Ah, V. The one game where you NEED the books to understand what the hell is going on, namely the one that confirms Chief's AI status and sets up the survivors as patriarchs of the three great powers of VD.
In VD (The sequel to V) there are these huge towers that look like those floating cities from 4A that housed half of all humanity that you destroy in the Old King ending that give off large amounts of Kojima radiation in lore. plus one of the bosses is a NEXT so...
I realize there must have been a LOT of knowledge from the old world that was lost, but seriously, if you're going to name your three daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia specifically, you really shouldn't be surprised by any familial strife and misery that follows.
I do like the idea of Chief and Carol being AI, fighting Chief multiple times in different scenarios made him a fun and charismatic "villain" to go against, while RD, not so much, borderline an annoying character, odd character development but I did think he was a good penultimate fight with him constantly at you with the grindblade. The Zodiac group and the range of personalities of those pilots I thought was a brilliant part of ACV, a bit like the pulverisers, constantly learning and advancing to create the ultimate pilot/machine. What makes it sad for the pilots is that most or all of them can't even remember why they're doing it anymore and some even question it, while Angie their operator gave up mind, body and soul for their goal (which also links to VD where the world boss LiVs name is Angelica which is or could be Angie brought back (I like to think it's the former with how LiV cries out for help after you defeat her)) For all it's faults 5th gen did have some cool things going. Great video and I can't wait to see the video covering Verdict Day!
Oh the lore is sweet in this gen and I am looking forward to doing a video on to the zodiacs and Angie. I just could not make this video any long with their information. Which is a shame, but I felt what I presented gave the basic idea of the group.
I remember both my friend and I were making fun of RD for always whining. Then BAM!! The truck explodes. My friend and I just started laughing. XD We didn't hate RD, but the fact that we were just bitching about him then he "DIES". It was just a funny moment. Good memories haha
28:25 THIS. scared the f outta me. Chief, somehow alive, big flaming pilar. I think his line there was what spooked me too "Human being are just so damn interesting!!" I appreciate the extra pages of chapters you've provided. gives us further insight to how freakin eerie and alien Carol is as well. His exusia theme and its haunting return in Verdict Day are great too
Thank you and yes chief certain gives off an certain feeling to him, before being known as an ai i used to think Chief as this genius mad man who knew he was just smarter then everyone but loved a challenged.
V wasn't really. It was more of its own thing (as each installment were). But the premise of the story was building on top of the events of AC4 and 4A. VD basically tied the series together and claiming that V is the future of 4A and confirms what the softly implied (Strayed killing off humanity to reset it). Overall, V is only implied. VD confirms it. EDIT: Basically if what it went as is ACVI's sequel would actually tie into VD (since it's possible).
My first taste of AC was picking up V and For Answer at a Gamestop after a very close English friend of mine told me about it 11 years ago. We both still talk AC and we're super fucking ready for Rubicon. Appreciate you getting your hands on that Japan-only material like usual. It's just as important as the things you uncover in the game itself.
on a serious note, the Corporation's AC: Hangman; seem to be a joint project between Interior Union and Torus, as it shares design aspect of both the Y01 Tellus and Argyros Nexts. but most likely use scaled down part to fit this "Super Normal" AC.
@@zorain2354 I refer to them as "Super Normals" simply because they're far smaller than a standard Next. though Hangman could possibly the first of its kind as a Mini Next, considering Interior Union and Torus being of the leading Kojima particle and energy expert Corporations (other than Omer Science Tech), they could've indeed made smaller Kojima reactors for these newer smaller Nexts. considering it was Omer and I.U. that made AF Answerer, which had super scaled Next tech, its no doubt they could easily make it smaller. though the ACV Super Normal ACs Medium weight body parts resemble GAs design Architect, which would make sense in terms of mass production.
Oh my....!!! There are SOO many moving parts in ACV that I have to go back and play after my challenge run in ACV/D. How do get this knowledge...? Damn, you did a hell of a job; had me stop editing my video to finish watching this video! This was a pleasure so much that I think this video single-handedly raise the resale value of all copies of ACV out on the mark. I would love for the devs to take the time out to create missions based on the forgotten days for the players to play. Now I must seek out these books of knowledge! Good job as usual ACL; put my videos to shame! ^
Ha ha Ark your videos are brilliant, never say otherwise. I appreciate the praise and if you want some scans of the books let me know and I'll drop some over to you.
