DarkStar vs. Fleet Destruction - Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown x Top Gun: Maverick DLC

The collaboration DLC between AC7 and Top Gun: Maverick is here. Out of the 6 aircraft added to the roster, the DarkStar is the only one that is not based on a variant of a pre-existing fighter. It is also absurdly fast, with an unboosted top speed of over 5000 km/h (in a game where most planes struggle to make it past 3000 km/h), and boasts PLSL both as a Sp.W and as its main gun. The only downsides to this original plane are perhaps the slightly clumsy maneuvrability and inability to perform PSM.
This is an unoptimized playthrough of Mission 11, though with a little bit more care, I could hit over 100,000 score with this setup.
Keiki Kobayashi was in charge of the remixes that you can hear in multiplayer. For the the Danger Zone re-arrange, you can even hear a bit of Fire Youngman. Read his tweet here:
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Quick hangar overview (BGM: Top Gun Anthem Remix)
0:38 - I Can't Refuel Normally
1:26 - Mission start (BGM: Danger Zone - Ace Combat 7 Remix)
3:02 - The platform run
3:52 - Mirage-2000 CHASSEUR
4:29 - Su-33 IBIS
6:31 - I Can't Land & Resupply Normally
8:08 - Return to the fight
11:30 - Final platform destroyed
18:06 - Mission end (time over)
18:50 - Mission results
19:08 - End card (BGM: Siren's Song)
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[@subcommanderxelios800]

Everyone in AC7: Where the hell do you get these planes Trigger?

[@quasadra]

Trigger: Belkan Magic bro, i used to be a mage you know

[@subcommanderxelios800]

@@quasadra Fair enough........... *buddy*

[@AetherSphere]

@@subcommanderxelios800 *Flamenco Guitar sounds start blaring in the background*

[@subcommanderxelios800]

@@AetherSphere Probably Tabloid back from the dead to finish what Pixy started.

[@flapflapflapflap]

Was expecting like "thank the tax payers"

[@andrewrogers3067]

It’s only a matter of time before this thing smashes score records.

[@F22-Raptor27]

Oh yeah!

[@TugaAvenger]

Not entirely convinced it will in Fleet Destruction. It's not a very speed-limited map, the SU-57's agility *really* helps, and the PLSL cannon is a drawback, and you're left helpless in the clouds without a cannon - and there's a lot of clouds here, specially with the NW plane respawns.

[@andrewrogers3067]

@@TugaAvenger How about Long Day

[@ricoanderson6626]

I tried it and got 62,000* with double laser strat. Pretty fun. Edit: New record of 71,000 for double PSL's.

[@jimbodeek]

Just imagine seeing this plane go up against Hugin and Munin...

[@stemmarb7r751]

We literally had to wait until the last DLC but well, they finally gave us an aircraft with extreme stats! I hope we get more of these experiments in AC8

[@pixytorres7117]

Another op plane that we will get in AC8 is the ADB Adler the bomber variant of Falken which we saw first at AC Infinity.

[@stemmarb7r751]

@@pixytorres7117 I sure hope so, never got to play Infinity so I missed out on the Adler

[@MrDemoniumblack]

I hope we get to play with early prototypes from AC3 planes like the delphinus, that would be cool

[@zachhenson7844]

@@stemmarb7r751 I just bought a ps2 and ace combat 4 and 5 and I'm looking for others. I recommend replaying both

[@alanpereyra5503]

@@stemmarb7r751 i miss my boy the Fenrir

[@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776]

The first time I flew this thing in the game I said: "This isn't a jet! This is a fucking spaceship!"

[@BeardGrizzly]

Well, SR-71 had a lot of space-race inspired tech. Only fitting its successor be the same!

[@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776]

@@BeardGrizzly i actually was talking about how it behaves when in flight

[@jacobridgeway2849]

Took that Super model of a Jet out for a test drive...I might need some help in timing missiles with aircraft position due to me underestimating How Goddamn fast this baby is. Most success I have is treating the nose PLSL like machine guns on a WW2 era fighter

[@kennymccormick9973]

I was like "Holy shit this thing is disgusting and I fucking love it!"

