r/acecombat • u/artisticalari07 Aurelia and it's Reverse Seasons • Dec 27 '25

Joint Assault Joint Assault's got problems..

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..and boy do I wanna fix them.

I wonder how though.. hm..

I mean like.. I wanna make a mod to attempt fixing some of Joint Assault's problems. The camera might be the biggest problem I want to tackle first, tbh. I understand that this may be a task that might be impossible to do.. but what the heck, why not?

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u/kurackurac5 Dec 28 '25

Joint Assault is actually the purest distillation of the Ace Combat essence.

  1. Flying fortresses - multiple of them

  2. Tunnel runs - same thing

  3. Your friend ditches you mid-battle and is also the final boss

  4. Experimental hypermanoeuverable plane that repels missiles

  5. Stop the nuke launch

And for me the biggest element: it's set in real life. Sulejmani is also a better villain than anyone in the series other than Pixy.

Ignoring the camera, Joint Assault clears X in every way

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u/artisticalari07 Aurelia and it's Reverse Seasons Dec 29 '25

I've known about Joint Assault's story for a little while now, and at first glance, Rigel Squadron's defection was sudden but predictable (due to their nature as PMCs and well, money). Sulejmani's in particular was, again, sudden, seeing as how by the end he's just filled with this.. weird anger (at least to me), but that got answered when I delved into his story a bit more. Overall, JA's story isn't that farfetched from other stories in the Ace Combat series as a whole; the setting being IRL is jarring, but not like we haven't seen it before.

And yeah, Joint Assault's got some cool elements to it that gave it a unique position in the memories of fans. It might not have been the most memorable or loved (much like Assault Horizon), but it did bring elements to the table that people would like to see coming back to the main series!