ACV was my first game to this series, my favorites mech game and the best real robots I’ve played The ACV designs were my favorites, they’re blended realism, military hardwares with some crazy super robot and felt very grounded, reminds of Zakus and grunts suit which also only MS that I like from gundam. For multiplayer game, ACV has so much lore ngl A little titbit about ACV -Before Dark raven got dropped from helicopter we can see that there a bunch of ACs that carried by helicopters led before us. Those guys got destroyed by Jack in tunnel after he fought Dark raven -There are ACV intros in mission 00 displays around the map -Father speech is very in interesting ruclips.net/video/jw4fEPo0jvM/видео.html at 1:15 from this video (This is actually about cut dialogues but it had father speech in game) -Zodiac seem to had only 12 ACs but they had actually 13 ACs No.6 Gemini had 2 ACs that implied that one of his ACs was pilot by his AI -In mission 01, Zodiac No.7 Cancer was the first Zodiac we met and he destroyed City Guard Unit 11 in his cutscene ruclips.net/video/UXFoU3PrLAA/видео.html Rip poor guy -Chief and No.3 Pisces laughing are referred to Celo from AC4 -Chief’s AC implied that Hangedman was based on NEXTs His legs was based on Argyros while his core was based on Y01-Tellus When he use pillar, his ACs emitted spheres similar to Primal Armored but briefly *My theory* Before event of ACV, miniature Nexts were a thing just like Rosenthal’s Nexts (Hogire to Lancel) -Scavenger had similar eyes to Rayleonard’s Aaliyah and 002B unmanned AC and sharpness from Omer -Grind blade need so much energy that’s why it blown our arm off ruclips.net/video/HsZQQHIb_Ks/видео.html -In the V book page 47, there are unknown place that look like ruined of underground cities, maybe ACV is somewhat connected to Gen1-3 -JP voice of Carol is a waifu material *cough cough* -RD’s JP voice actor is the same person who voiced the main character in Sekiro -Chief’s dialogue when he said “I hope you like your presents~” is referring to Metal Wolf Chaos character named Richard -When Chief got kicked by Dark raven, he spins like a White glint and the the left core area also damaged -Chief’s emblem Hangedman is the twelfth card of the major arcana in a tarot deck, additionally the symbolism itself means 'self sacrifice' or 'self acceptance' and also depictions of Odin which his AC head and Odin also had one eye (when armored) -Chief’s head when purged it armors is only head that had two eyes in the series, maybe And lastly, Thx you again for another great lore video and thx you for followed my request!
Didn't expect any less from this legend, also ty so much for bringing the translation of the book! So many years after enjoying the story without even knowing the towers in acvd were teased here!
I'm fairly certain that AC5 and Verdict Day make the Destroy ending for AC4A canon since its really the only one that makes sense with the events of V. Only reason I say this is one of the bosses in Verdict Day, I believe, is piloting a repaired NEXT that looks like a black White Glint.
N-wgix and while i am sure many people would agree, sadly the lore book the fact is very loose with it timeline and goes well there was a chance we had this past or maybe this one. But it's all lost to time now so who knows?
With this I've finished watching all your armored core lore videos in the playlist and i have to say it was a delight and pleasure to watch all of them. Didn't get a chance to play any of the armored core games and wanted to learn something of the series and your videos were very informative and helpful, my favorite gotta be 4 and 4a of the series with Last Raven being behind them. Hyped for armored core 6 and for more of your vids in the future.
Thank you very much for your mind praise. I am glad they helped as i think it will help new people to understand some things they may see in ac6 and go on that came from that ac game. As for ac6 i look forward to seeing what lore it has.
It is quite the fun idea and well with how the book talks about the old era and how all history is lost. It very well leaves it up to ac fan to decide what and when 5 took place.
The beginning of AC V between Jack and Don kind of reminds me of the anime Gungrave, and the diverging paths each character takes in establishing their futures. Especially when Don becomes Father, that really hit home for me considering his actions were almost exactly that of Harry MacDowell going forward until his death. I also liked the difference in plot compared to AC 4. The differences of goals, values of life and ultimate uses of the Armored Cores holds a different brand of currency which really influences how the story goes. This one was also shorter than the previous game, which was actually pretty charming. The intensity of the decisions never decreased, but FromSoftware wee able to shift the dynamic from 'the fate of millions' to a decision of how forge a new future. They pulled this one off flawlessly. Thanks for covering it for us.
Not gonna lie, I played all of ACV and ACVD and the multiplayer for a long time and after it was over I could not tell you anything about the story. The way it is presented in game is odd. Thankyou for doing this video!
@@armoredcorelore Thank you ! It feels weird yeah, after being ultra niche for years, so many people decided to pick up the games and try it. This is so surreal !
The fact that there're barely any existing major powers implied that the current corporation is more of a remnant by their own lack of advanced tech. Since the Old King implies endless destruction, it's possible that all cradle was destroyed while the survivor had to wanders on the wilderness.
