Ace Combat 7PS4 

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Well, that trailer didn't feature much in the way of actual new stuff. Next stop, Gamescom in August...
 
We did learn we're in a "Bad Company" style of unit, in this case, an expendable squadron made up of pilots who committed violations or crimes. And that the MC did something to get thrown into the unit. Is that "015" a sign we're from the Demons of Razgriz? :eek: I forget, who was 015 in AC5? I know Blaze was 016.

Course it's probably (and by probably I mean 99% chance it has nothing to do with that) unrelated, but it would be cool if it was. :P
 
Pilots, listen up! We finally have a release date.

The bad news, it's in 2019. The good news, it's in January, so not a big delay. Aside from a fixed release date, the new Gamescom trailer also reveals two new aircraft, the SU-47 Berkut and the MiG-21. No idea which MiG-21 variant it is, but judging by previous games, it's probably going to be the BIS. The soundtrack is sounding epic as per usual. I hope the game will allow for the Japanese voice over though, because the script is sounding very cringeworthy in English.




We also have confirmation of an official Ace Combat 7 flight stick and throttle pack.





Still missing either the MiG-25 or MiG-31 in the aircraft line-up. I need muh big soviet interceptors.
 
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Really looking forward to this!

Would love to see the Saab Viggen as well as previous aircraft from the series like the F-15s/mtd, F-16xl and mig 1.44.

Might have to invest in a flight stick.
 
Gamescom gameplay video featuring someone who knows to how play.


YF-23 confirmed as playable.

To be honest though, I'm not sure I really like how the gameplay itself looks. It's hard to fully judge before having played it yourself, but the physics frankly look abysmal. There's no weight to the aircraft, energy conservation is a non issue, as the plane accelerates and decelerates in no time at all, and completely at the will of the player. I'm not expecting a sim, but this is looking arcade to the point of the flying not being any fun.

The characters seem to compete with one another on who can reiterate the exact same sentence the most. We really don't need to hear 20 times within five minutes that we're expendable...
 
Jawehawk
YF-23 confirmed as playable.

To be honest though, I'm not sure I really like how the gameplay itself looks. It's hard to fully judge before having played it yourself, but the physics frankly look abysmal. There's no weight to the aircraft, energy conservation is a non issue, as the plane accelerates and decelerates in no time at all, and completely at the will of the player. I'm not expecting a sim, but this is looking arcade to the point of the flying not being any fun.

The characters seem to compete with one another on who can reiterate the exact same sentence the most. We really don't need to hear 20 times within five minutes that we're expendable...
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So, it's pretty much Ace Combat then.
 
As someone that played ace combat 4, 5, zero to death i must say this makes me happy :)👍

Question has the F-14 Tomcat been confirm?
 
A few new screenshots from the game, one confirming the MiG-31!




The aircraft list thus far is as follows.

  1. F-22A Raptor
  2. YF-23
  3. F-35C Lightning II
  4. F-15C Eagle
  5. F-15J Eagle (Japanese F-15)
  6. F-15E Strike Eagle
  7. A-10C Thunderbolt II
  8. F-104C Starfighter
  9. F-16C Fighting Falcon
  10. F-2A (Japanese F-16)
  11. F/A-18F Super Hornet
  12. F-14D Super Tomcat
  13. Mirage 2000-5
  14. Rafale M
  15. Eurofighter Typhoon
  16. Gripen E
  17. Su-30M2
  18. Su-30SM1
  19. Su-33 Flanker-D
  20. Su-35 Flanker-E
  21. Su-37 Terminator
  22. Su-47 Berkut
  23. Su-57 (T-50 PAK-FA)
  24. MiG-21 BIS
  25. MiG-29A Fulcrum
  26. MiG-31
  27. Fictional super fighter
It remains unknown whether the F-4 Phantom seen as enemy aircraft in some gameplay videos will be usable by the player.
 
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More info regarding the VR portion of the game has been released.

