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Who is the best Ace Combat protagonist?
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Cipher 79 32.24%
Phoenix 9 3.67%
Mobius 1 84 34.29%
William Bishop--lol get out 24 9.80%
SHOOT VISARI 49 20.00%
Total: 245 votes
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nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

IronSaber posted:

But can you take it all away? Can you take it all away? Well, you shoved it in my face.

no

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nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

no

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

nine-gear crow posted:

nine-gear crow posted:

no
no

Thefluffy
Sep 7, 2014
clearly ace combat 7 needs to come out soon before you lose what little marbles you have left

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
I LIVE AGAIN!

Kadorhal
Jun 3, 2013

Look, just sign the stupid petition. I've got stuff to do.

nine-gear crow posted:

I LIVE AGAIN!

Stop stealing lines from my LP before I even start it, Crow :argh:

painedforever
Sep 12, 2017

Quem Deus Vult Perdere, Prius Dementat.

nine-gear crow posted:

I LIVE AGAIN!

Keeping it alive until it can be archived?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Hello friends, is this the thread for appreciating the glorious BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT?

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

iospace posted:

Hello friends, is this the thread for appreciating the glorious BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT?

:emptyquote:

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
AC2 & Assault Horizon Legacy are now on the LP Archive, so that's as good a reason as any to bump this thread to keep it out of the grip of the archive lock as we continue the endless wait for the Bonus update for this game too.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


nine-gear crow posted:

AC2 & Assault Horizon Legacy are now on the LP Archive, so that's as good a reason as any to bump this thread to keep it out of the grip of the archive lock as we continue the endless wait for the Bonus update for this game too.

Needs more A-10.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013


Wherein the phrase "Woo! Eat a dick Choppinburg!" was said aloud upon completion of recording.

Time to put another one of these fuckers to bed...

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


iospace posted:

Needs more A-10.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

:manning:

Dr. Snark
Oct 15, 2012

I'M SORRY, OK!? I admit I've made some mistakes, and Jones has clearly paid for them.
...
But ma'am! Jones' only crime was looking at the wrong files!
...
I beg of you, don't ship away Jones, he has a wife and kids!

-United Nations Intelligence Service


...Um...

Uh...

How exactly are you planning on making that watchable? Because holy poo poo.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Dr. Snark posted:

...Um...

Uh...

How exactly are you planning on making that watchable? Because holy poo poo.

AradoBalanga
Jan 3, 2013

:getin:

But for real though, I am glad my silly post from eons ago actually got done. I figured you'd just pass over it completely due to the insanity of it all, but apparently you are crazier than I thought.

The Bold Kobold
Aug 11, 2014

Bold to the point of certain death.
Catching up to this point in the LP, I'm surprised I never played this game when it came out.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

AradoBalanga posted:

:getin:

But for real though, I am glad my silly post from eons ago actually got done. I figured you'd just pass over it completely due to the insanity of it all, but apparently you are crazier than I thought.

I'm not gonna lie, a lot of the mook ships don't get "hit" because there's too many to keep track of, but I took special care with the rest of them.

The Bold Kobold posted:

Catching up to this point in the LP, I'm surprised I never played this game when it came out.

So basically you will be the only person for whom the Bonus update will be "new" for then rather than having to wait about 2 years while I dicked around with other stuff.

The Bold Kobold
Aug 11, 2014

Bold to the point of certain death.

nine-gear crow posted:

So basically you will be the only person for whom the Bonus update will be "new" for then rather than having to wait about 2 years while I dicked around with other stuff.

Yes. :colbert:

AradoBalanga
Jan 3, 2013

nine-gear crow posted:

I'm not gonna lie, a lot of the mook ships don't get "hit" because there's too many to keep track of, but I took special care with the rest of them.
Yeah, I figured you'd just limit the run to only the named vessels to save time. I look forward to the carnage.

Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry
Looking forward to hearing Crow slowly go insane, or just a good soundtrack video where he *intentionally* dies in-game.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
I was just a child when the stars fell from the sky this LP started.... I actually have this bonus update the closest to being done and suddenly a LOT of free time on my hands. :thunk:

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!






"It's all gone... All of it... My royalties... My frickin' house..."



"They took everything I held dear."



"Last time I appeared, I put out such great superstar hits... Out of My Head... 'She F&#CKN Hates Me (Uncut)'..."



"But this time, it's different... This time, I am no one-hit wonder. I am no guitar hero..."



"This time, the light flows out and the darkness flows in... My god, everything really IS so messed up!!"



"The Demon of Razgriz has returned!!"



"It's just as the lyrics go, if I remember the tune right..."





"Can you take it all away?"

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

We can, and we shall...


















tomorrow.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
:fork:Extras Post-Mortem Finale Extravaganza:fork:

PART 1 – Loose Ends, Multiplayer, Trial Missions, and Free Flight
PART 2 – Paint Schemes, Named Aces, and Cockpit Views
PART 3 – Special Weapons
PART 4 – Thread Requests and More


Overview: It’s time to finally wrap up Ace Combat 04 by taking a look at all the odds and sods extras that aren’t exactly pertinent to or requisite for a standard LP of Shattered Skies. This Bonus update will follow a similar track to the Ace Combat Zero bonus update, with four separate videos each tackling a different topic.

Video 1 is a grab-bag video focusing mainly on the Multiplayer and Trial Missions, with some Free Flight exploration of various interesting stages and some Menu Fu thrown in as well alongside some minor extras.

Video 2 will look at the game’s roster of planes and their paint schemes and will feature a combined look at each plane’s cockpit view and hunting down the Named Ace associated with each plane—this video will feature minimal solo commentary from me when relevant.

Video 3 looks at the roster of Special Weapons for the game, what they do and how they blow up, including rampant gun camera abuse.

And lastly Video 4 is the View’s Choice request special, where I take all the awful suggestions you all made for what you wanted to see done in Ace Combat 04 and try to think of the things in my life that are still worth living for...



Guest Commentators: I am joined across the various parts of this finale spectacular, as usual, by multiple guests.

Joining me in Part 1 are CJacobs and Jobbo_Fett

Part 2 has intermittent solo commentary by me only where necessary.

Jobbo returns in Part 3 where we drone on about the special weapons—no pun intended, because there’s no drones in Ace Combat 04 :v:

And finally for the wrap up in Part 4, I am joined again by CJacobs, and a very plane-famous newcomer to the Ace Combat LP continuum, SlyCooperFan1. For those that don’t know him, Sly is an administrator at Acepedia, the Ace Combat wiki from which I’ve been liberally pulling information, text, and imagery from since this project began way back with Ace Combat Zero. Sly very patiently accepted my veritable cold call for commentary and has also put up with me recording multiple videos with him and then just kind of pocketing them because I love falling into hiatus inertia. But that all changes today!

Suffice to say, without Sly’s hard work maintaining Acepedia, I would be pulling A LOT more stuff out of my rear end than I already do, so I wanted to express my gratitude for helping make these LPs what they are… by dragging him through multiple videos and trolling the poo poo out of here and there. Hopefully he’ll still be speaking to me by the time we make it to Ace Combat 7, but we’ll see.





I can’t believe I’ve made it this far into this franchise without a “GAMEPLAY” title card yet. Huh.



TRIAL MISSIONS

This one can also be pinged as the Multiplayer topic too because there’s a LOT of overlap between the two game modes.

So Ace Combat 04 has a special option called Trials, which are a collection of five skill-testing missions set on a few unique map stages. The goal of each trial is to accumulate as many points as you can in a set amount of time. There are no difficulty settings to choose from, and they’re all ranked at pretty much Expert level so they’re not exactly for brand new Ace Combat babbies.

