Ace Combat ZERO | Mission 11 | The Inferno | Mercenary Style

[@mariodacostamosteiro7262]

Cipher:Have you seen a F-15 commiting a war crime? Belkans:No Cipher:Would you like to?

[@dac5782]

It's not a war crime if it's a legitimate target

[@Veladus]

AC7 is the best at this though. After stopping war crimes on War Crimes Island, you get a chance to do your own war crimes in the next mission at Shilage! Truly a next gen reward system that game has! Jaeger: This is terrible! I'm sure not going to be telling my son about what we're doing here. Me:

[@stealthynaxo]

@@dac5782 That children's hospital color scheme is attrocious! *VALIDATION INTENSIFIES*

[@dac5782]

@@stealthynaxo DO IT AGAIN, ALLIED FORCES

[@MaximumHeresey]

Cipher : (returning maneuver) Would you like to see me do it again?

[@johndoe62804]

Pixy: Learn to accept it, kid. This is war. Also Pixy: I can't do this anymore. Gotta destroy borders.

[@souvikrc4499]

I think Pixy was hiding his true feelings at that moment.

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

I think Pixy was talking to himself as much as to PJ.

[@trevorphilips4925]

13:28 if you use headphones with max volume you can hear the explosions from the allied bombers and it does sound like the tossing bombs all over the place

[@rubenlopez3364]

15:18

[@theanchorshat585]

"To all bombers. Remove Belka's ability to counterattack. Priority is placed on destruction over accuracy." "Initiate bombing sequence. Drop 'em all!" "Turn it to ashes! " *"That's not enough! Drop more bombs!"*

[@warefamily2559]

WAR IS HELL.

[@Cristieagle]

Based.

[@diegotapia2830]

Do it again osea

[@ZayZoot]

@@diegotapia2830, Let us be blessed as we cross the gates of hell.

[@VigilanteAgumon]

​@@warefamily2559 "War isn't Hell. War is War and Hell is Hell, and of the two, War is a lot worse." - Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce, MASH

[@danielsaldanha1520]

10:15 People burning to death... For Christ's sake...

[@noivern666]

The scream blends with the air raid siren. Disturbing

[@dac5782]

Well, you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelet

[@RuneMasterKnight]

war sure is deferent from the sky then it is from the ground ant's it?

[@29_anindrarafifd.90]

One of the funniest moment in ace combat

[@Vespa-Due]

@@dac5782 and if we’re making the mother of all omelettes we can’t fret over every egg

[@madjack1748]

Real mercenary style: Use FAEB's or Burst Missles on every ground target you see. Burn em all.

[@ThisIsAHandleOrSomething]

Lemme one up you. Morgan's nukes.

[@briarmason8737]

@@ThisIsAHandleOrSomething Not nukes. MPBMs. Big difference.

[@FarmYardGaming]

If you could weaponise nukes in the Ace Combat series I get the feeling everyone would be using it just to burn the city to shreds

[@aguilasfan96]

This mission always makes me sad...

[@outwithjohn7038]

I have never played it but I remember watching this mission back in 2016 and I have never felt so mad and upset for an enemy in my entire life.

[@pastelpinnacle3955]

play Burgundian Lullaby over it.

[@germanwarrabbit]

it's just genocide

[@donut3702]

​@germanwarrabbit not even genocide, it's just mindless murder. No rhyme or reason, just indiscriminate killing on a city-wide scale.

[@noivern666]

SU-37 with FAEBs is the right way to play this mission

[@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10]

I'm how to play this mission

[@ryanjapan3113]

Yellow 13 I thought you were honorable

[@tanmaynegi3169]

F4 Phantom with FAEB

[@scarface1367]

ADFX-01 with MPBMs is the right way to play

[@周生生-f1f]

How to commit the most amount of war crimes in the shortest amount of time

[@galacticknight55544]

This mission makes me wonder if the Belkans are really the bad guys. And after enduring a house fire recently, this mission is a special kind of nightmare fuel for me. I can't even imagine what it must be like for the poor folks on the ground.

[@FarmYardGaming]

For what it's worth, I hope you're doing okay now

[@galacticknight55544]

@@FarmYardGaming I am. Thanks. And for the record, the Belkans are still the bad guys. But the Oseans are bad too. The "good" guys are Ustio, Sapin, and the countries allied with them (except Osea).

