A Very Late Review of Ace Combat 7

Hello, YouTube! It's been a while. Here's another video of me gushing about a game I really like.

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[imauser]

"You can only fly forwards." 2:38
Nuh uh, belkan witchcraft.

[astrea]

it's never too late to play Ace Combat!

[yari]

I just finished ace combat 7 so actually this review is perfectly timed, also instead of watching the netflix "adaptation" of all quiet watch the original one instead.

[thefeleapz]

I got it just after Top Gun Maverick came out, and I'm still loving ❤️

[tom-was]

AC7 is under $10 today so I was looking at reviews. Yours was the best. Easy subscription.

[Kuramaz]

As an veteran ace combat player, i approve this video. +1 subscribe. Keep it up man !

[AuramiteEX]

Ace 7 is incredible. Imo, the GOAT of the series is still AC0 however.

Let's hope 8 isn't too far away!

[bobspalding]

I just finished AC7 after basically binging it for a weekend. First of the franchise I’ve played too.
I had a great time. For me the weakest point was the story, or at the least the off branching ones. I did find the conflict and world itself very interesting though. Needing to rethink how to handle certain missions was great, like the A-10 might not deserve a ton of love but god damn I couldn’t have beaten the Long Day for the first time without it!
I also didn’t even notice the music. The first missions music wasn’t great and it irked me that I could turn it down mid mission so I lowered it in the menu. I’ll have to go back and pay attention to it since I plan to play a bit more.
Funny that you reviewed it late and it worked out perfectly for me. Cheers.

[xtangero]

Great video! Very to-the-point

AC7 is definitely a game that as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It's not Shakespeare, but boy does it sell you on being Trigger. Side characters are fun, the story is passable, but the gameplay loop and music hook you and don't let go. The aircraft tree and mission ranks ensure you have good replay value. You have to play the game at least five times to S every difficulty, then the time, guns, and damage challenges are another three if you didn't complete time and damage in one of the first five. Some missions aren't as fun on the tenth run as they were the first, but each suits the plot well and makes that first run so, so memorable. It remembers to be fun and it's refreshing to pick up a functional, finished product in an age where games are still broken years after launch or abandoned before cresting a single anniversary

It was my first introduction to the series, something that's now become a bit of an obsession for me in the last three years and I do think it suffers in some ways when compared to older franchise entries. Planes in the PlayStation trilogy handle exponentially better, missions in 6 are massive and varied, actually allowing for changes in play style to be rewarded. Overall though, still a great entry in the series that has brought in a new generation of fans who are now desperate for Ace Combat 8

[glitchy_weasel]

I picked it up when it was $10 bucks, and recently finished it. What a steal!
Very fun game, and pretty challenging in higher difficulties too!
There's something about blowing stuff up from the sky that never gets old.
Will definitely check the rest of the franchise.

[iphoneallthetime]

I love AC7. I did miss the raw jet sounds from AC6 and the F-117 though. Dying to play the next AC!

[grikkajunior]

This is really well put together, well done

[PolymathB]

I got a little excited when you mentioned NieR automata and also gave you some credibility haha. I actually did watch your Ending E video a while ago, so I thought your voice sounded familiar somehow. Lastly your points on music were good. Love 8 bit music theory and theory in general, so this video was lovely for me c:

[lukemartinez]

as someone that owns every single game released( besides the arcade games) Ace combat 7 is a fantastic game. love the review

[Ahmadchanon]

Sol 1's boss music is my boss music

[princesscadance]

Ace Combat 7 now has three of my top pieces of music ever. Hush at the top, my favorite piece of all-time, with Sol Squadron right below it, and Archange below it. The monastic men's chorus is G O D L Y

[ThePhengophobe]

I picked up the game when it was on sale here recently, and I'm very glad I did. There's a nice wide range of aircraft, especially with DLC, so there's many good choices. I do somewhat like that each has it's own special weapons loadout, which kinda forces you to fly more than just one aircraft that you like, incentivizing attackers for heavy ground strike missions, etc. I do miss a few aircraft, the Tornado is an interesting aircraft that I see has been in past titles, but isn't here. I ended up running the 2nd SP mission alot, and loved using the Rafale, as it let me use LACMs to clear the ports and ships, while switching to AA for the mopup and boss, I wish it gave abit more of that option in other missions.

That's one of my only real quibbles, is that I can't take a better multirole loadout, LAAMs and 6AGM or something similar, letting me run some of the more mixed missions more easily. The standard missile does serve well enough as a filler weapon, letting you use it on ground targets when you take anti-air and vice versa, I just wish there were a better way to upgrade it in that case. The upgrade system is pretty great in most aspects, forcing you to make some choices and specialize in what will be useful, rather than upgrading everything across the board, but I wish you could have a separate tree that gave the standard missile permeant upgrades, or that you could use upgrades on guns and standard missiles separate from special weapons. I'm honestly shocked there doesn't seem to be a mod tweaking the upgrade system, allowing for more freedom in upgrades, I like playing through with the limitations for the campaign, but once I've completed that, I sometimes want to sortie in a horde mode style mission and go to town with a fun weapon, going all guns one run, or railgun, or whatever. I love that about Project Wingman, allowing for some of that freedom, and even more with mods.

[PrimordialDanger]

Friends convinced me to play it and I fell in love. I completely agree with the action, the music, the set piece and the jet... Excuse me what?!

[TheSpeep]

Honestly, even if youre not comfortable with them yet, give expert controls a shot.
This was my introduction to the series, I picked expert, and boy did my plane feel attracted to that ground.

I crashed A LOT, but mastering the controls was one of the most satisfying gaming experiences I've ever had.

[Davantsi]

Maverick Ultimate Edition currently available for £15 on PlayStation 😀 I think I'll pick it up! Thanks for your review, you deserve a lot more subscribers, top tier content in my opinion. Thanks for the video and you've gained yourself another subscriber 🙂