I've put my love of mechs to the test and come out on the other side a better man. A man with an appreciation for the fast flying mechs almost on par with my big slow boys swingin' PPCs and AC20s. Let us judge mechs not by the speed of their engagement, but by the explosions of their hardpoints. @VaatiVidya "I played 15 of From Software's HARDEST games": ruclips.net/video/jNgY-kTPY3Q/видео.html You probably know where to get it, but here's a link to Steam regardless: store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1888160/ I should probably include links to the games I actually mentioned: Daemon X Machina: store.steampowered.com/app/1167450/DAEMON_X_MACHINA/ (and Epic): store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/daemon-x-machina Mecha Knights: Nightmare: store.steampowered.com/app/1163870/Mecha_Knights_Nightmare/ Project Nimbus: store.steampowered.com/app/257030/Project_Nimbus_Complete_Edition/
It's so weird to see everyone talking about Armored Core, given it was so niche for so long. I got into it way back in 2002 or so, and from then until just this year, no one but us dedicated fans were still thinking about the series. I'm really happy to see it hit the mainstream, and really excited to see people enjoying a franchise I've been a part of for so long.
It had always been on my radar, and I even picked up one years ago from a retro games store, but I never got around to playing it. Since I've broadened my appreciation of mechs, I've explored more mecha games recently, so I'm looking forward to this as well. But I think at the end of the day if From Software hadn't become a household name over the years, it would probably still be as niche as it has been.
Been playing since AC1, haven't played an ac game since the last one 12 years ago. I super surprised that this niche series is on anyone's radar. Souls really did some heavy lifting for FROMSOFT.
idk bro the idea of it blipped on my radar during ds3 when the announcement was made that miyazaki was done with darksouls and moved onto another project. I think some number of us speculated it was gonna be armored core and through out the years I've gone back and watched ac4a tournaments while reminiscing ac5. I lowkey been praying
The soulsborne series really grew a dedicated fanbase for fromsoft, and elden ring explosively expanded that fanbase too so a lot of new fans are just from fans who trust the company to make great games
@voidgivenfocus I'm really interested in seeing how people take this one, I played AC before Demon's Souls. So I always saw souls as being AC, but instead, you made people. I'm absolutely brimming with excitement for this!!! 12 years of asking, "Where the hell is Armored Core?" Hope this one takes off. Pun very much intended.
I played DxM with a blue guy in a suit, it was too anime to the point it looped from being good to bad to good again for me. A shame that the multiplayer is dead.
I was entertained by the anime guy character builder. They had all the tropey face and hairstyles you could ever want. I'm also disappointed I didn't get to try the multiplayer, otherwise I'd have mentioned it. It seems like it was a good addition.
@@AbbreviatedReviews From what I get, some content is locked to the multiplayer, which makes it even worse. And not even AC hype has been able to revive it even a little on pc at least, since steamdb shows like 30 players on average
it's still the usual corpo war conspiracy thing but with anime cliche and stereotypical characters. I didn't mind it as it progressed because the game itself is really good.
At the very least DXM gets credit for having actual characters and a pilot that can get in and out of the mech at will. That gives a sense of scale Armored Core never could. Mechs actually felt like tools of war, rather than your whole character.
Regarding Patreon post, I thought the thumbnail was great. It's very in-line with your "anti-clickbait" style and let know that there would be three games and that i only recognized one. I had wondered if Mecha Knights Knightmare Knights Toknight or whatever was any good, so I'll likely check it out now. Thanks!
I skipped AC5 because unfortunately I dint like it overall enough. So my wait has been closer to 15 years. I played DaemonXMachina and was pretty good with all of the online challenges they added and coop. Another game I would recommend is Gundam Breaker 3 Break Edition (the Break Edition contains all of the DLC that was released for the game in disk).
It's hard to weed through the Gundam games that are good and the ones that will make me want to cut my hands off. Though I was mostly going for PC games here just because they're generally pretty accessible and cheap. But PS4 games are still pretty easy to come by so that's probably a good one for the list.
@@AbbreviatedReviews I sometimes feel that most of the good Gundam games never made it to the West. If you like a turn based JRPGs, I recommend the game MS Saga: A new Dawn (its an original story unrelated to any gundam anime but with the mechs from many gundam universes). Its a PS2 game though so it may require emulation (getting it cheap on ebay is almost impossible).
