Evolution | Ace Combat

[@oboeshoesgames]

when u get assigned to the bomber crew at the beginning of the war 😧

[@PhantomDog-td9pu]

Time to abandon ship

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

Can you even bail out from a Bear or a White Elephant?

[@Nassault]

@@skeletonwguitar4383 if I recall correctly, the ejection system weighs too much, so unlike a B-52, the crew on the flightdeck must manually ditch like it's a B-17

[@raihanrusli2720]

Dont want to create another video about ac7 dlc, oboe ?

[@DzheiSilis]

When is the dlc review

[@byronhenry6518]

Playing Ace Combat as a kid inspired me to become a pilot in real life. Now I’m 22 flying an ERJ-145. I wish I could go back to my past self and tell him not to worry...

[@Nassault]

Incredible, great work Byron!

[@Space_Reptile]

No TU-95's where harmed during this production

[@Nassault]

No promises

[@cnlbenmc]

Yea but you can't say that about people's hearing; Tu-95s were so damn noisy that they were painfully loud from nearby aircraft and even passive sonar from the floor of the North Atlantic could hear them!

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

I have one thing to say about this as Darth Vader would say "Most Impressive!" However...you missed Ace Combat 6.

[@Nassault]

I keep going back and forth, reading this in Vader, Yoda and Bane's voice. Not sure why, but I'm not complaining.. cheers Andrew! As for 6, I couldn't emulate it, like with the rest and that made recording lossless footage impossible, sadly.

[@gold-818]

@@Nassault not much of a loss in all honesty you got all the good Ace Combat games.

[@Inglonias]

@@gold-818 From what I've seen, 6 plays wonderfully. The story is just silly. You can say that about every AC game from AC4 onwards, I feel.

[@gold-818]

@@Inglonias true but post Zero Ace Combat X and Ace Combat 7 are the only two that came close to the original quality with Ace Combat 6 and Ace Assault Horizon at the bottom of the barrel.

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

@@Nassault

[@watermylon6495]

"This is Heartbreak 1 of Wardog squadron" That made me smile so much hearing it again

[@frontierbrony9394]

Watermylon honestly same man

[@shadow7988]

The feels when it gets to AC4. For me, 4 is when the franchise really exploded, and for good reason. Such a simple, but great game.

[@OOZ662]

O'er azure skies and emerald plains Where freedom and justice prevail With courage and strength, we'll fight to the end For liberty in our lives. [YEE-HOO]

[@johnjames6643]

Mobius 1, fox 2!

[@TheDarkWarrior137]

Phoenix: "Woo! Bingo!" Me: **checks fuel**

[@bluecaptainIT]

Phoenix: "Wizzo, you uncultured swine, that's either a Splash or a Bullseye, we're not out of fuel! I'll beat you to-- You know what, I'll do this instead!" *starts rolling aggressively*

[@Apt00]

25 glorious years of Ace Combat. Here's to 25 more!

[@logangagnepain7154]

My childhood... love all these games

[@benjaminokonski9186]

The vocal drop at 3:14 was SO perfectly timed with Pixy's iconic "Buddy." Well done!

[@vstrmrk]

Everyone: Complaining how he missed AC 6 Ace Combat X: Am I a joke to you

[@Snipurss]

THIS IS THE NIAD

[@principalityofbelka6310]

25 years of Belkan dominance over Strangereal. A dominance that continues to this day

[@Nassault]

👏Belka👏Did👏Nothing👏Wrong👏

[@DP-fq7iy]

For Hoffnung! Down with the Ocean dogs!

[@Rizkyace118]

You should trigger another war then... I'm done.

[@its-amemegatron.9521]

AVE BELKA

[@ackbarfan5556]

Principality of Belka Burn in hell, all of you!

[@YourLordMobius]

I love the holy Trinity, with zero being the pinnacle of perfection in my book. Your red text on zero was a wonderfully unique touch.

[@arya0794]

Hard to believe its been 26 years huh?

[@AlejandroZPJuegos]

Poor AC 6, its a great AC game

[@DABoi16]

Ace Combat will NEVER die in my heart. Because the game came a long way from its journey continuing to make more great AC games till this generation.

[@thestateofalaska]

The graphical leap between 1 and 2 is bloody incredible!

