Ace Combat 7 Analysis - A Love Letter to Strangereal
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Is Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown the true successor to the 'holy trilogy' of Ace Combat games on the PS2? That's what I discuss in this video, along with an in-depth analysis of the story, main campaign, VR missions and the more recent DLC missions. Also, an extra segment at the end about the online multiplayer by special guest Lucid.
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“Ac7 brings back this tradition with its own unique twist”
By making the tunnel go all the way up
Exactly!
Peepee Poopoo
Nothing can Stop me
mR andross guy not unless I have something to say about it and I do!
I’m going to say the B word!
B O R D E R S
Peepee Poopoo There’s not much difference from those Books from up here
The only way they can top this is that they somehow make an uber-large flying fortress that one could fly into, then make a required tunnel run section out of it to destroy it from the inside, Death Star-style. I'm thinking about that one mission in the classic game Star Wars: Rebel Assault II where the protagonists try to escape a Super Star Destroyer inside an enemy prototype fighter by flying through the entire ship avoiding obstacles, and in the process, they destroy the entire thing from the inside as they make their escape. Something like that in Ace Combat would be freaking awesome. :)
This game was way overdue. But holy crap was the wait worth it. Actually met Princess Cosette in the flesh (Brianna Knickerbocker) and got her autograph on my PS4 copy!
Whoa, that's AWESOME!
Yeah! Guest appearance at Youmacon anime convention that comes around every tail end of October/early November. Go every year since I live right near Detroit. Also proud to be a citizen of an Osean Michigan!
Damn. Nice!
Noice
Hmm what? She doesn't look like her.
I thought Harling tried to save the elevator because he knew it was the only way Pilgrim 1 could safely land back on Earth.
me too, Knowing that Nagase was the Captain of Pilgrim 1..... It's funny how she is in most of the AC games. One game she was a rebel, another in a rookie squadron, another in War Dog/Ragriz Squadron and appeared as a sexy skin in her bathingsuit on an aircraft in AC:AH.
@@vexingrabbit1824 Different Nagases though. Nagase from AC5 and AC7 is the same person. But all the others are different characters, with similar appearances and the same name. Think the nurse or cop in Pokemon, except not related by blood.
@@kiros2032 Nagase in AC2 is the same as the airline pilot in AC4 as well.
@@mungologgo5526 Is that so? Never knew that.
@@vexingrabbit1824don't forget shes a international terrorist
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Even one year later this game is still inspiring. For both newcomers and fans alike.
It may have been uncertain how the game would’ve been before release for both fans and project aces, but now We all know longer have to worry about uncertainty.
“This game still had it and that’s what I hoped”
Star Wars battlefront 2 by E.A. may have been the biggest comeback of 2019. However, in my eyes Ace Combat 7 was the best restoration for a series of 2019.
I don't even play AC but I had to watch this.
Hopefully it convinced you to check one out. They're awesome.
@@SnicketySlice Unfortunately if I did get one it'd probably go on the back-burner.
This was my first Ace Combat game, and I have to say, if they make another one I am buying that.
In fact, it's got me wanting to make one myself... development on that has been somewhat slow tho...
It's would've been nice to have more cutscenes with the people we've flown with interacting with people from the cut scenes and former comrades showing up in the last two missions.
I got an ad for Tysons Chicken Tenders while watching this. Pretty hilarious considering the end. Also fantastic review and overview!
14:55
The reason why Avril said "for an anarchist, he struck me as a bit weird" is because he spent their conversation talking about old adventure books, this is a bit of foreshadowing that Tabloid isn't an anarchist at all, he just threw a rock at a military installation in protest of the war and for that he was thrown in prison under charges of anarchism.
As a first-time player, I loved the story; it was engaging and well-made.
Also I played the entierty of Ac7 on Pc in VR using Vorpx. Its not real 3d, more like a big screen, but your head movements are tracked completly which is really nice.
So you were able to View from outside the plane and still using VR ? !
Can't wait for "Space Combat" 1!
Not gonna lie the thing that dissatisfied me the most about this game was the weaponry. AC6 gave a me a major oh shit I'm the best pilot ever feeling when I wielded the Nosferatu and shot my first load of a 20 missiles with super tracking special weapon or when there are hundreds of ground targets and I launch of full salvo of atg rckl at them and completely decimate a whole battalion of tanks or a defensive line of towers and SAM. While there are good special weapons they just can't give me the feeling I've been missing since AC6
Not fond of the flight mechanics in AC7 either. Everything feels the same regardless whether the aircraft uses delta wings or has vector thrust. And I found most of the missions a chore.
Photo realistic, until you free fly and notice all the areas next to main mission objectives. Love this game. Except the electron movement boss drones.
Ace combat traditions:
Chasing down giant missiles
Endgame tunnel run
i'd always wanted to play ace combat over the years but never got around to it. just finished ac7 yesterday. 10/10 game
AC7 was my first and so far only Ace Combat game. I'm very much looking forward to number 8, assuming they make it one day. I dislike only two things about the game: timed missions and score missions. Checkpoints are often non-existent (forcing you to replay up to 20-30 minutes of gameplay) and some of these timed/score missions are infuriatingly hard.
Yuktobania is best country. Long life to the glorious republic.
Bro imagine ace combat 8 takes place in space
That would be so dam cool
While short, this game is a literal cinematic masterpiece for what it is. The OST is one of the best around.
Everyone makes a big deal of Harling's Mirror then forgets Kei Nagase literally thanking the pilot at the end for saving the tower so they'd have a place to dock. She went out on a multi-year mission to divert another asteroid from hitting the planet. Long enough that the world forgot her.
Except Harling. He may have wanted the world to see peace but in that instant he was honoring a promise to someone he asked to save the world. Also returning a favor for having saved him in the Circum-Pacific war.