Had never played an Amorer core game and wasn’t really sure what it would actually play like, but if it’s anything like DxM I’ll probably love it, not to mention it seems a lot more hardcore so it’d be more fun to me
More difficult, more grounded DxM pretty much. You can't fly infinitely so you spend more time on the ground/bunny hopping around, and ammo is a bigger consideration but they're fairly similar.
@@justletmecomment6453 Bro I’m already super excited about it, have had it preordered for a minute cause from the trailers and gameplay trailers it looks like it’s gonna be the mech game I’ve been waiting for years
As a long-time AC series player: Daemon X Machina just didn't scratch the itch. AC4A is still among the best in the franchise. AC6 was good, but it also got me to dust off the 360 and replay V, VD, 4, and 4A, which I like and prefer for different reasons. DXM is kind of a shell next to AC, though.
I disagree calling cel-shaded art style of DxM as "Switch graphics". This obsession of "it must be photorealistic to be considered to be good" is ruining video games, as realism will not aged well as technology progress. I'm not saying DxM is as good or will age finely as Zelda Wind Waker (because not all cel-shaded games the same) but I'd commend their choice of art style.
There are definitely plenty of examples where cel shading looks good and fits the game style, but Daemon X Machina is not one of them. The speed of the action combined with the high contrast of the environment makes the whole thing look messy.
@@AbbreviatedReviews If that's your complain about DXM graphics then that's deliberate art style choice and has nothing to do with Switch hardware limitation like you implied in the video, as the PC version still has the high contrast environment. I've been dreaming of Armored Core game in bright cel shading after seeing AC Formula Front cover, it can be done and DXM at least scratched that itch.
@@cnhnx I think the very low FoV and testure resolution does play into it not looking great. The art style is fine but it's almost claustrophobic on PC.
I can see that... though while I do think it's the weakest of these games, it's not horrible. It's just kind of average for a game that was looks like it was dated even when it came out.
Daemon X Machina is noooothing like Armored Core, at all. These mech have no weight to them. They just, float there. It feels like playing the debug mode of a real game.
Well, I wouldn't say "nothing" like Armored Core. They have enough similarities to warrant comparison even though they're pretty distinct in other areas.
@@AbbreviatedReviews They're nothing alike, mate. It's kind of like saying Coffee and Cola are alike because they're both liquid and brown and can be considered soft drinks with caffeine. Only the most cursory glance at these games makes them similar, I realize now you did specify you've no experience with Armored Core, but you won't have to just trust me on this one. You'll see for yourself soon. :)
Just picked up Armored VI from my local Walmart. You guys might want to check your local stores. They might be setting up stock early in your area too.
Nintendo has been consistently making great first party games for a while now. Their third party games are usually not as appealing though. It usually works a lot better when a game goes from PC to Switch...
I think I looked at that one at one point, but I just went with games I was already aware of and/or played for this video. That's definitely one to check out though and I'm going to add it to the list for when it comes out of Early Access.
Sadly, none of these games really scratch the itch for me. The only way I can do that is with more Armored Core. There's something about the sum of their parts that makes them really outstanding to me. I'm guessing it's the same reason all the non-FromSoft Souls-like games feel so different than the real deal. But this was a great video. I loved your humor!
Well, I mean all of these games came out after AC5, so I'm not sure if AC6 is necessarily 'revolutionary' but it's certainly an innovation on a long line of games.
I've put my love of mechs to the test and come out on the other side a better man. A man with an appreciation for the fast flying mechs almost on par with my big slow boys swingin' PPCs and AC20s. Let us judge mechs not by the speed of their engagement, but by the explosions of their hardpoints.
@VaatiVidya "I played 15 of From Software's HARDEST games": ruclips.net/video/jNgY-kTPY3Q/видео.html
You probably know where to get it, but here's a link to Steam regardless: store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1888160/
I should probably include links to the games I actually mentioned:
Daemon X Machina: store.steampowered.com/app/1167450/DAEMON_X_MACHINA/ (and Epic): store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/daemon-x-machina
Mecha Knights: Nightmare: store.steampowered.com/app/1163870/Mecha_Knights_Nightmare/
Project Nimbus: store.steampowered.com/app/257030/Project_Nimbus_Complete_Edition/
It's so weird to see everyone talking about Armored Core, given it was so niche for so long. I got into it way back in 2002 or so, and from then until just this year, no one but us dedicated fans were still thinking about the series. I'm really happy to see it hit the mainstream, and really excited to see people enjoying a franchise I've been a part of for so long.
