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"Trigger's different." Jokes aside, I dove into the world of AC7 multiplayer without much experience just to see where I am compared to other players. The result? I got pretty annihilated, but not as annihilated as I thought. I got first for the majority of a small round and discovered that all the memes about how getting first for 0.0001 seconds leads to EVERYONE firing at you were 100% accurate. I don't think I've ever had like seven missiles from me at all directions coming at me, which was kind of a funny experience I guess. I did get second in that round though, so that's kind of nice, I guess. EDIT: I got MVP in Team Deathmatch a couple times, which was nice. I only started playing yesterday though, so I'm not sure if it's because I'm actually good, or if I'm being paired with players less than my level, or if my aircraft is just overpowered.

Yes. @AtomicTech

Okay, it seems we're in a bit of confusion about the rules, since this thread has been buried for a while now. Let me recap: The format of the game goes like this: As you can see, the first player says the regular recital then puts their "throw" in a spoiler. The second person does the same, but no peeking into the spoiler above! The third person judges the above two players, gives a reason, and tags the winner. In some cases, there may be a draw. In that case, state the reason and instead of tagging a winner, simply state it's a draw. With that in mind, let us continue! *** Rock-paper-scissors-shoot, anything you want to do!

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Me again? Let's bring @Kerb24 here, shall we?

Online at the right time to respond! What about @AlamoVampire?

Floor 4773: A museum cataloging all three Number Wars, including ones that didn't last long since there were already ones that were ongoing. Museum staff rush to update the Third Number War exhibit with new artifacts.

"It looked more friendly from over there!" Being an F-14 Tomcat RIO.

Granted. ... ... ... I wish I could come up with creative things to comment in forum games.

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Here's both of your shaved ices. I'd like a pancake, shaped like a waffle.

I've noticed a few people on this forum play Ace Combat games (like five lol) and I also noticed that you could make threads about specific games here. Seeing as there is no dedicated Ace Combat thread, I made this for Ace Combat players to talk about... well, Ace Combat and such. How do you do the campaign, what's your go-to fighter and special weapon, etc. Ace Combat is a series of games that take place in the alternate universe of Strangereal. Strangereal's Earth has different continents and countries, such as the Osean Federation and Kingdom of Erusea. Most games are set after the planetfall of the Ulysses 1994XF04 asteroids, an asteroid that devastated part of the Earth. Anti-asteroid weapons helped negate the damage but the asteroids that did hit would lead to massive instability, setting the ground for most of the franchise's wars. The player's character is a "silent protagonist" and is always a fighter pilot from one of the fictional countries. Common traits of Ace Combat and their campaign-based gameplay involve: a wide spread of aircraft and weapons, enemy ace pilots, and giant superweapons. Not to mention the excellent storytelling (usually), graphics and music. Also, fun fact: more players play KSP than Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown by monthly average from Steam, but roughly the same number of games have been sold for each. AC7 released five years later than KSP, however. *** EDIT: From this thread I've been doing a bit more research into Project Wingman and found the two games are pretty similar. I mean, obviously, seeing PW was made by AC players. But the two games are similar enough in gameplay, genre, fanbase, etc. that it probably doesn't negate creating a separate thread. Project Wingman is an indie game that takes place in an alternate, post-apocalyptic future Earth nearly 600 years in the future. All of Earth's geography and politics have been significantly altered. This was due to a disaster called the Calamity, where the Ring of Fire had massive tectonic disasters, triggering huge eruptions. While this plunged the world into winter for over a century, it also unearthed Cordium, an unstable natural material that can be utilized for energy and fuel, making this resource highly coveted by new superpower nations. Similarly to Ace Combat, the protagonist never speaks and is a fighter pilot (this time for a mercenary company). The game features plenty of aircraft and weapons, and boss battles against airships and enemy ace squadrons. The story is also well written, and the music is superb.

I've only gotten the Top Gun: Maverick DLC because it was bundled with the base game on sale on Steam and it was cheaper than the base game or Season Pass at the moment. I'm pretty happy with my F/A-18E and the spread of aircraft given by TGM and it has gotten me almost through the campaign completely (I'm about to start Mission 20 on Easy with Expert Controls. Keep in mind this is my first campaign). But I'll look into some DLC aircraft. I've heard about that game! After I finish AC7, I might start looking into Project Wingman, because from what I've heard, it's very good, and maybe even better than AC7 from some reviews. *** EDIT: Well, I did it. I completed the campaign. I got a lot of nice screenshots from the cutscenes, and I wanted to share them. Keep in mind there are game spoilers ahead. I'll also summarize all the game's storyline.

That's unfortunate, but understandable. Hopefully this can be continued someday.

4. Unfortunately, one of the Kraken's friends came and accidentally physics-glitched the fun park.

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Granted, but it can only spill out and can't be recollected into the bottle because time only goes forward... I think. I wish to visit Gunther Bay, Selatapura from Ace Combat 7.

Floor 4753: A replica of Gunther Bay, Selatapura from Ace Combat 7. Overhead, you think you can see a fighter jet with an interesting marking on its vertical stabilizer, composed of three lines.

Seeing as the poll results have slowed down, it looks like we've settled on keeping the timeline the same. Thanks for the input!

For the past week, I've been playing Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. It's a fighter jet arcade-style game that isn't a simulator like DCS but still extremely fun! In the Ace Combat universe, Earth has different continents and countries, including the Osean Federation and the Kingdom of Erusea. Twenty years before the events of AC7, an asteroid named Ulysses 1994XF04 was on collision course with the planet. In response, several countries built massive superweapons like railguns to snipe the asteroid out of the sky, but the asteroid fragments made planetfall anyway (maybe that wasn't the smartest move). This in turn led to several large conflicts, each with their own AC game. But Ace Combat 7 takes place in the Lighthouse War, where [Spoilers]. The player is an Osean Air Defense Force pilot named "Trigger". Long story short, after flying with a regular squadron for four missions, you are [Spoilers]. The game is a ton of fun, and I've never been this involved in a campaign and never been so pumped up by gameplay for a long time. And yes, I chose the F/A-18E as my aircraft. I used the F-15C to get a nice uniform formation screenshot, but I haven't unlocked air-to-ground munitions for it yet, which were pretty needed for this mission. I quickly switched back to my F/A-18E after this.

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UPDATE: Nailed it! (Let's ignore the fact that I slammed into the grass in front of the runway at 100 knots and definitely rendered the airframe unusable for another flight, as well as probably giving the pilot injuries, before stopping here on the runway.) EDIT: Finally, I did it! For real this time! Also, @Meecrob and @Toaster355, thanks for the advice on landing my bird!

Well, I landed. Sort of. Any landing you can walk away from!

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