But like @snicketyslice said, unless you played some of the previous games (and in this case looked a bit into the lore outside the games) you wouldn't understand what was going on. AC5 to understand who Kei and Harling were, reading up to find out what Kei did after the war and why Harling asked her to fly the mission.
Then sequel canonically for Ace05 fifteen yrs after they just kill off the Pres 😕😑
I think we need another H.A.W.X. No no no, put your pitchforks down. As awesome as AC-7 and Ace Combat in general is, I think the franchise could actually really do with a credible rival like that to keep them on their toes.
Ace combat 7
Gravity unknown
AC7 was my first AC game. I saw The Professional playing it and decided to buy it when it was on sale and it blew me away even tho the voice lines are kinda weird sometimes. But the soundtrack is beyond amazing. I normally turn off Game Music and play my own music but in this game I can't turn it off. Its just amazing.
Why is a Seventh installment your first ?
@@mrandrossguy9871 because I was 2 years old when AC0 came out. So you think about the other games and my age then and then you know why AC7 was my first AC
@@dpm2937 still though, is it because peer pressure or just Wanting what New or what everyone else has ? Because there's Tons of other Better AceCombats
@@mrandrossguy9871 It was that I didn't know of any other AC games. I played 7 and then started reading into the Lore and the other games
I have Ace Combat 4 & 5 for my ps2. The only problem is that I absolutely SUCK at flying aircraft from any game! So I usually watch other masters of the games. Jesse Cox has a beautiful playthrough on 5 and 7, if I remember correctly. I wish he'd do more of them...
I sucked too the first time I played them. Eventually it just kind of clicks in your brain.
@@SnicketySlice I think my brain has a couple defects because in over a decade I still can't fly with any skill or grace outside of a calm, relaxing glide, lol. Not even GTA could save me, either, and I had it since ps3. I'll leave stunts and dogfights to the professionals!
@@SnicketySlice Oh, and thank you for replying to my comment! I really enjoyed your videos of the Ace Combat games!
i just started my replay of the campaign today :)
psyche, I know you're more than happy to be wrong about us not getting more DLC, but hope you're enjoying the new 25th anniversary planes
It would been cool if mage squadron participated in the battle for the space elevator
Worst bit is the second mission were they want you to do air to ground. In an air to air fighter!
Give me an a10 and ill rock air to ground
NEVER MENTION ASSAULT HORIZON IN AN ACE COMBAT REVIEW! THAT GAME DOES NOT EXIST! :P
Also, Harling wasn't flying that Osprey. It was a drone that was used to trap Harling. It is very likely that Harling was dead not long after Colonel Johnson. After all, when AWACS Sky Keeper noted that Col. Johnson was in the Air Force and asked him if he could fly, Johnson replied with "Better than Mr. Harling!" with a bit of laughter in his voice. This implies that Harling couldn't fly to save his life. Remember that he had his secretary landing the C-5 in Ace Combat 5 and his secretary had never flown before. Harling was clearly no pilot.
Now this is just a presumption but, I think slice is an ace combat fan?
This may be late but i do have to say that I am kinda disappointed the fact that the story splits into 3 arcs with 3 separate casts of characters. Given that the story isn' really that long we don't really have any time to grow attached to the first 2 casts, when someone died I was like (oh... how was that?) Only Strider sqaudron has some character due to the time given to them but even then it still feels to short.
I am mostly salty that my tsundere dark skin tomboy waifu was completely wasted. Given no time to grow as a person or interact with us (Trigger) personally. Nor could she show off any of her talents that well, only visually doing anything for our plane twice. It really felt like she was meant to be our companion or something and mission 10 would had have us and her finally join up. Only the rough development leading to a story rewrite that led to her just unceremoniously leaving and doing an entirely separate story from us.
Prez (our beloved) from Project Wingman is honestly exactly what I wished Avril was in this story. A fun sidekick who talks to and for us, though with Avril she would have a mean tone and probably an even more sarcastic attitude. I mean she could have even been WSO, unable to fly cus of her busted leg but still able to fly in the deep blue.
I desperately hope in AC8 or whatever AC they make they take the Prez idea from Project Wingman and give us a WSO companion.
I like this game, I've never had the chance to play the PS2 games though. So besides videos about the universe my only experience with it is ac6 and ac7. I think the story isn't bad but it's just kind of weird and comes across like it wasn't translated great some times. Idk, i liked it but it's just kind of a weird universe in my opinion. As a 14 year old I remember being excited and loving assault horizon because it had real countries in it, not sure if feel the same way now though. Also from what I've heard I don't think ac6 bring my first experience to the franchise was the best thing.
I’m gonna tell my son about this game
Bandi Namco needs to see your video for when they make the next AC game
My faviourate plane in ace combat 7 is the top gum dlc f14 tomcat as captain pete mitchel said in top gun maveric it is not the plain it is the pilot
Lol! That MP review.
That original trailer makes it look like they might have been thinking about implementing the dogfight mode from Assault Horizon. Good thing they did not!
AC7 looks great... I just put this on my wish list on Steam. When it goes on sale, I will grab it along with all the DLCs. Good job on this video... I wasn't too sure about this game since the only other game I played was AC4 and anything else after that wasn't worthy!
Try Ace05 and 06 both totally Different but Great at immersion etc.
@@mrandrossguy9871 don't forget Zero, buddy.
@@TheEmperorHyperion
Overmemed Prequel,
Yes it IS Great because it brought back special Weapons choosing and Split-Screen Multiplayer ! And has the Best selection of Paint schemes !
Too bad split-screen hasn't come back or Color schemes/paint editor/customizer
Belka's story will never come to a close.
Germany sure as hell hasn't stopped, they just changed their methods.
I believe that this story was rewritten so many times, given the delays, that it ended up having its story being stichted up with as many concepts they got right throughtout the development.
I mean, it worked! But had flaws
And the irony here is that he said that the story is about dis-information in the information age. We had fans trying to piece together whatever the hell was going on in the story.
