I think you missed the fact that Assault Horizon's DFM mechanic is forced. The targets are invincible out of DFM & you're forced to initiate the on-rails section to take them down. That's the biggest drawback everyone complained back in the day.
Wouldn't have so much of a bitter hatred for this game if it wasn't forced. you couldn't change the input too. So as someone who had only one working hand, you can see why I'm so bitter towards ACAH.
I can live with it being forced, it is just a short phase after all... DFM works best if it's applied like the one in ACAH Legacy or Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces.
Wish they bring back the paint system from this one. The variety of colors you can paint your plane was insane. Also the inclusion of the Love Live liveries for the PC release is hilarious.
Surprised he didn't include it in his AC6 video, because iirc different plane skins have different stats. And from things i've seen, the imas liveries are super cracked.
@@twocontradictions the IM@S planes have one or two quirks, but are definitely OP. A lot of AC6 players hated it in MP & have a "rule" to not use it. Even in campaign score competitions too. Glad ACES didn't follow that trend & followed Access Games' instead in allowing parts to modify aircraft stats. But AC7 does feel like AC5 in how every plane are mostly the same. Hope AC8 with ILCA changes that.
@@TheRibbonRed glad the idolmaster girls are just relegated as emblems only in AC7. idk if AC Infinity has the same deal too, but would like to know. and as a self-proclaimed idol enthusiast, idolmaster xenoglossia has cursed me. because i cannot ever imagine cute girls doing military stuff because it's cringe imo
One thing that I really wish they'd bring back is just how violent everything was, metal tearing, oil spilling, sparks flying, the destruction and disintegration was UNMATCHED.
I actually want Apaches to make a comback, but as a vehicle you can use on a number of missions with the ability to select different attack helicopters and special weapons. So you start with a Hind A, but can purchase a Hind D, Cobra, Apache, ETC. They would Excel at air to ground as well as slow moving planes and flying fortresses while being much less effective against Jets.
Ya know? This wasn’t a game I was put off by when I played it. I remember seeing the slogan for it where they used a very action eccentric “Make metal bleed”, and… I made a lot of metal bleed 😆. I’d love to see another game like this. Not saying that I want the features that brought this game down to come back for another title, but adding helicopters and bombers and other air based technology like this would be pretty cool. I always hoped they’d add those kinds of vehicles into Ace Combat at some point, and when they did it in Assault Horizon, it felt fresh and unique and that pushed me to play the game so many times over. If Project Aces made another game like this, or oppositely, made a game that takes place during a “World War 2” setting with older prop planes, I’d probably spend months wasting my free time on it, lol
I'm so glad you mentioned the soundtrack, especially "White Devil". I still listen to it occasionally to this day, along with soundtracks from other games in the series.
small spoiler for ac7, dunno if you've played it hearing you talk about it, it feels weird seeing how they took some stuff from assault horizon, the black sheep of the series, and applied then to ace combat 7, which is one of the series' best games, namely the flares and fighting under ridiculous weather conditions, and maybe the ridiculous amount of missiles they throw at you, except in 7 you don't have regenerating health lmao
Because AH really isn't the black sheep you were told & whoever said it was are bullshitting ya at all, it was really testing the waters of new stuff & features to make the ac feeling more realistic than ever before. Plus the REAL black sheep AC games would be AC3 American port & AC Infinity and the majority of the Fandom should rip on those moreso than AH no doubt about it
@@Derivedwhale45 It is the black sheep, that doesn't mean the game was bad. The community just didn't like it because it wasn't ace combat. ACAH completely threw away everything that made an Ace Combat game and used a formula to get another fanbase, that is why it's the black sheep.
Okay, I legit put this game off, but, frankly, this looks like a lot of just dumb fun, and I'm totally okay with that! And that Dog Fight mode totally looks like a response to Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Questionable gameplay design choices aside, Assault Horizon, in my opinion, genuinely has one of the best soundtracks as a whole. While the previous games had standout tracks that are almost universally loved by the playerbase, they also had a lot of very forgettable tracks as well; Assault Horizon is pretty much the only entry in the series that I can load up a playlist of the OST and listen to the essentially the ENTIRE THING without getting bored.
I think the problem with DFM, or at least in my case, is that you completely loose control of the plane, and I found myself crashing several times and dying constantly because the AI is horrible at flying the plane, and I couldn't compensate for its shortcomings when it comes to maneuvering (especially on narrow, tight spaces like cranes or buildings). Also, the enemy which is supposed to remain within the circle somehow flies all over the place except inside of the circle, so you don't even get to do anything. Or it might have been just me and my spastics, but I remember the system was a complete nightmare, and forced myself into consciously avoiding it at all times.
You don't lose all control of your aircraft and you can compensate for the movement of the aircraft you are behind. You had a skill issue because you assumed it was entirely on rails amd you didnt have to do anything. That being said, dfm in the campaign was pretty bad.
While the campaign was wack, l did really enjoy the multiplayer’s Base game mode. In most AC games, its only Air-to-Air combat so there’s no reason to use A-10s, Su-34s and SuMo-25s unless you really wanted to challenge yourself. It lead to about a third of the game’s roster of planes being useless in multiplayer. With the multiplayer Base game mode, A-10s can carpet bomb an enemy base while a friendly F-22 needs to escort him. Or fly an F-18 or F-15 as multirole planes to switch between Air and Ground targets. It adds a cool layer of teamwork and strategy. Also flying the bombers in multiplayer is super high risk high reward and both stressful and exciting
Yeah Capital Conquest, the paint hangar, as well as the use of helicopters and bombers were features I would have loved to see return for AC7's multiplayer. One thing the helicopters could do in this gamemode was to act as flying CIWS / anti air missile launchers to cover the bases, as they had the ability to shoot down enemy munitions and their Air to Air missiles were very effective against bombers / attackers.
I honestly loved this game. Part of it was because I was forced to because as a longtime fan of the series who permanently switched to PC and away from consoles because I couldn't afford both, this was the only way I could get my AC fix for a long while. Still, I learned to love it for what it is and not hate for what the fandom wishes it was. It helps that I'm also a longtime fan of CoD and regularly go back to the original Modern Warfare trilogy for kicks. Honestly, my one real complaint about this game is the fact that the mc is a named character and not the usual silent, faceless protagonist like the rest of the series. Bishop is an ok character on his own, but give me that self-insert, escapism fantasy over him any day.
Call this game Assault Horizon and drop the Ace Combat, and I think this game would’ve been way less harshly remembered. There’s some good mechanics worth polishing, like DFM. Overused in this game, but could be a good tool to make Ace encounters more cinematic and unique in future titles
I think a good balance for DFM, would be to restrict it to only being available after performing the tail switch, where the player can flip to behind an enemy when they’re being tailed. This would make the move retain its satisfaction while maintaining the combat’s general integrity
I HATED this game when i came out, but since ive come back to it last year i found that it wasnt nearly as bad as i remembered. I feel like if they hadve released it under a different title and not ass an Ace Combat it wouldve been praised. Awesome video glad ive found your channel!
