6d5b4d No.16208461
Aces, I found the OP copypasta text file for these threads. I'd appreciate it if any anons had links to game ISOs and FLACs of the OSTs, preferable magnets so we can all seed them. All the now dead links were from another anon back in like 2017. In the meanwhile, check out the latest version of the game tier chart. Also, the waifu tier chart is still a WIP Razgrix best girl.
NEW TO ACE COMBAT?
Ace Combat is a series of arcade-y dogfighting sims where you pilot a multitude of fictional and real planes in various conflicts in the alternate world of Strangereal. This game isn't like other flight sims such as DCS world or EF2000, in that it doesn't strive for an absurd amount of realism in its flight model. Instead, Ace Combat is all about fun. Prepare for anime plotlines, giant superweapons, amazing music, and gameplay that never gets old. And many waifus.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the latest game in the series and is on PC, PS4, and Xbone - with PSVR being the only confirmed VR supported.
If you want to try out the series, grab the latest PCSX2 build from here: http://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/index.php
Or grab a PS2 and play Ace Combat 04, 5, and Zero. Those are the best of the series and if you enjoy them you'll enjoy the rest. If you have an Xbox 360 then grab Ace Combat 6 (No idea whether it runs on Xenia). See the chart for any other games you may want to try.
DON'T HAVE ONE OF THE GAMES?
Well here you go:
Air Combat (Easily skippable but worth playing if you want to see where it all began):
https://mega.nz/#!hdNmFZDY!YpX7FmCVsIohCRz63Suc47Olo6iJ05YAouzHbaKBIZY (dead link)
Ace Combat 2:
https://mega.nz/#!gclBRCoD!7qlCBsoq1GPWoD71j6dMYZ7W5J3CjgCSBAGMxDQpUac (dead link)
Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere:
https://mega.nz/#!D9MnRLyS!wqX9ZoorBViGA9azvqyZ-gtp9QfkMBEs0125bmUA7ZY (still alive!)
Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies:
https://mega.nz/#!NdVREDYJ!dyqiVVFiDkKgmPntWYgMBFpuTAPzr9vatDh5FVToJy4 (dead link)
Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War:
https://mega.nz/#!UNMmjL4A!LZZrDurory6YLs_6N7fWmj9XoAENrQboEJAtWeGe6rM (dead link)
Ace Combat Zero The Belkan War:
https://mega.nz/#!cF1zRLiY!t1tVj7i3Oy9l9zirj40eUC-uqzRxNUj5RWrFpGixJ7k (dead link)
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown:
I got nothing.
EXTRA SHIT
Ikaros in the Sky translation
https://www.aclighthouse.com/ikarosmain.html
Ace Combat 3 Translation blog:
https://useatoday.blogspot.co.uk/
Aces at War artbook scans (original, not AC7 version):
https://mega.nz/#!j45AgabB!rCUE-drpxSpEO65gSfL_LR3Lk9MDRLzffMoeYAsujqs (dead link) and I can't create a torrent because muh ports
Ace Combat OSTs (Contains .MP3 files):
https://mega.nz/#!B1QwWKSI!KnUZPrIpLcoEhmAY0iN47GUgTfATXujl09MAXYSqraY (still alive!)
Project Wingman (Fanmade game inspired by Ace Combat):
https://rb-d2.itch.io/wingman
Open Horizon (Open source implementation of Assault Horizon's renderer and physics with DFM removed, will eventually be able to play all earlier PS2/360 AC levels and custom maps):
http://zxstudio.org/blog/author/razgriz/
a36ee5 No.16208519
>>16208461
Links mostly die because you direct link them which bots pick up. That's the point of the share thread's obfuscation, to work around bots rather than gatekeeping links.
Here's the magnet hash for a music collection.
f36ea3-d6dbfba2986d7-3dbc4e7de847-ba7789494
Get rid of the dashes before feeding them to your torrent client. Append magnet:?xt=urn:btih: to the hash if just the hash doesn't work.
Mega obfuscation example.
>https://mega.nz/#!hdNmFZDY!YpX7FmCVsIohCRz63Suc47Olo6iJ05YAouzHbaKBIZY
%hdNmFZDY
%YpX7FmCVsIohCRz63Suc47Olo6iJ05YAouzHbaKBIZY
Simple shit like that, that is easy for a random user to undo, but enough to prevent crawler bots from finding it.
a36ee5 No.16208534
>>16208519
>you
You referring to people in general, rather than OP in particular.
9bd0a3 No.16208624
>>16208553
Yuktobania and Osea were tricked into fighting each other by the Belkan Grey Man group in AC5.
Belka started a war by expanding and retaking territory it legally sold to its neighbors.
