PVP?

Man, what I wouldn’t give for more battle network…

“Who’s ‘we all’?” - The Southern Hemisphere

Ace Combat. Seems rather dull on the face of it but goddamn are the geopolitics compelling.

Piss, I’m glad I live in a country where that’s illegal.

Circum-Pacific War. The Belkan War’s so overrated.

I’d like to submit my two favorite buddies from AC games for consideration.

Rusty from Armoured Core VI, especially the final fight against him in Breach The Karman Line. With that backdrop and his sweet ass AC sliding to a stop while you can hear the pure venom in his voice “Here we are… buddy…” as Steel Haze starts playing.

And then we have Ace Combat Zero, having just prevented the V2 launch, flying back to base when your wingman gets one shot by a fucking laser, and you see your former wingman, Pixy, in a hitherto unseen aircraft and hear the flamenco accompanied by that voice: “So, have you found a reason to fight yet… Buddy?”.

Similar themes across both, and both are absolutely iconic.

the end is never the end is never the end is never

I hadn’t considered it like that but yeah, if there was ever a game about nothing, the Stanley Parable is it.

Never thought this’d be this relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BMS6LIw8Q