It's no worse than the previous games. Zero is infinitely more cringey than 6... And that's coming from someone who first played them when I was 22 or so.
We only got to choose the plane for one wingman, but that made everything. Ace Combat 7 lost that character on me when no one called the player “Captain”
Man, when you think about it, these national defense guys are pretty shitty, aren't they? Like, they have only one job. Protect the city. And they let a horde of hundreds of plane go into the heart of their capital city unnoticed. I mean, what were they doing? Sleeping on the job while the radar is beeping nonstop?
To be fair they were able to completely reduce an invading force before the nimbus missles forced a retreat. That's more than you could say for most other airforces in Ace Combat. But yeah, letting your enemy completely bypass all airborn defenses and bomb the hell out of your runway and capital is hilariously boneheaded.
The dialogue may be cheesy, but this game- specifically, this series on TH-cam- is what got me into the series. Hoping to eventually get my hands on it
"Please be safe...." Hits home for some reason. Idk why, it just shows how afraid Shamrock is for his wife and daughter. Sounds like me in a way. Maybe that's why.
I remember playing the demo which featured this mission countless times on the Xbox, since my parents weren't willing to buy it cause it was expensive. It was my favorite game and this video is super nostalgic
honestly this was one of my favourite games of all time, and im really glad i preordered AC7 so i could play this game again, brings back really good memories
Yeah. Estovakia: Flying Aircraft Carrier Yuktobania: Submarine Aircraft Carrier Osea: Giant plane/spaceship that fires lasers. Erusea: Flying Aircraft Carrier but for drones (even though they were made by Osea) The AC world loves making things involving aircraft carriers apparently 😂😂 Honestly give it like 5 years and we’ll probably see the US making arsenal birds and China making Alicorns. 😂😂
I still come back to this game specifically because of how good the smoke effects and everything are. (And the huge battles in this game too) For some reason in AC7 they didn't do what they did here, in that game the smoke just disappears right away. Pretty lame.
I find it odd how within a minute or two after the bus left, Matilda’s bus is somehow on the bridge and Melissa assumes Matildas dead because she saw her bus. Then again this is coming from a guy who’s played the campaign to ac7 and still doesn’t know which side he was on in that war.
ES21007 Agreed. Ace Combat has cheesy dialogue here and there but I feel like it just went into overload in 6, especially with that stupid kid and wife. I loved the stories of 4,5, and 0 but hated 6’ when I first played it.
Man, I play the PS2 trilogy all the time, this managed to be worse. You can see how good the new generation (at the time) was better on the gameplay, but in these cutscenes? Amateur af.
"That iron giant is the pride of Gracemeria, our capital city." That looks too damn much like San Francisco. "In the old quarter of the city across the bridge," You mean, Marin County? "You can make out an ancient castle." Sausolito?
Yeah, it's ok. AH has more advanced graphics, (Especially on the PC version.), but it was kind of squandered because the art style and environment just doesn't look as cool. It seems to me that AC7 will have a visual feast at the same time as utter annihilation of Eruisian forces!
I hate how in one of the end cutscene, the guy says they are not cowards for doing what they did. No...pretty sure attacking a nation BEFORE they even knew you had declared war on them is cowardly
Ya see, I love the old games where your boss enemies or enemies in general are actually fighter pilots, and you feel like you're facing a fellow man, just fighting for what they believe in. Ace Combat 7 comes; DRONES. FUCKING DRONES.
Funnily enough, that's how it was in Ace Combat 2. It took for the remake Ace Combat Cross Rumble to finally introduce squadrons and human pilots, but Z.O.E. is quite old in the series. And don't get me started on Electrosphere.
Best graphics and aircraft details in the series outside of AC7 by far. Play 6 and then play 5 and You will see the difference, 6 is the only AC to have navigation lights on the aircrafts, I don't even think they are in AC7, I haven't seen any in any of the gameplay videos. I love 6, I'm so happy they have 6 as a pre-order bonus for XB1. It was a bad decision to make it an Xbox exclusive! If You haven't played 6 You need to!
