Is any buddy out there? I didn't get to say goodbye last time.

Can you make an Ace Combat thread that isn't a general?

>>1101960 Never thought about it.

>>1101253 Damn its been a while since i saw you guys

>>1102315 We died a couple of hours before 4chan did.

>>1102401 I has been a while for me since I haven't visited /vg/ since before covid

>>1102485 Did you move here by then or was /vg/ the only place you left behind?

>>1102514 I left behind the entire site besides /sp/ for football matches just to shitpost

>>1102555 And you moved here or did you check back on this place to see if there were any refugees you recognized?

how it felt to see the hiro sticky on /v/ right before the site got taken down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24s__TuWmS0

daily reminder that 7 was trash

>>1108963 Why is that? I know a lot of people were shitting on it but I thought it waa alright.

>>1108963 It was a rushed job, but not trash.

>>1113228 Yeah it was clearly meant to be more but what we got is still pretty fun imho

>>1101253 You know you can use more than 1 image when making a thread right?

>>1113228 For most people I believe it's because the story makes no sense under closer inspection and some of the lines get retarded even under 5's standards. For people who played the previous games the gripes become more personal. >>1118356 I do, it's neat, but I didn't see a reason for it.

>>1113228 >>1113832 ok trash is a bit strong. It's a solid 5/10. It's FINE. One can only pray to plane jesus that 8 is just as good as 4, 0, or 6. I would like to see multiplayer not so fucked. Some more gamemodes would not be remiss.

Yo Infinity /aceg/ buddies.. Any of you still alive? Miss those days. What are you flying now and where?

>>1135172 >Any of you still alive? I don't think so, most left a while after 7's release, even if they didn't it looks like most of what was left of /aceg/ hasn't found it's way here.

i feel like the Hrinfaxi is underrated

>>1144672 The mission, the boss battle or the boat design?

PW is better

It's good to see you buddies, even if we're far from home. >>1135172 Does it count if I found /aceg/ only after my fucking PS3 died? >What are you flying now and where? Typhoon represent, as always. By the way, you know that those two emblems are in the pack in the OP? >>1142021 It's a shame the Shootouts kind of died out again, and I'm really fucking mad that I actually hosted a Space Elevator shootout last time and only five people came.

CUM HISTORIA

>>1153593 All three, honestly.

>>1165348 I agree, I liked the concept of a submarine carrier so much that I ended up doing the unthinkable, playing Supreme Commander 2.

Happy easter /ace-egg/, and happy Operation Choker-One to Belka

MOBIUS ONE RESPOND

>>1170178 << no >>

How do the PSP games compare to the PS2 trilogy? I've had a hankering to replay them recently, or at least replay 4 and 5 and then zero for the first time, but I don't have a PS2 anymore and my only currently functioning PC is a Celeron powered x131e so PS2 emulation is out of the question. I do have still have my PSP however. Also are the PS1 games playable without dedicated R2 and L2 buttons? I know the analog stick can be used but it's a pain in the ass on games that make heavy use of those buttons.

>>1101253 >it took a fucking catastrophe to make me return here It's been a while, buddies. Are the old namefags such as Tom Brady and Pilot Anon still around? I really liked PA's drawings

>>1108963 Nah, it's pretty good. It's just unpolished here and there but it's a pretty solid entry, although still a notch below the PS2 Holy Trinity.

>>1178191 >Tom Brady Ignore this if you don't wanna be sad Turned out he lied about everything in his life, and turned tail when he was discovered. Claimed his fiance died, people actually looked through obituaries, and nothing came up; he admitted he made everything up and cut contact entirely. >Pilot Anon He lurks occasionally, but nowadays he mostly makes his own stuff. Comic buddy is making his own game, it's called At Skies' Edge. There's a demo on itch and it's pretty fun.

>>1178590 >spoiler Huh. What a shame, but I guess it's one less retard infesting this place, be it an oldfag or not. >At Skies' Edge So the dev is the same dude behind those comic strips that were posted once in a while? That's neat.

>>1179603 >So the dev is the same dude behind those comic strips that were posted once in a while? That's neat. Yep, the very same. It's kinda fucked up that /oursite/ exploded on the very day that I first found /aceg/.

>>1178590 >Comic buddy is making his own game Is that a separate thing from the anon that took over the github hosted bones of a plane arcade game and started posting his progress in old /aceg/?

>>1144672 It has a cool boss battle music

>>1203631 This is what Federation radar operators see when I activate the AOA module.