The big question here is: what is the truth in this whole game? Unknown and uncertain. Just like the game development, game story, and today.
This game was great, enjoyed every moment of it! Except the Stonehenge mission.
This channel is so underated
I just looked this up
Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies = Mission 12: Stonehenge Offensive
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown =
Mission 12: Stonehenge Defensive
Love it
Knowing the desert around the Stonehenge, I still remember this place was the grave of Yellow 13's beloved, Yellow 4.
M00N YIN
And it’s been Desecrated with 07’s Filthy Flight Model
@Rohaan Mohammed
I mean Isn't it obvious?
I think PA should leave Bamco Or it's PA Fault for doing Assault Horizon and Losing employees and respect when Ace06 was Top Notch but also stupid for being Exclusive ?
Now everyone is like "Oh Ace07 is Heaven sent but Be nice to the Devs" ?
Ace combat 4 : siege of farbanti
Ace combat 7 : Battle for farbanti
@@mrandrossguy9871 your comment made like.. no fucking sense, you said "it was desecrated with 07s filthy flight model" implying your problem lied with the game Ace combat 7 itself.
then you swing around and go on a unrelated tangent about PA and them better being off leaving BAMCO.
Yes its partialy PAs fault for making AH as it was, while i wont disagree that there where certainly certain elements that where required to be put in by the publisher, a lot of AH problems was poor execution of ideas.
also "stupid for being exclusive" EVERY ACE COMBAT GAME PRIOR TO 7 WAS AN CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE.
the Problem lied with it being Xbox 360 exclusive(a console NOONE in japan owned almost) but the thing is, it not unlikely that whatever they wanted do to in 6 was just damm hard to pull off on the PS3 because of that stupid cell processor. so i can imagine that the thought was "we either water this down, to get it to work on there, becaus enoone here has a fucking clue how to get it to run, or we make it for the 360 instead"
Reviewers: "Ace Combat 7 leans heavily on its nonsensical story"
Me: Go dance with the angels!!!
Yeah i was like "sign me the fuck up"
@@grimkaizer8417 Bruh, the people who wrote those reviews definitely didn't playing an Ace Combat game before AC7.
@@tktxlegend4540 i kno, you can tell because ign japan gave a much higher review than ign america
@@grimkaizer8417 Western gaming "journalism" is a joke. Most of the major ones dont understand what they review at all, probably barely played it, and more than a few of them try to insert politics into places it definitely doesnt belong.
I wouldn't even wipe my ass with most reviewer's reviews.
Well, it kinda is nonsensical for new comers, like me. That's why I tracked down and bought Shattered Skies, The Unsung War, and Fires of Liberation. I wanted to get Belkan War, but I couldn't find it.
I usually win dogfights while eating chicken tendies while sitting on my crisp white sheets
Were you weaing your DIRY BOOTS?
While pissing at a urinal too?
While sinking the invincible fleet and triggering torres?
It mainly gets hard when you try and avoid using missiles, atleast for me. But I also have this extremely annoying controller drift so I can't aim as well.
Bro what are you talking about?
I think the reason is did so well WAS because it was a single player focused jet game with a solid lobby based multiplayer. No matchmaking needed, no loot boxes. Just good old fashioned dlc which isn't even expensive. I love it. This game brings me back to the good old days of Gears 1 and Armored Core 4 & FA. This felt like and actual game!!
I miss when we would get loads of maps every 2 months and didnt have to wait half a games life to have 1 map...
@@rubenlopez3364 I miss when everything was All in One package
Ace combat Assault Horizon: Look what i can do!
Fans: But... no. dude. you're doing everything we hate! you're going too mainstream!
ACAH: But more people will love me!
Fans: *start leaving*
Ace Combat Infinity: "Hey guys, ummm... i know it's been a while but--
Fans: Nope. go away. you're fremium now.
ACI: *goes away and cries in a corner. then drops off the radar as fans think the series has died*
AC7: Fans... please... come back. Look... I've... I've really changed. I've been going into rehab. Want to hang out again? Please?
Fans: *sigh* all right... let's hang out. but this is the LAST TIME.
*one first date later*
Fans: Hello? Ace Combat? I'm sorry, i want you back.
I really want a trilogy for this generation now too. And here’s to hoping it’ll top even AC4, Zero, and 5! 🍻
Infinity can be better described as
Namco: "Hey guys, umm... want to play your favorite Combat Sim and Fighters for free?"
AC/Tekken/Soul Fans: Sure, but what's the catch
Namco: Freeinum
Fans: D:
Speaking of Infinity, even though it was freemium, it DID have a lot more planes than AC7 (F-15S/MTD, F-117A, Harrier, etc. . .), and those beloved co-op missions (I wish those had returned to AC7, but eh).
@@Slender_Man_186 I'd be ok with a re-master of 4, 5, and Zero (as long as they port to PC). Would tide me over for a few years until AC8 happens. Hopefully they'd take a good chunk of that time to make sure they get the story right and figure out a new boogy man.
@@BackgroundSpace Dear god you people have no idea about how beautiful a remake of 3 could be. It had the best story, the best mission structure, branching paths.... A mix of contemporary and futuristic weaponry. It was SO DAMN COOL but only let down by its limited PS1 hardware.
I am so lucky to have just watched your Ace Combat history video couple minutes ago, and don't have to wait for almost a year for the sequal
Haha same
As someone who had zero experience with the AC series before playing 7, I can definitely say I had no idea what was going on outside of "good guy nation attacked by bad guy nation and then beats them, followed by stopping a plot by the pilot illuminati to make drone fighters take over the world." Despite that and the fact that I do prefer realistic flight models in games, I really enjoyed my playthrough. I also knew the guy beforehand who did the english briefings for mage squadron; that was a trip lol
I loved 7's return to strangereal. The story did indeed, in the larger picture, make sense. However, I felt they couldn't decide on how to tell the story, AC4, AC5 or ACZ style, and just decided to do them all at once. This makes for overall weaker storytelling that was all over the place. I never felt any connection with my wingmen- if anything, I actually disliked Count by the end of the game, and after 5 replays on different difficulties, I still don't. Spends half the game being an ass and then suddenly because he followed me into the tunnel(For no reason or added benefit) I'm supposed to like him? It was also a bit on the short side. The music was once again amazing and I still listen to a lot of the tracks regularly. Here's hoping they take AC7 and improve upon the good parts and get a more coherent storytelling style back for 8!
