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you know this game is the reason why my name is ST4R *Revenger*

Say what you want about this game, but hot-swapping is brilliant.

I love playing this game. I just don't like the cops. Can I get NFS without the police?

Really great job on this I'm not even a big Ace Combat fan

I only have one complaint about AC 4....that damned _targeting system_ that would switch from high value targets to stuff like tents while under fire & dodging SAM's.

Is nobody gonna talk about win #69?

I like Hot Pursuit, but I do have a small complaint. Sometimes, I feel like the handling model doesn't really allow for the intense car combat I want to see. Cause the handling model makes the cars take a few seconds to initiate a drift or a turn, it doesn't allow for those split second reactions such as when some bum drops a spike on me. It's probably a reason why I prefer Rivals over Hot Pursuit (though that game is technically an entry in the HP spinoff) because Rivals' handling model is (imho) more responsive and snappy than that of Hot Pursuit

ACX in S tier, my dawg 🤝 Personally I'd rank AC6 higher than 5, due to it's higher replay value and (unfortunately now defunct) DLC system personally being more interesting than AC5's story to me, but I'm also very biased for the 360 era of games, so grain of salt and all that but overall, pretty respectable tier list.

this game is just ramirez jumping from MW2 to Battlefield 2

Ace Combat Zero is beautiful because it's one of the few cases where we actually _sympathize_ with the genocidal maniac final boss. Pixy's a lot like Oersted from LIVE-A-LIVE. They were genuinely good people who were systematically broken down by a fucked up world until eventually, something just *snapped,* and now the world itself is hearing boss music.

7:14 I love how they made the car spin like a UFO on signature takedowns.

Masterpiece? What?

Expert BF2MC campaign player here your points are spot on! But the 360 edition has different gameplay compared to the PS2/XBOX including the broken hitboxes that are notoriously bad they were not always like that it’s the 360 edition that made everything janky and it removed several features such as secret objectives where you play all the maps to destroy sea mines or trucks and other such things and spawn type of units were added or removed for the 360 edition which is highly noticeable on In and Out oh and finally smokes suck your gamma is decreased to this dark light PERMANENTLY until you leave the missions if you ever interact with smokes

18:20 you are slightly wrong on the story, Underground and Underground 2 is the prequel of Most Wanted since we know this from Rog and Carbon its a prequel and also a sequel for Underground and Most Wanted

11:02 Loved the slander of War Thunder, it couldn't be more true though. 😂

I could smell rule 34 littery rule 34ing everything ans what did ace combat do to rule 34 bro😭 rule 34 shouldn't have exist

I'd probably go: S: AC04, AC5, AC2 A: AC7, ACZ, AC6 B: AC:AHL+, AC3 C: AC Haven't played the others, but I've gotten my hands on the PSP games, and AC:AH, gonna try those out at some point.

AC5 does have multiple special weapons per plane, you just have to get X number of kills to unlock them. It's indicated by the little bar underneath the aircraft name in the list. Kinda weird, I know.

Here’s my list of all I’ve played 1. Ace Combat Zero It’s just clearly the best in the series 2. Ace Combat 7 Clean gameplay, decent story, good replayability 3. Project Wingman (I’m counting PW) Good game, amazing soundtrack 4. Ace Combat 5 Good story, somewhat lackluster gameplay, but still a good one, and the first one from the holy trinity I played 5. Ace Combat 6 Mid story, alright gameplay 6. Ace Combat 04 The gameplay just feels worse than all of the others, even some of the games that came before it. There’s only really a few missions I ever feel like replaying 7. Air Combat Just outdated.

🤖Bulls Eye. 🤖Bulls Eye... 🤖Bingo! 🤖😊🤖

The XBO is the Prototype of the Flying Fortress seen in the first game's final mission. It may be Retroactively stated but yes the Military Coup d'état you fight against in the first game source their shit from the Belkans. It's ALWAYS the BELKANS!

