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[katsubento]

This was one of the best announcements today.

 

[Espada]

FUCK YESSSSSSS!!!!!

I laughed like a madman and grinned from ear to ear when I heard this news and saw the trailer.

Ace Combat is BACK! And in Strangereal at that, thank goodness. PSX did nothing but make my list of future games grow even longer. All I need is news of a new Soul Calibur and I'm good.

 

[Augemitbutter]

count me in.

 

[Valkerionseven]

Ace Combat 7
Strangereal
Orbital Elevator

welp, check that off the dream game list. Lets do this guys!

 

[Lionheart1827]

Just watched the trailer again, and noticed the intro piano is a rendition from Ace Combat 5. Perhaps an Ace Combat 5 sequel?

 

[orochi91]

1080p60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIqAS4avNsE

This looks fabulous

 

[Sorral]

I haven't had a reveal that gave me goosebumps like this in a long while just from starting up... Finally! 😵

 

[Off-Kilter]

This announcement got me rock hard. Bless you Project Aces.

 

[Burt]

Looking forward to it, but looking forward more to a VR-only Ace Combat 8. "VR-exclusive features" sounds like tacked on Kinect support, when a game like this would explode heads if it was built for VR from the ground up. Definitely excited to see that when it comes around.

 

[KingJ2002]

This announcement made my decade... thank you Namco Bandai!

"PlayStation®4 players will be further immersed in ACE COMBAT 7’s realism through exclusive features developed specifically for the Sony PlayStation®VR."

Sounds like there's VR elements to enhance the experience... but the game is also playable without it.

 

[JamboGT]

I remember HAWX 1 being really good, while HAWX 2 felt like a bad rush job. The online for HAWX 1 was great.

I liked the first HAWX a lot actually but Ace Combat is another level for me I have to say.

 

[Nestunt]

I hope this game is designed with standard camera in mind and VR as a side project

 

[IbizaPocholo]

The best announcement for me of the psx.

 

[Gren]

Even though I usually prefer 3rd person view (I like looking at my plane & its paintjob), this is definitely something I could get behind for VR. Perhaps the first such title I'm actually excited to experience in that way.

Great to know it's going back to Strangereal as well. Last gen just wasn't the same with only one classic AC.

 

[mcz117chief]

All right we are back in business. Now I hope there will be an option for dogfight mode

what is your guy's favorite jets

Definitely Fenrir, second is Morgan.

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

PSVR is going to rock it

I'm going to have to buy the fucking thing now goddamit.

 

[R.D.Blax]

I hope the super weapon in this game is a giant space laser. I love giant space laser

 

[Randam]

This announcement made my decade... thank you Namco Bandai!

"PlayStation®4 players will be further immersed in ACE COMBAT 7’s realism through exclusive features developed specifically for the Sony PlayStation®VR."

Sounds like there's VR elements to enhance the experience... but the game is also playable without it.

let us hope so.

and that it is realy comparable with 4, 5, Zero and 6.

 

[raven777]

Kono confirmed you can play without VR.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

There's nothing else like Ace Combat. This looks awesome too. Gonna go and watch some videos on YT of the old games!

 

[Bastos]

Hope it's 60FPS and completely different from that Assault Horizon POS.

My dad is hyped like never before since he haven't played a decent Ace Combat since the PS2.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Jas someone who went hunting for the ps2 trilogy And played and beat them some months ago, making me a huge fan.
FUCK YES!

That ace combat 5 feel!

 

[mcz117chief]

Have they announced anything about dogfight mode and air strike mode (CRA system)? I would be really bummed out if they removed it completely. Maybe not make it as mandatory as it is in Assault Horizon but definitely keep it, it was a step in the right direction.

 

[Dio]

ace combat has always had goofy VA but what the fuck was up with the stuff in this trailer? someone ask them about that

 

[Ban Puncher]

No Idolpl@nes?


No buy.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Fucking VR Ace Combat, god this is going to be incredible.

 

[Black Duke]

Waiting for dat OST...

 

[cj_iwakura]

what is your guy's favorite jets

Rafale.

 

[DMNBT]

Rafale.

I like you.

 

[Red Blaster]

ace combat has always had goofy VA but what the fuck was up with the stuff in this trailer? someone ask them about that

i popped in 4 last night to give it a nostalgic spin and that game's level of quality with its story and va is something that modern namco is seemingly incapable of achieving

 

[Darkangel]

Hyped for this.

I loved the PS2 games and 6 on 360.

uhhhhh

 

[Boogdud]

Have they announced anything about dogfight mode and air strike mode (CRA system)? I would be really bummed out if they removed it completely. Maybe not make it as mandatory as it is in Assault Horizon but definitely keep it, it was a step in the right direction.

