Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception - Mission 15B: End of Deception II + Credits Roll

Path 2: 14A-13B-15B
And thus, we reach the end. Yes, I went with the canon aircraft option. Kill me.
Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, this is the canon ending. End of Deception II, considered by many the most difficult "regular" mission in Ace Combat history. Alect Fenrirs put the 15A ones to shame, even uncloaked, and present a challenge hardly matched by any other ace squadron - as I've said before, the poor bastards are way underrated by the fanbase.
What follows is the mandatory tunnel run, inside a very large complex but rued nonetheless because of the nasty shaking (in particular the timing of the last one) and the need to maneuver inside the confines to attain the max score and the star unit. However, there's an easy way to get around the shaking, as displayed.
I also want to wish all viewers a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, krazy Kwanza, or whatever your celebration may be, and thank you for following this playthrough. However... we are not quite done here yet. There's one mission left, and hell if I'm leaving you without it. See you tomorrow.

[@kimarykorlumiose7728]

the real reason people were angry is because Diego didn't show the Fenrir doing a post-stall manuever in the stadium

[@joshuagreen5613]

Ac7

[@Alex-ok9iu]

Understandable

[@znspyder]

I wish they release the plane next dlc

[@SSA_Pizza]

Well, lucky for y'all, there's a Fenrir mod for AC7 now (Reporting from the future, so idk if y'all will even read this :p)

[@CallsignAegis]

@@znspyder there is a mod

[@dhruvchaturvedi6343]

8:20 he just hit him without locking on!! Legend!!

[@vstrmrk]

13:09 It’s a subtle detail but they form up in a “Southern Cross” formation and it is a perfect way to end the game

[@muhammadazim3374]

Just realise that

[@thegrimreaper6926]

And they're literally going to the south!

[@Mobius_118]

12:26 *YOU COULDN'T EVEN DESTROY A TENT TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIVES!*

[@cypher2207]

"THE FENRIR HAS BEEN DESTROOOOOOOYED!"

[@calamitousenigma9052]

PUT OUT THAT FIRE PROTECT THE CONTROL SYSTEM

[@RebbyAivazian]

NO ITS NO USE. THE CONTROL SYSTEM ARE OUT.

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

@@RebbyAivazian

[@jsammy5935]

@@ColonelFrontline1152

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

@@jsammy5935 >

[@diapason89]

15:34 Elevator music at Gaiuss Tower.

[@antoni-nv7nj]

Ïrøñīč íśñ’t ît?

[@larryfoulke8876]

Fly me to the moon... XD

[@89sponge]

Elevator music? 15:34 As a child, I thought that this was music at a ball, where Gryphus 1 in full dress is dancing with a hot Brazilian woman in a red ball gown. 17:35 Meanwhile, on the floor below, people are dancing in a nightclub. 18:31 Another floor below was a private rave party organized for members of a still little-known arms corporation)

[@Samuel-eu6jo]

​​@@larryfoulke8876 🎶And let me play, among the borders🎶

[@larryfoulke8876]

@@Samuel-eu6jo "And let me see what nuke is like"

[@alexanderseldes1069]

Haha!! Who else was laughing so hard at the dialogue between the other pilots at the end there?

[@franciscomm7675]

Me

[@user-gk8sv6us3c]

🥾🥾kmbiكمبي🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾⚰🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾⚰🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾⚰⚰🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾

[@andrewrogers7404]

The fact that you destroyed one of the fenrirs before you destroyed the energy plant is amazing.

[@nicovlog7607]

adarsh senthil yeah i have destroyed one fenrir like this and damaged another before of destroy the energy transitor

[@nicovlog7607]

adarsh senthil but is completely hard to destroy all of them without destroy the energy transitor

[@edmardisla8492]

I got 'em all with f-22 on ace once.

[@LukeKenobi1]

In the first playthrougt I hat the mission (Kill alect squadron first) where I couldn't destroy the Powerplant and also had to deal with this microwave weapon. I also had to shot down all of them while in stealth. I can tell, that was no easy task.

[@HmmHmm-ve7ou]

Wait... You need to destroy energy plant first?

[@rejectedcapitalist4802]

I remember finishing this on ace. Fenrir vs Fenrir

[@stocks_9750]

Yeah with the mega bomb

[@somethingsomethingcrotasen1643]

With infinite lwsms and rapid fire sp's

[@billmarion5796]

I played this game so long ago. Good memories.

