Aerial combat games have always split into two different camps: the arcade shooting shenanigans of titles like H.A.W.X and Afterburner or the realistic “I just crashed because I didn’t realise I’d forgotten to put my landing gear down before landing” seriousness of titles like IL-2 Sturmovik or Falcon 4.0.Īce Combat is definitely part of the first group, and despite having an arcade and simulation control set, it’s never particularly difficult to do what you want to do with whichever plane you take to the skies in. This is Ace Combat’s wheelhouse, in a way.
It shows an appreciation for the absurdity that absolutely doesn't go unrecognized. Check out Blazededge RZ on Youtube if you want to see more.Ace Combat 7 is – in short – Top Gun by way of Neon Genesis Evangelion, offering a unique opportunity to mix flying fighter jets with wondering about the meaning of human consciousness. This level was designed to be claustrophobic for fighter jets about a third the size of this bomber. We have to give props for swapping out two dogfighting fighter planes in one of the game’s cut scenes for a Lancer and a Tupolev Tu-160 Black Jack, an analog to the Lancer both in the game and in real life. The sight of these huge strategic bombers pulling post-stall maneuvers like they were a plane half its size is amusing for at least as long as it takes to re-watch the clip nine or ten times.Īnd why not cap things off by flying the 146 foot (44.5 m) long and 137 foot (41.8m) span (with wings in forward position) Lancer through the underground tunnel that leads to the space elevator where the player fights the game’s final boss. Anyone who knows anything about those planes knows they definitely didn’t come equipped with those in real life. One of his other hysterical projects was to add afterburner effects to the engine of an A-10 Warthog.
The file-altering extraordinaire that brings us these clips goes by the name of Blazededge RZ on Youtube, and the Lancer is not their only project. The Lancer was a playable aircraft in the now-defunct Ace Combat Infinity, after all.
It would have been foolish of Project Aces if they assumed PC gamers wouldn’t end up changing that. In the standard AC7 experience, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic strategic bomber is an NPC aircraft not available to the player under any circumstances.
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