>>1178590 >spoiler Did he ever say why though?

I've tried my hand at making an F3H derivative original 50s style aircraft for a story I'm making. What do you buddies think? I'll modify the panelling in a bit, for now I wanted to show the overall state of its design.

>>1227753 I've tried my hand at drawing planes and it's pretty hard to get that blueprint style right. Looks sick, did you use a dedicated CAD program?

>>1227855 Nah, GIMP works perfectly fine. I got pic related from Richard Ferriere's website, and I touched it up to my liking thanks to the path tool, selection cut+paste, and using a ton of layers. You can see the contrast between the original parts and the things I drew over it.

>>1227753 Those belly pylons always looked funny to me. The canted twin tails are a nice touch.

Has anyone had success using any of the VR mods for AC7? I tried to get it to work a while ago, but every time I tried to inject with UEVR, the game would just crash. It looked like there were several different VR mods including some hidden in discord servers, so I'm not sure if I just got the wrong one.

>>1233295 I managed back in 2024 before I upgraded my PC. https://github.com/keton/ace-combat-uevr/releases Tried it again back in December with the new rig but it didn't work this time, never bothered to fix it as the Project Wingman DLC had just released, which had native VR and the VR modes never felt too good anyways though it's probably because going from VTOL VR to Ace Combat 7's or Project Wingman's VR didn't feel nice nor did it add a whole lot to the experience.

>>1233867 That's one of the ones I hadn't tried yet because the downloads are in their discord. Maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and try it. Personally I've had a blast playing PW in VR multiple times, which is why I was excited to try AC7 as well. I haven't played VTOL VR, maybe I'll check it out too.

>>1234499 >I haven't played VTOL VR, maybe I'll check it out too. It's more of a DCS like than an Ace Combat like so beware of that.

ok but which plane would u fug??

>>1240146 All of them, of course. >>1240143 You took a while to show up.

>>1240146 F35-chan tummy erotic ToT

>>1240146 All of them, of course.

>>1241979 Took a bit of a break. I expected 4chan to come back sooner, but then I read up on what happened and realized it wasn't going to be that quick.

Berkut? More like BerCUTE

I regret not checking the thread the day before 4chan took a shit, good to know that some of you buddies are here but it just ain't the same

>>1244961 Well, the thread died a couple hours before 4chan kicked the bucket so you wouldn't see anything anyways but don't worry, we're in there forever after all.

>>1247797 I wonder if other buddies are out there, elsewhere

>>1240143 Sukhoi? More like Sugoi!

>>1144672 top 3 aura farming moments of the entire franchise

>>1247797 it's back, I took initiative and made the thread again myself, I hope you buddies don't mind

>>1256531 I'm not going back.

>>1204275 Why he made it all up, or why he said that his fiance died? For the latter, >his version He claimed he wanted to slowly "cut the lies", but when confronted, he first replied with another lie (that he'd been dumped), when in reality this person never existed. When we pushed the tiniest bit more, he gave up and told us that they never existed. >what we think Desperately seeking attention and approval. He made up a long and internally consistent history talking about injuries, personal drama, and highly traumatising events, and he carefully curated this persona over all these years. It'd seem fucking outlandish if someone told you every single thing about him at once, but the weirdness gets filtered out if it's recounted over the span of eight years by someone careful to make it internally consistent. >>1260573 This site's objectively better from a usability standpoint, but everyone's come back already.

>>1242418 F-15S/MTD with the NASA markings is my go to plane. Next Ace Combat absolutely needs a cute WSO like Wingmand does.

>>1101253 <<FUCK OFF PREC>>

I have never played any of these games before, but I was always curious about them. I played the entirety of 4 in a single weekend on an emulator, and it was the most fun I've had in years. Loved it. Then played 5 and absolutely hated it. Hated the characters, hated the missions, hated the story. Couldn't even finish it. After the Four Horsemen mission, I gave up. Should I power through it, or skip and try a different game?

>>1285399 YES.

>>1285460 You could skip to 0 and play it without any worry(personally I played it 0 -> 4 -> 5). You will most likely enjoy 0, and after you finish it, you could try giving 5 another shot.

>>1285460 That's interesting because I really loved 5.

>>1285399 UOHHH SENTIENT PLANE EROTIC

>>1285460 Try 0, 2 and/or X. 2 is peak arcade, 0's story is not nearly as melodramatic and it's pretty short and not very gimmicky, X will remind you of 4 a lot but with a bit more gimmick missions.

