After Burner Climax

Welcome to my After Burner Climax walkthrough!

I will guide you through the game in the fastest way possible. This game is a fun flight simulation game with an arcade style, and its main focus lies on shooting as many things as possible. For people with a risk for seizures or spastic attacks, keep your hands off of this game since I'm quite sure you will get a seizure from it!

So basically I will go in the following order:

1) There are 3 game modes, but for the full gamerscore, you only need 2 of them which will be arcade and score attack. I will start with the campaign mode and continue with the arcade mode. There is no online mode, but you can submit your data to the online leaderboards.

2) There are no really missable achievements, but you will have to do certain things to make sure you reach the right levels. I will go into detail on those while I go for the different modes.

So, with that said, set, ready, LIFT OFF!!

Although this is a quite easy game, there are a few things I found out:

Shoot at all times! Even though you don't seem to hit anything, always fire away in the general direction of the enemy with your MG or shoot rockets (make sure you are at least locked on) whenever you can. You will unlock EX options which will make your life a lot easier. You don't have to bother with ammunition, as its an arcade style arcade game, so there is only a cool down on rockets.

Use Climax Mode every time you can use it. You may keep it at some places, but mainly just use it when it's ready. It will not only slow down time, increase your crosshair and give you unlimited rockets, it will also unlock some EX options which will significantly help you out in the game.

Go for every EX option you can get your hands on! EX options are special things you will earn over time for certain deeds done (5000 killed enemies, 10 times game over, 100 MG kills, 5000 fired rockets, etc.). These can be activated in the same menu and WON'T affect any achievements! I strongly recommend you unlock as many as possible and then just use them because otherwise this game gets a lot harder than it should be in my opinion.

Always go for any red targets you can see on the screen and listen carefully what they tell you over the radio. Most of the time they give you tips on how to do certain things.

Use the LT to decelerate, but to be frank with you, I only used it on the rocket silo to get a decent shot on the rockets there. Actually, I mostly used RT for boosting since a faster stage clear time will also increase your score.

Always strafe from side to side. That way you can prevent around 80% of enemy fire AND get a lock on on most enemies, if not all. This is a perfect method to get more than 70% clearance on the levels which is needed for another EX option.

Now we will start off with Arcade mode and choose any of the 3 planes. They don't differ in more than their looks and their starting sequences, but each of them grants you an achievement so keep track. I started with the leftmost and worked my way across.

ARCADE

Upon starting we will strafe to the left and then quickly to the right. If done correctly you will unlock your very first achievement. Don't worry if you don't, I did a roll accidentally while strafing from side to side.

ROLL15 (15)

Performed a roll in Arcade mode.

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Now you can see to your lower left a flashing meter. This is your Climax Gauge! As soon as its full it will flash in rainbow colours and as soon as you release your first salvo, another achievement will unlock.

Climax Mode15 (15)

Activated Climax Mode in Arcade mode.

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Continue through the campaign and you will come to a level where there is a plane that has a target indicator (red mark) on it. As soon as you shoot it down you unlock another achievement for an emergency order. Go for those each time you see one, as it will unlock an EX option you will need later!

Emergency Order21 (20)

Cleared an Emergency Order in Arcade mode.

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Now play through the Arcade mode until you hit the end and you will unlock the achievements for clearing stage 5 and 10. However, I died a few times and had to continue from the game over screen (which unlocked the EX option for more continues!!), so that might happen to you guys as well since reaching the end isn't as easy as it sounds. However, it shouldnt take more than 3-7 attempts and will grant you the following achievements upon completion.

Stealth bomber10 (10)

Cleared Stage 5 in Arcade mode.

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Across enemy lines11 (10)

Cleared Stage 10 in Arcade mode.

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Since we reached the end we will unlock the achievement for doing it with the corresponding plane. Since it's totally up to you which one you use, I will state all the achievements here. Be aware that you have to play through it all at least 3 times.

Strike Eagle23 (20)

Cleared Arcade mode with the F-15E.

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Super Tomcat23 (20)

Cleared Arcade mode with the F-14D.

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Super Hornet23 (20)

Cleared Arcade mode with the F/A-18E.

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You should've unlocked a few EX options by now and for the following achievements, certain EX options will make them a walk in the park.

ARCADE MOPUP

For the 50 combo, the best EX options you can have are those for Climax Mode, MG (mostly power ups), larger cross-hair, automatic lock on, infinite rockets and larger combo time. No smoke/explosion effects might help as well, but won't change a lot in my opinion. I got it upon playing normally and using a lot of Climax Mode without any EX options, so its really easy.

50 Combo23 (20)

Got a combo of 50 in Arcade mode.

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For the AAA ranking, use as many EX options as you can. They are all helpful, but the by far most helpful is the speed increase since this will almost certainly give you a AAA on the time option for your ranking. This is really easy and straight forward.

Triple A35 (30)

Got a AAA ranking in Arcade mode (for Shot Down, Combo, or Play Time).

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For ending A, there are 2 ways you can get this. The first and hardest way is to get ALL the bonus missions/emergency orders. Simply destroy all the enemies marked with "target" and listen carefully to the radio chatter since they will tell you what to do as well. However, there is a much easier way to do this and I strongly recommend this one. Go to EX mode and activate 'All Secret Missions "ON"' (unlocked upon completing 20 emergency orders). Now simply play through and destroy the missiles (you can't lock on to them) and you get ending A, easy as that. Use every EX option you can use, makes it even easier.

All Clear!6 (5)

Cleared Arcade mode with ending A.

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SCORE ATTACK

This is the very last achievement and its also a really fast and easy one. Use every EX option you want and simply play through the missions. You have infinite continues nonetheless, so simply finish it all. Upon reaching the leader boards use the option to submit data and the achievement will unlock, easy as that.

Rank In17 (15)

Uploaded a Score Attack score to rankings.

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Congrats, you now completed the game with a full gamerscore!