[@Snowycaaa]

man. I remember like 15 years ago when I played AC2 on the PS1 when I was 6. And somewhere around 7-12 I remember playing AC 5 and Zero on the PS2. Loved those games. Thanks for making this video c:

[@robertthill5633]

Loved the cuts back and forth between 1 and 7 as daredevil was hitting its peak.

[@silvermanekudan]

"Yo,Buddy..." "You Still Alive?" (T_T)

[@Llamazone-Prime]

Are you even an Ace Combat fan if you haven't danced with the angels? :-P

[@3DPDK]

I watch your videos for a different reason than most. I'm always impressed with your cinematic instincts. An interesting side note is that I was in the U.S. Navy in the late 80s/early 90s. As a very necessary part of my job I had to learn the capabilities and threats of all these Soviet air platforms. Of course there was never any hostile encounter between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during that time (besides a few (unofficial) "games" of "chicken") so this has an added interest for me to see what *might* have happened if there had been. A certain ... satisfaction ... (all due respects to our Russian counterparts) to watch a Bear Bravo experience, uh ..., forced disassembly, ... um ..., unscheduled rapid field alterations like that.

[@AzureanSky]

I wonder if you could be able to fit the other Ace combat games after 7 in a fast motion of going through all the games there at the end but this video is great Nassault! Keep it up!

[@Nassault]

I totally thought about it, I'm sure i could have added X and the DS version clips in that part, but I just settled on the holy trinity. Maybe I should have!

[@LynxErgo]

@@Nassault okay, I understand why you didn't put the Assault horizon, but AC6?

[@Nassault]

@@LynxErgo description, it can not be emulated unlike the rest, and thus can't record lossless footage in game.

[@newolku]

@@Nassault Should have added in ac X tbqh

[@Nassault]

@@newolku Yeah I agree I should have, really

[@schneewolzer]

This gives me goosebump, thank you very much for making this video. Ace combat 3 probably the first ace combat series that hook me up until now, seeing the first mission of that series really hits me very hard, sad I didn't have my ps 1 again. if just i still have it probably I'm gonna play it again

[@shadowsqod98]

And with this video, Infinity has been wiped from memory.

[@Groza_Dallocort]

Cough AC:AH

[@kevinluiz]

Ac5

[@Groza_Dallocort]

@@kevinluiz AC5 is a really good game

[@Paratroopersteark]

notice how every ace combat that is good starts with a chill bomber convoy mission

[@RexMcMonkey]

I was able to pick out AC4 in a local video game store when I was about 10. Played it all the way through and I absolutely loved it. It's still my favorite ace combat and that will not change. Holy trinity is where it's at.

[@codgamplay1000]

Ace combat 4 will always be the goat 🐐

[@TheRibbonRed]

Even though 6 does suck story and content wise, the big scale battles does bring a fresh take on the series--something AC7 tries to re-do on some missions. Shame that you couldn't add it in with ACX, but eh. Also appreciate the lack of Joint Assault, Cross Rumble, Assault Horizon, and Infinity lol.

[@Nassault]

Absolutely. As mentioned below, I played the demo of AC6 at my old pal Vinny's house and it was unforgettable. ACX is also an absolute favorite of mine from the past. Last summer when I went to Japan I scooped up Joint Assault at a GEO and, while the planes flew like kites, I was pretty stoked to have a fluid camera and to be able to fly an A6M2 and Hellcat! (And the 747 was...surprisingly fun!)

[@lukasi.v4269]

For some reason I think the mass battles in AC6 are somewhat better than the AC7's. I just want Namco to give us an Ace Combat with ACZ's story, AC5's epic tale and AC6's/AC7's gameplay mechanics and massive battles.

[@hellcatdave1]

I don't think AC6 is as bad as everyone says it is. The cutscenes are really great, and the story is not that bad. It's more of the somewhat stiff dialogue that sometimes makes the game sound goofy. But everything else, it's my absolute favorite AC game. The combat is so fun and the missions are great. I don't think AC7 really compares to AC6 in overall experience, though I love them both.