It had always been on my radar, and I even picked up one years ago from a retro games store, but I never got around to playing it. Since I've broadened my appreciation of mechs, I've explored more mecha games recently, so I'm looking forward to this as well.
But I think at the end of the day if From Software hadn't become a household name over the years, it would probably still be as niche as it has been.
Been playing since AC1, haven't played an ac game since the last one 12 years ago. I super surprised that this niche series is on anyone's radar. Souls really did some heavy lifting for FROMSOFT.
idk bro the idea of it blipped on my radar during ds3 when the announcement was made that miyazaki was done with darksouls and moved onto another project. I think some number of us speculated it was gonna be armored core and through out the years I've gone back and watched ac4a tournaments while reminiscing ac5. I lowkey been praying
The soulsborne series really grew a dedicated fanbase for fromsoft, and elden ring explosively expanded that fanbase too so a lot of new fans are just from fans who trust the company to make great games
@voidgivenfocus I'm really interested in seeing how people take this one, I played AC before Demon's Souls. So I always saw souls as being AC, but instead, you made people. I'm absolutely brimming with excitement for this!!! 12 years of asking, "Where the hell is Armored Core?" Hope this one takes off. Pun very much intended.
0:19 FromSoft was already creating masochists with King's Field even before the first AC game came out 😆😀 Really looking forward to AC6 though!
That's true, but they went from just a weird niche collective of masochists to an entire movement. Really bolstering the BDSM market.
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As someone who's first From game was AC4, we are indeed all masochists
I played DxM with a blue guy in a suit, it was too anime to the point it looped from being good to bad to good again for me. A shame that the multiplayer is dead.
I was entertained by the anime guy character builder. They had all the tropey face and hairstyles you could ever want. I'm also disappointed I didn't get to try the multiplayer, otherwise I'd have mentioned it. It seems like it was a good addition.
@@AbbreviatedReviews From what I get, some content is locked to the multiplayer, which makes it even worse. And not even AC hype has been able to revive it even a little on pc at least, since steamdb shows like 30 players on average
it's still the usual corpo war conspiracy thing but with anime cliche and stereotypical characters. I didn't mind it as it progressed because the game itself is really good.
after watching vaati's video on all of the previous AC titles, i was hooked
cant waitt for ac6
It's certainly worth the feature length runtime.
At the very least DXM gets credit for having actual characters and a pilot that can get in and out of the mech at will. That gives a sense of scale Armored Core never could. Mechs actually felt like tools of war, rather than your whole character.
Regarding Patreon post, I thought the thumbnail was great. It's very in-line with your "anti-clickbait" style and let know that there would be three games and that i only recognized one. I had wondered if Mecha Knights Knightmare Knights Toknight or whatever was any good, so I'll likely check it out now. Thanks!
If they had named it Mecha Knights Toknight it would have been my game of the year on title alone.
I skipped AC5 because unfortunately I dint like it overall enough. So my wait has been closer to 15 years. I played DaemonXMachina and was pretty good with all of the online challenges they added and coop. Another game I would recommend is Gundam Breaker 3 Break Edition (the Break Edition contains all of the DLC that was released for the game in disk).
It's hard to weed through the Gundam games that are good and the ones that will make me want to cut my hands off. Though I was mostly going for PC games here just because they're generally pretty accessible and cheap. But PS4 games are still pretty easy to come by so that's probably a good one for the list.
@@AbbreviatedReviews I sometimes feel that most of the good Gundam games never made it to the West. If you like a turn based JRPGs, I recommend the game MS Saga: A new Dawn (its an original story unrelated to any gundam anime but with the mechs from many gundam universes). Its a PS2 game though so it may require emulation (getting it cheap on ebay is almost impossible).
Me: Types "demon" in epic's search bar. "Awww."
One spelling double-check later
... "daemon"
BOOM.
😂Yep, you know us well.
They sneak that extra 'A' in there to make things difficult for everyone.
Had never played an Amorer core game and wasn’t really sure what it would actually play like, but if it’s anything like DxM I’ll probably love it, not to mention it seems a lot more hardcore so it’d be more fun to me
More difficult, more grounded DxM pretty much. You can't fly infinitely so you spend more time on the ground/bunny hopping around, and ammo is a bigger consideration but they're fairly similar.