>>1366884 Pussy shit not uploading the actual audio, but I get it. You just copied someone's joke on reddit or twitter.

>>1367616 That's OC you cocksucker, the lyrics don't fit AC at all you low IQ retarded nigger. Fuck you're stupid

>>1367616 >>1366884

>>1285399 > are you drunk? > cockpit access denied, get your filthy hands off me you animal!

>>1573573 > I'd never trust anyone pulling me at so much G-force except you.

>>1572595 >OC = take an instrumental of a random popular song and put a plane picture on it Fuck you're stupid.

What will they ruin and censor in Ace Combat HD?

>>1716216 leaked achd footage

AC5 has, for me, the best unintentionally funny moment: Beginning of the final mission: Edge: Blaze! Archer: Blaze! Swordsman: Blaze! YES < > NO

>>1716840 >Blaze, our allies are under attack, please help them!

>>1716227 >pic >tfw no Choro Q game with planes

For those that aren't aware yet ACE COMBAT 8 IS REAL https://store.steampowered.com/app/2288340/ACE_COMBAT_8_WINGS_OF_THEVE/

>>2010970 The one thing that scared me: I'm almost positive I heard Debra Wilson in that trailer.

>>2011148 You know, at this point I just gotta "respect the hustle", as they say.

>>2010970 >bad guys have cool IJN-like uniforms Please let me switch sides.

buddies... the one thread I missed from not going back after the hack

I AM HYPED BUDDIES 7 years of cooking and we finally get something new. Comments are telling me it's Sotoa invading Usea. That's the continent west of Yuktobania and east of Osea. https://acecombat.wiki.gg/wiki/Sotoa

>>2011417 >AC 7 actually came out 7 years ago holy shit what the fuck

>>2011425 You're lying, 2019 wasn't 7 years ago

>>1135172 I'm still alive. I didn't touch Ace Combat in years. Been busy, also I'm getting motion sickness much more easily.

>>2011417 The explains the brain problems I was experiencing when watching the trailer for the first time. Kept seeing and hearing "This is totally Ace Combat" but the roundels on the planes kept making second guessing myself. Come to think of it. Didn't the DCS guys have a Ace Combat themed campaign where they fought Sotoa?

I wish AC6 was playable, it looks really impressive but then xenia just eats a bag of shit.

>>2011796 Last I checked it was fully playable if you're willing to endure a few crashes.

>>2011804 I am not willing to do so, so it's back to waiting for a decomp of ace combat games (never ever) or a port of anything before 7 to pc (even more never ever)

>>2011804 It has a fuck ton of graphical bugs too which haven't been fixed in years. The Xenia devs admitted they know what is causing them but won't fix it because it'll break graphics in other games which is a retarded logic when they could just make a toggle for the game.

>>2011148 What worries me more is UE5, I'll just have to hope they know what they're doing.

Surprised nobody posted the trailer. First things first, this game looks a bit too much like 7, and I am not sure if it's because it's the same engine, or the same art style, or just that graphics haven't evolved in the last 7 years all that much. Now even if that is the case, it's not necessarily a bad thing, as it will hopefully run on the similar hardware as 7, and allowed them to release this game faster. As for the story, from what I gather from the trailer, you are the co-pilot of Rex The Ghost of Kiev, an Ace of Aces, who may or may not be just war propaganda, sadly he dies, so now (You), have to take his place so that grift of Rex The Ghost of Kiev can continue. It doesn't even matter if you are good or not, because as it says in the trailer "I can make your kill count to be whatever". I assume, (You) will actually be a good pilot, and prove to everyone that you are not just some war mascot, maybe we even learn that the previous pilot, wasn't even the first Rex The Ghost of Kiev. If AC7 was about humans and their place in the sky, in a world of machines that and communication, here it will be about reality vs fiction, or in other words a memetic warfare. Maybe our enemy will also be their version of Rex with Instagram posts, about how cool the enemy ace pilot is. The Arkbird indicates that this will be even further in the timeline, so maybe a lot of top tier planes will now have laser weapons and energy shields, and not just "that one prototype plane".

Had a 1080p version of the trailer at 16 MB, but for some reason I couldn't post it, so have this 720p version. My hopes is that they learned the most important lesson from Project Wingman, that we need a waifu co-pilot.

