Board Thread:Ace Combat 7/@comment-118.136.38.238-20160320013445/@comment-1824272-20160712224322

@DRosencraft: We've only had one announcement from Ace Combat 7 thus far. It confirmed some aircraft, Lighthouse, PS4, and clouds. There wasn't much else for them to talk about, especially in terms of story, and I don't think gameplay needs to be changed much more than what it was in Infinity, so of course as far as gameplay is concerned they'll focus on clouds a bit. This is the very first time we're ever getting 3D clouds in the series - as someone who wants to develop a video game, I completely understand their excitement about this new feature and their desire to show it off.

"Something like it always being cloudy makes no sense" But we have missions like Operation Bunker Shot and Lit Fuse, the two best examples of horrendous weather for landing operations. It's these cases where cloud cover would really shine as it would become a different beast to take on enemy fighters in massive cloud cover. Ace Combat isn't a very realistic series, but I don't mind this one degree of realism being added.

Plus, I'd find it funny to have a giant aerial warship (that's what we consider their official name, btw) that can generate a small cloud cover to cause the terrain changes when you try to battle it. It would be no more gimmicky than the optical camouflage used by the Fenrir and Gleipnir. At least it wouldn't be solely a giant Pasternak-style UAV fight like some people are scared of the FAS turning out to be.