Each trial has a ranked point threshold that needs to be cleared, which scales with the difficulty of the task the game expects you to complete. You’re ranked on your performance in each trial with a C, B, A, S or Fail if you crash, get shot down, or whiff even getting a C rank before time expires. However, even getting a marginal C grade is still counted as a failure, as you need at least a B grade or better to unlock the next trial and proceed onward.

The five trials are, as follows. 1) Destroying stationary targets. This trial takes place above the Megafloat construction site, one of the few bones thrown at Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere by the rest of the franchise. All you’ll recall from Lunethex and frozentreasure’s side LPs of 3, Megafloat is the artificial island city and headquarters of Neucom Inc. Your goal for this trial is to destroy as many stationary blimps, dummy targets, and grounded planes, and container ships scattered around Megafloat as you can in the time alloted.

2) Dogfight. This trial is set over a unique desert coast map that also sees some action in Operation Katina in Ace Comabt 5. You’re thrown into action against a swarm of enemy planes and must shoot down enough in a short span of time to move on. Slower planes are more numerous and worth less points, while more maneuverable planes like the EF-2000 and F-22A are worth more, but are harder to hit and are there to goad you into chasing them instead of racking up quicker kills on the small fry.

3) Dogfight, guns only. This trial takes place over the ice flow map from Breaking Arrows, only during the daylight so you can see everything now. You’re not given any missiles and have to take out a certain number of planes with guns only. Again, the points totals are scaled down to compensate. As before, slower planes are more numerous and worth less, while Su-35s are mixed in to provide you with the chance of actually clearing the requirements with their higher point value. This one is a real mean bitch to clear because if you don’t take out at least 5 planes right at the start when they’re all grouped together in front of you, you’re not clearing the point requirement so just restart and try again.

4) The only non-combat one of the five tests. In this one you have to fly through a ring course through the Choppinburg mountains. Successfully completing this course means flying through all 24 rings, and doing so in under 1’40”00. Trying to do this in anything short of an F-22A or even the X-02 Wyvern is generally doomed to failure. Hell, even the Raptor barely squeaks by sometimes.

5) Vs. Yellow Squadron. It’s not seen in the video because there’s a multiplayer stage that’s this only it’s P1 vs. P2 vs. Yellow Squadron, so including it twice is belaboring the point. Like it says on the tin, it’s a rerun of the climax of Siege of Farbanti. It’s you in whatever plane you want to take into the match against five Su-37 Yellows, and you’re on the clock to down all five. However, since this is the final trial and you don’t have to worry about unlocking anything else after this the pressure’s off for this one. It’s just a bragging rights match.

And as it always goes with these LPs, the one time I did tackle this trial without recording it, I killed them all in 45 seconds. “I do my best work when it doesn’t count” should be my slogan or something...




Moving on from the Trials, let’s look at Shattered Skies’s roster of planes, shall we. 04 has a roster of 21 planes in total, including the series’ first true Superplane, the Erusean X-02 Wyvern. 18 of the planes have Named Aces attached to them, one for each mission in the game, and shooting them each down in New SP Game or Free Mission mode will unlock their paint scheme for purchase. The three planes without a Named Ace are the F-4E Phantom II, the Su-37 Terminator, and the X-02 Wyvern. The special paint jobs for those planes have unique unlock requirements.

The Biela skin for the F-4E is unlocked for purchase in the hangar at the start of a New SP Game. The Yellow 13 skin for the Su-37 is unlocked for purchase after all 18 standard Names Aces have been shot down. And the EASA prototype skin for the X-02 is unlocked after S-Ranking all 18 missions on Expert difficulty.

The Erusean colour skins for all planes are unlocked for purchase after completing the game once and beginning a New SP Game. The only plane this doesn’t apply to is the Wyvern, whose Erusean color skin unlocks after S-Ranking every mission on Hard difficulty. Though this requirement can be bypassed by S-Ranking all the Expert missions instead, thereby unlocking both the Erusean AND EASA skins at the same time.



