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Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: pstwo on October 25, 2001, 02:50:12 AM
This game is like what IGN said its the best yet!  I\'m now on level 8 out of 18 and its getting harder to pass each level.  Now you are able to buy bombs and pick what you want to put on your plane before a level.  You start off with the F-4 fantom and to me its better then the F-5 tiger. I bought A-10, F-14A and the F-16 so far. Each handles different and looks photo real too. The c o c k pit view is like how the display should be in real life in each plane. They are all different.

 Namco must have study on how the HUD looks in each of the planes.  I have books and videos on military land, sea and air so it looks real as hell.  In the c o c k pit view, you are able to look with the analog in any direction and see the out side of the plane like the wings.  It\'s like your really inside the plane.

  Oh, another thing was now you can go back to your base and get more bombs (yep there is bombs that you drop with a bomb-run target system and each bomb is different too, they are real military ones) or missile and go back to the mission.  You have to land on aircraft carrier or land.  It\'s real cool!!  You have lots of wingmans too that help you. You can also hear radio in from all  including the enemies to each other.  This was the key to make this game like the real thing. Its like top gun the movie when they dog fight.  

  One more thing, there is a level wth a canyon and its on the side of the terrain and the canyon look like it was too real with the sun hiting it. The canyon look photo real. So I left my wing mans and headed down to see if the canyon was 3D, and it was! WOW!  The frame rate feels like 60 fps with no slow down.    

 I can go on and on but all I can say more is......... if you are a fan of Ace Combat you can forget about all the Ace Combat you played because this is the Ace Combat dream come true......  :D
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: fastson on October 25, 2001, 02:54:10 AM
:eek:

Thanks pstwo
I gotta get this game.. Just one small prob..
Aint hitting €urope until Jan 2002 :mad:

This game really sounds cool... :surprised :clown:
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: videoholic on October 25, 2001, 04:40:10 AM
I wish my wife would go back to work.  My dvd collection is dwindling from having to trade in because I have NO SPARE CASH!!!!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: EmperorRob on October 25, 2001, 04:58:49 AM
Tell her to get out on the corner, now!!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Ace on October 25, 2001, 07:02:17 AM
What did IGN have to say about this game? I am thinking of picking it up.

Thanks!

Ace
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: fastson on October 25, 2001, 07:16:56 AM
How\'s the draw-distance!?
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: pstwo on October 25, 2001, 07:35:00 AM
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Originally posted by fastson
How\'s the draw-distance!?


It\'s prety far back but the clouds looks allmost like Silent Hill fog.   Real COOL!! Oh you can see a real missle when you fire it. A REAL ONE!! The stripes and the colors on the missle and bombs looks like how it looks in real life too. (Details) The smoke trail of the Missle looks real too.  

I forgot to tell you about the sounds!  Ok the sound of your jet sound real and so is the missle you fire as well. You can hear the enmey missles pass you too. shhhhuuuurrrr hehe   The explosions looks real to. It has the fire ball glow.  The replay is cool too. You can pick out the camera view you want.  You can see the pilots inside the plane too. Wow the Details in this game! I have to go back and splash more bogies!! hehe :D


(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fas.org%2Fman%2Fdod-101%2Fsys%2Fac%2Fe-767-awgearc-s.jpg&hash=2ef2414ad05eded0c7e2461895ae69a5b0b161fe)
There is also in the game a Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) plane that radio to you back and forth on enmey planes targets etc. Very important info.  In a real life scenario, this plane is in battle with the jet fighters. Now this gave the game a real war scenario feel.

Here\'s how the missle & bombs looks in real life. In the game, it\'s the same shape and color. WOW!!

This one is on the F-14A.(AIM-54 Phoenix) This is the top of the line of air to air missle and the F-14 was design to carry it.  Long range air to air missle.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fas.org%2Fman%2Fdod-101%2Fsys%2Fmissile%2Faim-54-980304-n-1717n-002-s.jpg&hash=215a7b980ececdd965c8b7b3bdce69b69338ccee)

This one (MK 80 series) is on some planes like the A-10, F-16, F-18A.  Looks just like in game.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fas.org%2Fman%2Fdod-101%2Fsys%2Fdumb%2Fmk-82-990504-f-1312m-001-s.jpg&hash=42ca8b4d66b979a0921fd7ec0c06db025bdbeba2)

The detail is to the "T"!