Ahh I remember the DFM the bane of my existence the number of times I crashed into the ground or in a building is far more then I have been shoot or crashed in Electrosphear(AC3),Unsung War,Zero and Shattered Sky and I had at least 2000h on each game my frustration led me to abandon DFM completely on maximum difficulty I resorted to use the basic AC strategies along side my fav one fir this series the counter-manuver instant lock on and fire during the CM there's a brief period almost a second during CM that the missile makes a instant lock on not needing to waste time getting a full circle by firing both missiles they are guaranteed to hit it was either I shoot it at first try or abandon the DFM if I miss or hit the enemy but not terminating it. *note the CM I'm referring too isn't countermeasures but counter-manuver
The biggest problem with Assault Horizon as a whole is it was such a stupid direction to take the series in, it nearly killed it entirely. Its easy to say, "oh its just a fun little action game," NOW, after AC7 has come and revived the series from the grave that AH left it in
@@Derivedwhale45 I'd argue AC7 revived the franchise because while Infinity did spark enough interest by Bamco to make a new mainline game, AC7 was a true return to form, something Infinity wasn't being a freemium game. If AC7 didn't succeed the franchise would be dead, Kono himself said the game went through development hell and was very close to cancelation.
Stupid direction? It's a spinoff it wasn't a continuation of the older games. It's not perfect, but I mean, they tried something different. Bandai makes spinoff of main games. All the Monster Hunter is a prime example. DFM was a unique concept for cinematic dogfighting it wasn't perfect but it was the first time making the mechanic.
ACE Combat AH was my first Ace combat game and my childhood favourite , comparing it to other games it feels more restrictive but it will always have a special place in my heart.
I remember the DFM plunging my plane into the ground a lot, but my plane would also just 'bounce' off the ground. Like they did think DFM would cause players to crash so they added some short invulnerability period coming out of it.
If they didn't force use that accursed DFM/ASM especially during boss fights, this game would've been pretty good... Good thing Project ACES/Namco Bandai learned from their mistake and did not incorporate this in any future titles...
Think you did a great job giving this game a fair review. Oh yeah, everyone is so quick to bash to hell BFM - I mean seriously, why do you have to BFM bombers? Way to mention the music - you picked the same tracks I woulda picked!
This was actually my first AC game, and I was blown away to see such graphics on the PS3 at the time. The intense, scripted dogfights at near ground-level were definitely the best moments of the game. I'd say that this is the least replayable game of the franchise, since after you experience the main story there's not much else to do and just feels repetitive. But hey, it was the game that introduced me to the franchise! So I guessa change of pace is nice once in a while.
Tbh compared to most other flight arcade games, Assault Horizon isn’t THAT bad as people make it out to be. It’s just that every other Ace Combat game is so good that a mediocre one like AH looks bad in comparison
Are you going to do Assault Horizon Legacy (aka Cross Rumble)? It's a 3DS game so it would be hard to record footage for it but it came out about the same time as AH. If you do, I would recommend the Plus rerelease as its controls would be easier. They are effectively the same game on the same platform, Plus just takes advantage of more buttons.
@@notcole Oh, you can do that with the Citra Emulator. Unfortunately, it was taken off due to being a collateral casualty to a take down of another Nintendo emulator. Ask your fans on how to get them!
From what I understand, it has nothing to do with Assault Horizon, rather it is a remake of AC2. They even "back-updated" the story to fit in Strangereal, since the lore wasn't completely established back when the original AC2 came out.
I remember playing it 10 years ago, and personally, my biggest and honestly only issue was not that the DFM existed, but that it was NECESARY. I played almost every game since AC3, and fighting aces was one of the most exciting part of older games. Here, they were hard-coded to just dump flares, automatically dodging all the missiles, unless you used DFM. Same was for boss fights. I loved the camera work, and it worked for strafing runs, but what was bad is that you had no choice. They did fixed that in AH Legacy, DFM was still there, but it was more optional. Oh and one more thing - If you hold the missile fire button, you will always get the camera following the missile or bomb. *In ANY ace combat game since 3* I think.
Personally Assault Horizon has one of my favorite soundtracks in the series behind AC7 and AC Zero. The music especially for the OST "Dogfight" just makes you feel like your going head to head with you opponent in an epic duel. Just two modern day knights in a clash where only one shall be the victor.
Somehow this game reminds me of a Wii game called The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces. It had a somewhat similar mecanic where you could do different maneuvers like the 180º flip and I remember having some intense ace fights. It was not as good as an AC game, but it's pretty fun and it has an amazing ost too.
It's not surprising since "Sky Crawlers" was co-developed by Acces Games (makers of portable Ace combat games), and Team Aces. It's kind of an unofficial Ace Combat game.
Thing is, Innocent Aces' mechanic is only flipping you to the back of your target & nothing else. You're not forced to use the mechanic to take TGTs down. 3DS' Cross Rumble/Assault Horizon Legacy had the exact same mechanic. Assault Horizon's mechanic is "worse" in the sense that you're forced on-rails to take the targets down. That's the biggest drawback.
@@TheRibbonRed Yeah, I played both and I agree that Assault Horizon's mechanic is worse. In fact I think that Innocent Aces is better than Assault Horizon. At least I liked it more.
I was really dissapointed with the flight model for the helicopters in this game. Felt like I was dragging it around like a puppet instead of actually piloting a war machine. Imo the co-op mission for BF3 in a cobra is a great example of how to do it right, with the pilot responsible for full control of the helo and rockets while the gunner can shoot and launch guided missiles. If they do decide to bring back helicopters it would be nice if they looked at that mission for inspiration and build a more engaging gameplay system.
I love just how violent this game is. It's like playing Brutal DooM, or Doom Eternal, but with fighter jets and oil and scrap metal in the place of blood and guts. Along with that, I love the ragdoll physics enemy aircraft have when you shoot them down 😂, just falling or spinning and twisting in.. ragdoll-like ways honestly 🤣. I REALLY hope they bring back those elements at least. This game made my early teenage hood. I never knew such a beauty, and wish for some similar. Overall, I'm glad you had fun 😊 (6.8 OUT OF 10, YOU MONSTER!!!!!😡)
The issue is that BFM isn't really "a game", but a QTE with analogue inputs. The fix for it would be adequately game-ifying it with proper win/loss conditions, and reasons why it either works or doesn't work. A big part of this the planes start moving like starwars instead of like fighter-jets, so as a result it stops feeling like a dogfight and feels like a chase scene.