[@0123renee]

You are absolutely not lying with the Alect Squadron. These guys, especially on Ace, wanted me *dead.* And unlike a lot of fighters and aces I've come across in the series, I was never able to run away and regroup - they were constantly at my six ready to shoot me down. I'm never gonna forget these guys. But man, finally taking them all down and destroying Archelon Fortress was one of the most satisfying and rewarding things I've done in quite a while. One of my absolute favorite missions in the entire series, and a fitting way to end a real gem of a game.

[@fadillah6014]

Best way to take them really just full throttle to corner then rolling to take them down, well if they visible tho

[@cadillac1wt914]

8:08 oh my! He just stopped in midair!

[@simplyrealistc1232]

15:57 So Kono was the visual supervisor before becoming the director of the series? What a way he’s come!

[@anonviewerciv]

Every Ace Combat game must end with a tunnel run, as is tradition. (10:40) 4:28 Stick with-oh wait, wrong game.

[@matthewmondragon2074]

Stick with Gryphus 1 and you'll make it, even Falco1 broke "Marked from death" talking about his son thanks to Gryphus 1.

[@filip1764]

One of the most badass moments in Ace Combat.

[@mfadillah4849]

The best game for my childhood

[@MGSDude01]

So this is what Genette from AC5 is doing these days.

[@jesterknight3837]

?

[@faatihh1130]

@@jesterknight3837 the journalist in the cutscenes is genette

[@RootyRooTheKangaroo]

This was my favuorite game on the psp

[@Chom-Chom]

I like how they make a formation similar to the Southern Cross at 13:11

[@Blacksmith__]

I was 9 years old when I played this game, and who knows how many attempts it took me to beat this mission.

[@vstrmrk]

I was like 6-7 years old when I first played I didn’t even know what I was doing half the time and I somehow managed to beat the game (on easy of course tho)

[@domasbaliulis23]

mainly cuz you were using gep guns... heheh, i kid.

[@Okami1313]

Thanks for putting this up! I wouldn't have been able to experience it any other way

[@TugaAvenger]

Thanks, but don't give up on experiencing it by yourself. By all means do try the PPSSPP emulator, it's very light and can run in almost any machine.

[@Okami1313]

@@TugaAvenger I'm not very tech savvy, but I could give it a try. I'm getting the old ps2 and 3ds games now, and I want to play them in chronological order, but perhaps I'll give it a try

[@strider117aldo9]

Anyone watching on that day, now?

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Yes

[@generalradec2635]

Yes

[@take-kun987]

2024 still watching and played it

[@dariomontieri7062]

that speech. that is *epic*

[@Roslynguy]

I always get goosebumps during this mission

[@MrAVGNdude]

I.. I miss this game so much Great gameplay man!

[@Mayeur000Donz]

I'm playing this game for the first time and this mission is pure agony. Nothing in the game prior to this has been too tough, but I feel like I'm completely at the game's mercy. As soon as I'm warned a missile is locked onto me, it's like I have a third of a second to react. It's so frustrating to lose and feel like there's nothing more I could have possibly done.

[@kachungchan4077]

13:17 I don't know I'm think too much or,but ain't that like southern cross?

[@jeffb-c]

I was not expecting the music that accompanied the credits

[@TheEsdaniel]

Fr just finished the game again ,now with this version of the mission, and listening to some smooth jazz!

[@petrosfakis3037]

so much nostalgia, i grew up with it

[@mattheisen77]

And it ends with the Brazillian Bossa Nova at the beggining of the credits... hahahah cool

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Merry Christmas to all, to all a good flight!

[@dwsimmy2599]

Is this really considered one of the most difficult regular missions in Ace Combat History? I mean it's no picnic, but when I played through the game on Ace difficulty, I had way more trouble with the Alect Squadron mission than this (I usually play on hard difficulty, where your health is basically the same as the enemies).

[@dwsimmy2599]

+Mach 8.7 I didn't find that one as bad because you could take the F-35 with the long range ship missiles that the ships couldn't dodge. It let you keep your distance with most of the fleet's AA guns. The Alect Squadron on Ace difficulty would almost always dodge any long range missiles I threw at them, I found I needed to take a plane with the QAAMs, which were usually a 1 hit kill (the MG would mop up anyway). Even then getting behind the bastards was tricky.

[@calamitousenigma9052]

2 years old, but I found Armada to be excruciatingly difficult on Expert when I had the joystick and didn't have a wired controller.

