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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown |OT| Game of Drones
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Yeah, I could see them stacking just the Homing and Speed lvl.2 along with a few lvl.1 parts to really boost it to ridiculous levels.
Even with just that one 50 cost lvl. 2 part (can't remember the name but the final one on the standard missile tree) they became extremely viable.
I still have the majority of my kills with Standard missiles on my F-14D. I think I am at around 60-70 standard missile kills or so?
Meanwhile I only have 10 or so in all the various special weapons! heh
That would explain it then. I'll try hard tomorrow then
Silber's emblem is 100 Battle Royale kills
50 battle royale sorties is Sapin's emblem
Collection so far
50 battle royale sorties is Sapin's emblem
Collection so far
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Clouds are very useful, especially for avoiding players with SAAMs. I don't see enough people taking advantage of them.
When we gonna get this bad boy, the F-32:
Gotcha covered.
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...ked-like-if-lockheed-lost-the-jsf-competition
Bonus:
That side profile looks like a feeding whale shark. So damn ugly looking lol. It looks like it's deaigned to gobble up smaller planes.
After blowing through all the VR missions before even starting the campaign, it makes the 2D missions just feel so...FLAT in comparison. Piloting the fighters in VR is unlike anything I've done in VR before. That being said I'm still having a blast.
First Ace Combat since 4, which I would run home after school to play at my best friend's house split screen on his PS2. This game gives me so much nostalgia!
First Ace Combat since 4, which I would run home after school to play at my best friend's house split screen on his PS2. This game gives me so much nostalgia!
I'm dying at the bonus! lmao!
God damn the bonus is hilarious.
I actually don't mind that top render, now I want it in the game haha.
Just finished the campaign on normal. I absolutely loved every second of it. Ace Combat is back and I couldn't be more happy. It plays great, it sounds great, it looks great and most importantly it feels great. Flying through the clouds in cockpit / 1st person view is so impressive. You can't see anything. It's even more intimidating when it's a rain or thunder cloud. But the payoff once you see the blue sky again -- magnificent. While I think Ace Combat 5 is better overall, Ace Combat 7 is more than just a return to form. It takes a lot of the elements that make the series so much fun. And I just love strangereal. It still gets me big smile seeing or thinking about the space elevator. It's definitely one of my favorite games of the series next to the PS2 games and especially the Japanese version of Ace Combat 3 (fan translators be praised!) I will definitely replay the campaign on hard at some point. But first I will replay Ace Combat 5 again. Can't wait to see how the "remaster" looks and plays on PS4. I hope the game will be successful enough that we'll see a sequel in a not too distant future.
Some spoilery throughts about the (final) missions of Ace Combat 7:
Some spoilery throughts about the (final) missions of Ace Combat 7:
I really loved the final mission. It was exactly what I hoped it would be. I mean it would've been a highly missed opportunity having you not fly through the space elevator. Still, I couldn't help and smile when that drone entered the tunnel and I got the task to follow it. In general I had a blast in the final mission. While it wasn't as "epic" as the final mission in Ace Combat 5, it was still a lot of fun. Mission 19 felt a bit more "epic" than the final mission. When the music kicked in and I was flying around the Aresnal Bird with all the other planes around me, constantly dodging missiles etc, I felt like an absolute ace. The constant chatter how only Trigger can shoot it down helped of course, hehe. Lots of goosebumps all over my whole body throughout the final missions. In general I really loved the Aresnal Bird missions like the Stonehenge one. Not just a great callback to Ace Combat 4, I was sweating bullets during the whole mission. I'm not a big fan of the score attack missions in general and some were quite tough at first, but once you figure them out and also get the rights planes and loadouts they aren't that hard on normal difficulty, but still challenging. In fact, I loved how challenging the game was overall. It definitely wasn't a walk in the park and I appreciated that. No handholding, you had to listen to the radio chatter and the briefing, you had to figure stuff out and more. Loved it! Another highlight was mission 7 with the first fight against Mister X. The radio chatter was perfect in that one, especially when you enter the thunder clouds and your wingmen tell you how crazy you are. Loved it! The story could've been a bit better in some areas (the overall story is cool with lots of melodrama I hoped for; it was fun to follow it. But the pacing here and there was a bit off, but I didn't mind that too much.
After looking through this thread and seeing how important it is to pay attention to your radio, am I making the game more difficult by using the Japanese VO? I've only done the first mission but I can imagine reading subtitles in the middle of an intense fight could be difficult. This is my first Ace Combat game so any help is appreciated.
