Wow congratulations, I knew the series was popular but wow those sales are way better then I realized.
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide (now the best-selling Ace Combat game in the franchise beating Ace Combat 4)
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3 people? that can't be true!!I've got two words for you: Project Wingman
Project Wingman on Steam
Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.store.steampowered.com
It's basically an Ace Combat "fangame" made by 3 guys (main dev, a writer and a composer). It's got everything a good AC game needs: lots of planes (including some endgame fictional superplanes), a war that just escalates beyond belief, a soundtrack that would make Keiki Kobayashi proud...
Oh, and did I mention it's FULLY PLAYABLE IN VR? Because it's fully playable in VR.
That's great, I've bought it and the DLC on all three systems. Love it but still haven't really played more than a handful missions.
Very deserved and the support has been great. Hope it means the franchise continues into this new generation and that we perhaps get some remasters or remakes.
Wild to me that it took this many games for people to get into this series that's been around for a long time.
I need to go back to this. I played a couple of hours on Gamepass and it didn't click the way I thought it would, but it also feels like it's the type of game I could really get into.
This was my first Ace game and I enjoyed the hell out of it. I'll be there day one if there is a new one.
Ace Combat 7 was my introduction to the series and it is beyond brilliant. My only issue are the scripted boss segments, which need to go in the next entry. I will support anything they make.
Happy to hear that, I got the impression it didn't do well. I really enjoyed AC7, so I was hoping it'd do well sales wise.
Wikipedia says:
Producer(s) Abi Rahmani / Matthew Nguyen
Artist(s) Abi Rahmani
Writer(s) Matthew Nguyen
Composer(s) Jose Pavli
Nah, Bamco has been super happy with it since launch. They kept bringing it up in their results every quarter.
I think I got that impression, because I felt like it wasn't mentioned much on this forum. Maybe I just missed those threads.
Great news, I genuinely thought this series was dead after the bizarre choice to go Xbox exclusive with 6 and that awful AC Horizon.
I had to rage quit the game during mission 7 to prevent my controller from flying through the window so it def. wasn't for me but I'm glad the game did well and goddamn if it doesn't have awesome music.
Games need programmers and modelers/animators I'd think?
Fantastic result for AC7. Hope to see more Ace Combat games come to PC in the future.
I preordered and played it on PS4, played it to completion when it came out on GamePass, then double-dipped and purchased the Xbox One version in case it gets removed from GamePass soon. I absolutely loved the game and am glad it sold decently.
Here's hoping they're working on AC8. Or better yet, full-on remakes or at least ports of some of the older games. My jumping-on point was AC6 so I never got to play Zero.
Here's hoping they're working on AC8. Or better yet, full-on remakes or at least ports of some of the older games. My jumping-on point was AC6 so I never got to play Zero.
Awesome! Great news. I was worried about this game sales wise but looks like its done very well for itself! Here's hoping we get AC8 in this new generation of consoles! Gimme more air fights in Strangereal.
There is definitely lots of frustration when playing the first time through the campaign but it's worth sticking through for sure.
Most/all of those problems go away once you get better planes/power-ups/specials.
Missions that were annoying previously become fun, relaxing and very replayable.
Got the Rafale about half way through the game and it was smooth sailing from there till the end.
Great news, and totally deserved. Game is a true return to form.
High hopes for AC8.
A gentleperson of flawless taste.
High hopes for AC8.
A gentleperson of flawless taste.
I gave it several chances but there was always something that prevented me from sticking with it. Minor and major frustrations like missions being timed, being unable to get accustomed to the controls, the game seemingly not standing by its own rules (like enemy planes instantly decelerating and staying right below you no matter how fast or slow you fly) and being unable to change the HUD's color (I play on an LG C9 and the green hud becomes practically invisible in bright areas).
Maybe I'll pick it up again when the inevitable AC8 is close to release.
When you do give it another shot, check out the Ace Combat 101 series on youtube (3 parts), it's a great rundown on the gameplay essentials/mechanics/controls of the series.
Will definitely help you enjoy the series more.
Very interesting because some claimed flight genre was dead and not fitting for big new games, especially when someone asks for a new Star Fox game. I hope who's sitting on the genre gets the message.
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Something I noticed about the controls (don't know if it was your case) is that a lot of people used the standard controls instead of the expert controls (while in fact Project Aces made a mistake by calling these "expert controls" because it's rather standard = novice, and expert = standard , and this caused some controversy regarding the IGN 7/10 review of the game) and also don't know that they can push Y or Triangle button to move the camera and target the enemy easily (which helps a lot).
Still not available on PC gamepass. Still waiting for these certain high profile games to make the subscription worthwhile on PC.
I'm still salty they never patched it on the upgraded consoles or even on the next gen ones.
Played it on the One X last year and looked like a PS3 game (from an IQ perspective: pixelated shadows, massive pop-in, jaggies) most of the time. I dont remember such massive pop-in on my PS2-CRT combo while playing AC4 and AC5/Zero all those years ago...
Its a shame because the game feels great but the IQ never looks good. I want to return on the Series X but ...no patch yet.
Played it on the One X last year and looked like a PS3 game (from an IQ perspective: pixelated shadows, massive pop-in, jaggies) most of the time. I dont remember such massive pop-in on my PS2-CRT combo while playing AC4 and AC5/Zero all those years ago...
Its a shame because the game feels great but the IQ never looks good. I want to return on the Series X but ...no patch yet.
Gaming as a business is bigger, but Ace Combat as an IP is less mainstream now than it was when 4 came out. 7 was a big risk and almost didnt get approved if I recall correctly.
Whilst PS4 has done very well, franchises that have been going since the PS1/PS2 era rarely outsell those instalments nowdays, Gran Turismo for example.