I think,that the true ending in AC FA was the ORCA path (despite Cradle crashed on a side in AC VD). Path to space is cleared,but at what cost? The V is showing us,that after Cradles landed,the humanity survived. But we still don't have any clues about Ehrenberg Batteries and Assault Cells. So,I think that Gen 4 is a non-direct prequel to Gen 5.
Its one of those games i feel everyone has thier own idea on the ending and honestly i would say its for the best as the books about the lore of v is so unclear. It goes there was a war but nobody knows what happened or maybe it was bad weather either way lost to time don't ask questions ha ha.
I was hoping you were going to do both the story of Armored Core 5 and verdict day split into 2 parts like you did with armored core 4 and for answer. Now anyway, we’re one month away from the release of Armored Core 6 fires of Rubicon.
there's a lot going on in gen 5 compared to previous AC games. Gen 5 has split their stories into two groups. the campaign and a side story (or continuation) after the death of Father and the corporations secret weapon "Exusia" the migrants, the corporation, Zodiac, Men of Honor, and even overlooked groups and mercenaries like "The beehives" and "the three wisemen" I think even for ACL he would have to work on a hour whole long video of the entirety of Gen 5. because Fromsoft did ALOT of writing for this Gen.
I get that, but we'll touch on them both in the start of acvd video. Its kind of needed anyway with what happens to Fran, Rosary and Caesar and I thought this video was just long enough for people to enjoy without information overload.
They did and with a lot of the lore in the books, I'm going to need a sperate videos to give me some time to get them all sorted out and translated. Along with replaying the game again.
Thank you for this. I know it’s a Black Sheep of the Armored Core games but I love V and Verdict Day. This showed Lore I had no idea existed and I thought I had a pretty good rundown on Gen 5s lore. I wished we had a game based on the Old/Pollution Era. That might be the Gen 4 games but still a prequel would be nice. What happened after 4A that Nexts aren’t used anymore? Was the OldKing Route Canon? after Strayed killed the League and probably causes more destruction were NEXTs not made anymore in fear of another Genocidal LYNX Or is the ORCA Route Canon? With the Corpos essentially abandoning Humanity on earth for space did the people that stayed on earth caused a War? were all Next destroyed during said War and caused people to build new Mechs out of Scraps?
It a pleasure i enjoyed my dive into V and i am sure verdict days will be just a fun. As you say sadly the books did little more then cause more questions as while they heavily suggest the link to 4A they also pull the, but everything is lost so we have no idea trick.
Thanks for this awesome Armored Core V lore video ACL. My personal favourite radio operator in this game,even though i have only saw a playthrough of all Story Missions in ACV was Rosary.Mainly because of her growth from being greedy to being very pleasant towards the MC aka us.And what blew my mind was the fact that she was one of the three sisters who battled for the leadership position in the organisation called Men Of Honor or MOH and her actual name before she renamed herself was Cordelia.
No problem and i admit i like rosary too as our operator she has a nice voice. But yes the lore behind her is super and it goes on in acvd which is even better!
Thanks absurd and honestly most of this information comes from the two books the after and the fact. Which is a shame as there is so much to enjoy here for any ac fan.
@@armoredcorelore yeah I noticed you reference the books a lot. On the bright side, you are bringing that hidden lore to people who cant translate the books! Very kind.
Well i hope you enjoy ac6 raven and i am glad to hear your enjoying the lore =) AC certainly has a lot of lore to enjoy and the new lore of ac6 too its very cool.
Chief you damn Crazy guy😂 even though he is an AI but still 32:29 funny fact :if you use the OVERRED weapon that chief used to shoot us from an oil refinery , he(zodiac) will instantly die ,but you must immediately prepare weapons and Charge it before he got off his transport heli , and don't forget to use the core and generators that can speed up energy transfer to the OVERRED weapons
He is quite the character and I see your take the other name for the ultimate weapons, so did the translations =) Oh neat I might have to give it go since the game is still in my ps3.
Thank you, I admit I was worried as a lot of lore from the books don't really have videos to make them visual. So it is a lot more page viewing then action.
@@armoredcorelore It's truly a shame that the execution isn't as good as it could be, the base and setting is really good, definitely my favourite next to Last Raven. You've still done a very good job from the bits there are. :)
I see no problem with that. The old era from the book left so many doors open with its it could be a war or maybe weather however no documents exist so we don't know.
I don't know why, but I love thinking about “Which timeline that AC6 will be?” or something like that. Even though my brain said “There's no way 2nd timeline (which is the 3rd gen) are the base for the 6th gen,” I really 6th gen lore will either continue from 1st/3rd timeline or completely new.
I think they said in an interview it was coming to be a new start. But i could be mishearing after all i've had cannon fire and Fran in my ear most the week.