I started with Ace Combat 6 and just absolutely adored it, so for them to immediately change the gameplay up like this with the next entry was really disappointing because i thought the game was already amazing, that being said i didn't hate it, i love action bulls*** and this game has tonnes of action bulls***, i hated the FOV though it's so zoomed in and hard to watch sometimes but i put up with it. With hindsight i appreciate it more because there were many more entries before 6 which played like 6 so it's not like they shouldn't have tried mixing it up after so many games, and thankfully this ended up being a one off eventually leading to a massively successful return to form, the soundtrack also rocks. Project Wingman has been brought up a lot and i'm sure you'll be covering it, but i'd also like to shout out another game that came out between AC6 and Assault Horizon and that is Tom Clancy's HAWX, yes, Ubisoft made their own Ace Combat game and... i actually think it's very good, it ain't Ace Combat good but it's close and has its own action bulls*** in the form of an "assistance off" mode which lets you do crazy acrobatics to get the edge in combat, it's a lot of fun, they made a sequel i didn't play and the last time i played the first on PC it would crash sometimes, but people should definitely check it out if they're into these games... also it's just crazy that Ubisoft made games inspired by Ace Combat.
Oh man, I completely forgot about the soundtrack! I was so let down by the rest of the game (even though I had a blast in coöp with a friend), I guess the soundtrack was forgotten with that as well... You putting up the soundtrack gave me goosebumps. damn.
Something I think is very interesting, is that less and less people are actually trying assault horizon due to the extreme bad press and just parroting what everyone else says Also you didn’t mention that the protagonist isn’t silent?
I love this game mostly, and it actually was my first ace combat ever) Now when i played it and played a few other ac games, i can say that main problem of this game is how they changed gameplay Its became way too much linear with this new dogfight mod and new air to ground assault mod Game simply don't give you any freedom in terms of how you move It feels more like on rail sections And its funny when you realise that only missions when game doesn't take too much control of your movements is apache missions)) And this onrail dogfights actually feels more like qte gameplay And everything else in this game is just good or even awesome, i love the story, love the characters, they act and talk more like humans, not like in ac6 or any other ac game, when dialogues felt a little bit too strange for me I love the russian villain, he's one of the coolest russian villains in videogames i think, and music in this game is awesome Especially love that sad song which plays when you fight the villain in the end, if you don't know its actually written in pure accurate russian language and its resembles story about his dead wife Also ending credits song was also awesome, still have it in my playlist)
Not even the worst game. Its story is serviceable, gameplay is fine if you can get over the weirdness, and it had some actual neat ideas with jts Multiplayer and customizations. Its sad, the fanbase was so vicious they bullied the author of the side book to pull his side novel down. Its actually sad to see how it went down. I remember how much this game was hated, but idk. If it didnt have Ace Combat on the name and they just called it Assault Horizon and let it ride, it might be hates less.
You know, I just realized while you were talking about the DFM mode, that you missed an Ace Combat game… well, an “Ace Combat” game. It’s made by Project Aces, and plays exactly like an Ace Combat game, but it’s not, technically, an Ace Combat game. It’s “Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces” for the Wii. Yes really. It’s honestly really good while also being different from all the other Ace Combats. It has a mechanic similar to DFM but implemented a lot better in my opinion. Check it out maybe!
Thing is, Innocent Aces' mechanic is only flipping you to the back of your target & nothing else. You're not forced to use the mechanic to take TGTs down. 3DS' Cross Rumble/Assault Horizon Legacy had the exact same mechanic. Assault Horizon's mechanic is "worse" in the sense that you're forced on-rails to take the targets down. That's the biggest drawback.
Maaaan this game was weird, but I loved flying an Apache in an ace combat game. I’d love to have more games on consoles where I could focus on that kinda stuff.
I enjoyed ACH.. it was dumb fun😂. For what it is, i get that Project Aces was just jumping on the COD bandwagon just like , medal of honor, Battlefield.. etc. They were trending and that what developers do, it was a risk.
The only thing good about this game are: Be able to customise your plane paintjob to something truly matching your style (seeing them in gameplay and cutscene between mission too), same for the missiles smoke colour, flying choppers (admit it, it was really cool and inovative for the franchise) Being able to fly heavy bombers like the B-2, the music because you will be a big liar if you said you didn't enjoyed the music in this one and how broken the QAAM missile was in multiplayer combined with the dogfighting mode, seriously, the target litteraly cannot prevent the lock on due to huge area the circle can move around to stay on it like glue. Nobody was using it in doghfight and that's why I dominate them all
Honestly, I think that the dog-fight mode looks realy cool. I wonder what would happen if someone combined the way it looks while still manouvering yourself
For me Assault Horizon was just more Ace Combat. Which is exactly what I wanted. Also I didn't have a PS3 or Xbox, but I had a PC. So AC being on PC was pretty great.
It was a really fun game. It just wasn't really a good "Ace Combat" game. But that being said, reaction of hardcore fanbase was a bit exagerrated, mostly powered by the fact, that it was the first Ace Combat released on PC, and it remained such for years.
Thought this looked really fun... I just bought the PS3 disk version yesterday ..still had the manual and soundtrack disk...lol Will be playing it as soon as I get time.
Such a fun game... And tbh kinda glad this is my latest Ace combat game. When i said latest.. it's like a little bit of a fresh air after only play arcady style game (4,5,0,X,JA,6 & 7). I always open into something different then the main core gameplay. And i really love playing the most hate fandom game because it give you that "I'm built different" feeling lol
@@mrandrossguy9871 isn't all ace combat game are arcady?... The gameplay movement still the same as air combat 1.. Ace combat 2 they try put the physics a little bit and in Ace combat 3 where you can see they base the core gameplay on
The Dogfight Mode KILLED this game. If we could have turned it off i would have enjoyed it more. I also still prefer the fantastical ridiculous anime world of strangereal over our boring depressing world but it wouldn't have been as annoying if the gameplay was more "traditional"
I hate the dogfight mode. It makes me feel like I'm using semi-active radar guided missiles at a point when fire and forget missiles should be standard. The fact this was the only single player Ace Combat game on the PS3 instead of us getting both Ace Combat 6 and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon was even more annoying.
Bought the game key for 45$ I tought that it wouldn't even work but denm it worked and i acutally manged to have fun even with the control in this game and the infamous machanic issue
Honestly Ac:Ah was my intro to ace combat games, this game was a solid game for me imo id give it a 9/10. The fact that im only finding out now that a lot if ppl disliked it made me sad lol. I still think this is cool as hell
My only issue with this game was the helicopter missions and we should've have one more bomber mission. Other than that i actually like this game. It got a lot of my friends into the series.
I thought this game was okay when I played it. I love the music, especially White Devil. I'm not sure if you can review this at all, but the Ace Combat related arcade game, Mach Storm, had similar gameplay.
Assault Horizon was the very first AC game on the PC so naturally i got it without a second thought, not gonna lie, during my first playthrough i had a silly green plastered on my face, but then something odd happened, when i wanted to replay it i suddenly changed my mind, i remembered the game mechanics, the on rail shooting, the bosses, the story and all of the sodden i didn't want to play the game anymore. it took some time but eventually i came to the realization that i don't like the game, i actually found an AC title i don't want to play, it felt so weird but with time i learned to live with it.
