Ace Combat Thread - "Damn it, My plane's been swiss cheesed!" - New game information soon - Games

After scouring my house for my AC5 disk to no avail (and ACX on my PSP being... unsatisfactory) I decided to try out HAWX2 for 6.49. You know, after having survived the horrendous mutilation of Ace Combat known as Assault Horizon, HAWX isn't too bad. I'm really interested in the mixing of all this strangereal with real world stuff though. I really adore strangereal; its like every mission plays out as a Supreme Commander match, with the player being an experimental and the bots being a horde of T1 units. What would be REALLY neat is to see the turn of events that turns real into strangereal, if thats the thing they're going for.

[QUOTE=MajorMattem;41518954]Oh man, all this strange-real stuff in infinity What the hell is it gonna be?[/QUOTE] I'm extremely tempted to say that they're trying to tie Strangereal to Earth, and that Strangereal is Earth after impact. They would have to retcon some stuff, but judging by Assault Horizon and how they've butchered the series previously, I doubt they'd hesitate. All the stuff in the trailer (Stonehenge?! And the CFA-44?!) point to it being tied to strangereal. Especiall the line "That day our sky fe||, the heavens split to create new skies." Seems to hint that this is a precursor to the Strangereal series, and that it's linking Earth to Strangereal. Honestly, I'm really excited to see what happens, I love Ace Combat and I really hope we can go back to the epic storylines and over-the-top narratives of 5, 0, and 6.

[QUOTE=Trekintosh;41519130]On second look, the plane I thought was the X-02 at 0:39 is most definitely not. Anyone got any idea what it is? A new superfighter, maybe?[/QUOTE] The plane at 0:39 (the end of the video) is the PAK-FA. It's a real plane being developed by Russia, but I think you meant 0:29, because the PAK-FA doesn't really look like the Wyvern. The plane you see at 0:29 two times is the ASF-X Shinden II. It's a fictional Japanese plane from Assault Horizon. [img]http://images.wikia.com/acecombat/images/5/52/ASF-X_Shinden_II_7.jpg[/img] [QUOTE=suXin;41517514]releasing exclusively on PlayStation 3[/QUOTE] [b]FUCK FUCK FUCK.[/b] That is so disappointing.

[QUOTE=Why485;41519439]The plane at 0:39 (the end of the video) is the PAK-FA. It's a real plane being developed by Russia, but I think you meant 0:29, because the PAK-FA doesn't really look like the Wyvern. The plane you see at 0:29 two times is the ASF-X Shinden II. It's a fictional Japanese plane from Assault Horizon. [img]http://images.wikia.com/acecombat/images/5/52/ASF-X_Shinden_II_7.jpg[/img] [b]FUCK FUCK FUCK.[/b] That is so disappointing.[/QUOTE] I can agree that the exclusivity is dissappointing, but PlayStation is really Ace Combat's home, it was very weird that AC6 was a 360 exclusive, considering they'd been on PS2 up until then. With the reception of the XBOne, it's not hard to see why Bandai-Namco and Aces would go back to Sony.

[QUOTE=Zombii;41519517]I can agree that the exclusivity is dissappointing, but PlayStation is really Ace Combat's home, it was very weird that AC6 was a 360 exclusive, considering they'd been on PS2 up until then. With the reception of the XBOne, it's not hard to see why Bandai-Namco and Aces would go back to Sony.[/QUOTE] Thinking about it some more, I think the reason it’s a PS3 exclusive is only because Microsoft is a pain in the ass with Xbox Live when it comes to dealing with anything downloadable. Fuck, it is mad deflating to know that I can't play this without spending $300.

[QUOTE=Why485;41519609]Thinking about it some more, I think the reason it’s a PS3 exclusive is only because Microsoft is a pain in the ass with Xbox Live when it comes to dealing with anything downloadable. Fuck, it is mad deflating to know that I can't play this without spending $300.[/QUOTE] Wait until we see what the gameplay is like, and more about the story. It might not be worth getting, but it all really depends on what the game is like.

I think it's too early to call anything at this point, all we can really do is hope it's not awful v:v:v Although since this game jumped out of nowhere and is only 2 months away, hopefully we'll get info soon.

Seriously contemplating dropping $200-300 dollars just to play the new AC game [editline]19th July 2013[/editline] Nice to see my favorite AC plane (Shinden) getting some love I should really get around to putting the model together

If this game turns out to be good, then I might buy a PS3 for it. It's not like there aren't a bunch of other great PS3 games out there, so it should go to good use if it comes to it.

Hopefully I can get one off a friend for 150 or so

I was bored, so I made some wallpapers of the trailer: [img_thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3965132/shit%20past%201013/shit/fantroll%20shit/wat/briefingfrontend.png[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3965132/shit%20past%201013/shit/fantroll%20shit/wat/meteorbrief.png[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3965132/shit%20past%201013/shit/fantroll%20shit/wat/skyfall.png[/img_thumb]

Canada is shown to have a lot of hits in that trailer.

If they are combining worlds, imagine Mobius, Razgriz, and all the other squadrons teaming up. :D

That whole 'the heavens split to create new skies' thing makes ridiculous sense, if we're to assume the game will have both the real world, and Strangereal in it. I just hope we get some more concrete evidence soon.

[QUOTE=Zombii;41521573]I was bored, so I made some wallpapers of the trailer:[/QUOTE] Thanks for the wallpapers. Added them to the OP. And, yeah, I'd love to hope it's something where the world turns from modern earth to strange-real, but I dunno.

The only thing I'm confused about is how they would manage to change the physical geography of Earth to fit Strangeworld if they did a transformation like that. Even asteroid impacts wouldn't have the ability to so profoundly change the face of the Earth in such a short time.

