History YMMV / ProjectSylpheed

* DesignatedHero - The TCAF. While a government certainly would do some questionable things to their colonies to keep them in line in the face of a burgeoning revolution, no one but the colonies seem to be bothered that they ''destroyed the population and ecosystem of an entire planet'', until they come close to the karmic retribution when Doris Egan sends the superweapon onto them.
* GameBreaker - A couple of weapons and weapon combos turn this game into easy mode. To sum them up:

** The Divider L3GP, when paired with the Fire Control System, makes the [[VideoGame/AceCombat Tactical Laser System]] look like a dinky laser pointer.

* MoralEventHorizon - [=ADAN=] is [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified just a coalition of oppressed planets who want to have their own government]]. Terra [[EvilEmpire kills planets who oppose them]]. [[spoiler: Then [=ADAN=] glasses Hargenteen. Then [[EvilLaugh laughs]] about it. Then [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt moves in on Earth.]]]]
* ScrappyMechanic - The sub-objectives and EscortMission overdose. The former requires a guide, but some sub-objectives are missing. The latter can cause quick [[GameOver Game Overs]] because of having to kill everything in sight.

** Condor 105 AM and-or Thrush 220 AM = MacrossMissileMassacre UpToEleven

* ScrappyMechanic - The sub-objectives and EscortMission overdose. The former requires a guide, but some sub-objectives are missing. The latter can cause quick [[GameOver Game Overs]] because of having to kill everything in sight.
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** The Divider L3GP, when paired with the Fire Control System, makes the [[AceCombat Tactical Laser System]] look like a dinky laser pointer.

** The Spitfire BX is the result of VideoGame/MegaManClassic's arm cannon mounted onto a space fighter and given some homing abilites: [[OneHitKill kills all but the most durable of fighters in a single shot]]. The Long Spear HBP is also a beam-based breaker, due to being accurate, has lots of ammo and has a whopping sixty lock ons.

* CompleteMonster - Doris Egan, after she crosses the MoralEventHorizon by coldly firing the superweapon at Hargenteen, ending billions of innocent lives.

* ScrappyMechanic - The sub-objectives and EscortMission overdose. The former requires a guide, but some sub-objectives are missing. The latter can cause quick [[GameOver Game Overs]] because of having to kill everything in sight.

** The Spitfire BX is the result of [[MegaMan Mega Man's]] arm cannon mounted onto a space fighter and given some homing abilites: [[OneHitKill kills all but the most durable of fighters in a single shot]]. The Long Spear HBP is also a beam-based breaker, due to being accurate, has lots of ammo and has a whopping sixty lock ons.

** The Divider L3GP, when paired with the Fire Control System, makes the [[AceCombat Tactical Laser System]] look like nothing.
** The Rapier BG4H and the Long Spear HBP are the beam weapons du jour, due to the former's ability to home in on targets while the latter is accurate, has lots of ammo and has a whopping sixty lock ons. The Spitfire BX is also a good weapon due to the charge shot ability and ability to OneHitKill fighters.

* MoralEventHorizon - [=ADAN=] is [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified just a coalition of oppressed planets who want to have their own government]]. Terra [[EvilEmpire kills planets who oppose them]]. [[spoiler: Then [=ADAN=] glasses Hargenteen. Then [[EvilLaugh laughs]] about it. Then [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt moves in on Earth.]]]]

** Any number of laser and-or cannon weapons + the Fire Control System = unavoidable [[FrickinLaserBeams Frickin Laser]] BeamSpam that kills fighters and warships in short time.

** The Cauldron 50 rocket is the popular choice for killing warships, while either the Maelstrom Bomb or the Grav Cannon XGS reduces super battleships to nothingness in seconds.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - The Dev team. Even if you disagree with the cliche anime storyline and the special effects decisions, this is a well put-together, well-designed space-flight sim. Before this game, the last mainstream space-flight console games were the RogueSquadron series. Before that? StarFox. One had the LucasArts brand, and the other was a glorified tech demo. GameArts had balls of steel to release a space-flight sim.
** Well-designed? [[TimedMission Unknown time limits of ten minutes]], [[EscortMission Escort missions]] up the ass, the sad fact that you start out with weapons that were normally designed to deal with fighters when having to face ''warships'', the inability to farm for money by replaying missions, secondary objectives that are hidden to the player unless a walkthrough is provided, and other issues a well-designed game does not make.

** The Rapier BG4H and the Long Spear HBP are the beam weapons du jour, due to the former's ability to home in on targets while the latter is accurate, has lots of ammo and has a whopping sixty lock ons.

* MoralEventHorizon - [=ADAN=] is [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified just a coalition of oppressed planets who want to have their own government]]. Terra [[EvilEmpire kills planets who oppose them]]. [[spoiler: Then [=ADAN=] glasses Hargenteen. Then [[EvilLaugh laughs]] about it. Then [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt moves in on Earth.]]]]

* YourMileageMayVary - How much you enjoy this game depends largely on how [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness hard you like your science fiction]] (pretty much a zero), and how big a fan you are of GiantMecha[=/=]SpaceOpera anime.