I wonder how Ace Combat Infinity is going to be handled. Likely just a footnote in the the next video I expect. Aside from that, really surprised you enjoyed the DFM so much. I simply chose to not engage with it as much as possible. Granted though it made the game much more difficult. I honestly would like the choppers, bombers, and gunships to come back personally as I did enjoy those mix ups to the overall flow of the game. But they certainly can do with a bit of polishing in the future.
Well, you can't play the game because it requires server connection to play, and the servers has been down for years. So yeah, it'd be a footnote at best & ignored at worst.
I can empathize with the benefits of DFM but personally I hated it cause it took most of the control away from me during those moments and stuck it on a rail. If I could have turned that off rather than being forced to play with it for the first playthrough, I might have actually played beyond the first mission or two rather than uninstalling the game.
Hey man nice video as allways! I was wondering, are you going to do Ace Combat 3D/Cross Rumble aswell? It has one of my favorite tracks from the franchise: Gravity. If you are not doing it and jumping to 7 from this one, please have a listen to the song, it slaps!
In recent days, the fandom has slowly but surely warmed up to Assault Horizon and no longer consider it a "black sheep". Time and maturity brings wisdom, so those taking a second look at this game now would call it an experimental spin-off. There are moments in the game where you can shoot down enemies without using DFM or ASM, with the mission White Devil allowing you to not use the ASM sequences altogether and just play it like a normal Ace Combat game. Personally, don't hate the game but wish that it could've utilized more of it's potential. Unfortunately, that was not to be so.
Honestly, the biggest issue with DFM and Ace Combat AH is the constant camera movement. It was something extremely disorientating for me playing it back on launch. It made the game a hundred times harder for me to deal with. That and DFM controls were fucking awful, combined with a personal hatred of rail shooters in general.
A lot of people say this game sucked but I also see people wishing a lot of stuff from this game be brought back. Personally, I liked this game. Both as an Ace Combat fan and an aviation geek.
So i loved this game be ause of the online play, they had a lot of gamemode from just dogfighting eachother to rush and domination which had you trying to destroy the enemy base wile defending your own, you could even use chopers in multiplayed and bombers,
It's like watching a Michael Bay movie, you just turn off your brain and enjoy the bombastic ride. lol Also, playing it on Ace difficulty can sometimes be infuriating, the worst being the AC-130 gunner mission, the naval fleet mission, and the final boss fight.
I remember playing it during highschool via pirated copy almost a decade ago (no way to buy steam wallet at the time), loved it at the time and i remember using the PAK-FA to hunt down the last boss, retry it couple of years ago after experiencing War Thunder for several years and i absolutely hate the DFM, later on played PW with MnK and AC7 with Logitech 3D Pro and honestly ? PW have the better gameplay due to it being suited for PC (PC support for AC7 when bruh)
Personally I also think they saw which way the market was turning as well. People wanted more simulation style flying games instead of arcade. Ace has always been an "arcade" game so they put all their chips in on last full arcade game. Yes combat 7 is an arcade game but definitely turning far right to the simulation side. Horizon is a "fun" game as long as you like thay old-school arcade style play.
I played nearly every flight game there is, and I never had such a bad experience like with Ace Combat Assault Horizon! The constant camera switching gives me a headache after half a mission, and because it's a bad console port, you can't turn it off. It's the only game if I recall correctly where I never made it through the tutorial because I got physically sick of the game. But the greatest joke is that this game is better than ace combat 7 when it comes to detecting joysticks, it's somehow better at least in one thing...
I could be wrong, but I feel like this game wouldn’t have been hated as much if it wasn’t part of the Ace Combat franchise. It’s just too different compared to the rest of the games especially in terms of gameplay and setting
I think you missed the fact that Assault Horizon's DFM mechanic is forced. The targets are invincible out of DFM & you're forced to initiate the on-rails section to take them down. That's the biggest drawback everyone complained back in the day.
Wouldn't have so much of a bitter hatred for this game if it wasn't forced. you couldn't change the input too. So as someone who had only one working hand, you can see why I'm so bitter towards ACAH.
Soundtrack slaps tho.
@@mosh.4245 soundtrack is somehow the thing Namco, Access, & ACES never disappoint on. They all always slap & always fit the theme of the game.
I can live with it being forced, it is just a short phase after all... DFM works best if it's applied like the one in ACAH Legacy or Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces.
@@Rizkyace118 those two examples you've listed don't force the mechanic. You can destroy the TGTs without it. Both are also the exact same mechanic.
Wish they bring back the paint system from this one. The variety of colors you can paint your plane was insane. Also the inclusion of the Love Live liveries for the PC release is hilarious.
Love Live? You mean Idolmaster?
@@TheRibbonRed yeah lol
Surprised he didn't include it in his AC6 video, because iirc different plane skins have different stats. And from things i've seen, the imas liveries are super cracked.
@@twocontradictions the IM@S planes have one or two quirks, but are definitely OP. A lot of AC6 players hated it in MP & have a "rule" to not use it. Even in campaign score competitions too.
Glad ACES didn't follow that trend & followed Access Games' instead in allowing parts to modify aircraft stats. But AC7 does feel like AC5 in how every plane are mostly the same. Hope AC8 with ILCA changes that.
@@TheRibbonRed glad the idolmaster girls are just relegated as emblems only in AC7. idk if AC Infinity has the same deal too, but would like to know.
and as a self-proclaimed idol enthusiast, idolmaster xenoglossia has cursed me. because i cannot ever imagine cute girls doing military stuff because it's cringe imo
One thing that I really wish they'd bring back is just how violent everything was, metal tearing, oil spilling, sparks flying, the destruction and disintegration was UNMATCHED.
I'm disappointed you never included the song "Dogfight" in your music section. Such a missed opportunity to show the blend of music.
Aka Mission 1 song ?
I actually want Apaches to make a comback, but as a vehicle you can use on a number of missions with the ability to select different attack helicopters and special weapons. So you start with a Hind A, but can purchase a Hind D, Cobra, Apache, ETC. They would Excel at air to ground as well as slow moving planes and flying fortresses while being much less effective against Jets.
Same. I really enjoyed the much closer feel of the attack helos.
Ya know? This wasn’t a game I was put off by when I played it. I remember seeing the slogan for it where they used a very action eccentric “Make metal bleed”, and… I made a lot of metal bleed 😆. I’d love to see another game like this. Not saying that I want the features that brought this game down to come back for another title, but adding helicopters and bombers and other air based technology like this would be pretty cool. I always hoped they’d add those kinds of vehicles into Ace Combat at some point, and when they did it in Assault Horizon, it felt fresh and unique and that pushed me to play the game so many times over. If Project Aces made another game like this, or oppositely, made a game that takes place during a “World War 2” setting with older prop planes, I’d probably spend months wasting my free time on it, lol
I know Ace Combat is all about the magic future tech, but holy crap a WWII era Ace Combat could be fun as hell
Well... Google this then, Sky Crawler: Innocent Aces
@@mrb692 Innocent Aces
@@TomitaGregorias what’s your take on a prop plane based Ace Combat game?
