I played four hours of Ace Combat 8, and now I feel like a real fighter pilot

A lot has happened since the release of 2019’s Ace Combat 7: SkiesUnknown. Of course, the elephant in the room is the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of which on the video games industry is still being felt today. From the explosion in engagement when many people were forced to stay inside and quarantine, to the massive contraction with seemingly endless studio layoffs and closures happening now.

With the world as isolated as it was, there was a need for human connection. That became the underlying theme of the upcoming entry in the Ace Combat flight sim series, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.

I recently played four hours of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve and spoke with director Kazutoki Kono about the game’s storytelling, the franchise’s three pillars, and the possibility of a virtual reality mode.

A New Direction

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