[@JohnDoe-ug3su]

@@galacticknight55544 this mission is a reference to Dresden (and Yokohama) fire bombing. Allied force was testing the early version of Napalm or some other incendiary bombs

[@surprisedchar2458]

@@JohnDoe-ug3su It's not a reference to Dresden. It's a reference to Hamburg, which was a brutal vengeance raid conducted by the RAF and is what coined the term "firestorm". It would also likely be referencing American firebombings that went on over Japan during the war. Most notably Tokyo during Operation Meetinghouse, which was the deadliest single bombing raid of the entire war.

[@Post_Stall_Maneuver]

It shows there are no "good guys" or "bad guys" in war. War is not black and white, never has been, never will be. Ace Combat is unique in its depiction of war. It has no real nations that they must be careful depicting like Call of Duty or any other FPS in the real world, yet it is grounded in modern times with allegorical equivalents of real nations and conflicts. It depicts many of the realities of war from the cockpit of your plane. War crimes on both sides. The stories of civilians and refugees. The toll it takes on those on the front lines (even your wingmen in some games are visibly affectsd by war). My point is that Ace Combat depicts war in a dramatized yet realistic manner: war is hell and there is no good or bad, only survivors. When the crosshairs are on your head, morality often goes out the window.

[@razgriz501]

This mission's supposed to be an allegory of the Allied firebombing of Dresden in WWII, right?

[@NicolasHU3BR]

+razgriz501 yeah its right

[@NicolasHU3BR]

+razgriz501 mission 12 its like the hiroshima and nagasaki nuke bombs

[@TheGreatAcePilot]

actually the nuke bombing was used to halt the allied movement to Belka, not a "show of powers"

[@centralintelligenceagency9003]

"Those nazis" were civilians that only wanted to survive this war, but whatever. You people would have loved seeing every last German hunted down and murdered, anyway.

[@VeritatisCupitores]

Also firebombing of Tokyo

[@Someone-oe2pg]

A bomb has hit sector C! It's gonna set off the fuel!! RAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! Damn

[@jacobridgeway2849]

My dads a Fire Fighter Battalion Chief, To hear all of this kills me on the inside

[@ro11ing_stone20]

😞

[@danielsaldanha1520]

This mission should be called: PTSD simulator

[@scarecrow108productions7]

*Hoffnung Flashbacks*

[@Kiskaa-]

More like War Crimes simulator

[@mariodacostamosteiro7262]

@@Kiskaa- more like ACCEPTABLE CASUALITIES simulator

[@jimmylee2241]

A truly horrifying mission during the belkan war.

[@hanswolfgangmercer]

I always figured this was Strangereal's equivalent of the bombing of Dresden

[@aaronlonghuynh5245]

It is

[@CruelestChris]

It's Hamburg.

[@mustaproductionsperez6726]

@@CruelestChris Yeah I think It is an allegory to the bombing of Hamburg instead. Might resemble Dresden because it was at night though, like this mission.

[@CruelestChris]

@@mustaproductionsperez6726 Well, there's a very strong resemblance in the name ("Hoffnung") and the raid on Hamburg that created the firestorm during Operation Gomorrah was a night raid (27 July 1943).

[@videosrandom1909]

One of the darkest missions in the Ace Combat saga

[@ro11ing_stone20]

that chilling moment from 19:45 ….as a kid, i knew shit was about to go left 😞

[@Rez_Lynx27]

That's the same time to year in 1945 over city of Dresden

[@matthewtwitter5172]

​@@Rez_Lynx27coincidences for the video length, seems like it's so coincidental that the moment is literally placed in 19:45 where, yea as you said.

[@champagnegascogne9755]

@@Rez_Lynx27 And Tokyo and other of Japan's industrial cities.

[@percyfreeman5936]

Some of you say that it looks like Dresden/Hamburg bombing, but for me its like Yugoslavia bombing 1. Just look at the photos 2. 1999 is pretty close to 1995

[@Komyeta]

+Allied forces Send Tomahawk like NATO did to Yugoslavia

[@ro11ing_stone20]

that shit is crazy, while we’re all over here in regular america partying like it’s “1999”….sad

[@Z_Berkut]

@@Komyeta yeah fuck NATO xaxaxa

[@ADMONIUS]

Pros of being Cipher: You are a god among aces. Cons of being Cipher: You see and hear things you can’t unsee or unhear.

[@Adjaleva1]

This song is marked in my head for entire life, following the sirens in background.

