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>>15635649

I just want a timeline where F-14s are still in use by the US Navy. Iran doesn't count..

>>15635660

>With something like Assault Horizon, which introduces new gameplay, I don’t think we need to use the name Ace Combat.

>If we do something like that, we would probably think of a new name, but I don’t know for sure, we have no plans for now.

Damn he straight-up disowned Assault Horizon. I would be interested in seeing more mixed-gameplay games from PA in the future though. It's be cool to see different aspects of war and politics in Strangereal, like that one strangereal detective game concept Kono talked about ages ago.

>>15638081

Honestly I wonder if Iran has any plans to reverse engineer and manufacture an upgraded F-14 clone sometime in the future. They did that with the F-5 and I'm honestly pretty okay with the result (pic related is a HESA Saeqeh). I like how they ripped off the Blue Angel's livery too.

>>15637457

Don't forget about being forced to strafe against the plot indestructable Russian warship

>>15635660

Project Aces are a tight-knit team. They began all the way back when Namco was still a good company, and when videogames were still made for fun, not only money.

You can trust PA, just don't trust Namco.

>>15639313

God damn you reminded me that the game also had mother fucking REGENERATING BLOODY SCREEN HEALTH. I actually forced myself to forget that tidbit because it was that pants on head retarded.

As a neophyte to the Ace Combat series, what games should I play in the series and in what order? I just started Air Combat and I like what I'm seeing.

>>15647182

Forgot pic.

>>15643108

I'd anticipate that all the real-world planes from Infinity will eventually be in, although some will definitely be held back as DLC, along with special variants like the IM@S planes. The 1.44 will likely be among them. I hope the unlock tree isn't as fucking retarded as Infinity's.

If ace combat 3 is supposed to be set in the future then why do the planes control worse?

>>15652022

>He can't into basic energy management

>>15664996

Fuck the princess, wife the Razgriz, and kill the Nagase

>>15635477

>old man wheezing intensifies

I have a confession: 90% of the reasons why I want Japan and China to sort their shit out and become allies is because I want Chinese fighters in Ace Combat. I don't care if they're ripoffs of the MiG-1.44 and IAI Lavi, the J-20 and J-10 are badass looking fighters, arguably better looking than 2/3rds of the Eurocanards at the very least.

>>15652263

He has a point though. The less realistic model of the later games would actually make more sense in 3, since the planes are more advanced and it would make sense that they would be able to worry less about energy management.

>>15653107

>Speeches about peace and friendship are lame and gay.

I won't act like all the writing in AC5 is stellar, but fuck off with that shit man. Peace and friendship are the bee's titties.

>Osea giving up the Yuktobanian campaign after already taking most strategic targets is lame and gay.

Because they realized that both sides were being played and the whole war was based on false pretenses. Why would they have any reason to keep attacking? Just to blindly conquer a nation that could instead make a valuable ally?

>The story ending with all powers in the same position as they started is lame and gay (it means you accomplished basically zero).

Except that's simply not true. While neither Osea or Yuktobania's B O R D E R S changed, their diplomatic relationship was reinforced and presumably it brought a complete end to their cold war, the Grey Men were crushed and any hope of Belkan domination along with them, Wardog squadron went from a bunch of rookies to being a legendary squadron and the president's personal air guard, and Chopper Dies.

>>15673559

This. If Osea kept attacking then the conflict would have certainly escalated to the point of using nuclear weapons. In fact, if the burst missiles in AC5 work the same way as equivalent irl weapons like the AIR-2 do, then the Circum-Pacific War had already gone nuclear.

>>15676167

>Conquest, challenge, and strength all the way.

Ok buddy, sure. Just remember that Ace Combat isn't made for your Alexander the Great roleplay.

>Osea had already captured the Yukes' prime minister.

No they hadn't, Nikanor had been quietly deposed and imprisoned by nationalist rebels after the second mission in the game because they saw him as weak. He was then rescued by the Yuktobanian resistance and Kestrel months later. He had zero value as a bargaining chip with the Belkan-infiltrated Yuktobania at that point, and in fact they were actively trying to kill him, same as President Harling with Osea. Nikanor was basically the Yuke government in exile. This is pretty clearly spelled out in the game, dunno how you missed that.

