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I’m unironically very glad we’re getting another melodramatic super unrealistic Ace Combat game. Despite being a massive plane nerd I much prefer Ace Combat to something like DCS. First person cutscenes are interesting, I just hope that they don’t screw it up like they did with Assault Horizon.

  • Parzivus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    20·
    11 days ago

    You’re a fighter pilot, adrift at sea in a rescue boat until the outdated aircraft carrier, Endurance, pulls you aboard. Your homeland’s navy is shattered. The aging vessel, its decks crowded with refugees, has already retreated far from the front lines.

    July 2029: The Federation of Central Usea (FCU) has fallen under a lightning invasion by the Republic of Sotoa. Most of the nation is occupied, the military is scattered, and the Endurance is just one fragment of what remains. On this shop, you’re given a single name: “Wings of Theve”. A legendary ace, a symbol of hope, a name tied to Theve, the FCU capital.

    But that legend was a lie; it was a story made to keep morale alive. Now, you must carry that name and take to the skies again. With three new comrades at your side, fight to reclaim your lost homeland.

    From here. So the premise is that your country made a Ghost of Kiev and you have to pretend to be them, lol. Funny premise. AC7 was great so this could be GOTY 2026 for me

    • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      15·
      11 days ago

      Ukraine actually did that too, they have a real MiG-29 squadron called the Ghosts of Kyiv now lol.

      But I like the set up, reminds me of Ace Combat X Skies of Deception, the PSP one.

      Sotoa is supposed to be some failed petrostate (ran out of oil) that borders the in universe version Iraq and Lebanon, so that’s an interesting antagonist.

      From interviews coming out from project aces, Sotoa is basically Iran, with an inland sea (Caspian), near Yuktobania (Russia) and Middle Eastern states as previously mentioned, and in game the culture is based on the Parthians.

      I hope we get Chinese jets too.

    • KhanCipher [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      11 days ago

      Can we stop having a war on the continent of Usea for 5 minutes?!

      AC7 was great

      The game that chickened out of doing a full blown Osea bad plotline (in universe, Osea is the stand in for the USA), and completely dropped it halfway through the game to do a “ehhh, it was Belka’s fault yet again” is good. Okay.

      • Parzivus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        7·
        11 days ago

        I’m not really going into Ace Combat expecting anything out of the story. Like I won’t complain if it’s good but I’m not gonna be that disappointed if it’s mid like I would be for an RPG. The gameplay was great and that’s what I’m there for.