Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

The original release of Ace Combat 3 is a Japanese game spread across 2 discs complete with a story line and branching missions. That game has 52 missions (36 to complete an arc) and 5 possible endings. I have not recorded that version as I don't understand the language and do not want to complete the game 5 times.

Instead, here is the heavily cut down US release. No Story, No cut-scenes, no character banter/chater, no branching mission arcs and a total of 36 missions. We only get the game play part with nothing to tie the missions together apart from the occasional wall of text that replaces the cutscenes of the japanese version. But it is a lot easier to record 1 play-through.

I have completed all missions on Hard difficulty and attained A rank in all missions. This involved alot of flying about avoiding the main targets to build up a kill score and quite often within a time limit. Some missions I handled badly yet scraped through. At the end of each mission a replay is shown, although I only show about a minute of it each time and not the whole thing. All planes and weapons are unlocked by the time I finish the game and I show the Japanese intro anim at the end which was obtained by completing Hard Mode.

00:00:00 - Mission 01) Transport
00:09:40 - Mission 02) Interference
00:17:30 - Mission 03) Joint Maneuvers
00:26:35 - Mission 04) Megafloat
00:37:20 - Mission 05) Scramble
00:42:55 - Mission 06) Target Acquisition
00:52:15 - Mission 07) Fragile Cargo
00:59:40 - Mission 08) Demilitarization
01:06:50 - Mission 09) Moonlight Flower
01:14:05 - Mission 10) Maze
01:21:35 - Mission 11) Escort (Cut-scene Follows)
01:29:15 - Mission 12) Stratosphere
01:36:10 - Mission 13) Claustrophobia
01:45:00 - Mission 14) Reaching for Stars
01:51:55 - Mission 15) Guardian Angel
01:57:45 - Mission 16) Zero Gravity
02:03:00 - Mission 17) One-Way Ticket
02:08:14 - Mission 18) Bug Hunt (Cut-scene follows)
02:16:00 - Mission 19) Blackbird
02:19:30 - Mission 20) Fjord
02:33:20 - Mission 21) Counterterrorism
02:39:25 - Mission 22) ECM
02:47:55 - Mission 23) Swarm
03:01:10 - Mission 24) Damage Control
03:13:10 - Mission 25) Conspiracy
03:25:55 - Mission 26) Intercept (Cut-scene Follows)
03:32:33 - Mission 27) Plumber
03:39:05 - Mission 28) Pathfinder (Cut-scene at start)
03:50:30 - Mission 29) Ouroboros
04:00:14 - Mission 30) Search and Destroy (Animated cut-scene mid mission)
04:10:17 - Mission 31) Tunnel Vision
04:15:19 - Mission 32) Night Raven (Cut-scene follows)
04:20:21 - Mission 33) Geofront Attack
04:25:48 - Mission 34) Aurora
04:36:06 - Mission 35) Electrosphere
04:44:10 - Mission 36) Geopelia (Unlocked by getting all A Rank)
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04:57:05 - Japanese Intro (Complete Hard mode to unlock)

At this point, I wanted to use the Mission Selector to show off the new crafts and the orbital strike super weapon that would make the game a breeze. Unfortunately, it turns out you need to beat the game on Normal to unlock this feature which is quite annoying. Easy also needs to be completed to unlock the music selector.