F-4E Phantom II


"Large carrier-based jet designed to shoot down enemy aircraft and destroy ground targets."

How To Unlock
Available by default.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: C
Air-to-Air: C
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: C
Stability: C
Defense: B

Armaments
GUN: 620
MISSILE: 52
NPB: 6
UGBM: 8

F-5E Tiger II


"Low cost, lightweight fighter with respectable capability in all areas. Easy to fly and maintain."

How To Unlock
Available at the start of the game. Cost: 52,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: C
Air-to-Air: C
Air-to-Ground: D
Mobility: C
Stability: B
Defense: C

Armaments
GUN: 650
MISSILE: 48
UGBS: 12
RCL: 8

F-16C Fighting Falcon


"Small and lightweight, this aircraft is a well-balanced fighting machine for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 3, The Northern Eye. Cost: 97,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: B
Air-to-Air: B
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: B
Stability: D
Defense: S

Armaments
GUN: 700
MISSILE: 52
UGBS: 14
XAGM: 12

A-10A Thunderbolt II


"This ground attack fighter is well equipped for its role with a large Vulcan cannon and air-to-ground weapons."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 5, Lifeline. Cost: 123,000 credits.

Stats
Attacker
Speed: D
Air-to-Air: D
Air-to-Ground: S
Mobility: C
Stability: A
Defense: S

Armaments
GUN: 850
MISSILE: 56
UGBL: 14
XAGM: 16
CLB: 12

Mirage 2000 (Mir-2000)


"Great multi-role fighter that incorporates the latest technology to compensate for delta-wing design."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 5, Lifeline. Cost: 111,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: B
Air-to-Air: B
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: A
Stability: B
Defense: D

Armaments
GUN: 700
MISSILE: 52
UGBS: 16
LASM: 10

F-14A Tomcat


"Carrier-based air superiority fighter. This jet can attack multiple targets simultaneously."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 6, Invincible Fleet. Cost: 188,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: B
Air-to-Air: A
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: B
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 750
MISSILE: 64
XLAA: 24
UGBM: 10

Tornado IDS (TND-IDS)


"Multi-role fighter that features both air-to-air and air-to-ground capability."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 6, Invincible Fleet. Cost: 172,000 credits.

Stats
Attacker
Speed: C
Air-to-Air: C
Air-to-Ground: A
Mobility: C
Stability: A
Defense: S

Armaments
GUN: 750
MISSILE: 58
BDSP: 12
PGB: 8
LASM: 12

F/A-18C Hornet


"Multi-role carrier-based fighter. Able to carry virtually every weapon ever made."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 6, Invincible Fleet. Cost: 170,000 credits.

Stats
Multi-role
Speed: B
Air-to-Air: B
Air-to-Ground: B
Mobility: B
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 700
MISSILE: 60
UGBM: 10
LASM: 14
XMAA: 14

F-15C Eagle


"With the perfect balance of power and maneuverability, this jet is the best air superiority fighter available."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 8, Shattered Skies. Cost: 272,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: B
Air-to-Air: A
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: A
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 800
MISSILE: 68
UGBM: 12
XMAA: 16

MiG-29A Fulcrum


"Highly maneuverable mid-sized fighter with a large payload. Performs well in both air-to-ground and air-to-air roles."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 8, Shattered Skies. Cost: 259,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: A
Air-to-Air: B
Air-to-Ground: B
Mobility: A
Stability: C
Defense: B

Armaments
GUN: 750
MISSILE: 64
UGBS: 18
RCL: 72

F-117A Nighthawk


"Although difficult to detect by radar, this Stealth attacker is limited by a small payload capacity."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 10, Tango Line. Cost: 368,000 credits.

