For me, this is one of the most emotional scenes in the entire series. Just everything about it, man -- the catapult crew risking death to launch you off, everyone saluting the sinking Kestrel as the music swells, and the captain smiling as he says he finally won. What a perfect scene.
Nobody is gonna mention that there are exactly 10 seconds between the crew said "ten seconds to impact!" And the missile impacted? I feel thats a cool detail. In anime those would be like 3 minutes
Andersen only ordered all non-catapult crew to abandon ship immediately. He was determined to get the Razgriz in the air as she ship was sinking fast. In AC7, Avril would mention that the last plane barely made it off before the ship sank. As a matter of fact, the carrier that you take off from in the last mission is called ‘OFS Admiral Andersen’ named after Nicholas A. Andersen.
These were the most badass cut scenes in all of the Acecombat franchise. The part where the missile weaves through AA barage and strikes the carrier is embedded in my memory after 15 years.
"I've lost time and time again.., but now, I've finally won." Albert Jenette: "huh?" "Look! We launched them off safely. There's my victory. As long as they're in the air, I haven't lost. And I know they'll succeed" -Naval Captain/Admiral. Nicholas A. Andersen (1949-2010) Colonel Wolfgang "Pops" Buchner: "Yeah"
Her majesty, the Carrier Kestrel. In peace may she rest may we never forget how she died. The Kestrel is now in a better place with her sisters the Buzzard and the Vulture.
Anderson was honored in the latest Ace Combat game with a new Osean Aircraft Carrier named the "Admiral Anderson". (Spoiler) It launches the heroes who finally ended the Lighthouse War in 2019, 9 years after the Circum Pacific War.
Watching this again, brings back so much memories. I played it so many times, and everytime, I did cry here. When the Captain said his revelation that he kept losing and winning because he sent the Razgriz to fight, always breaks my heart and makes me cry, but at the same time...I felt hopeful.
Always reminds me of HMS Thunderchild from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War Of The Worlds this does. "Slowly Disappearing, Farewell Thunderchild". or "Slowly Disappearing, Farewell Kestrel" in the context of this.
It makes me sick to my stomach that you can have such a profound scene like this and then in ac7 they off screen kill the kestrel II. Not just that but its LITERALLY mentioned as a after thought. Like "oh btw the kestrel was sunk." I really feel like they ran out of time with ac7's campaign and jumbled together what they had. I was so hyped to serve on the carrier again. Just think how cool and the sense it would have made to be using it as a home after the communication worldwide was killed.
Not to mention the death of Harling :/. I get it making games are hard plus limited resources that project aces has compared to other AAA title is making it even more so but i feel like they put 30% to this game story instead of what it couldve been because of those limitation and just gave up halfway..still i can feel the passions and effort they bring to this game even if its not 100%. I wish they can make another masterpiece Ace Combat that can bring this franchise recognition it deserves. Pardon if my english were bad.
@@syaondri that would be dope but i mainly hoped that AC8 will atleast be comparable to the other ace combat masterpiece story and presentation such as AC 5,0,4. I mean in ac7 the ingame cutscene and dialog could get some work you know or the story in general couldve been heck a lot better.
@@syaondri if AC7 will be the lowest standard for the next few games then I think the series is gonna see a big comeback. AC7 is the game that got me and many others into the series as a whole and I really enjoyed playing it. I suppose it might not be as special or good for old time fans, but it's brought a large audience to the series. Because of that the devs probably know that with AC7 they're on the right path after the past few games, and if they keep going down that right path AC8 will definitely be good.
@@syaondri Thanks for the warm welcome! I've been around for a few months and I gotta say, this is definitely one of the more chill gaming communities as far as I know. So far I've gone through AC4, 5, Zero, (watching playthroughs) some lore videos and 7 is the only one I've played so far. From my understanding 7 seems to be a bit of a turning point for the better after some... not as well received games. Seems like I joined the community just at the right time.