@@JohnSmith-ip6kc I mean, Innocent Aces is literally Ace Combat with props. It was even made by Project Aces.
I'm so glad you mentioned the soundtrack, especially "White Devil". I still listen to it occasionally to this day, along with soundtracks from other games in the series.
For me it's also White Devil along with Keep Alive, Shall Defend, Naval Warfare, and Rush.
small spoiler for ac7, dunno if you've played it
hearing you talk about it, it feels weird seeing how they took some stuff from assault horizon, the black sheep of the series, and applied then to ace combat 7, which is one of the series' best games, namely the flares and fighting under ridiculous weather conditions, and maybe the ridiculous amount of missiles they throw at you, except in 7 you don't have regenerating health lmao
Because AH really isn't the black sheep you were told & whoever said it was are bullshitting ya at all, it was really testing the waters of new stuff & features to make the ac feeling more realistic than ever before.
Plus the REAL black sheep AC games would be AC3 American port & AC Infinity and the majority of the Fandom should rip on those moreso than AH no doubt about it
@@Derivedwhale45 It is the black sheep, that doesn't mean the game was bad. The community just didn't like it because it wasn't ace combat. ACAH completely threw away everything that made an Ace Combat game and used a formula to get another fanbase, that is why it's the black sheep.
@@Derivedwhale45 I'll never play 3 because of what they did to it for NA
@@definetlyachessmaster threw away what exactly? Sure the new features were unique but it how did it take away from what ace combat was?
In 7 there’s still a “fire extinguisher” so Health Regeneration Only to half life 50%
Okay, I legit put this game off, but, frankly, this looks like a lot of just dumb fun, and I'm totally okay with that! And that Dog Fight mode totally looks like a response to Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
Which is odd since HAWX itself is Ubisoft's attempt on Ace Combat.
@@TheRibbonRed Which is doubly odd, since HAWX sucked ass and Project Aces had no reason to respond.
Questionable gameplay design choices aside, Assault Horizon, in my opinion, genuinely has one of the best soundtracks as a whole. While the previous games had standout tracks that are almost universally loved by the playerbase, they also had a lot of very forgettable tracks as well; Assault Horizon is pretty much the only entry in the series that I can load up a playlist of the OST and listen to the essentially the ENTIRE THING without getting bored.
I think the problem with DFM, or at least in my case, is that you completely loose control of the plane, and I found myself crashing several times and dying constantly because the AI is horrible at flying the plane, and I couldn't compensate for its shortcomings when it comes to maneuvering (especially on narrow, tight spaces like cranes or buildings).
Also, the enemy which is supposed to remain within the circle somehow flies all over the place except inside of the circle, so you don't even get to do anything.
Or it might have been just me and my spastics, but I remember the system was a complete nightmare, and forced myself into consciously avoiding it at all times.
You don't lose all control of your aircraft and you can compensate for the movement of the aircraft you are behind. You had a skill issue because you assumed it was entirely on rails amd you didnt have to do anything. That being said, dfm in the campaign was pretty bad.
While the campaign was wack, l did really enjoy the multiplayer’s Base game mode. In most AC games, its only Air-to-Air combat so there’s no reason to use A-10s, Su-34s and SuMo-25s unless you really wanted to challenge yourself. It lead to about a third of the game’s roster of planes being useless in multiplayer. With the multiplayer Base game mode, A-10s can carpet bomb an enemy base while a friendly F-22 needs to escort him. Or fly an F-18 or F-15 as multirole planes to switch between Air and Ground targets. It adds a cool layer of teamwork and strategy. Also flying the bombers in multiplayer is super high risk high reward and both stressful and exciting
Yeah Capital Conquest, the paint hangar, as well as the use of helicopters and bombers were features I would have loved to see return for AC7's multiplayer.
One thing the helicopters could do in this gamemode was to act as flying CIWS / anti air missile launchers to cover the bases, as they had the ability to shoot down enemy munitions and their Air to Air missiles were very effective against bombers / attackers.
First time I did a barrel roll on demand in a helicopter. #physics/10
Yeah I first got to that section I immediately laughed and said "lmao this is probably the only Ace combat stuff inside Assault Horizon"
@@ArifxDD Indeed this was the Ace Combat moment of all time 🤣🤣🤣
I honestly loved this game. Part of it was because I was forced to because as a longtime fan of the series who permanently switched to PC and away from consoles because I couldn't afford both, this was the only way I could get my AC fix for a long while. Still, I learned to love it for what it is and not hate for what the fandom wishes it was. It helps that I'm also a longtime fan of CoD and regularly go back to the original Modern Warfare trilogy for kicks. Honestly, my one real complaint about this game is the fact that the mc is a named character and not the usual silent, faceless protagonist like the rest of the series. Bishop is an ok character on his own, but give me that self-insert, escapism fantasy over him any day.
It's SUPER important that you don't skip Assault Horizon Legacy, despite the name, it's a Strangereal game and it's fantastic!
The 3ds one? If so its amazing. The remake of the 2nd game right and it has dfm but on the 3ds it works really well on a handheld system 👍
Man if only AC infinity was still with us after this one.
Call this game Assault Horizon and drop the Ace Combat, and I think this game would’ve been way less harshly remembered.
There’s some good mechanics worth polishing, like DFM. Overused in this game, but could be a good tool to make Ace encounters more cinematic and unique in future titles
I think a good balance for DFM, would be to restrict it to only being available after performing the tail switch, where the player can flip to behind an enemy when they’re being tailed. This would make the move retain its satisfaction while maintaining the combat’s general integrity
I HATED this game when i came out, but since ive come back to it last year i found that it wasnt nearly as bad as i remembered.
I feel like if they hadve released it under a different title and not ass an Ace Combat it wouldve been praised.
Awesome video glad ive found your channel!
Ahh I remember the DFM the bane of my existence the number of times I crashed into the ground or in a building is far more then I have been shoot or crashed in Electrosphear(AC3),Unsung War,Zero and Shattered Sky and I had at least 2000h on each game my frustration led me to abandon DFM completely on maximum difficulty I resorted to use the basic AC strategies along side my fav one fir this series the counter-manuver instant lock on and fire during the CM there's a brief period almost a second during CM that the missile makes a instant lock on not needing to waste time getting a full circle by firing both missiles they are guaranteed to hit it was either I shoot it at first try or abandon the DFM if I miss or hit the enemy but not terminating it.
