2007 game concepts

Brave Arms reportedly is a new title in the Ace Combat series, as denoted by pre-release screenshots of a Famitsu number back in 2007.

Setting
As seen in the scans of the previous image (and adjacent text), Brave Arms places the player in the shoes of an unknown individual, fighting alongside a resistance group against an unknown enemy during a civilian revolt in Gran Rugido, the capital of the Kingdom of Sapin, in the year 2025. The player is outfitted with a "Bionics Armed Suit", which is a exoskeleton-like cybernetic armor which greatly enhances the user's physical capabilities.

Gameplay
Brave Arms supposedly is the first Ace Combat game in existence which does not involve aircraft in any way. Instead, players will fight alongside the resistance in urban environments. However, firepower is nonexistent, thus players will have to rely on close combat with enemy troops. Not much is known about gameplay aside from this, alhtough it appears that the melee system will involve quick-time events for distinct actions (e.g. snatching a baton out of a soldier's hand.)

Allusions/Relations with Ace Combat

 * A screenshot shows a reporter broadcasting live for the Osean Broadcasting Corporation (OBC).
 * Of note is that the reporter herself bears a striking resemblance to Melissa Herman of Fires of Liberation.
 * The image shows that the reporter is in the Kingdom of Sapin's capital of Gran Rugido.

Miscellaneous

 * Brave Arms bears an uncanny resemblance to Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, due to the scenarios in which BA takes place. Similarly, the Supersoldier acts as an sort of allegory to Metal Gear's Raiden, due to the latter wearing a suit similar to the Bionics Armed Suit, except that Raiden's actually are cybernetic transplants.
 * Following the MGS4 similarities, the font of Brave Arms is the same font used in the Sons of Liberty-Peace Walker era Solid games.