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Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Dashui
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Ace Combat Zero for the Playstation 2 is released, and seeing how the series is one of the best and most intense flight action series available on the Playstation 2, I figured a new thread was needed. The game was released in America on April 25th. As is tradition, the new title sports many improvements over past titles to increase the intensity and fun of aerial combat.
Features include:
* A story set in the Belkan War, taking place 15 years before the events of Ace Combat 5.
* Increased enemy intelligence. They will work together to lure and defeat you and your squad members.
* A Rival Ace system, new to the series. Depending on your title, enemy ace squadrons and pilots will appear mid-mission to challenge you and make completing your objectives that much more difficult. Not only do they look cooler than regular enemies and have unique planes, they are much more intelligent than regular pilots and can maneuver and fight on a whole new level.
* You can earn titles depending on your style of play. These titles include Knight, for the player who disables enemies instead of killing them (this is possible, but difficult), Soldier, for the player who sticks to the mission objectives and does not deviate or do extra, and Mercenary, for the cold blooded killer who enjoys destroying everything in his path. Your title will determine how you branch through missions and what rival aces will appear mid-mission.
* Hand-pick your wingman's weapon selection.
* Documentary-style cutscenes featuring live actors. If the trailer is any indictation, we won't have to worry about poor and shoddy acting.
* Multiplayer split-screen battles! Joy!
Aircraft list:
A-10A Thunderbolt II (Attacker)
ADF-01 Falken (Fighter)
ADFX-01 Morgan (Fighter)
EA-6B Prowler (Jammer)
EA-18G (Jammer)
F-1 (Attacker)
F-2A (Attacker)
F-4E Phantom II (Fighter)
F-5E Tiger II (Fighter)
F-14D Super Tomcat (Fighter)
F-15C Eagle (Fighter)
F-15E Strike Eagle (Attacker)
F-15S/MTD (Fighter)
F-16C Fighting Falcon (Fighter)
F-16XL (Attacker)
F/A-18C Hornet (Multirole)
F-20A Tigershark (Fighter)
F-22A Raptor (Fighter)
F-35C Multirole
F-117A Nighthawk (Attacker)
J-35J Draken (Fighter)
JAS-39C Gripen (Multirole)
MiG-29A Fulcrum (Fighter)
MiG-21 bis Fishbed (Fighter)
MiG-31 Foxhound (Fighter)
Mirage 2000D (Attacker)
Rafale M (Multirole)
Su-27 Flanker (Fighter)
Su-32 Strike Flanker (Attacker)
Su-37 Terminator (Fighter)
Su-47 Berkut (Fighter)
Tornado GR.4 (Attacker)
Typhoon (Fighter)
X-02 Wyvern (Multirole)
X-29A (Fighter)
YF-23A Black Widow II (Fighter)
"This is the round table; dead men's words hold no meaning!"
Features include:
* A story set in the Belkan War, taking place 15 years before the events of Ace Combat 5.
* Increased enemy intelligence. They will work together to lure and defeat you and your squad members.
* A Rival Ace system, new to the series. Depending on your title, enemy ace squadrons and pilots will appear mid-mission to challenge you and make completing your objectives that much more difficult. Not only do they look cooler than regular enemies and have unique planes, they are much more intelligent than regular pilots and can maneuver and fight on a whole new level.
* You can earn titles depending on your style of play. These titles include Knight, for the player who disables enemies instead of killing them (this is possible, but difficult), Soldier, for the player who sticks to the mission objectives and does not deviate or do extra, and Mercenary, for the cold blooded killer who enjoys destroying everything in his path. Your title will determine how you branch through missions and what rival aces will appear mid-mission.
* Hand-pick your wingman's weapon selection.
* Documentary-style cutscenes featuring live actors. If the trailer is any indictation, we won't have to worry about poor and shoddy acting.
* Multiplayer split-screen battles! Joy!
Aircraft list:
A-10A Thunderbolt II (Attacker)
ADF-01 Falken (Fighter)
ADFX-01 Morgan (Fighter)
EA-6B Prowler (Jammer)
EA-18G (Jammer)
F-1 (Attacker)
F-2A (Attacker)
F-4E Phantom II (Fighter)
F-5E Tiger II (Fighter)
F-14D Super Tomcat (Fighter)
F-15C Eagle (Fighter)
F-15E Strike Eagle (Attacker)
F-15S/MTD (Fighter)
F-16C Fighting Falcon (Fighter)
F-16XL (Attacker)
F/A-18C Hornet (Multirole)
F-20A Tigershark (Fighter)
F-22A Raptor (Fighter)
F-35C Multirole
F-117A Nighthawk (Attacker)
J-35J Draken (Fighter)
JAS-39C Gripen (Multirole)
MiG-29A Fulcrum (Fighter)
MiG-21 bis Fishbed (Fighter)
MiG-31 Foxhound (Fighter)
Mirage 2000D (Attacker)
Rafale M (Multirole)
Su-27 Flanker (Fighter)
Su-32 Strike Flanker (Attacker)
Su-37 Terminator (Fighter)
Su-47 Berkut (Fighter)
Tornado GR.4 (Attacker)
Typhoon (Fighter)
X-02 Wyvern (Multirole)
X-29A (Fighter)
YF-23A Black Widow II (Fighter)
"This is the round table; dead men's words hold no meaning!"
