Ace Combat Thread

They aren't using the Assault Horizon mechanics

That by default means we're getting at least a DECENT Ace Combat game.

for autists, an .mp4

I fucking hated DFM in AH, Even moreso how they tried to force bosses and lengthy fights by just making them bullet sponges

At the very least they've hopefully come to terms with not getting the COD audience. Project Aces tried to get both casuals and Ace fans; they suffered for it

I was bored so I did a thing vmashup.com/Us731vCD

Seeing as how 7 likely takes place after 6 but before 3, any Belkan fuckery will probably be done by lone Belkans, rather than the country as a whole. I can't imagine Belka itself being able to do much after practically being neutered at least twice in Ace Combat history now.
Or Belka could be good guys this time, that'd be a funny twist. Kinda like the Razgriz legend.

Pretty well-timed.

Here's the WebM I made last thread.

guys…. could it be?

also

found the gameplay video

the player is the owner of the channel.

shall we ask him some questions about the game?

What *is* a nation?

I'll take 10 times the cheesyness of AC6 if the gameplay is as good/better than the Trinity, and at least as long as AC5.

You forgot

I thought about adding that, but it seems more like it'll just be in a flashback.

Given that they said they wanted to explore the theme of war it actually makes sense to bring back Larry Foulke as another viewpoint of the story as it'd instantly resonate with any former Ace Combat player. No need to write up a new character, here is a guy who fought his home country of Belka as a mercenary then turned around and tried to destroy the entire concept of countries with a thermonuclear ICBM. After getting shot down by his former wingman, reconsiders then decides to become a traveling soldier in Usea to explore what borders mean to people.

Mother fucker belongs in another Ace Combat game.

Or to figure out if Mobious One was really his buddy.

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The resemblance is uncanny,

I don't think they'll bring him back, but if they do, he'd probably fit in by taking the role of the narrator. We know that he's no longer piloting after the final events of AC5, but he's still a soldier wandering battlefields so it wouldn't be THAT far fetched.

Thanks, but we should continue to link the trailer to YouTube directly on their official channels to bump up the view count. Show our support for Ace Combat, they might make more in the future with good reviews and lots of YouTube views.

But doesn't make any sense. That AC4 girl was from a country conquered by Euresa. How would she end up as what appears to be Euresan royalty?

It depends if the girl is royalty. Besides, I think we can assume that Erusea conquered everything again and owns the entire continent.

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A lowly daughter of a humble barkeep would be a real weird form of royalty if you ask me.

Elected monarchy?

Erusea wasn't even a monarchy to begin with, and I do not ever remember there being a mention of royalty. So whoever is the royalty should be pretty new.

How can you assume that? Erusea was completely defeated by ISAF, The Free Erusea insurgency launched against the new interim government set up by ISAF was completely crushed by Mobius one single-handily. This isn't like what happened with the Belkans. ISAF successfully invaded and completely took over Euresa before setting up a new Euresan government.

I would say its safe to assume that after such a disaster that the Euresans might have decided to reconstitute the monarchy since the former government which led them into such a disastrous war was a Federal one but that they somehow came back and conquered all of the Usean continent is unfeasible. Especially since ISAF has Mobius 1.

Also, apparently Larry Foulke ended up with ISAF too judging by this concept art.

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I am confused on how it has become a monarchy and poweful enough to fight Osea. Unless it did some Nazi Germany shit and became a superpower, and somehow became independent without ISAF caring, I do not see how it could be a threat to anyone.

BELKA COMBAT GAME WHEN?!
I MUST RECLAIM RIGHTFUL CLAY.

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Someday, Buddy. Someday.

I-is it possible to throw enough shekels at someone to get a copy of Aces at War? Is there at least a full digital scan somewhere?

I think I have scans stashed away somewhere. Gimme a minute to track them down.

Yes, I think we should.

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You're a goddamn hero

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Here you go.
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WHAT THE FUCK MY FLAG KEEPS COMING BACK.

Monarchy might easily be explained. When ISAF kicked down the door to Farbranti they likely removed all of the politicians who were the most responsible for the war and most hostile. That leaves a void of leadership though and since ISAF is Not-NATO they arn't the type to conquer and absorb. Thus they need to raise up some domestic leadership. But this is where ISAF differs from its NATO inspiration though. Instead of trying to restart another democratic Federal Republic they find or bring back old Eruesan nobility. This actually makes a bit of sense.