And after all that... I haven't seen a trace of The Corporation in Verdict Day, other than them being apparently responsible for the Towers. A shame. They were quite the antagonist faction in V, with their motives a complete mystery. Also, Chief is one of my favorite villains ever.
Chief is a good villain. To me its his way of speaking how one minute it all ha ha and the next you very much get this vibe of i could kill you in a second if i want. Him killing the police captain will always be my favourite moment of chief. And well you could say the corporation live on through issac even if he had bent it to his own ideas and he's just not as charmingly evil as our ai chief and carol.
Thanks for this. Having the brunt of the narrative be in outside media made it difficult to piece together the whole story. I just gotta ask, did Fromsoft have some developement issues when making V & Verdict Day? The prior Ac stories could be understood by just playing the games, and reading up the in-game emails and Bios. But with V & Verdict Day you really have to go outside of the game to get the full picture.
I can't say 100per cent to be honest as I'm very much just a fan with little to no connection to the company. However from looking over the games, its easy to say the focus on multiplayer took the time. But really we know games can have good single and multiplayer, i just feel from might have had external forces pushing them. After all the books show the lore was there it just never managed to make it in.
Literally world devastation was caused by the use of primal armor/assault armament from the nexts mechs. Hence why that didn't carry over to the fifth game.
For those who want more specific information I shall provide you with it Carol and chief were created by the corporations of armored core 4 they left Earth after the close plan in fa it might be obvious but Chief and Carol are ai
I think we got they are AI thanks to the forgotten days information and interesting you can share it on the wiki if you would like that way everyone could see it.
Further information the large unknown weapons such as the sea and air master are weapons created by the corporations when they left these weapons commanded by the corporation are are unmanned AI weapons the weapons serve a similar purpose as to the old AFs that were destroyed in FA to project the corporations power over the land air and sea Chief and Carol were given guardianship over the planet it was their goal to watch over and guard Earth in the corporation's absence when they left until they return
For how much lore there was to this, everyone moved so break neck for Pvp/conquest to get the Metas established. V was okay but the story didn't pull me in
I get that, V never really owned its single player and really a lot of this lore is in the two books on the 5th gen. Which is a shame as this could have been what pulled people in.
@@armoredcorelore that's annoying and justified the feeling I only got with half the hodge podge story. The distraction of controls and different playing style sullied the interest of the story into a task list until x parts were available to do Pvp. Where 3rd/4th gens required near completion to have a competitive stance in fighting 5th gen did away with that. leaving parity fairly flat of builds to only highly annoying poking the game is built around.
I've been seeing a couple of people generally not liking AC5 but in my opinion it was the solid-est game thus far. The story is a bit lackluster compared to previous games I'd say. But gameplay-wise they took a different path from 4th gen, by making it "slower", but in my mind gameplay feels as fast, but in a different way. The menus are well thought out, sound design is way better and the UI in-mech is insane. For real though, it feels like you're looking at a real HUD of a war machine instead of looking like a game. In these aspects, AC5 feels way more polished than 4 and FA, as in it bears more of a resemblance to AAA games of the time instead of a game in a niche genre. I'm not trying to downplay 4 and FA these games were also insane but AC5 is also pretty solid. Sorry for being off-topic, this video is great, old AC games are harder to understand lore wise by just playing the game, I always have to come back here to fully understand the plot. Great work as always ACL :)
Never be sorry about airing out your thoughts here on ac games. I am happy to hear people thoughts on the games i talk about, i myself was not a fan of V when it come out. But its grown on me as I've gotten older and seeing what new games are doing. Story was a little lack luster i admit. Honestly as you seen in this video i ended up going into Japanese only lore books to really get the details. That said i have always been told the devs focused on the team aspect of the game rather then single player. Which is fair really as that is what the team wanted or was told too focus on. I like to think that all ac games have thier place and show off different sides of the mecha game instead of being the same thing over and over again. And thank you, i hope the videos do help and as s aid before never be sorry for going off topic. I like hearing thoughts and opinions of other on ac games.
What really bugs me is that we will probably never know what the point of the towers where and why the corps of old the league or who ever came after made them its where all of the advanced tech went we know that the last boss in vd confirms but why was it a last ditch attempt to save themselves from the pollution but they died out before it was finished or for over means or maybe they did retreat into them and society outside hasn’t made it far enough in yet all ghost runner style it just feels so strange that they are abandoned it’s a shame we won’t be going back to this timeline in the games
Ah a lot of people are still looking over the books and seeking the answers to the towers. But i think its something we have to take with a little patience as when i got the timeline of acv translated i was surprised to read the whole its lost to time no one will ever know what happened or caused the world to be this way. And i think this came down to from having a lot of time between games.