[@lukasi.v4269]

@@hellcatdave1 "Go dance with the angels" on repeat hahaha

[@TheRibbonRed]

@@lukasi.v4269 that's because they actually are. AC7's "mass battle" design relies on the AC5 approach of sticking allies on your butt while you do most of the work. At times, they'll help you whittle down an enemy's HP, but they'll never killsteal from you unless it's scripted or non-TGT enemies far from your currently selected target. They still do some work though, which makes the experience less cumbersome but at the cost of a less thrilling gameplay. AC6's on the other hand, designed to make you feel like the *cough* _singularity_ *cough* that turns the tide of the battle. Everyone and everything on your side _relies on you_ until you build up that missile charge and make Ichiiro Itano proud. Of course, this does mean your allies suck ass, but the sheer number of killing +150 enemies on a regular mission with double the time limit (30 minutes instead of the regular 15) makes you feel like a damn superweapon. @Nassault yeah, some aspects of JA is good. But after replaying it years after it launched, I learned that its overall gameplay degraded from ACX's perfect portable downsizing of the core AC4 experience.

[@DocPeabody337]

I cut my teeth on ACE 4. I fondly remember during two separate family thanksgivings my playing it on my uncle's Ps2. I really got into Ace Combat with 6, playing the demo, watching the trailers, ect. I still laugh, as yes, looking back on it, it probably had the worst story for a canon Ace Combat game, but frankly, all the Ace Combat games have pretty silly or bad stories/characters. But its a fun kind bad with the campy voice acting and over the top spectacle. To this day, I aptly refer to the Ace Combat series as the "Anime of Flight Sims". Over the top action, some serious stressing of physics, and some laughably bad English dubbing, all mixing together to create an unforgettable experience. How far we've come with Ace Combat indeed, and frankly, I'm surprised it even made it this far. Thank you Nassault for this video! I enjoyed this trip down memory lane... (even if you didn't include my childhood favorite Ace 6!!!!! ;D )

[@hmuphilly9129]

NO AC6?? YOU... SOLITARY!!

[@afhamzaki2588]

*666 views* *[Flamenco guitars intensifies]*

[@GloriousChickenYT]

I was a dumb toddler during Ace 1 and 2. But still lived through this. :D

[@Nassault]

that makes two of us! I was only 2 when the first one came out. Didn't get a taste of Ace Combat until I bought (probably traded) Ace Combat 04 from an old friend in the back row of a quiet school bus on a foggy morning in 2005. I remember taking it out of my backpack just to get a glance at the booklet insert throughout the school day, so interested. Little did I know, that was only the beginning.. Sitting Ducks blew me away. What was you first one?

[@ProNoobGamer93]

I started from Ace Combat 2. It was one of the first games I got on PS 1. I remember it took my child brain weeks to figure out that when the target becomes red and you hear the beeping sound, it means that you got a missile lock and then you shoot. After that I must have played through the first few missions like 15 times before my parents bought me a memory card. And the rest is history.

[@Nassault]

@@ProNoobGamer93 brings a tear to my eye.. awesome!!

[@InsanestFoxOfAll]

This series is older than me by about a year, and the story of strangreal is my favorite out of any game series I've come across. An Arcadey Fighter game has no reason to have a story THAT good, yet, here we are. AC04 was my first, and it holds up even better than I remember.

[@TheRibbonRed]

Heh, I actually first played AC2 when I was 2 years old lol, and immediately played AC3 the year after--when AC3 first released. Although I couldn't remember my first AC2 gameplay, I actually managed to play up 'till the canyon mission for AC3. I guess replaying them over and over until I made it trained me in playing further AC games. I even found myself baffled looking at normal people that think AC games are "hard".

[@MdArtsandGaming]

This is some excellent work, and a heartwarming tribute to the Ace Combat franchise! Keep it up!

[@SaarkinCho]

"The sky’s our everything. And so - despite all the different worlds we come from? We meet under heaven and *understand*. We came up here with no tower beneath our feet. No Babel to separate us. And as for those below who brought us so high - I suppose all we can do is thank them."

[@IsaacMoring-g2j]

I've played so many cool video games in my life, but none have ever been so near and dear to my heart like Ace Combat!

[@arya0794]

25 years of shooting down bears

[@cnlbenmc]

One of the things I remember very clearly from Air Combat was the missile warning alarm; it was bone chilling especially when fighting an AEGIS Cruiser and was downright terrifying to then 10 year old me.