*note the CM I'm referring too isn't countermeasures but counter-manuver
The biggest problem with Assault Horizon as a whole is it was such a stupid direction to take the series in, it nearly killed it entirely. Its easy to say, "oh its just a fun little action game," NOW, after AC7 has come and revived the series from the grave that AH left it in
Infinity said hello bud
@@Derivedwhale45 I'd argue AC7 revived the franchise because while Infinity did spark enough interest by Bamco to make a new mainline game, AC7 was a true return to form, something Infinity wasn't being a freemium game. If AC7 didn't succeed the franchise would be dead, Kono himself said the game went through development hell and was very close to cancelation.
Stupid direction? It's a spinoff it wasn't a continuation of the older games. It's not perfect, but I mean, they tried something different. Bandai makes spinoff of main games. All the Monster Hunter is a prime example. DFM was a unique concept for cinematic dogfighting it wasn't perfect but it was the first time making the mechanic.
@@BarbatosGamerAnd I’m thinking Why Make a Spin off when Ace6 was Already so perfect !?
ACE Combat AH was my first Ace combat game and my childhood favourite , comparing it to other games it feels more restrictive but it will always have a special place in my heart.
Ha ha jk 😊
I remember the DFM plunging my plane into the ground a lot, but my plane would also just 'bounce' off the ground. Like they did think DFM would cause players to crash so they added some short invulnerability period coming out of it.
If they didn't force use that accursed DFM/ASM especially during boss fights, this game would've been pretty good... Good thing Project ACES/Namco Bandai learned from their mistake and did not incorporate this in any future titles...
Hitman had their own Assault Horizon moment, it's Hitman Absolution
"Hey kids, do you love white-knuckle dogfights with enemy aces? Well tough shit, say hello to On Rails Training Wheels Mode!"
Think you did a great job giving this game a fair review. Oh yeah, everyone is so quick to bash to hell BFM - I mean seriously, why do you have to BFM bombers? Way to mention the music - you picked the same tracks I woulda picked!
This was actually my first AC game, and I was blown away to see such graphics on the PS3 at the time. The intense, scripted dogfights at near ground-level were definitely the best moments of the game. I'd say that this is the least replayable game of the franchise, since after you experience the main story there's not much else to do and just feels repetitive. But hey, it was the game that introduced me to the franchise! So I guessa change of pace is nice once in a while.
Tbh compared to most other flight arcade games, Assault Horizon isn’t THAT bad as people make it out to be. It’s just that every other Ace Combat game is so good that a mediocre one like AH looks bad in comparison
Criminally underrated point. It really is a fun game, we’re just used to celestial tiger games like Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Are you going to do Assault Horizon Legacy (aka Cross Rumble)? It's a 3DS game so it would be hard to record footage for it but it came out about the same time as AH. If you do, I would recommend the Plus rerelease as its controls would be easier. They are effectively the same game on the same platform, Plus just takes advantage of more buttons.
It's the next AC video 🙂
@@notcole Oh, you can do that with the Citra Emulator. Unfortunately, it was taken off due to being a collateral casualty to a take down of another Nintendo emulator.
Ask your fans on how to get them!
It's definitely not the same game, it's actually set in Strangereal!
@@cptncutlegYeah, it is the remake of Ace Combat 2.
From what I understand, it has nothing to do with Assault Horizon, rather it is a remake of AC2. They even "back-updated" the story to fit in Strangereal, since the lore wasn't completely established back when the original AC2 came out.
I remember playing it 10 years ago, and personally, my biggest and honestly only issue was not that the DFM existed, but that it was NECESARY. I played almost every game since AC3, and fighting aces was one of the most exciting part of older games. Here, they were hard-coded to just dump flares, automatically dodging all the missiles, unless you used DFM. Same was for boss fights. I loved the camera work, and it worked for strafing runs, but what was bad is that you had no choice.
They did fixed that in AH Legacy, DFM was still there, but it was more optional.
Oh and one more thing - If you hold the missile fire button, you will always get the camera following the missile or bomb. *In ANY ace combat game since 3* I think.
After you do Ace Combat 7, I highly recommend you give Project Wingman a try.
I hope that ac7 is a long detailed video hahah. Every ac upload gets us closer to the ac7 review.
Personally Assault Horizon has one of my favorite soundtracks in the series behind AC7 and AC Zero.
The music especially for the OST "Dogfight" just makes you feel like your going head to head with you opponent in an epic duel. Just two modern day knights in a clash where only one shall be the victor.
Somehow this game reminds me of a Wii game called The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces. It had a somewhat similar mecanic where you could do different maneuvers like the 180º flip and I remember having some intense ace fights. It was not as good as an AC game, but it's pretty fun and it has an amazing ost too.
That’s because it was developed by project aces and access games (the psp and 3DS Ace combat guys)
It's not surprising since "Sky Crawlers" was co-developed by Acces Games (makers of portable Ace combat games), and Team Aces. It's kind of an unofficial Ace Combat game.
Thing is, Innocent Aces' mechanic is only flipping you to the back of your target & nothing else. You're not forced to use the mechanic to take TGTs down. 3DS' Cross Rumble/Assault Horizon Legacy had the exact same mechanic.
Assault Horizon's mechanic is "worse" in the sense that you're forced on-rails to take the targets down. That's the biggest drawback.
@@TheRibbonRed Yeah, I played both and I agree that Assault Horizon's mechanic is worse. In fact I think that Innocent Aces is better than Assault Horizon. At least I liked it more.
I was really dissapointed with the flight model for the helicopters in this game. Felt like I was dragging it around like a puppet instead of actually piloting a war machine. Imo the co-op mission for BF3 in a cobra is a great example of how to do it right, with the pilot responsible for full control of the helo and rockets while the gunner can shoot and launch guided missiles. If they do decide to bring back helicopters it would be nice if they looked at that mission for inspiration and build a more engaging gameplay system.
Yes, exactly! So much wasted potential in the flight mechanics of the game.
its finally time for call of duty the planes edition , oh boy
I love just how violent this game is. It's like playing Brutal DooM, or Doom Eternal, but with fighter jets and oil and scrap metal in the place of blood and guts.
Along with that, I love the ragdoll physics enemy aircraft have when you shoot them down 😂, just falling or spinning and twisting in.. ragdoll-like ways honestly 🤣.
I REALLY hope they bring back those elements at least.
This game made my early teenage hood. I never knew such a beauty, and wish for some similar.
Overall, I'm glad you had fun 😊 (6.8 OUT OF 10, YOU MONSTER!!!!!😡)
The issue is that BFM isn't really "a game", but a QTE with analogue inputs. The fix for it would be adequately game-ifying it with proper win/loss conditions, and reasons why it either works or doesn't work. A big part of this the planes start moving like starwars instead of like fighter-jets, so as a result it stops feeling like a dogfight and feels like a chase scene.
I started with Ace Combat 6 and just absolutely adored it, so for them to immediately change the gameplay up like this with the next entry was really disappointing because i thought the game was already amazing, that being said i didn't hate it, i love action bulls*** and this game has tonnes of action bulls***, i hated the FOV though it's so zoomed in and hard to watch sometimes but i put up with it.