The Erusean nobility probably had little to no political power before and during the war since Erusea was a federal republic, also probably a junta given its willingness to invade and the total war mentality its military exhibited, so they would be mostly untainted by the former regime, plus as native Eruseans they'd instantly have legitimacy in the eyes of their countryman. At this point the Eruseans would probably be looking for some stability too so better to put in an actual King then wait around for some crazy despot to take over.

As for powerful enough to fight Osea, maybe they arn't? Consider what one of the characters said in the trailer, they were confused why the Kingdom of Erusea had declared war against Osea which was clear across the planet. This may be a very odd war.

Also, I want an ISAF t-shirt.

I suspect that we are being rused in some way.

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here, have a wallpaper

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for fuck's sake, why does nobody ever get the spelling right.

5 minutes in paint.

No user. Not at all until that bit changes.

Independent stateS allied forceS

i'm being far too autistic about this but it really gets on my nerves.

Don't hold your breath.

The Independent State Allied Forces (ISAF) was a military coalition composed of nations from Usea against the Federal Republic of Erusea during the Second Usean Continental War.

Another 8492nd squadron situation perhaps?

Speaking of trailer did anyone else hear the line
"All right Convicts, I decide whether you live or die."

That line along with the imagery of a character in a military prison and that of Osean craft with their squadron markings whited out makes me think that the player and his squadron are actually going to be a penal unit.

in case we can creat/join teams/squadrons
should i/we work on an emblem?
if we can upload one of course.

im the guy who made this wallpaper

I made this a long time ago, but I'd have no problem with it being used provided it's even possible to do so.

I think you might be right. Seems like a bad idea to trust criminals with fighter jets, though.

This wouldn't be the first time people in strangereal have acted upon bad ideas.

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Trips are better than dubs, for one. Plus the infinity logo and all.

Well ain't that just fucking ironic

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Makes it seem more like we are against Osea, at least at some point.

Come on now. This site wouldn't be what it is shit without the exodus.

Is Infinity worth playing? I just assumed anything F2P couldn't be good

What is Ace Combat Thread?

A miserable little pile of F-35s.

good gameplay trash f2p system.

It's worth having WebMs for people with third world internet and in case the video gets taken down.

What is A Nation?

i played it a lot

honestly the game isnt as bad as people say it is

everyone says "oooooo you have to buy fuel tanks" and "F2P is shit"

i never bought any fuel tanks and i have over 200 in stock.

you just have to know how to play the game.

ah okay. But
???

I honestly can't remember hearing anything about it at all

I guess I'll give it a shot, not like there's any downside to trying it

All the main (i.e., numbered) titles in the series so far have been exclusives. It's the traditional Nip way.

just make sure you participate in the challenges

Every fucking time.

….. nigga it helps you get fuel tanks and credits

Game is dead on arrival. Sad.

Daily quests are designed to artificially fuel your investment in a game by eating up a disproportional amount of time with the minimum possible reward to keep layers hooked. They should honestly earn devs the death penalty - one dev life for every seventy man-years wasted by players.

I said penal but a better description may be "Disgraced". They are probably pilots who fucked up in one way or another but given the situation Osea is instead giving them a chance to earn redemption through dangerous,suicidal missions they wouldn't assign a regular Air Wing. The pilots probably arn't flat out criminals and given the choice between a dishonorable discharge and never flying again or trial by combat I imagine most would jump at the chance to fly again.

This is Ace Combat, you may be getting shot at by your wingmen at some point.

what if belka is behind this war again

Gee, that summary sounds super familiar somehow.

Always suspect Belka.

Which is why its a winning concept. Actually a bit strange Ace Combat hasn't done this sort of "Zero to Hero" thing yet. Mercenaries have been a staple of the series since it started.

I doubt that it's the barkeep's daughter from Shattered Skies.

ace combat:mercenaries when

So is this like Armored Core but with boring old non-robot planes and humans actually having faces?
Why not just play Armored Core?

Ace Combat a best.

Also, webm related.

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Sorry son, I gave up hope long ago. At least there's a 360 emulator in the works.

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The fuck? You can melee on planes or what? Have any videos of that?

Maybe you should play the games before you make such incorrect judgements.

That reminds me, will we be getting a joystick and throttle controller for PS4? I can only imagine how fucking immersed I would get if I could slip on my PSVR headset and use a joystick to become a true ace.

reddit please leave

I just downloaded the .mp4 directly off youtube with no conversion, lol.

Well all I see is endless skybox and some super generic lock-on-shoot procedures just like in any other plane game.
If you have any webms or shit that will make me go HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME in an instant, you're welcome to post them.

It's an old webm, you nigger. If I knew the source, I'd happily make a better one.

What? No. Waifu + plane = planefu.

