Fun and optimization don't always go hand in hand, but here they absolutely do. If there's anything AH taught me, is how to break or avoid scripted battles. ►Twitter: / tugaavenger
@@get_serious4953 It was all an elaborate plan. The metal that fell off his plane because of Bishop formed a new SU-57 Akula below him. Russia read the famous book "Belkan Superplanes For Dummies"
I can confirm this as well. My buddy and I both did this on Ace Combat 4. Also on AC5 you can shoot down a fighter jet while using guns before the gun reticle shows up.
I really wish that this game had more fun and varied boss fights. Maybe some rival Erusean/Belkan remnant squadrons like in Zero. But instead it goes: >Fight the invincible Arsenal Birb. >Fight invincible Mihaly who can PSM at 2000km/h+ and then accelerate like a bullet. >Fight the annoying ADF-10 mosquito. >Fight the Arsenal Birb again only you just need to shoot two props to kill it. >Fight invincible Mihaly again. >Fight Mihaly again but now you can actually kill him. >Fight the MISSILE Arsenal Birb MISSILE again but MISSILE this time you MISSILE can actually MISSILE kill it MISSILE. >Fight Mihaly again but this time there's two of him and they're drones. >Fight the annoying ADF-10 mosquito again but it's even more annoying this time. So all in all it's 3 bosses repeated over and over.
We are lucky to have another Ace Combat. Try to enjoy the game for what it is. The "boss fights" are built around the games story, which is more belkan espionage and infiltration. The only boss fights AC4 had was Stonehenge and the Yellow Squadron which you fought multiple times. Literally no other boss fights. You don't fight Ace Squadrons in this game but you do have special missions where you fight Ace pilots.
We have to be grateful for have a new game but that doesnt mean we cant say the problems in this game who really should be solved if they want to release other games
In the last arse bird fight I like to disarm it, take out all the drones and then kill it. And yes, Mihaly's PSMs are more annoying than the plot armor. For you they're almost useless because you have to slow down below 450 km/h, but he moves like on rails. And moves at triple your speed even if you have the same plane as him.
just want to say, I managed to soft lock the game when i broke this sequence by destroying all of Sol Squadron before Fencer died with the Nosferatus' ADMM
I know its irrelevant to the strat, which is rly cool, but, no matter what people say about the story and the characters, everytime count has to get himself together, is really touching to me.
@@pkemr4 they had to start over from scratch at some points, and it was a lot of pressure put into the devs, so it kinda did come out rushed in the end
It was quite rushed. Development of the game we have really started in late 2017. And while a year is pretty average for the modern industry Ace Combat has always had a longer development cycle.
It's not necessary for the under 4 hours but it would certainly make it fun. I just tried to cut my times for the early missions by as much as possible, really sped through them
Oh wow, I never knew you could do it this fast. This was honestly one of the longest, hardest fights for me which made me almost hate this mission. And that's a shame, cause I loved the Farbanti mission, both here and way back in AC4.
@@TugaAvenger Mihaly also ejected when you destroy his X-02S. Proof? Mihaly makes it to the ending cutscene of the game. If the explosion sound makes you think he died, then maybe Mihaly is so good of an ace that he probably perfectly timed his eject. Maybe right when the plane skimmed the grass. Or maybe he didn't eject & the X-02S had a tub of titanium like an A-10, protecting him from the crash.
Very helpful and appreciated. Even though I already completed the speed and gun runs, it will still help with getting the S Rank on other difficulties. Just finished the No Damage run today. 1:09 I couldn't help but imagine this being said by Cpt. Price.
I know I've said this over DMs, but I feel like in general AC7 has the best gameplay-story integration of any of the Kono produced ACs. I feel like, Faceless Soldier aside, its rare to be in positions of having literally nothing to do, and the game is pretty good at recognizing player activities; like the radio callouts will sometimes be completely ommitted if you move fast enough.
what i wouldn't give for them to unlock levels for parts in single player. I mean come on what idiot decided to lock off leveling parts in SINGLE player? Would be nice if after you beat the game on hard you would be free to have some fun with crazy speced jets>_>
This actually worked. Spoiler alert but not sorry, I found out that when others and Count say you can take on Mr. X is when you are done. No need to continue, just wait for the screen to stutter and you're good. Also, I liked your video. Happy 1K likes. ;3
Hot take, the Yellows were just another way how AC4>AC7. The Yellows were heavily scripted, specially the first time you met them in lifeline and you were forced to flee or fail the mission, but for most of the time you just had to hit them once or twice and they would disappear. Much like in AC5, here we have to wait for the dialogue and it feels like being stuck in a cutscene.