Haven't seen anyone bring it up, considering this and a few lines of dialogue in the trailer I think squad commands are coming back

>>2011906 >graphics haven't evolved in the last 7 years all that much This is the one

>>2011915 Wish we could go back

>>2011944 The events of 3 take place in 2040, so we are kind of reaching that point in time with 8. That is why I want a bit more sci-fi elements in 8, like mass-produced planes with lasers and shields, maybe even use the Space Elevator to have a final mission in Space.

Sage for double post >>2011936 It might be more of an art-style thing, Project Wingman, and Ace Combat 7 look different, even though they both use "realistic" planes, and it might be more than just the color orange. Whereas, AC 7 and 8 look more or less the same.

>>2011936 We really did peak in terms of practical X realistic graphics in the late 2010s, anything since has been fluff just to sell gpus that's not necessary to total fucking morons

>>2011906 >and allowed them to release this game faster. >6-7 years is "faster" because the gap between AC6 and 7 was 12, 8 if we count Assault Horizon, and 5 if we count Infinity Fucking modern gaming industry Going off of everything else, it seems like the "Shadows" might be that for Sotoa. >so maybe a lot of top tier planes will now have laser weapons and energy shields, and not just "that one prototype plane". Also hoping that means the F-18F is the bitch-tier starter plane, and the F-22 and SU-57 have been downgraded to mid. And the Federation are poorfags so they don't start with planes with COFFIN systems, but they seize some shortly after in the story once the protagonist proves they're a competent pilot.

>>2011999 The only problem with COFFIN planes, is that they won't be a two-seater, unless, they will be really bold, and give us an AI co-pilot waifu, to whisper sweet things into our head, kinda like Armored Core 6.

>>2012038 And, if the Raven was anything to go by, a true COFFIN system has no visible cockpit, since the pilot is reclining and essentially half-napping while flying the plane with their mind. The in-betweens, like the FALKEN and the proto-Electrosphere planes in the PSP games, were exceptions. I'm hoping those return

>>2011827 They've been fixed since about a year last I checked, and you had a custom build floating around with the ground fix enabled before that.

>>2011944 >go back I know it's not what the post meant, but made me wonder: Would WW2-Korea era stuff work for Ace Combat?

>>2012756 A prequel maybe? A war between 1910 and 1970? Wouldn't be too out there, but I doubt it would sell.

>>2012756 ace combat with no missiles would be fun

>>2013688 >minuteman Whoever made this has no idea what hes talking about

I know jack about Ace Combat other than the fact the music kicks ass, specifically Zero, Werewolf, In the Zone and Gator Panic (and by extension Tango Line). Recommend more AC bangers, please. >Also Normally I'd start a game series by the first entry, but if I were to ask, which AC game would you recommend me to start with?

>>2013911 arguably 4->5->0 are the best place to start, but 7 (via steam) and X (via psp emulation) are both good first time things as well. Also nothing wrong with going by release order if think you can handle earlier psx stuff. For reference I started with 6, AC games are in my opinion self-contained enough to start with whichever is the most convenient for you to get a hold of. Just to sort of see if you like it and want more. but here's a good track; I recommend AC5's arcade mode OST heavily https://youtu.be/GkEZnsQIl88

>>2013911 >Recommend more AC bangers Impossiburu because AC has way too much bangers. Besides obvious ones like Megalith, Unsung War, Aquila, Liberation of Gracemeria, Chandelier, Sol Squadon and Daredevil: AC3 Eye of the Storm, Physical Layer, Frozen Soul, Revelation >AC4 Sitting duck, Blockade, Comona, Bunker Shot, Safe Return, Whiskey Corridor, North Point AC5 Rendezvous, Scinfaxi/Hrimfaxi, Grabacr, Reprisal, Four Horsemen, Ice Cage, White Noise, Closure, Wings of Unity, Winter Storm ACZ Glacial Skies, Juggernaut, Diaposon, Gelb, Merlon, Stage of Apocalypse, Final Overture, Avalon >AC6 Invasion of Gracemeria, Vitoze Aerial Defense, Bartolomeo Fortress, Anea Landing, Selumna Peak, On Line >Assault Horizon White Devil, Fighter (instrumental), Naval Warfare, Keep Alive, Shall Defend AC7 obvious Sol Squadron Eastern Wind, Dual Wielder, Gunther Bay, IUN debriefing, Long Day, Pipeline Destruction, Faceless Soldier, Siren Song, Magic Spear (both), Battle for Farbanti, Homeward >DLC Sightsound, Anchorhead Raid, Mimic, Awakening, Alicorn >which AC game would you recommend me to start with 4

>>2013911 Depends on how willing you are to deal with jank AC1 if you're jank proof and don't mind fairly high difficulty AC3 if you're slightly less willing to put up with jank AC4 otherwise Be warned that's it's real hard to go back to the early titles if you're used to the modern AC conveniences and modern AC missile behavior, though not as bad as trying to get into Airforce Delta 1.

