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NEWS: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Game's Latest Video Highlights Aircraft Customization




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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:14 am Reply with quote
Given that Gran Turismo and Forza offer plentiful opportunities for the creation of virtual itasha nowadays, the progression to ita-hikoki (to coin a phrase) would not be an unexpected one.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:04 pm Reply with quote
I'm very happy with the Ace Combat Infinity style upgrade tree. I can't say for certain how effective it will be applying an online, microtransaction style upgrade tree to an offline game, but it definitely gave a distinct sense of progress that felt rewarding.

Also regarding the ita-planes. I believe it started in Ace Combat 6 with the idolm@ster tie ins, but the ita-fighters (my personal term) seemed to be most prevalent in Assault Horizon mainly because the skins were retained during the cutscenes:



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