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

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Do you guys fag out over the art on the cd as well?

What is this "fagging out" that you speak of? Is it something like having a circle jerk over the CD?

Anyway, what do you guys think will be the plan of attack on the Excalibur? It's like the Empire state building crossed with Megalith. A low-altitude run like in AC04 wouldn't work because it's got lasers on trains surrounding the facility.

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Well, that would be one hell of an approach, especially if you have to hit it in certain areas like Stonehenge, Megalith and the SOLG. Throw in some nice jamming to prevent lock-ons (ala Stonehenge before the jammer is destroyed), and a dogfight in the sky above it and we've got a winner.

As for the Hresvelger, it looks like they simply gave the Arkbird model a new skin, perhaps shortened a bit and made it a tag more agile. Eh, scratch that as I just remembered the XB-10, the massive prototype bomber from AC2 was somewhat similar to this in appearance.

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Wait... about what point in the video did they show the X-02 and Falken? I was too caught up in checking out the new story sequence bits and the BGM that actually had a chorus singing to it.

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Can someone please link to said confirmation for the Wyvern and Falken.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Sweet, but don't jump to conclusions. It might be.... air pr0n.

It looks like they really gimped the X-02 from AC5 to 0.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Here's some demo impressions:

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I didn't write this but someone named direct from the Ace Combat.net forums did. I figured most people would like to read this since it involves the demo:

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Just got the demo, and played through the only level avalible. You get to choose between the F-15 and F/A-18. Each has 3 special weapons to choose from. The F-15 has XMAA, QAAM, and UGBL, while the F/A-18 has SAAM, LASM, and SOD. As has been said before, you get to choose Pixy's SP, he has the same selection as your F-15. Its very easy to decide which ace you want to be, as some fighters take 3 missles to down, I think randomly. If you shoot them twice, they bug out, but you can go for the kill and extra points, and the mercanary ranking. Same with non mission essential targets, such as tents. The flying is pretty much the same as in AC5, with quicker missles than AC04. I haven't had the chance to try out the QAAM, and as far as I can tell, there are no ace's in the mission. Pixy is one sweet wingman though - doesn't have a peaceloving attitude, and you can tell him to disperse, disperse for air targets, or disperse for land targets. I armed him with some UGBL, sent him on his way, and watched him take out targets. Pretty sweet.

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by the way, I live in CT, for anyone wondering about avaliblity in the US

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Scratch the one mission thing - the first mission is A-G based, the second is a big furball with Su-27s, Su-37s and MiG-29As everywhere. Once you get to probably 5 enemys left, the F-14 squad shows up with XLAAs, which they fire at you. From my experiance, I'd say they're mighty close to Yellow squad - very competitive, even with QAAM, which are pretty much the same as in AC5. I also forgot to mention this above, by my XMAA on the F-15 were very accurate </i>

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Skills, don't you hate on Okami. That game looks and plays awesome.

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If he's playing in Campaign mode, he's going to get raped in the following mission if he uses the F-117. It's best to come to some kind of compromise between air-to-air and ground attacks, and pick your targets wisely like Rei said.

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Good thing you stuck with the JAS, since the F-117 would've doomed you in the mission right after. Too bad the escape mission with Pops, Final Option IIRC, is better*.

With the Flightstick, that mission's just oodles of fun, just like the tunnel before the SOLG control panel/facility.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Use large unguided bombs, and stick to the Hrimfaxi like a fly to shit when it surfaces. If you're in a hurry, drop the bombs then switch to missles to damage it even more. It's not that hard.

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Originally Posted by Firefly

From what I've seen in the demo, he certainly acts competent.

Yeah, from the impressions I've seen so far from the ACZ demo, he's leaps and bounds ahead of the wingmen in 05, to the point where the guy says he simply tells him to use special weapons and sends him off... and he actually uses them effectively.

Though he's bad-ass simply going from what the solo-wing part of his name means.

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But don't you have to beat the game in order to unlock it? This was the case in 05, and IIRC, in 4 as well.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well, given that they used the AC5 engine and aside from sprucing up the explosions and other minor things, it wouldn't be wrong to expect it to be the same case here.

BTW, the trailer back there, maybe that's simply the movie that plays before the title screen like in 05?

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Rock... you are The Meng. Seriously, that should be your custom title. Anyway, it'd be pretty odd to have an accomplished pilot like Pixie be a blabbermouth. Chopper was cool, but the jibberjabber in 05 was almost unbearable.

From what I've read, this dude flew the plane back missing one wing, so it looks like they took the hardcore route with him. And that's not wrong at all, considering most of Ustio's air force is gone so only the best are left.

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WTF... ADFX-02? ADF-01 = Falken, so I guess Megalith isn't lying about this one. The wings are kind of stubby though and it looks like the Falken crossed with the X-02 with the resulting fighter looking like something out of a shoot 'em up.

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Holy shit... could it be? Is this the "new" XFA-27 from Ace Combat 2? And is that really a fucking laser!?

BTW, what's the backstory behind this one? Belkan prototype air superiority fighter? Erusian prototype air superiority fighter? Something that fell from Megalith's Macross model display?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, I asked a question in the thread that has me wondering how I download the tracks which bumped the thread up, I assume. The soundtrack's not that bad, it's just not very memorable. The finale track is awesome though, but since I haven't played the game yet, it loses the weight it must carry when you're actually doing that mission.

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Wow... the name ireally does fit. Falken + Wyvern = Falveren

My money's on this being in Ace Combat 6 as part of the trifecta of unlockables.

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Hmm, looks like it's called the ADFX-02 "Morgan". The secret plane, that is.

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Originally Posted by SCHNEE-3

I'm giving Ace Combat 5 another shot. I deleted my old file before I beat the game.

I'm not looking foreward to that "Synchronized Attack" mission though. ._. That mission still gives me nightmares.

4 Horsemen... Ugh, definitely the one mission I disliked in that game above all the others.

I was speaking idiomatically.