@@armoredcorelore Absolutely! I agree with a lot of his points in his overview video. I get the gist of the lore and I do love a little more depth of the lore. Totally did not know about the Old Era til' now.
ok ide have to say within the first minuit you can tell its the former and not the later that lead to creation of AC as such a ginormous robot is not necessary for "peace keeping operations and if anything just represents a large expensive targer for mpads and the like, kind of like a tank. turns out when you really want to supress a population you need power armor
I have theory for the corporation I think they are the remnants of the corporation from the ac4/acfa era, i think after war over resources all remaining corporation are now have so little power so they merge together, this maybe can explain why hanged man ac looks like interior union and torus join project. maybe they're engineers work together to make a miniaturized ac/ glorified normals. But i still have some question like is gen 5 ac mass produced in someway?, because in the trailer they deployed in big numbers, there also that tank ac with dual auto cannon that looks like it uses the same hanged man body. (Also sorry if there is grammatical error english is not my first language)
I like the theory and believe it or not i can tell the answer to you mass produced question. As while ac's in acv where seen as precious and that why they are worth so much as scrap. In the book ACVD The after it say after the three factions analysed the towers the ability to produce armored cores became possible.
@@armoredcorelorewait really? I literally thought for a long time that ac in acv is mass produce because they deployed in big numbers in the trailer, like those artillery and tank ac, I also further believe this because the corporation capable of building exusia, multiple L. L. L and that giant mech in one of the trailer.
Also quick question how did you manage to continue the story after fight with exusia?, most people play through of the game everyone stop after fight with exusia the only time I see the fight with zodiac is in someone acv edit, is it dlc or extra mission?
Damn i didn't expect you to respond this fast but can you link your pose here after you complete it? Other than that thank you and may we meet again in the future
Is it just me or the ai form the first armored core seems to be be still functional and a possibility of an alternative ending where u don't destroy the ai and wait until it makes an offer to the player character and ghe player becomes like a knight that has united his power with fhe ai for (i think the ai s mission was keeping humans from growing too much) since earth seems to just get destroyed for no reason over and over
I mean if you like to keep the timeline together sure its a neat idea. And the ai mission is ac1 was to guide humanity to a better future until our protagonist destroyed it causing an underground war which would after years would lead to a rebuilt earth government.
@@armoredcorelore well that's the thing I'm not convinced the ai got destroyed like it wasn't begging to be spared like it already finished its job either the 9 balls bought it enough time for it to install itself on the main characters AC and brainwashing him to do it's bidding or just overwriting gus mind to take his body maybe there's a secret ending where u wait enough in front of the ac1 ai and it offers u to join it
Feels like its a spiritual successor with some retcons from 4. Which is odd from the IP owner. But on brand for Armored Core as they keep trying to reboot the setting over and over, never satisfied.
I think the gap between the game did not help and the change of director. Not that Naoyuki Takahashi did a bad job, i think lore is sometimes just put on the back burner.
@@armoredcorelore expect the unexpected, depress with the control system and boosting. The rest are great, now I'm currently continue the 2nd part of it, Verdict Day
It is tough. If you want i can give you a quick explanation. Armored core 1 till armored another age all happens in one time line. Armored core 3 is a reboot of the series so it until armored core last raven is a new time line. You can see the breakdown of events of these two timelines if you look up the complete 10 works armored core timelines. The ac wiki has them. As for the rest ac4 to acvd are as we are discovering are all in the same timeline with no real links back to the last two timelines and finally ac6 is said to be another new timeline with no links back to other timelines from the director of the game.
@@armoredcorelore I saw the dialogues of the prologue and maybe Jack has to do with the dark raven joining the resistance later. And I don't think they ever say how they discovered the first attack to begin with.
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acv lore : god is confused, why does man not want to be saved?
acvd lore : to live as i please
That's pretty much it.
Whenever Chief talks, I can't help but imagine the riddler from the batman Arkham series piloting an AC.
just Ryan Reynolds
Ah, V. The one game where you NEED the books to understand what the hell is going on, namely the one that confirms Chief's AI status and sets up the survivors as patriarchs of the three great powers of VD.
Well now we don't because we have this awesome video right.
@@armoredcorelore Indeed. Also looking out for the VD video because surely you'll unearth some hidden lore from a book I didn't even know existed.
@@Ramash440 Ha ha ah i think a lot of people already have these books figured out. But for me its more translation time.
I respect your dedication to input subtitles for the entire vid.
Kudos to you and may we meet in AV6
Thank you for your kind praise and I hope to see you there too.
Armored Vore 6 gonna be great
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The fact that we have a story for the old era and all that happened and there wasn't ANY story or game on it is insanely dissapointing
In VD (The sequel to V) there are these huge towers that look like those floating cities from 4A that housed half of all humanity that you destroy in the Old King ending that give off large amounts of Kojima radiation in lore. plus one of the bosses is a NEXT so...
