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I just blitzed through AC8, and good lord this plot is bad. (hexbear.net)
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Like oh god it's bad, I was on the verge of having multiple crashouts throughout the game, only to have the crashout on the final mission, and this game has 30 missions.

And before anyone says anything, I bought it with birthday money so technically I didn't spend money I got from working a job.

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[–] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Well it is a loveletter to AC5, which has an incredibly stupid and convoluted plot, so that checks out. With those expectations I've been enjoying it thus far (on mission 12), granted a lot of the decisions around "military strategy" and magical thinking are pretty incredible, even for Ace Combat standards.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Well it is a loveletter to AC5, which has an incredibly stupid and convoluted plot

    5, while full of holes, tells the story it wants to tell. This plot doesn't even know what story it wants to tell.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I'm definitely too early to say one way or another, so I guess I'll get back to you after I finish the game lol

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    You're getting into the part where the game meanders about for 10+ missions before throwing you onto a roller coaster in the last 1/5 of the game in a "oh shit, we gotta wrap up all these plot threads" way.

    spoilerOf course, Cope is still there throughout the whole game filling in details, and explaining the plot to you...

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