420d16 No.16208687
I want to play this series, but I need to know which of the games are connected through the story.
Do I just start with 4 and move forward in release order? I heard the first 3 aren't that important.
9bd0a3 No.16208692
>>16208687
>I need to know which of the games are connected through the story.
All of them save for X2, AH and Infinity.
f73587 No.16208696
>>16208553
I don't think Yuktobania is explicitly referred to as a Communist country. I don't think Communism even exists in Strangereal I think it's only Republican Democracies and Monarchies.
Also the Belkan War isn't really show to be justified once they start invading Belka.
6d5b4d No.16208729
Also anons we have profile pictures of AC7 characters, now in colour.
>>16208519
>>16208534
Bless you anon. I want to try and get the OP to a stage where all anons who participate in the thread can access magnets of Ace Combat shit, especially the music, and hopefully seed it too you bastards. That way we can keep the spirit of the series alive
>>16208553
Truly Belka did nothing wrong
>>16208624
>being manipulated and bamboozled by hook-nosed Oseans
>"""""""""legally sold"""""""""
>>16208687
The best place to start would be Ace Combat 04, 5 or Zero since they're generally regarded to be the best. And Zero is my personal favourite. While games will reference each other, they are fairly self contained. Though if you somehow obtain AC7, I'd recommend playing AC5 first as it is referenced a lot.
9bd0a3 No.16208739
>>16208729
>Putting WWII analogy in everything
Strangereal isn't a mirror image of the real world, Anon. Unless you're just joking
420d16 No.16208788
f0c437 No.16208810
>browsing Ace Combat threads and seeing the most civil discussion going on
>seeing real merit in the strangereal setting, that is some prime storytelling right there
>but actually playing AC0 and realizing I just don't give a shit about planes and dogfighting
Keep having the time of our lives, anon, I'll just go back to my platformers.
6d5b4d No.16208827
Anyone speak nip who understands what the words in this picture says?
>>16208739
I don't know what you mean anon. I'm just saying what happened to Belka
>>16208810
I hope you finished the game anon. The game heats up when you get towards the end and the final mission is perfect
a36ee5 No.16208856
>>16208827
Append :orig at the end of the twitter image URL to get the original resolution.
6d5b4d No.16208901
>>16208856
>share-anon improves the thread yet again
t-thanks anon, have an upscaled lewd Nagase.
2e3336 No.16208923
How do I git gud? I can't seem to consistently score S ranks in AC3/ACAHL/ACX, but I am attempting S ranks on missions as soon as I get them, via replaying them if able. Is it strictly a matter of memorizing enemy encounters, coming back later with better weapon loadouts and planes, or controlling my turning and speeds better?
beabc6 No.16208937
who is your husbando anon
mine is Cipher
and i just noticed its Braze, fucking nips
a0c146 No.16208973
Does 7 have proper keyboard controls yet
12ac9d No.16209006
>>16208973
Use a controller instead.
Ace combat isnt meant to be played with a keyboard.
f73587 No.16209009
>>16208937
Cipher all the way
e41ee3 No.16209057
>>16208553
>Yukes
>gommies
anon you've been reading too many memes
Also Zero is pretty explicit about Osea being mega jews and kicking off the war by seizing Belkan resources and then later trying to screw everyone over at the peace conference by grabbing more clay
33e39b No.16209432
>>16208461
Posting this screencap I made in regards to the last threads discussion on AC7's translation. This is the first time I made a screencap like this, did I do a good job?
6d5b4d No.16210772
>>16209432
Excellent work anon
abf54f No.16211144
Schroeder did nothing wrong
7e92c9 No.16212334
>>16211144
>be Grunder Industries
>Eruseans hire you to bolster military with your AI drone tech made from Pixy's battle data
>do so, make them competitive against big superpowers like Yuktobania and Osea
>oh shit war is declared
>war turns south as the Arsenal Birds are destroyed
>then the internet goes down, civil war breaks out
>Conservative factions throws you under the bus, start executing Belkan contactors and their families
>Osean remnants side with conservatives anyways
>war gets blamed on Belka again
Why do people keep pinning this shit on Belka? They need to eat too just like everybody else.
7e92c9 No.16212337
Also here's the Chinese scans of Aces at War 2019.
https://e-hentai.org/g/1368271/661b367805/?p=1
9bd0a3 No.16212431
>>16212334
Actually the blame isn't put on Belka per se, but on who uses their stuff. In AC5, the war is blamed on the Grey Men, who are Belkan separatists, unrelated to Belka itself. In AC7, the war really can't be blamed on anyone. Schroeger was a an engineer from North Osea Gründer Industries (originally Belkan South Munitions Factory), but his company is multinational. Erusea used the drones to start a war, rather than just keep its military strong. Harling was a dumbass for not telling Erusea from the start that he was going to give them the space elevator. Erusean factions were at fault for starting a civil war the moment the internet was cut off and innocents started dying. Osea was at fault for being predatory on Erusea while it was in turmoil, stealing a bunch of shit for themselves. The game made a point to make nobody look like a goody-two-shows. Belka really is just sitting out 1995.
