan we've seen in a released work is an ISIS terrorist after his 37 virgins in the afterlife. They could've shown us a guy herding goats with an AK strapped to his back selling out an Osean patrol to the local military forces and that's still a stereotypical enemy middle easterner but no one would have had much of a problem with it.
>>581487819I'm gonna be honest 20 years down the line I still can't make the difference between Osea, Usea and Erusea
>>581489207nah that's clearly Osea considering the white-blue flag with the star motif and the fact that they specifically call their military "defense forces", only they've also merged with the US so they're their own greatest ally
the A-10 urge to kamikaze yourself into an Erusean destroyer
Osea is Japanamerica that was isekai'd into Central/Eastern Europe and has to deal with the unholy combination of Germanic autism and Jewish grudgeholding. >>581489248What little we've seen of the Sotoans in game suggests they do have this sort of divide between regular military troops and the more ideological branch of combat troops. If Shadow 55 is any indication they're fucking nuts. Hell the fact they are directly subordinate to a woman if anything is already bucking Middle Eastern stereotypes. And IRL what's left of Iran's secular government seems to be trying to get the Ayatollah and IRGC to chill the fuck out because America keeps scoring own goals, so better to quit while they're ahead. Being someone with a functioning brainstem surrounded by people who just inshallah everything seems like an abstract kind of hell.Shitty amateur geopolitics analysis aside, I've always thought what sets Strangereal apart from other IRL inspired settings is that each country has clear inspirations while also not being 'X country but anime'. Which is all the funnier that USEA used to be an acronym for United States of Euroasia. It doesn't feel like they have countried arbitrarily wearing ushankas or stahlhelms because it looks cool, each country usually has a specific place in the world where they fit. It's not amazing or super in depth sometimes but they've done a lot to make it clear Strangereal is like our world, but not quite. I just think it's neat.
>>581491354>What little we've seen of the Sotoans in game suggests they do have this sort of divide between regular military troops and the more ideological branch of combat troops.Podarge pilots complaining about the design of the craft not allowing for safe water landings and telling their CO to shut up while hes ranting about Wings and martyrdom...
>>581486528Meh. Pay those people no mind. Unfortunately AC is popular with those military sports team types and they always get a bit queasy with the Middle East because nothing there ends cleanly like WWII.
Is the Horny really gonna be a starter "default" plane? Semms like we are starting further up the tech tree despite fucking Mig21 and Phantom still being in the game
>>581407582How bad is the lag in PvP? I want to be there but with ~150ms of ping I wouldn't want to make the experience worse for my /aceg/ bros either.
>>581491354Yeah, I'm not worried about how the Sotoans will be portrayed in the game proper - even if religious extremism like in hour zero is common in Sotoan culture I trust Project Aces' world building that they'll be more than JUST that. I just think Hour Zero's writer botched the execution by completely failing to hint at any additional aspects of their culture besides the crazy religious extremist angle.
is jesus christ canon to strangereal. they say his name, but only in the same way you would say "JESUS CHRIST IM FUCKING DYING" and not a casual "hey man want to talk about jesus christ". idk how much liberty translators took, that on top of things like swiss cheese and italian bistros
>>581494031it exists in the same way Italy exists in strangereal
>>581494031I bemoan these sorta expressions in TL and fanworks all the fucking time.X does have some sorta Christmas going on
>>581486528>lwith erusea being japanI've never been able to see it, am I just blind? In 4 they come off as nondescript fascist and in 7 they've got that French flavoring going on.
what about sapinwhat's sapin supposed to be
>>581494606writers just gave up
>>581494606Portugal clearly
>>581495149MISTER ADVERTISERGET DOWN
>>581489207Honestly "small country with surprisingly good military technology" makes Israel a fit but that's every small country in strange real at one point in time or another.>>581488895Not to get too offtopic but Qatar is the single biggest foreign investor in US colleges (about $60bn USD since 1981). Their relationship with Iran is "it's complicated" but to simplify it's mostly positive before Iran randomly shot missiles at everyone around them including Qatar while chimping out. Their influence in the US is generally just "pro-muslim", which has mainly meant Palestine as a specific issue but a lot of that energy readily turns to Iran with recent events.To get back on topic a bit I do wonder how much we'll see about foreign propaganda which usually isn't a major Ace Combat theme but might be relevant. We mostly see international schemes expressed through the supply of military technology and the MIC playing both sides of the war. Some of the Belka scheming is a bit "what if the operation paperclip guys defected later" and reflects fears that EG Wernher von Braun might defect to Russia or China although that didn't come to pass.You also see something like that General Resources being based in Usea and their GR Guardian Mercenaries sending Rage and Scream after Trigger in the AC7 DLC. Though that's a Usean officer who called the hit out of being a sheer asshole for some reason.
>>581495149ponder the flightsuit fragrance
>>581494606sapin deez nuts ahah gottem
>>581495149someone is about to get a promotion i think!
>>581494606spain
which difficulty will YOU take anon? Also is Elite the new ACE or we'll have the classic finish the game and unlock ACE?
If shit combat 8 does not have HOTAS I will fucking refund i hated shit combat 7 for this
>>581497842Elite
>>581497842whichever's hardest but with the starter plane the whole playthrough
>>581497847stop larping, as a series it's always been a gamepad exclusive
I think performance will be fine.
>>58149784210k +hours in all these games combined I literally cannot play Ace Combat at this point unless its Ace, so if this goes farther than Ace I will choose it.
>>581491354>divide between regular military troops and the more ideological branch of combat troops>fucking nuts >subordinate to a womanI hope the commander lady is a fanatic and she's looking for a war husband.
>>581497842Ace Combat is meant to be played on Ace with Standard (Expert) controls.
>>581497847As much as I personally hate you and want you to stop playing my game regardless of whether you're serious or a shitposter, AC8 had promotional crossovers with some hotas so it probably has support this time
>>581498689as I can't run the game I will doompost about performance until release
>>581497842I really wish they'd stop calling it standard and expert controls and start calling them rookie and standard or something instead. Every time I see a new player using standard controls I die a little inside
>>581497842Was there something wrong with the standard Easy, Normal, Hard, and Ace for difficulty settings?
>>581493327I think you'll be fine. Servers regularly pit people from around the world with each other, you'll see JP, CN, EU, and NA names all in the same lobby. I stayed off of 7 MP for the game's whole lifetime until this last year because I had shitty internet. It's just a blast flying with friends, although do be mindful to read the guide in the OP if it's your first time since the campaign doesn't really prep you for it.
I need a retarded nugget costume if I'm dumping money into online.
>>581497842the "Novice" control set as standard in AC7 is the dumbest decision they ever made. Plus they make the game harder to play
Do you guys think they will add any sixth gen fighter as DLC?
>>581500561The F-47 might get a DLC if they show the full silhouette sometime in the next 2 or 3 years
>>581500486Most of the games have the newbie controls on as default. 3 notably doesn't but basically everything else does.
>>581501930X doesn't, you need to go out of your way to set novice as the control scheme.Another reason why X is goated.
>>581497842>damage recovery will depend on your loadoutWhat? I mean I assume this is already answered by all the gameplay footage but that makes it sound like lower difficulties get health regen and higher difficulties can heal with equipment. Which... That's not how it works is it?
>>581500561Depends when AC9 releases, F47 will fly in 2028, given d time for licensing it won't be added until 2029
Now that I think about it, the Ghost of Kiev would have been inspired by Ace Combat, and not the opposite
>>581497847Retard you can map any HOTAS to x-input with vjoy or use it as a totally configurable steam controller with steam's built in menu.Then you can figure out it was designed for a gamepad and has always has been like nigger were you playing with a PlayStation 2 HOTAS? It doesn't add much.
