[PS2] Ace Combat Thread (a.k.a. We Do Not Have Air Superiority)

Yes, Belka dropped nukes to stop the Allied Advance into the northern territory of Belka. This was answered in both AC5 and ACZ. I just assumed it was common knowledge.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Oh yeah? How many other airplane games have good stories?

That's right none.

I'm talking outside of the series of course.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Who said that they didn't have ground forces closing in on all the locations? It would be quite stupid to think that Belka launched 7 Nuclear strikes to down a couple of fighters.

And please, the AC04 story wasn't really that impressive, it's the presentation of the story that is the true gem of AC04.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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Granted. But a good story presented well beats a great story presented poorly, hence my comments about ACZ.

On the contrary, I loved the way ACZ's story was presented.

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Again, I really do know the official line. It simply doesn't make much sense...which, per the game's overall perspective on war, might just be the point.

And the Hresvelgr's nonexistent backstory is another symptom of the numerous narrative failures in ACZ. The thing would mean a lot more if it had simply been presented as the first bid for power of the Grey Men, but instead we get a second underdeveloped shadow organization (AWWNB) that also fails to explain where the Hresvelgr came from. I assumed that the Sapin Air Force fielded it as part of a power grab for the resources in B7R until it was identified as part of the coup forces, suggesting AWWNB built it themselves, but there's a wallpaper on acecombat.jp showing it in the giant Belkan hangar at Mt. Schirm...which supports the "AWWNB stole it" theory, but this is all incredibly convoluted compared to the Arkbird's introduction. Then again, perhaps that's not fair since the Arkbird didn't, you know, get introduced in the same mission it was destroyed.

Every super weapon since Stonehenge has been poor because there is no intense buildup like they did with AC04. But I liked Excalibur quite a bit. Of course I have to agree, the XB-0 came out of nowhere.

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I know. That'd be almost as stupid as, well, not depicting any of the aforementioned ground forces. Obviously doing so within flyable airspace would be impossible, as much because of the PS2's technical limitations as because you'd laugh if you were orbiting ground zero at detonation and nothing happened to you, but even a line or two of radio dialogue from the ground forces would have immensely helped.

Remember, they were trying to close off the entire South Eastern front. Some of those nukes could have been more for strategic value then actually hitting Osean troops. It's not like they could send people across after it without radiation issues. It was meant to slow Osea down, and that's exactly what they did. They knew the war would end anyway.

How ya doing, buddy?

Horrible naming scheme, bah.

Megalith, I do hope you have the ACZ OST, and you are ripping it now.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

A $40 soundtrack with a $10 walkman? You fail at logic.

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