Stats
Attacker
Speed: C
Air-to-Air: D
Air-to-Ground: S
Mobility: B
Stability: A
Defense: S

Armaments
GUN: 650
MISSILE: 54
UGBL: 14
PGB: 14
CLB: 14

Typhoon (EF-2000)


"Delta-wing air superiority fighter with high-tech canards that adjust for different altitudes."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 10, Tango Line. Cost: 351,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: A
Air-to-Air: A
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: A
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 800
MISSILE: 68
XLAA: 16
UGBM: 14

Rafale M (R-M01)


"Delta-wing carrier-based fighter with a large payload. Leading edge canards make it highly maneuverable."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 10, Tango Line. Cost: 370,000 credits.

Stats
Multi-role
Speed: A
Air-to-Air: B
Air-to-Ground: B
Mobility: A
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 800
MISSILE: 64
SOD: 14
XMAA: 18
LASM: 16

F-15E Strike Eagle


"Advanced air-to-ground avionics and weapons provide this air superiority F-15 with great anti-surface capability."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 12, Stonehenge Offensive. Cost: 505,000 credits.

Stats
Multi-role
Speed: A
Air-to-Air: A
Air-to-Ground: A
Mobility: A
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 850
MISSILE: 72
UGBL: 14
XMAA: 10
CLB: 14

F-2A Viper Zero


"A great support fighter, this F-16 boasts advanced avionics and an alloy body."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 12, Stonehenge Offensive. Cost: 505,000 credits.

Stats
Attacker
Speed: A
Air-to-Air: A
Air-to-Ground: S
Mobility: S
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 800
MISSILE: 68
UGBM: 16
LASM: 18
RCL: 80

Su-35 Flanker


"An exceptional multi-role fighter. High-tech canards provide superior maneuverability in air combat."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 15, Emancipation. Cost: 589,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: S
Air-to-Air: S
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: S
Stability: B
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 850
MISSILE: 72
XLAA: 18
UGBM: 16

F-22A Raptor


"An exceptional fighter with superior maneuverability, payload, Stealth, supersonic cruise, and thrust vectoring."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 16, Whiskey Corridor. Cost: 643,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: S
Air-to-Air: S
Air-to-Ground: B
Mobility: S
Stability: A
Defense: S

Armaments
GUN: 850
MISSILE: 74
XMAA: 22
PGB: 8

Su-37 Terminator


"An improved version of the Su-35. Rear-radar and thrust vectoring provide unrivaled power in air combat."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 16, Whiskey Corridor. Cost: 618,00 credits.


Stats
Fighter
Speed: S
Air-to-Air: S
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: S
Stability: B
Defense: S

Armaments
GUN: 850
MISSILE: 78
QAAM: 8
UGBL: 16
LASM: 20

F-15 S/MTD (F-15 ACTIVE)


"The most maneuverable F-15 with thrust vectoring nozzles, ACTIVE, and forward-swept wings."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 16, Whiskey Corridor. Cost: 620,000 credits.

Stats
Fighter
Speed: A
Air-to-Air: S
Air-to-Ground: B
Mobility: S
Stability: S
Defense: S

Armaments
GUN: 900
MISSILE: 78
XMAA: 22
FAEB: 8

Su-47 Berkut (S-37A)


"Unique forward-swept wings and canards provide unmatched turning ability. It also has some Stealth ability."

How To Unlock
Complete Mission 17, Siege of Farbanti. Cost: 889,000 credits.


Stats
Fighter
Speed: S
Air-to-Air: S
Air-to-Ground: C
Mobility: S
Stability: A
Defense: A

Armaments
GUN: 900
MISSILE: 78
QAAM: 10
UGBM: 18

The Su-47 model in Ace Combat 04, unlike the other plane models in the game, has multiple inaccuracies when compared to its real world counterpart. This was a result of there being limited reference material available on the Berkut at the time, so Project ACES based its design off the version that appeared in Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere.

X-02 Wyvern


"A Stealth aircraft built with the latest technology. Boasts total air-to-air and air-to-ground combat capability."

