Torres: Oh? You're approaching us? Instead of running away you're flying straight to the Alicorn? Trigger: I can't trample on your bed sheets without getting closer.
Stand's name: *「ALICORN」* Stand user: *Captain Matias Torres* Stand ability: *「CRISP WHITE BEDSHEET」.* Able to make any target of choice become enamoured by the user's speech follow him towards salvation. Also has secondary stand *「SLUAV」,* which allows its user to home in and attack targets that resist *「ALICORN」's* initial effect either using the stand itself as weapon, or as a spotter for its user to launch a long-range attack. Stand battle cry: *DON'T YOU SEE?* *PICTURE IT!* *SALVATION!* *THE LIVES OF TEN MILLIONS!* Seriously, just pick a line from Torres' speech, and we're good to go.
Stands name: Trigger Stand user: Trigger Stand ability:"GO TRIGGER'S WAY, YOU'LL MAKE IT", makes any one on his squad or follows him have a high chance of survival. "SILENCE", improve efficiency of any combat aircraft by not speaking anything and focus on fighting. "RESUME CHECKPOINT", able to rewind time back to a certain point if fail the objective even works when been shot down, this ability also resume all people's memory except his so no one knows he has this ability.
Naw what always gets me is the sole *W o a h* and then everyone loses there crap. Also keep in mind that the very next mission is the night raid on the erusan airbase
What were the guys in Project Aces eating to make this mission? We got an escort mission against good enemy aces and very annoying hard-to-hit drones, while giving you a feeling of being with a big allied squadron that protects each other and cheers when you down an enemy and saving them Then it shifts to the breath holding moment to detect the Alicorn with the MAD with the sense of urgency to find it as fast as you can nagging at the back of your head. The moment you do, you find out the enemy KNOW how you're going to look for them and disappeared, running away. That part is heart dropping alone, and then you have to do it again with enemies on your back, hoping that your allies that you always know to be less skilled then you to cover you. Since most people tend to shoot things down themselves in Ace Combat, this really tore you between finding the Alicorn ASAP or shoot down the enemies first. And then, the Alicorn, the very thing that you've been chasing for three missions appeared in front of you, unleashing INSANE amount of fire, the first time you see what it can do, even sinking allied ships so easily. Watching the flurry of AA fire, missiles, fighters, UAVs, the railguns AND the shield drones will show you that you're facing a really, REALLY dangerous enemy. I don't think there's another enemy in Ace combat where you have to pay so much attention to different things to dodge. The moment the Alicorn surrenders really felt like a 'you know he's guilty, but you can't arrest him' moment. I think it's just me, but knowing how unpredictable Torres is, I actually think that he won't attack again and find out some other way to do it. The part when you have to stop the railgun through the shield drones gave me a feeling similar when everything goes into slow motion and you have to shoot a precise target in mere seconds. That final part is just plain madness, not just from Torres himself. The entire submarine felt like it's a madman that just got shot and bleeding, but they still swing a knife wildly and spraying bullets everywhere. Add the fact that the railgun turrets keeps firing in a high rate of fire when you have to go REALLY close to it to hit the main railgun. Also, I like Torres' story about how he 'managed to hit one out of the two shots'. It's an ominous foreshadowing that even against a harsh condition, he will not miss, but if he somehow does, the next shot WILL hit. Ironically, this applies to Trigger too, when he didn't manage to destroy the railgun at first, he'll destroy it the second time. When Torres said 'landing a shot on a difficult target is elegant and true beauty', that ALSO applies to Trigger trying to hit the railgun. Finally, when it's over, when Strider and Cyclops just fly together in a straight line, sighs of relief are made as the adrenaline dies down. You did it. It was really tough, but you did it. Pretty nice that the mission didn't end immediately. I'm gonna say it: This is the best boss battle in the Ace Combat series ever by a LARGE margin. No other opponent gives you that much adrenaline or that many emotions coursing through you.
@@OFJehutyV2 Pixy is really good and epic, the jousting is one of the most badass things to be pulled off in Ace Combat series. And lemme tell you, it's not even close. Alicorn bested it in music, adrenaline, difficulty, buildup, emotions, and if you prefer now the antagonist acts, straight up evil.
I maintain that the cinematic nature and aerial combat of the Aigaion battle was better than this. Playing that gaming and watching the swarms of fighters weave through the formation of massive airships is absolutely insane. However, the buildup wasn't as good as the Alicorn and neither was the writing.
“He leads the way.” That single line just solidifies my opinion of Trigger being the best ace in the entire series. Blaze was a squadron leader Cipher was a demon Mobius was a lone wolf Trigger is a SYMBOL of hope, sticking with him and you’ll live to see another day
all singularities make whoever is with them survive longer , thats what make them so important to whoever side get one they can change the outcome of a war just by themselves , of course once the war is over theres questions as to what to do with one for now all the singularities we played stayed loyal etc , but whats to say some singularities in some countries didnt become mercenaries etc and so really dangerous
@@the_director_vinsanity make sense why Clemens want him assassinated now. A pilot like him is too dangerous, it just happens there are evil people like Torres so that Trigger has a target. In another universe, Trigger probably wrecked the entire Osean military simply because he's fed up of being accused of the murder he didn't do. I honestly wish PA is as eloquent as say, Hideo Kojima in exploring things like this, cause this is really an interesting theme.
1. So this is what Trigger and his colleagues did before midnight mission for capturing Erusea's airfield on September 16. 2. Unfortunately, that computer is about to be shut down; due to worldwide telecommunications disruption. 3. Don't you see, Captain Torres? This is the salvation for you!
Nah, they were all loyal unto death to Matias. Not only was he already a venerated war hero but by following his orders for those two years they were stuck at the bottom of the sea, they survived. Yes, some of them died, and I think they might have been killed off to preserve supplies while also being the ones who would not fall in line with him. For two whole years. Just imagine the panic, claustrophobia, homesickness, and 'sub fever' a person would suffer. . Undoubtedly, they all became a bit unhinged and Matias being the sensual and charismatic war hero, they held onto the belief that he could get them out of there. Lo and Behold, they were rescued which undoubtedly made them even more loyal to him. They had the ocean buried on top of them, everyday worried about dwindling food supplies and the structural integrity of the hull giving way. "Be not afraid! Did you not leave your fears behind at the bottom of the Abyss?" These men knew no fear of death and would follow their captain through the gates of Hell. Even when the submarine was split in two, none of them sought to escape. The captain went down with his ship, and his crew chose to sink with him.