I don't think they've announced any info about that, but I really hope so. They put out a stick for AC6, so I'm hopeful we'll get one this time around, too.
I couldn't agree more.

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Oh. I thought kung fu + plane = planefu.

I left 4chan in 2008, and fucked around on 7chan until 2010, until I abandoned imageboards altogether. I only came here after GG. Sage for blogpost.

Why should I waste my time combing through my 200+ file webm folder just to root out a few silent webms?

Kill me.

because it's not like they're worth posting anymore anyways.
audio webm and 12 fucking niggabytes.

We 12 megs now? Wew, almost as if you can post real files now.
Anyway - no transformation, no buy. Regular planes are boring. BORING.

Do you not know where we are? This is Holla Forums, as in the video game board of Holla Forums.

PLAY THE FUCKING VIDEO GAME

2006 called, they want their shitty image back.

Don't be that guy.

Fuck off, I post what I want.

I've never played an Ace Combat game before. Which one should I get?

4, 5, and 0. Emulate them if you don't have a PS2.

9ball please leave

It's not something that comes across as super interesting to look at I don't think, you really need to play it to "get" it as the game really has a way of sucking you in and making you feel like the God of the skies. Hearing radio chatter of the enemies losing their shit upon spotting you puts the biggest damn smile on your face.

Emulate 4, 5, and 0 on PC if you don't already have a PS2. If you have an Xbox 360 then get 6. After you've played through those play Assault Horizon just so you can witness the absolute rock bottom of the series.

3(JP) 4 5 0 and 6

Right, forgot to mention 6 as well. Get it if you have a 360.

In general, gameplay in Ace Combat is pretty rudimentary. The only time it really felt like I was being pushed was Assault Horizon multiplayer.

The most vocal fans of this series seem more concerned about the fictional world of strangereal than anything else.

See if you can pirate it. Don't give them money for it.

Apparently this fairly cheap flight stick works with the PS4:

amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T-Flight-Hotas-Flight-playstation-4/dp/B015PJ68BK

Holy shit, my video game wet dream is complete. We have achieved true immersion.

I'd bet there will be an AC7-specific stick on launch, too.

there is a cheaper one that is for ps3/ps2/pc as well

Do people play these games with sticks? I assumed this wasn't played with a controller, or at least it was a gamepad with adjusted deadzones or something

The WebM was me playing on PCSX2 with a DualShock 4.

Some do, yes. I've really only used a gamepad so far, but I'm probably going to get a stick when AC7 comes out.

That's what I use, and the turn at 0:09 just doesn't look like it's an analog stick, not unless you adjusted the deadzones. That's what I do with InputMapper when I play shmups

I have their slightly older one, it's pretty nice. Only problem is that the throttle is a little too light and has a bit of resistance in the stick, so you can end up tipping the thing forwards or backwards and screwing up if you're trying to get small changes in speed. Should be fine in general, but if you want to avoid any hiccups, use some scotch tape and secure it to whatever surface it's on.

That's just the R2 trigger rudder turn.

do you think using a flight stick to play AC 5 on a ps3 would work? is it possible

A backwards compatible model? Sounds like it would work.

Just play the games you enormous faggot. They're short as fuck barring AC5 anyway.

yes a backwards compatable ps3. my DS3s are all broken and i need to finish 04 and 5

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Yeah I see no reason why it shouldn't work.

I didn't mean the yaw, I meant the rotation from right to left to right

This is not that important, I was just curious

I fully expect it.

Ah I see what you mean. Just ordinary analog stick movement though, default settings in the emulator and in DS4Windows.

Fucking legend, mate. Dubs well earned.

You have my attention. Do you have a link? Does it work with Ace Combat 4, 5 and 0?

i will test it soon. should work on ps2
amazon.com/Thrustmaster-T-Flight-Hotas-Flight-Stick-Pc/dp/B001CXYMFS

Okay this is make or break for buying a PS4 and this game.

Will Vic Viper be available?

It'd be great if it does, it'd be an actual alternative to paying out the nose for the original custom stick for the series on PS2. God damn I wish I had been into this series when AC5 was new, I would've jumped at that limited edition and slapped that Wardog patch on a bomber jacket so fast.

…Gradius is Konami, Ace Combat is Namco.

If you're new to Ace Combat, that's cool, welcome and shit, but.. No.

unrelated galaga and ace combat are both in the same universe

This isn't AirForce Delta Strike, mate.

Maybe a better name would be some kind of play on "Ghosts of Razgriz"

Ghosts of Infinity maybe?

Wouldn't it be more like ghosts of 4chan? Or how about the Demons of Gamergate?

