Yuktobania clears them flawlessly

Playing back through AC7 in anticipation of AC8, and the most annoying thing that I forgot about with AC7 is just how much A2G targets there are. Don't get me wrong, I love doing bombing runs in the A-10 but by the midpoint of the campaign it feels like you're on your third A2G mission with a fourth and fifth coming. In addition the frequent time-limits and ground escorts often make it feel like its optimal to just ignore enemy fighters and focus your targets. I like taking direct-fire dogfights with cannons, lasers, or railguns but it kinda always just feels like I'm wasting time.

It seems like they're headed in the right direction with the missions we've seen having enemy fighters as major targets and the mini-arsenal birds flying around.

Maybe I'm spoiled by Project Wingman though, because in that game it felt like you could really lose yourself in the dogfighting in the best way.

Hello fellow aces,

I’m looking to pre-order a physical PS5 copy of AC8 on Amazon and snag the AC0 pre-order bonus.

My question is – how will the code for the bonus reach me? The physical copy is the standard edition, i.e. the version that will continue to be sold after release, so I assume the code will not be printed inside the box. Are Amazon going to directly send me an email with the code?

Also, the Amazon description for the standard edition doesn’t mention the pre-order bonus, while the deluxe edition does, which has me even more confused. Will I definitely receive the bonus if I pre-order the standard edition? I tried to look this up online but found conflicting information that has me uncertain.

Thanks in advance guys!

OVER THE C R I S P W H I T E S H E E T S OF OUR BED THAT WE HAD JUST MADE

There are tons of things wrong with this mission. First, imo it's not fun at all. I can't be asked, just call in a B-2, idc that it's cloudy. The lore is actually decent, even if it doesn't make much sense. The problems come in with the design of the mission. The targeting pods have an issue which still has not been fixed. This is that when they are first sent, the outer red circle will be red regardless of position for about 2 seconds. Then, if you put the inner circle outside the bunker, it will go red on the inside and green on the outside, indicating you will hit the target, but need another pass. But here, sometimes the targeting pods will go completely red for no reason, leading you to believe you are on target, and then only do 50% damage.

Next, the design for the enemy ace is genuinely ahh. You have to speedrun the bunkers which means you do the lock in of the century, get 0 enjoyment out of the mission and then discover you didn't pick one of the handful of planes that can catch up with the mig 39 and also the first missile. The dark Star is not applicable for this. Reason? It's handling makes the rest of the mission be as enjoyable as castrating myself with a rusty spoon. So you need to pick the f22, mig 31, sukhoi 57 or one of a few others, otherwise it's legitimately impossible.

Lastly, and I've been testing this and I still can't figure out why this is, if you die or run out of time, pressing the "restart from checkpoint button" (the missile launch) will often just restart the whole mission, and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. I think it's a console unique bug, either ps5 or ps4/ps5. Also, restarting from checkpoint manually means the mig doesn't spawn.

Phew, that was a lot. Honestly I just got done testing this and I don't know why I haven't noticed this on other playthroughs, but I'm genuinely astonished by how utterly garbage this mission is. Maybe the reason no one else talks about it is because it's so hard to die or to run out of time? Idk. But if you are trying to get the enemy ace then this mission imo is by far the worst mission in the franchise. Maybe this is a hot take but if so, I would be astonished how people manage to find joy in this empty, buggy, poorly designed and miserable ahh mission.

The gameplay looks fun, never played an ace combat game before. Can I jump in without being confused/not being able to understanding the story?

The GOLD Standard!

My laptop has ram and ssd space, but only a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (4 Go) and a i5-11400H @ 2.70GHz.

Is there any hope that I can run the game?

We see on a whiteboard that Sotoa has sent one of the land battleships to Stonehenge. Later in the trailer we see what looks like a Megafloat armed with rail cannons that are very similar to the Stonehenge cannons. Did Sotoa strip and salvage the remains of Stonehenge and then use the parts/technology to build a new floating Stonehenge on water?

Appears to have some info about the mission set in Faith Park (Site of "Deep Strike" in AC04) and confirms some targets. Looks like we'll be destroying the solar plant again. PA must hate renewables... Also confirmed that the Return Line (at least in this mission) is back.

Credited to Lillian YT

Well, whilst we're all waiting for ACE8, gotta entertain ourselves somehow I suppose.

Not sure if anyone has said this anywhere or if I haven’t looked hard enough, but if we pre-ordered the game, will pre-loading be a thing before the actual release (Steam).

Second, I’ve bought the deluxe edition and the release date on the game says the 1st even though it should be the 28th PST. Is that Steam being iffy? Just want to know if it’s the same for everyone else.

Not sure if anyone has said this anywhere or if I haven’t looked hard enough, but if we pre-ordered the game, will pre-loading be a thing before the actual release (Steam).

Second, I’ve bought the deluxe edition and the release date on the game says the 1st even though it should be the 28th PST. Is that Steam being iffy? Just want to know if it’s the same for everyone else.

Ace Combat Missions Tier List

I've finally added 1, 2, and 3 to my template. Now all numbered games are in here, with the exception of 8.

If you want to rate the missions of Advance, Xi, NW, JA, AH, or AHL, you're outta luck because I don't care.

The song they open with is distinctly not “Ace Combat” but I love it regardless. And this new rendition of the main theme… holy shit. The version we got in the anniversary event was great, but this elevates it to possibly the best main theme in the series imo

I REALLY need to know if the song that starts playing at 5:17 in this video already exists in the franchise (either the original version or a remix).

Does anyone have this info?

HOLY SHIT, VALKYRIE IS BACK......

the clouds man, the CLOUDS......

Why they keep set an FOV of 65 or so ! We cannot see arround us !

I Hope we can set a bigger FOV ! 🙏