@@Lulu-ex7fc Also on a sub that big? Anyone who wanted off probably could have rushed for any evacuation equipment and made a run for it. This things the size of a skyscraper. If it doesnt have some kind of emergency escape vehicles...
I just want the villain, after being dealt the finishing blow to be like this, "No! No! Noooo!" or something along those lines. It may be cliche, but it feels very satisfying to me.
@@michaelbreckshot6589 Honestly, I think Torres is past that point. That moment you mentioned probably happened when Trigger made the railgun miss (When he screams "What happened!?"). Notice that Torres is actually pretty level and rational in this mission until that happened, when he just snapped into this insanity that his plan WILL succeed, even if his sub sinks.
thankfully the regular missiles recharges up to 2 missiles in this game even if you're running out of them, but even the most experienced player like him had no choice but to resorting on using the cannons since the recharge rate was pretty slow
The choir on the song everytime the Alicorn is mentioned or appears reveals that, even when used in Erusean hands, it's still a proud son of Yuktobania
Would have preferred if the Alicorn was a Super Dragonet-class. That said, the music is more or less a throwback to the Dragonet-class submarines from AC2/AC3D
@@aguywhodoesntexist Erusea claims he defected and wasn't affiliated with them any longer, so what repurcussions would there be? As for his character, I don't think he was meant to be anything more then the opposite side of the same coin that is the "Ace Pilots" of the franchises games. He's the enemy ace then went the wrong direction.
I can't be the only one getting some MGS4 vibes from all of this. Both games have impractically large submarines with railguns targeting high-value targets which, if destroyed, will bring about a swift victory in the war for the enemy. Both fights take place at either sunrise or sunset. In MGS4, the submarine _Outer Haven_ engages in battle with the _Missouri,_ an Iowa-class battleship. In AC7, it is explained that Torres was in command of the _Tanager,_ also an Iowa-class battleship, before taking command of the _Alicorn._
I just noticed at the end that it has text saying that Trigger "Participated"/"Did not participate" in pictured operations along with the "In operation attrition rate". The level of detail this game has reflects very well on its creators!
So, having learned through CZcams comments that both the Scinfaxci and Hrimfaxi (sp?) were based on Norse mythology, I decided to google "Alicorn." And this goes way back. According to ancient Assyrian mythology, Alicorns are a hybrid of a Pegasus (winged horse) and a unicorn. They were commonly mentioned as being along side winged bulls. According to the exact legend, either the Alicorn itself is seen as evil or they are seen as good counteracting the bulls' evil. Fits in perfectly with Ace Combat. The Eurusians saw it as a weapon to justly strike Osea while the Oseans saw it as a terrorist's weapon.
The soundtrack, the gameplay, the narrative... The main campaign should have been like the DLC missions and they would have absolutely nailed it. Still, vanilla AC7 is a good AC game, but boy are SP missions better than the main missions.
So many incredible moments. Such a well designed plot, great characters, incredible mission design, wingmen that seem to shoot down the enemy, amazing cutscenes and to top it off Alex's version of "stick with trigger and you'll make it"
Sure...if the PA haven't rushed to create the game itself (just as they are coming out from the heels of the marginally sucessful Infinity); it would have been better just like the DLC ones.
September 19th, Happy birthday SkyEye! "And to the pilots that fought in the past before Trigger, this one's for you" That's basically Project Aces message to us.
@@cry0genic52 the mission after the three parter on the Shayne Plains, where you actually engage Excalibur, it can swipe a good 10 to 15 degrees. I rarely got hitbback in the day, but i've gotten rusty lol. Got killed by a Rot the other day on the Gauntlet run
That space elevator theme in the starting cutscene is so good. Unsettling and ominous. Lol @10:00 - it's only fitting to have a reference to Hunt for Red October
Now with the DLC complete, the only thing left to do is to retrace our steps back at the beginning and follow the timeline of the Lighthouse War from beginning to end at Ace difficulty. Love the debriefing. It's almost like Wiseman is saying: "To be continued in Operation Werewolf"
After this mission comes out for a while, I come to appreciate your run much more~ You're one of the few players that didn't destroy the Alicorn's railguns, and didn't strip most of it's defenses. Not to mention you used the Raptor instead of the superplanes that just use TLS or the massive AOE specials.
Not only that, he destroyed the railgun cannon with machine gun cuz he had no more missiles but then with some protagonist power he gained another 2 missiles and destroyed the railgun cannon. I fucking love this gameplay.
25:21: The Alicorn suffered the same fate as her ancestors Scinfaxi and Hrimfaxi but split herself into two parts just like HMS Hood during her engagement with the German battleship Bismarck.
@@KKdessu reactor i can see blowing up, but if that was the case, it would more likely happen at the back, near the engineering section. as for cappacitors, they would also probably not be stored in the mid section, and even when they overload, capacitors aren't known to make giant explosions, due to the relatively low ammount of stored energy. they are just able to release said energy extremelly fast. what i think must have happened is that the electric arcs caused by the capacitors overloading then being accidentally put in a closed loop due to the gun falling down must have triggered the conventional charge of the shell, and added up with the extensive battle damage to cause a global structure failure. considering the giant explosion underwatter, i sugest this is when the actual nuclear warhead detonated, or the reactor exploded.
@@mobiuscoreindustries Given how powerful those capacitors got to be chuck something the size of a battleship round some 3,000 kilometers; those capacitors are likely *damn* powerful and that much energy means that it can easily get explosive
It was on that day, the Ribbon'd Reaper's debt was paid in the lives of 300 souls. It was the Osean Hound of three strikes upon his back, that ensured Torres was sent to his Abyssal Grave.
