History VideoGame / StrikeSuitZero

* YouAreInCommandNow: Captain [=McCallum=] of the ''Arcadia'' takes over after Commander Bowman orders you to AttackAttackAtttack several Black Fleet capital ships that fold into the area in mission 7.

** Captain McCallum, who takes over command of Earth's fleet after Commander Bowman orders an attack on the Black Fleet reinforcing the Colonials in mission 7. He sensibly orders a withdrawal to prevent Earth from losing her entire fleet in this battle.

* YouAreInCommandNow: Captain McCallum of the ''Arcadia'' takes over after Commander Bowman orders you to AttackAttackAtttack several Black Fleet capital ships that fold into the area in mission 7.

** This is what you'll be doing in general. While there are EscortMissions, in general unless a specific ship you're supposed to protect is getting hammered, you're better off flying to where the enemy forces are and knocking them out as fast as possible to avoid too much collateral damage.

* DifficultButAwesome: The Blade Bomber is slow, has poor maneuverability, with only 1 Plasma cannon (as opposed to 2, and no Machine Guns). However, it is the only spacecraft with Torpedoes, which absolutely ''rips apart'' capital ships, and one-shots anything else. If your objective is to take out capital ships in a limited amount of time, the Blade Bomber is your best bet.

* EverybodysDeadDave: See the second mission. And there wasn't even a battle - all the debris is from the destroyed Earth Fleet

* GuideDangIt: Unlocking the upgrade in Mission 11. You're required to complete the mission in 15 minutes, but only the first part of the mission actually requires the player to trigger the event flags to continue. Making things worse is that the very first one isn't particularly obvious; the player is given the objective to destroy around 20 enemy fighters, but this has nothing to do with clearing the mission. Instead, you have to ignore the fighters and help your capitol ships take out the frigate as quickly as possible.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: Possible with swarm missiles, turned UpToEleven when the Strike Suit switches into humanoid form and can fire up to forty missiles simultaneously and at multiple targets.

* TheChessMaster: Control. It can predict events with an astounding accuracy and organize its plan accordingly.

Released on Steam. An updated version titled ''Strike Suit Zero: The Director's Cut'' was re-released with loyalty pricing on Steam in 2014, as well as on the Playstation4 and XBoxOne. The Director's Cut has a redone campaign with restructured missions; one of the most notable differences is the player acquiring the Strike Suit earlier.

* [[spoiler: GroundhogDayLoop: Should you choose to destroy the core of the Relic, the resulting explosion will warp space-time and cause the events of the game to repeat itself over and over, until you choose to destroy the Limiters instead.]]

** Played straight with the torpedoes launched by the Blade bomber, which has a slow cycle time on their launch but never runs out.

* 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.

* JustForFun/WhyYouShouldDestroyThePlanetEarth: Because the war is too expensive to keep fighting long but giving up is unacceptable. Thus the Colonial forces are willing to go to desperate lengths to achieve victory and ensure their independence.

Released on Steam, coming to XboxOne and PlayStation4.

* ExactWords: Control is very fond of this trope.[[spoiler: When "Control" introduces herself, she very carefully does not say that she ''is'' an artificial intelligence, just that files ''classify'' her as one. She also does not say that control is her ''name'', just that she is ''called'' that by U.N.E. scientists.]]

* ObviousBeta: Broken objectives, performance issues on even extremely high-end computers and serious camera issues while in humanoid mode suggest that this game should have spent a lot more time in QA.
** Fixed very quickly [to an extent] with a patch, which also fixed some of the big complaints about difficulty (Namely horrendously unforgiving checkpoint system). Very rough launch however.

** Unless you're flying the Marauder. On easier difficulties it can shrug off torpedoes with only minor armour damage.

* AwesomeYetPractical: The Strike Suit itself with its [[LimitBreak Strike Mode]] falls under this. While it requires a little practice and few upgrades to master, it simply out performs all the other craft in almost all areas. Its [[MacrossMissileMassacre Circus missiles]] allow it to engage and destroy multiple targets very quickly or do a lot of damage to a single target, and with careful use it can be [[SpamAttack spammed]] nearly continuously.
** The Swarm missiles are the "little cousin" to the Circus missiles used in the Strike Suit's [[LimitBreak Strike Mode]]. Their small size means that a craft can carry a lot of them, they are hard for the target to dodge, and their [[MacrossMissileMassacre multiple-firing ability]] allows them to be either conserved to take down a weak target with little wasted power or massed into a huge salvo to hammer a strong target down quickly. Their only major limitation is that they are shorter ranged than most missile weapons, but not by much.

* ExactWords: [[spoiler: When "Control" introduces herself, she very carefully does not say that she ''is'' an artificial intelligence, just that files ''classify'' her as one. She also does not say that control is her ''name'', just that she is ''called'' that by U.N.E. scientists.]]

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!!This game provides examples of:

* [[spoiler: RobotGirl: Doctor Isabella Abram, who merged her brain with an another intelligence, [[MentalFusion combining their personalities and capabilities]] and multiplying their collective intelligence several-fold. The resulting entity is classified as a unique A.I. and dubbed "[[MissionControl Control]]". Her [[CombatClairvoyance predictive abilities]] are [[IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect so accurate]] that she is a major strategic asset to the Earth fleet. However, her advice is not always headed due to [[WeHaveReserves the amount of ships and lives she is prepared to sacrifice]] for victory, though she assures that doing otherwise [[IDidWhatIHadToDo will result in even greater future losses]]. ]]

* SuperPrototype: The titular Strike Suit is a unique craft, only having recently been designed by a similarly unique A.I. [=/=] human hybrid.

* RobotGirl: Doctor Isabella Abram, who merged her brain with an another intelligence, [[MentalFusion combining their personalities and capabilities]] and multiplying their collective intelligence several-fold. The resulting entity is classified as a unique A.I. and dubbed "[[MissionControl Control]]". Her [[CombatClairvoyance predictive abilities]] are [[IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect so accurate]] that she is a major strategic asset to the Earth fleet. However, her advice is not always headed due to [[WeHaveReserves the amount of ships and lives she is prepared to sacrifice]] for victory, though she assures that doing otherwise [[IDidWhatIHadToDo will result in even greater future losses]].

** Strike Mode seems to be a reference to the [[VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamSEED Strike Gundam]].

** Fold is likely a macross referance.

** Strike Mode seems to be a reference to the [[GundamSeed Strike Gundam]].
** The fighter craft trails were inspired by ''Film/{{Tron}}''. Although this can be said that it draws from fighter trails in ''{{VideoGame/Homeworld}}''.
** The final level is obviously very much inspired by StarFox64, namely the tunnels before you fly through (also has aspects of moving through small gaps like in Venom). Shooting down torpedoes also evokes memories of Sector Z from the same game.
* 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.
* SpaceClouds: Played straight with the nebula in the game. In addition to concealing ships, it also interferes with MissileLockOn, restricting ships to direct-fire weapons (including dumb-fire rockets) only.