History VideoGame / StrikeSuitZero

Indie Space Combat Sim funded on Kickstarter. You are the pilot of an experimental "Strike Suit", essentially one of the fighters from RoboTech or Macross. Earth's fleet has been decimated and the Rebels are moving in on Earth. It's up to you to defend it!

Indie Space Combat Sim funded on Kickstarter. You are the pilot of an experimental "Strike Suit", (essentially one of the fighters from RoboTech or Macross. Earth's fleet has been decimated and the Rebels are moving in on Earth. It's up to you to defend it!

* EscortMission: Almost every singly mission is an escort mission, and the carrier you are escorting has paper-thin armor and no point defense.

* BigBulkyBomb: Anti-capital ship torpedoes, which move slowly but do a lot of damage when they hit. They are too big to be mounted on most fighters, so are typically fired by corvettes, frigates, and bombers. Larger ships, like cruisers, are capable of mounting even more effective anti-capital ship weaponry like beam cannons, so generally do not need torpedoes. Shooting these down before they can do too much damage to friendly targets is often part of defensive objectives in many missions.

* HighSpeedMissileDodge: Can be done in Pursuit Mode (which is the only mode for most craft) if the player can turn tightly enough at the right time. This is helped by an [=EMP=] device used to scramble the targeting and detonators of incoming missiles, but it only works at very close range, draws power from the extra thrust capacitors, and must be manually activated by the pilot. It is functionally like chaff or flares contemporary planes use to evade missiles. Played a bit straighter in [[LimitBreak Strike Mode]] (only available to the Strike Suit) which disables the [=EMP=] and limits motion, but enables various attitude thrusters which allow the Suit to "sidestep" (at almost FlashStep speeds) incoming missiles with the right timing.

* MissileLockOn: Most missile weapons require a lock on to fire, and when fired at the player will play the standard missile alert bleep. When the missile gets close, a little counter showing distance will appear and the alert beeping will increase in frequency, helping the player time their [=EMP=] countermeasures or do a HighSpeedMissileDodge.

* BigBulkyBomb: Anti-capital ship torpedoes, which move slowly but do a lot of damage when they hit. They are too big to be mounted on fighters, so are typically fired by corvettes and frigates. Larger ships, like cruisers, are capable of mounting even more effective anti-capital ship weaponry like beam cannons, so generally do not need torpedoes. Shooting these down before they can do too much damage to friendly targets is often part of defensive objectives in many missions.

* GlassCanon: The Strike Suit, compared to other craft. It has good performance, and moderate weaponry, but relatively poor shielding. However, when engaging [[LimitBreak Strike Mode]], its offensive power is multiplied several-fold, but it moves very slowly making it even more vulnerable than usual. This makes it suited to high risk, high reward combat.
* HighSpeedMissileDodge: Can be done in Pursuit Mode (which is the only mode for most craft) if the player can turn tightly enough at the right time. This is helped by an [=EMP=] device used to scramble the targeting and detonators of incoming missiles, but it only works at very close range, draws power from the extra thrust capacitors, and must be manually activated by the pilot. It is functionally like chaff or flares contemporary planes use to evade missiles. Played a bit straighter in [[LimitBreak Strike Mode]] (only available to the Strike Suit) which disables the [=EMP=] and halts forward motion, but enables various attitude thrusters which allow the Suit to "sidestep" (at almost FlashStep speeds) incoming missiles with the right timing.

* TransformingMecha: Pretty much the point of the game - the titular Strike Suit can transform into a humanoid shape, which gives it vastly increased maneuverability and firepower. Can only be done once the player has built up enough "flux", by destroying enemies.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: In the third mission, just after Adams gets into the cockpit of the titular [[TitleDrop Strike Suit]].

* LimitBreak: The Strike Suit's "Strike Mode" feature, in which it [[TransformingMecha changes form]], diverts power from the engines, and uses the fold-drive to enhance all weapon systems, consumes Flux energy from its internal capacitor when firing. The Flux energy is built up slowly over time, but destroying targets builds it up faster. This energy is only expended when firing in Strike Mode, and every further target destroyed adds a little, rewarding a player from using it efficiently.

** The general coflict is very similar to the One Year war in Gundam.

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: Born Ready has cited ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' (hiring its music composer Paul Ruskay,) ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'', ''VideoGame/ColonyWars'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', ''[[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Macross]]'', and ''VideoGame/{{Freespace}}'' for inspiration. They hired Junji Okubo for mechanical design based primarily on his work in ''VideoGame/InfiniteSpace'' and ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion'', praising it for having a very "[[RealRobotGenre functional]]" look.

* ShoutOut: Contains a number of references to various mecha shows

** The general coflict is very similar to the One Year war in Gundam

Strike Suit Zero is a Space flight combat game, with mecha elements.

Players Fly a number of different fighters, eventually upgrading to the titullar strike suit zero, a TransformingMecha

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!!''Strike Suit Zero'' Contains examples of the following tropes:

* ShoutOut: Contains a number of references to various mecha shows
** Fold is likely a macross referance.
** The general coflict is very similar to the One Year war in Gundam

* Shout Out: Contains a number of references to various mecha shows