[@rubenlopez3364]

I payed 4-5 dollars for Ace Combat 4 and 5. Zero was 20 Dollars now in 2020 and when i played this mission i knew why

[@rubenlopez3364]

And i did this shit in a Schwarze Foxbat

[@soloalguienmas1842]

As a demon, it uses its power to rain death upon the land of Belka...

[@Oqualquer]

This mission (when you do in mercenary style ace) it's the most war crime per meter mission in the game in my opinion

[@skylerarnold2122]

Operation Canibal: escort bombers. Cipher: I AM THE BOMBER

[@AirshipCanon2]

*Shoots down a B2 Bomber* Downed all enemy Fighters

[@Shack11]

w a s i t w o r t h i t ?

[@chaoscommentary2179]

How many points did you get

[@sukhoisu-24fencer3]

To everyone comparing this mission to the fire bombing of Dresden, This was nothing compared to Dresden. Dresden was so much worse in so many ways.

[@Galm_1]

Thank you Sherlock.

[@fernandoorellana7768]

Yeah because it was in real life duh

[@HipFire1]

and based.

[@Z_Berkut]

It's more likely fit to Yugoslavia Bombing

[@Vespa-Due]

Allies when Belka is bombing Ustio: *_You’re batshit insane!_* Allies when Ustio is bombing Belka: *_Making the mother of all omelettes here, can’t fret over every egg!_*

[@valder8423]

But did Belkans actually bomb Ustio? In missions set in Sapin an Canal, if you destroy yellow targets Belkans are shocked that Allies plan to destroy everything.

[@swordimpulse07]

I thought it was the Oseans bombing Belka

[@StephenLynx8492]

Welcome to the Under Ten Club; how tough are you?

[@aaronlonghuynh5245]

I used FAEBs and MPBMs, and laughed.

[@asri3l]

@@aaronlonghuynh5245 come in

[@unwoundsteak17]

it's strange seeing these interviews AFTER watching Max0r's incorrect summary

[@WolfTrooperRex]

Was it worth it? How many points did you get?

[@Superdeath25]

Darkest Ace Combat ever made

[@lukasi.v4269]

There is a B-52 that is shot down in the air raid, but we can't see it being shot down for real. Like wtf?

[@bcordone]

Huh? You mean the radio chatter? You might actually see it go down if you play and stick around long enough and look for it. I know supposedly you can actually see the tomahawk hit the city (It's a blue radar blip marked as ally which disappears once it hits) so maybe the B52 crashing does actually happen if you follow it.

[@lukasi.v4269]

@@bcordone then I need to replay this mission as soon as possible. Unfortunately my PS2 lens is kinda broken so it will make difficult to actually play this game once more.

[@Agent1W]

20:00 Became one of the biggest emo losers in all Strangereal history.

[@jairovillamizar1966]

What would be more like 'Became a anarchist'

[@diegotapia2830]

OSEA DO IT AGAIN

[@DaL33T5]

"The Belkans entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and no one was going to bomb them. In Sapin, Ustio, and our own Osea, they've put that naive theory into operation. They've sown the wind, and now, they are going to REAP THE W H I R L W I N D."

[@Trainwreck12315]

I see a lot of people comparing this to Dresden or Hamburg, and while I agree with those who are pointing the similarities in names, and I agree, I was surprised to see no one mention the Allied Bombings of Japan. This is a game made by Japanese people in Japan, the allied bombings that just about turned every single Urban center except Kyoto to Ash is an image that every Japanese person will learn. The B-29, the sound of the Raid Siren, the Burning skies, while many remember Harris for his Atrocities in Europe, his true genius would be used in the Pacific where his carefully planned fire bomb raids used on largely wood and paper cities would reduce entire cities to dust. There was a historical study done about atrocities between autocracies and democracies and found that Democracies were far more likely to favor attacking the enemy population, the country itself instead of the enemy armed forces. It makes perfect sense, for an Autocracy the population is only a barrier, they will commit atrocities on them when they get in their way, most of their malice is focused on the enemy forces and POW's. Whereas for a Democracy which would believe that power comes from the people, the entire citizenry of the enemy is a threat. Until every citizen is Dead, Democratized or unable to resist, the population will be a threat to Democracy. "So this is the price we pay for losing" this is in my opinion the most powerful line in the entire mission. The Belkans started this war much like why the Japanese started their war, it was a question of resources, they just needed "More", and for that, the pilot sees the entire city reduced to ashes, countless lives irreversibly destroyed, too many people dead, soldiers dying like dogs from air power. Belkans would later do many terrible things, I'm not in the Belka did nothing wrong camp (Although I am in the Erusea did nothing wrong camp{Even before 7}) however, I cannot blame either country for wanting to make Oseans suffer. Belka saw its own country burned to the ground, Eruseans saw their country destroyed by a natural disaster, flooded by refugees and then their country dismantled twice. Oseans have lost nothing. their cities remain pristine, the worst of the wars would be limited to the far reaches, and their continent largely free from the Ulysses impacts. This is why other than 6 I couldn't sympathize with the allied cause much, ISAF were basically busting down doors to problems they had made themselves and demanding the locals bend to their will, and we're supposed to be the good guys.