I actually started saluting when the Kestrel sunk seconds before the crew did. It was unreal that it was so perfrct, I almost cried in that moment (and some others)
The master of a vessel (usually the captain) is ultimately responsible for the safety of their vessel and all aboard her. Therefore it is tradition for the captain to be the last person alive off a stricken vessel which means there are numerous cases of a captain going down with the ship because not everyone alive could be rescued. This is more convention than law though there are potential legal implications for a captain who abandons ship without securing everyone first.
0:49 What do you mean you can't hit all of them? They only sent two missiles at you. Two very large profile anti-ship missiles. And you're telling me you're failing system couldn't take either one down? Brah.
A carrier, with no air wing or screening fleet, is a sitting duck. A submarine getting that close would have no trouble sinking it which is why real life carriers have an entire task force of ships to screen and protect them, they are large floating missile targets with a handful of CIWS point defence weapons. If you've missiles coming at close range to your carrier then everything else has failed and its probably not going to last long. But if you want to talk realism then perhaps of the most unrealistic parts of the game is actually how the Kestrel wasn't sunk before; it managed to sail unmolested without a carrier wing (they're all killed in the burst missile attack bar Snow) or escorts (again all sunk in the attack) through a number of combat zones just fine until its plot armour ran out.
@@super-zw3ep In the game the kestrels only fighter pilot left was Captain snow. So she was put on standby. Until they saved the razgriz pilots. Then she was used to conduct HIGHLY classified operations and was sunk by her own navy as the belkan "Grey men" Were trying to destroy osea and yuktobania.
@@zeus28frenzy an ace combat player can shoot down an advanced drone with a shitty F-4E or a MIG 21 just fine,so i dont know dafuq are you talkin about
This is so dumb it's funny. So you win bc you launched the very limited range fighters that have nowhere to land and will end in the sea just like they would if not launched at all.
Because this is Ace Combat, only the destined hero squad/ace can end the war. TBH as long as you get into the Hero's Journey of the series this line makes good enough sense. if you need a more in-universe one: Basically the war everyone was fighting wasn't the real war that needed to be stopped, no one believed them when the President tried to stop it, and they had no idea so many would support Razgriz when they arrived. So as far as the crew knew, only Razgriz could stop the Belkans before the attack, and only if they launched then. If they had to abandon ship with the rest of the crew, and find another group of aircraft they could use (I assume the Kestrel was the only carrier in the combined fleet) it might have been too late.
For me, this is one of the most emotional scenes in the entire series. Just everything about it, man -- the catapult crew risking death to launch you off, everyone saluting the sinking Kestrel as the music swells, and the captain smiling as he says he finally won. What a perfect scene.
She's in her death throes, but still heaved her Squadron off the ddxk.
what about choppers death? we lost one of our wingmen there how is that not emotional as hell
who's cutting onions this game is based off arcade WHO'S CUTTING ONIONS!
@@skypost5365 I remember getting so pissed when Chopper died lol
You could make a short film just about the launch crew getting Razgriz airborne.
Where real men cry
@Emerson Ameer that’s invading people’s privacy dude-
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@@syaondrisame, I was upset about the Kestrel.
Me after the Kestrel sinks: *super pissed* "I'm about to end these Belkan's whole career..."
Except that they're still going to be around to bring about the start of Ace Combat 7...
@@jimbodeek oh hey Kestrel is still alive!
@@flapflapflapflap nope it sunked while second one is gone too
@@flapflapflapflap oh hey it's another version of the kestrel and it's OFS Admiral Andersen
Nobody is gonna mention that there are exactly 10 seconds between the crew said "ten seconds to impact!" And the missile impacted? I feel thats a cool detail. In anime those would be like 3 minutes
Indeed, that was a nice touch
Nah. Live action would be 3 minutes. Anime would be 3 episodes.
@@s-094cam5 Unless it was Dragonball, then it would be half a season.
If you do not salute the screen every time the Kestrel sinks, I don't trust you as a human being.
