Talk:Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown/@comment-25264971-20170910004949/@comment-1824272-20170910043325


 * VR is just not a universally positive selling point and that is a fact.

No, you're just trying to state your opinion as a fact. There are many people who are buying PlayStation VR despite its price point, evident by the fact that it reached 1,000,000 sales this past June.

You're allowed to have the opinion that PS VR (and Ace Combat 7's VR) are not worth your time or money. But don't state that as a fact, and don't discredit the fact that it exists and does add to the game, and is something that was bound to happen at some point since flight games and virtual reality go hand-in-hand.


 * It took me about eight hours to complete AC5 on normal in my first noob playthrough.

You're talking about an arcade flight game. I love having a lot of story, but not if it drags the game on for too long, which AC5 definitely did. AC04 gave you that feeling of wanting just a bit more, and AC7 will do that. I do not want an 8-hour campaign in AC7; I'd much rather a 5 or 6 hour one.

Also, yes, ACZ definitely had filler. Bastion, Lying in Deceit, and The Final Overture would really like to have some words with you.


 * There is an old game that I really liked playing: Freespace 2. It was a space combat game with 35 missions of pure awesome that took me 20 hours to beat on my first go.

You're talking about a development team that had a lot of resources at the time, thanks to Interplay Entertainment being their publisher; those guys also produced Baldur's Gate and Descent. Freespace 2 also does not have its roots in arcade; you don't replay Freespace 2's missions for a higher rank.

Ace Combat, on top of that, is a much more niche franchise with fewer resources devoted to it because of its relative commercial failure over the last decade and a half. While this is obviously due to business decisions Bandai Namco and Project Aces made in making the games, the fact is, the Ace Combat brand is seen as low-value, and the only reason Ace Combat 7 even exists is thanks to Ace Combat Infinity.

So, yes, you are expecting too much from this game. A 20-hour story is not in line with the Ace Combat series, and frankly would be way too long for a single game's story. If you want a game with that kind of length, you can play Assault Horizon or AC6.