*** Ace Combat 7 ***

[agnes]

Yea.... A blast from the past, not played one of these in years, but it's out for PC! And it's getting great reviews.

I'm going to be picking this up when I get home from work, it's going to be easy silly arcade fun. Excited!

 

[agnes]

Worth a buy ? Or hold out for some patching and a sale? Loved the older ones back in the day.

It's out on PC 31/01, but reviews are great so far. I'll be picking it up shortly after release.

 

[agnes]

A didnt know that. My Youtube feed was filled with videos of it the weekend. Must be the console peasants uploading it all. Ill check back once its been out a few days. See what you all think.

Aye, 90% of capture of the game out there is console, being that it's not an insanely tense game to play, I'd go as far to say there won't be much extra in it for the PC graphics.

 

[agnes]

For those mentioning the 12:9 thing... Take that with a HUGE pinch of salt, it's not been confirmed that it's not supported.

The only Bandi Namco games using this flavour of engine (BN's UR4) are fighting games, which don't need 21:9, sucks yea, but I can't see a fighting game benefiting from it. HOWEVER, I agree, it would be nice for the option to be there for said games.

At worst, flawless widescreen will likely release a patch for it.

 

[agnes]

Not going to lie, I'm weirdly excited to play this tonight... No idea why. I don't expect great things, I just expect simple fun.

 

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That sucks for HOTAS, very daft choice, I jumped in for 5 mins last night, but I had a few drinks prior so I'll have more time to play today

 

[agnes]

Can confirm this HOTAS workaround working perfectly for me https://www.x360ce.com/

Download the 64bit file and place into AC7 installation folder. Run the file before booting game.

Having an absolute blast. Not sure if only me but turning off the BGM to hear those planes roar through the sky is a must..

BGM? I have to admit, the sound stage is brilliant, I'm using a 360 controller with 'full' flight controls rather than the basic option. However, I wish there were more options as I dislike not being able to use both sticks for control. Just the one and triggers.