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Andersen only ordered all non-catapult crew to abandon ship immediately. He was determined to get the Razgriz in the air as she ship was sinking fast. In AC7, Avril would mention that the last plane barely made it off before the ship sank.
As a matter of fact, the carrier that you take off from in the last mission is called ‘OFS Admiral Andersen’ named after Nicholas A. Andersen.
Andersen not only won once, but twice. Sending us to stop they Gray Man and giving us a base to fight Zone of Endless
Andersen launched the planes that ended the Circum-Pacific War.
Andersen launched the planes that ended the Lighthouse Wae.
These were the most badass cut scenes in all of the Acecombat franchise. The part where the missile weaves through AA barage and strikes the carrier is embedded in my memory after 15 years.
Weaves?
This is why you praise Lord Granit
"I've lost time and time again.., but now, I've finally won."
Albert Jenette: "huh?"
"Look! We launched them off safely. There's my victory. As long as they're in the air, I haven't lost. And I know they'll succeed"
-Naval Captain/Admiral. Nicholas A. Andersen (1949-2010)
Colonel Wolfgang "Pops" Buchner: "Yeah"
They need to remaster all the Ace Combats and release it as a legacy edition.
Now that more people are interested on the AC franchise, I wish they remaster or remake all the games
As Xbox person I only wish AC 5 through 7 also available to XboxOne, and sadly I only heard AceCombat Feb, 2022 wish I could’ve heard this before.
They had a chance on PS3 when they did the PS2 collections for Sly Cooper and Ratchet/Clank.
Could have been Ace Combat collection: Zero, 4, and 5.
Absolutely. This one was probably my favorite game in the series so far
not gonna cry...not gonna cry *cries*
Her majesty, the Carrier Kestrel. In peace may she rest may we never forget how she died. The Kestrel is now in a better place with her sisters the Buzzard and the Vulture.
Anderson was honored in the latest Ace Combat game with a new Osean Aircraft Carrier named the "Admiral Anderson".
(Spoiler) It launches the heroes who finally ended the Lighthouse War in 2019, 9 years after the Circum Pacific War.
So thats the carrier we landed on...
@@zeus28frenzy yes after we defeat the last arsenal bird and 2 adf 11f appeared we land an abandoned carrier ofs anderson.
Meaning that once again, Admiral Anderson Won. Not even Death takes away his victory.
@@Victor-056 as long as the aircraft he sends are in the air he hasn't lost yet
it's just a shame that the kestrel 2 barely was in the game and got bodied almost immediately
Brings back memories.
Great memories
Rest in peace Kestrel
“Ace Combat is meant to be an arcade flight simulator! You aren’t allowed to give me feels!”
''Says the pot to the ke(str)el''
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Ace Combat 7 has the perfect callback to this
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When you pass your grade with 51%
Enemies: "destroy the Kestrel"
Me: BRING UP THE F*CKING FALKEN!!
Watching this again, brings back so much memories. I played it so many times, and everytime, I did cry here. When the Captain said his revelation that he kept losing and winning because he sent the Razgriz to fight, always breaks my heart and makes me cry, but at the same time...I felt hopeful.
One of the saddest scenes in video game history
Always reminds me of HMS Thunderchild from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War Of The Worlds this does. "Slowly Disappearing, Farewell Thunderchild". or "Slowly Disappearing, Farewell Kestrel" in the context of this.
this scenes always gives me goosebumps
Osea lost at least four carriers throughout the entire war. If it was any other country, defeat would have been imminent.
America lost like 3 and sunk all of Japan's
@@m4rionettealastor702 well they also put 2 suns into the mainland
@@Rascal9527 the suns into the mainland was after the Japanese carriers being sunk
yea just before defeat some mute guy shows up
@@Rascal9527 well they're the land of the rising sun after all.
It makes me sick to my stomach that you can have such a profound scene like this and then in ac7 they off screen kill the kestrel II. Not just that but its LITERALLY mentioned as a after thought. Like "oh btw the kestrel was sunk." I really feel like they ran out of time with ac7's campaign and jumbled together what they had. I was so hyped to serve on the carrier again. Just think how cool and the sense it would have made to be using it as a home after the communication worldwide was killed.
