Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Demo

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Demo

Light the fires!

Written by DavieMarshall on 13 September 11 at 12:32

Namco Bandai have announced a playable demo for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. After a flood of screenshots, multiplayer information and flythrough trailers, the final temptation comes in the form of a two mission playable demo.

The two missions you are presented with see you command a jet fighter as main man Bishop as the key elements of gameplay are introduced to you:

In the jet fighter mission, players will step into the shoes of the game's hero Bishop for the first time and engage in an intense dogfight over sun-kissed Miami. The sequence serves as the game's tutorial level and introduces Bishop's deadly adversary Markov.The second playable mission seats you in the cockpit of an attack helicopter, decimating the local enemy population with deadly accuracy as you experience the intense action in the "entirely new low-altitude action-packed ground combat".

Players will take on the role of helicopter pilot D-Ray as he lays waste to enemies in spectacular style in support of a high risk rescue operation by the elite Delta Force special forces unit.If the blurb for these missions has stirred the need for aviation and killing within you, American Xbox gamers can download the demo right now, whilst Europeans will be able to grab it from tomorrow. Follow the link below to head across to the official page on the Marketplace.

The full retail title launches October 11th in the US and across Europe on October 14th 2011.
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 12:35
Will have to check this out, love a good flying game.
Lord Midas
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 12:46, Edited on 13 September 11 at 12:47 by Lord Midas
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 13:54
Oooooh, I might actually download a demo for once.
Especially since the helis will be in it. smile
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 15:18
Will be downloading this, always going to be a sucker for a good flight sim.
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 16:00
The screen shots from yesterday have me interested in the game - I will be adding this demo to my queue.
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 16:04
Finally a demo is out. This will help me to decide whether to buy it at launch or rent it instead and wait till it drops in price down to $20 like Ace Combat 6.
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 17:10
I know what I'm playing tonight.
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 22:15
Finally. I'm sick of playing H.A.W.X 2
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 22:21
can always give it a try
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Posted on 13 September 11 at 23:31
the helicopter level took a second to get the hang of, but it was much beter than i expected
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Posted on 14 September 11 at 11:41, Edited on 14 September 11 at 11:43 by SereneMidnight
Yeah, same here. Although I could say that the fighter gameplay could be a little better...
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Posted on 14 September 11 at 12:21
Great I'll try this out
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Posted on 14 September 11 at 16:53
I liked the dogfighting aspect. Makes the machine gun much more useful than past ace combat's. Helicopter controls were a little iffy but still waaaaay better then apache:aa, imo.
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Posted on 14 September 11 at 17:41
After playing the demo this is the biggest disappointment of the year. Completely ruined the franchise. HAWX is better than this.
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Posted on 14 September 11 at 20:51
Hawx wins hands down, i wasnt impressed with the feel of the game let alone all the new stuff which is like... well autopilot, i didnt feel like i was flying a plane or helicopter, i felt like i was on a unicycle trying to balance the whole time... you dont need gay DFM to get extreme close quarters, hawx 2 did this amazingly well, and the squashed 3rd person camera looks and feels awful, i love planes, which is why i would love this game, and they seem to have tried hard to remove everything plane like from it.

I am ranting, but i am so dissapointed... play this, then put hawx 2, then hawx 1 then ace combat 6 in your xbox.
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Posted on 14 September 11 at 23:06
Must have for me, i don´t like HAWX 2, it was glitched and lame. Even HAWX 1 was better. Ace Combat is the real arcade flight game. Must have for AC fans.
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TAI JASON said:Must have for me, i don´t like HAWX 2, it was glitched and lame. Even HAWX 1 was better. Ace Combat is the real arcade flight game. Must have for AC fans.Well said.

A lot of people have been complaining about the controls. You can adjust them to classic AC style from the settings screen.
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Posted on 15 September 11 at 09:02
SereneMidnight said:TAI JASON said:Must have for me, i don´t like HAWX 2, it was glitched and lame. Even HAWX 1 was better. Ace Combat is the real arcade flight game. Must have for AC fans.Well said.

A lot of people have been complaining about the controls. You can adjust them to classic AC style from the settings screen.
Thats right. Manye people just ignore the settings. I like both, the new feels "direct" for me. I started the Demo today and i just run smoth to both missions. The helicopter mission was a little big laggy with the cam, but i can live with that.

Oh, before i forget: If somebody like such games, get yourself Apache: Air Assault. One of the best flight games on Xbox!
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Posted on 15 September 11 at 10:18
Classic AC controls are the way to go! The sad thing is i'm gonna miss blowing up some super weapon!
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