I thought about Ghosts of 4chan too, but then I thought that if we go off of the original poem, this would imply that 4chan will one day redeem itself, which I don't see happening.

Interdasting, especially if there's going to be a multiplayer.

Multiplayer is going to be amazing. My ideal (but probably not going to happen) vision for multiplayer would be a massive map where players can join or create a squadron allied with any of the previously introduced states in the Ace Combat universe. Each country has to battle for territory and air superiority over key strategic points such as stonehenge. The scenario could be a (possibly non-canon) world war on Strangereal. Bombers and fighters could be a thing, and fighter squadrons would have to cooperate with bomber squadrons to escort them to their target. Attackers and multirole fighters would have to cooperate with AI controlled ground forces and provide proper close air support to ensure that targets are taken faster. I'll probably be happy with whatever we end up with as long as it isn't P2W shit, but if it were a massive world like that I would cum buckets.

Also, imagine if they incorporated weather mechanics into the multiplayer mode. They could have weather patterns occuring in real time all over the map, and players could use it to their advantage. One side could use a storm as an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on their enemies, as the harsh weather would impair radar and general visibility. These would be the mechanics that separate the boys from the men.

You may as well go dance with the angels right now with a terrible idea like that. At least Infinite can be ambiguous enough as to what it truly stands for. Not to mention it's a bit of spin off of Mobius Squadron.

Do you suppose the iconic music tracks from AC4 and 5 will be reprised in AC7? I think it's quite likely, considering that the devs are deliberately trying to invoke the spirit of the older games, and they have Kobayashi back on board.

I mean, heck, they reused the lyrics from The Unsung War for AC0, just because they sounded cool enough.

I mention 4 and 5 specifically because those are the two games that the dev team keep referring to in their interviews about AC7.

AC0's soundtrack is equally excellent, of course.

That sounds like a whole nother' game entirely. You'd have player squadrons join nations and fight for their causes. Maybe even allow players to choose ace styles along with a side. Knights would earn more slightly more points for their nation when they win, Soldiers would have one more pre-sortie intel tidbit than the others (like weather forecast, notable NPC squadrons that were sighted nearby, etc.), and Mercenaries would be able to switch factions if they wanted.

Wins and co-op missions go towards a pool of points for your nation until one side hits the tipping point and they get to launch a major offensive. You get both factions flying in a huge battlefield with mission updates and NPC squadrons showing up as reinforcements until one side loses. Whoever shows up as NPC allies would all depend on the terrain and location too. You could end up with a Comona Islands scenario except everyone is a player fighting to protect/destroy the rocket about to be launched. If the attackers win the major engagement, they set up a forward base in enemy territory. If the defenders win, they get a morale boost on all fronts, making it easier for them to launch a major offensive wherever they want.

And when one nation wins the war by fighting their way to the enemy capital, you can just reset the entire scenario by going to some other part of the Strangereal world with other unknown countries, and start over from there.

worked pretty cool in this

If we consider making it a whole new game then all sorts of new possibilities open up. There could also be AWACS planes that could have a strategy game type of mechanic where they help better coordinate the air and ground forces.

I would like to take a moment to express my utter hatred for both interlaced video and analog video. Ace Combat games would look so much better in the modern era if the PS2 had just been a bit more modern.

NEW OFFICIAL TITLE RELEASED FOR THE GAME

OFFICIAL NAME IS NOW ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN

Sauce

Hey look at what I found.

How do I get into ace combat, I played it like one time on my dad's ps1 like ten years ago and all these threads make me want to play it again.

You can Emulate it.
Get ps1 emulator and download AC 1, 2 and 3

But make sure you get the JP version of AC 3.

Most common recommendation is to play 4, 5, and 0 on the PS2 or emulate via PCSX2 if you have a beefy CPU. There is also 6 on the 360, X and Joint Assault on PSP (and emulateable on PPSSPP).

The older games are more simplistic but still neat in their own right. Ace Combat 2 for the PS1 (and emulators) as well as the remake of it on the 3DS called Assault Horizon Legacy (not to be confused with Assault Horizon, the PC/PS3/360 spin off game that everyone hates). Then there's Ace Combat 3 on PS1, but you should wait until December 14th when the fan translation of the Japanese version is finished, as the western releases were horribly gimped. "Air Combat" was the first game in the series and is easily skippable.

gematsu.com/gallery/ace-combat-7/december-3-2016/page/2

impossible

useatoday.blogspot.com/

fuck

GIVE ME HIGH RESOLUTION SQUAD EMBLEMS OR ILL NUKE MYSELF

Wallpapers do?

nichegamer.com/2016/12/06/ace-combat-7-happens-a-decade-after-ace-combat-5/
Megalith confirmed.