>>2013662 Didn't Project Aces make the Sky Crawlers game? Still haven't played it >>2013911 It'll be easier to say what isn't a banger. Also start with 4 since it's slightly easier to work your way through 4-5-0 since they're mostly mechanically similar. If you got time, and don't mind the older flight models (especially 3), then 2. Didn't play Assault Horizon: Legacy, so I can't tell how much of an improvement over 2 it was.

>>2011999 >F-22 and SU-57 have been downgraded to mid. I hope not, because--if it is to be, there are some craft that deserve to be pushed down to low-tier or simply not included at all. (I'm not talking about performance, but visual appeal--some, like the F-35, don't look good; you can see why that fighter wasn't ever selected to be the face of a game.) If it is indeed to be, with futuristic craft as the top tier, then Aces has to do better than what Electrosphere had. The designers succeeded at making the futuristic craft look exotic (if not to say futuristic, which I would--even spaceworthy ), but not at making them look good--with the exception of one, the Aurora. The XFA-35 looks better than any of the Neucom craft, and it's more evocative of the advanced craft seen before and after, like the XFA-27. (The Game also reminds me of another, but I can't recall a name; maybe because its design actually evokes a few craft.)

>>2014470 >like the F-35, don't look good; Needs FSW and extra canards then it's at least okay in a sorta stupid but funny kind of way. >but not at making them look good--with the exception of one, the Aurora. Have to disagree, the Delphinus line ain't my jam either (especially since the R-103 is by far the worst top-tier plane), the R-211 is pretty okay, the R-352 makes sense but I don't like it, the R-311 is "ahah lawn dart go fast"-tier, all of the superplanes (X49 / XR900 / Aurora) are pretty good.

I've never played the very original Air Combat, does it emulate well? Do I have to bust out MAME? >>2013881 fuck russia tbh, West supreme~

>>2014470 I don't disagree with the look of real planes. The F-35 isn't my idea of sexy for a plane, even if it is useful in gameplay. But the F-22 is pushing outdated in real life (you can thank older planes like the F-16 and F-15 constantly getting new modifications and equipment for part of that) and the SU-57 is a joke, and it's getting old seeing the F-22 as the poster boy plane of almost every game and protagonist. Likewise with the Sukhoi for rival aces, even though only two have flown the SU-57 so far.

>>2013911 Ace Combat 2, it will teach you all the basics, then you can do 4 to learn the rest. 3 is quite difficult if you're aiming to be good at it first try and its got the least arcade handling physics in the series

>>2013881 No decent russian jets besides the mig 31 (firefox ftw) >>2013911 Play 2, 1 is playable but archaic, Air combat 1 and 22 are funky but nothing really i'd call a game more like a tech demo 3 is shit and drags on with its boring as fuck story 2 is the best, SCARFACE ONE IS THE BEST, GREAT MUSIC, GREAT GAMEPLAY, NO RETARDED BORING STORY (zero gets a pass because its deals with the horrors of war, 4 is boring compared to it and 5 i haven't played) Make sure you play at 2k or higher in an emulator because otherwise it's going to look like dookie >>2014815 Looks like fucking SHIT

>>2014638 2 has hands down the worst to deal with handling from my experience, it's the only one I actively have to adapt for every time I play it. > 3 is quite difficult if you're aiming to be good at it first try and its got the least arcade handling physics in the series Someone's not playing the good version of 3 :^)

>>2014815 >helmet says professor because he's a nerd guys! >on a fighter pilot >the part of the military that requires everyone even considered needs to have perfect vision and be in the top percentile for intelligence >even the fucking early chicoms had to admit that's a requirement for functioning pilots

<<2014815 cuck/v/ ragebait

>>2015036 It's an anime thing. That said, they did say in the trailer that the carrier's crew is undermanned, which is why you see so many people in civilian clothes. They're likely conscripting people. And if he's a WSO, they don't need uncorrected 20/20 vision anyway.