Ac 5 sytle would have worked but they babbled into AC 4
I think they tried really hard to emulate AC5 with AC7, the whole you play as part of a squadron that is viewed as suspect and given a lot of shit for nothing was all rendered from AC5, the replaced Pop and Heartbrake 1 with new characters even if one is no longer on your side. And both accompanied you throughout almost the whole game, Pops more so but they remained relevant as did your squadron. And when you lost Choper you gained Swordsman who was the polar opposite of Choper but unique in his own way. That's where & deviates and not in a good way, and AC6 was a step back to just a wingman which AC7 is how you pretty much finish the game and I would have much rather had either Pixy or PJ instead of the dick they gave me, even here you find character similarities between those two and the squadron in the begining of AC7 like they tried to reboot a lot of past characters that I enjoyed yet with AC7 that familiarity with them just wasn't there. I still have AC AC2 AC3 AC4 AC5 and ACZ and enjoy jumping in and running through the campaigns AC4 AC5 and ACZ mostly. My favorite part is probably the end of ACG where the Yuktobanians Fly with you instead of against you while that epic ass song is sung and can't help joining the other pilots singing it as we fly to the mission start, not to mention orkanyaba "that would mean sky eye in your language" (the Yuk AWACS) was a lot friendlier lol.
>Waited for all DLC to release.
Kono: I’m about to ruin this whole mans career.
*Project Aces announces 25th Anniversary DLC, as well as a multitude of future planes being promised.*
I hope co op is one of them.
The F-15/MTD (or Active or w/e it's called) better be one of those new planes.
@@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920 That's a cool plane, but personally I'd prefer the F-15SE Silent Eagle.
We will most definitely get playable versions of the F-117A Nighthawk and AV-8B Harrier II since those are already in the game as NPC aircraft. They'll probably be released individually with some classic skins like they did with the F-4E Phantom II DLC.
@@Aurik-Kal-Durin I want an F-15 That can PSM, I mean the Russian side has what, 2 more Planes that can PSM than the US side?
I think It's not unreasonable to ask for.
@@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920 They could just make it so that all planes can PSM. Personally I don't care if it's unrealistic; this game already has a space elevator, advanced AI-controlled drone fighters, giant UAV aircraft carriers with force fields, and laser weapons.
Ace Combat 4 - Letters to the hero.
Ace Combat 5/ Ace Combat X - Accounts of the reporter on the scene of the war.
Ace Combat Zero - Documentary research.
Ace Combat 7 - Magazine article with interviews.
You forgot AC6...
@@SiphonRayzar I'm not very familiar with AC6 so I wasn't able to do it for it. But I think it was "A civilian account and a veteran's account of the war."
AC8 is gonna be a commentary on a 5D political compass. Lol.
Or a 5th dimensional being commenting on the war, that'd be funny as well.
@@SiphonRayzar It's DANCING WITH THE ANGELS!
@@lukasi.v4269 murph?
I never played an AC until AC7. I loved every bit of it. Sure, the stuff like "WTF is Erusea?" "What's the difference between Usea and Osea" plagued me at first, but I dived into it, and got hooked.
The music in particular caught my ear.
Time to get a ps2 "wink, wink, nudge, nudge"
@@RetroAmateur1989 Might as well grab an emulator instead. My computer certainly has the brute force to handle one easily.
@@Night4fingers I think the three you should prioritize are AC 4, AC Zero, and AC 5. Which is referred to as the holy trinity of AC games. And if you like the sound track in AC 7 you’ll definitely like them in these three.
@@ProsperingNerd808 Those were the ones that interested me most in the first place ^^
@@Night4fingers out of the three of them AC 5 was my personal favorite, mainly because you get to command your own squadron.
I mean, if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. My only complaint: too short and not enough aircraft (and there are plenty). So, big deal, poor me.
It has DLC, and is due to get more planes soon including a completely original aircraft not yet seen in AC
I bet one of them ends up being the Tempest
Would like the fenrir back :D
@DA Official No, those DLC are free. Remember, this game nearly didn't get made at all. Project Aces actually scrapped AC7 when it was 2/3 done and started again from scratch.
Besides, when you can do shit like this in the game ruclips.net/video/N3LBPQm-_NQ/видео.html I really don't mind the delays and stuff. They already gave this game months of replayability by introducing PSMs, and the way they implemented PSMs allows you to stretch that mechanic far beyond its intended scope. The fact you're not on rails like in DFM only serves to increase the fun factor of pulling off crazy manoeuvres.
Hey, love the video. You covered a lot of my feelings. I love this game, and being a member of this community has been a revitalizing experience for me, one that I'm very grateful for.
I do want to clarify the story complaints about whether it makes sense, however. The narrative throughline is fine and makes sense on a surface level, but the details that bridge one event to another are what make no sense.
For example: We are told that the Radicals are consolidating all of their milliary power around the ISEV. This is the most strategically valuable place ON THE PLANET. Dozens of planes are rallying to defend it. We know that the Radicals are violently oppressive, having executed civilians on Tyler Island.
So how does a fishing boat full of refugees make it through all the military forces that are undoubtedly congregating there, disarm them all without casualties, and run a pirate broadcast for twenty minutes without meeting any resistance? They did what Sea Goblin couldn't, breaching the space elevator without any losses? It sounds like Osea should hire Special Agent Rosa and Operator Avril to train their special forces.