Will there be helmet-queued missiles via VR?

It seems the squadron pilots does not have the same aircraft, so it might be possible they go with the convict route.

Also
Space Joustings Confirmed.

Jesus fuck.

Also, what kinds of QTEs do you think they will have hard coded into the gameplay, as in Legacy Horizon where enemy planes can literally just stop in the air and freewheel like a retard for a good five seconds to evade you because the game expects you to use maneuvers, UFO-style high G turns, and missile dodges to get a plane into your sights instead of actually chasing them down?

There's no one here I hope who thinks this game will not be designed for casuals to sell HMDs?

I dunno you could get different planes for your squadron in 5

But doesn't the trailers usually show the "canon" planes when it's a squadron shot?

I don't remember the actual trailers but they show up in in game cinematics.

Fill me in Holla Forums, what do I need to know to play this game?

Next to nothing. Go in and have fun.

Sounds like a non-shit version of Assault Horizon's multiplayer, where mission objectives require some people to use aircraft other than air superiority fighters. I like it. They could also justify having any weird combination of units and patches by saying it's a part of the simulation that ends up becoming the plot of AC3.

No. Maybe a track or two, but this is a new game, and it should have a new soundtrack. Respect the past, but don't be trapped by it.

Thanks, user.

I rather have both, but the point is if we link to an official video of a game on YouTube uploaded by the company, boost the view count to show our interest in the game to companies. They actually track social media reaction and YouTube hits these days. People with third world internet don't even need to watch the video, just click on the link.

Here are the two Holla Forums squadron logos with the old Cuckchan logos. I was part of the Cuckchan Ace Combat squadron.

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Misc. shit.

What? I've never heard anything about this.

Because it does not exist.

It was just /aceg/ on Cuckchan /vg/ making posters and at some game conference thing in London, Kono was going to be there. So some people from /aceg/ said they were going and people said to print out the HD collection poster and give it to him.

They succeeded.

That's some cool shit. All we need now is some drawfag to make a picture of Vivian as the Razgriz

Well God damn, that's cool. I would be very happy to see the holy trinity released on a modern system.

What's a good way to get started playing Ace Combat? I've never played a game before, ideally on PC, PSP and PS4.

If your PC is beefy enough, emulate 4, 5, and 0 (in that order). Also, read the thread.

Emulate 4, 5, and Zero. If you like them you can play 3 once the translation comes out, and 2 if you're brave enough

At this point, 4chan is Belka. It nuked its own people multiple times, then lost.

Have all the T-X proposals been revealed now?

He was talking about Infinity, dumbass

A good theme depicting Holla Forums. If anything we'd be the ghosts of the shitposters after our original haven is spiritually dead. Unless you're a hipster who claims 8ch is their first imageboard

I've got a couple. Wish I had more though.

You have five seconds to name a better squadron emblem than Wizard's.

You can't.

Were they trying to show off that pelican's ass?

Does that make us Ustian mercenaries?

The protagonist emblems are always the best except Wardog. Also Razgriz a best

I think playing 0 before 5 is better, since 5 spoils one of the twists from 0. Yes, 5 was developed before 0, but it takes place after the events of zero.

You tell me, buddy

get better quality user

Release order is usually best. But honestly, you can play any of the trinity in any order and be alright.

YO BUDDY, STILL ALIVE?

If you play AC0 before AC5 then you spoil some of the mystery surrounding Belkan war and just what it was that Belka did that was so monstrous.

YO BUDDY, STILL ALIVE?

And thanks, friend

Is the Unreal Engine something to be concerned about?

I don't think so. It's a proven engine. Besides, with development being more expensive these days (due to more and higher-quality assets), going with an existing engine should mean less development time than it would have taken if they'd gone with building another custom in-house engine from the ground up.

Unreal bugs me because it seems like games made with the same engine kind of "feel" the same.

Also makes porting the game a breeze, as well as optimization and scalability.

Could easily be made for PC with options from Toaster to God.

I can see that, especially for shooters made in Unreal. But a flight sim? It's pretty different from most games made with that engine, and I imagine it's going to play like the previous games.
The only Unreal tic that consistently bugs me is those shadow outlines.

Yup. Boeing revealed theirs as well recently. I wrote a thing about the program and it's entries here: iob.imgur.com/uYGg/LLnTeqsZUy

Northrop is my personal favorite in this one. Their entry is basically the reincarnation of the F-20

He looks real old.

