History VideoGame / AceCombat7SkiesUnknown

* SceneryPorn: The landscape can only be described as utterly photorealistic, with staple locations of ''Ace Combat 04'' receiving an important graphical update (the Chopinburg Rainforest and its associated crater, as well as the Stonehenge ring).

** Farbanti gets thrashed again. This time at the hands of [[VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar Kestrel fleet]].

** Farbanti gets thrashed again. This time at the hands of [[VideoGame/AceCombat05TheUnsungWar Kestrel fleet]].

* GeoEffects: One of the new features is the introduction of clouds as a gameplay element. Flying into one can cause your aircraft to become more sluggish, and thicker clouds will interfere with your lock-on capability, disturb missile trajectory, and may ''completely'' darken your vision.
[[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ace-combat-7-skies-unknown-goes-back-to-its-roots/1100-6447272/ It has been suggested]] that clouds will go even further to potentially [[Main/SimulationGame stall your plane due to icing]].

* CurbStompBattle: Trigger's first encounter with Erusea's Arsenal Bird ends up in a disastrous defeat for the IUPF, with an entire squadron wiped out and the Osean command forcing a retreat due to being unable to even put a dent in the airship. [[note]]Sure enough, the Arsenal Bird spams [=UAVs=], abuses the cloud mechanic to hide itself, and is deceptively fast despite its size[[/note]]

** [[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ace-combat-7-skies-unknown-goes-back-to-its-roots/1100-6447272/ It has been suggested]] that clouds will go even further to potentially [[Main/SimulationGame stall your plane due to icing]].

* CurbStompBattle: Trigger's encounter with Erusea's Arsenal Bird ends up in a disastrous defeat for the IUPF, with an entire squadron wiped out and the Osean command forcing a retreat due to being unable to even put a dent in the airship. [[note]]Sure enough, the Arsenal Bird spams [=UAVs=], abuses the cloud mechanic to hide itself, and is deceptively fast despite its size[[/note]]

* GeoEffects: One of the new features is the introduction of clouds as a gameplay element. Flying into one can cause your aircraft to become more sluggish, and thicker clouds will interfere with your lock-on capability and may ''completely'' darken your vision.

* CurbStompBattle: Trigger's encounter with Erusea's Arsenal Bird ends up in a disastrous defeat for the IUPF, with an entire squadron wiped out and the Osean command forcing a retreat due to being unable to even put a dent in the airship. [[note]]Sure enough, the Arsenal Bird spams [=UAV=]s,
abuses the cloud mechanic to hide itself, and is deceptively fast despite its size[[/note]]

* CurbStompBattle: Trigger's encounter with Erusea's Arsenal Bird ends up in a disastrous defeat for the IUPF, with an entire squadron wiped out and the Osean command forcing a retreat due to being unable to even put a dent in the airship. [[note]]Sure enough, the Arsenal Bird spams UAVs,

* CurbStompBattle: Trigger's encounter with Erusea's Arsenal Bird ends up in a disastrous defeat for the IUPF, with an entire squadron wiped out and the Osean command forcing a retreat due to being unable to even put a dent in the airship [[note]]Sure enough, the Arsenal Bird spams UAVs,
abuses the cloud mechanic to hide itself, and is deceptively fast despite its size[[/note]].

* FrickinLaserBeams:
** The 2016 trailer features, among other things, a F-15 carrying gun pods that shoot out blue laser blasts.
** Meanwhile, the E3 2017 trailer gives us a glimpse of a F-15 carrying a single gun pod that fires a red beam of laser, much like the Tactical Laser System from previous installments.

* FrickinLaserBeams: The 2016 trailer features, among other things, a F-15 carrying gun pods that shoot out blue laser blasts.

* FeaturelessProtagonist

Announced near the end of 2015, the first trailer, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIqAS4avNsE found here]], shows an Osean F-22 Raptor chasing after an Erusian Su-30M as they approach a SpaceElevator called "Lighthouse." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kLbrO2vBI A second trailer]], showcased at the [=PlayStation=] Experience 2016, provides more exposition, establishing that the two countries are at war. The game is set for release in 2017 on PlayStation 4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC; a first since ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon''.

''Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown'' is the twelfth (thirteenth in the main [[ConstructedWorld Strangereal]] series, if you count ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizonLegacy'' as separate from ''VideoGame/AceCombat2'') game in the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series. Five years have passed since [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation the last major continental war]] and now the Kingdom of Erusea, [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies formerly the Federal Republic of Erusea]], has come into conflict with the Osean Federation. The game is set in 2020, concurrently taking place with the [[VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception Leasath-Aurelia war]].

''Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown'' is the twelfth (thirteenth in the main [[ConstructedWorld Strangereal]] series, if you count ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizonLegacy'' as separate from ''VideoGame/AceCombat2'') game in the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series. Five years have passed since [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation the last major continental war]] and now the Kingdom of Erusea, formerly the Federal Republic of Erusea, has come into conflict with the Osean Federation. The game is set in 2020, concurrently taking place with the [[VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception Leasath-Aurelia war]].

The first numbered title in nearly a decade since 2007's ''Ace Combat 6'', ''Ace Combat 7'' is the first game of the series to feature Playstation VR, with a noted focus on the use of clouds as a gameplay mechanic. It was initially announced as a UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusive, before a trailer in January 26 confirmed the porting of the game over the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC..

Announced near the end of 2015, the first trailer, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIqAS4avNsE found here]], shows an Osean F-22 Raptor chasing after an Erusian Su-30M as they approach a SpaceElevator called the "Light House." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kLbrO2vBI A second trailer]], showcased at the [=PlayStation=] Experience 2016, provides more exposition, establishing that the two countries are at war. The game is set for release in 2017 on Playstation 4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and PC; a first since ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon''.

* AttackDrone In addition to the Arsenal Bird deploying them in droves, the first mission of the game reports [=UAVs=] spotted in the area.

* {{BFG}}: The Kingdom of Erusea has since rebuilt Stonehenge after Mobius One destroyed it in the [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies Usean Continental War]].
* ContinuityNod: The story teaser trailer shows that Erusea has rebuilt Stonehenge. A few moments later, a cutscene shows a meteor storm entering Strangereal's atmosphere.
* GeoEffects: One of the new features is the introduction of clouds as a gameplay element. Flying into one can cause your aircraft to become more sluggish. And thicker clouds will interfere with your lock-on capability and may ''completely'' darken your vision.
%%* OldSoldier: Mihaly, the Erusian ace shown calibrating his flight helmet in a Su-30SM and coming out of a sortie injured, is noticeably old even by the series standards of veteran pilots.
* SpaceElevator: The Light House.

* InterfaceScrew / GeoEffects: One of the new features is the introduction of clouds as gameplay element. Flying into one can cause your aircraft to become more sluggish. And thicker cloud will interfere with your lock-on capability and may ''completely'' darken your vision.

* InterfaceScrew / GeoEffects:One of the new features is the introduction of clouds as gameplay element. Flying into one can cause your aircraft to become more sluggish. And thicker cloud will interfere with your lock-on capability and may ''completely'' darken your vision.

* InterfaceScrew / GeoEffects:One of the new features is the introduction of clouds into gameplay. Flying into one can cause your aircraft to become more sluggish. And thicker cloud will interfere with your lock-on capability and may ''completely'' darken your visual.

%%* OldSoldier: Mihaly, the Erusean ace shown calibrating his flight helmet in a Su-30SM and coming out of a sortie injured, is noticeably old even by the series standards of veteran pilots.

* ContinuityNod: The initial trailer reveals that Erusea has rebuilt Stonehenge. A few moments later, a cutscene shows a meteor storm entering Strangereal's atmosphere.

* AirbornAircraftCarrier: The Arsenal Bird is shown deploying dozens of [[AttackDrone Unmanned Attack Vehicles]] in the initial trailer.

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* FrickinLaserBeams: The 2016 trailer features, among other things, a F-15 carrying gun pods that shoot out blue laser blasts.

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''Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown'' is the seventeenth (thirteenth in the main [[ConstructedWorld Strangereal]] series, if you count ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizonLegacy'' as separate from ''VideoGame/AceCombat2'') game in the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series. Five years have passed since [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation the last major continental war]] and now the Kingdom of Erusea, formerly the Federal Republic of Erusea, has come into conflict with the Osean Federation. The game is set in 2020, concurrently taking place with the [[VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception Leasath-Aurelia war]].