29:34, So I guess "Stick with Trigger, and you'll make it," is official Osean military protocol now. Also, I can't wait for the full soundtrack release so we can get that version of the main theme.
Especially during the final rush to destroy the cannon. You can feel the intensity and the captains insanity to massacre 1 million people to fulfill a sick and twisted desire. Add that with the wrath of trigger and his allies after the false surrender and you've got one of the best superweapon battles in the franchise
Isn't it sad? Throughout this entire DLC Wiseman's not flying with us. He's not present in Mission 14. And then when he finally flew again during the Farbanti Siege he got downed by Mihaly.
“Stick with Trigger and you’ll make it,” huh? That was great; it was absolutely awesome hearing the rest of the squad at the end of the mission. Dialogue has been top notch, along with everything else in this trilogy. Hope they do more, I don’t think I’m ready to say goodbye to Strider squadron just yet!
"they've no need for living heroes, just dead ones" So Osea kills, or attempts to kill their Aces. Makes sense why they suddenly disappear or go into hiding after every story.
Actually I was expecting Torres to shout out SALVATION at the destruction of the submarine... Strangely he didn't mentioned it (or rarely mentioned as I didn't noticed) in this mission.
Either way, the surviving remnant of the Continental War has now been wiped out and put to rest for good. His insanity even at the end....I think the Mobius Squadron did more than wipe out his former fleet, but his mind too.
@leon4000 I don’t like how it’s all wrapped up with a pretty neat bow, I wanted to see a darker shadow over the rest of the series. Also I want more conspiracy thriller with Clemens and co.
@@aguywhodoesntexist Maybe during the time gap between Battle for Farbanti and Last Hope? Clemens bails out of jail due to the comms blackout and steals an Osean military plane to continue spreading false intel while using the comms blackout to his advantage.
I loved David's speech. But I almost wish that when David said "but there are others" it was alluding to a mission series of tracking down and stopping individuals who were truly evil and threatening the state of an already unstable Strangereal. Going around with David saving the world in a "villain of the week" mission series.
By far the best, most enjoyable and tense mission since Ace Combat Zero. That's how good it is. And for me, Zero is an unbeatable game in terms of soundtrack and the sheer scope of it all, and is why it is my all time top favourite Ace Combat game, period.
25:11 anybody else notice that the Alicorn is basically disintegrating from the massive amounts of power needed to fire the main gun. Even small railguns IRL need massive amounts of power. Imagine a 600mm caliber railgun’s required power.
Someone said this in the comments too. Something about how the Railguns' explosion and the battle damage caused the rail gun to charge conventionally, thus causing a chain reaction.
Think of it like what happened to the HMS Hood when the Nazi Battleship "Bismarck" sunk it during WW2. Probably the remaining ammo ignited and detonated all at once, basically ripping the Alicorn in two. The same happened when Bismarck struck the HMS Hood with such a salvo that the Powder Mag ignited and detonated with such force it ripped Hood apart and it sunk like the Alicorn
That final battle was so intense! Well-played! Well you're pretty fast in all missions - it's very satisfying to watch you wipe enemies off the map. It's just so .... ELEGANT!!
Everybody loves trash talking Torres like it was an easy kill for Trigger but this guy really was the best non-pilot in the series. Only guy I've seen who's exploited a god level Ace pilot on the enemy's side to achieve his own goals. And even at the end, things like sinking the rear half of the sub to compensate for the damaged railgun had me sweating bullets. This dude was pure evil, but his skills and ability to do the damage multiple fleets couldn't dream of while being hunted by Trigger have more than earned my respect.
@@martincornejo7273 Normally I'd be smart enough to do the same, but... dangit, I really like dropping multiple bombs on a submarine and watching them panic as they can't shoot the payload out of the sky.
Next ace combat series i hope to play as the Yukes for the main player nation. It would be lovely to see them finished this Alicorn class (Maybe further improved) unknowingly for the other nations and the player squad launching from it, performing deep strike missions to the targeted nation from the cause of a world with no boundaries starting an international accident that triggered a war with them.
Imagine this second Super Scinfaxi-class (yes, technically, Alicorn is Super Scinfaxi-class) submarine being called "Gullfaxi". Maybe you can even serve as a terminal guidance unit for one of the shells from the heavy railgun during a deep strike operation.
The Alicorn sets up two potential callbacks for future games. There's the poor nation/city that got nuked that wasn't Oured that could produce another radical like Torres. Or there's a nuclear shell in the wreckage of the Alicorn that could be recovered for an attack.
Not really. The shell landed in the Spring Sea, not on a random town. And the Alicorn completely exploded underwater, there's nothing left to salvage besides pieces of metal floating in the waves.
So, we've reached the end of the road. What's next? Will there be more side stories that complement the Lighthouse War to read and explore? Will there be missions where Trigger has to face and fight the remaining members of Spare Squadron? Will there be more super weapons for us to look in shock and awe like the Alicorn? Will there be characters as intriguing to investigate as General Shepherd and Mimic Squadron? Will there be moments as memetic as Captain Torres' obsession with white bedsheets and the poor, poor cola? All in all, I had fun following this DLC campaign despite me being unable to play it myself. Until that moment comes, I'm giving it a solid 9.3/10. Also, the Erusean port commander and Alex are now favourite waifus. Especially Alex, just because of that cute laugh at the end.
A.I Alex: Go Trigger way, You make it. Did that bitchy A.I stole that word from someone? Fullband: Stick at Trigger, You make it. Bandai, can you slap a copyright on that A.I stoling a dead man quote? XD
Torres wouldn't have saved a ten million by killing a million. If he had nuked Oured, I gurantee the Oseans would have returned the favor to Erusea and at the minimum turned Farbanti from a crater into a radioactive crater.
Torres: Oh? You're approaching us? Instead of running away you're flying straight to the Alicorn?
Trigger: I can't trample on your bed sheets without getting closer.
Is ThAt a JoJO reference?
OH HO! Then fly as close as you like Three Strikes!
Either you deserve solitary, or you deserve a medal..... Maybe both.