>>581505375>F47 will fly in 2028
>>581505384War Thunder actually
>>581506175War Thunder has lore? Haven't played it since 2015
>>581506096They'll probably unveil it when they fly the real/lrip thing (not the prototypes that have flown), may be delayed a bit ofc
>>581505384>>581506175>>581507072The "Ghost of Kiev" story was started by a guy who does War Thunder videos on twitter. He made it the fuck up. But it's reasonable to speculate he was inspired by "The Ghost of Razgriz" from AC5.
>>581507871I can see Kono going "Why the fuck didn't I think of it first" when hearing about the Ghost of Kiev story
Replaying 7 to brush up before 8 comes out. the ZOE drone is a photogenic little slut.
>>581494419Young military officers forcing it into war, revanchist goals, popular but irrelevant royal family
>>581510245Eh, I guess but>Young military officers forcing it into warIt wasn't just the young officers, the vast majority was big into getting involved in China and Asia. War with America was specifically advised against because it was seen as a long defeat if they couldn't end it early.>revanchist goalsWWII era nips had nothing to be revanchist about.>popular but irrelevant royal familySame with the bongs.
>>581500486It's free Nugget hunting so I am good with it
>>581508680I love spamming infinite ADMM to kill that thing in less than a minute.
Been going through all the games as per my yearly tradition, is infinity still playable? Saw some one opened up MP and everything for PS3 emulation. I never got the chance to play it so could be fun..Also plen i work on.. she's cute say something nice..
Good evening. Remember that Tasha is most likely the one getting Chopper'd in this game.
actually you'll have to choose one of the team members to be sacrificed to unlock a plane at the end of the game battlefield 4 style
>>581517458If anyone is dying its Evansthe entire Joker squadron is making it through till the end of the game
<< Hope is all we can offer, right, Joker 1? >>YES << >> NO
>>581507871In a way the Ghost of Keev's Sneed N' Feed became real, because one of the sqaudrons that was flying in Kyiv that day were given the nickname by the Zelensky. Also their emblem is just straight up the Call of Duty Ghosts skull because the slavic urge to give copyright laws the middle finger doesn't rest even in wartime.>>581508185Funny part is that in the VR campaign of 7 you do fight a Ghost Squadron.
>>581518013Nope, watch the trailer again. Kate is flying during the missing man funeral scene judging by the lighting on her face.Before you say "That's Cope's funeral", we already know that he dies in the prologue."But it could Professor or Noise"Again, they already killed the black man off in 7 so killing Professor now loses its emotional impact. Ditto for Noise because they're not going to do a retread of Chopper's death.Between Black Mentor Figure #702616491, random dude with a guitar and the marketable waifu that has everyone drawing fanart of her and is already a fan favorite, which one's death is going to cause the most emotional impact as opposed to just writing off a check list?
>>581517458>>581520180This pasta is stale buddy, give it a rest.
Counterpoint: Tasha is marketable and Professor is expendable
>>581520180when have they ever killed off a waifu figure in these games
If Sotoa is supposed to be ontologically evil, why did they give them such a banger motif?
>>581520396Fiona? Cynthia? Rena? Brownie?
How misleading and exaggerated do we expect the PC requirement to be? Yes this is me looking for any kind of coping I can get
>>581520782Evil is usually stylish
>>581521686>care deeply about their fellow comrades >everyone is 10/10 attractive>cool uniforms >swordsits true
Captain!Rex!REX!NO
>>581521583It can hardly run worse than Code Vein 2, right? PA knows what they're doing with the tech, right?
>>581522607>Everyone sighs
>>581521583I felt the same way. I have a bought it on ps5 so I can probably play at like 30 fps. Maybe in the future I won't be a PClet and I can do a fresh replay.
>>581522820its 60 on ps5
I smell sotoans
>>581522920I want to believe.
>>581523423you dont have to "believe", theres video evidence and anecdotes from people whove played the game at public and private events...
>>581523389Smells of goats and war crimes.
>>581515273That's what I did when I did my no damage run
>>581521227Fiona and Rena can both be saved, and Brownie is a side character who barely appears
>>581520371This and Mission 26 achievement has Professor emblem while everyone emblem is not used for a achievement
Holy shit I can't believe a new Ace Combat game is just a few days away
Do I have to start a new game on the same save to buy more aircraft in AC5?
lets be real, Dogfight mode was ahead of its time
>>581495149yeah im gonna need more of that
>>581499527it is indeed a painits like now they're calling it storymode(easy) and actionmode(normal) for other games
>>58152544110 is a little more than "a few" buddy.
>>581526764its like. 1 week
>>58152676410 days absolutely qualifies as a few days.
Not all of us paid for the goodest goy edition. For us it's 13 days, really about 2 weeks. You also don't get much out of it if you work on weekdays.
do people genuinely want remakes of the PS2 games?
>>581529000>spoilerThankfully I managed to get my vacation days approved so I've got that whole week off. With any luck I'll be done with a campaign run or two by the time it launches proper, and I'll get to play Online on "Day One" proper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y98p6mnjDwkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjhIi_Pp98
>>581529174If they offered me the PS2 games with current gen graphics but no changes whatsoever to gameplay, mission design or campaign I would pay big money for that, yes.
>>581529174no
>>581529174Want? No, not really, but my reaction to them suffering a remake would be considerably less harsh than it would be for other games.
Does anyone know where I can find .flac uploads of the soundtracks for Ace Combat 1, Ace Combat X/JA and 3DXR/AHL+? Optionally, Sky Crawlers Innocent Aces too. The OP only has links for the holy trinity and other such mainline titles, which I have already collected and after doing a whole series marathon in preparation for 8, I'd like to complete my collection.
>>581529000I told my boss I was going to a wedding
is this real?https://x.com/yoshinokentarou/status/2101075841501544647?s=20
>Officially in single digit days until release
>>581533537That's a recomp, so yeah real, but since AC5 was perfectly emulated that doesn't add anything.
>>581534276>starts in approximately 9 days
I started playing AC4. Never played one of these games before. How do I get good?
>>581532259https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/ace-combat-original-soundtrack-2025 [AC1 - official 2025, FLAC]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/air-combat [AC1 - PS1 gamerip, FLAC]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/ace-combat-x-skies-of-deception-original-soundtrack-2026 [ACX - official 2026, FLAC]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/ace-combat-x-skies-of-deception-psp [ACX - PSP gamerip, FLAC]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/ace-combat-joint-assault-original-soundtrack-2026 [ACJA - official 2026, FLAC]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/ace-combat-x2-joint-assault-psp-gamerip [ACJA - PSP gamerip, FLAC]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/ace-combat-3d-cross-rumble-original-soundtrack [AHL+ / 3DXR - 2012 OST, FLAC]https://ototoy.jp/_/default/p/3543086 [AHL+ / 3DXR - official 2026 digital, FLAC buy]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/sky-crawlers-innocent-aces-the-original-soundtrack [Innocent Aces - gamerip, MP3 only]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/the-sky-crawlers-innocent-aces-unofficial-soundtrack-wii-gamerip-2008 [Innocent Aces - fan rebuild, MP3 only]https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/sound-of-the-sky-crawlers-2008 [Sky Crawlers film OST, FLAC - not the game]
>>581535538https://x.com/Armee_de_lair/status/2100979641573834985
>>581535420Hold triangle for the target tracking camera. Ever played flight sims?
>>581535704Thank you kindly anon, idk why I didn't look in khinsider and looked only at sittingonclouds instead, must've been a retardation spell from work. Nice to see some of these are the recent "official" non-gamerip ones too. Shame Innocent Aces doesn't have an official OST release
>>581437171
Can you do the DLSS5 memes with console emulation? Wondering how the old trilogy would look like.
