I’m unironically very glad we’re getting another melodramatic super unrealistic Ace Combat game. Despite being a massive plane nerd I much prefer Ace Combat to something like DCS. First person cutscenes are interesting, I just hope that they don’t screw it up like they did with Assault Horizon.
Ukraine actually did that too, they have a real MiG-29 squadron called the Ghosts of Kyiv now lol.
But I like the set up, reminds me of Ace Combat X Skies of Deception, the PSP one.
Sotoa is supposed to be some failed petrostate (ran out of oil) that borders the in universe version Iraq and Lebanon, so that’s an interesting antagonist.
From interviews coming out from project aces, Sotoa is basically Iran, with an inland sea (Caspian), near Yuktobania (Russia) and Middle Eastern states as previously mentioned, and in game the culture is based on the Parthians.
I hope we get Chinese jets too.
oh god I hope the recent tensions between Japan and China don’t see anything Chinese cut from the game
I’m fine with missing out on the Chinese jets that are visually similar to their Soviet/Russian Flanker counterparts, but it’s time that we get at least a J-20, hopefully a J-35 too.