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@@ajm20151 I see you too are a man (or woman) of culture 😌

@@stehilton35 Series X is a truly awesome platform for multigenerational gaming. You’ll enjoy it!!

@@charc3345 I expect they will rarely if ever produce movies as good as this was from now on, too.

I’d play it

@@atinyatinyatz Marvel really had such a good ten year run, and then they bungled it!

@@DeadBatteryRed I want to play 2 soon and make another video!

Thank you! 🙏🏻

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@@milindchouhan5248 Me too! I’m overdue for a replay of 2 and 3. I played 1 again for this video and wanted to keep going, but didn’t get to it yet

I didn’t know Siege ever had a T-hunt mode!

Meaning, good? 😂

Good seeing you again! Thank you for watching! I truly appreciate it

🤣 Honestly, AH doesn’t even need a remake. It plays and looks great still. But man, it’s a serious bummer I can’t play it on Xboxes newer than the 360. And of course the PS3 version is confined to that hardware as well. So maybe it does need a re-release 🙄

@@joespeed1952 What’s that??

@@brentsacks Imagine DCS or falcon bms but more digestible and you can reach out and touch the controls. its fairly realistic and has a lot of procedures and buttons but theyre simplified a bit. its really good if you really want realism and immersion, and if DCS is just a bit too much to set up or invest time in learning, and you happen to have a VR headset laying around. its not really cinematic like top gun or ace combat though, even if being in the cockpit is really cool. its still shooting at dots and occasionally close dogfighting.

I’m not sure if the air combat genre is dying because no games are coming out, or if no games are coming out because the genre is dying. But if they resurrect this franchise, I think it would almost certainly be profitable!!

​@@brentsacksoh man with the way Ubisoft is doing rn, I'd say it's probably for the best they're probably gonna made the game online only ala R6 Siege or The Crews, and charge you more egrigious cosmetics for your planes than even AC Infinity was, let's not forget all the collabs that had fuck all to do with the franchise like Arknights

@ well, when you put it like that, I agree with you 😂 🥲

​@@brentsacksI wish I was being sarcastic, but one would put it past modern Ubisoft to actually did all the things I've mentioned, and finally took the game away from everyone's uPlay accounts like they did with The Crew 1 last time when the plane licenses expired

@ No, you’re spot on. They would find a way to introduce BS into the formula and ruin it. I talk about this a lot on my channel, but I crave the era of games when they were simpler. More focused. Fewer moving parts. HAWX and AC are perfect examples of that. I shudder to think of all the BS Ubi could introduce to ruin it

HAWX is interesting because it’s simultaneously *more* hand-holdy with ERS mode but also *less* with assistance-off mode. But yeah I agree, I enjoy the added challenge of realistic driving games, and I think I would enjoy the same added challenge if one of these arcade flight combat series cranked up the realism more.

Both games seem very impressive

Honestly this sounds effing sick. I love shooting a hundred missiles per sortie as much as the next guy, but making do with 2-8 missiles in one sortie would make for such an interesting dynamic. Maybe they could have you take control of multiple aircraft per mission to keep it realistic but also still fun for the player

@@brentsacks it's definitely worth picking up if you've got the time. It has a variety of aircraft that keep getting expanded as the game is updated. The last update added for all intents and purposes its own spin on the AC-130

oh hey, a fellow NO enjoyer. yeah, its like a good blend between Ace combat and Project Wingman, and more realistic flight games like VTOL and DCS. Its very sandboxy, which is why i like it. you could also make (or just download from the workshop) some cool missions that lean toward scripted AC missions as well. the combat and flight mechanics are much more in depth too, without being too procedurey like DCS. Dropping nukes will never not be cool either (until that one AI or griefer sacrifices your entire airbase to hit an enemy truck lmao, but thats being weeded out)

Yep. I found AC7 a little wanting. I haven’t tried Project Wingman yet but it continues to rack up great endorsements. I should probably get on that.

I haven’t tried it, but I should look into it! Reducing missile lock on ranges is such a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it forces encounters to be close up and more interesting. On the other, it makes you feel ineffective and weak. Kind of like how in the original Splinter Cell, they made the pistol horrendously inaccurate because they didn’t want it to become a crutch. But it feels _so_ inaccurate that it makes you wonder why Sam is such a bad marksman or why he’s carrying such a garbage pistol. There’s a fine line between the two extremes, and I think AC7 and SC both landed on the wrong side of it.