Hey pick up this flight stick and your feel like a pilot.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toysnjoys.com%2Faccess_ps2%2Fhorifs.jpg&hash=58d9fdf164dfd926a85a155dee64ee2e9387cd50)
Hori has released a Flight Joystick that can be used for Ace Combat 04 that has also been released for the Playstation 2. It offers great use and control for Ace Combat 04.

Order it at this site:  http://www.toysnjoys.com/access_ps2.html
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: kirath on October 25, 2001, 09:09:35 AM
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Originally posted by EmperorRob
Tell her to get out on the corner, now!!


HA HA HA yeah Im sick of not getting any money out of her!!

j/k

I can\'t wait to get this game.  I  ordered it off Amazon a couple days ago so Im gonna have to wait probably untill monday to get it!..  No big deal really.  Gonna be playing Devil May cry till then!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: w1ngman on October 25, 2001, 01:35:35 PM
cheesy post for a moment :laughing:

I got this game today...

gonna go play...

I\'ll be back to give my say...

Where is Falcon4 by the way...???
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Bozco on October 25, 2001, 03:22:13 PM
When did it come out in the states, well like it matters, I have no money:crying:
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: w1ngman on October 25, 2001, 03:50:50 PM
For those *with* money (wink @ Bozco) and are playing AC4...have you taken the time while you are in the hanger with your jet & payload selections to view them up close & all around???  The graphics are just toooo flippin\' realistic!  The wet concrete reflecting in pools of water to reflect window above and such?!!  Ahhh.

Now, a general grumble (but mind you, I\'m not reeeeally complaining about the game...just my poor dogfighting skills)...I will work a ground mission to death (literally) by ziggin\' & zaggin\' & hittin\' th\' brakes & $hit...and then lo and behold I make a wrong move and BAM!!! into the ground I go!  Game Over, man!  What really makes me grumble, and has always been true of the Ace Combat series is that if you *don\'t* succeed at the mission...then the replay that you receive is the last few seconds of your sorry a$$ before you die.  Bleh!  I wore my nubs off tryin\' to smack all kinds of enemy ground targets and keep my wingman defended...shoulda been some cool replays (even if I didn\'t finish)...but "to see it all in all its glory" one must beat the mission.  Fair...but "bleh" anyways! ;)

Definitely a greeeeeeeeeeeat game.  I just gotta practice more.  But oh, the humanity...I mean who can practice with AC4, DMC, and GTA3 in their recent library -- each screaming to be played.  Spoiled little pissers don\'t want to share my time, they each say PLAY ONLY MEEEE!!!  Urgggh!  And the worst of it is the 9-10+ hours at work when my mind constantly drifts back to these games & all I swear I wanna do is go home & play some more!:hat:

Anyway...guess I got a little winded & a titch off-track but AC4 is super-sweet.  Definitely the best of the AC titles (and I\'ve enjoyed each immensely.  If you don\'t have this game, don\'t NOT have this game.  Get it soon and play it often!

Then again, feelin\' like its time to return to GTA3 an\' b1tch-slap some pimps around a bit!:thepimp:  

See Ya!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Jackal on October 25, 2001, 05:22:52 PM
I\'ll be getting this game soon.  But I still want Spy Hunter and have to complete DMC, SH2 and Thunderstrike.  How is that Flight Stick?
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: wiseboy on October 25, 2001, 08:03:34 PM
I can see this game getting passed up by gamers because of other titles like GTA3 and DMC but trust me....you don\'t want to do that!! This game is da bomb (no pun intended). Buy it now! You won\'t be disappointed  :cool:
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: kangu-G^Ltt^s on October 25, 2001, 08:10:13 PM
It\'s great to hear that this game is so good. Just serves to reaffirm my purchase. I wasn\'t to sure about it but I couldn\'t find any other games I wanted on Amazon.com (ie Baldur\'s Gate, FFX) so I just went with AC4 to take advantage of their Buy 2 get 1 free offer.

Good to know I won\'t be dissapointed.
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: pstwo on October 25, 2001, 08:33:58 PM
UP-DATE on c o c k-pit view,  I\'m on mission 9  and damn this level has so much ground and air enmey (looks like over 100) its a mission you won\'t come out alive! Damn this level is so cool!!  I\'m using the bad boy A-10 to do it but still its hard. I\'m going to try some cluster bombs. hehe   It\'s a  mission with rain and its getting dark.  I\'ve notice now since its getting dark the c o c k-pit is lighing up. Now this is real cool.  