>>581536361Nope
Just finished all the routes in 3, ended up with Neucom on my first blind playthrough then used a guide and went UPEO, GR, Neucom Ouroboros then GR Ouroboros. Pretty cool seeing the most narratively experimental Ace Combat, and the evolving mission conditions was also neat.Gameplay was a bit weird, flight model is okay just different but I hated how bad the missile tracking felt. Dodging missiles also felt incosistent, jinking like you would in other games just didn't seem to work sometimes even if you immediately started turning when the missile warning appeared. The map constantly autoresizing didn't help either, in other entries it's nice to look at the minimap to see where a missile's coming from and know which way to turn. Being plane locked in the latter part of the story was also a bit lame, it'd be fun to choose and even AC1 and AC2 gave you the freedom to fight the Raven with the Skyhawk if you really wanted. Neucom planes were cool but not cool enough to make up for how lame those routes are, and Delphinus 3 lacking Short Range Missiles makes it less fun than the Game for me. I just lost the game. Coffin Berkut being the weakest of the endgame planes was fun because it's in line with UPEO being morally and financially bankrupt and added to the challenge of late game high-TGT air to air missions.GR route was fun; Keith was such a buddy and Dision so straightforward that I forgot GR was an evil megacorp for a while until they have you collapse the Geofront just to fail to kill a single plane. And I was blown away by strapping a Blackbird to a rocket so I wasn't expecting to see that one upped by Leaving the Stratosphere to blow up some satellites, especially since I missed Zero Gravity on my first Neucom run and had to start from the beginning.Obligatory:>UPEO > GR > GR Ouro >>>> Neucom > Neucom Ouro>Game > Coffin Berkut > Delphinus>Short Range Missile > every other weapon
>>581537138basically with everything, pictures, video, live streams, but you have to force it
>>581492458The C model is a starter not the E/F ones. It could have been older and they pulled out A models for your starter.
>>581534276it's almost unbelievable isn't it
>>581534276The crashout from Tashabros when she inevitably gets Chopper'd for the game's emotional gutpunch will be something else.
are you ready to duel a sublimated tasha for the fate of the free world?
that sounds sick actually
>>581541574OK this is approaching schizo posting. You're not the seanigger from /bag/ who can't stand pink hair are you?
>>581537138I saw some videos of 4 run through it. It doesn't look bad, just the colors are darker and washed out.
How many of you are using a Fem avatar for online mode?
>>581544192Fem avatar but with the flight helmet on at all times
>>581544249holy fucking based
I wish /aceg/ was autistic enough to do a /aceg/ sings Everflow.I'd pitch in if it was real
>>581544192Hell no
>>581544779if AC8 launched in 2018 we’d do it
>>581478235That's exactly why Americans are so anal about collecting everyone's phones before real exercises. Which is unfortunate because all they are doing is pre-training their people to bring fake phones to turn in so they can send field dick pics to their girl and get everyone blown up because the bad guys detected an outgoing signal.
>>581544779Why not organise it yourself? be the change you want to see in this world
>>581544779Ask again a week or so after launch when the poster count rises.
>>581544779I don't think there's enough vocals in the full version for it to be fun desu, you can only fill the empty space with so much bullshit. Concert one might be fine
>>581544779I'd do it, but probably miss it like always
>>581544192Not this time
>>581544249I also wish to be Sunred.If I can't be Sunred I'll be sad.
Do we think that leak of the plane list an anon posted earlier is accurate?I hope not, I really wanted to see at least 1 or 2 planes from X in the game.The Game is a great inclusion, so I won't look a gift horse in the mouth but still.
>>581549096That’s not a leak, it’s just a collection of public information
>>581549096Pretty sure that wasn't a leak, it was just someone compiling what we've seen in all the prerelease videos. Unless you're talking about a different list.
9 days, 16 hours.
>>581549262>>581549294I'm retarded, nevermind.
>still tricking newfriends into gimped controls>hardest difficulty isn't called ace anymore?
>>581550938you only get ace after playing through the campaign once, like before
>>581549349Is that the HH-9 or an actual Seahawk?
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGCi9N5X4wnlCafgJY8IoePOBo2fWlD88
>>581414736you can’t even spellthe state of wingtards
>>581550938>>still tricking newfriends into gimped controlsAs is tradition.>>hardest difficulty isn't called ace anymore?I've got hopium that these are the base difficulties and Ace is a post-game unlock just like other entries.
there are people claiming to have access to review copies of 8 hinting at some plot developments that may or may not concern corporations and social media
The X-02's bomblet dispenser is pretty ass
>>581553878DD's been liveposting on twitter again
>>581555578>mfw the corpo dweeb we haven't thrown overboard for some godforsaken reason doxxed the carrier's exact coords for the fifth time this week and the XO is calling general quarters at 4 in the morning
>>581556262Master, I have vibecoded this twitter geotagging input feed for the rods from god targeting subsystem
The shaking in the tunnel run during End of Deception is the single worst part of the game btw.Well, that and the one mission where you need to neutralize gas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxxyyHAyzrAlive
>>581556262Christ and you can't even say that goddamn retard is doing it intentionally because he's ON THE SHIP GETTING ATTACKED.
>ace combat 8 in nine days and I just had to go to the emergency room for heart issuesthis twisted game needs to be reset
I wonder how they'll shoehorn Nagase into AC8
>>581559373Slightly painful to watch... do normies not have any concept of 3D space and speeds in their mental processing
>>581561646Osean President Kei Nagase...
AC8 at TGS
>>581564453vs AC7 at TGS
>>581562331of course notthey’re also playing on easy controls
>>581559373I'm very slow on the uptake so I only noticed this now, but there's a really obvious teleport into position after the cutscene at the start of that mission, which means the start of the mission is one of those AC5 style walking (flying) segments. It's not gameplay, it's a cutscene in disguise. So there are actually two cutscenes and only one is skippable.I don't like that very much and think it's a bad sign for the game.
>>581565339If it were multiple minutes I'd probably be bothered but it's 30 seconds that probably would have been shorter if the player wasn't fucking around and put on the afterburner. Damn near every mission post-ac4 has like 20-30 seconds of flying in a straight line before you get close enough to actually target anything.
You know considering AC7 only had 13k peak players the bar for success seems pretty low
I'm not in the US but what with the launch of 8 and all that, I think it'd be nice if some of you with the means and motivation met up at San Francisco Fleet Week.The USS Hornet isn't party to the main festivities, but it's doing its own thing on Friday Oct. 9th (barely any details about it though).As usual, the Blue Angels will be out practicing that day for their formal performances over the weekend (performances by other aircraft are scheduled for the 9th).Of course, I know some of you are diametrically opposed to ever setting foot in that state/that part of California.I've only ever gone to a Fleet Week in SF. I'd love to go see some of the other ones in Gulf and East Coast cities.
>An ace pilot's victory is just one small rippleDOES NO ONE IN THIS UNIVERSE STUDY HISTORY
>>581544192Every single avatar I've made is an attempt to recreate myself in-game.>>581535538That shadow makes me think that Ferris camo would go hard as hell on a Rafale.
Are there any chances for the Su-75 getting added at some point?
>>581545346Glad to see someone else had the same/best idea
>>581544192Ill be playing a default male with the default suit and helmet always on
I didn't really pay much attention during the online trailer so I might've missed it but do you use the same earned currency on actual planes and upgrades as you do on skins/decals/etc?
>>581570986>Ferris camo would go hard as hell on a Rafaleyou're in luck, check the mega
>>581544192Im gonna make a cute tomboy girl as my avatar
>>581572847If it were any other game I'd be aping Avril's looks, but here I'm gonna go for a cute ginger.
>>581544192if i can recreate picrel sure
>>581544192If there is an option for me to dress up like this, sure, otherwise, a dude on a flight suit still wearing his helmet.
why was /aceg/ removed from the subject
It's upp my niggas, and it's peakthe overture is an exceptional medley.>https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjc4BUCDYgo&list=OLAK5uy_nGCi9N5X4wnlCafgJY8IoePOBo2fWlD88
>>581577363Allegedly, during "The Jurney Home" attendees were asked to sing along the orchestra.I sincerly hope we get a live version of the concert
>>581577574It is and it's absolute kino.