/boothisman.gif

I'm so off board if they go the dogfight mode in just about any shape or form. That stuff killed ace combat for me, one of my favorite franchises since the original arcade cabinet.

 

[JamboGT]

I think they realised the dogfight mode was shit and put people off, no sign of it in Infinity and as this is an actual numbered Ace Combat I hope we don't get any of that crap.

 

[Shoeless]

I just hope these VR elements that they're referring to are actual gameplay, rather than a Forza/Kinect-esque "walk around the plane in the hanger and check out the cockpit and landing gear" kind of deal.

I mean, on thinking about it, keeping the frame rate up on a dual display is going to probably mean a significant downgrade in graphics to keep the performance up, so what if the VR functionality is strictly on the side and you can't actually play the game that way?

 

[mcz117chief]

/boothisman.gif

I'm so off board if they go the dogfight mode in just about any shape or form. That stuff killed ace combat for me, one of my favorite franchises since the original arcade cabinet.

Because who wants to play multiplayer, right? Assault Horizon managed the impossible and made fun pvp in Ace Combat all thanks to dogfight mode, besides that, if you played Ace Combat 6 on higher difficulty you would know how such a chore it is because of the extremely ass missiles in the whole franchise. If they are going to remove dogfight then they will have to make missiles realistic and make them almost impossible to dodge without ecm or flares, otherwise we are going to see the infinite spiral hell again.

Dogfight mode is awesome, it works and is fun as hell, the only problem I have with it is that it is a bit too mandatory since the only way to kill marked enemies is with dogfight mode which is a bit too forced, they should leave it up to the player if he wants to use it or not.

One of these has to happen:
1) leave the missiles as they are and give us dogfight mode
2) make missiles realistic and thus make dogfight mode obsolete

I think they realised the dogfight mode was shit and put people off, no sign of it in Infinity and as this is an actual numbered Ace Combat I hope we don't get any of that crap.

Choose: you will either have extremely passive AI like we can see in Ace Combat 4,5,0, Infinity and partially in 6 or we will have competent AI that tries to actually evade your attacks and behave with a glimpse of intelligence like in Assault Horizon. The former doesn't need dogfight mode while the other one does, if we keep the missiles as they are.

 

[Menthuss]

what is your guy's favorite jets

 

[Salaadin]

Anyone play AC4 or 5 on PCSX2? Do they run well enough?
Going to try and get them set up with my Thrustmaster stick.

 

[Massive_Edge]

Hyped for this.

I loved the PS2 games and 6 on 360.

uhhhhh

if this is strangereal, what is with the image?

 

[Glowsquid]

if this is strangereal, what is with the image?

they recycled the models from assault horizon and didn't count on nerds freeze-framing an early annoucement trailer

 

[zeroroute]

When they said 20 years I was thinking Tekken VR. Then the trailer started and OH SHIT indeed. Hope the VR on this and Rez doesn't make people hurl.

 

[DieH@rd]

Sounds like there's VR elements to enhance the experience... but the game is also playable without it.

Ssame as with pCARS and GT Sport.

Hope the VR on this and Rez doesn't make people hurl.

Flight simulators are great in VR [planes, spaceships].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0Faan49nI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDKsdz5yZDk

REZ on the other hand.. that looked psychodelic, I have no clue how will that mess our brains.

 

[LeonSPBR]

1080p60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIqAS4avNsE

Thank you for this. This looks beautiful.

 

[clarkision]

I think this announcement also significantly increase the chance of some of the classics getting released on the PS4.

 

[Erigu]

uhhhhh

I imagine this will also get ignored, but again, "strange real" is just a concept, not the name of the fictional world the main Ace Combat series is set in.

 

[raven777]

Is the music from the trailer from past game, or new one for this trailer?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

they recycled the models from assault horizon and didn't count on nerds freeze-framing an early annoucement trailer

Was that in Assault Horizon though?
There was a carrier for like 1 mission but I don't recall it being named or the fighters being marked as from that ship.

 

[karnage10]

Any chance for this to be released on PC?

 

[Lionheart1827]

Is the music from the trailer from past game, or new one for this trailer?

The opening piano is the main "motif" from Ace Combat 5, also known as the Unsung War.

The Unsung War

Not entirely positive on the rest of the trailer.

 

[Massive_Edge]

I imagine this will also get ignored, but again, "strange real" is just a concept, not the name of the fictional world the main Ace Combat series is set in.

looking it up..it seems like strangereal is just the fan name for the fictional world that inhabited AC 2-6, and the developers just stuck with it

because it was based on an old trailer for one of the early ace combat games that said "A strange, real world" or something

 

[Aerocrane]

I imagine this will also get ignored, but again, "strange real" is just a concept, not the name of the fictional world the main Ace Combat series is set in.

Ace Combat: Northern Wings mentions Strangereal as the world's name. I think it's the only game to mention the name.