Ace Combat's Newest DLC: Tekken?!
Wait, what. Oh man, you have to see this...
Published: November 9, 2011
Okay, so there's this thing call brand synergy. Don't worry, it's buzzwordy enough that our fists automatically aim toward our faces the second we type the words, but hear us out here. The idea, of course, is that if you're a gigantic company (like, say, Namco Bandai Games America), you end up creating quite a bit of stuff with recognizable names. Logic dictates, then, that it's a good idea -- especially if that stuff is video games -- to help link some of those brands together in a way that reminds people playing one product that there's another product.
Except, we can't recall the last time we've seem a match up quite like this. We established in our review of Ace Combat Assault Horizon that the game is awesome, right? In fact, Scott went so far as to say the game was "the ultimate badass simulator" which shouldn't be a huge surprise when you've basically melded air combat with Burnout-style views of particularly gnarly shoot-downs. No matter how arcadey and over-the-top the game might be, though, we didn't really expect to see Tekken characters blanketing a Su-35 Flanker-E fighter. Call us short-sighted.
For the not-so-low price of $4.99, come November 15th, you too can deck out your plane with the angry visages of Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama if you so choose. Namco describes the aircraft thusly: "The successor to the Su-27, the Su-35 Flanker-E is a master aircraft that boasts menacing turning performance. A 'Flanker' series aircraft possessing top class air battle fighting ability and equipped with an independent, two-dimensional thrust deflection nozzle. The NATO codename for it is 'Flanker-E.' This aircraft can handle battles not only over short distances, but long distances as well."
It's good at air-to-air combat because it's been "tuned for maneuverability and speed, making it deadly for close-range combat." Really, though, the draw here is hopping online with this bad boy and hearing the reactions from people you just blew out of the sky, right? Right! We can hear the skepticism already, but head on over to our screenshots section and check out a good dozen or so images of the plane from nearly every angle. It's just so damned insane that we can't help but love it. Will we buy it, though? Depends on how much $4.99 is burning a hole in our pocket - er, online Wallet.
Except, we can't recall the last time we've seem a match up quite like this. We established in our review of Ace Combat Assault Horizon that the game is awesome, right? In fact, Scott went so far as to say the game was "the ultimate badass simulator" which shouldn't be a huge surprise when you've basically melded air combat with Burnout-style views of particularly gnarly shoot-downs. No matter how arcadey and over-the-top the game might be, though, we didn't really expect to see Tekken characters blanketing a Su-35 Flanker-E fighter. Call us short-sighted.
For the not-so-low price of $4.99, come November 15th, you too can deck out your plane with the angry visages of Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama if you so choose. Namco describes the aircraft thusly: "The successor to the Su-27, the Su-35 Flanker-E is a master aircraft that boasts menacing turning performance. A 'Flanker' series aircraft possessing top class air battle fighting ability and equipped with an independent, two-dimensional thrust deflection nozzle. The NATO codename for it is 'Flanker-E.' This aircraft can handle battles not only over short distances, but long distances as well."
It's good at air-to-air combat because it's been "tuned for maneuverability and speed, making it deadly for close-range combat." Really, though, the draw here is hopping online with this bad boy and hearing the reactions from people you just blew out of the sky, right? Right! We can hear the skepticism already, but head on over to our screenshots section and check out a good dozen or so images of the plane from nearly every angle. It's just so damned insane that we can't help but love it. Will we buy it, though? Depends on how much $4.99 is burning a hole in our pocket - er, online Wallet.
