I want to get into Ace Combat before 7 comes out
Which are the must plays in the series?
2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 6, X
the US version of 3 has less missions and a removed storyline but someone has translated the japanese version
>>387052182
So, otherwise the US version is fine for the rest, right?
Play 4, 5, then Zero. Best games in the series.
Then Jap version of 3 with fan translation.
The PSP games are 7/10, 2 has a remake on the NDS, and there's also Assault Horizon, which everybody hates, but it's actually not entirely bad. 6 is Xbox 360 only, but I hear it's good.
>>387052309
Yup, there were some minor edits to the cutscenes in 4 to remove kids holding guns and stuff but that's not too important.
>>387052969
>>387052791
Nice, thanks man
>>387052182
>but someone has translated the japanese version
Last year I checked and it was incomplete. Did they finally finish it?
>>387053140
It got released like 10 months ago.
>>387053140
Yup, I think there's some extra stuff that's not translated but every ending, mission and cutscene is translated.
>>387053228
Fuck yeah, finally
>>387052969
>mfw removing the gun actually makes the story better
>>387052078
4, 5 and Zero are must play.
6 is the only good one in HD. Avoid AH.
X is pretty good, X2 is so-so and it's also set in real world.
2 has a remake on 3DS that's called Assault Horizon Legacy although it has nothing to do with AH. It's somewhat good.
The western version of 3 is heavily butchered - less missions, no branching, no cutscenes. If you wanna play it, use the fan translation of the JP version.
>>387052791
>>387053135
6 has the best gameplay in the series so far. Definitely worth playing.
>>387053409
>70$ at my local classic video games shop
It's factory sealed but still, is it really good?
>>387053645
You can probably get it 5 times cheaper used.
Yeah, it's good.
Is this series anything like playing AfterBurner?
I thought with my PSVR and HOTAS I could recreate that arcade feeling, am i wrong?
>>387053937
>>387053645
It is. It's not talked about as much probably because it was 360 exclusive, one of those early Japanese ones from when Microsoft was throwing allot of funding at Japanese devs to get Japanese games in hopes to get Jap support on the thing, but it didn't really work and it sold like shit over there and most people who were more invested in Japanese games west went playstation as well. Least that's what it feels like to me.
But yeah it's good. Gave us pic related as well which is a plus.
>>387054281
Don't forget that it gets a lot of hate for the story/voice acting.
To be fair the only things that are really bad are the woman's voice and the constant awkward use of 'go dance with the angels'.
>>387054442
I was mostly talking about it's good from gameplay but yeah it gets panned allot on the story front as well. But it's not so bad that it isn't worth playing.
The correct answer is
2
4
Zero/Belkan Wars
If you really like 2 and 4 you can do 3 and 5 as well. Haven't played 6, so can't comment.