>let's say Osea doesn't want nuclear war

You say that as though it's not an entirely reasonable assumption. Who the hell actively WANTS a nuclear war? Even in Ace Combat, the most militaristic countries like Belka only used nukes as an absolute last resort (as they should be). There's no way Osea would realistically "want" a nuclear war.

>Did they get anything out of negotiations? No, because the writers were retarded and think of world conflicts from the perspective of a child

Once again, I won't act like the writing in AC5 is anywhere close to perfect, or even that great, but I feel like it's you who is looking at that from the perspective of a child, or at least someone with a VERY outdated view of war. There are plenty of irl wars where absolutely no real gains happened at all. Off the top of my head there's the War of 1812, Iran–Iraq War, and the Seven Years' War. Look up "Status quo ante bellum". Regardless, what negotiations would there be? Even if you're looking at this through a realistic lens, the entire war was illegitimate and carried out by illegitimate governments, it would be absurd for the rightful Harling-led Osean government to claim territory conquered by the illegitimate force that tried to overthrow them. It would also be an incredible sign of bad faith on Osea's part to still take territory owned by a known ally, and in a real-life setting nobody would ever want to ally themselves with Osea ever again for fear of being conquered like Yuktobania.

>That did not happen in the game

Yes it did, at the beginning of the last mission Harling and Nikanor sign a peace agreement establishing a proper friendship between the two countries. Technically the Cold War was supposed to have ended in 1995 with the Belkan war, but the way Bartlett and other characters talk about Yuktobania in the beginning makes it clear that the "peace" established then was about as real as the "peace" established with the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project between the US and USSR.

>That's all that happened.

No it wasn't, also way to ignore the "crushed the Grey Men and Belka once and for all" part of things. That part's a pretty big deal. It essentially makes the Circum-Pacific war the ultimate conclusion of the Belkan War.

>>15676452

>Most of country, most resources, most military points

"Not a bargaining chip"

Wardog Squadron was the most annoying bunch of retards I have ever flown with. I wish they had all been shotdown at the start of the game so I could have some peace and quiet.

>>15676481

>Kinetic energy and mass still exist no matter how much tech you stuff in a plane.

Oh of course, I'm just saying with all the weird-ass fantasy tech in Ace Combat, some kind of futuristic kinetic energy saving technology would be entirely at-home in the strangereal universe.

>>15676502

>A few bullets would completely destroy you

>A missile obviously would turn you into paste

Is there any aircraft that this wouldn't apply to? Also before you say it I'm including the A-10 in that statement. Titanium bathtub my ass.

>>15676521

>It's a combat game, not a carebear sim.

It being a combat game is irrelevant to the fact that it makes zero sense in-universe to be as bloodthirsty or warmongering as you seem to want to be.

>Shattered Skies, which comes later chronologically.

What the hell are you talking about? Shattered Skies takes place 5-6 years before AC5. Not to mention I don't see how that's relevant.

>No indication of "more friendly than when it started.

You have to be completely thematically tone-deaf to not get that from the dialogue. If you've actually played AC5, which at this point I'm thoroughly unconvinced of, you would certainly get that.

>Conquered land is conquered land and has Osean troops on it. Unless you suggest Harling is just a sucker.

Yeah you have the political tact of a 12 year old if you think that makes sense. Once again, Osea keeping occupied Yuktobanian land would be political suicide for Osea. They would likely be instantly seen as the next Belka, and we all know how that turned out for the Belkans.

>Status quo ante bellum

>Is lame and gay.

Yeah, and gravity is lame and gay so I should be able to ignore that it's a thing that happens. Seriously dude you should see a doctor cause that total-war boner has clearly been going longer than 4 hours.

>Just another case of things being unchanged by the end

What exactly is "unchanged" about the Grey Men at the end of the game? At the beginning they're a global force covertly sowing seeds of discord so that Belka can rise again in the future, and then by the end of the game they're destroyed. There's nothing "unchanged" about that.