>>2014891 Red is that you? Where the fuck have you been >>2014958 Are you using novice controls on 2? Also I've played the Japanese version of ace combat 3, its boring as shit outside the story.

>>2015094 >Usea again >it's whacky underdogs mixed with civilians having to make-do with literal scrap story >right after 444 and Spare squadron I see PA was brimming with originality with this one.

>>2015220 Oh you know, losing track of time due to you know what, can't really tell if it's been a day or two weeks, dealing with the other problems due to that and there's lots of them, speaking of your package still hasn't shipped so that's shit. Also this game's color palette is totally screwed, pretty sure it's due to copyright reasons

>>2015288 Its been about 3 or 4 days I think, also I think that color pallete was picked in order to standout and it ultimately ruins the jets with the paintjobs. Ace Combat 2 luckily fixed that.

>>2015296 What was your reaction upon hearing 8 announced then

>>2015312 Don't know why but I felt extremely empty, probably because I have no faith in it being good, as It will probably use UE5 and the the title seems to just be forced from modern politics. 7s story was already dogshit, but at least it had gameplay and I just hope that the politics don't end up affecting the gameplay.

>>2015337 I was VERY confused at the title, it feels forced as hell Considering how boring 7 was it would be a gigantic triumph in bad writing if they make it even worse, every time that one "sassy" girl came on screen i fucking rolled my eyes and looking for something else to do to pass the time. At least AC7 was optimized but that was at the relative tail end of UE4? i think? i don't quite know what UE4's lifespan was but it was long enough it didn't have the growing pains that other UE4 unoptimized games had as you personally know in your testing.

>>2015379 Yeah, it was at the tail end of UE4s lifetime and its extremely unlikely they will use it again, unless they have some plan to release it on the Switch 2 day 1. Also never underestimate the power of bad writing, someone can always make something worse, and I have a feeling this is going to be some really bad fanfiction merging the Russian/Ukraine war with tranny shit. Not that it was much better with 7s shitshow with the strong independent cripple woman

>>2015423 Unless they do something like make an all female squadron that only hunts white males to defeat the gender gap in pilots (i pulled this out of my ass as the most stereotypical liberal bullshit i could think of) i think the bar is safely in the dirt Now here's what i want to see in 8 COOP PVE missions DRM free release on GOG (lol! you wish nigga!) NO console exclusive content (looking at you project shitman) give me a proper first person view that lets me look around during missions Skippable cutscenes (you might think this is petty but consider what we were talking about) Unlockable super jet like AC2 Flyable SR71 (hasn't been since since 3 and 3 is a clusterfuck) No niggers and no women and no pajeets or other minorities No microtransactions no retarded skins for the jets (you know the ones) And no multiplayer exclusive content (jets you can only unlock after defeating 50 people online etc) I already know it's going to run like shit so i'm basically just fucking daydreaming until someone properly decompiles 7 or one of the earlier games and we can do whatever.

>>2015247 >>2015423 7's story went through five radically different iterations, until those drafts were crammed into a linear plot that never focuses on a core group of characters until the second half. The narrative cast also shift as the story progresses, instead of being consistent like 4's narrated letter to Mobius 1 (You), 5, 0's, and X's documentary. 6 also has the problem of multiple narrative perspective which muddies up the moral thread the writing tries to spin. The concepts of the war 7 is telling constantly shift out of phase with those characters. It can't decide if the IUN-PF and LRSSG are the underdogs in a comeback offensive the way Mobius 1, ISAF, and Gryphus Squadron are, or it's a grim commentary on the disposability of every combatant at every level of rank, or if it's a remark on "AI bad," before the current bullshit "AI bad" propaganda cesspool we're currently living in. The only cohesive thread that 7 maintains is the single line "Stick with Trigger (you), and you'll make it," echoing the messianic presence the other player pilots in the series maintain since 4.

AC2 is my favorite game in the series because it's just pure gameplay But honestly i should give 4 a proper beating considering what i've heard it's supposed to be an allegory for

>>2015452 Technically 7 had exclusive content on PS4VR which was nigger aids, 3 missions that involved the protag from 4, and 5s Arcade Mode, Mobius 1. Also sadly I don't know of any bamco games on GOG, correct me if I'm wrong though. And you can skip cutscenes already, just not the in engine dialogue (Project Wingman fixed this), and there is an unlockable super jet in 7, the X-02 which required unlocking every other jet in the game.

