Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War/Nightmare Fuel

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  • In Ace Combat Zero, Mission 12 seems like just another bomber intercept mission, albeit this time the bombers are carrying nuclear ordnance. At first success looks like success, all bombers shot down without any nuclear devices initiating... but then there's a flash in the distance, the screen goes white...
  • The story scene that would follow that mission depicted an act of malevolence that would break any hardened gamer's psyche.
    • If you played Ace Combat 5 and happen to remember the dates of the seven nuclear detonations, loading the mission and seeing "June 6th, 1995" will send a chill down your spine.
    • Mission 11 (also known as Operation Cannibal), where you are helping Allied forces destroy/secure a Belkan Industrial center via providing escort for bombers that pretty much carpet bombing the entire place. Keeping in mind that you are literally HELPING cause the deaths of untold military personnel and civilians, the first time I played that mission I gradually went from a "kill'em all" attitude to a "Dear God, what am I doing?" to finally having nightmares about being on the receiving end of said mission.
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