Yes, you often get instructions what to do next in a mission (sometimes simple things like approaching bogies that should take priority). I didn't read the subtitles that often, especially not during intense dogfights. So having the voices in a language you fully understand would definitely make things easier. The story also gets expanded with the radio chatter, so it's definitely worth paying attention to it.
So much for helping with that list on Wikia, told how and their order in the full list and got told to "Edit it yourself".
I would if my only option wasn't a PS4 webbrowser atm that freaks out on pages like that.
I would if my only option wasn't a PS4 webbrowser atm that freaks out on pages like that.
Yeah, it really is best to play it in your native language I feel. I am fluent in Japanese, but even I noticed I missed a few cool snippets during
more intense scenes when I started my replay in English.
It helps that the wing VOs and such are actually very well done in English IMO.
Finished my Ace playthrough. Really phenomenal game. I hope the dlc missions are substantial!
I find the mix and audio options in general to be lacking, unfortunately. Yes, though, the chatter from the other pilots is very hard to hear without turning other things down. Then you find the music is taking a bigger backseat than it should, or the flight sounds are too quie/overbearing.
It's pretty much my only complaint. Love everything else about it.
Am I out of practice or is this game surprisingly hard? I played 4, 5 and 0 back in the day and don't remember having much trouble, but man the fight at the end of Mission 7 took me like an hour on Normal difficulty. Probably would have been a lot easier with a better plane and better AA missiles, I'm sure, but doing it that early in the game was brutal.
Really enjoying it, though. Going to unlock my old baby the Sukhoi Su-37 next.
Really enjoying it, though. Going to unlock my old baby the Sukhoi Su-37 next.
7 is indeed harder than the rest.
On another topic: overall I think 7 has the best soundtrack.
I mean if it lines up the plane for you every time it kinda defeats the purpose of the mini game.
You can't go wrong on any of the 3 branches, but you might want to stick to one tree so you get the final plane at the end. Mig 29A and F-14D are very good all arounders for early game, save for the Su 33 and F-15E when you reach later parts, get the Su-57 or F-22A for the last missions. The final two European multiroles are also very, very good. If you don't mind not unlocking the final plane at the end, definitely grab the A-10C as early as you can, it makes any ground attack mission a cakewalk.
Anywhere cheaper than cdkeys for the PC version?
If not I'll just buy the physical version I guess, the key activates on Steam, right?
If not I'll just buy the physical version I guess, the key activates on Steam, right?
Got my first First Place in Battle Royale last night. Griphen E with SASM in 2000 and under room.
Nope, I didn't play for score, only S ranked about half of it naturally. Should I have? Does this normally unlock things in ace combat games? (and can i make up the missing ones in free mission if so?)
shoot straight for F22 or SU57.
Either allied/american planes or soviet / russian planes.
Now there are subbranches within. Stick to a single branch: to choose, look at the next planes / upgrades and if you suits your need; do you already have a good fighter with good Anti Air special missiles ? Then look for a good multi role or air to ground plane next. Etc...
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It should unlock a F-22 skin I think, and yes it counts if you play the missions again in free mission mode.
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Got the North Osea Gründer Industries emblem, I think the unlock condition is acquiring 20 aircraft as that's when I got it.
Yeah I believe it's a promotion until like Feb 8 or something?
So this is your first Ace Combat? It wouldn't be true to the series if it wasn't melodramatic.
Agreed that the story as presented in cutscenes is straight garbage, but I find it's mostly easy to ignore and doesn't really hurt the overall experience IMO, as I came strictly for the gameplay and wasn't looking for any kind of drama anyway, I don't feel I'm missing out.
Played 6 on 360 but I dont remember the cutscenes being this emotional and whiny..
Scrap queen.. omg
Are they generally interchangeable? Went F14 initially because Top Gun/afterburner. But I also like the sukhois so could I switch to those for later planes? Is it possible to unlock everything eventually anyway?
Nah. 6 had quite a few cheesy cutscenes. "Dance with the angels!" Will forever be burned into my memory
You can eventually unlock everything, it's just fucking expensive thus grind inducing.
Trying to S rank Mission 9 on Ace. I swear this is the worst designed mission in the game and worse than anything I remember in AC4,5,0, and 6.
Ok. But basically it's whichever line you like the look of best? Never liked the Mig-29 but I like the Su-27 a lot and the Su-33 looks similar