Other issues:
Why did the Arsenal Bird facehump Stonehenge when we know it can snipe with airburst nukes? This was a MAJOR plot turning point, but this decision on the part of Erusea made no sense. If you know your enemy is building a weapon to take you out, why reduce distance?
Weird things just *happen* to advance the plot, and I don't think the writer spent much time thinking through the consequences of certain decisions before moving on. Part of me wants to say it was story rewrites, and there's a TON of things I know that I can't get into in a single RUclips comment. But at its core, I don't think the writer cared too much about consistency. Which is fine, the gameplay more than makes up for it.
I love this game. I love it to death. Anyone who knows me or what I do can tell you that. But I can't admit its narrative is anything but broken.
In regards to stonehenge, doesn't it have an extremely long distance? It was built for taking out meteors and we see in AC4 that it's pretty deadly at destroying aircraft from afar. I thought there was no safe distance the arsenal bird could escape to so it closed in on its location to destroy the last remaining gun.
@@SnicketySlice Travel time matters. If a sniper is trying to hit a target at 100 meters, varying your running speed isn't going to help the target very much. If they're trying to hit that target at two kilometers, varying movement will make that single shot nearly impossible. Now jack this up to 5000 kilometers, and it would be effectively impossible to hit as long as the target is varying speed and altitude at varying intervals.
For the Arsenal Bird to go to Stonehenge, it's the same thing as closing within handgun distance of your armed target when you've got a sniper rifle.
Dang boi. You make one excellent point.
Project Aces did have to restart development from scratch at one point and had to scramble to get the game done on time, so it wouldn’t surprise if there were rewrites. Part of me thinks they were two conflicting narrative themes between the “Dirty Dozen” convict crew vibe with Spare Squadron and the rise of unmanned warfare with the drones that they ended up mashing together due to lack of time. Hence why the narrative seemed disjointed at times.
Ace 6 did a pretty good job on that
Yeah there was so many characters to keep track of. Score based missions aren't my thing either, and I miss commanding the squadron and changing their planes. But I loved AC7 so much. The mountain pass mission was great
The mountain pass mission is actually a massive Area 88 reference lmao:
ruclips.net/video/ye2lMDuWFXY/видео.html
Before Halo MCC with Reach came out and MW 2019, it had been so long since I finished and had fun with a game that didnt follow trends. Thank god for AC7
Hell yeah, exactly how I feel about Halo and AC series
I couldn’t agree more. MW 2019 was that last great cod campaign “besides maybe Cold War” and Halo is king. AC7 is great
A masterpiece...
I still miss all my bombers and attackers from Infinity, though
I’ve never played an Ace Combat game before seven, but I did notice the EXTREME lack of dedicated attackers. Only two? An SU-34 and the A10. Don’t get me wrong, love them both, but I felt that the dedicated ground strike aircraft were definitely underrepresented and outnumbered by the multi-role and dedicated fighters. Don’t get me wrong, love them all, but I do wish I could do more bombing runs. also...hehe, A-10 go brrrrtttt
@@Waddedupnapkin Play AC:5 unsung war if you love these games. Plus Nagase is your wingman or rather Winggirl in AC5. :D
29:18 DON'T U C
CRISP WHITE SHEETS
DIRTY BOOTS
I'm dumb, wat?
14:00 I would like to point out, she is your mechanic only during the convict part, which is when Trigger is flying shittier planes that cant handle his skill.
So she IS needed during that part of the story to keep trigger going.
When she is not around (first and last arcs of the story) Trigger is properly part of the military and has access to decent planes and repair crews.
The problem with this is it doesn't require elaborate back story about her flying her jet illegally and getting shot down. That's where the issue is drawn. Why explain that she's a pilot, if she never flies again?
Late comment, but later mentions she mentions working on the planes still. She even comments that she gives your plane a "boost" on the final mission.
Well she was only your mechanic temporarily however she'll always be your tsundere tomboy waifu.
@@jamielonsdale3018 I think it was for a theme of having your wings clipped. She was young and cause a war with drones kicked off she was shot down and crippled,aka the bum leg, leaving he unable to pilot a plane again. The drones got its flying stlye from a legendary ace whose only goal was to fly again, and at the end of it he too lost his wings. Since the game was delayed so many times I feel there was supposed to more plot and cutscenes that were cut from the final game.
@@jamielonsdale3018 Because she IS NOT a pilot actually. She is just a mechanic that built a plane with her fam and friends the flew it once. It was more of a hobby that a profession.
"It's also notable that the VR missions have you playing as mobious 1" WHY DIDNT YOU START WITH THAT (first time paying attention to the video)
Mel Gibson was right about the Belkans!
Mel Gibson Lmao, that scientists voice actor IS famous in plenty of Anime's
I Heard him in ERASED a 1 Season Short Anime Thriller
Lmao based
8:26 flying without a transponder is pretty much illegal everywhere
Hobby flyer here.... Not exactly....
There are certain limitations but when it comes small craft of the single engine. prop-variety, you can take of and fly around in a limited airspace.
Did that myself a couple times, usually when just doing my circles around my airfield.
It is however a risk, not because you might be identified as a threat but rather if you have an emergancy, your local Info-station wont be able to accuratly advice rescue services to your location.
I fly gliders in the US. The only electronics I flew with were in my pockets, or a hand-held radio. No transponder. And I can fly all the way up to 17,999ft in 85% of the country without talking to anyone. Anything above requires ATC coordination (because airliners), 10% requires just being given an OK by ATC, and the last 5% is restricted airspace (i.e. Area 51)
In the U.S. at least you only need to squawk in controlled airspace. Fly out of a rural airstrip, stay out of class B/C airspace, and stay under 10,000 MSL or 2,500 AGL (whichever is higher), your bush plane doesn't even need to have a transponder, let alone turn it on. (Obviously you have to stay out of class A airspace, but the height limits keep you out of that anyway unless you're flying over high mountains in Alaska, in which case you have to stay under 1,500 AGL)
@@NozomuYume Yeah, but she took off in an F-104, broke the sound barrier, and flew to high altitude, near Osean fighters.
