Are you forced to switch planes in the campaign?

[IndigoAK]

I'm a really huge fan of the F-14 (which I've heard this game has). Can I use it for the entire campaign or will it force me to use the planes it wants?

[AlphaVictorKilo]

Nope, doesn't force you to use any plane. If you're made enough, you can play the whole campaign with the starter aircraft! But...just saying, the F14 is going to show it's age in later missions. Not impossible, but it will be a handicap

TL;DR: Doesn't force you into any plane, just like AC7. You pick your plane, you fly

[Kappatalism]

The moment you unlock something, you never have to leave it.

[IndigoAK]

Okay, then supplemental question: does the game support changing wing configurations on variable-sweep wing aircraft and and if so, can I use asymmetric configurations?

[Kappatalism]

The wings will automatically sweep depending on your speed. It has no effect on the handling of your aircraft.

[IndigoAK]

That's disappointing and kind of a deal breaker. Thanks for responding.

[Empyrrean]

Were you expecting a flight simulator? That's the only scenario where I can see you wanting such a strange feature. This is more of an arcade shooter than anything so intricate flight tweaks like that don't synergize with that kind of gameplay.

[Kappatalism]

Going with that assumption, the expectation of getting a sim experience from this title, everyone do your part and flag the "simulation" tag off the game's store page.

[AlphaVictorKilo]

Originally posted by IndigoAK:

That's disappointing and kind of a deal breaker. Thanks for responding.

I'm sorry what? Why would that be a deal breaker for a game that emulates AC?

[Kappatalism]

Originally posted by AlphaVictorKilo:

I'm sorry what? Why would that be a deal breaker for a game that emulates AC?

You're putting words in his mouth.

[Smelgafeld]

To be fair it seems he has the wrong idea of this game. You get hundreds of sidewinders.. this is no sim.

[Bovril Brigadier]

Originally posted by Kappatalism:

Going with that assumption, the expectation of getting a sim experience from this title, everyone do your part and flag the "simulation" tag off the game's store page.

I've flagged it and then added "Yandere WSO Simulator"

[Saint Kelly]

Beating the game wasn't that bad in the F-14, you just couldn't be careless with how you use your missiles in the later missions.

[King Fossil]

Why would anyone ever want to manually control sweep anyway? The computer is better than you at handling it, that's its job. Actually wanting to fly with asymmetric sweep is bizarre and baffling too.

[TankCatapult]

Originally posted by King Fossil:

Why would anyone ever want to manually control sweep anyway? The computer is better than you at handling it, that's its job. Actually wanting to fly with asymmetric sweep is bizarre and baffling too.

I mean... I'd do it for the meme.

[TheGrimCorsair]

Originally posted by AlphaVictorKilo:

But...just saying, the F14 is going to show it's age in later missions. Not impossible, but it will be a handicap

Just gonna quote this 'cause this person is a bit wrong here. The F-14 is great clear through the end of the campaign on Mercenary mode and will have 0 trouble handling any of the missions the game throws its way.

Originally posted by King Fossil:

Why would anyone ever want to manually control sweep anyway? The computer is better than you at handling it, that's its job. Actually wanting to fly with asymmetric sweep is bizarre and baffling too.

It wouldn't be applicable to this game, but the Tomcat can fly in a pretty wide speed range at varying degrees of wing sweep and can lie about how much energy/speed it currently has once you're in visual range of it. The wing position could be set manually in real life, usually wasn't obviously but uses for it were, as you pointed out, pretty limited.