Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted May 16, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 16, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Squadrons Too Much to Ask? Tom Cruise may be busy with his last appearance as Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible series, but we have a question for the legendary actor. Could we please get a proper Top Gun video game in the modern era? Top Gun: Maverick came out in 2022 and rekindled our love for aerial combat. According to the actor’s recent confirmation for a third entry to the franchise, surely we can also get a new fighter jet flying game that isn’t the same old franchise that we already know. Star Wars got Star Wars: Squadrons, when are we getting What’s it going to take for us to get a Top Gun game? If comments on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up are any indication, fans have been longing for a proper Top Gun-style experience for years. We’ve gotten games like Ace Combat 7 and Digital Combat Simulator World that have come close, but they still miss that charm, you know. Ace Combat is heavy into its sci-fi alternate universe, and while its gameplay is flashy, it doesn’t quite give us that grounded military feel that the movies have. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up by This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up On the other hand, DCS World is hyper-realistic but intimidating. The game has a lot of complicated features and a steep learning curve that drives away most newcomers. Then there’s the fact that you often have to buy specific equipment like HOTAS setups and TrackIR to play these games properly. This is exactly why we need a The funny part is that we’ve already seen a blueprint for the perfect Top Gun game; it just happens to be set in a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: Squadrons came out in 2020, and it earned praise for its flying controls, immersive cockpit views, and space combat. The game lets us Star Wars fans live out the fantasy of being a starfighter pilot, and a Top Gun game could do that too. ‘TOP GUN 3’ is “on the horizon,” confirms Tom Cruise. “We’re thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what’s possible.” (Via: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ) This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up — The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Squadrons ended up being a disappointment in the end, but that wasn’t because of its gameplay. Players loved the gameplay, but didn’t enjoy the majority of the content and lack of post-launch support. A single-player campaign and limited multiplayer modes just weren’t enough to maintain long-term interest. There might even be a third movie, according to Tom Cruise himself This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Tom Cruise recently confirmed to This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up (*********** talk show) that Top Gun 3 is in development, but he did note that we don’t know when we’ll see it. That said, 2025 is the ideal window to start laying the groundwork for a potential game. Developers have the tech. Fans have the interest, so let’s get it going. With Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning hitting theaters, Cruise is once again front and center in the entertainment world. What better time to capitalize on the momentum? Cruise has said it took him 35 years to make the second movie. Let’s not wait that long for a game. So, hey Tom. If you’re reading this in between stunts, promoting the new Mission: Impossible, or on the sets of the third movie, consider this your mission. You’ve already taken our breath away on the big screen. Now, give us the joystick and let us do the same at 30,000 feet. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Squadrons This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up For verified travel tips and real support, visit: https://hopzone.eu/ 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/251241-squadrons-too-much-to-ask/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply Share https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/251241-squadrons-too-much-to-ask/ More sharing options... Followers 0
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