See

the fun of the game is more in managing your weapons in pursuit of the S-rank.

Please leave

Calm your fucking autism.

Lower quality posts lead to lower quality posters. Do you really want to let apathy kill the board like that? For god's sake, have a little bit of self respect in your hobby.

Maybe you should actually read the post before you declare it "low quality". It's pretty well written.

im gonna have to agree with this guy
as of late post quality has gone down the shitter and i actually enjoy the fags that browse /aceg/

What would you suggest I use instead for write-ups like this. I'm perfectly open to using an alternative, I only use imgur because it's convenient.

sli.mg or upload to 8ch

Sli.mg seems alright, though it'll be more difficult for people to find it there. The entire point of these albums is to educate people, afterall, so I'd like people to be able to stumble across it as they browse. There's no way in hell that I would just upload to Holla Forums though. The format of this site is completely unsuited to the format of my albums.

make a WEBM of it

There's video of the Model 400 taxiing now. It's god damn glorious.

AC7 aircraft wallpaper dump incoming.

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Why is there a hook at the back on the F-104?
Is it naval starfighters?

If I remember correctly some countries that operated Starfighters added the tail hook so that it could operate on shorter runways. There's no way you could fly a F-104 off a carrier. The takeoff speed is too high.

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I've stumbled on Ace Combat recently due to the fucking amazing "Liberation of Gracemeria" and "Megalith Agnus Dei" soundtracks and the games (I've watched some AC 5 and 6 gameplay) look like a fucking blast.

Not at all.
Pretty much. Get Zero too, though. It and 5 are the best, in my opinion. If you have a 360, pick up AC6 as well.
Yes.
It's pretty typically Japanese: serious elements mixed with occasional cheesiness, and some over-the-top animu superweapons.

No, the games are very arcadey.
4, 5, and Zero, then play them in that order. Most of the others are worth a playthrough, as well. The real version of 3 is getting a translation release soon, so look forward to that.
Depends on the difficulty you play at.
The stories themselves aren't amazing, but what they do well is draw you in as a part of them. Most of them have a progression where you start out as a no-name faggot who gets to the point where enemy pilots start shitting themselves when they see you're in the skies with them.

At first I thought it was some weird jap tracer ammo but now it's just fucking Star Wars?

Also, light hits instantly the target because of its great speed so it shouldn't look like bullets

I remember the Falken having a laser weapon but it acted more like a sword you would wield with the nose of your plane, instantly burning any enemy.

It might just be some kind of technology that just looks like typical sci-fi lasers.

Yeah but whatever the scenario says it's just laserguns so…

Then I hope we can get an X-Wing as an easter egg at least.

Nope. It's easy to get into.
4, 5, and Zero are cheap to get, and all three are worth playing. As for Assault Horizon, ignore it.
Yes.
It depends on your tastes. The stories in each game have their own charm and cheesiness to it, but the latter makes it a little more special.

Thanks for the advice, lads.

jeuxvideo.com/videos/reportages/578198/ace-combat-7-a-l-assaut-de-la-realite-virtuelle-playstation-experience.htm
More gameplay, but in french.

So he says that he never played the series before but he was surprised that the controls were easy to handle/arcady; simple buttons: one to take off, aiming, autolock possibility to destroy the enemies with two types of missiles and of course the main gun. He was pleased to see that it was easy to handle without having to think about it too much.

He found some interesting visual details such as the "staging" around you when you take off, with the guys guiding you on the runway, getting in front of you, planes taking off around you, which make to immersion great. The cockpit is really benefit from VR, which is for him a kind of game that make VR really enjoyable.

Yet he says that the taking off didn't really feel like he would have imagined, he didn't really feel the speed, didn't have this feeling of "Yeah now we're going in the skies" which could be made better as of now. Then he says that even if the VR headset are sub 1080p, it still looks good, when you get in the clouds there are drops on the cockpit and smoke effects like that. Interesting on paper, needs some tweaking for VR

So yeah, it's coming from a journo who doesn't know the series.

Motherfucker, we're going to get to fire QAAMs at enemies tailing us by looking back, and it's gonna be radical. Also, that's the rival ace, so I fully expect a surprise QAAM to the face on Ace difficulty. I wish I had money to blow on that VR bullshit for MAXIMUM IMMERSION but I'll just have to make due with the classic Ace Combat gameplay.

Hoping this guy reports back soon.

Thank you. I edited the video to only show gameplay footage.

Thanks for the translation.
Maybe because he was taking off from a carrier? The catapults make for a short takeoff, maybe he expected a longer one like on a runway.