@@SwedishFarmer94 AC 6 will be backwards compatible soon for XB1 and If You pre-order AC 7 for XB1 You get a digital code to have AC 6. If you pre-order for PS4 You will get a digital code for AC 5.
When I first played this game and saw the beginning cutscene I thought, "Oh is our character married to this woman? And with a child too? I like the change in pace." When I finished the the game throughout, all I could think of was "well what the fuck was the point of these characters? We never met the husband of Melissa and the father of Matilda nor was he even really mentioned in gameplay." They seemed to throw these characters in all for the disappointing minor role in the final mission. And they never made any attempt to give these characters some sort of role in the actual plotline. Garuda was only really mentioned once or twice in the cutscenes and not even by our "main characters." If you can even call them that.. I don't mean to sound triggered or rant, but I mean... come the fuck on Namco, you're better than that. ANYWAYS.... I'm done with that.. carry on. 😌
Pretty sure one of the Garuda took his place Viking style after killing whoemver shot him down. Hell, maybe someone shot the guy down, then the killer was shot down by AA or another Temerian pilot, who was in turn killed or saved by Garuda. Either way, they both just got a war hero as their husband and father, albeit Shamrock is crippled.
So if thats Anea...and in AC5, the Hrimfaxi was in Anean waters...that was all north of Yuktobania....so why isn't Yuktobania on this map? Or the rest of the Continent?
The map is zoomed in on only Anea. The Hrimfaxi was in the Northern estovakian waters. If the map zoomed, then you would've seen Yuktobania, Osea, and the other countries.
They should make a VR version of this game I would buy it in an instant I love this game so much can't wait for Ace Combat 7 but it probably won't be as good as this
bro in the beginning i expect it to be a peaceful cutscene but then that jet js appeared outta nowhere and absolutely destroyed that bridge and castle😭😭
If i had a nickel for every time I heard "we can't hold out much longer" in acecombat games...
I wish this was backwards compatible for the Xbox one
If I had a nickel for every time the first mission is about shooting bombers in ace combat games...
InfinityWizard Wed be fuckin able to fund ace combat 8 - 20
Justin Nielo I think you're gonna get another nickel, as the Ace Combat 7 trailer had a bomber in it...
Theghostanihalater and everyones uni fees
" Garuda 1, you call the shots! "
Garuda 1: *Doesn't speak a single word the entire game*
"A clash between two titans swayed entirely by a single mute psychopath."
- Max9r, Project Wingman review
Cause it's supposed to be you..the player as the pilot dumbass🤦🏻♂️
04:35 I love this takeoff sequence so much. The coordination of confidence and confusion.
I agree.
Garuda 2: "Never was good with directions anyhow."
You are a PILOT.
I think he meant giving orders
@@MyMikaa Good point.
Script could use some better translation.
@@visions91 It was more a play with words, so translation is fine.
I think he said it to lighten the mood.
You're a PILOT.
You don't look for directions.
You fucking FLY!
"May the Golden King smile upon us" is infinitely better than "Dance with the angels"
Change my mind
You know what I think? You can go dance with the angels buddy.
it helps that they said that only once
I feel like Melissa is trying to tell the story poetically and failing miserably
That's every AC game. The Japanese writing is super tropey
@@jaber4life but certainly not as bad as this
Cheesy is typical, but AC6 is pure cringe.
It's no worse than the previous games. Zero is infinitely more cringey than 6... And that's coming from someone who first played them when I was 22 or so.
@@Domi39 it's only Thompson's chatter for the most part that's cringey
one of the things I like about ac6 is seeing the smoke trails from the missiles and jets run through the sky, it makes the battles look epic
Really wish the PS2 games had this.
If only were to make remastered version of the ps2 versions with those smoke trails would be godlike
+Gabriel87100 I guess AC zero the belkan war have this feature
Gabriel87100 AC6 effects like contrails and missile smoke are so strong, a little disappointed 7 drew back on those effects
@@JangoPeppers also the missile tracking in AC6 is godlike, almost like those irl. AC7 took it away...
