[The E]

Oh yes.

[StarSlayer]

Is that Big Boss in the Sukhoi?

[The E]

What I want to know is who's so suicidal as to hop into a Starfighter

[DahBlount]

I'm just glad to hear we're getting PC support. Hopefully the game play returns to the days of AC4, AC5, ACZ, and AC6.

[Scotty]

That story sounds right about like it's So Bad It's Good (from the trailer), and the images of an F/A-18 Hornet firing a centerline mounted laser cannon have me ****ing sold.  Also UAVs/drones taken to their illogical conclusion sounds fun.

[Torchwood]

But will it have unnecessarily flamboyant Idolmaster aircraft?

[deathspeed]

I have not played much of any of the series so I don't know any of the story or characters, but this looks like fun! I have about a couple of hours each in AC6 and Assault Horizon.  I know AH is viewed negatively by many AC fans, and I'm not sure yet what I think of the QTE mechanic, but I've had fun playing so far.

What I want to know is who's so suicidal as to hop into a Starfighter

[Deathspeed sheepishly raises his hand]

[Klaustrophobia]

Have any of the previous games been available on PC?  I assumed no but never really looked.

[deathspeed]

Have any of the previous games been available on PC?  I assumed no but never really looked.

Assault Horizon is the only one on PC that I am aware of.

[FrikgFeek]

Yes, Assault Horizon is the only Ace Combat game with a PC port but you can emulate the older games since PCSX2 recently added mipmapping support, the lack of which was previously causing emulation issues for AC4, 5, and zero.

[Klaustrophobia]

Is Assault Horizon any good?  I know these are arcade games but I want to play them at least sorta sim-like with my X45 so I'm not terribly interested in emulating the old ones.  And beyond that, emulating in general I find rather meh.

[FrikgFeek]

If emulation isn't your thing that's fine but it would be completely possible to remap a HOTAS as a gamepad and rig the controls using Lilypad. The AC games on the PS2 use the DS2's pressure-sensitive buttons so it's also possible to use an axis for accurate yaw and speed control since the game will read it as a very precise pressure-sensitive button. It would make the menus... quite difficult to navigate though.

If you're looking to play sim-like Asssault Horizon is definitely not what you're looking for. It uses a system called "dogfight mode" which makes your plane fly on rails and this system is forced on you quite often. It also has horrible door gunner and AC-130 gunner segments straight out of cod, I can't imagine those playing well on a joystick.



Also, Vector Thrust is 75% off on Steam right now. It's an arcadey AC-like flight sim with some really fun(if completely unrealistic) post-stall manoeuvring and a huge variety of planes for challenge and skirmish modes. It's quite buggy and unpolished with the only story campaign being pretty short but for ~6$ it's completely fine and there are a few decent mod campaigns for it.

[StarSlayer]

Is Assault Horizon any good?  I know these are arcade games but I want to play them at least sorta sim-like with my X45 so I'm not terribly interested in emulating the old ones.  And beyond that, emulating in general I find rather meh.

Fires of Liberation might be a better bet.  Assault Horizon introduced a lot of funky mechanics to the combat system while AC6 was still the over the top arcade flight game feel.  I had to mess around with the settings quite a bit to get Assault Horizon to play more like the old games.  Fires of Liberation doesn't lose out to much to the newer titles in the looks department either.

[Colonol Dekker]

Well I know what my next must have ps4 game is.
Ace combat gear solid.

If it comes with PSVR support I might even consider saving for that...


Edit-

From last December VR seems likely based on the experience and VR tags.
https://youtu.be/O9kLbrO2vBI

[deathspeed]

Vector Thrust lost me at "cel shaded."  I don't know why but i just cannot stand that style, even though I know I am missing out on some great games that use it.

[The E]

all of my yes

[Spoon]

My face was delighted when I saw the little steam icon at the end. I just hope it steps away from the direction that they took with assault horizon and shift a bit back to the older games. I did get that impression from this trailer so, yeah. Looks good!

[FrikgFeek]

Kono confirmed it would play more like AC5 and ACZ than AC:AH. DFM isn't making a comeback but high-G turns are and it'll be the same simplified system they used in the recent ACs.
Not sure how I feel about that since it reduces turnfights to spamming the airbrake because you get a big boost in turnrate every time you press and release it.

The story looks like it'll be like AC5 too with a "war is bad and all sides are terrible" theme, I just hope they handle it with a bit more subtlety.

[The E]

The story looks like it'll be like AC5 too with a "war is bad and all sides are terrible" theme, I just hope they handle it with a bit more subtlety.

Subtlety is about the last thing I am expecting from an AC game.

[StarSlayer]

My face was delighted when I saw the little steam icon at the end.

I can has PC version?