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

The arkbird is cool, yeah, but the XB-0 (Hresvelgr) is cooler. [img]http://images.wikia.com/acecombat/images/1/11/Hresvelgr_aircraft.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=MajorMattem;41530308]The arkbird is cool, yeah, but the XB-0 (Hresvelgr) is cooler. [img]http://images.wikia.com/acecombat/images/1/11/Hresvelgr_aircraft.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Hresvelgr is too ugly, I like Arkbird's clean lines and the fact that it's a fucking space station!

Ace Combat has always done a fantastic job making ridiculous, massive flying things. I love it.

[QUOTE=MadBomber;41530262]I always thought the Arkbird has a fantastic design [img]http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/Raptor12284/Ace%20Combat/562459_20040929_screen007.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [video=youtube;hkCMVsGy8Kk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkCMVsGy8Kk[/video]

what if those asteroids are actually more meteors hitting Russia and then Russia gets fed up and makes an anti-asteroid system to defend themselves from future asteroid attacks, and the US decides that it needs to be destroyed because it can be used to shoot down planes and shit MOBIUS ONE, ENGAGE [t]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110121054447/acecombat/images/e/eb/IMG_Mobius_1.jpg[/t] combining strangereal and our world lmao

[QUOTE=TaiwanesePrick;41555424]what if those asteroids are actually more meteors hitting Russia and then Russia gets fed up and makes an anti-asteroid system to defend themselves from future asteroid attacks, and the US decides that it needs to be destroyed because it can be used to shoot down planes and shit MOBIUS ONE, ENGAGE [t]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110121054447/acecombat/images/e/eb/IMG_Mobius_1.jpg[/t] combining strangereal and our world lmao[/QUOTE] That actually sounds like the plot of the game, or at least what it really could be

This was on the facebook page. [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q82/1045088_614532445243879_1485552907_n.jpg[/img] They're also rolling out new information soon.

[QUOTE=MajorMattem;41601012]This was on the facebook page. [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q82/1045088_614532445243879_1485552907_n.jpg[/img] They're also rolling out new information soon.[/QUOTE] I never played Assault Horizon so correct me if I'm wrong, but that looks a lot more like a classic/Strangereal Macmillan or Axe and Hammer strategic briefing screen than something that would be in Assault Horizon.

Might all just be a red herring, but I'm under the suspicion that Earth and Strangereal are the same world, not with both of them suffering asteroid strikes, some things start to come together, I didn't really notice until I played X, where the country is called Aurelia, in the southern hemisphere, and the protagonists is called Southern Cross which sounds very familiar to something in the real world.. The technology level is the same, what if the Ulysses was just 'the big one', and the world that was once Earth was so thoroughly wrecked by asteroids that the continents shifted and became Strangereal. I hope it's true, might just be my desire to see another Strangereal game for the current generation made. [editline]27th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=MajorMattem;41530030]Was Ace Combat X pretty good?[/QUOTE] I just finished X, it's nowhere near as good as 5 or Zero, but it's still not half bad for a PSP game, very short though.

[QUOTE=Dejarie;41602827]Might all just be a red herring, but I'm under the suspicion that Earth and Strangereal are the same world, not with both of them suffering asteroid strikes, some things start to come together, I didn't really notice until I played X, where the country is called Aurelia, in the southern hemisphere, and the protagonists is called Southern Cross which sounds very familiar to something in the real world.. The technology level is the same, what if the Ulysses was just 'the big one', and the world that was once Earth was so thoroughly wrecked by asteroids that the continents shifted and became Strangereal. I hope it's true, might just be my desire to see another Strangereal game for the current generation made. [/QUOTE] Also the fact that some landmasses are straight-up copy-pasted from Earth into Strangereal (most notably New Zealand, hence how I noticed). [t]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130414181451/acecombat/images/5/5f/Strangereal_Project_Aces_Full_Map.png[/t] Obviously the actual reason they did this is so that the map looks less empty, but in-universe, it could be explained by saying the tectonic plates were disturbed by the asteroid impact, but these places like NZ, Antarctica and Greenland weren't really hit by any asteroids, and have merely been pushed around by neighboring tectonic plates. Now that theory doesn't hold up when you look into NZ and local fault lines, but shhhhh.

[QUOTE=Pilotguy97;41602993]Also the fact that some landmasses are straight-up copy-pasted from Earth into Strangereal (most notably New Zealand, hence how I noticed). [t]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130414181451/acecombat/images/5/5f/Strangereal_Project_Aces_Full_Map.png[/t] Obviously the actual reason they did this is so that the map looks less empty, but in-universe, it could be explained by saying the tectonic plates were disturbed by the asteroid impact, but these places like NZ, Antarctica and Greenland weren't really hit by any asteroids, and have merely been pushed around by neighboring tectonic plates. Now that theory doesn't hold up when you look into NZ and local fault lines, but shhhhh.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't mind that, but they'd be fudging a lot of the science to make it work. Also that is a fantastic map of Strangereal, wow.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYEXEooM2VM[/media] This mission tho So much emotion, truly incredible [editline]26th July 2013[/editline] the radio chatter is just fucking incredible, my favorite part of the game probably

[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;41603834] This mission tho So much emotion, truly incredible [editline]26th July 2013[/editline] the radio chatter is just fucking incredible, my favorite part of the game probably[/QUOTE] Everybody always does that mission with the F-22. I decided to make bookends for myself and used the trusty F-4, which hadn't left the hangar since the first mission. Goddamn when the F-4 flew out of Megalith and zoomed past the camera, I very nearly shed a tear.