Like the captions said they "THINK" the plot armor wears off when Count gets his shit together. They were probably firing before that because they simply didn't know, but this pretty much proves it. I guess you could say why not make a video showing that without all the missle firing but that'd be extra work for a very niche group of people who care.
In which case "The Best Way To Take On Mister X" is to shoot him down when the game lets you. This is isn't the best way, it's the only way. Very illuminating.
@@strider117aldo9 i considered that maneuverability as plot armor (I personally believe that some move is part of the plot armor). but it is my most replay mission of AC7 playing along with script dive into the story and dialogue. try different plane and manuever step. heart pumping everytime do Jousting in last phase (like AC0)
@@epzilonblue what about that EML charging up? One hit and ur dead, right? THAT is heartpumping. Speaking of movements as plot armor, look up Sol's predecessor, Yellow Squadron. The Yellows were highly maneuverable to the point of being nigh-impossible to hit in their first appearance, a better disguise to their plot armor. Ironic, since Mihaly is Yellow Squad's instructor (AAW 2019). I mean, I know that Sol's first encounter is in a stormy valley, but still.
The more I look at this video, the more I see how much control I lack while "focusing" (however it is called, holding triangle button on Dualshocks) on a target. Grew on AC2 and flying with D-pad so I don't even know if that exist in AC2 but in any case, never used it. Same with AC3. Never really needed it, not even now but it's a skill I want to master because Ace Combat >>> everything.
Hit him with around 12 missiles maybe more and didn't realise it was plot armor 😂 I regret watching this vid cause now I just feel stupid ... all that time trying to take him down before the story progresses lol
alternatively if you're using the falken you can drop an FAEB on Mr X while he's flying between the buildings. one should be enough to damage him sufficiently to trigger the end of the mission.
So to put everything simple: Hit Mr. X once right away, once after "ok he bit the bait", and once after Count & Huxian's dialogue is over, use all other time to engage SOL?
Whenever I want to not deal with his bullshit I'll just use a MiG-21b with MGPs. Just wait for him to head-on you and fire away. Same thing with PSLS on whatever jets have those, like MiG-31. Or just abuse the Season Pass ADF-11's UAV special weapons to do all the dogfighting for you.
Mine glitched and X smacked into a building when he first went into the buildings, the building collapsed and everything so I was like "THATS HOW HE DIES??"
Take air to ground weapons at the start - I recommend a Rafale with LACM. Focus on the enemy tanks and ships first. Here's an example:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AbRUtgMwOvU.html
@@TugaAvenger I already S rank it. Can you teach me mission 19 and 20 instead? It's a huge problem for me. Currently stuck on the death timer where Avril shows up in Mission 17. Trying to S rank it but I don't know how exactly you incorporate guns to destroy ground targets. I usually fail to destroy the target in 1 pass with the guns, the gun aiming is confusing and it's not clear where exactly I'm shooting at. If I bring air to ground, lots of Su-planes will escape once I have killed the bombers. I wonder if I can S rank without points from the Su-planes.
For guns, ignore the gun piper, it floats too much and is rarely accurate. Try to aim by looking at the tracers, and get a feel for it through experience - no replacement for that, sadly. Also, the gun piper shows up at 800 meters but its actual range is 2000: you can start shooting way earlier.
Well done and for Easy diffulty I ended up downing Sol 5 but for Yellow 13s flight instructor Mihaly had to use QAAM this was using the F/A-18F. Therefore finishing the mission around 30 min.
I know I’m late to the party, but I just got this game recently, and damn was this part annoying. I restarted at checkpoint and literally put 60 missiles in this guy before realizing he was invincible. What bullshit. This would have been nice to know before then
It's even worse if you're using QAAMs or Enhanced Gunplay, then it becomes *_horribly_* obvious he's got plot armor when you dump your entire load on him, and nothing happens.
I know that this is Ace Combat and Mister X is supposed to be a boss enemy but the bullshit impossibly high G turns he makes are fucking infuriating. It breaks immersion when the AI has to cheat physics to become a challenging enemy when even the player cant turn as tight as Mister X. Fighting scream and Rage was much more fun.
Plot armor is overrated, previous bosses didn't have it. For Yellow squadron in Ace combat 4 they did it cleverly by making them hard to hit in the early stages of the game.
And we're just all going Gloucester in fact then real life and without plot armor wise man with made it back home because trigger would have shot down Mr x.
These fight can get very sweaty on the higher difficulty because Mr x can one shot you without even having to lock you in especially the last fight at the shillage castle.
yeah I accidentally shot down mihaly really fast as soon as Wiseman was shot down I hit mihaly once with a normal missile and the whole satalite thing started