Its heavily implied that V and VD are after the ACFA "Bad Ending" like others have pointed out.
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We do, they're called Armored Core 4 and 4 Answer
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The "Towers" in _Verdict Day_ are not the same as the Cradles. In fact, there's a map in _VD_ that shows the ruins of a Cradle.
I realize there must have been a LOT of knowledge from the old world that was lost, but seriously, if you're going to name your three daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia specifically, you really shouldn't be surprised by any familial strife and misery that follows.
Its almost like someone already wrote what happens with daughters named like this.
My first daughter the fair and beautiful “Gonorrhea of Genitalia” will sort it all out… 😅
“You’re gonna have a bad time.”
I do like the idea of Chief and Carol being AI, fighting Chief multiple times in different scenarios made him a fun and charismatic "villain" to go against, while RD, not so much, borderline an annoying character, odd character development but I did think he was a good penultimate fight with him constantly at you with the grindblade.
The Zodiac group and the range of personalities of those pilots I thought was a brilliant part of ACV, a bit like the pulverisers, constantly learning and advancing to create the ultimate pilot/machine. What makes it sad for the pilots is that most or all of them can't even remember why they're doing it anymore and some even question it, while Angie their operator gave up mind, body and soul for their goal (which also links to VD where the world boss LiVs name is Angelica which is or could be Angie brought back (I like to think it's the former with how LiV cries out for help after you defeat her))
For all it's faults 5th gen did have some cool things going. Great video and I can't wait to see the video covering Verdict Day!
Oh the lore is sweet in this gen and I am looking forward to doing a video on to the zodiacs and Angie. I just could not make this video any long with their information. Which is a shame, but I felt what I presented gave the basic idea of the group.
@@armoredcorelore A dedicated video on the zodiacs is going to be so good, I have no doubt you'll do a brilliant job covering it all!
I remember both my friend and I were making fun of RD for always whining. Then BAM!! The truck explodes. My friend and I just started laughing. XD We didn't hate RD, but the fact that we were just bitching about him then he "DIES". It was just a funny moment. Good memories haha
Thank you and i hope so the pages on them do tell some interesting information.
Happy times dark raven.
28:25 THIS. scared the f outta me. Chief, somehow alive, big flaming pilar.
I think his line there was what spooked me too "Human being are just so damn interesting!!"
I appreciate the extra pages of chapters you've provided. gives us further insight to how freakin eerie and alien Carol is as well.
His exusia theme and its haunting return in Verdict Day are great too
Thank you and yes chief certain gives off an certain feeling to him, before being known as an ai i used to think Chief as this genius mad man who knew he was just smarter then everyone but loved a challenged.
That's why Chief is my favorite AC antagonist, he's got the power, the relentlessness and the charisma.
Absolutely lovable.
So the Riddler managed to find his way into the far future fighting Armored Cores 😂
I refuse to play his game anymore.
I knew V as a sequel of For Answer. It just needed someone to explain it. Verdict Day did made it more clear. It's just that V was a build up to it
V wasn't really. It was more of its own thing (as each installment were). But the premise of the story was building on top of the events of AC4 and 4A. VD basically tied the series together and claiming that V is the future of 4A and confirms what the softly implied (Strayed killing off humanity to reset it). Overall, V is only implied. VD confirms it.
EDIT: Basically if what it went as is ACVI's sequel would actually tie into VD (since it's possible).
I am so thankful for this rich delivery, holy moly all this lore was wasted away just to be two books and not in game. BRUH.mp3
Thank you for your kind words.
My first taste of AC was picking up V and For Answer at a Gamestop after a very close English friend of mine told me about it 11 years ago. We both still talk AC and we're super fucking ready for Rubicon.
Appreciate you getting your hands on that Japan-only material like usual. It's just as important as the things you uncover in the game itself.
Thank you for your praise and that's a neat way into the series.
The Contamination: *STARES IN KOJIMA PARTICLES*
on a serious note, the Corporation's AC: Hangman; seem to be a joint project between Interior Union and Torus, as it shares design aspect of both the Y01 Tellus and Argyros Nexts. but most likely use scaled down part to fit this "Super Normal" AC.
@@Duke_of_PetchingtonHanged man also briefly emitted something like PA when he got a pillar, maybe ACs in V/VD are upgraded Normals or miniature Nexts
@@zorain2354 I refer to them as "Super Normals" simply because they're far smaller than a standard Next.
though Hangman could possibly the first of its kind as a Mini Next, considering Interior Union and Torus being of the leading Kojima particle and energy expert Corporations (other than Omer Science Tech), they could've indeed made smaller Kojima reactors for these newer smaller Nexts.
considering it was Omer and I.U. that made AF Answerer, which had super scaled Next tech, its no doubt they could easily make it smaller.
though the ACV Super Normal ACs Medium weight body parts resemble GAs design Architect, which would make sense in terms of mass production.