Every time I see ace combat infinity a tear runs down my face I miss this game so much

My favorite is AC2 and that's all because of my extreme biased opinion, except for one thing, that is the briefing map that hasn't been surpassed in any AC in the series, there's no AC game where it has this detailed map screen. Of course AC5 has its production value with the story based cutscenes using the map for briefing and AC7 goes even further to illustrate the operation goes even in times of crisis, which was really cool, but there's no way after that you can peruse the map yourself with rich details of every target to assess the mission details yourself like in AC2. If I could put down the rosey glasses aside I would say that objectively the best AC game in the series is AC3. AC3 did a lot for the series, it's the biggest game, it's the only game that has this much rich detail to the flying, the only one that has momentum and weight to everything, and speed that has never been reached again. (AC3 is the only game that has this detail that it shows you the target you choose, its trajectory with a simple triangle near the target you choose, so you could meditate an angle before the jet reaches you to shoot it down, which adds more depth to dog fighting). many AC games has this escalations in how global the threats are you're dealing with, AC3 has this under the surface struggle that looms over everything, this dystopian omnipotent existential threat that you feel in every ending that never been revisited again in the series. AC3 did so much for the series as if the devs get all their most deep fears and desires out, so other games that came after could thrive on making much more human stories.

I would definitely put all of the ps2 trilogy in s tier since they were some of the first games I've ever played in my life. Great list, though!

Zero at the top of the list where it belongs 👌

I remember playing Ace Combat 4 long ago when we first got our PlayStation 2. It hooked me right away. I continued through the holy trinity and I credit the series as a major influence in my career path.

i get games are suppose to be escapes from reality. but does no one remember having fun grinding races and getting faster lap times in the process so they can buy that car they wanted? the problem isnt the price of cars, its your reluctance to grind a racing game

8:16 I'd also put near the border aka the. Credits music. On ace combat fans channel, near the border got 1 mil. Views before zero. I know that means nothing. But near the border id say it's arguably better than zero or a close competitor.

Acecombat zero is the best ace combat game in the series and that's the hill I'm willing to kill on. I remember renting it the first time from block buster (I'm old I know) and getting all the way through the campaign, not understanding the ace meter at first. When I got a copy of my own, I played it over and over digesting every intricate detail, loving the preambles and Easter eggs to the unsung war. Everything about this game is perfect from Pixy's iconic paint job, the blended media of the cut scenes, the amazing music, and the gut-wrenching story if betrayal, and loss with the melancholy victory at the end. Ace combat zero will forever be the gold standard of an ace combat game as far as I'm concerned. Stay awesome!

hey! i noticed you have some graphic setup for playing the ps2 games, which settings did you use to make the games look that pretty?

Ace combat 7 is bullshit honestly... it took everything bad about the ps2 Era games and refined all the worse parts of it...

X was my first Ace Combat game and is still one of my favorites alongside Ace Combat 3/ The Holy Trinity. So happy to see it get S tier

AC7 > AC 5 and 6 bruh... AC7 is barebones in almost everything Should be at best 2nd to AC:I

You’re shitting on capitalism, on the Internet, on TH-cam, about Ace Combat, a video game, about cutting edge aircraft, all of which only made possible by capitalism. Miss me with that shit.

This was the first for me and it holds a special place in my heart and in my TH-cam handle

So hyped for ace combat 8 being announced this year

Infinity is S for me.The game has the best multi player of any ace combat (pvp and pve) and oh man the gamemode with 4v4 fleet against fleet was amazing.I’ll also add that this is the only ace combat where you can play bomber as long as you want and finally the only game where you still spend Time on it because of updates.While the other ace combat is literally finish the campaign,start again in ace difficulty mode,try pvp (1h of gameplay) then finish the game in 1 week and delete it and procede to wait 8 years for the next game.

This was always my favorite Ace Combat game too, I got 5 first, went back to 4 then found this holy Grail and it took me months to find a copy but I played it to absolute death 100% and then over and over thank you for the nostalgia trip I needed a pick me up today

My first experience of an old game I enjoyed “dying” was Mercenaries 2: World in Flames on the Xbox 360. On the main menu, the game would connect to Pandemic Studios to show news about what the studio was working on. For some reason, the game was dependent on this, so when Pandemic went out of business, the server got shut down, and when the game couldn’t connect to the server, it just crashed the whole Xbox. Funny enough, the code that made the connection happen was installed via update, so if the game was played on a 360 with no internet connection and no updates installed, it still works.