F-15C, every time. No exceptions.

For my first playthrough I tend to fly the canon hero fighter. So like I spent 90% of Zero flying the F-15C, or in 5 I flew mostly variations of the F-14.

Screw you guys, go F117 all missions

So will the old world hit by the meteor be strangereal which shifts its landmasses around because of the collision? Or just our earth, and they try to connect both universes with each other? I know that the continent hit by the celestial object looks like northern america.

We don't know. At this point it could be anything, but I doubt our world's geography and politics will suddenly turn into Strangereal's. I think the events of Strangereal will just happen again but in real life.

Infinity better have more crossover skins Nothing's better than making nerds rage by shooting them down in my iDOLM@STER plane

We're getting alot of info tomorrow.

Holy shit. They are banking hard on nostalgia value. [hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAwMSEG4OB4[/hd]

[QUOTE=Why485;41682620]Holy shit. They are banking hard on nostalgia value. [hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAwMSEG4OB4[/hd][/QUOTE] Well there's definitely no better option for music that they could've picked.

When I’m less tired I might go through this frame by frame, even if this is a game I can’t even play. At a glance, this is what I’ve noticed: The song (Rex Tremendae) is from the opening to the Megalith mission of Ace Combat 4. The Aigaion and its four escort ships are right there, and it’s seen firing it’s trademark Nimbus missiles. They explicitly call out Stonehenge, and we see it operational. There’s some kind of laser weapon used in one of the shots. In the CFA-44 canon, there’s mention of a laser weapon, so that’s probably where that’s coming from. Ace Combat 4’s AWACS, Sky Eye, is returning. So, what is it? Well there’s no sign of the Dogfight mode. That’s good. It looks like the theories that they were going to repeat the Strangereal events, but in real life is turning out to be true. That’s fine by me. They thankfully showed what looks like a story mode, so my fears of this being a multiplayer arena game are a little assuaged, but I’m not convinced yet. So far though, pretty interesting. I’m glad they’re returning to Strangereal. Even if it’s in a roundabout way.

I'm getting the sense that it's also a crossover of sorts for the older games despite the real world setting: in this case, superweapons and planes from AC6 finding their way into something like AC04's setting (and almost everything else from Shattered Skies). Still not ruling out the possible multiplayer focus. Rather than a story mode, it could just be a collection of sorties which recreate certain missions through co-op or a competitive mode similar to Capital Conquest (with, for example, the Stonehenge installation and its related defences instead of a warehouse or aircraft carrier to attack/defend). In either case, it might also be F2P like Tekken Revolution.

The aircraft seen firing the laser at 0:46 isn't the CFA-44 or the ADFX-01/ADF-01. Seems to be some sort a UCAV of sorts, seemingly resembling the US [url=http://www.richardcyoung.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/X47B.jpg]X-47[/url] adapted to strangereal. I agree it seems they're throwing in a lot of reliance on nostalgia for AC4, which makes me sad they couldn't get the original VA for Skyeye.

[QUOTE=Mericet;41682804]Still not ruling out the possible multiplayer focus. Rather than a story mode, it could just be a collection of sorties which recreate certain missions through co-op or a competitive mode similar to Capital Conquest (with, for example, the Stonehenge installation and its related defences instead of a warehouse or aircraft carrier to attack/defend). In either case, it might also be F2P like Tekken Revolution.[/QUOTE] This is my thoughts exactly. Just because they're showing dialogue doesn't mean this still can't be one of those multiplayer objective missions. Which isn't a [I]terrible[/I] thing if that's what happens. That's a pretty neat way to approach multiplayer where one side is defending Stonehenge or whatever and then the other has to attack it. If they do that, I only hope they make a good multiplayer game. Ace Combat has never had a multiplayer mode that I've thought was well executed. Assault Horizon had a lot of great ideas, and DFM was supposed to be the solution to the perpetual "Why even have planes other than the F-22?" problem, but DFM in itself was problematic. Capital Conquest was a pretty great idea, and when played right it could be very exciting, but there were too many loopholes and exploits that made it really annoying and one-sided. You know what game had the best arcade flight game multiplayer? [B]HAWX[/B]. I don't even care if you all disagree with me because I could go for a very long time about why I think so. The first HAWX game absolutely nailed multiplayer dogfighting. Not only did it feel great, but it was terrifically well balanced. Assistance Off mode was the ultimate skill equalizer, allowing an experienced pilot in damn near anything to compete toe to toe with the best planes out there. HAWX's multiplayer was a seriously underrated gem. The only problem with HAWX's multiplayer was All-Aspect missiles as a no-skill, annoying weapon that while not exactly strong, were just really boring to fight against.

[quote]Pre-flight checks initiated for the first free-to-play game of the legendary Ace Combat series, Set in a precise near future world and including beloved elements like super weapons and hyper-real visuals, the game will offer a brand new story campaign. In the new co-op multiplayer, skilled aces will form two teams of up to four players and compete to inflict the most damage on a common enemy.[/quote] I love the sound of this. I dont care if it isnt strangereal, this sounds great. Now we just need to see some gameplay.

Sounds amazing until free to play Ehhhhhhh [editline]2nd August 2013[/editline] But seriously making it F2P and PS3 exclusive is absolutely retarded

ps3 only god fucking damnit

SKY EYE IS BACK BITCHES [editline]2nd August 2013[/editline] TAKE ALL MY MONEY