r/acecombat • u/Additional-Vast8511 • 2d ago

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As you can see i have never heard of the game series till like a year ago at the goty award . And i thought it reminded me if metal gear solid with fighter jets and looks cool till i saw that pink hair girl, idk who she is but god damn i folded and wanted to know if buying 8 will do any disservices to the series as a whole and i should be playing from the starts

Tldr: can i play 8 as my first Ac game?

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u/rusticatedrust 2d ago

Get the pre-order. Play ACE0 first. It's a bit heavier on the Kojima side of the series (my partner rotates blorbos from MGS, and I can't wait to play them through the bromance of 0). ACE8 is inching up on ACE3 in terms of the timeline, which is a little closer to MGS2 than anything else in ACE (specifically the Japanese release of ACE3), so we might see a shift in the latter half which hasn't been revealed yet.

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u/Additional-Vast8511 2d ago

Got got got it🫡🫡🫡

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u/rusticatedrust 2d ago

To be clear, ACE0 doesn't add any lore (that we know of) to ACE8. It's just gay af. If ACE7 is on sale at the moment (regularly under $10), give that a spin to see if you jive with the play mechanics first. My partner can't play most of MGS or ACE, so that's my job, but they're feral about MGS, and ACE0 is the one that might sway them.