>>2015589 Man i wish there was a proper remake of 2 that wasn't terrible

>>2015614 One day we will have a decomp of Ace Combat Zero and we can make Ace Combat 2 part of the PS2 games

>>2015698 We will eventually get AI that lets us decomp the games automatically Speaking of i wonder if 8 is going to have any AI bad plotlines or if they'll just go full throttle balls to the wall and have AI voiced people and ai generated textures etc etc

>>2015704 Considering their history of refusing to add any of the English voice actors to the credits, they probably will use AI voices

>>2015789 Didn't 8 literally get leaked though by a VA credit like a year ago?

>>2015793 Oh yeah that's right, he had it listed in his resume. Don't remember which actor though.

>>2015798 Doesn't mean they won't do the smart (insidious) move of making the main people be real actors and then the lesser people be AI with "suspiciously real sounding name credits that can't be found to be connected to real people" (this is how they'll normalize AI)

>>2015800 This is an Ace Combat game, they won't credit anyone period

>>2015809 There's no credits in 7?

>>2015821 Nothing for the English VAs at least

>>2015832 Plot twist ,it's all ex military/airforce and giving credits would get all the ace combat devs mysteriously deaded No probably not, but that'd be pretty fun if they ever did get actual airforce input

>>2015835 I know Ace Combat 5 used a mix of professional VAs and their own in house VAs for their anime dub divisions. People tracked those down due to autism and same happened for Zero and 7

>>2015850 Anime dub divisions? what? also just think about it, imagine they talk to some airforce pilot and he describes a theroetical jet (that the airforce actually has under wraps) and it gets revealed in the game before it does to the public

>>2015862 Bamco owns a lot of animes like Big O, Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, and handled the US release of Love Hina. Anyways you need to get on matrix cause we're fucking up this thread

>>2015525 >AC2 is my favorite game in the series because it's just pure gameplay So you like AC3 US as well I would guess?

>>2014377 I played Sky Crawlers. Its decidedly mid. Which is too bad because I really liked the concept. Not just the setting with prop planes but also the AC7 style upgrade system. Also I decided to torture myself with motion controls but, its a little better if you don't do that. Still I can't recommend it unless you're kinda desperate for more Aces content because it's just not their best work.

So I'm back to an old idea I've floated around in those threads on 8prime / 8moe, testing every AC and AC like I can get to run on a PC, had kinda dropped the idea since AC6 wasn't emulatable. Thing is I've discovered that it's really hard to actually find those games so I'm gonna post my current list and if you know anything else feel free to chime in. Needs to be an actual full 3D thing none of those shmups / top down things / Afterburner clones, needs to be jet planes or at-least feature in-atmosphere combat with modern jet planes in a major way (I'd extend to WW2 planes but that's a whole lot more games, I'd still include futuristic shit), also needs to be arcade so no Energy Airforce / DCS / whatever, no MP mostly / only games, no VR only games, doesn't matter if it's bad either (gonna regret this I'm sure) Obviously starting with the AC franchise Air Combat (arcade) Air Combat 22 Air Combat Ace Combat 2 Ace Combat 3 (international) Ace Combat 3 (JP) Ace Combat 4 Ace Combat 5 Ace Combat 6 Ace Combat 7 Ace Combat X Ace Combat X² Ace Combat 3D Cross Rumble Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (yes, I know it's shit but I have to go through it once) Then the rest I found digging around. Aero Fighters Assault / Sonic Wings Assault AFTERBURN Agile Warrior F-111X Aggressor (early access) Air Aces (PS4) Air Combat MF (no relations) Air Combat XF (no relations) Air Conflicts: Vietnam (not all plane but close enough) Air Fight: Sky Fighters (If I can find it and emulate it, PS4 PSN) Air Guardians Air Gun Fighter Air Jet Fighter Combat - Europe Fly Plane Attack (Switch eShop, only if I can find and emulate it) Air Offensive : The Art of Flying Air Strike AirAssault / Warhawk Airforce Delta Airforce Delta Storm Airforce Delta Strike AIRHOUNDS (unreleased) AirJet Fighter Sky Dominators: Aerial Assault (If I can find and emulate it, PS4 PSN game) Airplane Flight Simulator : Combat Zone (If I can find and emulate it, PS4 PSN game) Art Of Air War (abandoned early access) AX:EL - Air XenoDawn AZURE DOMAIN (unreleased) Battle Supremacy - Evolution (Switch eShop, only if I can find and emulate it)

