History VideoGame / StrikeSuitZero

* BitterSweetEnding: The "Good" Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well from causing damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; the war itself has achieved nothing, however, as the possibly-temporary peace that follows the Battle of Earth is simply a result of both the UNE and the Colonies already becoming too exhausted to carry on fighting, and there are new worries over what Control intends to do next, now that she is re-united with the Relic and still remains in Earth's orbit]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Control. [[spoiler: Her over-riding goal is to be reintegrated into the Relic; she displays neither ill-will nor particular care to the UNE (and humans in general) beyond what is needed to facilitate that goal.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Control. [[spoiler: Her over-riding goal is to be reintegrated into the Relic; she displays neither ill-will nor particular care to the UNE (or humans in general) beyond what is needed to facilitate that goal.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Control. [[spoiler: Her over-riding goal is to be reintegrated into the Relic; she displays neither ill-will nor particular care beyond what is needed to facilitate that goal.]]

* BitterSweetEnding: The Good Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well from causing damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; the war itself has achieved nothing, however, as the possibly-temporary peace that follows is a result of both the UNE and the Colonies already being driven to the point of exhaustion, and there are concerns over what Control intends to do next, now that she is re-united with the Relic and still remains in Earth's orbit]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Control.

* BitterSweetEnding: The Good Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well from causing damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; but both the UNE and the Colonies are already driven to the point of exhaustion, leading to at least temporary peace as Mankind is left wondering about Control's next move]].

* BitterSweetEnding: The Good Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well from causing damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; both the UNE and the Colonies are too exhausted to carry on with the war, leading to at least temporary peace as Mankind is left wondering about Control's next move]].

* BitterSweetEnding: The Good Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well from causing damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; Neither the UNE nor the Colonies is able to carry on with the war, leading to at least temporary peace as Mankind is left wondering about Control's next move]].

* BitterSweetEnding: The Good Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well from causing damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; both sides are driven to the point of exhaustion, leading to at least temporary peace as Mankind is left wondering about Control's next move]].

** If you don't replay levels and get good medals, then the ending will reflect that. The after action reports will also give you a hint as to how well you're doing. If you get gold/platinum medals (due to destroying a lot of enemy forces quickly), Earth in general gets minor damage and good upgrades, and the Colonials suffer irreplaceable losses. On the other hand, if you don't get those medals, they tell you that your actions were largely trivial to the Colonials and it doesn't do much to slow them down, and at the end you earn a BitterSweetEnding.

* BitterSweetEnding: The Good Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well from causing damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; both sides are driving to the point of exhaustion, leading to at least temporary peace as Mankind is left wondering about Control's next move]].

* BitterSweetEnding: The Good Ending[[spoiler:- Control uses the Relic to cripple the Colonial fleet, allowing the UNE forces to finish them off, and the surviving UNE forces have enough firepower to prevent wrecked spaceships caught in Earth's gravity well to cause damage and environmental catastrophe to the planet; yet the Relic remains over Earth, leaving Mankind wondering about Control's next move]].

* BitterSweetEnding: Happens if you don't get enough good medals during the missions. [[spoiler:Control says you win, but due to lack of resources/planning, lots of ships break up in Earth's atmosphere, causing a lot of destruction on the ground and forcing humanity to abandon it.]]

* DownerEnding: Unless you get enough gold/platinum medals in the preceding missions, [[spoiler: the final battle results in the decimation of Earth - which results in it being uninhabitable.]] Even if you do prevent this, the war still isn't over and in all likelihood, with the UNE fleet essentially completely destroyed, the best you've done is win a PyrrhicVictory.

** Running out of time in the final mission in particular treats you to a cutscene where Control informs you that [[the Relic is about to destroy Earth and you won't survive it firing]]

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

* DownerEnding: Unless you get enough gold/platinum medals in the preceding missions, the final battle results in the decimation of Earth - which results in it being uninhabitable. Even if you do prevent this, the war still isn't over and in all likelihood, with the UNE fleet essentially completely destroyed, the best you've done is win a PyrrhicVictory.

* AceCustom: The Black Fleet's Frigates replace one of their Missile Turrets for a[[WaveMotionGun Beam Cannon]], without losing their default Torpedo capability. You will want to take out the Beam Cannons asap to minimize damage to your capital ships.

* 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 for using it efficiently.

** Historical reference: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto Battle of Taranto]] (torpedo bombers damaging or sinking docked battleships).

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you die in the mission but get to a checkpoint, when the game restarts the checkpoint your hull and missiles have been reset back to full, making some of the more frustrating parts of some levels a little more bearable.

* GlassCannon: 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.

** 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.
** If you don't replay levels and get good medals, then the ending will reflect that. The after action reports will also give you a hint as to how well you're doing. If you get gold/platinum medals (due to destroy a lot of enemy forces), Earth in general gets minor damage and good upgrades, and the Colonials suffer irreplaceable losses. On the other hand, if you don't get those medals, they tell you that your actions were largely trivial to the Colonials and it doesn't do much to slow them down, and at the end you earn a BitterSweetEnding.

* HitAndRunTactics: One mission is specifically this, where you attack an enemy supply depot and attempt to leave before they can respond. Also played straight in that this is usually the best way to attack capital ships, knocking out a turret or two, then flying away since a moving target is harder to hit.

* ItsUpToYou: Played straight for the most part. While your allies are generally competent enough to help you, when it comes time to taking on an enemy capital ship, or destroying x amount of enemy ships, you'll more or less have to do it on your own, unless they specifically mention their ships taking on enemy capital ships.

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

** By around mission 10, your own fleet turns into one. Control notices that the Black Fleet only seems to be attacking you in small waves, and seme hesitant to commit to a full assault. So your allies take advantage of this by bringing the fight to them, and you end up wiping them out by the end of the mission. And because of all the HitAndRunTactics you've been using on them, the Colonials are forced to deal with your fleet, which delays their invasion of Earth as a result.