[@marcohaullussy3389]

@@calamitousenigma9052 its almost impossible doing it with psp emulator on your phone without wired controllers but i did it, barely

[@jeremyjohn8199]

What happened to the guy that ejected??

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

Probably got picked up by the landing unit.

[@calamitousenigma9052]

Interesting challenge idea: End of Deception II on Ace with the F-4E equipped with Napalm Bombs while playing with the keyboard. EDIT: Play it on the 4x speed toggle and with an upside down hud (emulation settings)

[@TugaAvenger]

I don't hate myself that much, my friend.

[@samjulian7162]

Tried this without upside down hud

[@SolidWorkMan]

So much memories ;)

[@demitanuki]

God this brings back memories

[@ImtiazRiadi]

i can see them with their stealth on with my own eyes. just find the aircraft with the golden contrails and :3

[@xyzen9673]

God i remember everything from this mission, flying inside an island base trying to shut it down from the inside is one of the hypest thing in the psp... I even remember all the dialog vaguely...

[@blacksnow7106]

awww you destroyed their stealth, i remember when i owned them with stealth on

[@mobius2830]

i pwned 2 fenrirs during the first minutes in hard :p

[@rv2_nostalgia541]

adarsh senthil Laser gun using Falken in less than a minute

[@princetoga4600]

I just use my fenrir long range shock wave missile on one of the fighters and it with all enemy fenrirs alive and when it explode it destroy every single enemy aircraft in the sky and on their shock cannon just the taste of their own medicine and for revenge for the death of 3 gryphus squadron members

[@blackwolf1475]

Prince Toga hahaha yeah. That's the best way.

[@aryapandulu3156]

I Destroy 4 FENRIR with stealth on dude its normal for me

[@wolverine4235]

Game of my childhood

[@mobius2830]

Tip: if you want to destroy 2 fenrirs fast (not guaranteed): Go at the 4 fenrirs head on, you will need a fast jet. (I suggest wyvern with the ScramJet engine upgrade) and you will need XMAA or XLAA the fire if you're really near then kaboom.

[@stallfighter]

You can wipe out entire Alect in this manner - 4 XAA_ to first 2 Fenrirs placed sightly left from spawn, then let other 3 overshoot you one by one, and again, kill them with XAA_. It takes only 90s, btw you must wait until ground reach fortress gates for mission update.

[@madhukarmukane2090]

I used F-22 Raptor and MiG-31 foxhound without any upgrades just some 14-16 long range Air to Air missiles. And some cruel Dogfights😬😬😬

[@gc6096]

Cool thanks dude

[@ElectricGuitarFan1]

I love this EPIC GAME!

[@davidesantangelo1501]

omg i loved this game

[@ciphowler8370]

What happens if you actually destroy all Fenrir's before the amphibious unit opens the energy transmitter?

[@TugaAvenger]

It simply skips to the tunnel run section. Its excruciatingly difficult to pull off though, as the cloaking is much more effective than the permanent one in 15A. I don't recommend trying it, even for curiosity's sake.

[@blacksnow7106]

TugaAvenger did it, multiple time, hard but fun

[@samjulian7162]

I did it, but the units already reached the transmitter, so I did it without destroying the transmitter instead

[@madhukarmukane2090]

I destroyed all Fenrirs before killing that beam, the beam was so hard to defeat.

[@blackneos940]

Once I unlocked the Fenrir, I found out how fast I could destroy Lesath's air force base at night, radar be damned. :) Also, I love coffee. :D

[@sipion697]

11:47 I feel like the base commander is having a flu when he says NeMeSiS.

[@reborn6596]

This mission on ace mode he’d kid me raging and screaming lmao I remember after dying countless times and restarting and once I finally got into the tunnel and destroyed that last jet I crashed in the lip at the top end of that tunnel right at the end of the mission… I was screaming bloody murder haha was that happiest kid alive when I beat it though

[@PHILMKD95]

Aurelia = Australia Nothing is more Australian than the southern cross itself.

[@TugaAvenger]

Well, the Southern Cross is (naturally) a symbol with many countries in the southern hemisphere, and Aurelia's a composite of them. Australia is probably the largest influence on it, but South America also has a large influence on it (plenty of Spanish names).

[@jwilson2793]

TugaAvenger I was going to guess Argentina or Brazil as their model countries

[@falken2089]

@@TugaAvenger But the Aurelian language is French, and none of the South American (except the Guyanas) speak French

[@tieradlerch.217]

Can we bring back the multiplayer?? I have change the IP adress to PPSSPP Multiplayer sever but find no one lol

[@swedenball6684]

I like you channel image👍

[@TugaAvenger]

Of course you would :)

[@NaniteAlex]

I wonder what happens if you do not destroy the electrical plant - mission failure or it goes on with some sass from Crux? Love your playthrough by the way, thanks for making it! Like many here, it brings me a lot of memories with this fantastic game.