[@Boeing-ER-yj8nn]

you: **take that shit for a test filght and reach mach 10** me to your friend: *he the fastest man alive*

[@janusz4156]

DarkStar is a super airplane. So realistically made in the film with the participation of engineers from Skunk Works (the creators of the L-133 Starjet, U-2 Dragon Lady, SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk, the F-22 Raptor flew for the first time 25 years ago and the currently produced F-35 Lightning II) that even the Chinese were fooled. Modeled on the SR-72 vision, the plane carries AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles, GBU-53/B StormBreaker precision bombs and pulse laser weapons as a special weapon. While the DarkStar is the fastest aircraft in Ace Combat 7, the game's limitations have severely stifled its potential. In Microsoft Flight Simulator, DarkStar reaches the speed of Mach 9 (in AC7 Mach 5) and an altitude of 45 kilometers. The cockpit is also better mapped. It remains to be hoped that the Unreal Engine 5 graphics engine will allow Ace Combat 8 to create even more mapped cockpits at the MSFS level.

[@WellBattle6]

Choice of engine doesn’t effect the ability to model details on cockpits from current gen to next gen. It’s just how much effort the modeller puts into the cockpits.

[@ADMG2003]

Can it do PSM?

[@mustang448]

@@ADMG2003 no

[@jimbodeek]

To be fair though, the DarkStar can't go too fast or too high, or else it would break the game...

[@gtmike916]

@@ADMG2003 Doesn’t do PSM but definitely doesn’t need it either considering how fast it is.

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

"I think I understand the new boss's style." Why do I get the feeling that, had this game allowed you to change the planes your wingmen/squadron could use like in AC5, Lanza would start using the Darkstar, too?

[@guts-141]

Sadly we get stuck with the Ace Combat 4 route Wingmen can only use their one and only plane and being useless At least they got fun banters

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

@@guts-141 True. The banters make up for it. Hopefully the next Ace Combat would consider the idea of having the wingmen have different planes to switch around.

[@maj.romuloortiz7832]

@@enricopaolocoronado2511 I loved Ace Combat 5 for that. Nothing like changing things up

[@NoBody-qs7op]

@@enricopaolocoronado2511 I’d love useful teammates, however if the choice was banter or useful teammates I’m gonna pick banter lmao

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

@@NoBody-qs7op But what if you had both?

[@Ashkihyena]

Just don’t go past Mach 10 or it disintegrates. By the way, Top Gun: Maverick was damn awesome.

[@SleepyPopups.Unedited]

This should be useful for fleeing Aces, especially Comet Edit: also 2x PLSL are very op

[@guts-141]

It's basically Quad PLSL which is an abomination I wiped out DLC 2 almost cleanly with it

[@SleepyPopups.Unedited]

@@guts-141 ngl very op

[@RicochetForce]

@@guts-141 Quad PSL is love. Quad PSL is life.

[@translucentsquirrelofdarkn7138]

and I thought the ravens TLS+PLSL was wack

[@SleepyPopups.Unedited]

@@translucentsquirrelofdarkn7138 TLS is nerfed as fuck ig, i don't refer it as OP like its predecessors (AC5, ACZ, ACX, AC:JA) even with upgrades

[@luongduc9119]

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[@bdbgh]

The faceless soldier & bunker buster missions are a breeze with darkstar, moving from target to target at close to mach 5. You can even outrun normal missiles in a straight line without much problems.

[@awacsrazgriz967]

i believe the dark star outruns nearly all missiles in game. bunker buster is stupidly easy with it.

[@brian2327]

Finally a video with actual gameplay and not some test flight

[@untitled01711]

We need Ace Combat 7:Star Wars DLC!

[@trumanwilson1182]

@@untitled01711 That or Halo DLC. either would be a fun addition.

[@coreymckee4844]

@@untitled01711 then it wouldn't be ace combat. Want that? Go play SW Squadrons. 🙄

[@krovian990]

​@@coreymckee4844 🤓

[@kevintang2605]

The Danger Zone remix slaps. Just like the pulse lasers on this aircraft

[@badasstasticusbadass4908]

Not gonna lie... this thing gives me some SERIOUS U-4054 Aurora vibes from AC3...

[@mohidafzal3283]

UI-4054 mate. The 4053 was the mothership/command center for Ouroboros where both the X-49 night raven and UI-4054 Aurora were also stationed

[@badasstasticusbadass4908]

@@mohidafzal3283 fixed xD i always mistake the last number

[@1ztype343]

Definitely inspired by a lot of the TR-3B and "Darkstar" sightings

[@Wardog22476]

When you max out the speed with the mods in knots you’ll travel at Mach 5 for the first time AC history, love the game and love the movie!