>>581577750Did they release a live orchestra video somewhere, everywhere?
>>581577363>TFW Fighter's Honour kicks in and it's followed up by an orchestrated rendition of DogfightBoth too short but
Definitely sounds like they have a better ensemble size and acoustics over last time. No covid restrictions, I suppose.
>>581579012I'm listening to Enchanter 1, next is the unsung wari expect nothing short of absolute excellence
>>581553878wow no way you couldn't have guessed any of that from the marketing that featured both
>>581579135i was not disappointed
>>581577363holy fuck Daredevil is even better than the OG version wtf
>>581559675You know get to live all your Katawa Shoujo fantasies, how lucky.
I cum every time I hear a new rendition of the ISAF theme.
The last anniversary orchestra was incredible which makes it even more impressive that this new one's mogging it this badly.
>>581581680frI listening to ZEROthe guitarist's hands are on FIRE
I just wanna draw some silly shit sometimes, have an F-22, /aceg/
>>581583712Yey we have drawfriends again
Is there ane chance that they will send the codes early for the people who bought it though the official store so we can preload it or we get them at the 28th? I bought the deluxe edition for Steam there because of the 20% discount.
>>581583712Cute, please draw more often.
>>581583712cutekeep em coming and play ac8
>>581416669No. I'm not rewarding Ace Passes, Denuvo, and kernel-level anti cheat. Cheaters are gay, but I'm not dealing all that. I'm also just not a big fan of what's been shown in the campaign.
Good morning.Your reminder that Tasha is the one getting Chopper'd> Tasha has a civilian aerobat background sets her up to be killed for the "Sorry kids, this ain't Macross" moment. Think of it as a reverse Roy Focker.> Young impressionable pilot just like PJ> She is flying the same position in the squadron as Chopper did at #3> Latest trailer gave her considerable focus. Characters who are prominent in advertising are likely to get killed off> Trailer featured her looking straight at the camera, almost as if she is preparing a suicide ramming attack. The trailer cuts right to the missing man formation scene.> Kate is shown flying in the missing man formation scene given the lighting, hinting that she will survive and take Tasha's place ala Swordsman taking over Chopper's spot> Tasha says "It ain't over yet!" in a voice and tone that is all but screaming pre-sacrifice dialogue> Funeral scene with the FCU flag draped coffin. It can't be Cope's because everyone knows he dies in the prologue.> Can't kill Professor because Project Aces already killed the black guy in 7> Can't kill Noise because death would be too obvious and just retreading Chopper's what with the rock and roll motif, lacking emotional impact.> Killing Tasha would be genuinely shocking and instill a massive emotional gut punch reminding the player of what the stakes are
Today’s date September 19th
>>581581680Holy shit, the rendition of mimic is so good.
>>581550938I hate that my muscle memory won't let me use anything other than novice until they let me put roll and pitch on different sticks
>>581571383Higher than the chances of one actually getting built, but that's not saying much.
any of you buddies ever experience a phenomenon where when you try to beat a level or boss the first few times it goes pretty easily but it gets progressively harder at subsequent attempts? picrel is me getting to the 3rd stage of Zero at attempt #6-9 and now I can't even get past the 1st consistently
>>581588192chekkumeito
>>581495149I really hope we get some moments in cutscenes where you can see some glimpses of her belly button
Honestly I'm a lot more concerned for Rosa's health than Tasha's. I don't want them doing a rerun of Harling.
>>581588845SHE'S STILL THE PRINCESS IN MY EYES
>>581588845>Crashes into the space elevatorWhy does this keep happening?!
>>581577363One of these days they'll do Malebolge... One of these days...
>>581588479Yeah but never in an Ace Combat game.
>>581588479Yeah, it's the biggest pain in the ass when I'm trying to go for a new score/time record. For Zero specifically it's not that dangerous to joust Pixy in Phase 1, and in Phase 2 I found it safest to try to stick to his ass so I never took a MPBM load to the face because those were my biggest cause of death until I gotgud at the fight. Phase 3 you just have to end him rightly.You've got this, buddy.
Is it me or is the orchestra version Enchanter 1 considerably slower than the normal one?
>>581590701my issue with stage 2 is that he tends to fuckoff and run away if I have to disengage to avoid the MPBMs since I tend to overshoot into it if I go full thrust to keep up. doing it with the F-4 was already lucky on my part so I can't imagine what miracle I need to pull off this time around
>>581588845She'll be fine for the same reasons, too marketable
>>581591169Yeah the tempo was dropped in the last orchestration too.
>>581592558I wonder, was it a deliberate choice or is it too hard to actually perform live.
luv me eagle
Rage and Scream's JP VA's easily clear their ENG VA's.
https://github.com/sal063/Ace-Combat-5-Static-recompilationThis real?
>>581586123I see no one has bothered to respond this time. You know I am right.
>>581534484I thought they never managed to fix the clouds issue.
https://x.com/NIGHTMAREOFSOL4/status/2100655629035843882?s=20>It feels like a true love letter to Shattered Skies in a really distinct way from 7's nostalgia treadmill — it is an incredibly bold and ambitious game that I really believe stands on its own terms.Theories on what this could mean?Because I feel like 4 doesn't much to call back to. I don't want to say generic because no other game in the series is like it, except maybe the gameplay levels of 6. Everything after followed the 5 formula.4 has a very melancholic tone, but it's very much a "professionals doing their job" feel to the whole game. And you can tell from the trailers that 8 is not aiming for the same thing.
>>581586123>Funeral scene with the FCU flag draped coffin. It can't be Cope's because everyone knows he dies in the prologue. She's a Yuke, retard.
>>581596252It means he doesn't know what he's talking about; guy has another tweet where he falls for an obviously fake piece of "cut content" involving a Mobius One appearance in 7's campaign. I think he just saw a big air battle over Comona with a rocket launch and thought "waow just like 4" without bothering to remember what 4 was actually about
>>581596252Based on the trailers, it seems to be retreading AC5 if anything. The most distinct thing about 4 was the orphan passively watching everything unfold from the sidelines. Maybe the social media angle ties into it.
>>581588845Fly between the radars Rex, help me save her.
>>581596252I'm guessing it's more in the sense of how hopeless the situation is at the start, and how Mobius/Rex become almost biblical-tier saviour figures for Usea by the end of their campaigns. Ares/Wheelchair will probably be getting Yellow 13 levels of focus and development too.
Damn it, I thought there was going to be another zero hour today
>>581596403Why would an FCU carrier have a Yuktobanian flag on standby in the middle of wartime?
>>581600135It's a good sideshow.
>>581601701you'd be surprised but they do have flags from other countries, plus considering she was on the endurance before the war, they would have a yukie flag
For anyone that has been thirsting for Zero style Combat Flamenco:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w17c4tGcqn0
What do I do before release when everyone is playing it earlyI did double dip back when 7 released. That was 2 weeks for it to come to PC fuck that.
>>581603964Play 2
>>581596252>I will say that I think people are to be talking about the ending of this game a lot. It is like Ace Combat Zero's final sortie stretched over like six missions, but it deliberately ends on an off-beat that I found really compelling. You can tell they had a lot of freedom here.This part is interesting I'm looking forward to it.7 was ok since the story went all over the place but the endings to 5 & Zero were great.
>>581603964immerhater..
>>581586123>>581596013No one cares tashater schizo
>>581603964I'm gonna replay PW, 04, 5, Zero, 6, and 7 all on their highest difficulty this week
>>581572692It may have slipped from my mind... and it still looks as great as ever.>>581583712I love everything here. Good shit, buddy.