I don't know why. But I laughed at this... ah I need more tea.
@@armoredcorelore Those particles just Hit different, also Rip tea
Banger alert, banger alert, really came through with a lengthy breakdown of AC V, thank you ACL!
Thank you Glint, it was a long one this video. But now I can break down the groups a little and get ready for acvd.
Oh my....!!! There are SOO many moving parts in ACV that I have to go back and play after my challenge run in ACV/D. How do get this knowledge...? Damn, you did a hell of a job; had me stop editing my video to finish watching this video! This was a pleasure so much that I think this video single-handedly raise the resale value of all copies of ACV out on the mark. I would love for the devs to take the time out to create missions based on the forgotten days for the players to play. Now I must seek out these books of knowledge! Good job as usual ACL; put my videos to shame! ^
Ha ha Ark your videos are brilliant, never say otherwise. I appreciate the praise and if you want some scans of the books let me know and I'll drop some over to you.
@@armoredcorelore Sure! Kick me over some scans, please! ^_^
15:45 haha. I find it hilarous that in AC games you'll be hired by the same organisation that you dealt a major blow to just a few missions ago
That mercenary life.
ACV was my first game to this series, my favorites mech game and the best real robots I’ve played
The ACV designs were my favorites, they’re blended realism, military hardwares with some crazy super robot and felt very grounded, reminds of Zakus and grunts suit which also only MS that I like from gundam.
For multiplayer game, ACV has so much lore ngl
A little titbit about ACV
-Before Dark raven got dropped from helicopter we can see that there a bunch of ACs that carried by helicopters led before us.
Those guys got destroyed by Jack in tunnel after he fought Dark raven
-There are ACV intros in mission 00 displays around the map
-Father speech is very in interesting ruclips.net/video/jw4fEPo0jvM/видео.html at 1:15 from this video
(This is actually about cut dialogues but it had father speech in game)
-Zodiac seem to had only 12 ACs but they had actually 13 ACs
No.6 Gemini had 2 ACs that implied that one of his ACs was pilot by his AI
-In mission 01, Zodiac No.7 Cancer was the first Zodiac we met and he destroyed City Guard Unit 11 in his cutscene ruclips.net/video/UXFoU3PrLAA/видео.html Rip poor guy
-Chief and No.3 Pisces laughing are referred to Celo from AC4
-Chief’s AC implied that Hangedman was based on NEXTs
His legs was based on Argyros while his core was based on Y01-Tellus
When he use pillar, his ACs emitted spheres similar to Primal Armored but briefly
*My theory* Before event of ACV, miniature Nexts were a thing just like Rosenthal’s Nexts (Hogire to Lancel)
-Scavenger had similar eyes to Rayleonard’s Aaliyah and 002B unmanned AC and sharpness from Omer
-Grind blade need so much energy that’s why it blown our arm off ruclips.net/video/HsZQQHIb_Ks/видео.html
-In the V book page 47, there are unknown place that look like ruined of underground cities, maybe ACV is somewhat connected to Gen1-3
-JP voice of Carol is a waifu material *cough cough*
-RD’s JP voice actor is the same person who voiced the main character in Sekiro
-Chief’s dialogue when he said “I hope you like your presents~” is referring to Metal Wolf Chaos character named Richard
-When Chief got kicked by Dark raven, he spins like a White glint and the the left core area also damaged
-Chief’s emblem Hangedman is the twelfth card of the major arcana in a tarot deck, additionally the symbolism itself means 'self sacrifice' or 'self acceptance' and also depictions of Odin which his AC head and Odin also had one eye (when armored)
-Chief’s head when purged it armors is only head that had two eyes in the series, maybe
And lastly, Thx you again for another great lore video and thx you for followed my request!
Boy where did I leave my tea. It is a pleasure and thank you for all these little bits too. A fun read.
@@armoredcorelore There are plenty more but I'll save them for VD video
I loved your comment so much man thoose little details i never thought abt really surprised me
@@redglint6451 Thx man!
Didn't expect any less from this legend, also ty so much for bringing the translation of the book! So many years after enjoying the story without even knowing the towers in acvd were teased here!
Thank you for the kind words, the book certainly had a lot to share.
One of the last AC games before AC6 was also one of the most divisive in the franchise. Thank you for giving its due attention.
No problem, gotta give every ac game a fair shake i say.
These games have the best va. Every time someone talks I smile.
I mean i do love me some ac2 VAs.
