1. AC: Zero is a DLC. Why not make it a stand alone game. Who made this decision and what were they thinking?

2. The performance is below expectations considering how solid AC 7 was at launch. I am on 9800x3d stock, rtx 5090 OC, and 64 GB of 6000 RAM. Game is intermittently choppy at maximum setting for me, cannot imagine having cheaper hardware. Going to try high settings next time I start the game up.

This one is only mentioned because of how well 7 was at launch, comparatively. I know they will likely improve performance on pc in time but it does make you wonder where all the talent and knowhow went since 2020.

3. Most of all... why did they mess with the feel of the game. The flight physics feel awwwful. If they would have just made the game AC 7's parameters it would be solid. Feels like flying a cargo plane while in a F/A-18. That is quite the accomplishment I have to say, in a bad way.

4. Overall the gameplay with missiles and guns feels wrong too. Missiles seem like they appear off the side of screen instead of from the plane like they did in 7. Guns are now more inaccurate which is fine but they feel off too. For example if you in gun range and are off by a large enough area the guns still hit, which feels handicapped. Again, unlike in 7 where precision was far more needed.

5. The whole damn game feels like it is supposed to be on rails holding your hand. I'm playing on "Elite", because changing the difficulty modes names also had to be done for reasons, and the game feels like it's on easy. I've played three missions so far and gotten S rank on the first try.

I have to mention that the carrier landing feels completely awful as well. Don't slightly tap the brake or you'll drop 50 feet instantly. Don't allow the player with thousands of hours of experience to fly past 300 knots. Also, it's 2026 and still no arresting wire with afterburner. Its been over 25 years.

6. The story, characters, setting, the creepy and weird phantom voice of a coward pilot, who you met for 15 minutes, in your MC's head. You're picked up from being stranded at seam get rescued, then are immediately put in the RIO of a F/A-18 for seemingly no reason other than we need pilots. The story easily could have cut away to a week later and made 10x more since, perhaps in that time meeting the crew in a more realistic, less awkward way.

Then of course they have to make her the XO of the carrier too, for modernity reasons of course. Represent the 1% of the 1% of navy officers. I can see Sweet Baby Inc's involvement in this one.

The game feels like it is for modern audiences, which is not a good thing anyway you look at it. Haven't even tried multiplayer but with this gameplay I don't know if I want to.

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Overall severely disappointed in the choices made here when the perfect example was already made and sold millions of copies. I foresee this game being the most hated title of the IP. I've played every AC since air and wow is this the worst so far.

I do like the visuals a lot. Graphics and new clouds are amazing! The new first person mode is a good evolution in the right direction, and the Horizon multiplayer is a good idea minus the fuel.


These are all my opinions and I could not possibly care less if you disagree. Your boo's mean nothing to me, I've seen what makes you people cheer.

Let's hope AC9 is more of a return to AC7 and what we've grown up with.