The funniest thing happened to me (Mission 4 Spoilers)

[xXx_F3n1m4xx0r_xXx]

When I was playing the 4th mission (Operation Lighthouse Keeper) right before the mission ended I actually shot a missile at a drone that was REALLY close to Mother Goose, and then the cinematic played showing that it got shot down. I ACTUALLY thought that I got the bad ending or something from accidentally shooting it down, before I googled the mission and found out that it was predetermined.

Slightly disappointing, but it was really funny in the moment being like "UH OH I JUST KILLED THE PRESIDENT."

[deathspeed]

I replayed that mission 3x before googling lol

[Devsman]

The game actually railroads you into this. It's one of the things the series is generally excellent at.

There are always enemies that manage to get close to MG1 right near the end of the mission, so that you're forced into attacking them (or they'll shoot down MG1). Then the game just waits for you to fire a missile, and since the enemy you locked on to is so close to MG1, it's easy to see how the allies all think it was you. You can even think it was you yourself on accident.

If you DON'T fire a missile (there's a challenge thing for using only guns), it will eventually trigger anyway.

They do this a lot in the series. For example, sometimes they'll put TARGETs in some remote corner of the map before it nukes three quarters of the map with a superweapon with no warning so that you "luck out" and avoid getting hit. Stuff like that. Really masterful work at telling the story through gameplay.

[xXx_F3n1m4xx0r_xXx]

Originally posted by Devsman:

If you DON'T fire a missile (there's a challenge thing for using only guns), it will eventually trigger anyway.

They do this a lot in the series. For example, sometimes they'll put TARGETs in some remote corner of the map before it nukes three quarters of the map with a superweapon with no warning so that you "luck out" and avoid getting hit. Stuff like that. Really masterful work at telling the story through gameplay.

Truly incredible that it was an intented feature rather than random happenstance. Bravo AC7 devs, bravo.

[Krolpand]

Originally posted by Chapitalism:

When I was playing the 4th mission (Operation Lighthouse Keeper) right before the mission ended I actually shot a missile at a drone that was REALLY close to Mother Goose, and then the cinematic played showing that it got shot down. I ACTUALLY thought that I got the bad ending or something from accidentally shooting it down, before I googled the mission and found out that it was predetermined.

Slightly disappointing, but it was really funny in the moment being like "UH OH I JUST KILLED THE PRESIDENT."

Same! It is presented in such a weird way and has no conditions anywhere else in the mission. Hope you keep enjoying the game, buddy!

[lhapekl]

it's even funnier if you use Morgan with MPBM

[Mystozhaf]

Originally posted by Devsman:

They do this a lot in the series. For example, sometimes they'll put TARGETs in some remote corner of the map before it nukes three quarters of the map with a superweapon with no warning so that you "luck out" and avoid getting hit. Stuff like that. Really masterful work at telling the story through gameplay.

which Ace Combat is that?

[Mystozhaf]

Originally posted by lhapekl:

it's even funnier if you use Morgan with MPBM

damn might as well machine gun MG1 at this point XD

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Mystozhaf:

Originally posted by Devsman:

They do this a lot in the series. For example, sometimes they'll put TARGETs in some remote corner of the map before it nukes three quarters of the map with a superweapon with no warning so that you "luck out" and avoid getting hit. Stuff like that. Really masterful work at telling the story through gameplay.

which Ace Combat is that?

5, I think.