@@RealGracefulGoose Right, this was more of a response to the OP who said that "flying without a transponder is pretty much illegal everywhere", when it's actually legal over the majority of the planet, including the majority of U.S. airspace.
I would've prefer that the entire spare squadron gets pardoned and Trigger is the head squadron leader
The entire squadron was pardoned, I believe. But I'm personally glad we got rid of those ****ers Bandog and McKinsey and got some REAL teammates. Also, Lunch Caster == BEST AWACS
Honestly the death of high roller, full band and the guy who gives his life at the end all contributed to the narrative nicely.
I would have liked this
Avril should’ve became triggers WSO like Prez from project wingman
@@SleddingOnLuna People say her leg is crippled and also she has no knowledge on the subject, soo completely impossible. Though she should have been a constant mechanic in my opinion, maybe one who comments about the upgraded you get for your plane.
"Its easy to evade being damaged in PvP"
QAAM: *am i a joke to you?*
In multiplayer it practically every missile flys like a QUAM so I just fly like it is. It feels so weird going back to Single player after that! XD
Yes. Yes you are, QAAM.
@@Firesgone So wrong. Let me know when you've actually used every weapon in the game for 100 kills. I'll be kind and not expect you to get 100 kills with the air-to-ground weaponry.
@@jamielonsdale3018 I'm referring to the massive buffs to weapons that everyone uses in multiplayer. Regular missiles fly like base QAAMs due to this, along with most missile weapons.
I prefer to play highly mobile builds with the strategy of enduring until whomever I'm dogfighting makes a mistake and gives me a clear shot or is otherwise distracted, but with buffed QAAMs and massively buffed missile speed there is only time to dodge or otherwise break missile lock. So I just treat them like QAAMs unless I specifically know it's going to be. Especially if the shot was taken from close range or in a big dogfight.
Yeah I know other weapons play differently, the bombs, EML, that air-burst-wide-aoe-missile-I-can't-remember-the-name-of for a few obvious examples.
Doesn't mean I can't just lure them into a bigger battle (for distractions) or for bombing strats, just staying away from the ground and not flying in a straight line, same to deal with EML though that's more active for sure. My high mobility and keeping my head on a swivel means there is not much that can hit me without ambush tactics/conventional stealth.
Radar makes finding new targets/keeping track of looping missiles easier and I can always just avoid my counter builds anyways. Its not that hard to identify aircraft even without radar.
@@Firesgone A far more intelligent reply than I expected from someone who basically said 'every missile flies like a QAAM'. It's still wrong, but you didn't look dumb because your statement was a generalisation.
There is actually significant variation between the different missiles. Very few missiles will re-attack once they miss the first time. Standards with High-Speed Data Link Antenna, QAAMs, and a couple of other missiles if you exploit some fancy flying.
Your statement about counter-flying is intriguing, and I'd love to see how you address my playstyle, which is actually highly-reactive and neutral. If you have PS4, I'd definitely love to sortie with you a few times.
Thank you for giving me a respectful response to what was a somewhat derogatory/derisive comment.
Here is a brief list of 5 missile types that do not behave anything like QAAM. I chose not to use weapons that only appear on DLC aircraft:
SASM
LAAM
HVAA
HPAA
XAAM (X being a number)
Here is a brief list of the missile types that are similar to QAAM:
QAAM (duh)
SAAM
MSL with HSDLA
HCAA in rare circumstances for limited time
6AAM in very rare circumstances for limited time
I have no knowledge of how the IEWS affects special weaponry, or even if it affects them at all.
This was actually my first dive into Ace combat. I've always been a fan of flying games. From star fox on the N-64, to strike suit Zero and even the old star wars battlefront 2 space battles. But this game was an absolute blast. I actually really enjoyed the story and I will agree, Everything made perfect sense. Even the countries and how everything worked. The thing that would throw me for a loop was the tech, I came in expecting a modern world. But was met with an amazing slight sci-fi world that kept throwing new tech at me. One of my favorite moments being Mr. X showing up with a GOD DAMN RAILGUN strapped to his fighter.
good to see you enjoyed the game, If I were you I would give AC4 and AC Zero a try, AC Zero in special because it is the best in the series
Oh boy, you should play Ace Combat 5 Unsung War if you like this one.
@@LeiteArts10 I agree story telling wise it is best ac game
Want crazy tech? Play AC3 or ACX. Want a really good story? Play AC5. Want the OG modern Ace Combat gameplay and know about our lord Mobius 1? Play AC4. Want a bit of everything + epic battles + lots of lasers + knights? Play AC Zero.
Im just going to correct ONE point though
The Belkans only holds the hyper-futuristic technology and the Arms Industry (confusingly on how theyre still around)
The radical "Young Erusean Officer" borrowed/stole their tech and used Belkan scientists and engineers to develop their arms manufacturing for the Lighthouse War
Ssoooo.. Wasnt Belkans that made the uncertainty
#notallbelkans
#belkadidnothingwrong
Bandog wants to know your location
29:37
The true ace of our age. The graphics and soundtrack were a masterpiece.
"...all to please the fans."
I would say we are very pleased.
Not me
The story was hard to follow, but when you flew everything was fun and beautiful.
The main rival ace is a guy was willing to bring the whole world into an endless war just so he could fly the skies again. Remember, he literally sold out his kingdom to be a pilot for the Erusian military. He didn't care about the political stuff he just wanted to be the ace pilot.
In the DLC Count states that Trigger doesn't really say that much, he just kicks ass.
A major plot point is that there is fear that drones will make pilots obsolete.
You observe that it looks like Project ACES sacrificed the story in order to make the missions more enjoyable.