"Go dance with an angel, mom"
Lowkey kid tells her mom to suicide.
"go PJ yourself momma"
I always figure she's telling her mom to go fuck off lol
@@OniFeez Honestny AC6's story feel better if you replace "Go dance with the angel" with "Go fuck yourself"
"excuse me while I cringe into oblivion, child"
Go watch the lip synching, Mom!
I love how the dialogue between pilots start somewhat serious and as the story progresses, they develop a bond.
I loved this mission. The feeling of hundreds of allies and enemies made this feel like a real aerial war/invasion
For all the crap I've given AC6 in the past, it's the only AC game that's made me feel like I'm in a battle.
We only got to choose the plane for one wingman, but that made everything. Ace Combat 7 lost that character on me when no one called the player “Captain”
Strider 1 literally is a captain role
And they did call him leader
@@uss_04 true, AC7 basically went back to AC04 roots on gameplay.
Melissa: "My Husband died during the war..."
Marcus: "So you´re single now?"
Marcus again: ''So you have chosen... *Mariage* "
Marcus: I've lost my wife and daughter
Melissa: My husband left me and my daughter.
Man, when you think about it, these national defense guys are pretty shitty, aren't they? Like, they have only one job. Protect the city. And they let a horde of hundreds of plane go into the heart of their capital city unnoticed. I mean, what were they doing? Sleeping on the job while the radar is beeping nonstop?
To be fair they were able to completely reduce an invading force before the nimbus missles forced a retreat. That's more than you could say for most other airforces in Ace Combat. But yeah, letting your enemy completely bypass all airborn defenses and bomb the hell out of your runway and capital is hilariously boneheaded.
Zjura Eventide I mean, they had a fairly reasonable explanation for why they didn’t mobilize in AC4
Are you still talking about AceCombat games? 911 what’s your emergency
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
@@zjuraeventide8949 The air invasion was a bluff, the real plan was bringing as many Emmerian planes to one place to nuke them with Nimbus.
The dialogue may be cheesy, but this game- specifically, this series on TH-cam- is what got me into the series. Hoping to eventually get my hands on it
It was better to have lived it’s live release
It may not have been the best in the series, but from 3:05 - 6:35, this game had one of the best openings of any game in the series.
Agreed.
"Please be safe...." Hits home for some reason. Idk why, it just shows how afraid Shamrock is for his wife and daughter. Sounds like me in a way. Maybe that's why.
I honestly hoped that Shamrock's wife and kids were Melissa and Matilda.
I’m... just gonna put a F in the chat for the future
REEEEEEE
Yep, after playing mission 14 it does hit pretty hard.
@@21specter it makes sense for storytelling perspective, Shamrock witnessing the war from the air while Melisa witnessing the war from the ground.
Hard to belive this game was an Xbox 360 Exclusive back in 2007 seeing those amazing graphics.
Reminds me of good times honestly. This game was absolutely amazing when it came out. Still is.
The music is amazing in this game, the score that plays in the takeoff cutscene is probably my favorite in the game.
I remember playing the demo which featured this mission countless times on the Xbox, since my parents weren't willing to buy it cause it was expensive. It was my favorite game and this video is super nostalgic
Bruh same
May the Golden King smile upon you!
"Go dance with the angels" has to be my favorite cheesy curse. It's so dumb it's perfect.
lol soo true...
6:29 >
I love this quote. It would be perfect when it used in other missions.
Gad to see the dialogue is so horrible it hurts. Good ol' Ace Combat.
tbh the dialogue and voice acting from PS2 trilogy are a lot better than this one
@@AbrahamArthemius Ace Combat 5 was pretty top notch.
@@gm92845 u damn right it was. Unsung war is my fav. of them all.
@@madbigborz...coff...belkan war... coff
Dialogue might be bad, but I have a problem with the mouth animation for some reason...