[@Vespyr_]

AC6 SNUBBED right as the Chorus hit. You can feel the pain of rejection from here, as it fades away. lol

[@HonkDinkRatTurd]

Funny how Nassault was into KSP at around the same time I got into it, and now that I am REALLY getting into Ace Combat I can appreciate his AC videos a lot more. Love your dedication to the series.

[@zobius9191]

Mobius 2 on standby, Mobius 3 through 7 on standby, Mobius 8 on standby This game made me want to be a hero, not in the skies, but down here on Earth.

[@roanferguson8873]

I remember watching the bombers just fold in on themselves during that first mission in 7 and just giggling like a little girl. It was just an absurdly nostalgic moment for me

[@legonick357]

I jumped into Ace Combat really late, emulating Zero first and then jumping into 7. This series already holds such a special place in my heart and this vid is just amazing. Thank you so much for this!

[@gishathosaurus6828]

"Blew him away!" Amazing franchise with outstanding osts in every single game

[@Demokaze]

The gameplay has improved significantly over the years but nothing has beaten the story of AC5 for me.

[@activace]

The best 25th anniversary video out there. I can’t wait to see what PA is gonna pull this year! Great stuff Nassault, perfectly edited.

[@FinalFantasyRainbowDash]

activace you should play some realistic simulation flight combat games such as Energy Airforce or the 2 Lethal Skies games for example.

[@AllecJoshuaIbay]

Ace Combat Zero is a factor in making me a pilot. I fly the Piper Tomahawk. It's not as fast or as beautiful as Galm Team's F-15s, but it does give me the thrill of flying.

[@Nassault]

Been following your journey Allec. Awesome stuff! 👨‍✈️🛫

[@AllecJoshuaIbay]

@@Nassault Wow! I did not know you were. You have such amazing stuff man.

[@heretic7873]

This game is the whole reason why i wantwd to be a fighter pilot. I started flying in airplanes highschool and now im in college getting ready for OCS.

[@sleepydoodle]

Man, that AC1 menu selection sound was a harder nostalgia hit than I expected it to be. Well done on the nostalgia cinematics lol I was a dumb child back then so I wasn't very good at the PS1 games, but AC3 had you on Expert controls by default, so I did learn how to bank before the PS2 era. Tunnel Vision was... a memorable experience full of crashes lol

[@MD_Chaos]

It’s amazing how much this series has progressed since it’s inception on the ps1 and most of them being legendary tier. My personal favorites are 3,2, and zero.

[@derekburge5294]

"They've all got ribbon insignia!"

[@LordCybot]

You never played Fires Of Liberation? A shame, it had a great mechanic that hasnt been used since that let you command all allied forces to either attack the enemy or cover you

[@TheSkyGuy77]

It also upped the scale of each mission way beyond what the PS2 Ace Combat games were capable of.

[@jamesdoglas6253]

all of my childhood in one clip ... this video meant alot for me ... thank you

[@Terra85]

Cant get enough of your editing skills!

[@cybercat7851]

This guy looked at all the others and said, “we don’t talk about those” and I fully agree.

[@toddharding6162]

Been playing since 3. This was a needed nostalgia trip!

[@rbh_old]

your creations are mesmerizing you are an inspiration to me.

[@Nassault]

Cheers Romero 🍻

[@MidnightmoonRR]

6 Was my absolute favorite, though 5 and zero come in a very close second

[@cyber_sheep]

Thanks for making this video, this is my favorite game ever. Happy 25th aniversary Ace Combat!

[@irvan36mm]

Ace Combat Zero was may favorite on PS3

[@lonemarkkingoftypos3722]

Was expecting AC6 qnd ACX to get featured since their storyline is set in strangereal aswell.

[@Rizkyace118]

This is really incredible... Good job Nassault! Looking forward to your next video. Good luck!

[@calebingraham5179]

Fantastic video as always! X was my childhood, glad to see ace combat stuck around with 7!

[@joespeed1952]

Ace Combat 5 is still one of the best PS2 games, and one of the best AC games. I picked up AC7 a few months ago, and it really reminds me of 5. It looks like what I imagined 5 to be, all those years ago.

[@Nassault]

me too!

