So the limited timer rewards experienced players who pick their targets well, prioritize areas of operation effeciently, and come prepared with the right aircraft and kit. Mission timers don't really represent making the game difficult in terms of the ability to finish a mission, what they do, is make it hard to score high. This is antithetical to what Ace Combat gameplay is supposed to be, which is high tempo, high risk-reward arcade flight action, almost like fully 3d version of something like Ikagura. As someone point out earlier, with no timer, you can be overly-cautious, and kind of pick apart the enemy from safety. No, it had timers, they were just semi-hidden.Ĭertain mission critical QTE and DFM's trigger only at certain times and have to be completed or the mission fails.Ī mechanical breakdown of the mission timer from a design perspective, is that it exists to put pressure on the player. Originally posted by Vukasin_IGF:Ace Combat assault horizon enhanced edition did not have times if I remember correctly.

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