Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-120.164.47.13-20141212073358/@comment-25467429-20141216004839

If I recall, the rise of the corporations in AC3 was like the rise of teh mercenaries and USEA in Infinity - i.e, lax regulations on the power of multinationials and increases in terrorism following the Ulysses disaster allowed corporations new powers and less ability to be reigned in by governments. In that case I don't know that a world war scenario is necessary. They could always invent one, of course, but I dont' think that's really needed. A depiction of the inital conflicts between the corporations could be iinteresting, and a good way to start filling in the big void in time between AC3 and other games. Given the prevalence of "reality" as a sticking point in so many games nowadays, or at least a limited departure from reaility, it makes it hard to imagine an Ace Combat game going too far into the future, or going beyond AC3.

I suppose I expect they won't be going back to Strangereal, really. I imagine they'll stick to the world of Infinity, our Earth just with a different history. As I've said, I question thier willingness to go too much into the realm of fantasy, which is what would be required to make a game that takes place after AC3, and given the limited room for fillling in the room between AC3 and the other games, there may be enough room for one more game without having to show a war taking place separate but at the same time as another war. I suppose that is in part how the World War scenario comes up. It's simply thath I see more potential for future games with the Infinity world at this point since Infinity basically depicts that start of the Ace Combat franchise timeline wise. Where Infnity's story ends right now is the point where the world basically has been broken apart by terrorism and the rise of a new nation. There is all sorts of fallout that future games can be based.