By the way Gründer has an actual fucking website
http://grunderindustries.yolasite.com/
6b6823 No.16212441
>>16208519
>Here's the magnet hash for a music collection.
Why the fuck are you so fucking retarded that you encrypted a magnet hash? Torrents aren't direct links.
7dc87d No.16212471
>>16212431
Is that the actual plotline or is it the official jew TL by (((bang zoom studio)))? It's quite hard to tell without someone doing an actual proper TL instead of the /lit/-tier cancer that >>16209432 pretty much showed
7e92c9 No.16212497
>>16212431
I don't think the Eruseans really trusted Harling when Osea started building the ISEV.
>hey Erusea we are gonna build this elevator right next to your territory
>its going to be guarded by two big aerial drone carriers with lasers and ballistic missiles
>along with the massive amount of IUN (read: Osean) military forces stationed to protect it
>also the Arsenal Birds will fly in your airspace
I don't think telling them would make it any more believable to the Usean continent. Plus telling them would tip them off to the fact that Ulysses 2.0 is coming down to Strangereal
179cb6 No.16212556
>>16212497
I was always bothered by how the world isn't actually unique and is more of weird mashup of the real world.
>New Zealand just straight up exists
lel
abf54f No.16212748
>>16208729
Do you also have Huxian?
6d5b4d No.16212781
>>16212748
Of coursh. And have a long caster as a bonus
7e92c9 No.16212848
Alright so I found a dump of the English version of the new Aces at War 2019, it's not complete, but it has everything up to Ace Combat 6.
Here's the dump.
7e92c9 No.16212864
What's interesting here is that apparently, Osea started the Osean war during 1905.
beabc6 No.16213082
>>16212556
the great lakes are just copy pasted in the game too with the same name too
39d985 No.16213215
Alright so I probably hit the bump limit so here is the google drive link to all the images currently updated
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BFz-fNNThyVtW0iEs2G2FNli_Fq6i2t8
>>16213161
Your welcome, I've been searching for it for a while and have finally found 75% of it.
9bd0a3 No.16213282
>>16213215
Was the first AaW ever translated?
39d985 No.16213441
>>16213282
Only some portions of it were, I don't know if it's still in progress or if it will stop because the 2019 edition exists.
In the meantime you can read some translated in-universe articles written to promote the games.
http://www.encycstra.net/
e7d503 No.16213477
>>16212556
>New Zealand just straight up exists
not a real map confirmed
eceee3 No.16213504
>>16209432
So I take it that whole "muh walls" exchange in mission 10 was an invention of the translation team?
173aba No.16214059
>>16213504
The translation team are basically closet leftists with less sjwAIDS that managed to worm their way into becoming official translators for AC7, so yeah. I bet they did some exemplary performance in the interviewing session for hiring people, they did learn their craft from their (((peers))) after all.
3be3d5 No.16215051
So I have just finished AC7 and I must say I can understand the long standing fanbase and love this series receives. I started out with the noob controls on the first time and switched to standard for repeat and the difference is wow. The precision and tightness of control of each plane is clearly visible. It actually feels like the "this aircraft is my body". I can commit impossible turns to hit enemy aircraft and when it connects - orgasms like very few games have managed to give me. This might be the "moments" where this game stands.
6d5b4d No.16215670
>>16215051
Now you can play the prior games to get more familiar
93e860 No.16215697
Uploading 4, 5 and 0 to the vola.
>>16208937
I want Mobius1 to refuel me mid-flight.
0626ca No.16215771
>>16212556
That's why it's called Strangereal, anon.
420d16 No.16215894
>try 4
>30 - 50 FPS on my toaster
What a shame.
Seems like a fun game too.
I guess I could keep playing like that, but I don't like it.
93e860 No.16215931
>>16215894
Did you try changing the view? I had to play 4 on first person but the rest played just fine on any pov.
420d16 No.16215963
>>16215931
What the fuck, it fixed it.
Thanks.
>>16215954
I knew about that video from one of the previous threads I was lurking to see what this series was all about.
I had a lot of issues, but it helped fixed all of them.
93e860 No.16216283
>>16215963
4 is a great start point and don't let anyone else tell you different. In time you will learn that Mobius1 will lead you to salvation.
9bd0a3 No.16216290
>>16216283
While 4 is a good place to start it's not the best in the series.