[@RicochetForce]

Yeah, seeing the damn speed bar maxed out is surreal.

[@alponarc2307]

closest we can get from an aurora in electrosphere

[@unihabitedwhip4626]

Shame that it wasn't in Infinity

[@Kenneth1976]

I totally agree it's about time we finally got an Aurora style craft in this game that was my favorite plane from Ace 3, I always had mine equipped with the orbital satellite laser which could just instantly shoot down anything once it locked on.

[@unihabitedwhip4626]

@@Kenneth1976 now if they release it in Infinity it would be the Aurora itself with the Abyssal Dission variant

[@Kenneth1976]

That would be cool with me

[@alexhndr]

I can hear the *DISION* from that plane

[@meyers0781]

Yes it's the plane from a dark future where Belkan legacies turned large nations into two warring supercorporations and two organizations with their own agenda.

[@thechosennuke]

We don't talk about him.

[@ethanspaziani1070]

You know what I'm not disappointed at all this was absolutely amazing that they actually collaborated with them and have this

[@timber_wulf5775]

“I love my italian bistro” “Whats is an “italian?””

[@KogaTora25]

Lol.... Dialogue writer forgot it's not Earth

[@meyers0781]

They also forget that a character is supposed to be (Yoko) Martha (Inoue) instead of "Massa"

[@homefront1999]

I would love for an AC8 to be more speed focused. Maybe centered around naval warfare as well. Would also love to get damage models and penetration for vehicles. So something like the standard missile will do little to no damage to the front of a tank but the hitting the top could finish it off easily. Finally I think more prototype planes would be cool to see

[@taylorvanhorn5594]

I want a multiplayer game mode that focuses on Air-to-Ground AND Air-to-Air combat. In AC7, the ground attack craft and ordinance were completely useless in TDM/FFA.

[@RicochetForce]

You're asking for more simulation elements in a fun, arcade flight game.

[@interpl6089]

That Would not be a Proper AC Game Anymore, For This, Go Play Warthunder, They have Damage Models

[@jjmarr7130]

@@RicochetForce yeah and having to blow up vehicles from the top would make things a legitimate challenge. Nobody wants realism in Ace Combat but more difficulty and complexity is lit. So far surface targets in Ace Combat are useless to the point they made 3 DLC missions in AC7 based around the inferiority complex of a naval gunner from AC4 whose ship you sunk in 20 seconds with a few missiles. I'd love it if they added an armour model because then there'd be a use for anti ground missiles that are currently useless as of Ace Combat 7. Plus they could give the A10 an armour penetrating machine gun which would be entertaining for the small community of people that like that. Being more realistic is incidental.

[@RicochetForce]

@@jjmarr7130 We'll just have to agree to disagree. I'm not a fan of encroaching complexity and adherence to sim elementals like damage models in casual, easy to pick up arcade games.

[@ssifr3331]

Finally, a superplane not made in belka.

[@NuclearFalcon146]

Indeed, it is made in AMERICA!!! Even though USA does not technically exist in Strangereal (Osea is not the USA no matter how hard they try to be). Lockheed Martin vs Grunder Industries, go! Belkan witchcraft stands no chance against American engineering!

[@sugarysugarysweet]

There's been a bunch of superplanes not made in Belka XFA-27 - Usean Wyvern - Erusian (The X-02S however is Belkan) Nosferatu - Yuktobania Fenrir - Leasath If you count Earth designs then the Varcolac and Shinden II counts as from independent sources and Japanese respectively, and this means the Nosferatu is technically also Russian. The Darkstar is the first American, non-Ace Combat original superplane though.

[@meyers0781]

Made by either General Resource or Ouroboros in the future.

[@pmayo7894]

@@sugarysugarysweet- just to correct: Nosferatu - Estovakian X-02S - Erusean, but with significant Grunder involvement.

[@sugarysugarysweet]

@@pmayo7894 I can never stop confusing the Yukes and the Stovies with each other every once in a while. Thanks of the heads up. And yeah I should have made the X-02S origins more clear.