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Best Gun (shitpost game, but the meat is an AC like game so have to include it) Bogey: Dead 6 / Raging Skies / Sidewinder Carrier Wing Ypsilon (unreleased as of right now) Celestial Breach Choro Q Jet: Rainbow Wings (If I can manage my way through an untranslated JP game) Deadly Skies (JP only on menus so should be fine for me) DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE (unreleased) Differentiate (only if I can pirate, I'm not paying 42 bucks for some chinese asset flip game that looks like ass) Directive: Intercept (unreleased) DogFight (If I can find and emulate it, PS4 PSN game) Dropship: United Peace Force Eagle One: Harrier Attack EFFY one of unreasonable "if" (If I can find it and if I feel like going through a completely untranslated JP game) Fatal Employee Training (If I can find it and if I feel like going through a completely untranslated JP game) Fighter Aces: Sky Dominance (Switch eShop, only if I can find and emulate it) Frontiers Reach HAWX HAWX 2 Heat Seekers (unreleased) Heatseeker Hyper Fighters I Feel The Need (unreleased) Independence Day Iron Eagle Max / Sidewinder Max (if I can find it, cancelled game and the only .iso I can source is on a sketchy .ru site with mandatory registration) Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters JEFF-16 Jet Impulse Julai Lethal Skies Elite Pilot: Team SW / SideWinder F Lethal Skies II Los Cuervos Mach Storm (maybe since it's not made for regular screens and looks terrible on regular ones, not if the emulator is still paywalled either) Massive Air Combat Metalstorm (unreleased, to be released in early access) Midnight Ohota N-Gen Racing (has jets, has combat, is arcade, stretching definitions a bit but we're gonna call that one fair) Nano Fighter Anti Disease Nano.wars Noah's Cradle Nova Squadron (unreleased) Outrange Strike (unreleased) Paper Planes Paper Wars Project Red Sun Project Wingman (Duh) Raiders Sphere 3rd Raiders Sphere F Raiders Sphere Second (If I can manage my way through an untranslated JP game) Raiders Sphere (if I can find it at all and manage my way through an untranslated game) Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk Sentou Yousei Yuki Kaze (If I can emulate it, it should be possible, also JP only so might not be able to play through it) ScrapWings (unreleased) Sidewinder 2 / SideWinder V Sky Gamblers series (quite a few games, some on iOs which is not gonna happen, some on Switch or PS4 which I might find and potentially emulate) SkyGameChanger -AirCombat II- Sky Rogue SkyDrift Infinity (has jets, has combat, is arcade, stretching definitions a bit but we're gonna call that one fair) Skyguard 0: Air arcade (unreleased) Splash One (unreleased) StarRider (unreleased) Supersonic Fight (unreleased) They Came from the Skies Time Ace (Half of the game is modern or futuristic planes so I'll give it a pass) Tiny Combat Arena TOP DOG Top Gun Air Combat (no relations, If I can find and emulate it, PS4 PSN game) Top Gun (NDS) Top Gun (PC 2010) Top Gun: Combat Zones (PS2 / NGC / PC) Top Gun: Fire at Will! (PS1) Top Gun: Hard Lock (PC) Vector Thrust Vertical Strike Endless Challenge Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron WarJetz / WarJetz Witch of triplecanopy (If I can find it and if I feel like going through a completely untranslated JP game) Xtreme Aces Racing (has jets, has combat, is arcade, stretching definitions a bit but we're gonna call that one fair)

>>2017984 Ace Combat Cross Rumble 3D is the same game as Assault Horizon Legacy. They just changed the title when bringing it to the US, and there is a game you missed but I have never heard of a way to emulate it, Ace Combat Xi which was a prequel to X

>>2018110 >and there is a game you missed but I have never heard of a way to emulate it, Ace Combat Xi which was a prequel to X Omitted it because not only can you not emulate it you also need an iDevice running iOS 3-6 to run it at all, I might eventually get one such device but likely not anytime soon

>>2017984 https://store.steampowered.com/app/340860/RaidersSphere4th/ There's a 4th too! conveniently translated and on steam, I'm curious about their other games since it was pretty good

>>2019128 > I'm curious about their other games since it was pretty good I am too but apparently no one's dumped the first one, I can find a demo but not the full thing, 2/3 are on DLsite so worst case I can drop some money on it, but 1 I'll probably have to buy a physical copy if I can even find one at all.

>>2016292 very nice