6d5b4d No.16216357
>>16216283
I don't know why, but there's something undeniably comfy about 4. Have some footage of the game demo with an early version of Comona
420d16 No.16216376
>>16216283
Of the earlier games I intend to play at least 3 after I'm done with 4, 5, Zero and the 2 PSP games. Seven when I upgrade my PC one day.
And hopefully 4 won't kick my ass too much on hard.
Also, what's the deal with pic related?
It caught my attention in one of the previous threads.
6d5b4d No.16216604
>>16216376
>what's the deal with pic related
That's a page from a book within AC5 that defines one of the overarching themes of the game. Over the course of playing you'll learn about the legend it describes, and truly understand its meaning once you've finished the game. And you'll cum lightning once you do.
6d5b4d No.16220027
Any of you fags got more Belkaball?
d90ad2 No.16220088
>>16216376
Is there a name for that art style?
93e860 No.16220119
>>16216376
4 was also my first and Yellow Squadron made me sweat like no other videogame has ever made me. I completely fell in love with it.
b94495 No.16220172
Can someone explain why Mobius1 is Jesus?
9bd0a3 No.16220192
>>16220172
Shitton of references to the bible + Agnus Dei. Everyone treats Mobius as if he saved Usea for them all on his own (even though this wasn't the case).
93e860 No.16220201
>>16220192
Even though everyone on Mobius squadron got fucking wiped on the last mission.
Kinda bullshit on that part.
>>16220172
I understand that one more than the four horsemen one since they're supposed to just represent the spirit of the Razgriz coming back.
7b529e No.16220209
>>16209432
I actually Enjoyed Bandog's Banter along with Spare Squadron
9bd0a3 No.16220230
>>16220201
They only die if you leave them behind with the enemy fighters. That said, Mobius 1 has people backing him up in every single mission in the game.
93e860 No.16220269
>>16220230
Thank you for making me feel like a piece of shit anon. I deserved it.
9bd0a3 No.16220275
>>16220269
Don't worry Anon AC4's entire story is about you being praised for fighting for a bunch of assholes.
93e860 No.16220292
>>16220275
Really? I assumed it was just Mobius1 getting hate mail for killing some kids husbando.
What was the best final missions and why?
9bd0a3 No.16220315
>>16220292
Basically it goes like this
>Ulysses asteroid is shot to pieces by Stonehenge before it can hit Earth, fragments still cause damage on Usea
>Usean countries have to displace over one million refugees who were affected by the asteroids
>Erusea takes in more refugees than anyone else, declares that they can't take any more and asks other countries to up their own refugee quotas
>Very few countries actually respond
>Erusea, already harboring 200,000 refugees, finds 600,000 more bunching up on its borders, and casualty figures rise due to crime and illnesses rise (hence why there's a big wall in one of the missions at Erusea's border in AC7)
>Erusea asks NGOs to help get them somewhere else, but said NGOs don't do jack shit
>Erusea decides to tighten visa restrictions to prevent illegal immigrants and criminals from coming in
>Most other countries in Usea start boycotting Erusean exports, in a time of economical crisis no less
>Central Usea Treaty Organization sanctions the fuck out of their economy too
>Erusea loses its patience and takes over San Salvacion and Stonehenge, to get people to fuck off
>AC4 happens, paints Erusea as being the bad guy and Mobius gets his dick vacuumed all the way to the end as a hero despite having a personal army to back him up on every single mission
>Erusean soldiers are called fascists despite being from a Federal Republic and being in just as shitty conditions as the civies of the countries they were occupying, even the Yellows were operating out of an old highway tunnel with garbage-tier fuel, rookie pilots and virtually no logistical aid
>Game ends on a "happy" note with celebrations all around for the ISAF and allies while Erusea is left burning with a broken economy and filled to the brim with refugees
It's jarring to read up on it after playing the game.
93e860 No.16220336
>>16220315
Anon I was being sarcastic. But thank you for this, some of details really fly over my head.
9bd0a3 No.16220363
>>16220336
>sarcasm
Do that again and it's solitary for you
b94495 No.16220393
>>16220315
>Ask why Mobius is Jesus
>find out that Erusea did nothing wrong
Thanks, Im going to replay 4 through new eyes.
420d16 No.16220504
>mfw this game
Well this is pretty good.
>>16216604
Good to know.
It's also nice to see that the dubbing isn't bad at all.
I was a bit worried about it, but it seems decent.
>>16220119
I met them for the first time, but didn't want to take my chances attacking them.
3c46c3 No.16220541
What is it with Ace Combat and you constantly being forced to play as an asshole?
6d5b4d No.16220550
>>16220292
>What was the best final mission and why?