>>15676551

Once again, territory claimed by an illegitimate government for illegitimate reasons. Not to mention a bargaining chip wasn't necessary in the first place. Nikanor and Harling were going to sue for peace long before the invasion of Yuktobania even happened. The only thing that prevented that was their kidnapping. It's likely that in Harling's eyes, that invasion shouldn't have happened in the first place, and therefore the territory is rightfully Yuktobania's. Regardless, occupying and annexing a territory are two different things, and annexing a massive territory in particular and integrating it with the rest of an already large continent-spanning country would be incredibly difficult and costly. It would be just as impractical as the US invading and annexing Russia or China and expecting everything to go smoothly. There would be large-scale uprisings left and right, not to mention the previously discussed international community being incredibly pissed off and scared of Osea.

>This Game is protected by Denuvo Anti-Tamper technology

As expected, but still disappointed

>>15685986

Place your bets ladies and gentlemen. How many days will it take to crack Ace Combat 7?

My bet's on it being cracked within 2 months. I would make it lower but I have to take into account that AC7 probably won't be hugely sought after, being niche and all.

>>15686081

At best 4 months and at worst after a year

>>15688637

WEW

LOOK AT THIS AMAZING COCKPIT THAT ISN'T INTERACTIVE AT ALL

>>15689695

this is now a

DCS

thread

>>15689695

>>15689711

>>15689733

>DCS

Look man, DCS is fine and all but it's fundamentally different from what Ace Combat is trying to be. You're acting like a child who doesn't understand what the hell a genre is.

>>15689763

>who doesn't understand what the hell a genre is.

>>15689711

>>15689695

>>15689733

>>15689801

>yfw you have thousands of hours in both

Kono hath spoken. US AC7 special edition will hopefully be revealed next weekend.

https://twitter.com/kazutoki/status/1058367554668781568

For now have some Nagase.

>>15689763

He's a simtard. They don't understand too many things.

So apparently both the F-35 and J-10B can perform the cobra maneuver (or at least something to the same effect). Thoughts?

J-10 video is from Zuhai Air Show today and the F-35 video is IR footage from the end of a 2015 test where the pilots were apparently just fucking around. You can also see all 6 external hardpoints are being used on the F-35 as well.

>>15693602

More like cute but slightly bratty younger sister

>>15690189

I never knew that many Nagase lewds existed

>be me

>check out the youtube link

MARK YOU SON OF A BITCH

Now if only Bamco could stop being Scamco and teasing with AC5 HD

I can't tell if those fuckers already have 4 and Zero "remastered" as well or if they're just gonna jew people out again. It feels like they have something but I can't tell if it's just 5 & 6

Fucking hell I just wanted AC6 on other platforms but nah apparently that's too much work

and Xenia is fucking dead, guess I'll just buy an old 360

>>15693789

D-do you realize what a cobra is? It's called a "post-stall maneuver" for a reason. Stalling is kinda essential to the whole thing. Also, you can clearly see it isn't "just stalling" from the vapor behind it. You can see it's AoA goes well in excess of 90° and then it quickly returns to conventional flight. That's definitely a basic cobra.

>>15695109

https://www.invidio.us.com/watch?v=snEXFZu4vgw

my mistake I haven't checked in a long while is why I assumed Xenia was fucked

it actually seems playable

>>15669290

I want a plane with Rika skin

>>15693838

I'm 80% sure that's literally all of the good-quality non-futa ones that exist. I found a good collection of Chris-Chan tier crayon "art" though. All futa of course. I can dump if you want a good laugh.

>>15695153

If Bamco doesn't do it, modders will. There's no way AC7 on PC won't be modded to hell and back, especially once it's cracked.

>>15696735

>I know what a Cobra looks like, retard-san.

I'm sure that's why you made the incredibly retarded statement of "it's stalling lol" while talking about a maneuver that requires the aircraft to stall.

>That F-35 is barely close to doing one.

And the idiocy continues. Since you're clearly more of an expert than me, I'm sure you could articulate exactly how it's "barely close" to performing a cobra.

