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Hearts of Iron IV (2016)

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One of the most defining moments in Strangereal, the arrival of Ulysses 1994XF04 into the Earth sphere on July 3, 1999 ( https://acecombat.fandom.com/wiki/Ulysses_1994XF04 ) would reshape history forever. At approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) in diameter, even though it's projected to break up into smaller meteorites, over the course of two weeks it would kill over half a million human lives, leaving the nation of Estorvakia and much of the Usean continent in shambles, setting the stage for more than a few future conflicts.

If not for the various measures meant to mitigate the impact, such as the Stonehenge railgun array ( https://acecombat.fandom.com/wiki/Stonehenge_(Strangereal) ), it would have potentially all but wiped out civilization in those regions. Depending on what the player does or doesn't do, anything could happen.

For those unfamiliar, Project Ulysses is a work-in-progress mod for HOI4. Aka, that one ambitious effort to bring the world of Strangereal from Ace Combat, an arcade flight action game that could be best described as either "Metal Gear with planes" or an anime saga that happens to involve jets, to life. And it's one hell of a rabbit hole.

For some trivia, the music used is "Prelude" from Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVudkZcdI7I ). While the cutscene snippets are taken from both that game ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF030SKoeCA&list=PLLrug9JZTq61bZgy3nVwaVcuSIShMs9Ef&index=12 ) and Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHEo9pQJmpU ).

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