Stand's name: *「ALICORN」*
Stand user: *Captain Matias Torres*
Stand ability: *「CRISP WHITE BEDSHEET」.* Able to make any target of choice become enamoured by the user's speech follow him towards salvation. Also has secondary stand *「SLUAV」,* which allows its user to home in and attack targets that resist *「ALICORN」's* initial effect either using the stand itself as weapon, or as a spotter for its user to launch a long-range attack.
Stand battle cry: *DON'T YOU SEE?* *PICTURE IT!* *SALVATION!* *THE LIVES OF TEN MILLIONS!* Seriously, just pick a line from Torres' speech, and we're good to go.
Stands name: Trigger
Stand user: Trigger
Stand ability:"GO TRIGGER'S WAY, YOU'LL MAKE IT", makes any one on his squad or follows him have a high chance of survival. "SILENCE", improve efficiency of any combat aircraft by not speaking anything and focus on fighting. "RESUME CHECKPOINT", able to rewind time back to a certain point if fail the objective even works when been shot down, this ability also resume all people's memory except his so no one knows he has this ability.
Man, the guy who voice acts for Torres must've had so much fun with his role.
I surrender.... NAHHH!! I'M JUST SCREWING WITH YOU, DON'T YOU SEE?!!
No kidding
Armen Taylor was Torres voice actor
This sounds like Ray Chase, who is the VA for another pacho mastermind, Chancellor Osborne
Yes. Thats why we had the line of
*S A L V A T I O N*
Wiseman: "Operation is complete."
*_everyone is about to celebrate_*
Wiseman: "Your next mission is in 32 hours."
*_insert TF2 stalemate sound here_*
Jaeger: Not something I'll tell my son about.
Count: Gimme a break!
Naw what always gets me is the sole
*W o a h* and then everyone loses there crap.
Also keep in mind that the very next mission is the night raid on the erusan airbase
Triggers inner thoughts: Yay I get blow up more stuff!
To think all of this happened after Dragon's Breath and before Werewolf (I think).
Missiles: loaded
Systems: green
Launch preparations: A-OK
Crisp white sheets: *D I R T I E D*
Hotel: Trivago
Boots: worn at a urinal
i read that in mai's voice
in a very lewd manner
@@simunator Happy to be of service.
NO NOT THE SHEETS
"Three Strikes in the sky is a sign of an ill omen...!"
Quite literally at that;
*"I l l" o m e n*
Wow... nice catch...🤔😯
woah... nice...😎
YOU see don't you?
@@matiastorres2190 Don't you see?! DON'T YOU SEE?!?!
What omen is more ill than Latin music in these games?
“It fired!”
“It’s okay, the shell will miss”
And hit some other poor populated area but at least it’s not Oured
Visibly shifted a good 7-10 degrees, and with such a long distance, it would've just hit ocean water.
@@Suzurinn or some random plain terrain right before Oured
Peepee Poopoo
IKR It’s not like oured is by a bay or anything
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Missed Oured, accidentally wiped out Bana City
Count : how many story you have for your son?
Jaeger : YES
@Ali Nassereddine mostly because he tries to sleep before jaeger gets home so he can avoid his stories.
Fun fact: His son is the pilot Erich Jager from Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, which takes places in 2040.
If you trip enough death flags, you can cause an overflow and become immortal, apparently
@@spindash64 once everyone expects you to die you can't simply die, that would be predictable, so kind of yeah
@Marlon Maulady and their raid on Shilage
Alicorn: *exist*
Blaze: Ah shit, here we go again.
September 14 2019, Somewhere in Osea, a man Living under a false identity feels a sense of dejavu and thinks to himself, "I am needed"
@@the_director_vinsanity I want to destroy the Alicorn with the F-14 razgriz just for trauma. Already gave Torres PTSD with the Mobius skin
Larry Foulke
I think he’s in space with Nagase.
I beat it as Cipher.
@@the_director_vinsanity Amen, buddy.
*"Galm 1,returning to duty."*
Captain Torres:"I am inevitable!"
Trigger:"I am.....Three Strikes!"
I am.... A ASSHOLE
What were the guys in Project Aces eating to make this mission?
We got an escort mission against good enemy aces and very annoying hard-to-hit drones, while giving you a feeling of being with a big allied squadron that protects each other and cheers when you down an enemy and saving them
Then it shifts to the breath holding moment to detect the Alicorn with the MAD with the sense of urgency to find it as fast as you can nagging at the back of your head. The moment you do, you find out the enemy KNOW how you're going to look for them and disappeared, running away. That part is heart dropping alone, and then you have to do it again with enemies on your back, hoping that your allies that you always know to be less skilled then you to cover you. Since most people tend to shoot things down themselves in Ace Combat, this really tore you between finding the Alicorn ASAP or shoot down the enemies first.
And then, the Alicorn, the very thing that you've been chasing for three missions appeared in front of you, unleashing INSANE amount of fire, the first time you see what it can do, even sinking allied ships so easily. Watching the flurry of AA fire, missiles, fighters, UAVs, the railguns AND the shield drones will show you that you're facing a really, REALLY dangerous enemy. I don't think there's another enemy in Ace combat where you have to pay so much attention to different things to dodge.
The moment the Alicorn surrenders really felt like a 'you know he's guilty, but you can't arrest him' moment. I think it's just me, but knowing how unpredictable Torres is, I actually think that he won't attack again and find out some other way to do it. The part when you have to stop the railgun through the shield drones gave me a feeling similar when everything goes into slow motion and you have to shoot a precise target in mere seconds.
That final part is just plain madness, not just from Torres himself. The entire submarine felt like it's a madman that just got shot and bleeding, but they still swing a knife wildly and spraying bullets everywhere. Add the fact that the railgun turrets keeps firing in a high rate of fire when you have to go REALLY close to it to hit the main railgun.
Also, I like Torres' story about how he 'managed to hit one out of the two shots'. It's an ominous foreshadowing that even against a harsh condition, he will not miss, but if he somehow does, the next shot WILL hit. Ironically, this applies to Trigger too, when he didn't manage to destroy the railgun at first, he'll destroy it the second time. When Torres said 'landing a shot on a difficult target is elegant and true beauty', that ALSO applies to Trigger trying to hit the railgun.