03:42 Is when the mission briefing starts, i. e., cue to skip cutscenes
06:39 for when the mission starts and the player has control.
4:32 is for the cutscene everyone's here to see
honestly this was one of my favourite games of all time, and im really glad i preordered AC7 so i could play this game again, brings back really good memories
I love how badass Voychek sounds in the cutscene
Probably the best first mission intro in the Strangeworld.
An Ace combat game is never complete without an Over the Top super weapon
I think that's anime in general
Yeah.
Estovakia: Flying Aircraft Carrier
Yuktobania: Submarine Aircraft Carrier
Osea: Giant plane/spaceship that fires lasers.
Erusea: Flying Aircraft Carrier but for drones (even though they were made by Osea)
The AC world loves making things involving aircraft carriers apparently 😂😂
Honestly give it like 5 years and we’ll probably see the US making arsenal birds and China making Alicorns. 😂😂
Love when they descend at the beginning.
This game aged very well, most games from 2007 look like ass now... but this still looks incredible and the contrails and smoke effects... WOW!!!!
ac6 definitely has the best artstyle
Best game in terms of mission scale, too.
I still come back to this game specifically because of how good the smoke effects and everything are. (And the huge battles in this game too)
For some reason in AC7 they didn't do what they did here, in that game the smoke just disappears right away. Pretty lame.
I remember playing the demo for this when I was 9 or 10 years old. I though Estovakia was a real country at the time.
omg the bus driver is pops from AC5
"May the golden king smile upon us"
This intro with the jets taking off is still one of the best… just behind the F-4 carrier take off in AC4.
I had many happy times playing this game. This brings back good memories.
We need ports of AC6 on modern platforms god damn it
ZeVio74 we got a new one
Wish granted lol
The taxiing scene with the music is probably one of the most memorable things I took from this game.
I find it odd how within a minute or two after the bus left, Matilda’s bus is somehow on the bridge and Melissa assumes Matildas dead because she saw her bus. Then again this is coming from a guy who’s played the campaign to ac7 and still doesn’t know which side he was on in that war.
Like they live in a city, there's no way that bus made it there with bad traffic.
notice how dramaticly fast the graphics became much better at games? Love it.
i fuking love this mision , one of best initial mission in ace Series
saitoXamaterasu I swear
I love how you maintain aircraft continuity throughout the entire gameplay.
3:53 All Planes Scramble and intercept all threats immediately!
Still my favorite AC game in 2023, 4 years after Ace Combat 7 has been released. Pleasantly surprised how well it plays on Xbox Series X.
Same, the huge battles in this game (like Seige of Silvat) and the smoke effects, the Allied support stuff and the music too just blows away AC7.
I played and beat this game like 30 times....now playing the new AC7 and its bringing me back....
Shame the dialogue and voice acting for the civilians and some parts of the military were dreadful.
It's part of the charm
IDK dude... Zero, 4, 5 and X didn't have any of those problems...
ES21007 Agreed. Ace Combat has cheesy dialogue here and there but I feel like it just went into overload in 6, especially with that stupid kid and wife. I loved the stories of 4,5, and 0 but hated 6’ when I first played it.
blaghbleghblagh *welcome to ace combat 6*....0 4 and 5 had better voice line ups and animations
Man, I play the PS2 trilogy all the time, this managed to be worse. You can see how good the new generation (at the time) was better on the gameplay, but in these cutscenes? Amateur af.
This game introduced me to The Ace Combat series. It's my second favorite in the series behind Ace Combat 4.
"That iron giant is the pride of Gracemeria, our capital city."
That looks too damn much like San Francisco.
"In the old quarter of the city across the bridge,"
You mean, Marin County?
"You can make out an ancient castle."
Sausolito?
The bridge fits, the temperature (from the pre-mission briefing screens) fits for the time of year, but the city footprint doesn't.
@@imarro9274 because it's Manhattan
its Tokyo
It is like San Francisco. Is the same.
For a game that's over 12 years old the graphics hold up extremely well.