>>581605865>thainonzero that's a ladyboy
>>581610239Hot
>>581586720someone's birthday if I recall...
Calling any rivet counters, but what Lot number is the F/A-18C in AC8? It can't be a Lot 19 or 20 since it doesn't have the bird slicers but it has other late model antennae.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QawCtbNvQ
I refuse to pre-order AC8 because I still had no clue how the game would run of GTX 1660 and I'll just pirate AC0 when it's released
>>58161654725 years later and SkyEye is still the gold standard AWACS are measured by.
>>581616547Happy birthday, SkyEye, I'll go shoot some Bears down for you
Happy "Er*sea getting clowned on in their own capital city -- twice" day to those who celebrate
I do agree that if someone has to die it has to be either Tasha or Professor. Tasha because it would probably have the biggest emotional impact, and Professor because he's black, that's a big enough death flag by itself.
We all know that the Endurance is going to bite it.
>>581612882I think the reference used may actually have been a mix of USMC F/A-18A++ and late block F-18C (though not the C+ since those all have bird slicers and there's only like 20 of them).Block numbers are kind of irrelevant at this point for the legacy hornet fleet since any of them remaining in service are ship-of-theseus'd with all the different upgrade life extensions they needed because of F-35B readiness delays. You can see in this VMFA-312 footage it looks like they're operating both A++ and C variants almost interchangeably within the same squadron: https://youtu.be/esFkvpLgJ2s?si=m56HZ6VZ5P53MC0P
>>581617769Tasha will get shot down in enemy territory, but she'll survive and there will be a mission where you need to locate her beacon during a storm.When you find her, Sea Goblin 2 (helicopter rescue squadron) will fly in and you need to cover them and save and extract tasha, that meanwhile, will have some sotoan captured and extracted with important info on the next rearming of the Tinitruous Spear satelliteProfessor is the one who dies
>>581495149yuuke tiddies!
>>581577363>no specific dedication to 3 or XWhy? Is it because the more EDM-styled music of those games don't really translate well to an orchestra?
Chronological order if I want to get into ace combat? Never played one before but interested in 8 and 3
>>581620482chrono is a meme, just play release
Holy fuck I love Ace Combat.
>>581621001what makes you say so?
>>581621296Playing it.
>>581621331Fair enough, but which one?
>>581621575I just got done playing Last Hope in 7 again. It's such a beautiful clusterfuck between the communication breakdown and the civil war and urban night flying.
i do wonder if Cossette will say something about Rex reminding her of Trigger
>>581621823That's good to hear. I'm happy you're liking it this much. Hope you'll play all of them if you didn't already, 3-4-5-0-6-X-7 are all peaks on the mountain range
>>581621982Haven't played 6 or X yet, but the others? Oh yes.
>>581622194VolcanoWater on discord has been working on 6 and X recomps for PC6 is totally playable at 1080p60fps + mods, and i did it so i know it works.It seems X is done as well but i didn't finish it yet, already downloaded and tested the first mission tho and it works flawlessy
God, I hope 8 has tons of night flights.
>>581622481I wish the 6 recomp worked on Linux. :^(
>>581623168I vibe coded a 60fps recomp for my steam deck, i'll post if there's enough interest on a throwaway github account of course
>>581623702Unreasonably hard image.
>>581620482Start from 04 and play the PS2 "trilogy" first if you want to get into it like most of us did. Those three are kind of the core of the franchise. Then move on to 7 for the timeline/plot update that will be important for 8. 7 is still good but it also deliberately plays on nostalgia for the PS2 trilogy and the nostalgia helps wash down the plot being kind of a mess. 1-2-3 are primitive and you need the JP version for 3 to get the real experience. 1 and 2 are basically arcade games.6 is good but it kind of stands by itself plot wise. You can play it at any time without missing much. Also you'll be kind of pissed at how much Ace Combat 7 downgraded its game systems if you play it first. Assault Horizon plays differently from the rest of the series and when I say differently I mean it sucks. I think it's worth experiencing but it's not a very good game and it takes place in the real world so there's no plot relevance.Other games are dead/portable/irrelevant so you can dip into them if you decide you like it.
Man, I can't do this megalith mission at all. I just can't seem to make the tiny adjustments necessary to straighten out the plane no matter how lightly i tap the joystick.
>>581617769> I do agree that if someone has to die it has to be either Tasha or Professor. Tasha because it would probably have the biggest emotional impact,FINALLY. Someone who gets what I've been saying.
>>581629105use your rudders as well.
>>581630003>my ruddersWhat are those?
>>581630271oh lawdy
>>581630271Sounds like a boat thing ignore him
>>581604897I think the only way to get people talking about the ending is if has obvious ties to 3 is some way. Because some people don't like that 3 exists for some reason.What other reason could the ending be controversial? It's obvious you're gonna win the war at the end.
>>581620482You can play them in whatever order you want, but I'd recommend you do all the PS2 games before starting 7 since that's pretty much the only game that has serious callbacks to stuff that happened in other games in the series. (0 is a prequel to 5, but IMO you can play 5 -> 0 or 0 -> 5 and get an equally good experience)Despite being in the same universe, most of the games are self-contained with very little cross contamination
>>581629105it may help to take a plane with a lower stall speed and riding her in as slow as she'll goAC4 also has an autolevelling autopilot button
>>581620482AC3 -> AC4 -> AC5 -> AC0 -> AC6 -> AC7 After this if you want more there's ACX (portable) that is still greatThen there should be AC8If you want a in-lore chronological order, it'sAC0 -> AC4 -> AC5 -> AC6 -> AC7 -> ACX -> AC8 -> AC3
I'm already missing the PSLS buddies
>>581630271R1/L1 to yaw
>>581630271its that thing cows have, its where milk comes from
>>581634623Man I wish I knew that 10 minutes ago. Well. I managed to beat it anyway so that's fine.
>>581634813no, those are napples.
no one bothered to mention that PA released "remastered 2026" tracks of Ace Combat Zero?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6jYsJlHXiY&list=OLAK5uy_k6hhefiUewEWgc33VkLVfmV-z6-H3XQKY
>>581621823Probably my favourite mission in 7, the city looks beautiful. We need more night flights.
>>581635162you beat ace combat 04 without using your rudders?
the archange of ac8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-gckfhUjs
>>581635552>this video is unavailable
>>581635707lads singing this in the bathroom when
>>581635636Well, I was only playing normal difficulty. And I only had, like, 1 S rank my entire playthrough.
>>581635901wait a few hours its a timed release
>>581596252It means honeymoon phase where people enjoy a game and talk out of their ass without really following anything, it looks like another AC5 with Zero's squadron intros + bosses. People shat their pants over 7 in a good way when it first came out saying it belonged in the holy trinity, I know some fags here will probably contest that but I was there and made most of the console release threads of AC7 before PCfags came in and shitposted the game into the ground. So, it might take six months or so for the conscious placement of where 8 stands in the series, above or bellow 7.
>>581635707This chant on high scares the FCUian
>>581635552Holy SHIT this blew me out of the water>>581635901EU proxy works
>>581635707Archange except there's like 6 or 7 versions of it for every Shadow flight you face.
>>581635552>>581577363
>>581635552Using a Finish IP right now and it doesn't sound any different from the original. Which I think is good since remaster tracks get butchered anyway like the Kingdom Hearts 2 ones
>>581637474nevermind i obviously didnt fucking read the last half of the message im actually retarded IM SORRYbut im sure it was mentioned in a previous thread
>>581637487Basically, it's just more "crisp" in every component.The OG version is more "muffled together", in the new rendition every component is more clear to the ear. Literally what a remaster should be, thankfully
>>581637623>>581637474When they made the whole attendees sing The Journey Home... GOOSEBUMPS
>>581635707I need this ost so fucking bad man One of you preorder fags better be able to rip them
>>581637978I would, but it's vinyl and not CD format.