[@Z_Berkut]

Belkan Started the war just like Germany Started the war

[@Jusuff]

Innocent Japanese and German civilians had to suffer in the hands of the Allies because their countries leaders thought they still had a chance to win. Democracies and dicratorships have both been responsible for civilian bombings because they think that bombing the enemy nation's civilians will make the nation surrender. Instead it makes them angrier which leads to them bombing their enemy in retaliation and then even more innocent lives are lost and the circle goes on. There are rarely ever good sides in war. One side is bad and the other side is less bad or just as bad as the other one.

[@pacificfederationpeacekeep999]

Interesting argument however lets not forget the following 1. Osea has fought a sum of more than 3 wars prior to the belkan war with jot specified results. So its only natural they and other nationalities hate the belkans for invading, annexing or attempting to do so. Especially if you think that the Osean Federation it self was made so that the many Osean city states would unify against their oppressors 2 Belka had entered a period of expansionism during the 20tb century Which lead to multiple countries to get swallowed whole by them. And no it isn't about just land and resources , there are Also different poeple there who wish to be free , Ustians ect. And seeing from how the liberation of directus went down we can all see that the Ustians didn't have the best relationships with the belkans, and its uknown how they were treated during the pre BW era along side other people's. Its likely that even though its said that the Oseans only funded and supported successionist movements in the areas mentioned for gaining access to certain resources, we never get to know what resources those are , when its Also and even more likely that Osea as the liberal democracy it is could help them , as for both liberating a poeple who suffering under an oppressor and wanted , freedom independence and a proper democracy as well as the beef they had with the belkans 3. Both Eurusia and Belka had authoritarian far right regimes, that came to power under the certain circumstances that the two countries found themselves into, with said regimes having vast public support. I won't blame eurusia for the part that they weren't willing to take refugees since everyone was hit hard. But I will blame them for starting the war and creating a bigger problem than the one they had to solve . I won't blame the people who found "hope" in the face of a false leader that lead them on a war of destruction and suffering, in eurusia Either, they were as a previously mentioned victims of circumstances. On the other hands the belkans (not people but rather the 80s decision makers) took some wrong decisions) With the most notable one being the creation of wanderwuffen , such as the XB-0 , the Excalibur, and the ADF project, instead of the creation of a modern , capable, cohicive fighting force...

[@mustaproductionsperez6726]

I think It is an allegory to the bombing of Hamburg, which was another historic bombing of an important german industrial city which resulted in the same if not bigger massacre of citizens, as well as the complete destruction of its buildings and factories. Also, Hoffnung sounds closer to Hamburg.., in some way. Or this mission might resemble the bombing of Dresden because it was at night, like the real thing? The Blekan War..., without a doubt best ace combat to date right after the japanese version of Electrosphere, or maybe even superior to this last one in its own way. This instalment was a letter of love to the game world, specially after the loathsome childish pathetic game that its predecessor, ac5 was.

[@usmankhan-wg5dl]

Yup you’re right

[@yustinj.3910]

"which resulted in the same if not bigger massacre of citizens" That implies less than 35k people died in Hoffnung, which I doubt.

[@MIchaelArlowe]

AC5 wasn’t bad, the only subpar main line Ace Combat I’ve played has been 7.

[@Artymorty_124]

"Hatred only breeds more Hatred. It all just feeds on itself"

[@ringmeister_]

This mission and the atmosphere surrounding it are utterly terrifying.