While AC04 was good, there's nothing that beats the buildup and feeling of what happens in AC5. It's the perfect finish to any game. However, since AC5 was a very scripted and orchestrated game the feeling wears off slightly after subsequent playthroughs. You feel like a god the first time playing it, but the feeling has never replicated since.
This is why Zero has the best final mission in all the series, it never gets old having to joust at Mach 2 while listening to a banging soundtrack.
Honourable mention to Ace Combat Infinity where you replay a version of Operation Bunker Shot and the mission goes horribly wrong due to the enemy deploying their secret super weapon. But when all seems lost, you rally the troops and webm related starts playing.
>>16220504
It's a good thing you didn't attack them anon, because unfortunately they're scripted to take no damage.
9bd0a3 No.16220564
>>16220550
>This is why Zero has the best final mission in all the series
This. It makes my heart race without fail everytime.
9bd0a3 No.16220626
>>16220541
As far as I know that's only the case in 4 and in Zero (if you play Mercenary).
00029d No.16220991
>>16220192
>Everyone treats Mobius as if he saved Usea for them all on his own
Everyone treats the PC of the game like he's singlehandedly ending the conflict / conflicts to some varying degrees in pretty much every game barring AC3 JP, granted in most of the games it's pretty much what you're doing.
6d5b4d No.16221253
>>16220088
No idea anon, but have some more and a picture of best girl
420d16 No.16221651
Just finished 4.
That was pretty enjoyable, although a bit short and the way the story was told was interesting.
So do the later games explain why the war happened in the first place?
a1783d No.16221744
>>16221651
No, but there are supplemental materials that delve into why it happened. Most of it in line with what this anon >>16220315 posted.
6b6823 No.16221871
>>16221744
>>16220315
So you're basically the bad guy in 4 then.
434b43 No.16223329
>>16221744
>>16220315
This is not what I wanted.
3f6fda No.16223363
>>16208973
You can rebind them any way you like. You could try out mine. It's a pretty heavy modification of the default control scheme. I'm new to the series, but it works very well for me. Remember the default flight controls in GTA San Andreas, almost fifteen years ago, and flying the Hydra? That's what I based mine on. Arrow keys control pitch and roll. Q and E are for the rudder. You never use the mouse, unless you're holding F, to look around.
You might need a good keyboard that doesn't lock up when you press too many buttons, because sometimes you will be holding 5 or more at a time, e.g. A+S + down arrow + right arrow to perform a high-G turn, while also holding left alt to keep the camera on your target.
Of course, you could always get a controller. But if you're a pig-headed fool like me who goes out of his way to stick to M+KB, this control scheme should work nicely.
93e860 No.16223889
>>16221651
Did you get hard on with the last mission song?
434b43 No.16223965
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>16223889
The game was already stroking me from the start all the way until that mission, so yes, I did.
I honestly laughed when one of the allied pilots said "Mobius 1 isn't the only one up there" in the previous mission.
That was so bloody unexpected.
And a bit sad when I shot down the helicopters full of Erusian leaders who tried to flee.
ddb3c3 No.16225058
>Get out of here you fascist pig!
ddb3c3 No.16225138
>Damn fascists! They're gonna level the city!
6d5b4d No.16225208
>>16225058
>>16225138
>forgetting that Belka and Erusea are monarchies
0d141d No.16225216
>>16225208
>implying that shitposter doesn't masturbate to the idea of living in a monarchy like the little /pol/edditor he is
6d5b4d No.16225241
>>16225216
With a princess like Rosa, how could you not?
>blonde hair
>blue eyes
>noble birth
>shows tomboyish traits about Avril
>did nothing wrong
She might possibly be the best girl in the whole series
434b43 No.16225246
>>16225216
>implying a half-decent monarchy wouldn't be vastly superior to the current shitshow
434b43 No.16225450
>>16225241
Would marry and impregnate.
ddb3c3 No.16227153
>>16225208
Well I haven't heard of any Belka yet, maybe later, but 4 has you working as "not the USA" and has you liberating places where they weren't even governing. I doubt they were trying to bring monarchy when they were leveling those skies that "belong to everyone", seems more like they wanted to bring (((democracy)))
I'll get onto 5 later in the year
1fae20 No.16227171
>>16225216
>He hates god and his divinely anointed ruler.
e41ee3 No.16227196
>>16221871
>not knowing
you're the bad guy in pretty much all of the ace combat games
9bd0a3 No.16227220
00029d No.16227260
>>16227196
Can you really consider a mercenary doing what he's paid for the bad guy though, because that's the situation you're in in almost half of the games.
ddb3c3 No.16227499
>>16227196
>you're the bad guy in pretty much all of the ace combat games
Not in the PS1 games, in Electrosphere there are clear moralities there and you can choose who to side with, while the first two were just about regulating dissenters in your nation. Which probably is the right one since they don't fly red planes.