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I wonder if you will be flying in a level where the Belkans dropped some atomic bombs to stop your advancements as was told in the narration to AC5. That would be awesome.
AC4 still holds that place in my heart as the best of the series. Let's see how this one measures up.
Oh man, if they do that, I will die and go to heaven. I can just imagine it, with someone on the radio screaming, "GET OUT OF THERE!"
This is the only long-ish series I've ever played where every game was a step above the previous one (not counting AC: Advance), so I hope this one continues the trend. Also, this is the third one in a row with these countries, isn't it?
Any details on who you'll be playing as? I wouldn't put it past them to make you a Belkan, and have to be the poor asshole who drops the atom bomb on your own country to keep the "aggressors" out.
And if one of those enemy aces is Heartbreak 1, well then... I'm going to be very happy.
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ace combat 4 is among my favorite games of all time
jet fighting, captivating story
I swear to god I bought the sound track for 3 songs ( the opening cinematic, when the boy meets the enemy fighter, and closing cinematic)
5 was cool not on the level of 4
lets see with this one, i'm getting it.
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"Hey fuckers! I'll, um, make sure no more fighters come, while you guys fly through the tunnel that's barely wide enough for your planes! See ya!"
im gonna try it but it'll never dethrone AC.
http://games.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1286/Over-G-Fighters/
For the love of god and all that is holy, go buy AC4. It is way worth the $20
I have no life.
It would be hard for anything to top it.
It still sucks though.
In 5, I really liked taking down those submarines. I felt really cool doing that. I'd go straight up into the sky, then nose dive right down at the submarine, dodging missiles and letting fly my own before pulling up right before the sea. Ace Combat Zero better be chocked full of awesome moments like this, and if that trailer is any indication, then hell yeah it will be!
[spoiler:74ccf9ed10]took the F/A-18, JSF, or anything else that had the LASM. Because one pair of those kills all of the AA guns and SAM turrets.[/spoiler:74ccf9ed10]
Edit: Holy Shit, that trailer is fantastic!
Yeah, I'd say the two were comparable. It's very light on the flight sim side and more about blowing shit up with pretty graphics. It does have a virtual cockpit mode for us flight-simmers, though.
I guess that would make it.... 50$ more... Duh.
That and the Credits... :shock: :shock: :shock:
More like $50 more.
Duh.
I've only really listened to Zero so far. I kept it playing for about an hour straight, it was that awesome. I guess I should check out the others ones now.
http://jeff.ali213.net/ACZero/index.htm
here you go.
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Your link doesn't work, and if that's that ACZero soundtrack, I already linked to a page that's working and that has it on the first post.
awful voice actor #1 overacting: "Is this what war is like!?!?"
we're flying very expensive airplanes and there are radio protocals to be followed when in a middle of dogfight, please keep your dumb ass comments like this to your self.
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Halo 3, engage. Moebius 1, engage. What was the name of the wingman with the really cool voice in 4?
You know, Rat, your sig has pops a brain cell every time I look at it. I just thought I'd share that. And I didn't mind the radio chatter in 5, although if you say 4 is better, than I hope Zero is like 4. My copy should arrive by Tuesday, or if I'm lucky, Monday, so I'll see how it goes and give you guys some impressions.
I found the next to last mission in AC 5 to be one of my favorites, strickly because of the "choir" and the media reports coming up, I wish there are a lot more skyscaper battles. But for the love of Buddah, NO MORE COIN TOSSES!
And I love love loved the cutscenes in 4. It seemed like they put more work into the story in 5, but for me the story in 4 was much more powerful. It felt like what you were doing mattered to people other than your military. In 5, I just felt like I was living a bad anime. Hopefully Zero will get closer to 4 in presentation. A little more realism and a little less fairy tale.
Don't get me wrong, AC5 was still a great game. It was just a bit of a disappointment to me after how much I loved 4 and the reasons I loved it.
I still say they should make an AC like Strike Commander meets Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries. Have you be in charge of a mercenary pilot group taking missions, buying equipment, and hiring pilots, with some sort of over arching storyline to follow as you want depending on certain missions. Man, that'd be awesome.