[QUOTE=StickyNade;41522495]The only thing I'm confused about is how they would manage to change the physical geography of Earth to fit Strangeworld if they did a transformation like that. Even asteroid impacts wouldn't have the ability to so profoundly change the face of the Earth in such a short time.[/QUOTE] The power of Retcon is a powerful thing.

[QUOTE=StickyNade;41522495]The only thing I'm confused about is how they would manage to change the physical geography of Earth to fit Strangeworld if they did a transformation like that. Even asteroid impacts wouldn't have the ability to so profoundly change the face of the Earth in such a short time.[/QUOTE] Maybe the asteroid impact shifts the crust of the earth or something like that (despite how powerful an asteroid would need to be to do that)? There was a clock looking thing in the trailer. That might be an indication of some passing of time?

To be honest I'm more disappointed that the game is download only rather than PS3 exclusive I love my game cases

Yeah for some reason I have a small concern that it won't be as big as the other games. Anyone feel that when they are downloadable games instead of disc?

I get the feeling, judging by the downloadable state, the showing of things from across the series, and other factors, that this is basically going to be what TVTropes calls a Massive Multiplayer Crossover, assembling things from across the franchise to form a 'best of' sort of game.

The PS3 exclusivity is very weird for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons is that there was an article during Assault Horizon's development where Namco basically said Assault Horizon needs to be a relative hit if the franchise is going to continue. The final sales didn't seem to indicate that it was (I think it netted something like 1 - 1.5 million sales.) So we have a new game anyway? Exclusive on PS3? Very weird... I think it's either 2 things, either Sony is fronting the bill to get a franchise back (Which doesn't make sense to be PS3, you'd think they would front the bill for PS4), or it's a Japan release only and North America will get Xbox360/PS3

Infinity seems to tie in with the novel [url]http://acecombat.wikia.com/wiki/Ace_Combat:_Icarus_in_the_Sky[/url]

[QUOTE=Major.Dump;41524446]The PS3 exclusivity is very weird for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons is that there was an article during Assault Horizon's development where Namco basically said Assault Horizon needs to be a relative hit if the franchise is going to continue. The final sales didn't seem to indicate that it was (I think it netted something like 1 - 1.5 million sales.) So we have a new game anyway? Exclusive on PS3? Very weird... I think it's either 2 things, either Sony is fronting the bill to get a franchise back (Which doesn't make sense to be PS3, you'd think they would front the bill for PS4), or it's a Japan release only and North America will get Xbox360/PS3[/QUOTE] Warning: Wild speculation to follow Considering the short development cycle, and the fact that it's download only makes me think this game has a very small budget. I bet they are re-using the engine and a lot of content from Assault Horizon to save money. It's not like the Assault Horizon engine would be difficult to adapt for another Ace Combat. It really only comes down to content, and in the trailer we're barely shown anything. We have confirmation of what, three planes? All of which were already in Assault Horizon. We also are shown only two distinct maps. The more I think about this the more I think this is not what people think or want it to be. We're probably giving it way too much credit by trying to find all these connections and piecing together some weird crossover with real life and Strangereal. It's probably just going to be a simple game with little to no story that's either a loosely collected series of missions or a multiplayer game where you fight across Earth and other Strangereal set pieces. Add to that Namco's recent trend for free to play multiplayer games and that only seems more likely. We don't know [I]anything[/I] about the game right now, so that's all my speculation. I might be completely wrong, and I hope I am, but from where I stand that's what I'm seeing.

[QUOTE=RikohZX;41524344]I get the feeling, judging by the downloadable state, the showing of things from across the series, and other factors, that this is basically going to be what TVTropes calls a Massive Multiplayer Crossover, assembling things from across the franchise to form a 'best of' sort of game.[/QUOTE] The source I posted recently takes a guess that it might be a Free-to-play game, judging by other Namco games released, such as Tekken Revolution.

[QUOTE=suXin;41526694]The source I posted recently takes a guess that it might be a Free-to-play game, judging by other Namco games released, such as Tekken Revolution.[/QUOTE] Oh geez it being downloadable only and this point makes me nervous :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;41527249]Oh geez it being downloadable only and this point makes me nervous :tinfoil:[/QUOTE] C'mon, it might surprise us. Whatever it is, the superweapons and the Ulysses can only be a good indication.

It seems like a might be a Free 2 play game but it isn't on PC which is the largest F2P market and project Aces has been trying to get into the PC market with Assault Horizon which did well on PC. I think its possible Sony had some kind of hand in making a deal with Namco to test the waters for how a download only AAA game would do on PS network or maybe a game for PS+ members. Also Project Aces recycles content like you wouldn't believe, all the assets for Ace Combat X for the PSP is 95% recycled Assets from AC4 and the same goes for Zero with 5.

[QUOTE=Saxon;41527338]It seems like a might be a Free 2 play game but it isn't on PC which is the largest F2P market and project Aces has been trying to get into the PC market with Assault Horizon which did well on PC. I think its possible Sony had some kind of hand in making a deal with Namco to test the waters for how a download only AAA game would do on PS network or maybe a game for PS+ members. Also Project Aces recycles content like you wouldn't believe, all the assets for Ace Combat X for the PSP is 95% recycled Assets from AC4 and the same goes for Zero with 5.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I noticed in Zero that there were one or two maps that were copied from 5. Unless they werent copied and were actually places that were in 5. Which would be cool, but still. Was Ace Combat X pretty good?

I always thought the Arkbird has a fantastic design [img]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Raptor12284/Ace%20Combat/562459_20040929_screen007.jpg[/img]