Hey w1ngman are you kicking some @ss or what!  :D
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: GmanJoe on October 26, 2001, 03:25:27 AM
I\'m on level 9 as well. I always go for the central beach head and knock off all the enemy pillboxes and such. Then when I go to beach head to the right, it says Mission Failed! I know there\'s a time limit but I don\'t think that\'s what caused the failure. It may be the Allied Marines getting decimated coz I failed to cover them. Which front should I cover? Left, middle or right?
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: pstwo on October 26, 2001, 08:37:34 AM
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
I\'m on level 9 as well. I always go for the central beach head and knock off all the enemy pillboxes and such. Then when I go to beach head to the right, it says Mission Failed! I know there\'s a time limit but I don\'t think that\'s what caused the failure. It may be the Allied Marines getting decimated coz I failed to cover them. Which front should I cover? Left, middle or right?


GmanJoe, I just pass level 9.  Man it was war!!!  I just kill all the front line from right to left. Tip (Go back to your Aircraft-Carrier and re-arm your plane after one side is done) You\'ll get a extra time when you complete one side. Have you notice the ground soliders shoot flares to find them.  Cool effect!!  I\'m having a blast!!  The next level is a day one. Nice Graphics!!   I now can buy a F-117!!!!    :D
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on October 26, 2001, 08:55:06 AM
fastson, do you know when it´s coming out? (In Europe)
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: GmanJoe on October 26, 2001, 10:08:01 AM
Cool! Thanks! I noticed how vulnerable our troops are without air cover! But as soon as you take out a cluster of pillboxes, you can see your troops advance! Quite realistic!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: fastson on October 26, 2001, 10:12:09 AM
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Originally posted by Adan
fastson, do you know when it´s coming out? (In Europe)


I\'ve heard January 2002 :sleepy:
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Majin Prince on October 26, 2001, 10:19:08 AM
This game sounds nice.:D I\'m gonna pick it up probably wednesday!!!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Toxical on October 26, 2001, 10:32:18 AM
Hot-damn, i got the last copy from Microplay ! woowooo ! yeah !
now i need a couple of hours to play this biaatch :D
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Bozco on October 26, 2001, 12:10:52 PM
:DYEAAA:D , I found out that I do have enough money for a car so I can start buying games again, this is gonna the next game I pick up
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: w1ngman on October 26, 2001, 08:11:45 PM
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Originally posted by pstwo
Hey w1ngman are you kicking some @ss or what!  :D


Wish I could say otherwise, but Friday was basically an "or what!" day.  I worked my keister off today from 5am til 10pm.  Got home at 11pm and been reading through the forums ever since being that the wifey done gone beddy-by (and I tend to whop it up playin\' games...so I\'m being a good hubby for the weekend)...  

But anyway, lovin\' bein\' a PS2 junkie.  

Cripe, that oughta be Sony\'s next marketing campaign!!! Forget "PS9"...Have "Stationhead" [instead of crackhead ;)] strung out on games like AC4, DMC, ICO, etc....lookin for that next great fix...  Dealer comes up: "Hey there, you tried somma this?" and slips the Stationhead a copy of GTA3 -- Stationhead gets all glassy-eyed and a little drool dribbles down his cheek.  The sun reflects a kiss of lens flare off the drool...  And a pimp-daddy, decked in a purple jumpsuit with white shooz, just slightly outta focus and in the background is talking into the television speakin\' in a deep brutha\'s voice says, "PS2...You know we gonna hook you up good.  Right?"
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: w1ngman on October 26, 2001, 08:13:25 PM
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Originally posted by Bozco
:DYEAAA:D , I found out that I do have enough money for a car so I can start buying games again, this is gonna the next game I pick up


Car takes gas my friend...good luck!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Jackal on October 27, 2001, 01:23:26 PM
I just got it today.  I\'m going to grab something to eat and then check it out.  I\'ve been waiting for this!
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: Bozco on October 27, 2001, 02:05:57 PM
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Originally posted by w1ngman


Car takes gas my friend...good luck!


Dude I have like 2500, that is gonna be plenty for a car, and I\'m getting a job soon, my dad was hiding the money in his account, Bastard
Title: Got AC4 and WOW!!
Post by: w1ngman on October 27, 2001, 03:14:52 PM
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Originally posted by Bozco


Dude I have like 2500, that is gonna be plenty for a car, and I\'m getting a job soon, my dad was hiding the money in his account, Bastard


Ahhh, life is good, ain\'t it Bozco!  Now get to gamin\'!!!!