[@isaacramirez3634]

I remember struggling to S rank mission 9 and I test flew this in that mission and easily got S rank

[@Kenneth1976]

Just seen this beauty I'm getting Ace combat 3 Electrosphere vibes all over again, just thinking about it puts that soundtrack from Ace combat 3 in my mind, specifically (Mind flow)

[@homefront1999]

It's a cool DLC. But at the same time I don't know if it's worth $20. That's almost double then other DLC-Packs. Tomcat is cool. But I think the only real draw to the DLC is the DarkStar

[@bravo6959]

It’s worth it

[@znspyder]

worth it, sadly

[@RicochetForce]

It's a good point. The DarkStar is awesome, but the situation for the other aircraft is mixed. The Maverick F-14 is the best F-14 in the game. The F-14A is worse than the one in the base game (F-14D), the F/A-18s is a mixed bag. The Maverick version is better than the one in the base game with an air to air weapons loadout, but the F/A-18 Block 3 is has better stats and a loadout that handles most missions.

[@bigtime9597]

@@RicochetForce This isn't about balance or stats. It's an arcade game, for crying out loud. This is about having awesome planes that people might like, some with over the top stats, others without.

[@MattKearneyFan1]

Well since it’s based on a movie and getting permission from the company

[@anguswaterhouse9255]

Fun fact, the darkstar was designed by Lockheed skunk works, the people wo made the F-22 and F-35. The mockup they made was so real that it fooled China.

[@doozledorf7036]

Well it’s based off the SR-72 so it’s basically real, just not “official”

[@PrograError]

@@doozledorf7036 as far as classified material is concern this is as official as it can be... I mean china got fooled... imagine the skunkwork guys actually created the paper trail to match should their _united front_ try to get the materials...

[@simplyrealistc1232]

I knew this plane would be fucking mental on this mission

[@CJ-442]

12:08 - So, quick question: How can there be an “Italian bistro” when the country of “Italy” doesn’t exist in the Strangereal universe?

[@SaarkinCho]

Well, obviously it has something to do with Belka

[@mikethered12]

Obviously, a Mr/Mrs. Italian invented a new type of eating experience that spread across the Strangereal globe.

[@jillkang6526]

Hell how on earth did I not notice that before!! Good catch!

[@_ok1735]

Maybe italy is a region

[@Fukida]

Mind successfully blown well done sir

[@MasterMayhem78]

They really need to give us the same mission as the movie.

[@cmiso1]

Team: do like trigger and serve up a sandwich. Enemy: loss of the entire platform was not anticipated! me: oh, you think? you just lost 5 platforms the size of oil drillers with about 5 billion dollars of equipment in under 25 seconds.

[@collinmurphy107]

The plane is really cool other than the fact that you can’t see anything in first person

[@brother_bear_one7340]

I look forward to seeing what this can do against the DLC missions.... Or if someone does another speedrun of the canyon or tunnel flights with this thing.

[@yukkurispee1773]

Speedrunning the lighthouse tower...I don't think that's even possible

[@SoleEpochMultipod3592]

So looking forward to trying this dlc.

[@jillkang6526]

I still cant understand how you managed to fly inside the platform while shooting it down lol. Your skills are crazy!

[@franckvazquez8204]

Yaw, my friend, is easy if you control left-right yaw.

[@revolverocelot423]

Must have loved the veichles levels in Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga

[@rookcapcoldblood2618]

It’s difficult to do, but it’s very rewarding. I remember doing this mission over and over again because I loved how much there was to destroy. Feels like the only true large-scale mission in the game aside from Farbanti.

[@GarageHaruo]

It's not hard mate. Literally go a certain distance, turn around and line it up, slow down and strafe through

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

It's fun to do.

[@rarityadf11f]

4x PLSL why not? It will makes you OP during the Gameplay

[@rarityadf11f]

@DEADSHOT15 exactly

[@fix0the0spade]

@DEADSHOT15 It's not that good multiplayer. The speed is so high and the turning relatively poor that it's pretty easy to dodge the laser spam from these. Compared to the ADF-11 and SU-57 it's not that big of a laser threat. The F/A-18 Maverick has full PSM and HCAA, it's an absolute terror.