>>15695129

Well that's a very welcome surprise. Clearly it has a long way to go still but I'll have to see how it runs on my PC.

>>15700837

>not to mention the fuel being used as coolant running through the wings that already are a fire hazard on their own just by sitting on the runway that would heat up and explode due to drag

What an illiterate nigger

>>15700837

>exceeding wing loading

Dude come on, you're just regurgitating words you don't understand here. Wing loading is just the weight of the aircraft divided by the area of its lifting surface. You can't "exceed wing loading". If what you meant was "exceeding the maximum load of the wing" then that's still retarded, because those wings are meant to take hard maneuvers at up to 9.9Gs. That F-35 is using all of its external hardpoints too, which means it is more limited in how many Gs it can pull. While remaining under 6-7.5Gs then there's no way it's anywhere near its loading limit.

>F-35 literally cannot pull these maneuvers

And yet it does exactly that in the video. You also either forget that while wing loading does have an effect on turn performance, it's not even remotely the only factor that goes into such things. For example, the MiG-23MLD has lower wing loading than the F-16 (80.59-88.11 lb/sqft versus 88.3 lb/sqft) does this mean that the MiG-23 is a better dogfighter than the F-16? Not by a longshot! Wing loading isn't as simple as "smaller is better". Aircraft with higher wing loading tend to have superior instantaneous turn rates (a noted weakness of the F-16) and control input response, while aircraft with lower wing loading tend to have inferior roll rates and input response, but superior sustained turn rates. Designing a nimble aircraft like a fighter requires finding a good balance in wing loading along with a multitude of other factors. Also, the calculations I've seen done for the wing loading on the F-35 all seem to have one big flaw: none of them take into account the surface area of the body, which generates a significant amount of lift that needs to be accounted for before judgement can be passed. I doubt that the F-35A has lower wing loading than the F-16, but I'd be willing to bet good money that it's lower than the F/A-18, and even lower when talking about the F-35C.

>not to mention the fuel being used as coolant running through the wings already are a fire hazard on their own just by sitting on the runway

Wrong on all three counts I'm afraid. First, the fuel isn't being used as "coolant", it's a heat sink. The F-35 uses PAO as coolant like every other fighter. And before you say it, no, it using fuel as a heat sink isn't special either. Here's a paper from 1973 that discusses the use of a similar system in the XB-70 Valkyrie to act as the heatsink for the avionics systems and counteract friction heating (look to Section 6):

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/912902.pdf

Among modern high-performance aircraft, it'd be easier to list aircraft that DON'T use fuel as some kind of heatsink.

Second, the fuel doesnt run through the wings themselves, they're far to thin to be able to do that efficiently while maintaining structural rigidity. The closest it gets is running through the wing roots to the Fuel-Air Heat eXchanger (FAHX) located above the right air intake, opposite the gun on the F-35A.

Thirdly, this system is no more a fire hazard on a hot summer runway than the dark-colored fuel trucks already sitting there that get painfully hot.

>that would heat up and explode due to drag

You can't possibly be serious. Are you seriously implying that friction heating on an F-35, a plane with a top speed around mach 1.6-1.7, would be anywhere near significant enough to ignite the fuel inside of it? That's the dumbest shit I've heard all day. Like seriously, it's not like it's performing it at top speed, no plane can do that. It won't even be transsonic at that point. At those speeds there's no way the air around the plane would be anything but frigid.

>according to the fucking Compendium of Annual Reports of the JSF

I assume you mean the one by the Department of Testing and Evaluation? Cause I read that one too, and while it does find that the fuel system can create a fire in the presence of missile fragments (like all aircraft), it certainly doesnt back up the rest of the shit you just spewed.

>>15702227

Sure buddy, keep telling yourself that.

>>15704772

Holy FUCK that trailer is bad. What the hell were they thinking? Eurofighter, no audio, baby-mode, etc? It looks like they needed a trailer so they recorded a few minutes of an intern playing a dev build, slapped an ESRB rating on it, and called it a day. Just goes to show how much NA Bamco cares about us consumers. I just know Reddit's going to defend this too.

