What ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is
ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN puts you in the cockpit of advanced aircraft for a flight shooter set over Strangereal, a fictional world of rival nations at war. You fly real aircraft with realistic handling, blistering speed and full 360 degree maneuverability, chasing down targets and attacking on land, sea and air. The game runs a story campaign where technology clashes with human values as massive unmanned aircraft threaten to shift the balance of power, and your struggle plays out at the edge of the sky. Aircraft can be personalized with extensive parts and ordnance options, so you can tune a craft to the way you like to fly before a sortie.
How your group plays it together
Multiplayer is where your group meets up. The game offers Battle Royal and Death Match modes where you jump into the fray and fight together against teams from around the world, aiming to become the top ace squadron. Online PvP is the shared layer of the game, so coordinating with friends in a squadron and covering each other in a dogfight is the core of playing as a group. The campaign itself is a singleplayer experience, so friends who want to fly the story do it on their own time and regroup for multiplayer.
What to know before starting
The weather is a real factor. Thunderstorms, rain and the unfiltered glare of the sun change quickly up in the clouds, and those conditions can affect your HUD and instruments as well as your aircraft, so keep your head on a swivel and use the sky itself to turn a tricky skirmish. Expect a mix of arcade accessibility and simulation depth: the handling is realistic, but the game is built so that anyone from the greenest pilot to the hardened maverick can enjoy taking to the skies. The tags also cover VR, first-person and third-person viewpoints, so check what suits you before your first flight.