Is this a quote from one of the games? 😰

@@brentsacks yep)

I figured 😩

Ugh yeah, it’s definitely not for everybody. Don’t try it in VR!

Maybe so! I think the audiences who liked Ace Combat games aren’t necessarily the same people who would like the realistic sim games like DCS and War Thunder. But both seem freaking sick to me, just haven’t tried them yet

And like it or not, AC7 sold over 5 million copies worldwide. I like AC because I always like the story writing. I don't like WT or similar PVP games because I don't like PVP and their microtransaction aspects. I don't play DCS because I know I will not enjoy a sim when what I want to do is to blow stuff up. AC is not dead, and it is far from that. And it is precisely because AC7 is sold on PC ("rise of PC gaming") for the very first time, they achieved the all-time sales record in the franchise. Saying arcade-style air combat lost all of its appeal because having more access to more realistic games sounds odd.

More realism doesn’t equal more fun. I enjoy modern fighter stuff more through over-the-top crazy Ace combat. Realistic missile combat is dogshit. Realistic prop planes and gun fighting is *alright*. Ace combat was always right in a sweet spot before the limit of “too arcadey” for me, I started with AC4 and got to use the awesome PS2 HOTAS system with AC5 for many hundreds of hours till it wore out. ASSault Horizon didn’t convince me to finish it. I get what they’re going for with the intensity, fine. They wanted to bring us to the fantasy. My hangup is not realism, it’s control. I do not ever want my plane sliding uncomfortably in a direction I didn’t tell it to just to show me the half-playable cutscene of it whizzing by buildings. It’s “unrealistic”, I mean this in a very specific sense. It’s not because you’re pulling too many G’s, or operating way outside of the “real” specs of the plane or whatever, it’s because the movement is **unintuitive** and jarring. It’s great to exaggerate what these machines can do way beyond realism for the rule of cool. I love that. Black out the sun in a swarm of hyper drones and let me cut through them with a laser, whatever. But I should never be confused by what my plane is doing or feel like I lack agency. There should never be a disconnect from input to action, even if the actions the “character” (plane) can do are “unrealistic”. If I’m not in control there’s no fucking point, just make a movie instead of a video game.

This is an utterly absurd take. More realistic mechanics aren't superior mechanics, they're just more realistic. DCS and AC7 are straight-up not even in competition with each other. Not a soul on this Earth has ever made a mutually exclusive choice between taking two days to learn how to cold start an F-4 in a DCS module or firing 90 AIM-9s at a superweapon in Ace Combat. They're totally different appeals. The original Operation Flashpoint got an Xbox port in 2003, and alongside it there were titles like the original Ghost Recon and early R6 titles. By your bizarre reasoning, that should've been enough to stop titles like Call of Duty from ever gaining a foothold in the market and we'd all be playing OpFlash right now instead.

@ Agreed, more realistic does not equal superior

Definitely would like to try it someday! I looked into it a few years ago but it seemed like kind of a time commitment

I definitely know what you mean. The highly scripted and directed nature of AH comes at the expense of player freedom. I am definitely due for a revisit of AC7. I didn’t think it improved on 6 in the gameplay department, and I didn’t think it learned any lessons from AH either. But I wonder if I would enjoy it more now than I did three years ago. Definitely curious to try VR. Between Star Wars: Squadrons and Project Wingman, those are two I haven’t played yet but the VR option is intriguing. I don’t have a headset either, but that’s minor details 😅 Wow I said “definitely” 3 times 😂 where’s my editor?

As always, too kind 🙏🏻

AC7 was pretty much a return to formula in a way I found fairly disappointing

Love this 👏🏻 I really want to play 4/5/0 but haven’t taken the time to figure out how without a PS2

Thank you 🥹

Yes! Yes! Yes! Good takes. 💯

@brentsacks also,I love the Heavy gun suppression mechanic. It forces you to use your allies to take fire off of you which i appreciate or to move instead of sticking to cover. I also really like being able to have my AI squad prioritize enemies in the field,with me prioritizing snipers in High positions/RPGS/Heavy Gun placements/or Reinforcements arriving

@ Totally. I don’t know why the suppression mechanic disappeared. It’s thrilling and effective and stretches you tactically!

