Hah that's always the risk when trying to have a big cinematic moment in the middle of gameplay.

It's up to you, though if we're talking soundtracks AC5 has my favourite of the whole series, and AC0 is tied with 7 (and contains "Zero" which is a contender for my favourite VG track *ever*)

And I always got the impression that the most popular Ace Combats (and my own favourites) are the PS2 trilogy (4, 5, 0), I'd definitely recommend trying those. 4 has a minimal story but the other two are very similar to 7 in that regard

I think AC3 is loved because of the "forbidden fruit" effect plus the idea of a flight game with a non linear plot and cutscenes by the same studio that did Ghost in the Shell, even if it didn't age well haha

Also the futuristic setting which is still pretty unique for the series

Feel free, not like it could complain, or even think any negative thoughts

I sometimes think of how relaxing it would be to be able to just sit around and do nothing

Every time a character in an anime or anime-style game is described by fans as being a "hot dragon" and it's just some dude/girl with tiny horns and maybe little cartoony wings. Just pure disappointment.

Might be my favourite track in the new chapters and near the top for Deltarune + Undertale as a whole.

Toby Fox really decided to show off and give us a whole ass prog rock instrumental.