Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Steam玩家数打破纪录，评论称赞任务设计。

Bandai Namco’s latest addition to the Ace Combat series may be more popular than anticipated. The Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Steam player count hit a new high on October 3rd. On the first weekend after its release date, the game peaked at over 52,000 concurrent players. Reviews lauding mission design have propelled it to a number three times higher than the 7th entry.

Ace Combat finds a new audience

The combat flight franchise has a limited presence on Valve’s marketplace. Following its console debut in 2011, Assault Horizon arrived in January 2013. SteamDB shows it attracted a maximum of 3,795 pilots taking flight simultaneously.

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown then landed in 2019 and reached a peak concurrent player count of 13,758. Once Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Steam early access closed, it zoomed past its predecessor. The interest among PC users is particularly impressive for a franchise with PlayStation roots.

即使开局顺利，评论中仍提到了人们熟悉的失望之处。粉丝原本希望该系列的两款作品能在 Ace Combat 8 发售日同步推出。

预购乌龙

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War 最初于 2006 年作为一款PS2 游戏推出，是一项预购赠品。遗憾的是，买家发现必须安装 Wings of Theve 才能游玩这款作品。Bandai Namco 为此造成的困惑致歉，并解释说，授权限制迫使他们将这款赠品作为 DLC 处理。

其他玩家则提到了性能问题和低于预期的帧率。因此，PC 玩家给出了总体好评，评分为 74%。尽管如此，这些缺点并未对 Ace Combat 8 的 Steam 玩家人数造成显著影响。

与Metacritic 上的评论一致，大多数买家认为这款游戏带来了充满动作场面的空战。扎实的单人战役和剧情提升了游戏体验，而多样的任务则让玩家始终保持投入。粉丝们也称赞了游戏的呈现效果，尤其是戏剧性的配乐。

如果开发者能通过补丁优化性能，或许会鼓励配置较低的 PC 玩家回归。即便如此，多人游戏选项往往决定玩家能否长期参与，而玩家对这些模式的看法则更加褒贬不一。