It's honestly frightening how well written this game was, considering how much effort was put into fanservice.
It's hard to follow when you don't play the series. I recommend you play AC:5 unsung war first. Then Ace Combat Zero and you pretty much got everything. Those my favorite AC game is AC5:unsung war... Best story in that one with great characters that you care about with Nagase as your Wingman or rather Winggirl. :3
LOL. Osea the good guy nation.
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@@vexingrabbit1824 Yeah, if only Ace5 and Zero Had Ace04 flight Physics - 0r If Zero Used AceX flight Physics as they were being made At the SAME TIME !? That would have been Perfect imo
I think I cried 3 times my first play throw my favorite mission is Stonehenge mostly because shattered skies was my first ace combat game
I almost cried when I got my AC7 Platinum =)
I saw stonehenge and my jaw dropped in awe
My first AC games were 5 and Zero. Somehow I missed 4 even though it was on the same system. I later played 6 and I couldn't finish the campaign. The gameplay was nice, the story was captivating, but I just never gave me the same feeling as the PS2 era of the games. Playing 7 is a breath of fresh air. I wish that they'd remake all of them. If they made an Ace Combat collection (similar to the idea of the Master Chief Collection that Halo has) I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
While I don't like the main plot that much, I do LOVE the story that's told through each mission. The combination of gameplay, dialogue and sountrack make it on of my favorite AC games, my favorite mission being Lost Kingdom; I love every part of that mission specially how the soundtrack slowly builds up from start to finish.
Harling didn't have any formal governing power at the time of the second Eurusian war, he was very much a pawn just like anyone else, thus his creation may have been the point of contention aka Harlings mirror.
The very theme of AC7 is ambiguity in the information age
To go even deeper into lore the ambiguity extends to previous games in light of ac7's events.
Maybe a world without boundaries wasn't wrong after all.
@@tamamonomae7465 AWWB was wrong. Erasing nations doesn't prevent conflict. Conflict is a part of human nature, but humans are also highly social so eventually they would form those nations once again. To put it the Metal Gear Solid way, you can reset the game to Zero, but Zero will always become One again.
I finally got around to watching this video! I gotta say, very well-represented. AC7's gameplay is by far my favorite in the franchise, it has all the features that make a good Ace Combat game with plenty of missions and plenty of aircraft. Especially thanks to the DLC, there is no shortage of content to enjoy. My main issue with the game is indeed the presentation of some of its story, particularly Avril. I did want to mention that the sound design in VR is actually, surprisingly, the same as the main campaign if you stick to cockpit mode. Also I love the multiplayer bit on here being as much of an afterthought to the video as it was in the game itself :P
Wait this game is on VR? Instant buy for me then. I loved AC6 and the other games so I feel like I'm going to love this game too.
@@ForwardBias There's three exclusive VR missions, as well as an airshow mode and a beautiful hangar viewer. The main campaign is not playable in VR, and this is only on PlayStation. But if you loved the other Ace Combat games, you'll love a lot about AC7, not just the VR.
@@SlyAceZeta awesome thanks for the heads up. I'll still enjoy the game either way :)
Those 3 missions were still enough to label them as one of the best VR experiences available. Of course it's not worth buying the whole game just for them, but they're a very neat addition.
His representation of multiplayer is reprehensible. Besides that, I'll agree with you.
Do you have a patreon or something so I can help bankroll your persona analysis series?
Edit: your other content is great too! Keep up the good work!
I do not. I do have a Ko-fi linked in the description though.
Always bloody love seeing a new upload on this channel, whatever the content
I would love for remasters of 4 and 5 with this engine
I think the ps4 preorder at least came with a port for Ace Combat 5.
XBox One got a port of Ace Combat 6.
PC got nothing unfortunately
I know they aren't remasters, but it is something
monckey4 I wanted Ace05 to be in Ace06 Graphics But most people have poor taste
If they retconned PSM into those games, I would absolutely play them again and again. I already played them for thousands of hours about a decade ago, but I've been spoiled by High-G and Post Stalls and now... Well you can't do this in AC04: ruclips.net/video/N3LBPQm-_NQ/видео.html
Or this for that matter, and this isn't even that intensive on the post stalls: ruclips.net/video/lqHCZed01jA/видео.html
Blake Lonsdale-Cook
Cant do this in 07
ruclips.net/video/av6uDDLR3sA/видео.html
Or this
ruclips.net/video/H7hx6UWgAr8/видео.html
“I’m going to eat while I work, my head goes fuzzy when I’m hungry”
Also I really do get goose bumps. Especially to the *ALICORN*
THANK YOU FOR CRISP WHITE SHEETS
I think the reason they have Avro and Tabloid separated from Trigger is simple: Nature of military operations.
When you transfer post, You really felt like all your friends and teammates are gone. Same with switching company you work at. That felling of or reunion after month of not years is truly… moving
Big thanks to Lucid for his special segment on the AC7 multiplayer.
Check out his BitChute: www.bitchute.com/channel/Nergal/
8:03 Thank you for the Macross reference. I feel like hardly anyone I know gets that reference since it was a series I grew up with as a kid.
8:25 building a supersonic fighter jet and launching it into the air without any kind of certification for neither the plane nor its pilot? On top of that departing without any recognition markings, no registration and probably no contact to ATC? Hell yeah you would get into a whole lot of trouble for that - even without a war unfolding around you.
Ain't it crazy that I get goosebumps every time I hear that ending song 😂. This has an epic ass soundtrack including game play
It's definitely a love letter and a major comeback for the series. It's like an apology letter for an abysmal Assault Horizon that they put out. Just what I wanted out of an Ace Combat game with an amazing soundtrack to boot. Even the visuals are astounding. Among the best 8th generation of gaming can offer. I'm that serious. Although, one major gripe I had with it is that there are missions that drag their ass for bit too long, and that's an issue for me because the game's very stingy with it's checkpoints. Previous Ace Combat games not being generous with checkpoints wasn't much of a problem for me because the missions were well structured that can be beaten fairly quickly if you know what you're doing. And I agree that the story doesn't do much justice, but I think it's adequate for an AC game. Though, I prefer the subtle nuance of AC4's story. AC4 in my opinion has the best narrative in the series. I'm looking forward to AC8. I'm even down for AC3 remake. The actual non-localized AC3. Not the one we originally got. And it can work because alternate branching paths, multiple endings and bold themes were refreshing for an Ace Combat game.