I'm so mad I lost my folder of Rena caps
6d5b4d No.16228002
File: 323ab9bed6ebba0⋯.jpg (Spoiler Image, 783.45 KB, 2897x4096, 2897:4096, IMG_20190302_234301.jpg)
It's not much, but we have some slightly lewd Avril
6d5b4d No.16229014
Lewds of the princess too
921831 No.16229861
>>16208729
>Brownie
I knew she was a tan brunette. Yet I've seen some jap artists draw her as a pale blonde for some reason.
>>16208937
>Talisman has a scarred face
An interesting choice there.
6d5b4d No.16232738
a1783d No.16233176
>>16232738
So it's going to be:
>The Morgan
>FALKEN (or manned variants of the ADF-11
>and new real aircraft
921831 No.16234776
>>16233176
I think the aircraft Kono was talking about is unrelated to the DLC planes we're already getting actually, as those three have already been decided before this. In a followup to that tweet, apparently it's just China probably wanting to get their own planes added for AC8 now that the series is back on the radar for many or maybe because having a pseudo Chinese character like Huxian got their rocks off big time.
93e860 No.16236257
>>16232738
Please just bring back co-op, please Sky King, grant me this only wish.
cedc54 No.16236613
>>16234776
>Huxian is a pseudo chinese character
>the place where she grew up at was a shithole where she had to steal to survive
Strangreal china confirmed to also be a trash country.
6d5b4d No.16236960
>>16236613
She's still waifu material though
5a3f60 No.16237297
>>16225241
I want to lick the princess' anus.
5a3f60 No.16237303
1cf9fd No.16237544
>>16225241
>false warmongering princess
lol
>>16227171
>worshipping a skykike
4f9577 No.16239540
>>16225241
>>did nothing wrong
Didnt she have a total mental breakdown/overwrite by looking at a ONEHUMANRACE picture from a random starving artist?
64f7ed No.16239558
Hows ace combat 7? is it fun?
750522 No.16240409
>>16239558
Like the OP says, nowhere near as good as the holy trinity, but it's up there with 6 I'd say. Gameplay's great for the most part but the story has a lot of lost potential. It doesn't really let you get attached to any characters. Everyone says the music is good, but I'm honestly sick of hearing the same theme in every single song. Gets old real fast.
Multiplayer is a mess. Only two game modes and they're versus. I was hoping for more options like Infinity, but right now it doesn't have much to offer. Also seems a little broken in terms of the records. I still haven't unlocked the Grabacr Belkan squadron emblem. Even though I've won countless BRs after unlocking the first one, it still lists me at 15, which is what's required for the first anyway.
Small gripes would be too many SUs, no FALKEN, no cool concept planes or unfinished prototypes like the 1.44, and a couple missions are 100% bullshit.
Gave us Bandog though, the best AWACS. To the anon who recommended strategies for multiplayer MIG-31 fun, thanks but I'm afraid it doesn't work. Not when basic missiles can be buffed to go above 4000 speed, have no reload time, be fired from insane distance, and have the homing capabilities of QAAMs. Poor thing never stood a chance and LAAMs are utter trash I guess multiplayer will forever be the no fun zone.
9bd0a3 No.16240471
>>16240409
>the same theme in every single song
The leitmotif? Every Ace Combat OST after 3 is like that, lad.
22c9cd No.16240524
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What are your favorite AC7 tracks?
750522 No.16240635
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>>16240471
You're right, but they're not as obnoxious or at the very least they're more varied with the instruments used. An example is Northern Eye where it's not in your face and can be passed over relatively easily. Even then it's not as common as 7 with examples like Blockade or Invincible Fleet lacking it that I can tell. In most of 7, the entire song seems to come to a halt just so it can play the leitmotif before picking up again.
Or who knows. Maybe I just didn't like the music for this game all that much or I find the leitmotif underwhelming. I can't say there are many memorable songs in the game to me. I think of Mayhem from Zero and can remember nearly every note, but ask me how Daredevil goes and the only part that sticks out is the leitmotif. Most of the songs in 5 and Zero seem extremely easy to tell apart and you can usually determine what mission they're from, but 7's soundtrack just blends together for me. Be honest, are there any tracks in 7 with the leitmotif where the entire song is memorable to you?
>>16240524
Werewolf is easily the best. I think Tail Man and ADFX-10 are also good. Can't seem to find it in the former, but I think the latter has the leitmotif and is one of the few I like and can pick out from the soundtrack.
b911e6 No.16241460
>>16209432
Thanks for the screencap. I'm trying to S-rank the Ace-tier missions right now in the hopes of getting something good but I'm disappointed in the aircraft choices. I'm mostly sticking to the Su-47 (BEST AIRCRAFTFU) because the X-02S is just a shit-tier endgame choice. It's somehow more situational than the ADF-01 of AC5, which really had nothing going for it other than lots of missiles and the TLS.
