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In terms of the ''Ace Combat'' series, ''The Belkan War'' differs mainly in its presentation of the story. It takes the form of a retrospective using live action actors to play the parts and invests a significant amount of effort in demonstrating the extent to which the Demon Lord affected the lives of everyone who fought him.
The events that take place in this game are not to be confused with the other [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As (Anime)|Belkan War]] that brought about the downfall of an ancient empire, though the similarities are strong and [[Shout
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=== Tropes found in the game ===
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* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: P.J's last words {{spoiler|before he gets shot down by Pixy?}} ''"DANG IT!"'' Notable for being the ''only'' time P.J. loses his cool; he also sounds genuinely furious, ''not'' like he's toning down his language.
* [[Hufflepuff House]]: Ustio and Sapin are this to Osea and Yuktobania despite the fact that the player character is from one of these Third-Party Countries.
* [[Hundred
* [[Insult Backfire]]: An amusing conversation between Pixy and PJ:
{{quote| '''Pixy''': Galm 2 to Crow 3, if you get shot down, crash where I can't see you.<br />
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** Even funnier if you're playing Knight: PJ ''cheerfully agrees'' with Pixy's "order."
* [[Interface Screw]]: The briefing interface is screwed with by the Hresvelgr bombing the base. And then there's mission twelve where not only does the screen shake, everything goes all fuzzy and stays that way until the mission ends.
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* [[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night]]: The opening of Zero: "It was a cold and snowy day..."
* [[Karma Meter]]: Knight/Soldier/Mercenary. Mercenary is as much evil as the game gets, as pilots see you as a despicable bastard who's only concerned with money. Soldiers are more neutral, as you're only following orders and doing whatever it takes to turn the tide of battle, and knight is not-quite-Good but at least honorable in battle.
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* [[Louis Cypher]]: Cipher... sort of.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Subverted on your first mission with PJ. He gets a bit chatty at the start, rambling about [[Hidden Depths|how he likes to play polo]] and such, but then catches himself with a sheepish "Maybe we should get going now..." and focuses on the mission.
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: Despite attempting to invade half a dozen countries at once to expand its borders and avoid an economic crisis, Belka had corps of extremely loyal pilots proud of their own nation. In an interesting game concept, there are cutscenes of interviews of the Belkan pilots the player fought, depicting them as obviously likable men ten years after the war. Mainly since Belka {{spoiler|detonated 7 nuclear weapons on their own country late in the war.}} The pilots explicitly state that they hold no animosity towards their enemies, during and after the war. It was just war, and it was just what they were trained to do. In fact, many of them revere Cipher, the player character, in a decidedly odd twist, one character even states that Cipher is comparable to the old orders of Belkan Knights, an honor that he doesn't even give himself.
* [[My Nayme Is]]: It's the case with Galm, which is supposed to be Garm. Likewise, the briefing text for one of the missions in Zero refers to "Operation Broom", whereas the spoken briefing clearly calls it "Operation Bloom".
* [[NGO Superpower]]: In {{spoiler|the second part of ''Zero''}} they are a mishmash of disgruntled former soldiers, but all have some mix of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]], [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|Airborne Aircraft Carriers]]/supermassive bombers and entire units of conventional forces.
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* [[Remixed Level]]: ''Zero'' reuses a few locations from ''5''.
* [[The Republic]]: Ustio.
* [[Schizo
** In the FALKEN's case, its inclusion, along with the inclusion of the Wyvern, is most likely non-canon. Since this is an alternate world, the inclusion of the Su-47 and such fits in with this world's more advanced technology
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The Hresvelgr mission opens with your airbase being bombed to flaming ruins by what is basically a flying aircraft carrier/battleship. And you see it happen ''in first person, from the cockpit of your plane still on the ground.''
* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike]]: ''Zero'' in relation to the other [[PS 2]] games in the series. Even on "Very Easy", you're likely to be shot down once or twice.
* [[Sequential Boss]]: Morgan.
* [[Shout
** The default [[Cool Plane|F-14]], as in ''Unsung War'', is done up in white with black tails and yellow ribbons. Many may think this is a [[Shout
* [[Sphere of Destruction]]: {{spoiler|The V2 weapon at the end}}. Random little beamlets of light even shoot out as well. The Multi-Purpose Burst Missile the Morgan fires also results in a spherical blast.
* [[Super Toughness]]: {{spoiler|Pixy's}} Morgan can take at least six missile hits. Almost every other enemy plane goes down after two.
* [[Surprisingly
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|It looks like PJ does it, but he was actually just trying to shift into the proper wingman position after hearing that another enemy is coming and ''by pure chance'' took the blast aimed at that very moment at you.}}
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: ''Zero'' likes doing this. Cue the Spanish Guitar and prepare to wet your pants.
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