Mission Co-Op
Mission Co-Op is a multiplayer mode in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, serving as the equivalent of the Co-op Battle DLC mode from Ace Combat 6.
Introduction
This mode sees players, up to a group of three, joining to take on a series of eight remastered versions of missions from the main campaign. The host will always be Warwolf 1 or Shooter 1, the second player will always be Warwolf 3 or Shooter 2, and the third player will always be Warwolf 4 or Shooter 3. The AI will control Guts for jet missions, and Shooter 4 helicopter missions. Before each mission, players will be able to choose from a variety of aircraft and color schemes. However, the available aircraft for players are limited to what the single player campaign missions offer. Skills for multiplayer modes are available for use and are fully functional. If a player is shot down during the mission, he will respawn in several seconds. But if all players are shot down before any of them can respawn, the game will restart in the nearest checkpoint.
The enemies featured in Co-Op are stronger than those in single-player mode. If one player is engaged in Dog Fight Mode, the others can approach their target and engage in DFM, enhancing their combat capabilities. The same applies to Air Strike Mode, as assisting an ally engaged in an attack run will allow one to follow them from behind. Named aces also make appearance exclusive to this mode. Aces often have very high mobility, requiring the players to work together in a single DFM.
Missions
Oil Field
Main Article : Oil Field
Available Aircraft :
- F-16C Fighting Falcon
- MiG-21bis Fishbed
- F-16F Fighting Falcon
- Mirage 2000-5
- F-4E Phantom II (Pre-order and PC Version only)
Based after the single player campaign mission Inferno. The players work together to fend off attacks on the NATO airfield and the oil mining area nearby.
East African Town
Main Article : East African Town
Available Aircraft :
Based after the single player campaign mission Red Moon. The players work together as a helicopter squadron to rescue Major Sergei Illich.
Dubai
Main Article : Dubai
Available Aircraft :
The same as Oil Field with additions
Based after the single player campaign mission Power Play. The players work together to prevent Blatnoi attacks and bombing of Dubai.
Derbent
Main Article : Derbent
Available Aircraft:
Multiroles only
- Rafale M
- F-15E Strike Eagle
- JAS-39C Gripen
- F/A-18F Super Hornet
- F-16F Fighting Falcon
- Mirage 2000-5
- F-4E Phantom II
Based after the single player campaign mission Pipeline. The players work together with loyalist Russian forces to reclaim Derbent and destroy the NRF forces there.
ICBM Base
Main Article : ICBM Base
Available Aircraft:
The same as Derbent and Dubai with additions
Based after the second part of single player mission Launch. Taking place after a bombing mission, the players escort Razor 1 from enemy aircraft and then destroy a newly launched ICBM.
Central Moscow
Main Article : Central Moscow
Available Aircraft :
- AH-64D Apache Longbow
Based after the single player campaign mission Motherland. The players work together with the Russian Army tanks advancing to reclaim the capital city Moscow.
Moscow
Main Article : Moscow
Available Aircraft :
The same as ICBM Base with additions
Based after the single player campaign mission Aftermath. The players work together with the Russian Air Force to prevent another Trinity missile attack on Moscow. The players then work together to shoot down Andrei Markov.
Miami
Main Article : Miami
Available Aircraft :
The same as Moscow.
Based after the single player campaign mission Home Front. The players work together with the United States Air Force to fend off the remnants of NRF in an attack against Miami. This is the only mission whose ending is different from the campaign mode. In the last part of the mission, Guts doesn't get shot down by Markov. Instead, Markov appears in Miami leading his own Akula Squadron which fly identical PAK FAs. Akula Squadron has very high coordination and mobility. To engage them easier, players will have to work together in DFM since engaging an Akula Squadron member alone will often result in getting engaged by his teammate.