With hindsight i appreciate it more because there were many more entries before 6 which played like 6 so it's not like they shouldn't have tried mixing it up after so many games, and thankfully this ended up being a one off eventually leading to a massively successful return to form, the soundtrack also rocks.
Project Wingman has been brought up a lot and i'm sure you'll be covering it, but i'd also like to shout out another game that came out between AC6 and Assault Horizon and that is Tom Clancy's HAWX, yes, Ubisoft made their own Ace Combat game and... i actually think it's very good, it ain't Ace Combat good but it's close and has its own action bulls*** in the form of an "assistance off" mode which lets you do crazy acrobatics to get the edge in combat, it's a lot of fun, they made a sequel i didn't play and the last time i played the first on PC it would crash sometimes, but people should definitely check it out if they're into these games... also it's just crazy that Ubisoft made games inspired by Ace Combat.
Oh man, I completely forgot about the soundtrack! I was so let down by the rest of the game (even though I had a blast in coöp with a friend), I guess the soundtrack was forgotten with that as well... You putting up the soundtrack gave me goosebumps. damn.
Something I think is very interesting, is that less and less people are actually trying assault horizon due to the extreme bad press and just parroting what everyone else says
Also you didn’t mention that the protagonist isn’t silent?
I love this game mostly, and it actually was my first ace combat ever)
Now when i played it and played a few other ac games, i can say that main problem of this game is how they changed gameplay
Its became way too much linear with this new dogfight mod and new air to ground assault mod
Game simply don't give you any freedom in terms of how you move
It feels more like on rail sections
And its funny when you realise that only missions when game doesn't take too much control of your movements is apache missions))
And this onrail dogfights actually feels more like qte gameplay
And everything else in this game is just good or even awesome, i love the story, love the characters, they act and talk more like humans, not like in ac6 or any other ac game, when dialogues felt a little bit too strange for me
I love the russian villain, he's one of the coolest russian villains in videogames i think, and music in this game is awesome
Especially love that sad song which plays when you fight the villain in the end, if you don't know its actually written in pure accurate russian language and its resembles story about his dead wife
Also ending credits song was also awesome, still have it in my playlist)
Just found you through this series. Binged watched every video today and can't wait for the last video on AC7!
Not even the worst game. Its story is serviceable, gameplay is fine if you can get over the weirdness, and it had some actual neat ideas with jts Multiplayer and customizations. Its sad, the fanbase was so vicious they bullied the author of the side book to pull his side novel down. Its actually sad to see how it went down. I remember how much this game was hated, but idk. If it didnt have Ace Combat on the name and they just called it Assault Horizon and let it ride, it might be hates less.
A question now: will you make a video about AC Infinity? Have you had a chance to play it before servers shutdown?
Oh, Naval Warfare is my absolute favorite track of all AC games. It's just...fly.
You know, I just realized while you were talking about the DFM mode, that you missed an Ace Combat game… well, an “Ace Combat” game. It’s made by Project Aces, and plays exactly like an Ace Combat game, but it’s not, technically, an Ace Combat game.
It’s “Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces” for the Wii. Yes really. It’s honestly really good while also being different from all the other Ace Combats. It has a mechanic similar to DFM but implemented a lot better in my opinion. Check it out maybe!
Thing is, Innocent Aces' mechanic is only flipping you to the back of your target & nothing else. You're not forced to use the mechanic to take TGTs down. 3DS' Cross Rumble/Assault Horizon Legacy had the exact same mechanic.
Assault Horizon's mechanic is "worse" in the sense that you're forced on-rails to take the targets down. That's the biggest drawback.
Best review and take on this game I've seen yet. I agree with most of what you said. As that 14 year old call if duty kid I loved this game over ac6.
Bishop is the best argument the series ever made for playing as a mute psychopath.
Dfm is worst thing in this game it takes away so much freedom from player.
DFM is cool. FORCED DFM is not
Maaaan this game was weird, but I loved flying an Apache in an ace combat game. I’d love to have more games on consoles where I could focus on that kinda stuff.
Just recently discovered your channel while watching your Metal Gear series. Great videos man
This was my first ace combat game and I actually loved DFM thought other entries had that feature
4:30 - As a soon-to-be former Florida Keys resident, no offense taken because I also agree :P
All This Game has to do was Keep the Graphics and Visuals of Ace6 but even polish it some more..
How about you shut up?
I enjoyed ACH.. it was dumb fun😂. For what it is, i get that Project Aces was just jumping on the COD bandwagon just like , medal of honor, Battlefield.. etc. They were trending and that what developers do, it was a risk.
The only thing good about this game are: Be able to customise your plane paintjob to something truly matching your style (seeing them in gameplay and cutscene between mission too), same for the missiles smoke colour, flying choppers (admit it, it was really cool and inovative for the franchise) Being able to fly heavy bombers like the B-2, the music because you will be a big liar if you said you didn't enjoyed the music in this one and how broken the QAAM missile was in multiplayer combined with the dogfighting mode, seriously, the target litteraly cannot prevent the lock on due to huge area the circle can move around to stay on it like glue. Nobody was using it in doghfight and that's why I dominate them all
Honestly, I'm just surprised how many of AC7's mechanics started off in AC:AH.
Oh yeah ?
Go on ..
Because Ass7 couldn’t be Original ?
@@mrandrossguy9871 Flares, DFM being refined into the PSM mechanic, and dogfighting an enemy ace in a massive storm.
Honestly, I think that the dog-fight mode looks realy cool. I wonder what would happen if someone combined the way it looks while still manouvering yourself
For me Assault Horizon was just more Ace Combat. Which is exactly what I wanted. Also I didn't have a PS3 or Xbox, but I had a PC. So AC being on PC was pretty great.
It was a really fun game. It just wasn't really a good "Ace Combat" game. But that being said, reaction of hardcore fanbase was a bit exagerrated, mostly powered by the fact, that it was the first Ace Combat released on PC, and it remained such for years.
Thought this looked really fun... I just bought the PS3 disk version yesterday ..still had the manual and soundtrack disk...lol Will be playing it as soon as I get time.
Good review and fair.
So much to like, but enough to put me off completing it.
Such a fun game... And tbh kinda glad this is my latest Ace combat game. When i said latest.. it's like a little bit of a fresh air after only play arcady style game (4,5,0,X,JA,6 & 7). I always open into something different then the main core gameplay. And i really love playing the most hate fandom game because it give you that "I'm built different" feeling lol
And kinda glad what the fandom did with this game. I really can't imagine future Ace combat game using all of this mechanics
Because the Famdom are a Bunch of Hypocritical Gatekeeping pricks
@@ArifxDD so what’s so arcade about Ace04 in particular ?