Finally, when it's over, when Strider and Cyclops just fly together in a straight line, sighs of relief are made as the adrenaline dies down. You did it. It was really tough, but you did it. Pretty nice that the mission didn't end immediately.
I'm gonna say it: This is the best boss battle in the Ace Combat series ever by a LARGE margin. No other opponent gives you that much adrenaline or that many emotions coursing through you.
"Here comes the snow."
Well, the music contributed a lot as well to make it more epic.
Ehhh Pixy was pretty even if not better than this
@@OFJehutyV2 Pixy is really good and epic, the jousting is one of the most badass things to be pulled off in Ace Combat series.
And lemme tell you, it's not even close. Alicorn bested it in music, adrenaline, difficulty, buildup, emotions, and if you prefer now the antagonist acts, straight up evil.
I maintain that the cinematic nature and aerial combat of the Aigaion battle was better than this. Playing that gaming and watching the swarms of fighters weave through the formation of massive airships is absolutely insane. However, the buildup wasn't as good as the Alicorn and neither was the writing.
“He leads the way.”
That single line just solidifies my opinion of Trigger being the best ace in the entire series.
Blaze was a squadron leader
Cipher was a demon
Mobius was a lone wolf
Trigger is a SYMBOL of hope, sticking with him and you’ll live to see another day
all singularities make whoever is with them survive longer , thats what make them so important to whoever side get one they can change the outcome of a war just by themselves , of course once the war is over theres questions as to what to do with one for now all the singularities we played stayed loyal etc , but whats to say some singularities in some countries didnt become mercenaries etc and so really dangerous
@@athomicritics example, What would have happened if Belka paid Cipher more than the allied forces... Cipher was no hero
You forgot Talisman and Gryphus 1 as well
@@the_director_vinsanity make sense why Clemens want him assassinated now. A pilot like him is too dangerous, it just happens there are evil people like Torres so that Trigger has a target. In another universe, Trigger probably wrecked the entire Osean military simply because he's fed up of being accused of the murder he didn't do.
I honestly wish PA is as eloquent as say, Hideo Kojima in exploring things like this, cause this is really an interesting theme.
And don't forget Alex's "Hehehe"
HEHEHE
1. So this is what Trigger and his colleagues did before midnight mission for capturing Erusea's airfield on September 16.
2. Unfortunately, that computer is about to be shut down; due to worldwide telecommunications disruption.
3. Don't you see, Captain Torres? This is the salvation for you!
I'm sure Alex operates on a central server somewhere. Loss of the satellite grid won't kill her
@@tennoshenaniganizer9234 and the fact Alex have a voice kind of Alexa of apple, but in strangereal and for an Osean Intelligente Agency officer
Like a true maniac, Torres laughs his way into death.
Honestly I’m surprised his crew didn’t mutiny when all hope seemed lost in the climax
Nah, they were all loyal unto death to Matias. Not only was he already a venerated war hero but by following his orders for those two years they were stuck at the bottom of the sea, they survived. Yes, some of them died, and I think they might have been killed off to preserve supplies while also being the ones who would not fall in line with him. For two whole years. Just imagine the panic, claustrophobia, homesickness, and 'sub fever' a person would suffer. . Undoubtedly, they all became a bit unhinged and Matias being the sensual and charismatic war hero, they held onto the belief that he could get them out of there.
Lo and Behold, they were rescued which undoubtedly made them even more loyal to him. They had the ocean buried on top of them, everyday worried about dwindling food supplies and the structural integrity of the hull giving way. "Be not afraid! Did you not leave your fears behind at the bottom of the Abyss?"
These men knew no fear of death and would follow their captain through the gates of Hell. Even when the submarine was split in two, none of them sought to escape. The captain went down with his ship, and his crew chose to sink with him.
@@Lulu-ex7fc Also on a sub that big? Anyone who wanted off probably could have rushed for any evacuation equipment and made a run for it. This things the size of a skyscraper. If it doesnt have some kind of emergency escape vehicles...
I just want the villain, after being dealt the finishing blow to be like this, "No! No! Noooo!" or something along those lines. It may be cliche, but it feels very satisfying to me.
That's what happens when you spend 2 years under the ocean
@@michaelbreckshot6589 Honestly, I think Torres is past that point. That moment you mentioned probably happened when Trigger made the railgun miss (When he screams "What happened!?"). Notice that Torres is actually pretty level and rational in this mission until that happened, when he just snapped into this insanity that his plan WILL succeed, even if his sub sinks.
"Would be so much easier if they could sing and let us know where it was."
DID COUNT MAKE A "HUNT FOR RED OKTOBER" REFERENCE?! XD
I was thinking of that movie Down Periscope
At what time code?
@@bishop51807 12:14
This whole DLC trilogy was like a Hunt for Red October tribute and I loved it
Count would be straining to hear from high altitude
Other players: spamming missiles
Zap: casually shoots MG with less than 10 seconds on the clock
thankfully the regular missiles recharges up to 2 missiles in this game even if you're running out of them, but even the most experienced player like him had no choice but to resorting on using the cannons since the recharge rate was pretty slow
zos dellecnaC llitS bulC thgindiM I failed this part the first time and got missiles back on restart. Gonna have to try again tho...
The CIWS on the Alicorn stands for both "Close-In-Weapon-System" and "CrIsp-White-Sheets" 😂
Yes SALVATION IS AT HAND
@@matiastorres2190
Yo Torres, ya' like being back at the bottom of the ocean?
@@matiastorres2190 You were stuck in a sub under the ocean for two years with nothing to do but watch Vtuber content. It's understandable.
David North: "We jammed your guidance system over Oured, your shot will miss the mark."
Matias Torres: "Am I a joke to you?"
The choir on the song everytime the Alicorn is mentioned or appears reveals that, even when used in Erusean hands, it's still a proud son of Yuktobania
Would have preferred if the Alicorn was a Super Dragonet-class. That said, the music is more or less a throwback to the Dragonet-class submarines from AC2/AC3D
"Go Trigger's way, you'll make it. He leads the way."