1c811c No.16241501
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>>16240524
Magic Spear is very dear
9bd0a3 No.16241542
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>>16240635
I see what you mean. AC7 had a bit too much electronic stuff mixed in. I was hoping for more orchestral melodies. I thought the leitmotif was good but the tracks needed to have more character of their own instead of being mostly "mood-dictating" tracks.
That said, there's some diamonds in the rough. 444, Long Day, Magic Spear 1, Last Hope, Two Pronged Strategy, Pipeline Destruction, Transfer Orders, ADFX-10, Stonehenge Defense, Sol Squadron (the basis for the second layer of the leitmotif) and Archange, were all good. And then there's my personal favorites…
>>16240524
Waiapolo Mountains and Lost Kingdom by far. These two tracks alone bring the "Ace Combat atmosphere" to the game in a way that none of the other tracks can. They hark back to ancient times, before Strangereal had planes.
284f88 No.16241834
>>16208461
>>16209432
If AC7 can be one of the holy trinity it would be the Original JP Audio with proper Eng TLs not that (((bang zoom studio))) meme localization retards think is 'true to the original japanese version'
0194fc No.16242198
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>>16240409
You realize 4 is practically like the polar express with even the track played when you die is the theme right?
As for multiplayer, its messy, and it could certainly be better, but once you get all the MP only upgrades it can be fun unless there is more than one QAAM spammer in the room. LAAM sniping with the Mig-31 and F-14 is also a very lucrative strat. You just need to fire at the slow moving targets who are stalling all over themselves in the endless high-G turn war retardation for an almost guaranteed kill.
>>16240524
I honestly like Last Hope. It just sounds like HAPPENING TIME! TANKS IN 30 MINUTES! As the quiet night falls into lawless chaos.
750522 No.16242392
>>16241542
I think I like Sol Squadron more than Archange. Has a more ominous feel to it that befits a threatening squadron. Archange does fit the final encounter more though.
>>16241834
Didn't Erusea actually build walls to keep out the refugees that fucked them over before the Continental War? I thought it was just SJW whining, but it seems in line with what actually happened as far as I know.
>>16242198
Read the thread, nigger
I already have all the MP upgrades. If anything, it becomes even more of a shitshow the more upgrades everyone has. QAAMs are ridiculous, but standard missiles can be buffed to be almost as good, making the problem worse.
Combine that with SASM spam and how easy it is to kill with the EML and it's honestly a disaster. Perhaps I'm having trouble finding a balance in the game? What's the sweet spot? 2500 or higher just means stealth fighters and wyverns, 2250 means EML, QAAM, and SASM spam, 2000 and less means the missiles are buffed to infinity. Am I missing something? Even when I try to have dumb fun and just use the 21 with MGP, it's frustrating when up against all that.
You might be right with the LAAM. Maybe I was going for targets that were moving a bit much and that's what caused the misses. Or maybe I should just try SAAMs,but that seems difficult with so many players.
I could be fucktarded and just spam QAAMs, but that doesn't seem very fun. I honestly just enjoy using aircraft I like. Su-47, Mig-29 and 31, Rafale, even the YF-23 to name a few.
Or maybe I actually fucking suck and all those wins were lucky. Who knows Never ever I guess
284f88 No.16242513
>>16242392
>Didn't Erusea actually build walls to keep out the refugees that fucked them over before the Continental War? I thought it was just SJW whining, but it seems in line with what actually happened as far as I know.
I'm talking about the storyline context being significantly different in the Eng version compared to the Japanese Original, the wall dialogue may be part of the game however that doesn't mean bang zoom won't make some subtle drumpf wall 'jokes' in there.
9bd0a3 No.16243007
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>>16242392
Yeah I liked Sol Squadron better too. I think the female chanting wasn't quite there. It was sort of cheesy, rather than powerful like the ones from Unsung War.
Also Homeward is a secret 10/10.
e26e34 No.16243388
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>>16241542
>Lost Kingdom
That's my pick for second favorite track in AC7. I'm glad you pointed out Waiapolo Mountains as a similar track because I'd overlooked it. Lost Kingdom immediately jumped out at me with its spacey melancholy. It perfectly fit the tone of its mission. For me, it was very reminiscent of White Bird II from AC5 in the way it contrasts with the tone of other music.
