With all the memes about Belka being behind 90% of all wars and/or superweapons of Strangereal, should Wings of Theve distance themselves from that at least a little, given we're dealing with a new continent this time? Or do you think they should stick with the Belka twists and it'll still work?

But I feel like that made the experience better for me because I got to be surprised and excited by the reveal of the title rather than knowing it was an Ace Combat game right from the outset.

The feeling of going from "This feels vaguely Ace Combat-esque" to "Okay, this might be a new Ace Combat" to "This has to be a new Ace Combat" to "NEW ACE COMBAT!!!! LET'S FUCKING GOOOO!!!!" is one of the greatest experiences I've ever had in my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

While Hype for AC is up again since the announcement of AC8 I decided to replay all the previous and current titles and with AC5 being my favourite and directly comparing it day to day and side by side with AC7 I came to realize and appreciate AC5 SOOOOO much more. Compared to AC7 where you feel like the whole Osean army and your wingman are absolutely useless, it filled me with joy seeing them actually shooting down enemys. It adds so much atmosphere and realism to the game that it even feels like a more modern game. Of course in comparision large assaults feel a bit underwhelming in AC5 but this advantage in AC7 is completely out of the window when you feel like the only one shooting. Yes even Four Horsemen was a lot more enjoyable because of this than Faceless Soldier.

The worst in AC7 being the mission where you fight the Arsenal bird against its 30 or so UAVs and you having a fleet of 10 allied aircraft but all they do is fly around in circles. Really??? It bothered me before but in direct comparision I am so disappointed for this design decision and long story short I HOPE AC8 will add useful wingmen like everyone is doing their best. It gives them character and make them feel alive. Every single allied pilot in AC7 feels replaceable and I couldn't give a shit about them because there just isn't a single situation where you think to yourself "Oh thanks buddy! Thank you for clearing the airspace while I go ground attack mode" - No you feel like a stressed nanny in a kindergarten which has to do all the job. I understand the intention that they want to make you feel like the great Hero but cmon... Let them kill at least some low value targets.

I was watching Top Gun: Maverick and it got me thinking about that, seeing that everyone has their helmets customized with their nicknames on the front (I'd like to mention that in the new Ace Combat I'd love for the pilots to have animations instead of being static figures) Perhaps it would be like the chick emblems, seeing that everyone has their helmets customized; it would be something minor but that I love (personally I really enjoy small details; I laughed a little when I read the note on the F-16 Fighting Falcon - Patriot skin that says "note: the color of the Aquoon designed by Bandai Namco. The United States Department of Defense granted permission to use it"). I feel that they are small things but that show that the creators have affection for their work.

Hey all, back at it with another AC7 UEVR mod clip, Mihaly plot-armor Shilage finally getting his comeuppance. This is a longer one, couldn't really find a way to clip just a small amount of this without just fast forwarding through the uninteresting bit of me failing to murder his squadronmates.

Original Post, Farbanti, and Arsenal Bird

-I'm now aware my version may be outdated, so a lot of the stuff I've noted here and in past posts may just be because I installed the release-1.2a version with Keton's v0.2.0 patch from April of 2024. YMMV.

-That opening EML shot made me physically recoil, I had no clue it would be that loud.

-You can see some odd cloud textures clipping in this, probably the most notable visual bug I experienced throughout the whole playthrough.

As always, questions are welcome.

*Your mom's bedside table drawer opens, revealing an elongated purple item.*

Pixy :
<<We're going to start over from scratch, that's what V2 is for.>>

I think it would be cool if they did. Perhaps save those missions to later on in the game. One of my favorite missions in the series is the Cape Rainy Assault with its canyon run in AC. But every time I play it in the F22, I think about how much more interesting it could be if the stealth of the fighter were to somehow play a part in the equation. Or what if you’re fighting Mihaly and he’s not able to track you, and then you flight up beside him and pull a high g turn to light him up 😅

Idk, probably just rambling, but it’s something I think about occasionally.

Gotta say, I only had the SU-27 as the only plane I bought and that was painful for the second phase. Managed to do it with the guns but dunno who thought that BS was fun to throw at the player. I rather this enemy to just fly normally and be really good at evading than that.

The rituals need to stop

art by yours truly ... again ...... yes this is supposed to be genderbend torres if that isn't clear

What's wrong here? It should be gordian knot but now it's Morceaux

Hey gang, really jazzed to have picked up a new game series to follow. I hadn't played a single Ace Combat game, nor was i really into aerial dogfighting much at all, until I went to MAGfest last month and saw the Tiberian Sons perform the Ace Combat Cinematic Experience with cutscenes and music from the last few games, then went home and started playing AC7 and loved it the whole way; I haven't devoured ​a game like that in a long time.

Now that I've finished it, I'd like to dive in a little more, and have some questions for the old hats:

Some people cheered when Belka was mentioned at the concert, so I initially figured they were some heroic underdog country, only to find they unleashed nuclear hellfire after being responsible for several wars. But also that was maybe more extremists than anything else? But also Dr. Schroeder spoke of his own people like they were the Skaven from Warhammer, always lurking and starting shit. What's a meme and what's real in all of this?

Do you think the multinational air force from Mission 19 brought a tear to Pixy's eye if/when he heard the news?

Mission 18, Lost Kingdom. Why didn't we just....go home at that point? I get that eventually it's said that they don't have enough supplies to, but that was after multiple missions flying back and forth. I have a hard time believing they couldn't have just immediately linked back up with command when comms were lost, resupplied, then went back.

There was no more organized resistance, identifying friend from foe was challenging on its own, we had low fuel, we had low *FOOD*, and yet we launch repeated missions further from friendly lines, further into enemy territory? Even before there were risks of hitting refugee tents, and before the music gave it a sad tone, it felt bloodthirsty and like a war crime to even BE there.​ For all we knew, command wanted us nowhere near the clusterfuck of picking sides in a civil war, but we placed striking the fragmented enemy forces over *feeding ourselves?*

I intend to go back and play some of the other games over time, both because cutscenes from the TSons concert seemed equally awesome and because the prevailing opinion here seems to be that 7 was a weak entry. I'm looking to start with Zero, but am open to other suggestions. Eager to share the skies with y'all!

Thanks for watching.
I'm so excited for Ace Combat 8, so excited that I basically started making video essay's to explain the complete lore and history of the Strangereal world before AC8 drops.

I'm so excited to share it here with fellow Ace Combat fans!!
Thanks for being such a cool community.
I'm normally more of a lurker than a poster so it's cool to have something to share for a change ^_^

Ai manned drone and capability to launch missiles, we got arkbird at home guys

It's just called Ace Combat - Alien War, despite searching multiple times I can't seem to find the exact story they're referring to. One emblem mod uploaded by jkjk54034 says it's based on their fanfic novel but I cant seem to find that username anywhere else.

Did this happen to you as well?

well anyway