[@NuclearFalcon146]

Seeing US markings on some skins, as cool as it is, seems to go against the whole point of Strangereal and probably not canon (obviously). Strangereal was meant to avoid tensions and issues that arise from depicting IRL factions and their clashes. Still, nice to see that Lockheed Martin can compete with Belkan witchcraft. Grunder seems to steal their designs from them anyways (F-22 for example).

[@NuclearFalcon146]

@Zoomer Stasi Actually when I checked it was designed by Lockheed Martin, and last I checked they were American, not Belkan.

[@NuclearFalcon146]

@Zoomer StasiWell if you are going for ad hom then I would like to point out the dummy mistake you made by not citing a source. Go check Acepedia, it says Lockheed Martin and further there is a link to an article stating that Lockheed Martin Skunk Works helped with Paramount Pictures with the design. The only tenuous grasp you have is that Grunder is considered an expy of LM. No, Grunder is NOT Lockheed Martin.

[@yukkurispee1773]

@@NuclearFalcon146 What he said was meant to be a joke, everyone knows that the Dark Star isn't Belkan

[@NuclearFalcon146]

@@yukkurispee1773 Would be nice if vocal tone could be put into text.

[@dandelion40k87]

@@NuclearFalcon146 "Actually when I checked it was designed by Lockheed Martin, and last I checked they were American, not Belkan." 🤓

[@raazaqandraaz]

In pvp if you max out the speed upgrades and fly at max alt you can become hypersonic trust me it works.

[@ME262MKI]

Just a tap of the throttle and this thing is going over 3000 km/h!

[@Skyteam_8492]

Imagine if Belka flew several squadrons of these circa Zero time period

[@stevenchoza6391]

You have to imagine the Eruseans shitting themselves if this was how it happened. Picture it: Maybe you’re some Erusean sailor that’s part of a small task force that is sent to the area after contact with your forces in the area is completely lost. You arrive and find… nothing. Almost no planes in sky, no ships on the horizon. The platforms you know are there are no where to be found. Not even the signs of a battle can be seen; no smoke or fire to be seen. The only signs that the naval forces were ever there are some floating debris around the area, the foundation of the platforms sticking out of the water, maybe a few lucky sailors floating in the water, maybe even a fighter plane or two that the enemy didn’t destroy because they ran out of time. You pull those sailors out and land those couple of planes on your carrier. You then find one of those survivors what happened and what they describe, about how everyone was destroyed by just one pilot in a plane they can’t recognize (with the symbol of Three claw-like Stripes on its tail fins) spewing lasers and was so fast they could do nothing but die, would read like an eldritch horror story. This was no pilot, this was a monster, a terror upon the skies that brought naught but death and silence to its enemies, your friends allies, comrades, and even to you. And you don’t even know where it is, where it could be, or where it will strike next… or if you’re next. It might even be near be, ready to kill again. There’ll be no sleep for you after that, for a long, long, time…

[@benjaminokonski9186]

Selecting PLSL turns this bird into a goddamn A-Wing straight outta Star Wars.

[@RicochetForce]

This thing is absurd. It's an actual risk to fly off the map if you're not careful. I wholeheartedly agree that this thing is going to be a speedrunner's dream in most missions.

[@NightfallGemini]

the real question is, is it enough of a speedrunner's dream to warrant splitting off a whole new Darkstar category for runs?

[@RicochetForce]

@@NightfallGemini That's a good point. I can see its speed and lack of maneuverability being an issue on the first part of the Werewolf mission, for example. But most missions reward speed and it has the armaments to drop key targets quickly. We'll see how things shakedown.

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@RicochetForce you mean Cape Rainy Assault? People have done the canyon run at damn near full speed in a MiG-31, this thing wouldn’t have a problem with that.

[@a-stardesigns1453]

Love how this game is still being supported! Hopefully one day they add the Black Knights and the Alien Attacker 🤣🤣

[@vincent1622]

What is aircraft? SR-72?

[@solarshdow8657]

Yep

[@SleepyPopups.Unedited]

I guess it's basically a Real Life Aurora

[@ilovepanzer3930]

Bet the scrap queen had a lot of fun finding parts for ur dark star when u were in solitary

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

Am I the only one getting Top Gun: Hard Lock vibes from the DLC?

[@aaronutley]

The speed and free PLSL just makes it so nuts... AND the option to take XSDB??? Just bonkers...

[@nun4464]

Watching how fast he refueled in the beginning made me realize how good I’m not at the game

[@Darkoriax17]

I swear this is how Gundam Pilots must feel when they get in their groove.

