New Ace Combat Game

[winny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec8jNw254V8

[olife]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec8jNw254V8

hello winny,

thanks a lot for this very gooooood new!!!YEEEEEEAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mattd27]

Is it me or does the game appear to be played on rails? That would be a definite negative if it were so.

[Lexandro]

Is it me or does the game appear to be played on rails? That would be a definite negative if it were so.

Its a video, its likely to be CGI of existing gameplay. Also when making videos like that most dev's use simple scripting actions which came make the combat look "artificial" at times.

[Robotic Pope]

Its a video, its likely to be CGI of existing gameplay. Also when making videos like that most dev's use simple scripting actions which came make the combat look "artificial" at times.

Yes, but there are obvious signs of "quicktime events". Press triangle to evade enemy and pull off insane move to suddenly become behind enemy. That is not flying skill, its just pressing a button and ultra dumbed down. Ive got to say this looks awful and makes Ace Combat 6 look like a proper PC sim in comparison.

[Rambo Rich 360]

Yeah, we'll wait until the demo comes out - 'bout the only way to tell.

HAWKS sorta looked good until I played the demo LOL.

[dkwookie]

Looks pretty cool. With my obsessive compulsive games buying habit I will end up getting it. Got to say though I am looking forward to Apache a lot more.
I don't think there is room in the Market for two arcade jet franchises. I wish they would get more imaginative like a full blown WW1 flight game like BoP or something set in Korea or the Fauklands

[Shadowcorp]

looks fun... not sure it will be a keeper but i'll be buying it.

[winny]

I'll end up buying it because it looks good and it's got jets in it.. Then see how long it survives before it gets traded in. There's definately room for an arcade-y missile fest on my shelf.

Think it's not out till next year anyway. We'll have worked out if Apache air assault's any good by then.

[mattd27]

Looks pretty cool. With my obsessive compulsive games buying habit I will end up getting it. Got to say though I am looking forward to Apache a lot more.
I don't think there is room in the Market for two arcade jet franchises. I wish they would get more imaginative like a full blown WW1 flight game like BoP or something set in Korea or the Fauklands

I'm with you there, WWI had some really cool tech advances, especially in aviation. Plus I find the whole atmosphere of the early 1900's to be pretty interesting. Would make for a great sim game setting, but definitely not an FPS (we'd just spend whole levels waiting in trenches).:-P

But back on topic, this is quite disappointing. And I really hate to say it but at this point hawx2 is looking like the better game. Sure, it's not going to be realistic, but with carrier landings and mid air refuels it could at least be a bit more interesting than quicktime events.

Then again, all we've seen of this game is the trailer, so I'll reserve further judgement.

[mattd27]

Sorry for double post, but I found a bunch of screens and wanted to put them in a separate post.
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[Soviet Ace]

I think this is just to compete with the HAWX Title, which in the first place, isn't all that great in my opinion. And why is it suddenly Ace Combat is in our world? I thought they had fake nations, with just real world and some made up jets? But in the trailer, it has some pilot or someone mentioning Miami.

[dkwookie]

It looks like helicopter action is featured. Apache and possibly Black Hawks. Wonder if they are controllable or these are cut scenes.

Not sure about that first screen shot. It looks uncomfortably close to the second World Trade Center attack to me

Edit: the shots also look like a roll call of film influences. Shot 4 is an exact replica of one of the shots in Stealth. Seventh looks like Black Hawk Down and the Appache hovering over the street explosion is Blue Thunder (minus the chickens)

All good though. This game just went to must have

[bobbysocks]

i'm with ya dk...gonna have to scoop one up.

[mattd27]

new video with some more details.
http://gamescom.gamespot.com/video/6273969/

[Robotic Pope]

I think this is just to compete with the HAWX Title, which in the first place, isn't all that great in my opinion. And why is it suddenly Ace Combat is in our world? I thought they had fake nations, with just real world and some made up jets? But in the trailer, it has some pilot or someone mentioning Miami.

I agree Soviet. It really doesn't seem like an Ace Combat game. More like a collection of mini games of the type you get in the Modern Warfare series. Also disappointing its lost its Ace Combat Universe, it was one of the good things that allowed total flexibility and Craziness in the story (any country could war against each other using whatever planes they damn well wanted). Were as in this you'll be stuck flying US planes against Su's and MiG's in the same old scenario that has been done again and again in other series.

[winny]

Just downloaded HAWX 2 demo... Meh.

I think Mr Clancy should stick to sneaking up on people from behind whilst wearing night vision goggles and stopping terrorists.. Hang on, that's pretty much what I've just done in the demo.. Damn you Tom Clancy!

They've even managed to make Air to Air re-fueling boring.

[Shadowcorp]

agreed hawx 2 demo was quite boring, it didn't feel much different from the first game another lame title from our friends at ubisoft (this is my opinion and not the opinion of 1c company)

[Korsakov829]

No, no no. After The Unsung War, this will just be another bad sequel. They can make it look good all they want but after the PS2, I wouldn't get it. No skill required at all. Avoid this game and better yet the developer.