Also mogged by War Thunder unironically, 30th year anniversary and literally a "2 more weeks message" from Kono

Ace Combat is dead

yeah no what the fuck
why are both ace combat and armored core this fucking dead in the water even though they sell so well what the fuck is wrong with bandai namco

plot twist OP wants an ace combat thread but he knows insulting a game gets more traction than being positive

Ace Combat and Project Wingman becoming mortal enemies is pretty funny; basically Dark Souls vs Nioh

>>714229836 (OP)
>insulting a game
Sorry didn't even need that, Project Aces did the job already
>J-Just 2 more weeks ace combat fans trust the merchandise

https://youtu.be/EmXUy2MCUA4?t=156

>>714230265
>armored core
Bamco gridding on Fromsoftware success
>Ace Combat
headless chicken since Assault Horizon ( Kono's fault ), Infinity was the real game that shoulda been out in 2019

>>714229836 (OP)
Project Wingman is the only Ace Combat-like I played because it's the only one where mouse+keyboard doesn't feel like garbage
I think War Thunder is also made with mouse in mind, so I agree with you OP, in terms of controls both surpass AC by a large margin

>>714231129
Some time ago people began to release Ace Combat skins for WT jets, dunno if gaijin took it out but it was funny to see those UPEO planes in simulator

Play Russia or East Germany

>>714229836 (OP)
AC7 is kino, and a legitimately good game. One of the more modern games I'd say even warrants the title "game". It's pretty decent and I just bought it again on PC because planes are sexy.

>>714230265
Neither of those games sold due to their own merits
>People bought Armored Core 6 due to having From Software logo in the box and still being on the Elden Ring honeymoon phase
>People bought Ace Combat 7 out of curiosity due to the franchise being "an old classic everyone praises", similar to why people bought Valkyria Chronicles when it was ported to PC.

Bamco knows that Armored Core 7 and Ace Combat 8 would sell like shit because audiences' curiosity was sated and neither game was their cup of tea.

>>714230265
In case of AC6 there's not much left after getting all 3 endings and S ranking everything

>>714233389
well yeah the game has no real post-game content besides the dogshit online