Recreating "Mayhem" in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

“Time to dive into the fireworks” again. This video was originally scheduled to release on May 28th but certain obligations came up, hindering its production. Along with that, an unexpected tragedy occurred with a good friend of mine a couple days ago that severely disrupted my workflow and state of mind. I'm still not over it.
Out of some misplaced sense of optimism, I regained the energy to continue my work spending hours together in creating the numerous NPC aircraft, cutscene, map swaps and searching for skin replicas/stand-ins that this project required. Unfortunately, certain things did not work out as intended so you might catch some obvious lore inaccuracies. In all honesty, I cannot care about it that much because not everything necessarily needs to be 1:1, and it’s not to say that I didn’t try. I did, numerous times.
But on the positive side of things, everything else worked out. Not to mention the incredible remastering of Mayhem by none other than the legendary ‪@Net-Zone‬. There was no way I could pass up the opportunity to utilize such a beautiful remaster rejuvenated with additional drum and guitar lines, and I truly believe that it complemented the first half the way I intended it to, if not already the entire video. Thank you once again for your incredible music.
As always, I’d like to thank my MP team for their commitment towards the fidelity of this recreation. The opening cutscene was recorded several times to ensure that it would meet my expectations, and that demonstrates the inspiring persistence that these guys show diligently in my collaborative projects. It's such an awesome experience to work with friends who you can always count on no matter what. ‪@darkdizzy_‬, ‪@TheGhostOfRazgriz23‬, and ‪@RookFox‬, thank you for your undying enthusiasm and for tolerating me.
I look forward to what you all think.
Mods used:
Su-27 Flanker-B Model-Swap | kosnag
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Lanzerince
Su-27S Belka
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Su-37 Azure Splinter '10
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MiG-29A Red Moon Campaign Conversion
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AC7_F14D_Heartbreak_1 | SkylineGTRFreak
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FA-18F 3 Gray | Tirvallo
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Colored Afterburners | CherrysDelight
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MUSIC:
Mayhem (Remaster) - Net-Zone | Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (2006)
• Net-Zone| Ace Combat Z...
The Round Table - Junichi Nakatsuru | Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (2006)
• Ace Combat Zero Soundt...
Result - Tetsukazu Nakanishi | Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (2006)
• RESULT
P.S If you're still here, sorry about the stupid audio pops that are scattered throughout this video. I'm doing my best to configure my bitrate so that it is minimized for future uploads, but I hope the music and other sound effects obscure it.