750522 No.16243994
>>16242513
Fair enough. I think I would've liked 444 a bit more if your squadmates weren't as obnoxious. Full Band was especially retarded. One of the most important parts of intel gathering was to be subtle about it especially since espionage is punishable by death in times of war.
Count is also impossible to actually like. Not sure why they chose him out of everyone to be your wingman.
I'm curious though. In the English version it's obvious Bandog had Full Band shot down because he was spouting classified information about Stonehenge on an open channel even after several warnings. Is that any different in the Japanese version?
>>16243007
Very nice
c42d18 No.16244025
>>16208973
Get a flight stick, you nigger.
6d5b4d No.16244715
>>16240524
This series has some nice comfy
3f6fda No.16244991
>>16240524
Werewolf and Magic Spear.
9bd0a3 No.16245303
>>16243994
I think Tabloid would've been a better wingman. Since he's a disgraced Belkan pilot it'd do wonders to break the stereotype of belkan conspiracies while also redeeming him for letting his previous squadron down, on top of him getting over his anarchist ideals.
But then he just died offscreen…
6d5b4d No.16248417
>>16245303
But anon, you can actually see it happen in game. Same with Brownie
f84be0 No.16250366
>>16248417
Wait you can actually see debris paste him?
e91b9d No.16255827
>>16208461
I want to get into the series. Should I just download Ace Combat 1 from an emulator site? Or wait for the OP to reupload if he's going to?
Also, anyone know what the music of this webm is from? Is it Ace Combat related? Because it's fucking rad
>>16254262
Sort of. First translates as:
>"Here's AWACS Long Caster."
Little line on the bottom is "rice cake"; can't read the bit on the leg.
Second is:
>"Haircut?"
9bd0a3 No.16255938
>>16255827
Start out with 4, 5 and Zero. Alternatively, you an start with AC2. AC1 is rough around the edges and not quite as good as starting point.
Use this script with grease/tampermonkey to download roms from emuparadise:
https://gist.github.com/Eptun/3fdcc84552e75e452731cd4621c535e9/raw/d1dcc00185085ce10df8bebcc2a640fd01ef9058/emuparadise.eptun.user.js
I don't recognize that song from any AC game. It's jazzy, while most AC music is either orchestral, electronic or jamming guitars.
e91b9d No.16256275
>>16255938
So I can skip AC1 without missing too much lore or story? Also, thanks for the script link, anon. Shame about the vid; man, the search for the music is driving me nuts.
93e860 No.16256288
Getting all the shitty skins has not been very fun.
9bd0a3 No.16256309
>>16256275
All AC games have Strangereal lore in them, sans X2, Assault Horizon and Infinity. That said, AC1 has been retconned from taking place in the real world to being in Strangereal for continuity.
AC1's lore is basically about Scarface squadron (led by you, as Phoenix) suppressing a Coup D'etat in the Skully Islands - also known as the Skully Islands Insurrection - in Southwest Usea, in 1995. It started shortly after the Belkan War.
The real meat of the lore is, in order of importance, AC Zero, 5, 7, 4, 3 and X. AC1 and 2 are skippable in that regard. Overall I'd recommend playing all of them in order of release sans Assault Horizon. Infinity was online-only so you can't play that anymore (not like it matters).
ffbcbd No.16256318
>>16256275
>So I can skip AC1 without missing too much lore or story?
Yeah, story in 1 outside of external material is two cutscenes, one exposing the reason you're dong what you're doing at the start and one telling you how much you blew the fuck out of the enemy at the end
Gameplay wise it's a bit different from the rest but the Dpad control are not nice and the plane are fairly fragile so if you're not used to the genre the game will rough you up.
Really the only thing is that you're gonna have a hard time coming back to it later if you don't play it first because of QoL and tweaks to make the games more accessible over time.
2 is a better start if you're not accustomed to early PS1 game style in general as it pretty much already features most of what the main gameplay is gonna be throughout the series beyond some specifics of plane handling and AI behavior, and it has proper stick controls.
9bd0a3 No.16257487
Wait, Long Caster's emblem is an actual fucking burger? I don't remember this
6d5b4d No.16257740
>>16257487
It was never shown in game. The picture is from the AC7 nip website
107031 No.16266320
>>16261721
Put a hotdog between her burger buns? Yes.
6d5b4d No.16278398
>>16209432
Anons, Bamco have made a survey to datamine us receive feedback about the game. And the localisation is a question topic.
https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUK/status/1109092606758322177
2b2d81 No.16278471
>>16278398
Its a strange day when Bamco seems to be doing something this smart and forward thinking.
8361b4 No.16280933
>>16278398
>Starts asking questions about the series
>Suddenly asks for my current job
Right. So, check this out:
>If you have any comments concerning the games localization, please provide details below.
Let's formulate a piece of text for this one.