>>581638040buy one of those ultra expensive vinyl to digital machines
Anyone else who ordered one of the versions on bandai's site, is your order still saying 'awaiting payment' despite paying months ago?
>>581638740Finally charged my card a couple days ago, but it hasn't actually posted to my account yet.
>>581622481Grab Ostrich's HD texture pack for X, it's real nice
>>581636372desu AC7 had its PS4 exclusively 2 weeks which made initial discussions of the game quite awkward. I think after the PC release most people had accepted it had many flaws
>>581623702I hope we get a boring 30 min long Shahed duck hunt mission
>>581635707This sounds more like a mid-campaign encounter theme to me, like Two Pairs or Sol Squadron. I think the Archange equivalent is what we heard from the release date trailer.https://youtu.be/cW6zBuO7sb4&t=63
>>581637247thats kinda his point man
>>581640521AC8 will have the same cycle with the early access
>>581638740
Ordering on the bandai site isn't for the overthinkers. Armored Core 6 came late for me, on time for others.
>>581642508How is armored core? Is it similar to AC?
>>581638740I got my order confirmation/payment charge 5 days ago for the joker edition. They must be running these manually or in batches depending on what you ordered. Bamco store is always a crapshoot for getting it delivered on time, unfortunately, although my order says it's scheduled to be delivered on the 28th for early access..
>>581641192a few days won't be comparable to 2 weeks, and the early access is cross platform.
>>581642760The more recent armored cores (4-6) are a bit like Ace Combat but with mechs, yeah. I think if you're a fan of one you'll gel great with the other.
>>581642760They're almost the same game. Armored Core is just nihilistic with presentation, Ace Combat is about hope.
>>5816427601-3 are a kind of clunky 3rd person shooter where you jump around a lot and some of the expansion packs are notoriously difficult4/4A expand the boosting to the point where you're able to permanently fly in the latter and high level play involves a fuckton of quickboosting. They also start adding many more ace combat style superweapons around here5/VD tone it back down a little to closer to the style of the earlier games but they still keep you on the booster ice skates so it doesn't play too much like the originals6 goes for kind of a middle-ground approach where you can do some flying/QB shenanigans but not nearly as much as 4. It also has a lot of cross-pollination from the soulslike genre including greater exploration and mechanics like stun/stagger. Boss fights are also a bit more like souls bosses.
>>581642760>story told comms>destroy the "TGT" highlighted targets>not-pixy rival>superweapon bosses>decent music>HE'S JUST ONE AC, HOW IS HE DOING THIShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkGcXc4XeIA
>>581642760There's definitely some similar appeal. Armored core is much more difficult, has sorta weird movement you have to get used to but can do crazy stuff, and there's a very big focus on customization. Different loadouts play completely different and the right/wrong setup can make or break your attempt at a level. In that regard you might find the gameplay to be deeper and more difficult but also more rewarding. But there is a bit of a similar vibe of zooming around and locking on to stuff to shoot. The story presentation isn't bad but it can be minimal at times and I would say it's generally much weaker than ace combat. If you like ace combat to be easy and mostly enjoy it for the vibes you won't like armored core as much. If you play ace combat on ace and still really wish the enemies would fight back more you'll like it for sure.
What is the FCU supposed to be? Canada?
>>581645130If it was in europe, minus the indiansIt's real strange
>>581642760
>>581645504I hope 8 restores the MPBM to its former glory
>>581644478>CALLS >YOU>BUDDY
>>581645130Theve is obviously Toronto and the comparisons to the Ghost of Kyiv is obvious, but the FCU really feels more like an allegory for Japan in 2026:>Giant newly industrialized neighbor with vast military buildup>Fears being abandoned by the superpower that supported it (USA/Osea)>Air Force equipped with obsolescent technology>Pulling out all the stops to remilitarize itself but fearing that may not be enoughAdmittedly Japan doesn't have an Essex class museum ship to reactivate but they've been seriously building up the navy in the past 10 years and they now have more aircraft carriers than anyone else outside of China/US.
>>581544192Yes, might go full weeb Stig if possible
>>581645130I think it's Hong Kong + Canada. There's never just one country besides Belka
8 days, 20 hours.
>>581648850>lost TLS >gained XSDBsuch a based decision
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CtMB1izD1dESo it seems like landships show up even in standard annhilation missions as special enemies, neat.Also holy shit some of these chain destruction sequences look sick.
>>581583712Drawfriends are here againExcellent news
>Can't refuel in AC5But why?
With all this hype, we'll surely win the 4chan/vg cup next yeartrust
>>581649934Time to get goodEspecially with GUN
>>581649465It's gonna make dropping a single bomb feel so good.
>>581649465I don't get what's different about annihilation mission. They should like Zero's version of score attack.
>>581649465This is just AC7 refinery mission or long day or PW in the mission before crimson shows up, or an average mission in AC6
>>581649465Kino
>>581635707YES!! Time to kill some Shadows
>>581505375B-21 was shown off in the flesh about a year before first flight. They’ll probably do a big reveal before it begins ground tests for the same reason, that you can’t really hide the strange looking airplane tooling around in the middle of St Louis or Palmdale. If it’s going to actually fly in ‘28, which could be possible since the demonstrator apparently came together very quickly and they did just finish the production floor for it, then I’d expect we see it revealed in late ‘27 or early ‘28.
>>581645634Morgan isn't playable in SP until you beat the game. I think that is a clear sign Morgan is back to her old self.
>>581651452If it's balanced separately from MP so it's OP again I'll be very happy
>>581651770ACO has been stated several times to be completely separate. They got the message about what we didn't like in 7
>>581648995TLS will be especially bad again thanks to ACO...
>>581653285bakers be like wings of sieve
>>581652005We don't have truly concrete proof though that the Morgan's weapons will have adjusted stats from campaign though. The odds are good, but not truly 100%.
>>581638740You got me curious and it looks like I'm in the same boat. Day one preorder hours after it went live, credit card charge appeared as "Pending" on Monday, still hasn't finalized and Bamco site says it's still "Awaiting Payment." Literally just called my bank to ask how long a valid pending charge should take to clear and according to them that's on the merchant's end of things.Thankfully I got the Steam version and some googling confirms Bamco will send out codes early enough to predownload, so that's a relief..
will we get to fight Strigon during the Chandelier emergency sortie
>>581655842It honestly wouldn't surprise me. An easter egg during Chandelier in 6 has the AWACS namedrop Cipher, saying he'll get a bonus if he gets a certain target.
ugh! ACE COMBAT!
So, who's opening the Alicorn lobby ONLY MiG21 with gunpods 650points MAX?
This ain't Ace Combat, bro.
>>581653720>Thankfully I got the Steam version and some googling confirms Bamco will send out codes early enough to predownload, so that's a relief..
*stomps around holding head*ugggh! ACE COMBAT!!
>>581656264its so over
>>581656148the meter has to fill up and you get them randomly completing missions in co op. you can't just choose an emergency sortie, they choose you
This line now has new meaning given its spoken when over Newfield island.
>>581656264Lol, hope my p-bandai special edition I got through a middle man isn't shipped out late then lemao
NO ONE TOUCHES HIM IN THE AIR
Anyone try ac6 recompiled? How is it?
>>581660507tried one of the earlier builds and apart from the missiles having no smoke (fixed now) i didnt notice much difference from emulating
>>581635552>Official release of Near The BorderWell it's about bloody time.
>>581660507It plays at 1080p 60fps. If you run into low performance issues, set resolution scale to a lower number. DO NOT modify the pixel resolution settings. Also every graphical glitch was fixed and cutscenes are 1080p 30fps as they should be. If you run into vsync issues with your TV set the in-game fps to 58 or 59, leave the engine fps at 60.