- Getting shot down in VR apparently has detailed animations with the cockpit breaking down and so fourth. I wonder if ejecting will be a thing?
- VR mode will feature an airshow feature, where you watch an airshow unfold before you. This is exclusive to VR.
- VR mode missions feature the player as AC4's Mobius One.
- One of the older fictional planes will be playable in the game. Still unknown which one as of yet.
- Interview mentions Summer Lesson, another VR "game", as inspiration for how VR is interactive. Will we have waifus in VR I wonder? :D
- A Gamescom video seen in an older Reddit post talked about how the VR missions account for roughly 3-4 hours of gameplay. In addition to that, we have the airshow mode, hangar mode for closer inspection of the aircraft, and free flight mode. Overall, the VR aspect does appear to be of a reasonable size. A shame for those who do not own a PS VR though.

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Jawehawk
- A Gamescom video seen in an older Reddit post talked about how the VR missions account for roughly 3-4 hours of gameplay. In addition to that, we have the airshow mode, hangar mode for closer inspection of the aircraft, and free flight mode. Overall, the VR aspect does appear to be of a reasonable size. A shame for those who do not own a PS VR though.
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Really? To be honest this smacks of yet another Japanese developer thats incorporated VR into the game as a mere sideshow, like GTS and Tekken 7. And if I'm to go into full conspiracy theory mode I would say the only reason VR is there is because the developer was pressured by Sony into doing so - hence the limited content.

At the moment I'm thinking it's such a wasted VR opportunity, but I'll wait for final release to make my final judgement.
 
Slapped
Really? To be honest this smacks of yet another Japanese developer thats incorporated VR into the game as a mere sideshow, like GTS and Tekken 7. And if I'm to go into full conspiracy theory mode I would say the only reason VR is there is because the developer was pressured by Sony into doing so - hence the limited content.

At the moment I'm thinking it's such a wasted VR opportunity, but I'll wait for final release to make my final judgement.
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The reason VR isn't incorporated into the game as a whole is because they couldn't figure out a way to fit it into their type of storytelling with the cutscenes. In any case, with free flight and several hours of VR missions, I fail to see how it is tacked on.
 
The F-4E Phantom II is confirmed as playable, however, you will apparently need to pre-order the game in order to obtain it. I was going to pre-order the game regardless, seeing as I've been waiting for this game for more than a decade, but I despise pre-order bonuses...

Additionally, if you pre-order the XBOX One version, you receive a digital copy of Ace Combat 6, and for the PS4, a digital copy of the best game in the franchise, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. The big question is if Unsung War will be a straight port, or remastered. If it's remastered, which I very much doubt it will be, then that would be amazing! Last, but not least, DLC plans have been announced, with the season pass being included with the deluxe edition of the game. Seasons pass includes three planes (kind of a low amount to be honest), three stages (missions?) and a music player (how is that DLC?).

Source: https://www.dualshockers.com/ace-co...-5-pre-order-bonus-ps4-ace-combat-6-xbox-one/

There's some confusion surrounding the PlayStation Blog posts which cite the F-104C as being exclusive to the digital versions of the game. This better not be the case... 🤬 digital games. Besides, Kono is, if I recall correctly, on record saying that the plane is connected to the story itself, so it makes no sense for it to not be in the base game.
 
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More less than great news. VR will be limited to four aircraft, the F-22 Raptor, SU-30M2 Flanker and the F-18F Super Hornet. The 4th aircraft remains undisclosed as of yet, but is likely to be the reappearing fictional aircraft from one of the older games. Really disappointed that I won't be taking to the skies in VR in an F-16... I am now also thinking that VR was a wasted opportunity.



https://ace7.acecombat.jp/vr/


I've been digging a little, and it appears that the digital exclusive F-104C Avril is a weaponless F-104 usable only in free flight, and that the base game still contains the standard F-104C.
 
Jawehawk
Additionally, if you pre-order...for the PS4, [you receive] a digital copy of the best game in the franchise, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. The big question is if Unsung War will be a straight port, or remastered. If it's remastered, which I very much doubt it will be, then that would be amazing!
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Interesting. The only PS2 trilogy title I still have a copy of is ACZ. I didn't enjoy AC5 as much as AC04 or ACZ, but then I haven't already replayed it a bunch like the others, either. I'll enjoy revisiting it. :) It will also be a little bit nicer via HDMI versus my composite-into-VGA setup for the PS2.

Jawehawk
Last, but not least, DLC plans have been announced, with the season pass being included with the deluxe edition of the game. Seasons pass includes three planes (kind of a low amount to be honest), three stages (missions?) and a music player (how is that DLC?).
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Season passes in general seem to be declining in value-for-money...

