>> Hello, my friends, and
welcome back to PlayStation live
from E3.
We are in the midst of the final
day.
>> Yes.
>> Another three in the books.
>> Yes.
>> And it is good to see you and
David from the team.
We are talking about Ace Combat
7, coming to PS4 had with PSVR
support, I believe.
>> That's right.
>> David, I wanted to just jump
into it.
Tell me a little bit about Ace
Combat, long-running series,
beloved by fans.
What is new with this and give
us a rundown of the story as
well.
>> Sure thing.
Well, as you know, as you
mentioned, this series has been
around for a long time.
Over 20 years now.
The fans have waited a little
while for this to come out.
Ace Combat 6 was ten years ago
right now.
>> Yeah.
>> So fans have been clamoring
to get back into it.
So Ace Combat 7 is going right
back to that strange real
universe.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Bringing back everything that
made that franchise great.
You know, great sunmatics, you
know, full realism, going back
into, you know, rich story.
In fact even some of the same
writers in the previous
iterations are writing the story
for this.
Again, we have that deep,
emotional storyline.
So, yeah.
Everything that made the series
great, but we're bringing in
these new elements that are both
evolution -- excuse me.
Evolutionary and revolutionary.
>> Awesome, awesome.
>> All of the aries.
>> I don't want to get there
yet.
But you are in the strange real
universe, what are some of the
key components you're carrying
over?
>> In terms of -- oh, yeah,
yeah, yeah.
So I think the set between the
events of Ace Combat 5 and 6.
But just to be up front about
this, you don't need to have
played the previous games in
order to understand what's
going on.
>> Good, good.
>> None of that is necessary.
>> Yes, yes.
>> You know, I have run into a
lot of hardcore fans.
I thought I knew what was going
on in this.
The fans for Ace Combat are
hardcore.
Every minute detail.
So it's set in the same world.
>> Okay.
>> I don't want to give away too
much.
>> Of course.
>> You're going to see some very
familiar -- I think the last
trailer we saw little big
circular super --
>> Oh, okay, okay.
Got you.
>> Clone --
>> Don't do it!
Too much, too much.
>> And I think we have one of
your colleagues backstage here
playing the game on PS4.
>> Live demo.
>> Maverick is back there.
So appropriate.
>> David, you had some piloting
experience, so it's fun you're
out here talking about Ace
Combat 7.
Can you give me a little bit of
some examples of what's changed
orremained faithful for the
gameplay perspective.
>> Anyone who has played the
game is going to be very
comfortable.
If they have played Ace Combat 6
or previous, they're going to be
comfortable going into the
cockpit with the HUD displays,
the combat system, everything
like that.
But they're going to notice some
key upgrades.
You know, first off, visually,
we're working on the Unreal
Engine 4 now.
We're pulling all of the power
that we can out of that.
>> It's fantastic.
It looks great.
>> Looks great.
>> You'll notice, take a look at
the clouds we have in here right
now.
And, you know, it seems like
kind of an ancillary thing.
All games have clouds.
>> Not this detailed >> These
look beautiful.
And in addition to looking
beautiful, they also play a
pretty important role in the
game -- the way that you're
playing the game, you know?
Tactically and I think if Danny
goes into -- Danny, see if you
can go into a cloud right now
and show what happens.
Just starting out visually.
He's going to fly into this and
you're going notice some
precipitation forming on the
canopy and streaking by.
>> What are you talking about,
David?
Are you kidding me?
>> You know, in addition to
that, if you fly into a cue menu
cumulonimbus cloud, it's going
to be violent.
And you're going to feel that,
you know?
You is probably saw a lot of the
bumping.
The controller is shaking all
over the place.
You stay in that cloud long
enough, that precipitation is
going to turn to ice.
Visibility is going to go down
to zero.
You get ice on your wing and
lose that air row dynamic
stability.
You're going to be a slug.
>> If you're trying to cheat and
stay in the clouds all the time
so no one can see you.
>> That's not going to work.
>> Okay.
>> Someone needs a mic.
>> Normally I get put upon for
being so loud.
No one has ever told me in my
entire life that I'm too quiet.
>> Your voice couldn't be
contained by a normal
microphone.
Needed a new one.
>> Had to double down.
>> Here we go.
>> Hear that?
I was too quiet.
>> And we still have the game
play going in the background.
I wanted to talk a little bit
more about the -- I forgot what
flames were called far second.