Sly said it best.
"What a waste of a callback..."
Not to mention the death of Harling :/. I get it making games are hard plus limited resources that project aces has compared to other AAA title is making it even more so but i feel like they put 30% to this game story instead of what it couldve been because of those limitation and just gave up halfway..still i can feel the passions and effort they bring to this game even if its not 100%. I wish they can make another masterpiece Ace Combat that can bring this franchise recognition it deserves. Pardon if my english were bad.
@@syaondri that would be dope but i mainly hoped that AC8 will atleast be comparable to the other ace combat masterpiece story and presentation such as AC 5,0,4. I mean in ac7 the ingame cutscene and dialog could get some work you know or the story in general couldve been heck a lot better.
@@syaondri if AC7 will be the lowest standard for the next few games then I think the series is gonna see a big comeback. AC7 is the game that got me and many others into the series as a whole and I really enjoyed playing it.
I suppose it might not be as special or good for old time fans, but it's brought a large audience to the series. Because of that the devs probably know that with AC7 they're on the right path after the past few games, and if they keep going down that right path AC8 will definitely be good.
@@syaondri Thanks for the warm welcome! I've been around for a few months and I gotta say, this is definitely one of the more chill gaming communities as far as I know.
So far I've gone through AC4, 5, Zero, (watching playthroughs) some lore videos and 7 is the only one I've played so far. From my understanding 7 seems to be a bit of a turning point for the better after some... not as well received games. Seems like I joined the community just at the right time.
It is impossible for me to watch this scene without saluting the Kestrel with the crew when she sinks.
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First chopper then the kestrel bottoms up for our fallen nakama
I actually started saluting when the Kestrel sunk seconds before the crew did. It was unreal that it was so perfrct, I almost cried in that moment (and some others)
"This is probably the last.... HEY DON'T SKIP MY LINE!"
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This was more Sad than Titanic.
Farewell Kestral, and thank you
2:49 when the teacher who gives you bad grades gets fired
I get chills every time losing the kestrel was like losing another member of the team
Osea loses carriers like it loses pocket change.
Exactly they have so many aircrafts that loose track of them somtimes and they end up in hands of terrorists on a whole other continent
I loved this story out of ALL the ace combat series. Razgriz!
This was still my favorite game in the series
The first time I've cried for a video game
Such an amazing game, this game is why I got my first PS2 when it released. It was also my first game for my PS2
Alright... so when's she gonna appear in KanColle?
Well, in Spacebattles forum, there is a story of her summoned to Kancolle world. Just search and you can find it easily.
If the kestrel is summoned into kancolle, May the golden king have mercy upon the abyssals
2;49 Me waiting years for a Remake/Remaster of AC5... and when they finally do it. :'3
海軍本就被培養這樣的狀態時，冷靜的思考優先順序；依各階層階級，投入狀態中；有時要放棄某些，來達到最重要的事務～
難免無情，在內心留下傷痕………
Top 10 Anime Deaths
such as great scene
It's like in one piece when luffy and their crew say goodbye to sinking merry go 😭
Ah, the fine crew of the supercarrier Kestrel. People who deny and loathe the need for damage control, no matter what.
They were undermanned at this point of the story, there was only a skeleton crew onboard.
Out of every game in the series I've played, this is the scene that stuck with me.
who's cutting onion this is an arcade it isnt suppose to make me cry
Chopper
So. That was Admiral Anderson
somone new to ace combat series i see,welcome aboard my friend
I would gladly go down with the ship if I had a captain like that
Aircraft carriers are hard to sink in real life
Due to its escort and ciws around it and some spotting planes for recon and spotting the danger
@@Anthony-66meanwhile, the Kestrel are alone
And yet kestrel 2 also sink during Counter offensive
**earrape sleeping sun**
Im praying for lumity to not sink like that
Omg no
I actually used action replay max and played on the hardest difficulty.
heheheehheh...hehehahhehhahhahaaa.....hheheeHAHEHAHAHAAAAHAAAAAAAAA
*GRAAAAAAAAAANIIIIIIIIIT!*
Korean drama with airplanes...