I suppose making the music player DLC is one way to (very mildly) gatekeep the soundtrack from those who would just rip it from the game itself. Unless it's a bonus feature to switch up tracks between missions? I was already planning to play the PS2 soundtracks from my USB stick, after giving the new soundtrack a chance of course. :)
 
Jawehawk
More less than great news. VR will be limited to four aircraft, the F-22 Raptor, SU-30M2 Flanker and the F-18F Super Hornet. The 4th aircraft remains undisclosed as of yet, but is likely to be the reappearing fictional aircraft from one of the older games. Really disappointed that I won't be taking to the skies in VR in an F-16... I am now also thinking that VR was a wasted opportunity.
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Hate to say I told you so. What I've gathered from reading around is that the Japanese just aren't into VR, at least not in the same way we are in the west, so the Japanese developers just don't put any real effort into it. To them it's still a tech demo rather than a viable gaming medium.

Shame as I was really thinking about preordering AC7, but now I'll just wait until it hits the sales late next year.
 
Wolfe
Interesting. The only PS2 trilogy title I still have a copy of is ACZ. I didn't enjoy AC5 as much as AC04 or ACZ, but then I haven't already replayed it a bunch like the others, either. I'll enjoy revisiting it. :) It will also be a little bit nicer via HDMI versus my composite-into-VGA setup for the PS2.
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Zero had its moments, but its story never drew me in the same was that Unsung War did. Never played the 4th game.


Slapped
Hate to say I told you so. What I've gathered from reading around is that the Japanese just aren't into VR, at least not in the same way we are in the west, so the Japanese developers just don't put any real effort into it. To them it's still a tech demo rather than a viable gaming medium.

Shame as I was really thinking about preordering AC7, but now I'll just wait until it hits the sales late next year.
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To be fair, RE7 is still one of the best, if not the best, VR game out there. But yeah, Ace Combat 7 has turned out to be thoroughly disappointing in terms of VR scope. Most VR games are still suffering from tech demo status, rather than full fledged game.
 
G'day all, keenly awaiting this one. So far it looks like 3 missions, with 3 hrs of VR gameplay. Plus free flight over the whole map, should be plenty to begin with. 4 aircraft sounds like a good start, hopefully more will be added. If it's anything like GTSport, the limited VR will still be heaps more addictive than std gameplay, for me.
 
Jawehawk
The reason VR isn't incorporated into the game as a whole is because they couldn't figure out a way to fit it into their type of storytelling with the cutscenes. In any case, with free flight and several hours of VR missions, I fail to see how it is tacked on.
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Perhaps they could have made it so you're sat in a theatre watching the cut scenes on a big screen, or with you being debreifed while watching a big screen? Too late now anyway.
 
Fans of Sukhoi's Flanker series will be happy to know that the SU-34 has been confirmed as playable in the latest plane showcase. Is that the first time it has appeared in Ace Combat?

Just one and a half weeks left! I have the Strangereal Edition on pre order.
 
Jawehawk
Fans of Sukhoi's Flanker series will be happy to know that the SU-34 has been confirmed as playable in the latest plane showcase. Is that the first time it has appeared in Ace Combat?
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If memory serves, it would actually be the 4th time After Ace Combat 5, Assault Horizon and Infinity:




Edit: Actually the 5th time as I just remembered it was in AC Zero as well.
 
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RACECAR
If memory serves, it would actually be the 4th time After Ace Combat 5, Assault Horizon and Infinity:




Edit: Actually the 5th time as I just remembered it was in AC Zero as well.
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Huh, I did not recall it being in AC5 at all. Cheers for the info.
 
Jawehawk
Huh, I did not recall it being in AC5 at all. Cheers for the info.
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No probs 👍

Was definitely one of the more obscure and expensive ones to purchase from what I can recall, but it yep it was there:



Remember it mostly for reading about it having a toilet onboard. The Strange things I found back in the day :lol:
 
Does anyone know if this game's going to support motion control via the 6-axis feature in the controller? If it does I might just pull the trigger. Pun intended.
 
zorrofox
Does anyone know if this game's going to support motion control via the 6-axis feature in the controller? If it does I might just pull the trigger. Pun intended.
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Not to my knowledge. If you want, I shall report back to you once I have the game.
 

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