[@Sierra-208]

Hard to believe that Ace Combat started out as a game whose planes were just a bunch of cubes to the high definition warplanes we are familiar with now

[@indigenoustruthspeaker3129]

2021 Ace Combat fan : I have Ace Combat fan since Ace Combat 1 ( Air Combat) and seeing all Ace Combat Games the Good and bad ones and watching this made me cry and proud to be 💙Ace Combat 💙fan and Greatest Fanbase the Video Game Industry Given to me 🥰☺ Me SinglePlayer offline Gamer since 1990💚🎮🕹💚 Also It's Time for Medal of Honor franchise makes comeback

[@janschwarzwald7855]

3:00 My First flight when first have PS2 ..

[@ethanspere2473]

Been here since Forgotten Thunder. Just wanted to say your videos are absolutely amazing, and your talent for making videos hasn't stopped improving. Keep up the great work:)

[@Nassault]

wow, you're really an OG since the beginning. Thanks Ethan!

[@plague6566]

The protagonists of almost every Ace combat game have some pretty cool nicknames

[@businesswoofer]

My first Ace Combat was Assault Horizon and i loved it, that was my childhood. Last year i bought Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown and i fell in tears playing it with all the different scenes... I love AC so much that every time i see or hear Ace combat in any videos i get goose bumps. Long Live Ace Combat! May everyone land safely after each sortie.

[@Warhero357]

It's... it's beautiful. Thank you Nassault, thank you. If there is anyway that we could support your future projects, please tell us.

[@Nassault]

thanks Gardner problem is, my method of video editing and making takes time and I'm afriad to share my patreon, as I don't post as frequently as the bigwig KZbinrs, but alas I finally made a Patreon. if youd like to buy me a beer www.patreon.com/nassault

[@ghost750x1]

@@Nassault I may not be able to Help sustain your insatiable appetite for Crab Lover's Dream from Red Lobster but I sure as hell can buy you a beer. thanks for all the work that you do keep it up

[@Nassault]

@@ghost750x1 I'll absolutely crack a cold one at the editing bay/desktop..and in a way, it'll be you on that coaster, haha. Much thanks Ghost, cheers! 🍻

[@Anirlon]

I only really started playing Ace Combat games like 10 years ago, so I didn't necessarily grow up with them, but I feel like I did lol. In 2020 I played every AC game (excluding stuff like Xi or Advance) and it was really neat to see the evolution of the series, but more importantly to track how it's managed to just stay fun to play for 25 years. We talk a lot about the stories, music, characters, even politics of the series (with good reason), but at the end of the day they've almost always remained fun. Blasting through an underground tunnel at full speed, pulling a ridiculous maneuever to take out like 4 planes at once, or hitting the deck to see if you can fly under a bridge in the middle of a mission, just because you can. That stuff all holds up, regardless of generation. Ace Combat has managed to stay true to its Heart and to its Game philosophy all this time. The answer in itself will be there.

[@BlazededgeRZ]

God damn man, you never fail to impress no matter what type of video you put out. What do you think PA has in store for us this year?

[@Nassault]

Thank you Blazededge! I'm glad, as I know this isn't "quite" the expected cinematic, but nonetheless I just had to make it! I'm not sure, but I've a good feeling about it..

[@adamharrington8814]

if they announce a proper western release for AC3 i would bust a fat ass nut

[@snyperwulffgaming9575]

Shattered Skies was my first, and nothing ever brought more of a swell of pride and feeling of accomplishment like hearing AWACS SkyEye: Target destroyed! There he is! We've got Mobius 1 on radar! Friend G: Bravo 1 here. That plane that flew in, is it all right? AWACS SkyEye: Yes, he's fine. I've got visual on him right now. Friend G: So did we win the war? AWACS SkyEye: I don't know. History determines the winner. But there's one thing I can say for certain. Heroes really do exist. We've just seen one, and now he's coming home.

[@victuz]

Electrosphere was my first.

