hardcastlemccormick
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I'd happily play another Ace Combat. I have faith it can be good. It's not like it was terribly complicated back in the awesome PS2 days.
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[Rumor] Ace Combat 7 to be announced at PSX2015
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SlaughterX
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If so I hope I can use my 360 flight sticks with it.... did the PS2 flight stick use USB, anyone remember?
Crazymoogle
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Yes.
What do you make of this, AC-GAF ?
going to copy and paste my post from elsewhere:
Well, from what I have been seeing, two more bits kinda point to AC7 to some degree:
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Way back in June, PA posted this: https://vine.co/v/eJxgVrZ35PP
Note the music+the lack of ACI 1st anniversary logo, we can probably rule that out being ACI update related item.
2. Masato Kanno, PA's mech designer (think arkbird/stonehenge etc)/art director has been missing for a while, but just posted another tweet 5 days ago about the 1/144 scaled Yellow 13 Flanker.
Now the significance of this: I dont think Kanno is busy with AC Infinity anymore, he did the UAV design along with the OLDS design, and that was about it.
ACI, as it stands right now is ran by a group of outsourced artists (can be seen in staff list+ difference in art asset style/quality) + in-house designers. Big shots like Kanno (mech designer) or Itomi (mission briefing artist, storyboard artist, trailer editing)'s involvement are nowhere to be seen in ACI these days.
As far as game development goes, having senior staff idling around is definitely way expensive. Looking at those 2 guys portfolio and track record, they didnt do anything major outside AC series. So if I were to guess, they are on another AC project.
Though the development of the game would be interesting. I wonder how ACI would be related to this, since ACI campaign got cut off in the middle/high point.
Also, Kobayashi is no longer a composer under Namco, he went freelance. However, Kobayashi did come back to compose some tracks for idolm@ster after his departure, so I wouldn't write him out of the project just yet.
So..... provided AC7 does get announced this weekend, it'd be interesting to see how the staff composition/design direction plays out.
Well, from what I have been seeing, two more bits kinda point to AC7 to some degree:
1:
Way back in June, PA posted this: https://vine.co/v/eJxgVrZ35PP
Note the music+the lack of ACI 1st anniversary logo, we can probably rule that out being ACI update related item.
2. Masato Kanno, PA's mech designer (think arkbird/stonehenge etc)/art director has been missing for a while, but just posted another tweet 5 days ago about the 1/144 scaled Yellow 13 Flanker.
Now the significance of this: I dont think Kanno is busy with AC Infinity anymore, he did the UAV design along with the OLDS design, and that was about it.
ACI, as it stands right now is ran by a group of outsourced artists (can be seen in staff list+ difference in art asset style/quality) + in-house designers. Big shots like Kanno (mech designer) or Itomi (mission briefing artist, storyboard artist, trailer editing)'s involvement are nowhere to be seen in ACI these days.
As far as game development goes, having senior staff idling around is definitely way expensive. Looking at those 2 guys portfolio and track record, they didnt do anything major outside AC series. So if I were to guess, they are on another AC project.
Though the development of the game would be interesting. I wonder how ACI would be related to this, since ACI campaign got cut off in the middle/high point.
Also, Kobayashi is no longer a composer under Namco, he went freelance. However, Kobayashi did come back to compose some tracks for idolm@ster after his departure, so I wouldn't write him out of the project just yet.
So..... provided AC7 does get announced this weekend, it'd be interesting to see how the staff composition/design direction plays out.
sacrificengineer
Member
So, all the hints are here and most of them are quite legit. I hope the announcement will actually happen, Ace Combat series historically is one of the most important things about gaming for me. Can't wait for it.
QuantumZebra
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Pls be good
Ahhh, this all seems encouraging. I'm cautiously optimistic. There really does not seem to be a reason why any of this would be fake. Also I don't think there's a history of fake Ace Combat news.
Wow
j_k_redtail
Member
http://www.acecombat.com is ... blank right now. Interesting.
mcz117chief
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It is safe to say that Ace Combat will come in some capacity sooner than later.
reasons:
1) It always sold enough to be profitable
2) Ace Combat has a big following of whales, quite evident by the amount of sales of the Ace Combat 6 DLC and Infinity fuel.
3) Infinity is raking in cash much faster than most would expect
4) PS4 and Xbone are big, they have a HUGE install base to work with
5) There is nobody competing with them in this genre
For these reasons I believe that Ace Combat has the potential to join the big boys again and be recognized by the average gamer.
reasons:
1) It always sold enough to be profitable
2) Ace Combat has a big following of whales, quite evident by the amount of sales of the Ace Combat 6 DLC and Infinity fuel.
3) Infinity is raking in cash much faster than most would expect
4) PS4 and Xbone are big, they have a HUGE install base to work with
5) There is nobody competing with them in this genre
For these reasons I believe that Ace Combat has the potential to join the big boys again and be recognized by the average gamer.
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