Ace Combat series: I love and I hate...

[F-ZeroOne]

AS a fully committed aerosexual, this was always going to be a bit of a must-by so VR is kind of the icing on the cake (in the shop window I can't afford to buy)...

[F-ZeroOne]

Hmm, I think someone has been re-watching "Area 88"...

[F-ZeroOne]

<insert awesome 80s guitar solo here>

[F-ZeroOne]

ACES challenge even the Eurogamer reviewers:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019 ... und-series

By most accounts, this sounds like a great return to form for the series - that I won't get to play for another couple of weeks, as I went for the PC versions and didn't know it wasn't being released until later...

[Mark]

It sounds like the 3 extra PSVR missions are fantastic. It certainly looks like a blast. I've seen a few folk saying that the VR ruins the main game though - once you've tried VR, the main game feels flat. Some people are playing the main game first, and trying to save the VR for later. Will have to pick this up once I've cleared a bit of my backlog. I'm loving everything I've played in VR so far, so this sounds the business.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019 ... ach-for-it

[PVB]

VR mode sounds very similar to the Star Wars Battlefront VR missions.

Think I’ll wait until it’s bargain basement price.

[F-ZeroOne]

Warning for PC users - the only supported flightsticks are the officially branded "Ace Combat" Thrustmaster sticks released for the game. No others. There are a few workarounds though.

Slightly miffed as I got the PC version specifically as I had a flightstick sitting around. Might actually apply for a refund and get the XBox version instead.

[zip accident]

Warning for PC users - the only supported flightsticks are the officially branded "Ace Combat" Thrustmaster sticks released for the game. No others. There are a few workarounds though.

Slightly miffed as I got the PC version specifically as I had a flightstick sitting around. Might actually apply for a refund and get the XBox version instead.

Well, I wasn't that interested before I heard that, but that's a definite "no way, Jose".

[Portland]

Guess it's more Afterburner than Strike Eagle 3, but that's a bit weak.

[F-ZeroOne]

"Ace Combat" has never really been a flight simulator. Its about the feel of it, not the actuality. Its probably more accurately called a "movie flight simulator" or "anime flight simulator". If you want to spend thirty minutes pre-selecting switches just to turn the engines on, its probably not the game for you. If, on the other hand, you want to try rolling backwards off an aircraft carrier in order to take off like in "Yukikaze" - or pretend you're in an episode of "Macross 7":

https://www.reddit.com/r/acecombat/comm ... ontroller/

[rowan]

OK this is not AC but last night, Project Wingman appeared unexpectedly in my inbox:


Any interest here?

I do quite fancy an arcade flight game with military jets but I'm not too into it always being dogfights, combat etc.
Just a bit of flight fun without anything approaching realistic-seriousness would do me fine [something like a modern day Amiga F/A-18 Interceptor]

[F-ZeroOne]

Its time to take back so-bad-its-good voice acting again!



Although I've generally loved the "Ace Combat" games, I bounced off "7". I just couldn't get my head round one of the early missions. Hopefully I can get some of my Solo Wing Pixy back with this one!

[F-ZeroOne]

A Land Battleship? Does this mean fun is returning to military themed games?!

Pre-orders will get a free copy of "Ace Combat Zero", which is going almost to be worth it just to hear one of the best videogame music themes of all time again!:

[Misfit]

Looking pretty good...

https://youtu.be/n5irVTl0mD8?si=VmVCDn12Szgx0NZS

[F-ZeroOne]

"You were in a 4G inverted dive... with a singing AWACS?"