[@YTSirBlack]

Ace Combat was on Nintendo consoles twice Ace Combat Advance (GBA) Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy (Nintendo 3DS)

[@buzzheadguy7139]

No ace Combat x in the video... *sad southern cross noises*

[@matthewmondragon2074]

I heard Navarro laughing at the distance, don't worry, he'll burst out with his own SWBM

[@asidewinder5871]

It feels stange to know you are younger than the game serie you love. I started with ACX in 2006 and i couldn't clear the first mission so i stopped playing it. Then 3 or 4 years later, i started ACX again and it turned out to be a love story between a young player and an old video game. Since, i am waiting for the moment when i could finally say "I am Aurelian". 25 years old already, 8 more than me but age doesn't matter. I think amazing the fact that i started flying in the southern glacial skies of Aurelia and i am now heading to skies unknown, hoping to go faster and higher while fighting in the zone

[@happykiller14]

"Hey aren't there two games between Zero and Se-" *gets gagged*

[@RobotPanda15]

Man, this brought back some memories. I remember struggling with the recon camera mission in ACES5 and giving my memory card to my buddy in like 4th grade so he could beat it for me haha. So many fun times

[@thegoodwin]

The last beeb at the end always get me. Lol.

[@Vitor-vy4dy]

Oh god I can't have my eyes start leaking like this at work. Beautiful video.

[@legonick357]

YOOOOOOOOOOO NASSAULT UPLOAD LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@gustiwidyanta5492]

Happy Birthday, Ace Combat.

[@HunkeyPunk]

1:08 “Bingo! Woohoo!” Pure Goosebumps...

[@lukasi.v4269]

Nice video! Also I can't wait for the AC cinematic stuff. There are plenty of underrated missions like The Final Overture and White Bird I (the latter reminds me of an old anime about world war II themed aircraft lol).

[@Nassault]

Thanks! I have DCS stuff on the chopping block, but of course it takes time. Thanks as always, Lukas. Cheers!

[@lukasi.v4269]

@@Nassault just take your time so when they finally come out they will be even surprising! Cheers!

[@Appreciation-Community]

@@Nassault Im a pretty good DCS pilot if you ever need someone to help make a video. And im not a child so I understand how to work and follow directions without being a burden

[@DrSabot-A]

Was the title changed? I couldve sworn it was something else

[@DaveyPTY]

Yes, because some people in the comments were saying why Nassault did not put some Ace Combats in the video and it was because he only put the ones that he played

[@bluejayrose264]

man these versions of the game is bringing back memories

[@Nightfirev6]

I started off playing 6 so I'm a little disappointed not seeing it in there. I do understand why people dislike 6, its story is a little different from the rest, and some of its cringey characters and dialogue. See the reason why I like 6 so much is because of it not focusing around Belka, Usea, Erusea, and ect. because 6 is telling its story of the impact of Ulysses on their nation of Emmeria and Estavokia. I think people should give it a little leeway. ACH on the other hand I didn't care for all that much the one thing I liked about it was the aircraft customization.

[@airacefadeavioes7698]

Ace Combat is one of my favorite game series, or rather, it's number 1 for me Ace Combat will never be forgotten, one of my inspirations to become an Air Force pilot And finally, I'm a Brazilian fan

[@princebankz7012]

I guess i have to wait another few years for ANOTHER masterpiece to come out🥺

[@michaelmagnus3590]

Ace combat 5 was what really got me into fighter jets.

[@Un-ht5bc]

Unsung War remains the best Ace Combat game imho. Maybe with the exception of 7 as I've yet to have the pleasure.

[@snazzydazzy]

It's time for me to follow the demons and angels.

[@Duck360Gaming]

Quack

[@Nassault]

QuaK

[@Duck360Gaming]

@@Nassault Leave the fighters to me Said Bomber

[@thesentinel5523]

Is it just me or is Ace Combat Zero the GOAT of this series?

[@オーシア連邦]

Ace combat 6 X X² Xi 3D AH ｢OK.｣

[@SDStudiosAnimations]

best montage everrrr

[@Nassault]

TY SNOOZEDOG !

[@SDStudiosAnimations]

@@Nassault its makes me cry on how much ace combat has evolved :)

[@LTcesar1]

Dude I love how far this game series has gone

[@LampP0st]

This video is beautiful, thank you.

[@GabedalfTheWhite]

7 is my favourite, all Ace combats (except a certain one that won't be named for good reason) are brilliant, but 7 I just love

[@Justapilot_9700]

Hmm I think I know which one you're not going to mention 🙄

[@GabedalfTheWhite]

@@Justapilot_9700 To be honest I kinda enjoyed Assault Horizon, the dogfighting system and the scripting were kinda dumb, but hey they were experimenting and I don't really feel it deserves the sheer disdain it gets