Something about the traces of missile clouds is just weirdly pleasing
I think this game is best in graphics because of the beautiful scenery, unlike AHs barren deserts.
Major Missile Yep
Major Missile true but the Dubai mission is pretty decent scenery
Yeah, it's ok. AH has more advanced graphics, (Especially on the PC version.), but it was kind of squandered because the art style and environment just doesn't look as cool. It seems to me that AC7 will have a visual feast at the same time as utter annihilation of Eruisian forces!
Major Missile I hope so too. can't wait for AC7
HAWX 2 has some sick graphics as well!
The Ghost of Kyiv still flies
I wish these older Ace Combat games were ported/remastered for PC and PS/xbox
Matilda: "Go dance with the angel, mister!"
*WHAM!*
Poor dude got his balls busted, I'd say.
I played the hell out of this game and am still currently playing the hell out of ace combat 7
Very gud
As a South Korean,
this scene reminds me of North Korea's suprise attack in June 25th, 1950. That's why I was able to be deeply immersed in this game.
@God Does Not Exist what?
Hahaha, when it used to be trendy in video games to have webcams and cameras on the interface showing the characters talking, brings me back
You're right
i remember plaiyng this when i was a little kid..
13:49 LISTEN!!! That always made me laugh
This is the only reason I ever got a 360. Took me years to actually get live and play other games
Why would you even put your capital close to another country's border?
The dumbest thiing you could possibly do Lol
It happens in some cases
You might want to check where Seoul's at
Congo and D.R. Congo have the closest capitals with a river between them.
Historical city made before the borders were finalized?
I seen this game on a 360 compilation and had to look it up. It is breathtaking to say the least. I will acquire this some how. One day.
Headcanon: Matilda grew up to become a pilot in the Emmerian Air Force. Her callsign is Angel.
for a game made in 2007 this looks phenomenal
I hate how in one of the end cutscene, the guy says they are not cowards for doing what they did.
No...pretty sure attacking a nation BEFORE they even knew you had declared war on them is cowardly
Hmm...looks like I've no choice but to get a used XBox 360 to fill in the "missing chapter" among some of us
+Polyshot i remember when i got the x360 in 2006 ... "oh boy i'm going to miss Ace Combat, Gran Turismo etc ..." but in the end =)
M RO gran turismo on the x360?!?!?!?!
iTsYaBoi_Earl
*r e a d i n g c o m p r e h e n s i o n*
@@mobius2830 No.
AMONG some of US, you say?
Ya see, I love the old games where your boss enemies or enemies in general are actually fighter pilots, and you feel like you're facing a fellow man, just fighting for what they believe in. Ace Combat 7 comes; DRONES. FUCKING DRONES.
Funnily enough, that's how it was in Ace Combat 2. It took for the remake Ace Combat Cross Rumble to finally introduce squadrons and human pilots, but Z.O.E. is quite old in the series.
And don't get me started on Electrosphere.
I remember being soooo mindblown by those graphics. good times.
Not only has her daughter survived but I think she kicked an estovakian soldier you know where
Out of all the ace combat games this one probably has the best first mission
Garuda 2: "Lets do this, one plane at a time!"
Garuda 1 with 8AAMs: "Im gunna do whats called a pro gamer move"
one of the reasons I like the ace combat series is because of the smart ass jokes and comments the pilots make most of the time.
Best graphics and aircraft details in the series outside of AC7 by far. Play 6 and then play 5 and You will see the difference, 6 is the only AC to have navigation lights on the aircrafts, I don't even think they are in AC7, I haven't seen any in any of the gameplay videos. I love 6, I'm so happy they have 6 as a pre-order bonus for XB1. It was a bad decision to make it an Xbox exclusive! If You haven't played 6 You need to!
AC 6 isnt on XB1.
@@SwedishFarmer94 AC 6 will be backwards compatible soon for XB1 and If You pre-order AC 7 for XB1 You get a digital code to have AC 6. If you pre-order for PS4 You will get a digital code for AC 5.