DxM was basically AliExpress Armored Core. If you liked that you'll LOVE this.
@@justletmecomment6453 Bro I’m already super excited about it, have had it preordered for a minute cause from the trailers and gameplay trailers it looks like it’s gonna be the mech game I’ve been waiting for years
As a long-time AC series player: Daemon X Machina just didn't scratch the itch. AC4A is still among the best in the franchise. AC6 was good, but it also got me to dust off the 360 and replay V, VD, 4, and 4A, which I like and prefer for different reasons. DXM is kind of a shell next to AC, though.
I disagree calling cel-shaded art style of DxM as "Switch graphics". This obsession of "it must be photorealistic to be considered to be good" is ruining video games, as realism will not aged well as technology progress. I'm not saying DxM is as good or will age finely as Zelda Wind Waker (because not all cel-shaded games the same) but I'd commend their choice of art style.
There are definitely plenty of examples where cel shading looks good and fits the game style, but Daemon X Machina is not one of them. The speed of the action combined with the high contrast of the environment makes the whole thing look messy.
@@AbbreviatedReviews If that's your complain about DXM graphics then that's deliberate art style choice and has nothing to do with Switch hardware limitation like you implied in the video, as the PC version still has the high contrast environment. I've been dreaming of Armored Core game in bright cel shading after seeing AC Formula Front cover, it can be done and DXM at least scratched that itch.
@@cnhnx I think the very low FoV and testure resolution does play into it not looking great. The art style is fine but it's almost claustrophobic on PC.
Project Nimbus is more Ace Combat than Armoured Core. Too bad it's complete dogshit.
I can see that... though while I do think it's the weakest of these games, it's not horrible. It's just kind of average for a game that was looks like it was dated even when it came out.
It wasn't that bad. Sure, the story wasn't as good, but it was still fun as hell.
Your commentary is hilarious bro
honestly emulator is farr beter
How are you not yet popular
Dxm was so fun man
Daemon X Machina is noooothing like Armored Core, at all. These mech have no weight to them. They just, float there. It feels like playing the debug mode of a real game.
Yeah after playing for a few hours it felt kind of boring
Well, I wouldn't say "nothing" like Armored Core. They have enough similarities to warrant comparison even though they're pretty distinct in other areas.
@@AbbreviatedReviews They're nothing alike, mate. It's kind of like saying Coffee and Cola are alike because they're both liquid and brown and can be considered soft drinks with caffeine. Only the most cursory glance at these games makes them similar, I realize now you did specify you've no experience with Armored Core, but you won't have to just trust me on this one. You'll see for yourself soon. :)
Just picked up Armored VI from my local Walmart. You guys might want to check your local stores. They might be setting up stock early in your area too.
WHAT DA FUQ
Just a bit early... but if I wasn't getting it for PC I'd at least go check.
Do you get to play it right now?
@@trevorpaar9954 Yeah. The full game is on the disc. No issues playing offline. Turned the network off before installing just in case.
God i wish theyd stop making switch games, im so tired of interested games coming out only for them to get cucked by Nintendos dinosaur console
Nintendo has been consistently making great first party games for a while now. Their third party games are usually not as appealing though. It usually works a lot better when a game goes from PC to Switch...
You forgot M.A.S.S Builder
I think I looked at that one at one point, but I just went with games I was already aware of and/or played for this video. That's definitely one to check out though and I'm going to add it to the list for when it comes out of Early Access.
Wanna play as a scruffy rebel militiaman taking on these knightly mech nobles.
I definitely skew scruffy.
guga food but for videogames
You're not the first person to say this... I think it's the the fact that we both use close proximity voiceover.
Sadly, none of these games really scratch the itch for me. The only way I can do that is with more Armored Core. There's something about the sum of their parts that makes them really outstanding to me. I'm guessing it's the same reason all the non-FromSoft Souls-like games feel so different than the real deal.
But this was a great video. I loved your humor!
It seems like AC is not the revolutionary masterpiece lots of people are claiming it is at all.
Well, I mean all of these games came out after AC5, so I'm not sure if AC6 is necessarily 'revolutionary' but it's certainly an innovation on a long line of games.
All of these game listed are inspired by previous AC games.