[@TugaAvenger]

You do get some sass from the landing team, but they'll keep giving you chances. However, you don't have to destroy the plant, you can take them all down while cloaked, though of course that's fairly difficult. I have a recent video on that. And thank you. My channel might have exploded this year, tripling subs since new year's, but this playthrough from way back when is still what I'm most proud of. I wanted to do it for so long...

[@SoloWing88]

How did you get ACX to look so good? Also great control!

[@TugaAvenger]

SoloWing88 I'm playing on a PSP emulator (PPSSPP v0.9.9.1) with most options set to max. For example, it's rendering the game at 4x it's native resolution - so the game is actually being rendered at 1080p, not simply upscaled. And thank you.

[@SoloWing88]

TugaAvenger Hot damn! I may be in love again with Ace X! Going back to watch this playthough from the start!

[@kennymccormick1944]

+TugaAvenger Could you show me the exact settings used?

[@TugaAvenger]

+Kenny McCormick I'll do you one better, I'll upload my settings file: www.mediafire.com/download/jc4c6ddou3edl19/ppsspp.ini This goes in [PPSSPP root folder]\memstick\PSP\SYSTEM. I'm not 100% happy with them, as despite a lot of tinkering there's still some microstuttering (with no FPS drop) in scenes with lots of clouds, but I suspect they're limitations of the emulator: it scales down a damn lot better than it scales up. Side note: at long last, I've got some more ACX coming this week. Doing max score runs and such. Keep an eye out.

[@acegamerstrings7319]

+TugaAvenger so basically this is the file for your ppsspp settings

[@wolverine4235]

I dont know why but this game is stiil one of my favourites

[@imneetgamer9555]

How you rotate the camera?

[@user-wc6oe4fs6y]

I know Im late af but how do u control ur plane so smoothly???

[@madhukarmukane2090]

It's easy, use Novice control instead of normal one. Press select key to change radar

[@DarthWall275]

I don't know designed the tunnel section, but I hope he was fucking fired.

[@Malick-ix9io]

This counterpart of the mission is way too easy to believe it's really the canon ending...

[@TugaAvenger]

I think the opposite, honestly. I find the microwave thing much easier to deal with.

[@s1llyagent236]

12 year old me looking at this would cry because it took me hours to complete it on the hardest difficulty

[@isaiahcalloway3964]

I remember this music stressing me out cause I thought it was scary also i was like 10yr old or something its been a loooong time and I figured out if you fire two missles at the beginning of the mission you will take one out before it’s technically in range

[@ruski3]

*NEMESSSIIisss...*

[@WhoStoleTorni]

But how to unlock the Ace mode. On my PSP i have only the Easy ,Medium and the Hard difficulty. Please answer!

[@TugaAvenger]

You need to beat the game in hard mode. That's also usually the case for other Ace Combat games.

[@WhoStoleTorni]

TugaAvenger so should i beat the campaing in hard mode

[@TugaAvenger]

Exactly. Doesn't need to be every mission variant, just one campaign of any sort in hard diff.

[@WhoStoleTorni]

TugaAvenger Thanks!

[@seannthegamer832]

RIP MY PSP HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY MY SELF CUZ I HAD THAT GAME IN MY PSP

[@nerdboxlife6717]

que buenos recuerdos :)

[@gc6096]

Si :)

[@zakhaevshub4735]

The hardest level to accomplish in ACE difficulty using the F-22.

[@theliberionguy5617]

5:17 so even the aurelian satellites has been destroyed during the lighthouse war?

[@ohjiajun1]

Yes

[@joshsuan4489]

Until today, i still play that with my 2nd old psp.

[@djordjespasic2179]

Which button do you press at 7:00, 7:20 to view the target which was above you?

[@TugaAvenger]

Hold Triangle

[@henrybautista3560]

You played it on an emulator?

[@victorkilojuliet5468]

I realised that the journalist here was the same in AC5

[@muizsp9525]

Hey Tuga, do you know how to rotate the camera view on PSP?

[@TugaAvenger]

You can only do it during autopilot.

[@muizsp9525]

@@TugaAvenger thank you!

[@IzraiasPSilva]

how to destroyed Fenrir squadron?