Currently playing through Ace Combat 7, I'm liking it, but AC 6 just was just so much better in terms of story and atmosphere.
i got this game with my ac7 pre order, i never got to play it so im excited
Was i the only one that knew you only need to shoot one missle if the shoot icon appeared to destroy an enemy??
DAM29 in which difficulty
1:31 hey guys ace combat 4/5 reference rrrrright here
From 4:34 play the Halo 2 Mjolnir Mix. It's perfect.
Nah I think the original music is perfect enough for me.
Loved this game and the soundtrack was just as good.
This is the best intro to an AC game
*M A T I L D A*
I remember playing this game on the Xbox 360 it had so many nostalgia memories to it that was the best game ever for me to play
Nostalgia is one hell of a drug
I fell in love with this game.
[REDACTED] Michael why didn’t you marry it loser
@@althompson8477 wow, salty kid
@@althompson8477 whoa what pissed in your corn flakes
When I first played this game and saw the beginning cutscene I thought, "Oh is our character married to this woman? And with a child too? I like the change in pace." When I finished the the game throughout, all I could think of was "well what the fuck was the point of these characters? We never met the husband of Melissa and the father of Matilda nor was he even really mentioned in gameplay." They seemed to throw these characters in all for the disappointing minor role in the final mission. And they never made any attempt to give these characters some sort of role in the actual plotline. Garuda was only really mentioned once or twice in the cutscenes and not even by our "main characters." If you can even call them that.. I don't mean to sound triggered or rant, but I mean... come the fuck on Namco, you're better than that. ANYWAYS.... I'm done with that.. carry on. 😌
Pretty sure one of the Garuda took his place Viking style after killing whoemver shot him down. Hell, maybe someone shot the guy down, then the killer was shot down by AA or another Temerian pilot, who was in turn killed or saved by Garuda. Either way, they both just got a war hero as their husband and father, albeit Shamrock is crippled.
shamrock is the most underrated wingman in AC series. change my mind
"The Estovakians!?" Lives rent free in my head.
My favourite cutscene at 04:35 is the takeoff sequence.
4:24 Zip it !!! Where tf is your team Talisman? Are you yourself a team then why do you need Shamrock??
Loved replaying this mission in the warthog. Shot down all strigon planes with BRRRR...
So if thats Anea...and in AC5, the Hrimfaxi was in Anean waters...that was all north of Yuktobania....so why isn't Yuktobania on this map? Or the rest of the Continent?
Ace Of Blazes
It probably is. This game, as well as multiple others, take place in the Strangereal universe.
The map is zoomed in on only Anea. The Hrimfaxi was in the Northern estovakian waters. If the map zoomed, then you would've seen Yuktobania, Osea, and the other countries.
Count Spartula irl Emeria and Estovokia hadn’t been thought of yet. In universe they were represented under one flag for political reasons.
When Ghost Eye assigns you a BFF and Shamrock introduces himself.... that was the moment I became an Ace Combat fan.
I don't know what's more impressive.
The little girls hearing or
The mother's ability to project her voice without any change in pitch or volume
I know this is way late, but did anybody else notice the bus driver looked like "Pops" from AC5
They should make a VR version of this game I would buy it in an instant I love this game so much can't wait for Ace Combat 7 but it probably won't be as good as this
Love this game! I always play in cockpit mode it is stupid realistic!
I'm imagining this in an OASIS level VR system. Oh boy.
Everytime awacs talks and shows the plane, makes me think that is the plane talking and not the officer lol
I used the F15 most of the time. It's much more stable than the other fighters.
No Ace Combat game quite matches the scale of Ace Combat 6.
06:00 On second viewing it always kinda bugged me that Shamrock already has a bird insignia even before being assigned to Garuda Team
Yeah, and how every jet in the EmAF has GM-028 tailcodes
bro in the beginning i expect it to be a peaceful cutscene but then that jet js appeared outta nowhere and absolutely destroyed that bridge and castle😭😭