[@NicolasHU3BR]

linha oficial da história seguindo as missões do B7R : 3 : mercenary 10: mercenary 16: soldier

[@telafore6053]

> > >

[@chaoscommentary2179]

Also your microphone is a fucken war crime

[@gx1tar1er]

this is the mission where i found super uncomfortable playing it when i was a kid

[@danielsaldanha1520]

War crimes have been committed

[@princesscadance197]

That’s a dark detail. The Allied forces are in blue, they’re friendlies. The Belkan forces are in red, they’re the enemy. The factory workers are in yellow… They may be Belkan, but they’re non-combatants…

[@pumarolz]

This mission should be called “PTSD THE GAME”

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Remember no Belkans

[@diegotintayaluque3474]

Nato forces bombing yugoslavia 1999. Russian fighters airs strikes ukranie . Russian ships launcheds missile cruise to ukranie 2022

[@thegrayone5666]

I remember playing alot of zero. Alot. But do not remember this mission and npw I get why. As a kid pixels or not I remember this mission made me feel freaking terrible.

[@benjaminokonski9186]

Was it worth it? How many points did you get?

[@karagrepublia]

About 22,000 points.

[@karagrepublia]

Worth it.

[@IamIanOficial]

You monster.

[@raffihakim278]

@@IamIanOficial Not Enaff.. DRAP MAH BAWMBS!!???

[@jermany8019]

HAHA OKAY! Lets keep this war going~!

[@yuri_0517]

Even after this mission, i did not feel sane anymore

[@marrvynswillames4975]

Dangerously based

[@lilolekepakoiki8191]

The belkan war is similar to wwii

[@Hawwwlucha]

and the belkans are similar to nazi germany

[@Veladus]

Obviously, Japan loves making games with a thinly veiled version of WW2. Oddly enough, there's only ever a NotGermany and sometimes a NotItalaly, but there's never a NotJapan. Curious.

[@ryanjapan3113]

Veladus well erusea could be considered from 04

[@ListenUpGalm1]

A wise man once said this is just arson with extra steps

[@cg123ize]

I wish the belkans had german accents they are after all germans

[@adlibbed2138]

cg123ize well, Gault Team's leader, that one squadron who's flies out Su-47's we're awfully sounded like German (well... sort of)

[@Komyeta]

"NEIN NEIN, DAS MERCENARIES IS HERE?!"

[@Z_Berkut]

@@adlibbed2138 Name = Slavic, Accent = German lol

[@Anonymoususer1930]

I think in cutscenes the enemy will have their accents. I’m ace combat 5 yuktobanians in the cutscenes have a Russian/Slavic accent

[@dannycardona211]

War criminal!

[@EpicThe112]

Another way to look at this is that this seems to be the allegory of Ace Combat to Game of Thrones episode 5 season 8. Both were based on firebombing of Dresden European front or firebombing of Tokyo Japan Pacific front.

[@nhutminh9290]

10:12 ....

[@usmankhan-wg5dl]

SAD

[@Nor_important]

Basicly arson with extra steps

[@spindash64]

Which path is most canon?

[@lolmeme69_]

Think it's a mix of all of them. Soldier for part 1, mercenary part 2, and knight part 3. I think.

[@ravenstrategist1325]

The only canon path is full mercenary. Since it is the only one which is connected to ace combat 5

[@aaronlonghuynh5245]

@@ravenstrategist1325 It also ties in the ace style of the 3 aces of the Holy Trinity. Mobius 1: Soldier. Blaze: Knight. Cipher: Mercenary.

[@Komyeta]

@@ravenstrategist1325 wrong

[@Komyeta]

Mercenary - Mission 1 to Mission 11 Soldier - Mission 12 to Mission 14 Knight - Mission 15 to Mission 18

[@azuredragonofnether5433]

Between this, the Dresden Bombing and the Ukraine War, I see no difference.

[@chaoscommentary2179]

“Do you see any borders from hear what have borders given us” how I feel about the Ukraine war

[@benjamincoll4524]

10:10 Make me really uncomfortable

[@jeffjeff7083]

balken did nothin wrong

[@federicosiasjr.5462]

Yes belka did nothing wrong

[@adlibbed2138]

1:51 how did I feel about US and Iran situation

[@usmankhan-wg5dl]

Same here

[@FellipeNavarro]

Is it fair to say that this mission was a War Crime?

[@athallahrafi2319]

It's not a war crime if you win

[@josetorquato7872]

cade o ace combat zero em português ?

[@Viviana088]

10:34 I have so many of these close encounters that it doesn't even make me jump anymore. 😂