@@JakeSmith-mq5dc Would you say that the Dragon Ball adaptation has elements of realism?! I haven’t seen it 😳

@@brentsacks Don't recommend watching it. I haven't seen it in a while, but the opening sparring session kind of had Kung Fu Hustle vibes before Stephen Chow left from creative differences. Then it became a generic Hollywood action movie. In other words, I'd say it had a little formalism in some action sequences (not the climax unfortunately). It's been on my mind because it's surprising how they had all these puzzle pieces to make this a big successful franchise but still fumbled it spectacularly

@@JakeSmith-mq5dc where have we heard THAT story before...

@@brentsacks Tell me about it, but seriously, if they played their cards right. They could've revitalized the 2000s Kung Fu craze and dipped into the budding Superhero adaptation fanbase. The source material is already steeped in Western cinema, they had Toriyama and Stephen Chow on board as well with open minds. Heck, the staff reportedly became lifelong Dragon Ball fans, so the passion was there. I think the Screenwriter and the director got in the way.

Omg yes 😂 👊🏻 I see you too are a man of culture

@ we are currently in the “potato famine of videogames”, I’m glad people like you are keeping the names of this jewels in the algorithm o7

@@armandoguerra7658 Thank you!! Share with your friends 🥲

@@alexfrost2799 nice profile pic!

@@brentsacks thank you! Made it myself a long time ago

@@smirnoff242 it was really the peak online gaming era. I miss it

I do too, although I think Endgame and IW are #2 and #3! I actually ranked them that way on my last MCU rewatch a couple years ago

@@armandoguerra7658 Yep!

@@brentsacks I should have had elaborated that this movie is beyond anything else the mcu has done, before and after, to the point that saying it’s part of the mcu is an insult to the movie

@@armandoguerra7658 😂 I support this

@@ethanantofficiall1991 I’ve always wanted to get around to the SOCOM series but never have

@@brentsacks Yeah I like SOCOM's 3 is the peak before Fireteam Bravo, Tactical Strike, or Confrontation lmao. They just started having socom babies after that.

@@ethanantofficiall1991 😂

This is low key a truly meaningful comment 😭 Thank you and welcome back!!

😂 ❤️

It’s on my list to try/buy!! Seems like a good time 🙂

It's an adorable game, would also very much recommend, or pay directly to support the Devs if you can

Yes, yes, it’s all coming together 😎

@@shaunthefriendlylesbian2950 I definitely plan on buying it at some point. It's on my wishlist.

Good question 😅😅😅 I’m just doing what I can. Thank you for watching and for the kind words though 🥹

agreed. top shelf content.

@@scottmoran7432 🥹

Yeah, it’s a good time! The more I play it, the more I have gotten the hang of it and increasingly enjoy it. Thank you for watching and writing!!

@@MercyBot7 I know. Absolutely tragic

@brentsacks he was a good man, and a man who's writing and work helped a lot of us marines cope and at the very least accept our experiences. I'm devastated to see him go, but many brothers have came and went too due to the same images.... he may have been a reporter, but he seen what we saw... over his career maybe more.

@@Darren_117 💯 Feels very believable for a superhero movie

💯 Too true, my friend. Too true

@@brentsacks the only thing the previous games did better is give you more anti-armor capability with rocket launchers

@@gamesucks3092 good point! I really miss GRAW 2 and I never beat 1. I should go back to those

@@brentsacks yeah man you should deff look back...I replayed GRAW 2 recently and forgot how hard it was!

I remember at the end of GRAW 2, they give you a rating/title that’s supposed to encapsulate your play style, and the one I got was “Ghost” which made me unreasonably happy 😂

Thank you! I'm excited to go back one day

@@slipstream7324 lame?? Why?

@@brentsacks the original voice actor for captian michell was unique. in this game he's just wolverine still an excellent game and video. i just liked the original Scott

@@slipstream7324 I don’t know if Mitchell appears in any of the games prior to GRAW but he has been the actor since GRAW