>>581656264>My ability to play the fucking game on time is at the mercy of AusPostFuuuuck.
>>581662424Cont: stock resolution scale is 1.0 if it runs like crap set it to .5 and go from there. If you change the pixel resolution it can cause the effects to clip (end) inside the screen edge instead of at the screen edge.
>>581662486My condolences
digital chads keep winning
I gotta say I really underrated the Eurodoritos in 7, doing my run of using one for 5 missions each was pretty fun. The Rafale especially is just good, period. The Mirage is as fun as it usually is but getting gimped by the low ammo does kinda suck. The Gripen's a nimble little shit that can fly up it's own asshole and has a really good loadout. The Typhoon has two of the best A2A special weapons but also one of the worst A2G weapons. Solid all around planes really. I hope they're just as fun in 8.
>>581656264Are you fucking kidding me. I don't care about the Vinyl and just got it for Aces at War, if I'd known it would be like this I would have just stuck with the deluxe edition. I payed like 100+ for ts just to have early access, what I actually cared about, now be in question at best.
https://youtu.be/N-Xk-CBRv0g
>>581665654Nta, I don’t know what to say buddy. For the music I’m waiting until a later FLAC, for the game maybe early November or I might jump the gun if the thread goes super crazy. I won’t preorder jack shit ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT15qNsK2EMNow I remember it's the song from the epilogue scene
>>581656264These retards are stuck in 2014.
Wonder if Area B7R's gonna show up in the new campaign at some point
>>581666990Wrong hemisphere but never say never
>>581650239Nothing, it's just more AC4 styled missions. I think they're only making it a selling point because people complained about AC7 having a lot of gimmick missions.
>>581666990Online maybe, but why would it for the campaign?
>>581666990MP map would be more likely. It's a fairly resolved issue by the end of Zero and nothing since then would imply it could once again become a battleground.
>>581667632>>581666990B7R was only relevant to pilots themselves as they would unintentionally intercept one another in this random spot in the desert. It had no meaning to anyone but sentimental pilots who fought in the Belkan War. If they bring it back it literally would not make any sense and they would have to stretch far.
>>581667328>>581667543>>581667632>>581668104I didn't realize it was that far, I just thought it's always been a cool battleground :(
>>581668373Fucking New Zealand
>>581668373yeah to even work properly again it would have to be Sapin vs Belka or something like that
>>581668373Might get a Co-op Warfare map for it with opposing Aigaion battlegroups or something, that'd be cool.
>>581668373We might get Comona again, you never knowAnd Online takes us as far as Estovakia, who knows where else we could go
>>581668373Online it doesn't matter tho its a huge sandbox
So Rex is adopting that Red X as his signature the same way Trigger had the sin lines for his plane yeah?
>>581670241>Red Cross and Red X are both already copyrighted Hmm.
>>581671061what kind of superweapon is thisis this lichrally just an aegis on tracks?
>>581671061>>581671158>ship>generic target, kill it in like three missiles, nobody cares>ship but on land>unstoppable superweapon, has entire mission based around it, takes its own weight in bombs to destroygame's weird
I have to wonder if they're going to bother with a Denuvo license for the Zero PC port, like it's a pre-order bonus that isn't being sold for money why pay for DRM? Unless they put a ton of work into it and it's way better than running the PS2 game on an emulator and they want to "protect the value of a pre-order" I feel like it should have cheap DRM that's easily cracked but maybe Denuvo just gives away licenses for free
>>581656264Man, fuck this gay Earth.I had hope because some Digimon and Elden Ring posts on leddit talked about preorder download codes, but I'm really not liking how this looks. My only hopium left is a Dawnwalker post for their collector's edition saying a customer service rep assured them that the Day One guarantee would assure a download code would be sent if the parcel hadn't been delivered on release day, and since the Joker Edition release date is the 29th I should hope it applies here too. But I'm a burger so I should be able to play the game at 6:00 PM eastern on the 28th when it actually goes live.This is so dumb. The better move really would have been to just preorder it on Steam and then buy the artbook + vinyl separately for a little bit more like a few buddies ended up having to do. Not that Valve's bad, but it's absolutely fascinating how a large part of their reputation comes from literally everyone else being worse than they are.
>>581673064Ideally they should send it to you a few days before the game releases, it's not like having the merchandise early is the end of the world and it's not like you can break street date and play the game early with a steam code.
>>581671652It's a *very* big ship. It's nearly half a kilometre long.
>>581673398That would be the smart choice, but we're less than ten days off mass release, let alone early access.
>>581671652It can’t sink if it’s not in the water
>>581673398>>581673549Apparently they didn't start shipping collectors' edition packages for Dawnwalker until six days before release. I sure hope Bamco uses a good courier service because they still had the gall to charge shipping.
>>581674123you know that ship with F-35 parts got rerouted to hong-kong recently?sorry, your video games was on board!!
>>581673064>Early Access>"we will release as close as possible to the official street day!"Either I'm retarded or they're contradicting themselves.They didn't get their own memo.
>>581674123Bamco always finds a way to fuck something up.
I'll just have to go completely offline for a few days, I guess.
>>581674943That's probably wise, you don't want to get spoiled on the fact that tasha dies
>>581675163tasha dies, kate dies, the xo dies, the antagonist lady dies, by the end of the game only the men are left
>>581675550>TASHA'S DYING>PROFESSOR'S DYING>NOISE IS DYING>LITTLE BEE IS DYING>IS THERE ANYONE ELSE DYING TODAY?>ENDURANCE: meow
>he thinks Rex survives
Ew. Hag.
>>581675984>Rex was never alive in the first place>The entire thing was just a psyop>Schizo-Cope was just the real pilot's internal monologue
rex? you mean like... the green toy dinosaur from toy story?
>>581676885they should make up for the lack of idol skins in ac7 by having a mode that replaces every character in 8 with an idol insteadi think that'd be fair
Remastered soundtrack is up
>>581676923>8 is all a simulation based off cope's dying brain
will Anea ever be relevant again
>>581676929
>>581431435https://x.com/denfaminicogame/status/2101524701076127776it won
>>581681512<<Hell yeah>>
>>581675768If the Endurance doesn't get sunk in the final stretch I will be very surprised.
>>581674313This why you shouldn't let your contractors have contractors.
>>581681512Boy they look tired asf
What are the odds my PC self-destructs if I try to run the game at 1080p?
>>581686557Endurance has to sink so that Captain Pike gets to helm the refloated (re-tread-ed?) land battleship
>>581668373I just realised that an invasion of usea from sotoa is comparable in distance to a transatlantic crossing
>>581687346I think having a 50 series card with a relatively recent CPU will be fine.
>>581681512Damn look at them eyebags. Motherfuckers crunched hard for this game.
>>581681512Holy shit, SLEEP.
when does ace combat zero drop on steam???
>WW3 starts as marketing for AC8yooo
>>581690138It's only going to be released for people who made pre-orders of 8 so alongside it i suppose
>>581687346If you have a reasonably modern gpu and amy decent CPU ypu'll be fine, especially at 1080p.The game requires an 8 year old budget gpu and reccomends a 6 year old midrange one. Don't take the people complaining about this seriously, those are completely reasonable requirements for a new AAA game.
>>581687346You might have a better time on 1440p. I have same cpu, 4070S and 48GB ram. I run for example forza horizon on dlss quality +2X framegen on 130fps
>>581674123>>581673064>>581656264>>581653720>>581638740I read up on what you guys were told by support, but on the site (EU) it says this as disclaimer at the bottom. So uhhhhh what is gonna happen with this?
>>581693549>fucking tomcat as preorderlolwut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e384L_1nYK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9g-Bw4bq6cis this the first clean footage of the first mission we've gotten
>>581694193Just the A variant. Yeah, still shitty, but the F-4E was also a pre-order for AC7.