"Really"
"Significance is high"
>The end of Lighthouse and beginning of Dark Blue happens.
But does he lead the way to C R I S P W H I T E S H E E T S?
29:31 The perfect ending, and what a way to end it off "Go trigger's way, you'll make it".
Don’t like how they just skip over the darker implications of Torres’ character or the ramifications of his actions.
@@aguywhodoesntexist Erusea claims he defected and wasn't affiliated with them any longer, so what repurcussions would there be?
As for his character, I don't think he was meant to be anything more then the opposite side of the same coin that is the "Ace Pilots" of the franchises games. He's the enemy ace then went the wrong direction.
I can't be the only one getting some MGS4 vibes from all of this. Both games have impractically large submarines with railguns targeting high-value targets which, if destroyed, will bring about a swift victory in the war for the enemy. Both fights take place at either sunrise or sunset. In MGS4, the submarine _Outer Haven_ engages in battle with the _Missouri,_ an Iowa-class battleship. In AC7, it is explained that Torres was in command of the _Tanager,_ also an Iowa-class battleship, before taking command of the _Alicorn._
The narrative director for the 3 SP missions was one of the writers for The Belkan War
no wonder they were more enjoyable than base AC7
That stray shot from the Alicorn is going to be the origin story of another villain.
The sense of desperation during this entire mission is great.
Torres and his crazy laughter helped a lot too
I just noticed at the end that it has text saying that Trigger "Participated"/"Did not participate" in pictured operations along with the "In operation attrition rate". The level of detail this game has reflects very well on its creators!
So, having learned through CZcams comments that both the Scinfaxci and Hrimfaxi (sp?) were based on Norse mythology, I decided to google "Alicorn." And this goes way back.
According to ancient Assyrian mythology, Alicorns are a hybrid of a Pegasus (winged horse) and a unicorn. They were commonly mentioned as being along side winged bulls. According to the exact legend, either the Alicorn itself is seen as evil or they are seen as good counteracting the bulls' evil.
Fits in perfectly with Ace Combat. The Eurusians saw it as a weapon to justly strike Osea while the Oseans saw it as a terrorist's weapon.
And what’s another word for bull? Taurus
Torres
Unbelievable...
Who eats a burger with a knife and fork?
*look at France
And Italy
Gordon ramsay
@@christianbertvillote3265 Speak for yourself! We don't do that kind of stuff here!
I think he was using them to cut them in half I've seen it done before.
Erusian Pilot: “Cut the wings off that degenerate!”
Trigger: “THE FUCK YOU JUST SAY TO ME YOU LITTLE SHIT?!”
The soundtrack, the gameplay, the narrative... The main campaign should have been like the DLC missions and they would have absolutely nailed it. Still, vanilla AC7 is a good AC game, but boy are SP missions better than the main missions.
So many incredible moments. Such a well designed plot, great characters, incredible mission design, wingmen that seem to shoot down the enemy, amazing cutscenes and to top it off Alex's version of "stick with trigger and you'll make it"
Sure...if the PA haven't rushed to create the game itself (just as they are coming out from the heels of the marginally sucessful Infinity); it would have been better just like the DLC ones.
_"Similar pilots have existed in the past"_ ...
You don't say. There is a whole bunch of them.
At least one or two
September 19th, Happy birthday SkyEye! "And to the pilots that fought in the past before Trigger, this one's for you" That's basically Project Aces message to us.
Those railgun shots are like the Excalibur trying to shoot you down.
except excalibur cannot change its firing course
@@Synsky Excalibur could, a small angle only tho.
@@cry0genic52 Nope, horizontally it could swipe a couple of degrees from left to right or right to left, depending on the direction u flew.
@@cry0genic52 the mission after the three parter on the Shayne Plains, where you actually engage Excalibur, it can swipe a good 10 to 15 degrees. I rarely got hitbback in the day, but i've gotten rusty lol. Got killed by a Rot the other day on the Gauntlet run
@@cry0genic52 Gameplay is the same, wether it's Ps2 emulator based.
Oh my, the whole "Murder the Hero" thing reminds me of Black Ops 1.
"can we celebrate now?"
"yeah good work"
**unenthusiastic sarcastic woohoos**
It's been nearly a month now, but the shot of the Alicorn surfacing at 16:33 still gives me shivers.
11:10 That enemy Rafle M says "Shit, enemys got a lock on me." then is cut just short by the impact of the missle.
That space elevator theme in the starting cutscene is so good. Unsettling and ominous.
Lol @10:00 - it's only fitting to have a reference to Hunt for Red October
Now with the DLC complete, the only thing left to do is to retrace our steps back at the beginning and follow the timeline of the Lighthouse War from beginning to end at Ace difficulty.
Love the debriefing. It's almost like Wiseman is saying:
"To be continued in Operation Werewolf"
After this mission comes out for a while, I come to appreciate your run much more~
You're one of the few players that didn't destroy the Alicorn's railguns, and didn't strip most of it's defenses. Not to mention you used the Raptor instead of the superplanes that just use TLS or the massive AOE specials.
Now I feel bad for stripping the Alicorn’s every defense with my 8AAM-loaded F-22
Not only that, he destroyed the railgun cannon with machine gun cuz he had no more missiles but then with some protagonist power he gained another 2 missiles and destroyed the railgun cannon. I fucking love this gameplay.
*Me sitting in My F15C with 4aams.*
Yall hear sumn
When Alex "hehehe"
That made my day
I am blown away. This was the climax of the war.
25:21: The Alicorn suffered the same fate as her ancestors Scinfaxi and Hrimfaxi but split herself into two parts just like HMS Hood during her engagement with the German battleship Bismarck.
yep, ammo racked... well actually, i do not really know how a railgun can be ammo racked, but oh well, that was quite intense
@@mobiuscoreindustries Probably got its supercapacitors/reactor blown.
