If we’re not counting spinoff Assault Horizon (and we shouldn’t), Ace Combat 7: Skies Unkown is about to be the primary in Bandai Namco’s long-running air fight collection to land on PC. Due out on February 1st, it guarantees melodrama and dogfights, wrapped up in an alternate earth setting crammed with acquainted plane plus the occasional flying sci-fi battleship. Below, a brand new trailer from Gamescom, giving us a glimpse at its cutscenes, characters and a number of the weapons of conflict featured within the game.
While the Ace Combat collection has had sci-fi parts earlier than (and Ace Combat three went all the way in which cyberpunk), the seventh seems to be prefer it’s doubling down on the long run know-how. While the planes you’re flying are real-world fashions, I’ve noticed laser and railgun weapon mounts bolted onto them. The massive drone-carrying airships are additionally geared up with some sort of anti-missile defend, though if the collection has taught me something, that’s simply an excuse to stand up shut and use your foremost gun.
Story-wise, Ace Combat 7 places gamers within the footwear of a Penitentiary Unit pilot. An fully disposable drive of convicts, despatched into the skies in outdated planes to defend their nation or die making an attempt. Not precisely the very best place, however these aren’t essentially the most life like games both, so even an outdated 1980s airframe is able to lugging round over 100 missiles. In the meantime, these wanting a style of one thing comparable may wish to take a look at the demo for Project Wingman, a really Ace Combat-inspired game in growth by a tiny indie staff.
Bizarrely, the collectors version of Ace Combat 7 on consoles is launching with an formally branded Thrustmaster HOTAS controller. While listed as appropriate with PS4 and Xbox One, I’m hoping for PC assist too. Fingers crossed, though it’s no massive loss if we don’t get it – as good because it feels to wrangle an enormous flight-stick, Ace Combat simply performs higher on a smaller controller.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown can be launching on February 1st, with a console launch a pair weeks earlier. You can discover extra particulars on its official site here.