How To Unlock
ISAF paint scheme: Clear the campaign mode twice AND earn an S-Rank on all Normal difficulty missions. Cost: 1,141,000 credits.

Erusea paint scheme: S-Rank all missions on Hard difficulty.

EASA paint scheme: S-Rank all missions on Expert difficulty. Cost: 1,838,000 credits.

Stats
Multi-role
Speed: S
Air-to-Air: S
Air-to-Ground: S
Mobility: S
Stability: A
Defense: B

Armaments
GUN: 950
MISSILE: 82
XLAA: 26
BDSP: 24
QAAM: 16




Sorry, folks, we’re plum out of Named Aces by now and 04 was just prior to the advent of even quasi-Achievements, so there’s no Medals to show off for the game either. So let’s move on to it’s Special Weapons roster.




And here now is the run through of all the special weapons in Ace Combat 04 and a rough summation of what they do, in case anyone doesn’t have time to actually watch any of the videos.

AIR-TO-AIR


XLAA / XMAA
Advanced Long (/Medium) Range Air-to-Air Missile


Locks on to four targets at a time, has the longest firing range of any air-to-air munitions in the game, and is a one-hit kill if it connects, but is highly inaccurate. Has the firing code "Fox 3".

QAAM
Quick Maneuver Air-to-Air Missile


Highly maneuverable missile, most accurate air-to-air ordinance in the game, offset by lower ammo count compared to the XLAA/XMAA.


AIR-TO-GROUND

UGB(S/M/L)
Unguided Bomb (Small / Medium / Large)


Impacts a large blast radius, destroying all targets in effective range. Comes in Small, Medium, and Large sizes, with its explosive power rising the larger the bomb gets. Has the firing code "Pickle" in certain games.

RCL
Rocket Launcher


Fires a series of rockets in a spread pattern in front of the plane. Difficult to aim due to each rocket's randomized trajectory and launch vector.

FAEB
Fuel-Air Explosion Bomb


Creates a massive devastating blast by dispersing an aerosol gas cloud and then igniting it to form a fuel-air explosion effect.

CLB
Cluster Bomb


Drops multiple bomblets for area-of-effect damage. Replaced in later games by the Self-Forging Fragment Submunition (SFFS) special weapon.

BDSP
Bomblet Dispenser Pod(s)


Dispenser remains fixed to aircraft pylon and drops bomblets along flight path with medium blast damage.

NPB
Napalm Bomb


Impacts on a small radius, straight line flame blast. Better at ground target route and crowd control than doing actual damage.

AIR-TO-GROUND, GUIDED

XAGM
Advanced Air-to-Ground Missile


A shorter ranged air-to-ground missile capable of striking up to four targets at once.

LASM
Long-Range Air-to-Surface Missile


Fire and forget missiles capable of attacking targets at long range. Their low flight trajectory makes them perfect anti-ship weapons.

SOD
Stand-Off Dispenser


Guided bomblet dispenser that causes massive damage through compounding explosions. Destroys all ground targets in a straight line depending on drop altitude and angle.

GPB
Ground Penetration Bomb


Aka a "bunker buster". Does massive damage against a single guided target and all other additional targets within its blast radius. Can lock on to ground targets within 2000ft distance.







And that’s about it. I said at the start of this LP that “this is the one that makes it all worth it,” and I meant it. Shattered Skies might not be the objectively best game in the franchise—and if there even is one is a matter for vigorous debate—but it’s always going to be #1 in my heart. It was my first experience with the Ace Combat series, and my first non-sci-fi based combat sim ever, so it was quite the eye-opener. I had never seen or experienced anything like it before in terms of gameplay, storytelling and worldbuilding, and was enthralled when I found out there were more games set in the same universe and that the world it was set it was so much bigger than I’d imagined.