Born in the early 90s, & grew up with this series. Ace Combat was my introduction to not only my love of the games, but also my love for airplanes/aviation & military equipment(s). Still have my original copies of: Air Combat, AC4, AC5, ACZ, ACAH, & AC7. Sold off AC6 & ACX sadly. The "Holy Trinity" in my own opionion, I'd put AC4 higher than AC5 or ACZ because of 2 major things: Storytelling & it's groundbreaking gameplay. I loved the way each type of aircraft, had a unique heavy or light weight feeling to them. None of AC4s missions were ever boring to me. They all had such a wonderful atmosphere to them, even if the "score attack missions" did draw out for at least 15 to 20 mins long. AC5 is a mixed bag in my own opinion. Granted being one of the longer games in the series, what falls short for me is of course not being able to choose a special weapon for your aircraft. The story is good, but not great compared to AC4. Some missions were too drawn out, or just not very imaginative. Example: Ancient Walls. That mission to rescue President Vincent Harling, I just wanted it to end. Granted the song in that mission was a real banger! Also the scale of battles in AC5 compared to AC4, isn't as large like "Tango Line" or "Whiskey Corridor". Such examples: "Powder Keg" or "Desert Blitz", were kinda remeniscent of said missions, just not enough deal with & blow up at times. Heck what was missing BIG TIME in AC5, was an "RTB line" to repair & rearm your plane! ACZ is definitely a step up from AC5. The soundtrack in this game especially: PURE GOLD ✨️✨️✨️ "Zero" is & always will be THE GOAT of Ace Combats theme songs!! Glad that choosing your aircrafts special weapons, makes a return in this game. But getting to choose your wingmans aircraft, has been removed to sticking to their story cannon plane. Loved the edition of the "Assault Records", getting to know each & every enemy Aces backstory & epilogue. Some of them even reading with: Details reguarding with this pilots information is unknown. "Eric Klinsmann" for example, flying "Yellow 013s" color scheme, looked very suspecious but of course had to be a funny easter egg & non-canon. If I were to place each & every Ace Combat game on my tier list that I've played: S rank being AC4 & ACZ. A rank being AC5, AC7, & ACX. B rank being AC6. C rank being Air Combat. D rank being ACAH. The other games "AC2, AC3, Joint Assault, Infinity, Assault Horizon Legacy, & Advance" I've not played myself. Never got the chance to either purchase them, or they just weren't on my gaming radar list at the time. But I did managed to try out a demo of AC2, back when PS1 demo discs were a thing in the 90s. Overall Ace Combat really holds a special place in my heart, just like "Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Spyro PS1 Trilogy, & Killzone" series combined. I'm really hoping that AC8 whenever it is revealed, to be a fantastic package awaiting to be discovered!

I agree with almost everything you said. I think AC5 is in fact an S tier game, 2nd only to AC Zero.

I bought Armored Core 6 when it launched. Haven’t played it yet. I’m now going to play it so I can safely watch this video.

The only thing I would really change is moving AC5 from A to S, even if it’s at the bottom of S. In my opinion, AC5 has the best story, and that’s why I would put it there. I always felt like each game in the “Holy Trinity” has one thing that stands out, and one thing that holds it back. Between the three, I couldn’t pick one that’s my favorite. I feel like AC5 tells an amazing story and has really nice gameplay, giving you not one, but three wingmen, and you can choose their planes. The only thing I don’t like about it is not being able to choose SP weapons.

I feel like Ace Combat: Assault Horizon should be bumped up at least a tier or two for the variety and new things it tried, and it's multiplayer. Of course DFM and all associated mechanics are a major stain, but the bomber and helicopter missions were fun new additions, and the multiplayer had some fantastic game modes where you could actually take out helicopters and bombers to complete objectives, requiring your fast jet teammates to cover you while you began a carrier assault or worked to clear a control zone.

I agree with you 100% on everything Especially with the need of an "Infinity" Style Ace Combat to come back someday, I loved grinding those events and get MVP emblems alot, Hopefully they revisit that idea someday.

Pixy <<You fired up? Come put me in S Tier!>> i could hear that echoing through the video in my mind.

I'd place AC5 on S tier, because of the variety of aircrafts you get to fly, as well as the story. switching sides, espionage, super weapons, and the mission variety, you get fleet battles, escort, recon, close air support, betrayal, escape, switching sides, search and rescue, counter terror, etc. It was just an all amazing package. A few features from other games could have made it into this game such as the return line system and the multiple special weapons per plane. But given the amount of aircrafts available it is understandable, since for a lot of the aircraft despite having multiple special weapons in other games, you're usually using the one that's iconic with the aircraft anyways, such as the XLAA with the F-14, XMAA with the F-22, etc, since there are other planes with other weapons that does the job better.

In all seriousness, removing the Handheld entries as I had never touched them, I agree 100% on how this rankijg tree shaped up.

awesome video Folf! I was gifted ace combat 4 when I got my first ps2 at 7yo, still one of my favorite games of all time and appreciate it even more going back to it from an adult lens, been slowly getting though the other games starting with electrosphere to get the full strangereal experience

at age 6, AC 4 was my first video game ever - didn’t know it would be all downhill from there 😂.