I was going to call them
"Ships."
>> I used to be Navy -- so I'll
go with that.
>> Tell me a little bit about
the different planes, the
different weapons.
>> What Maverick was flying
right there is an F-18
Superhornet.
The F version.
That's just one of the aircraft
we have.
The demo, he could have flown
the F-14 D Tomcat.
>> Look at the screen right now.
>> One of the super weapons.
Known for that.
Anyway, back to your question.
A full arsenal.
Everything from the Reagan-era
aircraft to the eighth
generation fighters I think we
have.
F-22, F-35.
And even going one step behind
that.
Stuff that DARPA's working on
right now.
You know, based on real, true
life that haven't really
necessarily been brought to the
real world yet.
>> Wow.
>> A lot of near-future weapons.
Both aircraft weapons and, you
know, we got it all.
>> Yeah.
It seems like it's quite a pack.
>> Quite robust.
Indeed.
>> Are you willing to talk about
the VR component?
>> Absolutely.
Absolutely.
So, you know, we have been
demoing the PSVR component of
Ace Combat, and, oh my god,
people are going Gaga over that.
I used to be a pilot.
And one of the first things in
flight school, have your head on
a swivel.
When a fighter pilot is up there
and engaged in air combat, he's
not looking straight ahead.
He's tracking that bogey with
his head and, you know, going
around.
And, you know, that's much more
like real life.
But more than that, what I love
at this show is to see the
reaction of everyone when that
game first fires up.
They're looking down.
>> They're in there.
>> Oh, my god.
Those are my legs.
That's my hand.
And then they taxi up to the
catapult.
They get launched off.
And then, again, the same thing
happens.
I'm flying.
Everything in their mind is
saying, "I'm not at E3.
I'm in an F-18 right now and I
got to watch that I'm not going
to crash.
".  >> Yeah, I know.
>> But I think everyone has a
fantasy about being a top gun.
This fighter pilot.
And ever since -- I'm an
aviation guy.
I love aircraft.
I have been in the industry for
a long time.
Worked on a lot of s ims.
Ever since I first got in, I was
like, this needs VR.
And for the first time ever I'm
getting that -- it's scratched.
>> Right, right.
>> And I'm able to feel.
Like I'm really in an airplane
and I'm really going through
these maneuvers.
It's practically indescribable.
>> I just remember when they
announced this game.
It was PSX2015, I believe.
>> Yeah.
>> I remember when they
announced the game and how happy
everyone was.
There was a genuine excitement
there.
What do you think it is about
Ace Combat that keeps the people
coming back all the time?
>> You know, I think Ace Combat
captures every little minute
element of air combat.
>> Right.
>> You know, I said everyone
wants to be that top gun.
>> Right.
>> You know, Maverick.
And, you know, the little
nuances, you know, the radio
chatter.
You know?
Those rich cinematics.
The highly-detailed aircraft.
You know, full fleet of
aircraft.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> I -- Ace Combat does that
better than, you know, anyone
out there.
It really understands what
people are looking for.
And it gets it.
It delivers.
>> Yeah, you're right about
that.
You're right.
>> I love it, I love it.
Before we wrap up, any, you
know, tips from a pro for me
when I'm getting into the Ace
Combat 7 for the first time.
>> You're doing it again.
>> What?
>> Getting the tips early.
>> This is the only opportunity
to get these behind the scenes.
How would you guide a new player
getting into Ace Combat for the
first time?
What would you tell them?
>> The game itself will ease you
into this.
But if you're new to flight
games.
Start out easy.
Get used to the controls.
It's going to become second
nature to you eventually.
But fly easy.
Don't worry about yanking and
banking all over the place your
very first hop.
You know, do gentle maneuvers
and then, you know, build
yourself into it.
And I've seen this multiple
times just here at E3 right now.
People that have never played it
before, start out gentle, get,
you know, bigger and bigger.
And then pretty soon they're
like, go down, sucker!
So -- yeah.
>> I love it.
>> I'm ready to yank and bank,
man.
>> Yeah, let's do it.
>> I like that.
>> Thanks so much for being
here.
Are you talking about when
people can play Ace Combat 7?
>> 2018.
>> 20718.
Not too much further away.
>> I know.
>> We have plenty to do this
year.
>> Not much going on this year.
What's going on?
>> Just a few things.
David, thank you so much.
>> my pleasure.
Thank you for having me.
>> Thank you for watching at
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