>>15701882

>Are you seriously implying that friction heating on an F-35, a plane with a top speed around mach 1.6-1.7, would be anywhere near significant enough to ignite the fuel inside of it?

It's enough to damage the Tailfin roots, my fellow Lockheed salesman.

>>15712021

>Infinity's fuel system and all other microtransactions are gone from the game

>there are 180 emblems in the game (DLC not included) that can all be unlocked in-game. There will be no option to purchase them with real money, and it will take multiple playthroughs to get them all

oh wow

I should thank to all those wallet warriors in ace combat infinite or not for this ? it's sem like they give Bamco enough money already

KONO SPEAKS TO US AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH SPOILERS

https://m.post.naver.com/viewer/postView.nhn?volumeNo=17072301&memberNo=11710666

Forgive the shitty leddit translation. It's the only place with a translation (marginally) better than google translate.

Kono = K, Shimomoto = S

Q. Why did you decide Korean localization of Ace Combat 7?

S: Usually, I often play Korean online game. So I have an affinity with Korean gamer, and also I got a personal wish for Korean localization.

K: Are Korean gamers really unbeatable?

S: They are really strong. I can't beat them.

(U+200B was here)

Q. This is a numbered title after 12 years from last one. What was your determination during development?

K: Because of a numbered title of 12 years, We developed this game with enough quality to be accepted as a numbered title by worldwide gamers. When we thought some parts have not enough quality, we made those parts again for better quality and this took a lot of time.

(U+200B was here)

Q. What's the correlation between Ace Combat 7 and previous titles?

K: Ace Combat 7 is set on the world called Strangereal. Time point of the story is 10 years after Ace Combat 5. Of course, Ace Combat 7 has its own complete storyline.

There are few things which can be noticed by fan. Also "The president" will appear in game. (Every audience cheered)

(U+200B was here)

Q. VR mode can cause motion sickness. Do you have any measures?

S: We gathered every data and techs about VR. We used all the know-how from VR titles and an arcade game which use a big monitor. I think technical part is perfect. And I discovered fighter jet games usually don't cause motion sickness. I really hope you guys try this.

(U+200B was here)

Q. What kind of concepts and intention were considered for development of Ace Combat 7?

K: Ace Combat series have continued over 20 years, and the concept of game is still same with "Become a pilot and ride on a fighter jet". We reduce complex system and return to simple Ace Combat. You can enjoy pure dogfights. You can be a popular Ace in this game.

(U+200B was here)

Q. Is there any secret features which you hope to be noticed by gamers?

S: There are bunch of radio communication from friend or foe during gameplay. And some of them have words related with previous game or hints for later mission.

K: Someone's father will appear in game.

S: Wow, this is world's first info…Actually, this info can not become known.

K: Someone is the character from Ace Combat 3, and the someone's name is….

(Shimomoto hurriedly blocked Kono's mouth with his hand)

(Every audience laughed and cheered)

(U+200B was here)

Q. Is there any information which you want to reveal for the first time?

S,K: We already tell it just now!

K: OK. As a gratitude for invitation, here is special info. This is a book for collector's edition, and it is not even glued because it just came from a printing house.

(They showed a page filled with illustrations of Princess Rosa and Avril Mead

And then they showed us a page of novel)

There are exclusive illustrations and novels written by Sunao Katabuchi.

(They showed a page about Belkan War, every audience cheered)

There is also summery of info from previous titles. And all of these will be translated to Korean language.

(U+200B was here)

Q. There are people who joined the air force or aircraft related job after playing previous Ace Combat titles. Can you tell anything for them?

S: I really appreciate to love our games and even get a job because of our games. Every people such likes doctor or soldier who serves for protecting people are very cool.

(U+200B was here)

(There were a quiz section and a signing event right before the last question.)

Q. This is a last question. What's your impression about fan meeting with passionful Korean gamers?

S: I really thank for welcome, and it was really happy there are so many people actively participated in quiz section.

K: I can feel Korean gamers' hearts and actually I wanted to take picture with each and every one. It is really good to visit Korea.