[@TugaAvenger]

Ah shit, here we go again.

[@lukesams3349]

Erusean Harrier pilots when the Oseans break out a Mach 10-capable spaceship with lasers capable of splitting aircraft carriers in two: *Chuckles* “I’m in danger.”

[@F22-Raptor27]

That is awesome! Keep it up my dude! 👍

[@DiamondFighter]

F-14是一架超時空戰機，是全世界海軍飛官的夢幻座駕，AWG-9多目標戰控系統，即使放在現在都絕不算過時，更何況在三、四十年前？不可否認的是TomCat飛行成本過高，是因為對比數據的分母太大，成軍時間(分母)，戰果(分子)…總之F-14的歷史地位在所有80年代的海軍飛官心中~Always Top One! TOP GUN~MAVERICK全劇滿滿情懷殺,尤其最後20分鐘左右;F-14再次於本片中初登場,不到10分鐘KO兩架5代SU57...F-14實在太帥了!

[@Aerynolae]

I'd like to think of this as that one space jet's prototype from Electrosphere.

[@jameswasdin654]

That was f@#$ing beautiful, man. Darkstar is definitely a superplane by a country mile.

[@GarageHaruo]

Watching and playing this mission just makes me want to play AC infinity again. That game was the tits with the missions and the amount of aircraft in the game. Like ever since that game there hasn't been anything that stood out to me like taking out SOLG, Moby Dick, or Stonehenge. Mister X and the 2 drones at the end were the hardest things for me in the game and they weren't even hard once I got a decent jet so I could psm and constantly stay on their tail.

[@LeonF90V]

Thank you Sir, you just made me wanna get the DLC hahaha and man, impressive flying XD yea the enemies certainly not coming back from this one when there is nothing to come back with

[@MK384]

" I was just a child when the stars fell from the skies. But I remember how they built a cannon to destroy them. And in turn how that cannon brought war upon us. War was an abstract idea, nothing more than a show on TV. As a child, I only saw it as something that happened in some far away land... Until that final day of summer... " -Some random child from Erusia.

[@shortyjay69]

I never played any of these games but this looks fun and amazing and i wanna play because i like planes and i like top gun

[@SUBATOMICRAY]

your little upside down move had me dying lol

[@Brolly5]

It amazes me that Project Aces would do a collaboration with Top Gun and not....Macross, Yukikaze, or even Gundam.

[@clostridiumtetani9947]

They've already done Macross and it was underwhelming, just a tomcat skin. Considering they own the rights to Gundam through Bandai/Namco, i'd say they're waiting for the perfect opportunity to drop that shit on us

[@TROY2048]

dual PLSL is madness

[@ankyo2763]

Damn that's exactly the plane I use every time I do this mission

[@WinVisten]

12:07 Impressive... Considering that Italy doesn't exist in the Ace Combat world. Couldn't he have said Emmerian or something?

[@thetruegoldenknight]

The Darkstar looks like a dream to fly...both in-game AND in Real Life! Cornering looks a bit mediocre, but that's just 1 or 2 notches below god-tier.

[@tootiredtostop1606]

Fleet is gone. Platforms are gone. Fighters are gone. And everyone's still processing that tanker approach. 😮

[@someboiwhogivesadamn]

Giving this thing PLSL turns it into the MiG-21 in it's final form

[@rubenlopez3364]

That MiG-31 diss in the thumbnail XD

[@splewy]

-approaches tanker upside down -lands on taxiway “Yeah Trigger is a little special”

[@FatguyLittlecoat]

IMMA FIRIN MA LAZER

[@NecroFelix247]

Just took it on a few missions and smashed my old records, I felt like an untouchable god

[@marciaacuna7469]

Hello buddy, i'm the son of marcia. I went to cinema yesterday with my dad and seen TOP GUN MAVERICK, and we both have cried of happiness at the end of the movie. I really love that Master piece of movie.