[@madhukarmukane2090]

If you haven't finished them yet then I recommend F-22 Raptor with A2A missiles.

[@thegrammarpolice69]

What if I used Fenrir instead ?...

[@TugaAvenger]

Then you don't get as much enjoyment out of destroying them :)

[@samjulian7162]

But I finished it with the F/B - 22

[@chikitoborroko6597]

Gryphus 1 should comeback in the sequels

[@Ovog95]

Do you know what the unknow aircraft was inside the tunnel?

[@TugaAvenger]

More Fenrirs, probably under construction.

[@Ovog95]

@@TugaAvenger That makes sense. When I did it everything was going so fast I couldn't look at anything without crashing.

[@erenoz2910]

i love this game but _man_ is this some porn level voice acting

[@TugaAvenger]

It wasn't that long ago this was the standard for English game VAing. It wasn't really an industry until this decade.

[@tegjwokjohn1839]

How do you get that ending cutscene? I did exactly everything you did, got S rank and finished the mission in a shorter time than you did, but I still got the other one.

[@TugaAvenger]

I THINK you need to do all missions possible in a playthrough, not leaving any territory in Leasath hands. Not 100% sure though.

[@tegjwokjohn1839]

@@TugaAvenger that might be it. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@tegjwokjohn1839]

@@TugaAvenger you were right! I just finished a whole playthrough of the game without leaving any unfinished missions and I got that ending. But for some reason, despite finishing the game 4 times on ace difficulty, I can't unlock fenrir. Is it something to do with the emulator?

[@TugaAvenger]

Have you done Operation X too?

[@tegjwokjohn1839]

@@TugaAvenger oh that's probably why. Still gotta work towards getting S for all of the missions to unlock it.

[@paulosagario370]

I used a wyvern to beat this mission

[@geraltofvengerberg3049]

i only have end of deception 1 why ? there is no second mission

[@TugaAvenger]

You have to follow the mission path I listed. After liberating the capital, choose mission 14A.

[@geraltofvengerberg3049]

so i have to start over again whole campaign ? after finished

[@AL3X2580]

Kaan Burunkaya yeah that's why I usually make back up saves along the way.

[@geraltofvengerberg3049]

yeah i completed game again started over with end of deception 2

[@jjthesteve0019]

whoh I can't fly circle its

[@samjulian7162]

I did it with the F-4 phantom with SAAM

[@aerosims9370]

I Just Finished This last night... Using Wyvern....

[@crimson1402]

Did he fly through his jet wash at 6:43?

[@TugaAvenger]

Not sure if you mean me or the missile. Flying through jet wash is the least of our concerns in AC, but for the latter, missing one missile is fairly typical in ACX, especially head-on. Using guns typically makes them move less, but even then you'll often miss one of them.

[@crimson1402]

I was meaning right after you shot the missile and flew right past that Su 47. I'll rephrase what I meant um would that be considered flying through jet wash if that were for real? Sorry for the confusion and I was just asking out of boredom and curiosity.

[@CallsignAegis]

@@crimson1402 oh no

[@madhukarmukane2090]

Just completed last mission 2 days ago. A question , which type of control were you using, Normal or Novc ?

[@TugaAvenger]

Normal. Novice doesn't allow for nearly as much control.

[@ohjiajun1]

No offence to Bryskye's playthrough. but yours is far superior since you play on Ace difficulty

[@Mobius118]

Guys I just defeated all the optically camouflaged Alect Squadron Fenrirs on Ace difficulty using only an F-4, the slowest maneuvering plane in game! Anyone know how that’s possible?? Lol

[@FrostyyMcToasty]

A slower plane gives you more time to shoot more missiles.

[@YTSirBlack]

10:55 WTF?

[@victorkilojuliet5468]

Its not the plane its the pilot

[@TheSpeep]

This ending seems very similar to AC7s ending. Chasing the enemy into a tunnel... If they escape with data on this fight this war will never end... Seems a little recycled to me...

[@nicovlog7607]

Is ace combat 7 who has taken from acx

[@ohjiajun1]

Lasnight this game came out 13 years before Ace Combat 7

[@victuz]

@@ohjiajun1 And it takes place 1 year after the events of Ace Combat 7.

[@sairamr6886]

I'm playing on hard mode and I'll tell you, its harder than hard . My SU37 can't take hits

[@deltav1228]

shish

[@newolku]

You are not playing on hard

[@TugaAvenger]

No, I was playing on Ace.