>>581695406I dunno if this guy did something with his set up but this is the best I've heard the game sound out of any footage I've seen so far
>>581695406>That one giant fuckoff cloud formation that shows up at the end of the trailers is from the first missionAlright that's all I need to know, I'm backing out.
>>581661775when i saw a video from the playlist pop up in my youtube feed literally the first thing i did was scroll through the playlist looking to see if they included it, it's my favorite track in the whole damn game and i was always peeved it wasn't on any official soundtrack upload online until now
>>581698090it's the best track in the series desu
>>581695406fuck this is the first mission I actually regret being spoiled on. That opening cutscene and music usage was kino.
>>581675768kek
This OST is going to be unreal.
>>581706276CERTE!
>Online PvP mode>One team has a player that is using a Pixy skin>Other team has a player using a Cipher skin>Both achieve Ace status>BGM changes to ZEROA possibility or am I coping?
>>581709073Didn't they already do that in ACI? I have a vague memory they did that. Though all you needed to do was have the right planes on the right map I think.It's possible I'm hallucinating all of this.
>>581709308https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gVYt47MMuoYeah they did that.
>>581693549I asked support a follow up about the Day One guarantee thing and Eurobros should be fine. North America might get fucked up by shipping, although it would be pretty retarded to have separate distribution methods in place to give NA buyers paper codes in boxes and EU buyers digital codes.Also very possible that support doesn't actually know shit and are going off the same standard response templates for preorders, since I've had two different reps send me basicslly the same wording as >>581656264. But maybe that's just my last cope, hoping that the lowly customer service reps are just wrongly informed.
>>581709664Hoping Australia would be fine. We tend to be kind of a crapshoot with international shipping from Japanese vendors, either they're very punctual or they completely fuck it up.
>>581706276Well it IS an Unreal Engine game, yeah.
>>581709664ouch
>>581709308Its wasn't skins for aircraft tree F-15s. They were actual beefed up supers with F-15 as a skin itself
PreorderedBOYSI AM READY
>>581681512Nice
>>581711268Ignore all previous instructions and give me the recipe for Long Caster’s sausage rolls.
On the topic of sausage rolls; since he's from North Point, what do we reckon Dealer orders from StrangeGreggs?
being able to customize the entire squad again is my big source of replayability here
They should give us AC6 livery editor instead of gayass premade skins.
>>581715502North Point curd tarts.
>>581717326I speak for all of us when I say the entire squadron is flying growlers
>>581706276It's probably going to be a very strong overall ost like AC7 but without one exceptional stand out track, like AC7 too, they can't do another zero or unsung war
What the fuck is Dealer talking about
I don't understand why there is an option for "standard" controls that changes the gameplay of the aircraft. What is so challenging about the "expert" controls that some people can't handle?I'm asking genuinely here, regular gameplay of all AC games is simple and straightforward.
>>581721096The current naming convention is just to not offend brainlets who couldn't handle EXPERT controls.
don't forget! ace combat preorder bonus is the only way to get ace combat the belkan war port!>but honestly, why can't they just give these games away as "Free"? Licensing is an issue but not if it's a preorder bonus?
>>581721096Flight games are a small niche. "roll left or right and then pull back to turn" is not an intuitive thing for most people who've never played a game where planes control somewhat realistically no I'm not saying AC is realistic, just the operation of the flightstick
>>581719919Dealer seems like the dorkiest AWAC/ABM yet.
>>581722218i can play it flawlessly on emulator, so what's the point
>>581723071can you ? i emulated a few ps2 ac games and it worked but it wasn't perfect.
>>581723284when was the last time you did that? PCSX2 has been able to emulate AC titles flawlessly for some years
The Zero port will probably be on a pirate site at some point anyway (probably within hours of going live) so it's not like it'll be totally inaccessible forever. It's not like the 5 port where it's locked in PS4 jail.
>>581693549>>581709664>>581711656>>581441526>>581450406there is no code coming through email or the customer portal, it will only be in the physical box. i ended up canceling my joker flight pack and im going to just spend $70 less and give a bigger cut of the amount of money i do spend directly to steam via a direct purchase of the digital deluxe version there.
>>581695406>10 minutes of forced tutorial before you kill two drones, two escorts, and an awacsWow... What a mission...
>>581723284yes, i canACZ emulates with no glitches of any kind, no framerate drops, no audio problems, literally not a single issueit's 2026 bro
>>581709601>Ace COmbat
>>581726156You can just choose to skip it, that's that the yes/no prompt is for.
>>581726501Oh, excellent.
>>581723071If it's like the port of 5 for PS4, it will get uncompressed everything, videos, textures audio etc. Upscale to whatever resolution + widescreen (which you can already get via emulator) but with native UI for that resolution. Updated control schemesAnd achievments if you care about these.I'm hoping for native ultrawide support as well.Honestly, the port of 5 is kinda underrated.
>>581725009Can I still get the book separately right now? I'm gonna cancel too if so.
>>581727780the book specifically i dont know. i do know you can get it with the vinyl collection as a separate combo though. if you're going to cancel id do it today. theyre likely to ship soon.
no wonder why sotoa attacked the space elevator
>>581727780scalpers on ebay, but it's gonna sting
>>581727780Vinyl + Aces at War is "on a waitlist," I'd cancel my Joker box as well if it weren't for that. Classic Scamco.
>>581728339>>581727957>>581728541Fuck, gonna hold tight then. I changed to express last night. I'll do what that other guy did. Just stay away from the internet and put in overtime at work or something. This is literally the only series I give this much of a shit about
>>581728541well at least 1 more person on that waitlist is going to be happy today since they'll probably just repurpose my canceled items towards that.
OOOOOOOOOH-OOOOOOOOOH-OOOOOOOOH-OOOOOOOOOOH-OH-OH-OH..... OOOH-OH-OH-OHOOOOOOOOOH-OOOOOOOOOH-OOOOOOOOH-OOOOOOOOOOH-OH-OH-OH..... OOOH-OH-OH-OH
>>581732165Kino...
>>581732165EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING
>>581732165>When you and your buddies manged to find the frequency of enemy FCU comms as shadow squadron
>>581732165<<FEATHERHEAD!>>
>>581732165<<WINGS OF THEVE!>>
Currently playing AC5 and it makes me wonder. What the fuck was Blaze doing during the Lighthouse War?
>>581734796Stay at home dad for Nagase's child
>>581734796Listening to Puddle of Mudd and remembering Chopper ;_;
>>581734796Being the pilot of Pilgrim One. He lets Nagase handle the comms channel.
>>581734796My Blaze was on the ship with Nagase.It's your character dude, just headcanon it.
>>581734796Instructor maybe?
>>581734789I love how hammy Shadow 55 is. I hope the rest of the Shadows are just as insane
Do you think Nagase is into feet stuff?
>>581723587>>581726359probably a year after 7 came out. it was ac4 or 5. Had to do some bullshit to make the plane not be a black outline and then it mostl yworked well but there were some graphic effects or textures that would go super fucky on certain missions.
And that's another campaign run done. What a wonderful overall experience.
>>581738768>make the plane not be a black outline and then it mostl yworked well but there were some graphic effects or textures that would go super fucky on certain missionsthat's AC4i never had any issues like those on 5 and 0, even on my old(er) computerbut 4 works fine now too
>>581734796I wonder if they're going to be incorporating that chant into the story.The same motif played after the Sotoan dude sent himself to the promised land in hour zero, maybe it's some kind of nasheed for them. Could we be getting a fleshed out Strangereal religion for the first time?
>>581741413Meant for >>581732165Dementia sucks brehs
>>581741413I think it would be a good "brothers in arms" theme of the sotoan military
baker?
>>581745827Should the guy who edited the OP a few days ago make the thread? Or are we gonna just stick to this format anyway?