[@feston4032]

A literal starfighter

[@andrewcrockett3044]

Love the music addition in the select screen

[@stoptheace5223]

The dankstar is gonna run the multiplayer scoreboards

[@starclanspecops4566]

Who needs Star Wars squadrons when you have this instead

[@OmarAmaya138BPM]

The OCD in me was happy you didn't get that last target

[@Orion.401]

The amount of physics-breaking moves u can do in this game, a plane game, is actually just depressing

[@lemonke1709]

How is that depressing

[@Orion.401]

@@lemonke1709 its disgusting how unrealistic it is

[@augustocesar5191]

@@Orion.401 Ace Combat was never made to be realistic

[@Orion.401]

@@augustocesar5191 which is why it shouldn’t have been a plane game in the first place

[@Silver-mz1xz]

@@Orion.401 that's like saying video games shouldn't exist because almost every game in any genre isnt realistic

[@aerodrew808a]

I couldn't refuel beccause I was inverted.

[@leonardotrindadeperformance]

Can DarkStar reach 10g speed like in the movie?

[@taylorvanhorn5594]

10g Speed? You don't know much about aviation terms, do you?

[@leonardotrindadeperformance]

@@taylorvanhorn5594 yes i dont know, here in Brazil when i saw the movie, in the part when he was testing the DarkStar, they said it will be necessary to reach MACH 10

[@taylorvanhorn5594]

@@leonardotrindadeperformance A G is the measurement of gravitational stress(don't quote me on that). 1 G is equal to Earth's gravity. 2gs is 2 times Earth's gravity, 3g's is 3 times gravity, etcetera etcetera. The measurement you might be looking for would be MA, or just M, which stands for Mach.

[@taylorvanhorn5594]

@@leonardotrindadeperformance have you ever been in a car before?

[@chrisdionela]

Ngl, the while hud looks so clean and dope.

[@FirehawkSHD]

ah Quad PLSL, feels like grandad of A-wing

[@bradhedgehog12]

Very tricky to use but I was able to get use to this

[@lucythevelociraptor]

With the introduction of the darkstar, i assume EDI (from Stealth 2005) is very much now possible to make because of their similar appearance, hypersonic speeds and is pretty much a very fictional aircraft

[@raymondyee2008]

That SR-72 packs quite a wallop. 😵‍💫🙄

[@delayed_control]

7:00 Nice Harrison Ford impression

[@RedWolf777SG]

Sweet Mother of Jesus...Four PLSLs! That's some serious firepower and this thing's speed is absolutely absurd to boot!😮😧

[@tallynnyntyg6008]

Whose idea was it to give this mini-Arkbird TWIN Pulse Lasers?!

[@derekw9358]

This is not an easy stage, salute, you make it looks very easy especially with those shooting... haha.

[@aaronutley]

Now you know why Rambo was so disillusioned and angry... Col. Troutman never took the liberty of ordering him dinner from that nice Italian bistro near the base...

[@WinVisten]

Where did YOU learn to fly? ..Wherever you did, whoever taught you was a level 65535 Flight Instructor. YOU are whom with I want to learn to fly.

[@0uttaS1TE]

Hey, I got that reference! Such an iconic AVGN episode

[@AdamJZ21]

Nice. How’d you get the Top Gun remix to play during the campaign mission?

[@rjframe4410]

season pass has a music player im guessing that

[@jacobduncan8875]

I got this plane very soon in to the ace combat seven game but I'm nowhere as good as this person with it. Wow.

[@daltonloges99]

AC and Star Fox crossover be like:

[@protege1717]

jeez that things fast in game

[@SonicSlicer]

This would be wonderful, if I could have these reticles on a console, but oh noooooooo.

[@livingcorpse5664]

So this is the first time they included aircraft from other franchises in their cross promotion, I'm hoping this isn't the last time, and I'm hoping if they ever do another cross promotion with Godzilla we get the ASTOL-MB93.

[@user-vz5si6kx6x]

That Plane Name is scary

[@duelgundam]

Now, to wait for the inevitable(?) Idolmaster skins

[@GarageHaruo]

The reason why it has a high top speed but can't do psm and is kinda clunky handling wise is because it's a bomber. You can tell by the sp.w and the design plus the insane speed. It looks like a slightly more curvy and streamlined sr-71 blackbird. Which was for recon use.

[@bluefrequencytv1073]

1:35 Tell me you are the main character without telling me you are the main character.

[@The-Red-Baron]

Was that edited soundtrack? or do you actually get that soundtrack when you buy the expansion in the game?

[@Ashkihyena]

Yes, the Top Gun Anthem and Danger Zone remixes are in this DLC.