Fury's Sky Survival Guide - Tips For Your First Flight

We're getting close to release! Soon the entire world will be able to experience the joy of blasting enemies out of the air in Fury's Sky. Merriment and hilarity will most certainly ensue, but there are still a couple things that you can do, as a player, to up your game in the harsh, unforgiving campaign. Here a couple tips that I would recommend beginners follow. 1. Pull Out All the Stops. The most distinctive feature of Fury's Sky is the airbrake, a physics-defying stop that halts the craft's movement and removes restrictions on turning. It is also one of the most useful functions in the game, as it allows you to track targets in front of you with greater precision and speed than merely flying around. While you're airbraking, your turn and look speed is greatly increased, so panning with the mouse or joystick becomes more effective and tracking fast moving targets becomes easier. The airbrake can also be used defensively. Each time you deploy the airbrake, a shield is deployed that blocks the vast majority of enemy attacks. If an enemy is bearing down on you, deploying an airbrake with good timing to block their fire could mean the difference between life and death. Be warned, though; the shield does not last forever. Additionally, the airbrake cannot be used if the craft has no Energy, so use Energy wisely! By default, the airbrake is mapped to the Space bar. 2. Listen Carefully. Enemies will have distinctive sound effects when they shoot, and the effects i question are quite loud. Thanks to GZDoom's positional audio, it is possible to use the sound to determine where an attack is coming from. Learn to identify enemy firing sounds, and use this to your advantage. 3. Have Your Eye On The Sky Another way to identify enemy positions is to use the radar on your HUD. It appears as a translucent green circle in the bottom center. This radar shows enemy locations relative to you as red blips, and it's fairly simple to use. The triangle in the center represents you, and anything in front of or behind the triangle is in front of or behind you, respectively. The radar rotates as you turn, allowing you to keep tabs on enemies, and it can see enemies out to 6400 units of in-game space, even through walls. It also shows whether enemies are above or below you. If a blip appears to be pointing up, the enemy is above you. Likewise, if a blip appears to be pointing down, the enemy is below you. If the blip is just a square, the enemy is level with your position. With this powerful tool at your disposal, you can gain situational awareness in an instant! Note that enemies are not the only thing the radar shows. Friendly or allied units will show up as blue blips as well. This way, you can quickly identify if a unit is friend or foe, in addition to their location. 4. I've Got Your Wing. You aren't going into this campaign alone; you will have an AI wingman at your disposal that can help turn the tables on an engagement. By default, he flies on your left hand side, but you can have him brake off to engage enemies, or simply airbrake over a spot and shoot anything that comes near. These are functions you should use regularly, as the Wingman turns faster and is stronger than most of the game's enemies. In addition, the Wingman is as accurate a shot as they are, and can hit most small fry units without trouble. If for whatever reason the Wingman cannot return back to you, don't worry! He will warp back to your position if you're a far enough distance away. Talk about being clingy. He's eager to help, so don't let him sit on the sidelines! That about wraps up this guide. As always, feel free to comment or message Proud Cipher if you have any questions. Good luck and good hunting!