AC7 was excellent.
As someone who's relatively new to the franchise, I feel confident in saying its one of the best games in the current XBOX/PS generation.
I've played through it about 3 times, and I'm still not bored.
23:51 the chills. oh the chills. you know what? I'm going to go play the entire campaign of AC7 again just because I want to hear that song again
Skies Unknown is my first Ace Combat game after I watched Max0r’s incorrect summary of it and goddamnit this is the first game that has ever made me cry as hard as I did even on my 10th play through of the campaign. Before I die when I’m on my deathbed I’m going for one last dance with the angels.
If you like 7 you should also try 4.5 and zero the holy Trinity of the STRANGEREAL world
What best is the goddamm soundtrack and the sync hand down
Hell yeah
I loved the first one on PS1. Then I never got into the series.
I feel like I should... Same with Armored Core though..
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon reviewers:
(Chattering)
Aight, good game, I like it
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown reviewers:
uGh tHe StOrY iS NoN sEnSiCaL aNd iT SuCkS
To be' honest, Assault Horizon is not a bad game by itself and it's kinda fun (except the shitty dogfight)
But compared to even Ace Combat X, it's total shit
I mean, Ace Combat X's story isn't as great as the trilogy but it's a PSP game so yeah, but the gameplay is great and the plane selection is even better
to me the satellite outage will probably take a few years to fully fix
to me the more interesting incident is the shootdown of the f-104 since its classic mistaken identity shootdown caused by pilot error and i'd expect a load of inquires by the osean military especially the operations that were a disaster like sighthound
I recently bought this game with absolutely no prior knowledge of the series, and while the story was confusing at times, it never bothered me a ton and I just went "I may not know much, all I know is I must become a badass."
Ace 7 should have had the co-op point attack mode from infinity for multiplayer.
Turning in endless circles against human opponents is not fun
I honestly love how well put together this review is. I can't get enough of the subtle nods and not-so subtle nods to the other games in the series. It brings a sense of nostalgia to those that have played the previous games. With how you do these reviews I'd love to see you make a video on Project Wingman as well.
I really want remaster and remakes of all the Ace Combats prior to Seven.... except Horizon, we can leave that one out.
Really want ac6 to be backwards compatible. I mean it is but you can't play it unless you have the disc or pre ordered the game
its the current year
Yeah I don’t think it’s fair And it sucks that Ace06 is Still Only for Xbox!
Such a Stupid Move,
But it’s Also Not fair that Xbox players Can’t get Ace04, 05 and Zero :(
The story being quite messy in multiple areas is actually explained in Aces at War in the interview section. In an interview with Kono and Sunao Katabuchi (the latter being AC 7's writer as well as AC 5's and to a lesser degree AC 4's), Katabuchi himself mentioned that he basically wrote the entire thing in a week. It's not even hyperbole, and on top of that he was working on his adaptation of In This Corner of the World (novel set in WWII by Fumiyo Kono and adapted into an anime movie format by Katabuchi) during the time he was writing AC 7's story. At this point he pretty much sent PA his first draft with all the mistakes that come with it, and this is while remembering that his work on AC 5 felt too naively preachy when he had more time on his hands. It ain't even a case of Katabuchi being constrained either, since Kazutoki Kono only wanted to ask Katabuchi about writers that could work on AC 7 since Sunao has plenty of connections in the anime and manga industry. Katabuchi just ended up doing it himself thinking he could do Kono a solid, out of his own volition, without exterior constraints. He did have good intentions but overestimated his capabilities, which is why we get surprisingly dumb lines like how Schroeder's explanation justifies mass Belkan genocide. It's an unfortunate setback that happened early in development that Kono couldn't really reverse since that would mean going against authority, which is a no go for him.
Either way, I'd say AC 7 was good enough. I wouldn't put it above that due to the aforementioned rush that is showcased pretty clearly in the story's inconsistencies, core mechanics that could really benefit from a more weighty inertia model of sorts and the fact that the absolutely cursed plot armor from AH that is way worse than DFM would ever be still somehow, for some extremely dumb reason, was kept on Mihaly rather than altering the game's progression of events accordingly.
Edit: AC 7 MP is also EML and QAAM meta for the most part.
pls why
Yeah hopefully they’ll get it Right next time with gamplay that is,
Besides the Rushed work they should have time to Analyze things and make better
Woah woah woah, what did the doc say that justified Mass Belkan Genocide?!
I don't think I was paying enough attention if something like that slipped through.
@@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920 "My people scattered around the globe, living in the shadows of other countries. We had a new purpose... to breed wars"
Sounds like an admission that all of Belka is here to stir shit up to me.
Personally in my opinion 6 was my favorite gameplay wise. Story meh, I'll give it to 4. Kinda wished the gameplay felt more to 6. Just nits n bits felt off to me. Like take off and landing, along with the mechanics of the swept wing on the F-14 Tomcat. But the new mechanics with the cloud turbulence actually kinda loved. Added realism. But, 4-7 all have absolute amazing soundtracks. 6 has a few of my all-time favorites but overall all amazing
Have you ever played Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War? That has a truly epic soundtrack, and it’s own unique mechanics, with probably my favourite story of all of them. The climax is nail biting, and it’s story is remarkably profound.
He doesn't know about 3 **wheeze**
"I've been waiting for all the DLC to be released"
And we had a new DLC come out a few months ago. Ouch.