@@mrandrossguy9871 isn't all ace combat game are arcady?... The gameplay movement still the same as air combat 1.. Ace combat 2 they try put the physics a little bit and in Ace combat 3 where you can see they base the core gameplay on
The Dogfight Mode KILLED this game. If we could have turned it off i would have enjoyed it more. I also still prefer the fantastical ridiculous anime world of strangereal over our boring depressing world but it wouldn't have been as annoying if the gameplay was more "traditional"
I hate the dogfight mode. It makes me feel like I'm using semi-active radar guided missiles at a point when fire and forget missiles should be standard. The fact this was the only single player Ace Combat game on the PS3 instead of us getting both Ace Combat 6 and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon was even more annoying.
Will you be doing Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces? It's not Ace Combat, but made by PA.
Bought the game key for 45$ I tought that it wouldn't even work but denm it worked and i acutally manged to have fun even with the control in this game and the infamous machanic issue
Honestly Ac:Ah was my intro to ace combat games, this game was a solid game for me imo id give it a 9/10. The fact that im only finding out now that a lot if ppl disliked it made me sad lol. I still think this is cool as hell
My only issue with this game was the helicopter missions and we should've have one more bomber mission. Other than that i actually like this game. It got a lot of my friends into the series.
I thought this game was okay when I played it. I love the music, especially White Devil.
I'm not sure if you can review this at all, but the Ace Combat related arcade game, Mach Storm, had similar gameplay.
Naval warfare goes so hard i hate the mission but love the song so much i kept playing it when i was a kid
I'm a huge AC fan. I couldn't stomach this game. I've tried playing it like 3 times and always abandon it somewhere around after that heli mission.
Assault Horizon was the very first AC game on the PC so naturally i got it without a second thought, not gonna lie, during my first playthrough i had a silly green plastered on my face, but then something odd happened, when i wanted to replay it i suddenly changed my mind, i remembered the game mechanics, the on rail shooting, the bosses, the story and all of the sodden i didn't want to play the game anymore. it took some time but eventually i came to the realization that i don't like the game, i actually found an AC title i don't want to play, it felt so weird but with time i learned to live with it.
The missed opportunity is the fact that they didn't put any experimental Belkan fighter or any of the huge superweapon.
I wonder how Ace Combat Infinity is going to be handled. Likely just a footnote in the the next video I expect. Aside from that, really surprised you enjoyed the DFM so much. I simply chose to not engage with it as much as possible. Granted though it made the game much more difficult. I honestly would like the choppers, bombers, and gunships to come back personally as I did enjoy those mix ups to the overall flow of the game. But they certainly can do with a bit of polishing in the future.
Well, you can't play the game because it requires server connection to play, and the servers has been down for years. So yeah, it'd be a footnote at best & ignored at worst.
Just got done playing the first three missions and it’s wild to say the least… I’m going to say it… I actually liked it lol.
Trying to 1000pt this game was an absolute nightmare. S ranking every mission on Ace (or whatever it’s called) was a slog and I absolutely hated it
I still like Assault Horizon but would never try and say it's one of the best in the series but I do find Assault Horizon to still be very fun.
It's my favorite AC game in the series.
Warwolf 01, what's your status?
Looking for action
I want more hurricane missions
I've also been looking to pick this game up, where did you get the steam key?
I can empathize with the benefits of DFM but personally I hated it cause it took most of the control away from me during those moments and stuck it on a rail. If I could have turned that off rather than being forced to play with it for the first playthrough, I might have actually played beyond the first mission or two rather than uninstalling the game.
Hey man nice video as allways! I was wondering, are you going to do Ace Combat 3D/Cross Rumble aswell? It has one of my favorite tracks from the franchise: Gravity. If you are not doing it and jumping to 7 from this one, please have a listen to the song, it slaps!
It's the next AC video 🙂
In recent days, the fandom has slowly but surely warmed up to Assault Horizon and no longer consider it a "black sheep". Time and maturity brings wisdom, so those taking a second look at this game now would call it an experimental spin-off. There are moments in the game where you can shoot down enemies without using DFM or ASM, with the mission White Devil allowing you to not use the ASM sequences altogether and just play it like a normal Ace Combat game.
Personally, don't hate the game but wish that it could've utilized more of it's potential. Unfortunately, that was not to be so.
Honestly, the biggest issue with DFM and Ace Combat AH is the constant camera movement. It was something extremely disorientating for me playing it back on launch. It made the game a hundred times harder for me to deal with. That and DFM controls were fucking awful, combined with a personal hatred of rail shooters in general.
YESSSSSSS, LETS GOO!!! ASSAULT HORIZON REVIEWED!!!!!!!!!!
A lot of people say this game sucked but I also see people wishing a lot of stuff from this game be brought back.
Personally, I liked this game. Both as an Ace Combat fan and an aviation geek.
So i loved this game be ause of the online play, they had a lot of gamemode from just dogfighting eachother to rush and domination which had you trying to destroy the enemy base wile defending your own, you could even use chopers in multiplayed and bombers,
It's like watching a Michael Bay movie, you just turn off your brain and enjoy the bombastic ride. lol
Also, playing it on Ace difficulty can sometimes be infuriating, the worst being the AC-130 gunner mission, the naval fleet mission, and the final boss fight.
I didn't so much hate the final boss, but man, the ending passed me off so much
I remember playing it during highschool via pirated copy almost a decade ago (no way to buy steam wallet at the time), loved it at the time and i remember using the PAK-FA to hunt down the last boss, retry it couple of years ago after experiencing War Thunder for several years and i absolutely hate the DFM, later on played PW with MnK and AC7 with Logitech 3D Pro and honestly ? PW have the better gameplay due to it being suited for PC (PC support for AC7 when bruh)
Personally I also think they saw which way the market was turning as well. People wanted more simulation style flying games instead of arcade. Ace has always been an "arcade" game so they put all their chips in on last full arcade game. Yes combat 7 is an arcade game but definitely turning far right to the simulation side. Horizon is a "fun" game as long as you like thay old-school arcade style play.
Honestly you should consider playing tom clancy's HAWX. I cant remember much about it but it was the first flying game i ever played.
I played nearly every flight game there is, and I never had such a bad experience like with Ace Combat Assault Horizon! The constant camera switching gives me a headache after half a mission, and because it's a bad console port, you can't turn it off. It's the only game if I recall correctly where I never made it through the tutorial because I got physically sick of the game. But the greatest joke is that this game is better than ace combat 7 when it comes to detecting joysticks, it's somehow better at least in one thing...
No matter how much shit this game gets, WHITE DEVIL and DOGFIGHT will always be some of the best fucking songs in any game.
Idk I had so much fun playing this game back in the day
I could be wrong, but I feel like this game wouldn’t have been hated as much if it wasn’t part of the Ace Combat franchise. It’s just too different compared to the rest of the games especially in terms of gameplay and setting
I've wanted to play this game for some time now, how would I go about buying a Steam key for myself?
The game felt more like a Call of duty