It was also introduced to me by a close friend of mine who I don’t see very much anymore, so this whole project and 04 in particular has been a way for me to keep some old fond memories alive in a small way. It also helped me recover and recenter myself after 2016 almost literally killed me in several ways. It was nice to do something that made me happy after spending three months trying to get back to a place where I could do anything period.

But now, it’s finally time to move on and put all of that behind me, I guess. Adieu, Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies. We’ll always have Farbanti.


See you out there.



nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 06:36 on May 3, 2021

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013
Also, let's be real here, here's the only part of the bonus videos you actually care about watching.

AradoBalanga
Jan 3, 2013

:allears:

It's...it's beautiful. I was certain that you'd skip my dumb idea on principle, but you came through. Although, technically this video answers the question surrounding my dumb request for 5 (what triggers first: mission complete, or your death), so that can be skipped if you feel like it.

Cooked Auto
Aug 4, 2007

If you will not serve in combat, you will serve on the firing line!




Frankly I'm impressed by the insane itano circus with the QAAM's against Yellow 13.

There are some issues with audio during the Blue Skies part where auto ducking doesn't really work for SlyCooperFan1's lines a lot of the time.

Cooked Auto fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Apr 6, 2021

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Cooked Auto posted:

Frankly I'm impressed by the insane itano circus with the QAAM's against Yellow 13.

There are some issues with audio during the Blue Skies part where auto ducking doesn't really work for SlyCooperFan1's lines a lot of the time.

Yeah, I really kinda hate doing these hour+ videos from an editing stand point because it makes things like that harder to spot. Especially when it comes to piping in audio that's not either gameplay or commentary.

CJacobs
Apr 17, 2011

Reach for the moon!
Thank you so very much for allowing me to be a part of this strange, but real journey. I'm glad Yellow 13 was able to safely eject in time and went on to join Yellow 4 on the ground where they lived happily ever after never engaging in air travel ever again.

Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry


Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!
crow adds another notch to his Ace Combat LP belt

crow: one step closer...

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

AradoBalanga posted:

:allears:

It's...it's beautiful. I was certain that you'd skip my dumb idea on principle, but you came through. Although, technically this video answers the question surrounding my dumb request for 5 (what triggers first: mission complete, or your death), so that can be skipped if you feel like it.

Blowing the poo poo out of the truck in Reprisal triggers a special Mission Failed state, yes.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Hand to hand tossing the weapon, getting wider and longer as you get more experienced.

Phwoar.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

Sally posted:

crow adds another notch to his Ace Combat LP belt

crow: one step closer...

It's really kind of you, as crow's friend, not to count notches vs notches-to-be. That kinda friendship is what makes the world work.

but really, nice job crow. And yes, that Aegir fleet video was worth all the effort it took.

Psion fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Apr 6, 2021

Radio Free Kobold
Aug 11, 2012

"Federal regulations mandate that at least 30% of our content must promote Reptilian or Draconic culture. This is DJ Scratch N' Sniff with the latest mermaid screeching on KBLD..."





this should sync perfectly with "Mobius One Stole The Precious Thing"

Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!

Psion posted:

It's really kind of you, as crow's friend, not to count notches vs notches-to-be. That kinda friendship is what makes the world work.

it's why i keep telling crow we're not yet done with Shadows of the Empire

Sally
Jan 9, 2007


Don't post Small Dash!

IronSaber posted:

But can you take it all away? Can you take it all away? Well, you shoved it in my face.

also i dont want to forget about this post

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Ben Kasack
Dec 27, 2010
Ya know, I really though that with the last videos finally being put up, I could put this one behind and simply move on, and not have to here at stupid song that we totally dunk on Shamrock. But no. I kid you not, after watching all the bonus videos, the next time I went to drive my car, on the radio station I have as my default, motherfucking Puddle of Mudd Blurry is literally starting! I start up my car and the first thing out of the speakers it the loving opening guitar plinks and plunks!

This is truly the madness setting in and I know I shall never escape it... At least I can smile and forever tell Shamrock what bad taste in music he has.

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