@@KKdessu reactor i can see blowing up, but if that was the case, it would more likely happen at the back, near the engineering section. as for cappacitors, they would also probably not be stored in the mid section, and even when they overload, capacitors aren't known to make giant explosions, due to the relatively low ammount of stored energy. they are just able to release said energy extremelly fast. what i think must have happened is that the electric arcs caused by the capacitors overloading then being accidentally put in a closed loop due to the gun falling down must have triggered the conventional charge of the shell, and added up with the extensive battle damage to cause a global structure failure. considering the giant explosion underwatter, i sugest this is when the actual nuclear warhead detonated, or the reactor exploded.
@@mobiuscoreindustries. Similar thing happened to the Arkbird when it crashed into the Ceres Ocean.
@@mobiuscoreindustries Given how powerful those capacitors got to be chuck something the size of a battleship round some 3,000 kilometers; those capacitors are likely *damn* powerful and that much energy means that it can easily get explosive
11:07 the way he gets cut off
Did no one gonna talk about that 3×3 EML Salvo madness on final phase of Battle?
23:19
It was on that day, the Ribbon'd Reaper's debt was paid in the lives of 300 souls.
It was the Osean Hound of three strikes upon his back, that ensured Torres was sent to his Abyssal Grave.
You had seconds, mere seconds to deliver that final hit, I was sitting on the edge of my seat thinking you weren't going to make it.
P I C T U R E I T ! !
Others got S-ranks but this gameplay has the most suspense of em, well done!
29:34, So I guess "Stick with Trigger, and you'll make it," is official Osean military protocol now.
Also, I can't wait for the full soundtrack release so we can get that version of the main theme.
It's become more of a rallying cry for Osean forces late in the Lighthouse War, I guess.
And so, the most evil man in all of Strangereal's history, has fallen. His pride, arrogance, and delusion were ultimately what brought his demise.
Yep, and all 300 of his suicidal cronies got what they deserved.
There's still General Navarro, but that fat bastard managed to get away with his life (and probably tons of pocket money).
@@cerealata9035 Or got unceremoniously killed by rioting civilians after witnessing his Fenrirs and Archelon Fortress blow up on the big screen.
Amazing that Alex agrees. Stick with Trigger and you will always make it.
When even an AI respects Trigger, you know he is more than the Ace of Aces. He's a symbol of hope.
"Stick with Trigger and you'll make it!"
Finishing up just in the nick of time. Now that's elegant.
15:39 that perfect timing when the music hits after he found the alicorn
The music used in this mission is truly a feast to ones ears, just in time for Thanksgiving!
Especially during the final rush to destroy the cannon. You can feel the intensity and the captains insanity to massacre 1 million people to fulfill a sick and twisted desire. Add that with the wrath of trigger and his allies after the false surrender and you've got one of the best superweapon battles in the franchise
Trigger has finished what mobius started
Great mission, but would’ve loved to see wiseman flying with us
Isn't it sad? Throughout this entire DLC Wiseman's not flying with us. He's not present in Mission 14. And then when he finally flew again during the Farbanti Siege he got downed by Mihaly.
Remember! Stick with t
Trigger and you'll make it!!
“Stick with Trigger and you’ll make it,” huh?
That was great; it was absolutely awesome hearing the rest of the squad at the end of the mission. Dialogue has been top notch, along with everything else in this trilogy. Hope they do more, I don’t think I’m ready to say goodbye to Strider squadron just yet!
32 hours till next sortie, give them a break when they just takedown a psychotic man
Nah man, they have a pizza to deliver to Cape Rainey.
They might have just saved Osea, but they still have a war going on in Usea.
29:09 wait, did David just mimic Pops' voice?
Sure sounded like it!
HUCKABEIN THE BELKAN SPY ?!?!?
Woah. Maybe Pops is now the director of the OIA? That actually would make a lot of sense.
Sounded more like Perrault to me.
I thought it sounded more like the Sand Island base commander. Captain Perrault iirc
2:04 the ost gave me chills and as well how good of a villain Matias Torres is
The picture of oured in the briefing brings so many memories. And that area looks like the same sea where we sent the aigaion down in 6
Oured.........Yes some good Ace Combat 5 memories
@@christianbertvillote3265 Cum historia.
@@mortum_potato6124 holy cow that's incredible. God I feel like I'm flying that black tomcat all over again
"they've no need for living heroes, just dead ones"
So Osea kills, or attempts to kill their Aces. Makes sense why they suddenly disappear or go into hiding after every story.
Is that true?
Actually I was expecting Torres to shout out SALVATION at the destruction of the submarine... Strangely he didn't mentioned it (or rarely mentioned as I didn't noticed) in this mission.
Either way, the surviving remnant of the Continental War has now been wiped out and put to rest for good. His insanity even at the end....I think the Mobius Squadron did more than wipe out his former fleet, but his mind too.
@leon4000 I don’t like how it’s all wrapped up with a pretty neat bow, I wanted to see a darker shadow over the rest of the series. Also I want more conspiracy thriller with Clemens and co.
@@aguywhodoesntexist Maybe during the time gap between Battle for Farbanti and Last Hope? Clemens bails out of jail due to the comms blackout and steals an Osean military plane to continue spreading false intel while using the comms blackout to his advantage.
"It's okay, the shell will miss!"
Uh, yeah, it's still gonna ruin SOMEONE'S day REAL bad.
HOLY FUCK you almost failed the mission but actually clutched it with the last missile
I loved David's speech.
But I almost wish that when David said "but there are others" it was alluding to a mission series of tracking down and stopping individuals who were truly evil and threatening the state of an already unstable Strangereal. Going around with David saving the world in a "villain of the week" mission series.
I dont know what it is about the alicorns main railguns but hearing them firing in a burst like that sounds really fucking good
(29:31-30:24) I hope PA had a full version of that track. We need an extended version.
"It's okay, the shell will miss"
Dude, don't think that shell will be miss when it has a 3,000km of blast radius
The shell only had like a 400m blast radius.. the cannon had a range of over 3000km.
29:40 Operation Balance took place in COMBERTH HARBOR ! WHAT ? !
Although also IUN/ODF operarion, Trigger did not participate
By far the best, most enjoyable and tense mission since Ace Combat Zero. That's how good it is. And for me, Zero is an unbeatable game in terms of soundtrack and the sheer scope of it all, and is why it is my all time top favourite Ace Combat game, period.
