Pre-purchase ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE on Steam
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Soar through the skies and rise above every challenge to earn your place among the elite. Engage in intense aerial combat to dominate the battlefield with powerful weapons. Experience a breathtaking campaign filled with high-stakes missions, hard choices, and deep squad connections.

The base game for me at least is ¥9,790 (£45.90 / 52,90€) (the prices of this differs depending on where you live in the world), and also CT is included in the price (which is 10%). That’s NOT the case for US gamers as you are NOT paying $69.99 as SALES TAX exists meaning you’re paying more than that, I wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing defaults at £69.99 & 79,99€ just for the base version.

  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth
    5·
    10 hours ago

    As an Ace Combat fan, don’t buy anything other than the base game.

    • They’re playing Edition Roulette with a bunch of different bundles hoping to confuse consumers.
    • They’re including a mouse pad in some of the bundles. A mouse pad… for a flight simulator.
    • The soundtrack on vinyl is great if you’re a vinyl collector, but there will almost certainly be other ways to buy the OST after launch, and without all the other preorder gimmicks.
    • Multiplayer bonuses for pre-ordering are literally paying for power. Don’t support Namco’s endeavor to turn this game into another toxic competitive online game.

    The only pre-order benefit that I think is remotely worth it is Ace Combat Zero on PC. But there’s huge caveats for that too.

    • If you have a PC capable of running AC8, it is more than capable of playing AC0 on emulator.
    • it’s a straight port of the game from the PS2, so no new high definition assets, but…
    • The Pixy cutscene looks like a bad AI upscale job. Look at his chin stubble in the trailer and you’ll see what I mean, it looks like broken glass.

    I’m excited for the game too, but I have reasons to be cautious.