Uhm Ace Combat are made in Japan
Not that i'm complaining, but I thought the captain always had to go down with his ship.
So if the whole crew is safe, he is free to go too?
Captain doesn't have to go down with the ship but has to stay until every last one that they know of is off the ship before he can. =)
@@EternalGaming786 thank you!
The master of a vessel (usually the captain) is ultimately responsible for the safety of their vessel and all aboard her. Therefore it is tradition for the captain to be the last person alive off a stricken vessel which means there are numerous cases of a captain going down with the ship because not everyone alive could be rescued. This is more convention than law though there are potential legal implications for a captain who abandons ship without securing everyone first.
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What do you mean you can't hit all of them?
They only sent two missiles at you.
Two very large profile anti-ship missiles.
And you're telling me you're failing system couldn't take either one down?
Brah.
A carrier, with no air wing or screening fleet, is a sitting duck. A submarine getting that close would have no trouble sinking it which is why real life carriers have an entire task force of ships to screen and protect them, they are large floating missile targets with a handful of CIWS point defence weapons. If you've missiles coming at close range to your carrier then everything else has failed and its probably not going to last long.
But if you want to talk realism then perhaps of the most unrealistic parts of the game is actually how the Kestrel wasn't sunk before; it managed to sail unmolested without a carrier wing (they're all killed in the burst missile attack bar Snow) or escorts (again all sunk in the attack) through a number of combat zones just fine until its plot armour ran out.
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Where will the planes land on?
Maybe a fucking freindly yuke or osean airbase considering many air and ground units supported the razgriz after they arrived in sudentor?
We land at a stretch of highway after this mission to refuel and reload and then lift off again to shot down the SOLG
Never really cried because of a ship... Kinda weird
Speaking of weird shouldn’t carriers have escort groups?
@@super-zw3ep In the game the kestrels only fighter pilot left was Captain snow. So she was put on standby. Until they saved the razgriz pilots. Then she was used to conduct HIGHLY classified operations and was sunk by her own navy as the belkan "Grey men" Were trying to destroy osea and yuktobania.
Why did the carrier have only a single pilot?
@@super-zw3ep Everyone else got shot down.
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how that yuke sub manage to stay undectected while the rest of his hatred-filled buddies went to a water-deep grave?
WHY DIDN’T YOU USE THE F-14A
Because I prefer the F-35 >:D
THE F14 IS DOGSHIT AND IS SHITTIER THAN THE 15
@@zeus28frenzy now thats just foolish to say
@@zeus28frenzy an ace combat player can shoot down an advanced drone with a shitty F-4E or a MIG 21 just fine,so i dont know dafuq are you talkin about
@@campersr2298 I mean in real life.
This is so dumb it's funny. So you win bc you launched the very limited range fighters that have nowhere to land and will end in the sea just like they would if not launched at all.
They probably got Air refueled during route to mission area. =)
Are you talking about Andersen's statement?
Annnnnnd its ace combat it doesnt worl like that.
Because this is Ace Combat, only the destined hero squad/ace can end the war. TBH as long as you get into the Hero's Journey of the series this line makes good enough sense. if you need a more in-universe one: Basically the war everyone was fighting wasn't the real war that needed to be stopped, no one believed them when the President tried to stop it, and they had no idea so many would support Razgriz when they arrived. So as far as the crew knew, only Razgriz could stop the Belkans before the attack, and only if they launched then. If they had to abandon ship with the rest of the crew, and find another group of aircraft they could use (I assume the Kestrel was the only carrier in the combined fleet) it might have been too late.
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Even tho i never played ace combat 5 i cant stop tearing up when i saw this
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