Also, don't come bitching to me about soundless fucking video, there was no gameplay audio or decent music in the file and I was too lazy to add any myself, so I just didn't include an audio track.

It's okay, user

So, maybe I'm just blind, but I haven't seen an attitude (horizon) indicator in either of these gameplay videos. What the hell?

Looks like there's one projected in the cockpit, but not on the HUD proper.

Has anyone relied on this outside of mission gimmicks?

My personal playstyle relies on low level flying and terrain masking, pointless as it may be in a video game. So yes. Plus it's fun to try and weave through skyscrapers. It would be very embarrassing to crash into the ground instead of a building.

Attitude (i.e., horizon), not altitude.

Yeah. I love diving down so I have to watch it if I am watching a target and not really paying attention to where I am.

Pretty useful on foggy/cloudy maps. Especially ones over oceans. The water can very easily blend into the sky on occasion.

That looks like some interesting terrain. I wonder if the lightning strikes are cosmetic, or will be a hazard that needs to be avoided?

im that guy. currently looking for my ace combat discs

Bit of a lost opportunity.

The only way that would be worthwhile (assuming it's functional in the first place) is if it worked for all flight sim games, and the genre was a shitload more popular. Doing it just for Ace Combat 6 alone would probably bankrupt them.

Bamco could get their Chinese toy manufacturing connections to fabricate a poorly padded plastic helmet with built in headphones and brackets for a VR visor.

Wouldn't have to be specific to Ace Combat, just something more gimmicky they could sell to the pro gamurz crowd or other autists.

Wouldn't mind if Bamco and Project Aces churned out some AC merch like a jacket, a Nugget plush (pic related), or an official fanbook/artbook (not counting the one that was bundled with Assault Horizon).

I wouldn't mind some diecast models that had pen holding hard points. Bonus points if the cockpit opens up to reveal a pencil sharpener and the shavings come out of the thruster nozzles.

That'll be adorable to have, and something that I wouldn't mind having on my desk. Another thing that would be great would be some patches/medals of each squadron's insignia, or a music box.

it's unlikely prob but man if that is true holy shit

First some of /cgg/ migrated here now some of /aceg/? What a lovely day.

And god fucking dammit it hurts because Scamco (instead of shoving idolshit down weebs mouths) could potentially bring some newcomers into the best PS2 trilogy. Maybe after ac7 they might/could release it on ps4?
also Online multiplayer support or at least porting Infinity to ps4 with crossplatform also would be neato
New Blood New Battles

Yo Buddy, Still alive?

I think this is lit the only game I would be perfectly fine using VR

It actually comes in surprisingly handy when flying low-alt, during dogfights, and foggy weather (like said)

How about an AWACS toy with a draw string that spins the rotodome and plays back some radio chatter?

That would be cute too, and wouldn't mind they made a model kit of Skyeye too.

I can emulate the PS2 games just fine, but trying to emulate and record them is proving to be very troublesome. It slows down too much when things explode.

So now my mission is to try to maximize the quality I can achieve while recording the games via real hardware. Here is a quick test I did, tell me how well you think this turned out.

FPS drops aren't too noticable when recording. AC5 records fairly well from what I've tried

Well first, hardware differences make a big impact. My overclocked i7-2600k just can't quite keep up. Second, you are using hardware acceleration, which admittedly when I use it gets me VERY close to the performance I want, but the occasional graphical glitches is still suffers are a deal breaker for me. So recording the genuine hardware is the way to go for now (the autism is too strong).

Which means I have to record my PS2 via analog video and then de-interlace the sucker in a way that both looks good and retains 60fps motion (that was the goal I set for myself, didn't want to settle for deinterlacing to 30fps if I could avoid it). Hence the test WebM, which I am looking for feedback on how you guys think it looks. I think it looks like the best damn analog video footage I've ever captured, normally I refuse to use it and require digital. As good as I think it looks, I'm still considering getting a hardware backwards compatible PS3 so I can get a clean digital video signal from the games.

I played 0 as a kid and loved it, played AW and hated it, keep wondering if the old ones in Strangereal are all good.

Two questions:

**pic barely related*

You mean AH? Assault Horizon?

Yes.

Release order is almost always recommended.
PS1 games are easy, PS2 games are tougher due to hefty CPU and moderate GPU requirements.

Oh, and PSP games of course emulate well too because PPSSPP is fucking amazing.

they don't even have the font correct. PSP emulation is a joke.

[Citation Needed]
PPSSPP in terms of performance, compatibility, and interface is one of the best out there. Compare that to the decade of shitty broken plugin based N64 and PS1 emulators that were are only just now starting to crawl our way out of.

