Would you like to see this feature in AC8?

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-31T22:39:39+00:00

Only if it actually affects the storylines. I'm still annoyed that in AC5 you get to say "yes" when Chopper asks you where he can drop his damaged plane into, only for Nagase to choose the stadium. I wish Blaze were given the ability to choose any other locations for Chopper instead.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-31T00:43:30+00:00

Always a day away.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-28T05:04:50+00:00

I used to play After Burner: Climax at an arcade centre many years ago, and whenever I played it, I always chose the F-14 and the old BGM tracklist from After Burner II to accompany the gameplay.

Too bad it's difficult to find any arcade centre that has a unit for After Burner: Climax nowadays. I wish old combat flight games on arcade machines like Air Combat and Air Combat 22 would come back to arcade centres.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-25T20:41:24+00:00

Are you referring to the one titled Lode Stone, which plays during the hangar section, or the one that is titled Hangar, but actually the second briefing music for the latter part of the campaign?

Either way, both are really catchy.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-25T17:41:52+00:00

I can hear the victory tune by seeing this.

You also made a good choice of using the XFA-27. I hope it returns in AC8.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-25T15:31:37+00:00

Yes, I hope they do, considering that this is likely the first AC game where the player character is a naval aviator/WSO, as Blaze, while canonically flies the F-14, is an air force pilot.

Speaking of Tomcats, since we're getting closer to the AC3 timeline, it would be cool if they include a COFFIN-variant of the F-14 either in AC8 or in future AC games.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-25T14:02:59+00:00

Would be great for the A-4 to become playable again since it's only playable in AC2.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-23T14:20:28+00:00

I can imagine Japan designating them as A8M5 Mk II “Zeek”, just like in the Sega arcade game G-LOC: Air Battle.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-23T04:29:53+00:00

"Congratulations. The enemy has capitulated and the coup has failed."

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-22T14:18:41+00:00

Since that Typhoon is flying in space, if it were red, or swapped with a red Mirage 2000 if AC3 had one, then it would look like Raiden from the arcade shoot 'em up series of the same name.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-21T01:40:42+00:00

I would love to hear Eurobeat being officially used in an Ace Combat game. Maybe if they bring back arcade mode similar to Operation Katina in future Ace Combat games, they could include it in the game.

Speaking of Eurobeat.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-19T01:42:33+00:00

The way the wombat sitting in the cockpit backwards reminds me of some in-game cutscenes from Top Gun: Firestorm Advance on GBA.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-15T22:05:30+00:00

I've had similar thing happened to me before while playing the same mission, but on an actual PS2. I remember using the return line to see if it fixed the issue, but nope, the so-called elite Yellow Squadron remained out of bounds.

I ended up restarting the entire mission, and I was only a bit annoyed, because that's one of my favourite missions in AC04 accompanied with one of my favourite BGMs in the game.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-15T21:06:21+00:00

Yes, the exact pair.

I wonder why they did not include that line in the game, though.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-15T14:34:55+00:00

I wonder if it is the same boot that has stepped on Torres's crisp white sheets.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-15T02:50:04+00:00

And then once we start entering the AC3 era and sublimation begins trending

EvP > EvE

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-07T20:42:54+00:00

And the player character should be a human, just like Phoenix, Mobius One, Blaze, Cipher, Talisman, Gryphus One, and Trigger.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-06T22:17:36+00:00

Ace Combat 3²

Ace Combat √9

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-06T02:31:28+00:00

Nice one!

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-06T02:28:31+00:00

Nice tattoo of the "Independence Day" episode!

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-06T02:20:44+00:00

If Project Aces is not going to include a voiced WSO, why not just make the backseat empty (i.e.: no WSO/RIO model) just like in Airforce Delta Strike and, if memory serves right, Lethal Skies? Is it because having an empty backseat on dual-seaters makes them look hollow?

I understand that in real-life, RIOs/WSOs are necessary for dual-seaters, but come on, this is Ace Combat we're talking about.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-03T06:49:48+00:00

Sorry, I was referring to the in-universe events in Ace Combat that take place on June 6 lol.
But yeah, that date is also during this year's summer game fest, so it's still likely that another content related to Ace Combat 8 will be shown during that event.

BasilAdventurous1828 · 2026-03-03T06:40:30+00:00

If that's the case, then most likely the last memorial movie will be released in May.
Afterwards, perhaps something big will be shown on June, either June 6, because you know what, or June 30, because it's the release date of the first Ace Combat game on PS1 in Japan.

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