Fresh craft for Ace Combat 6

By Robert Purchese Published 23 November, 2007

Gutsiest move I ever saw.

Atari has opened its hangars and wheeled out a whole army of fresh aircraft for Ace Combat 6.

The most expensive of them is The Idolmaster Miki pack, based around the Japanese 360 game The Idolmaster, where you play as a producer and coach nine young pop idols to stardom. Miki Hoshii is the first of the characters to sign-up for flight school, and brings with her an impressive Su-33 fighter plane - probably has rich parents. Get a load of her for 400 Points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.65). But not like that, she's 14.

Following her are the manoeuvrable F-16C Fighting Falcon with Windhover Squadron colours; outrageously fast Mirage2000-5 Experimental beast; heavily armed A-10A ThunderBolt II with essential shark mouth; spooky F-14D Super Tomcat with jack-o'-lantern paint job; light-weight F-15E Strike Eagle with something called active stripes; and sure-footed, er, winged F-16C from Ace Combat 2. Each will lighten your wallet by 200 Points (GBP 1.70 / EUR 2.33).

One craft is free, though, the well protected F-16C Fighting Falcon - part of the mercenary tactical strike force Scarface. Smutty plane porn for those who know what the numbers and letters mean, then.

Ace Combat 6 is out in Europe today and comes thoroughly recommended by us. Pop over to our review to find out why.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • kissthestick #1 4 years ago

    Get a load of her for 400 Points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.65). But not like that, she's 14

    orly?

  • GamesConnoisseur #2 4 years ago

    The extra planes at a costs (plus free one) were already on Live yesterday before the release of retail game today! Who know how many purchased the planes yesterday without the game to fly them in!
    Edited by 1 at 23/11/07 @ 10:25

  • ruttyboy #3 4 years ago

    Wow, that's some impressive milking.

  • Psychotext #4 4 years ago

    I'll take the free plane thanks!

  • afray #5 4 years ago

    Slider... you stink.

  • Rodney #6 4 years ago

    I wonder how long until the day you can not complete a game until you pay for DLC

  • Dizzy #7 4 years ago

    Wow $$$ Atari must be in financial trouble... oh wait...

  • The-Bodybuilder #8 4 years ago

    >"Get a load of her for 400 Points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.65). But not like that, she's 14 "

    That means R.Kelly bought AC6 for nothing?

  • Darren #9 4 years ago

    I noticed the Gamespot review of AC6 mentioned that this game has fewer planes and missions that the previous instalments on the PS2... now I know why... it's so they can sell the others as premium downloadable content.

    /sigh

    Still it's a bloody fantastic game out of the box and since I prefer to play from the more immersive cockpit view, the "skins" are pointless unless you want to watch the (admittedly stunning) replays. The new planes sound intriguing though, might try one or two of them but really they should have been included with the boxed game in the first place. Yeah, they are optional, you don't have to buy them, but it seems these days that you get less game content because publishers like to make a bit extra from selling some of the missing stuff as downloadable content.

  • Faragon #10 4 years ago

    There are actually to free planes F/A 18 - Scarface and F-16c Scarface

  • Darren #11 4 years ago

    I believe those are just alternate "skins" as the F-16 and F/A 18 are already in the boxed game.

  • FabricatedLunatic #12 4 years ago

    I'm supposed to be entitled to download two free planes because I pre-ordered from GAME, but I'll be buggered if I know how I'm supposed get them.

    Charging for new planes is taking the wee wee.

  • Darren #13 4 years ago

    @FabricatedLunatic - I got my game from Gameplay but it came in a cardboard sleeve stating that it was exclusive to GAME (Gameplay own GAME now you see) and that I had two free planes but, like you, I've absolutely no idea how you're supposed to get them or whether I'm even actually entitled to them in the first place.

    I presume it is exclusive only to GAME and that they should send people the codes to unlock them from the Xbox Live Marketplace, similar to how people got hold of the Call of Duty 4 Beta a few months back. I suggest emailing GAME and asking them how you get hold of the codes for these "exclusive" planes, which are only "skins" anyway. I think.

  • FabricatedLunatic #14 4 years ago

    @Darren

    Cheers. I might send them an email. I, like you, prefer the cockpit view (well, first person; the cockpit view is sometimes too cluttered) but it's the principle, damnit :-)

    Regarding the number of missions, it's probably worth mentioning that AC6 has longer, more involving missions that its predecessors. That kind of makes up for there being fewer of them.

  • Darren #15 4 years ago

    I thought there were only 11 missions from looking at the Achievements but when I was checking out my stats, there's a screen where you get medals for accomplishing the Operations in each of the missions and that suggests there are actually 13. I'm on the seventh mission now and have noticed that they're getting tougher and longer and obviously more enjoyable. It's a really terrific game, can't recommend it highly enough. In fact, if you read Gamespot's 8.5 review of AC6 that sums up my own feelings on the game so far perfectly... although I'd give it a 9! :)

  • Darren #16 4 years ago

    Well the two free "skins" I downloaded last night where 6 and 7 MB a piece not the 108 KB that suggests a "key" that unlocks disc content so I'd say you're wrong, Harry... at least as far as the free content goes anyway. ;)

  • quantumsheep #17 4 years ago

    Is the strapline a Battlestar quote? ;)

    Might get this today, looks like fun!

  • Pulsar_t #18 4 years ago

    I wonder how long until the day you can not complete a game until you pay for DL

    It gets worse than that.. From what I heard Crysis is missing a whole chapter.

  • NegativeZero #19 4 years ago

    Namco should stop beating around the bush and just release The Idolm@ster outside Japan.

  • ChromeMud #20 4 years ago

    Crash and Burn!

  • solent-hamster #21 4 years ago

    did anyone find out how to get free planes from GAME?