25:11 anybody else notice that the Alicorn is basically disintegrating from the massive amounts of power needed to fire the main gun. Even small railguns IRL need massive amounts of power. Imagine a 600mm caliber railgun’s required power.
Someone said this in the comments too. Something about how the Railguns' explosion and the battle damage caused the rail gun to charge conventionally, thus causing a chain reaction.
Think of it like what happened to the HMS Hood when the Nazi Battleship "Bismarck" sunk it during WW2.
Probably the remaining ammo ignited and detonated all at once, basically ripping the Alicorn in two. The same happened when Bismarck struck the HMS Hood with such a salvo that the Powder Mag ignited and detonated with such force it ripped Hood apart and it sunk like the Alicorn
You thought it was Torres, BUT IT WAS ME DIO!!
The destruction of the railgun ignites both the railgun & the Alicorn explodes.
Really love the transition in the music between the "analyst briefing" and "military briefing" 4:03
That final battle was so intense! Well-played!
Well you're pretty fast in all missions - it's very satisfying to watch you wipe enemies off the map. It's just so .... ELEGANT!!
Thanks wiseman ya ruin everything XD
Also I like how this dlc implies triggers the ace of aces
Because he is
I can only hope all aces in the Ace Combat series come together in the new Ace Combat soon
*Alicorn was burned to ashen*
*Top 10 epic fails of salvation for ten million*
You know what they say never Mess With The Three Strikes
Oof, with two seconds to spare. Zap knows what true beauty is
20:17 Did I hear Huxian said "What are they, a suicide squad? Fuck, I'll make their death wish come true!"
i hear it now
At least Wiseman got some break from action before his grand finale.
Ace combat 8, Alicorn really hit some, they want revenge plot.
Project aces in 2004: "wanna see me almost nuke Oured?"
Project aces 15 years later: *"wanna see me do it again??"*
Everybody loves trash talking Torres like it was an easy kill for Trigger but this guy really was the best non-pilot in the series.
Only guy I've seen who's exploited a god level Ace pilot on the enemy's side to achieve his own goals. And even at the end, things like sinking the rear half of the sub to compensate for the damaged railgun had me sweating bullets.
This dude was pure evil, but his skills and ability to do the damage multiple fleets couldn't dream of while being hunted by Trigger have more than earned my respect.
Oh god, Longcaster really is eating on that plane.
Long Caster likes to eat in a fancy way
@@Gilicus18793420blazingfury in a elegant manner?
That's kinda his thing.
@@bigballzmcdrawz2921 I know, I just thought he was joking most of the time but no, HE REALLY IS EATING!
Plot twist: he's only fed when he vectors his friendly aircraft onto a successful kill, which is why he's always eating at work.
Torres: "Shoot down those missiles!!! Engage the CIWS!!!"
Trigger: "lol okay have fun with this SFFS cluster"
Most of the time I use a X-02 wyvern because it one shots the ballast tanks
@@martincornejo7273 Normally I'd be smart enough to do the same, but... dangit, I really like dropping multiple bombs on a submarine and watching them panic as they can't shoot the payload out of the sky.
I can imagine trigger saying “ya got something to say Long caster?” In case you didn’t hit the barrel of the rail gun in time
Next ace combat series i hope to play as the Yukes for the main player nation. It would be lovely to see them finished this Alicorn class (Maybe further improved) unknowingly for the other nations and the player squad launching from it, performing deep strike missions to the targeted nation from the cause of a world with no boundaries starting an international accident that triggered a war with them.
Imagine this second Super Scinfaxi-class (yes, technically, Alicorn is Super Scinfaxi-class) submarine being called "Gullfaxi". Maybe you can even serve as a terminal guidance unit for one of the shells from the heavy railgun during a deep strike operation.
the coolest thing in this video was when you flew through the railgun shots multiple times!
that was amazing 23:30 - 23:50
Rip white bed sheets
SALVATION!
THE CRISP WHITE SHEETS HAVE THE MEANS FOR SALVATION!!!!!!!!
When I started the mission: Time to trample on some C R I S P W H I T E
B E D S H E E T S
The Alicorn sets up two potential callbacks for future games. There's the poor nation/city that got nuked that wasn't Oured that could produce another radical like Torres. Or there's a nuclear shell in the wreckage of the Alicorn that could be recovered for an attack.
Not really. The shell landed in the Spring Sea, not on a random town. And the Alicorn completely exploded underwater, there's nothing left to salvage besides pieces of metal floating in the waves.
So, we've reached the end of the road. What's next? Will there be more side stories that complement the Lighthouse War to read and explore? Will there be missions where Trigger has to face and fight the remaining members of Spare Squadron? Will there be more super weapons for us to look in shock and awe like the Alicorn? Will there be characters as intriguing to investigate as General Shepherd and Mimic Squadron? Will there be moments as memetic as Captain Torres' obsession with white bedsheets and the poor, poor cola?
All in all, I had fun following this DLC campaign despite me being unable to play it myself. Until that moment comes, I'm giving it a solid 9.3/10.
Also, the Erusean port commander and Alex are now favourite waifus. Especially Alex, just because of that cute laugh at the end.
A.I Alex: Go Trigger way, You make it.
Did that bitchy A.I stole that word from someone?
Fullband: Stick at Trigger, You make it.
Bandai, can you slap a copyright on that A.I stoling a dead man quote?
XD
Tabloid said that I’m pretty sure
Well she has Trigger's flight data from spare squad which included radio chatter
@@tennoshenaniganizer9234 ah... That make sense.
So its David North's fault. XD
Dude, that was f-ing close mate! good one!~
Best way to end an Ace Combat level before the Mission Accomplished banner lights up, in dialogue lines, in visual moods, and in music! ;)
Torres wouldn't have saved a ten million by killing a million. If he had nuked Oured, I gurantee the Oseans would have returned the favor to Erusea and at the minimum turned Farbanti from a crater into a radioactive crater.
This is freaking awesome. this mission is epic