The only thing PPSSPP does poorly is filter HUD/UI elements at increased internal resolutions. They need to fix that.

nothing fixes 2d elements when you start upscaling them.

are you saying this is correct?

I've never seen a game in PPSSPP have UI that fucked up. Worst I ever see is annoying lines around things caused by the filtering. Like I said though, they should fix it.

What is this game?

I'm starting to get hype for this.

Really faggot?

For the greatest Ace Combat experience, should the nuggets of these threads play AC5 or AC0 first? I reckon to enhance the impact of Belkan tricks, they must place AC0 before AC5.

theres been loads of speculation that mobius 1 was part of one of the other games, but iirc the developer flat out denied he'd been in any other game. He did, however, admit it was a cool idea that they might've secretly added him….

RELEASE ORDER OR KILL YOURSELF

YO BUDDY, STILL ALIVE?
And thanks, friend.

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Aaaaaaand I just realized I titled this "AC6" instead of "AC7," somebody kill me.

Looks pretty good to me.

I'm still playing 4, but would there possibly be a way to play 5/0 in such a way you have the least spoilers? Someone would have to write a mission-order-guide, if at all possible.

I don't have enough autism to do this, but someone probably does.

I agree it's better to play 0 first, since 5 spoils the whole Belka bombing itself twist

Fuck you too.

You could stop playing 5 right before they spoil 0, play 0, and then come back to 5. That would fuck the pacing immensely though, and I'm not sure if 0 ruins anything for 5 or not.

So mission 19 in 5? Though you'd have to stop literally right after that mission, I think.

Those graphics look way too good for ps4

Either theres a PC version…….or like GTAV they are showing an enhanced PC dev version that wont be released not soon and the console version will be considerably downgraded

5 spoils the twist in 0 in the very first cutscene, it's best to play 0 first.

Most of that trailer is obviously cut scenes. There was some gameplay-looking stuff in there that seemed reasonable for the PS4.

WHY

Visor or retina projection.

I don't mean that, I mean the static game hud right on top of the cockpit panels

Just to suffer.

No, they're statically projected over the cockpit controls.

Looks like the typical demo mode blurbs used when showcasing games at convents.

It could also be they are lazy fucks and using the that same HUD on all planes so they don't have to animate the controls and displays on the cockpits which are all different

It looked like the cockpit actually did have animated controls though, including a functional gyroscope. The HUD (by which I mean the actual aircraft hud, not the visor display) had some functional element, too.
I think the radar should just be part of the visor display, though–it's a bad idea to overlay different elements on the cockpit panels.

It does? I don't remember that. I guess this is a good excuse to play 5 again and see. It might just be wise to play 0 first but 5 doesn't spoil 0's other twist.

Modeling the cockpits is what takes the time. Telling the engine to render this UI element on this polygon takes two seconds. They could easily slap the same generic UI elements where they fit the best in every cockpit so it's not a matter of whether or not they are lazy but whether or not they are retarded. They would miss appeasing the geeks for basically zero effort and using the floating UI for old planes would be a fair enough cop out.

Regarding the F/A-18 cockpit in the demos, has anyone seen if the center display is functioning? Also when is this coming out again?

2017, but they haven't been any more specific than that.

HUDs are becoming obsolete, with modern jets using a helmet based solution projected into the visor. Not that much of a stretch to assume they retrofit every plane with this in a universe where a flying buttfucking laser cannon exists.

Also, anybody got one of these? Just scored one on eBay well below trending price and plan to put it to work for AC6 and Mechwarrior 4 when it arrives.

Many old planes get LCDs retrofitted to them, like the Mig21 Bison

In any case this floating HUD should be optional and not forced into everybody

Anybody ever play the PS2 games on a hardware backwards compatible PS3? Does it look good?

Plenty of people just emulate it. It's even better now with the recent additions on the dev channel that makes hardware rendering work properly on AC5 and AC0.

Whoever makes the new thread needs to include links to PCSX2 and some ISOs in the OP

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_and_PlayStation_2_games_compatible_with_PlayStation_3

I'll do that when I make the next thread. We need a proper OP format anyways since these threads are only going to become more common as AC7 nears release.

Make sure to include the known good hw mode version of PCSXE2. Make shit easier for the nuggets.

Oh, and make sure to run off a virtual drive. Tried playing off my legit discs, got bad fmv skipping despite my copies being pristine.

I wasn't asking if they worked, I was asking if they look good - better than PS2 via analog output.

You don't need a virtual drive, you can just do what I did and rip your discs to ISO and then play that off your hard drive.

I don't know.