Ace Combat 6

[Kubrick]

Finishing the campaign on normal isn't terribly difficult but the missions are way more substantial and varied than the demo makes out.

It really is good fun to play and finishing it once is only the beginning if you want to fully complete it. I've finished it 3 times and will still need to do at least 3 or 4 more runs to earn all the achievements.

[Largo]

One thing i didnt understand from the demo was that my missles seemed to lock on at random, there was no classic beep beep beep beeeeeep *FIRE* etc, sometimes i could fly with an enemy in my center hud for 30seconds and no lock on, it seemed totally at random, could anyone go into more depth about that? Id bet game manual is prob required etc

[Kubrick]

Were you pressing Y to select the target? Also, the range of normal missiles is quite short so you can't lock-on until you're within 2500m (if using metric display units) or so.

Manual isn't needed. The tutorial modes take care of that.

[jimtendo]

Make sure you've selected the target with the 'Y' button beforehand (just hover the cursor over and hit Y) and depending on your armament, you will have to wait until the target is within range before you get a lock-on.

Standard missile distance tends to be quite short (i think 8000) while QAAM's and others are 12000+ in distance.

[Largo]

Thanks! thanks! ill go back to the demo and check it out

[Charlie]

Great game. Really good fun to play and it looks incredible. Do wish there were a few more online co-op missions but the online multiplayer battle modes are brilliant, really tactical and some of the dogfights it creates are sublime.

[Charlie]

Anyone having trouble getting AC6's online achievements?

I've won over 30 team battles but haven't been rewarded with the 'win 10 online team battles' achievement and have definately shot down in excess of 100 players online but, likewise, wasn't given the '100 online kills' achievement. It's really annoying.

[Kubrick]

Finished this again a little while ago to finally earn the last of the offline achievements. Overall it took me six (!) complete runs through the Campaign to earn all the medals, plus I replayed a few of the missions to gain S ranks etc. 33hrs playtime altogether according to my save file.

Some of the medal requirements aren't as hard as they seem once you've unlocked the CFA-44, but completing the game using only the machine gun was very tricky. Especially since I used "Attacker" planes on that run to earn another medal at the same time.

Stunning game. I can't remember the last time I played the hell out of something to this degree, at least not in such a short space of time.

Edit: Charlie, make sure you save your game after you've played online as I think you lose anything you've just done if you don't. I too thought I should've earned some of the achievements a lot sooner.

[Charlie]

Ahh, okay, I'll try saving and see if it helps.

Gotta say big well done on getting all the medals. I imagine 'Sharpshooter' and 'Legendary Ace' were pretty tough to get?

[Kubrick]

Yeah, Sharpshooter was definitely the hardest, and the time limit for "Quicksliver" is quite tight. Legendary Ace, I found relatively easy with the CFA-44 since it's so ridiculously overpowered.

[Rick]

I've been playing through this, but im really getting fed up with all the ground support missions. I've got to mission 6 and im running out of enthusiasm with it.

Some one tell me thats the end of the ground support please.

I want to go on missions into enemy territory bomb a target and head off home whilst taking out the enemy interceptors and dodging round SAM radars. I don't want to be doing the same job as the infantry.

[reektan]

I enjoy air > ground the most for some reason - love the A10 for those just dropping off those insane bombs which nuke the world. I think they mix most missions up well with a little bit of groundwork and some air to air sort of thing.

[Kubrick]

I've been playing through this, but im really getting fed up with all the ground support missions.

Then don't do them and do the Air-to-Air or Multi ones instead. Most missions have at least one and you only need to complete around 1/2 or 2/3 of the operations for the overall mission to be successful. So, you can make those with air targets take precedence over some of the ground operations if you wish.

Personally, I don't mind them. In fact, my favourite operations are where you can recapture airfields and use them to land and re-arm.

[Charlie]

I quite enjoy the air-to-ground stuff too but not as much as the dogfighting.

Sad to say it already seems to be a dying game online and I couldn't find a single ranked match last night which, considering how much fun it can be, is a real pity. Oh, and am I right in believing the online achievements can only be earnt in ranked matches?

[Kubrick]

Thankfully, the achievements can be earned in player matches. From my experience, you're actually more likely to find opponents in player matches than ranked. Siege Battle is still quite unpopular though.

Seems like the game is more popular in the US & Japan than here at the moment as those are usually the people I find playing it.