I'm fairly certain that AC5 and Verdict Day make the Destroy ending for AC4A canon since its really the only one that makes sense with the events of V. Only reason I say this is one of the bosses in Verdict Day, I believe, is piloting a repaired NEXT that looks like a black White Glint.
N-wgix and while i am sure many people would agree, sadly the lore book the fact is very loose with it timeline and goes well there was a chance we had this past or maybe this one. But it's all lost to time now so who knows?
Thank you for, not to diminish the quality of this vid, dropping the only good 5th gen lore video on youtube. It is greatly appreciated ❤
Thank you for your kind praise.
Just like it's name, this channel is an absolute gem for ac lore
Thank you for you kind praise.
Awesome stuff lore guy! Can't wait for your Verdict Day review next. (Bit of a wonky entry but I enjoyed its presentation mostly).
(Oh most defiantly wonky on the start there, but I think it got there in the end) Thank you and well its time for a new playthrough for me then.
Love the work you put into this. I know 5 may be a low spot in the series for some people but i love it and VD to death
Thank you very much. V certainly took me down the rabbit hole with its lore and I am sure VD will do the same. I can't wait =)
@@armoredcorelore oh VD will be such a ride owO
With this I've finished watching all your armored core lore videos in the playlist and i have to say it was a delight and pleasure to watch all of them. Didn't get a chance to play any of the armored core games and wanted to learn something of the series and your videos were very informative and helpful, my favorite gotta be 4 and 4a of the series with Last Raven being behind them. Hyped for armored core 6 and for more of your vids in the future.
Thank you very much for your mind praise. I am glad they helped as i think it will help new people to understand some things they may see in ac6 and go on that came from that ac game. As for ac6 i look forward to seeing what lore it has.
I really like the idea of 5 being set long after 4
It is quite the fun idea and well with how the book talks about the old era and how all history is lost. It very well leaves it up to ac fan to decide what and when 5 took place.
Same! It just fits.
A lot of people suddenly died
So the destruction ending
The beginning of AC V between Jack and Don kind of reminds me of the anime Gungrave, and the diverging paths each character takes in establishing their futures. Especially when Don becomes Father, that really hit home for me considering his actions were almost exactly that of Harry MacDowell going forward until his death.
I also liked the difference in plot compared to AC 4. The differences of goals, values of life and ultimate uses of the Armored Cores holds a different brand of currency which really influences how the story goes. This one was also shorter than the previous game, which was actually pretty charming. The intensity of the decisions never decreased, but FromSoftware wee able to shift the dynamic from 'the fate of millions' to a decision of how forge a new future.
They pulled this one off flawlessly. Thanks for covering it for us.
Not gonna lie, I played all of ACV and ACVD and the multiplayer for a long time and after it was over I could not tell you anything about the story. The way it is presented in game is odd. Thankyou for doing this video!
Thank you and yeah V did drop the ball on presenting its story well.
It's crazy how big the lores actually are. Another fine masterpiece by ACL ! Thank you for your hard work !
Thanks Hustler and good work on your videos too. It nice to see ac getting all this love again.
@@armoredcorelore Thank you ! It feels weird yeah, after being ultra niche for years, so many people decided to pick up the games and try it. This is so surreal !
Thanks for this video!
This game really needed a manual with some introduction to its world/setting etc.
Thank you for watching and yes it would have been nice and cheaper for me with the translations.
Excellently produced video as always ACL, I appreciate you for the research, time, and money put in to make it.
Thank you for the kind praise and thank you for watching the video.
I like the theory that Verdict Day follows the Old King ending.
And its a very possible I mean this earth is a wasteland plus that nice bit of information from the acv book the fact basically leaves it open.
@@armoredcorelore hmmm interesting... My main thinking was some videos of crashed Craddles that didn't look like a crashed landed ORCA ending.
@@slowjamsliver7006 Sure we have the cradle in acvd, but I think there is still some wiggle room for theories.
@@armoredcorelore Agreed
The fact that there're barely any existing major powers implied that the current corporation is more of a remnant by their own lack of advanced tech. Since the Old King implies endless destruction, it's possible that all cradle was destroyed while the survivor had to wanders on the wilderness.
I think,that the true ending in AC FA was the ORCA path (despite Cradle crashed on a side in AC VD). Path to space is cleared,but at what cost? The V is showing us,that after Cradles landed,the humanity survived. But we still don't have any clues about Ehrenberg Batteries and Assault Cells. So,I think that Gen 4 is a non-direct prequel to Gen 5.
Its one of those games i feel everyone has thier own idea on the ending and honestly i would say its for the best as the books about the lore of v is so unclear. It goes there was a war but nobody knows what happened or maybe it was bad weather either way lost to time don't ask questions ha ha.
I was hoping you were going to do both the story of Armored Core 5 and verdict day split into 2 parts like you did with armored core 4 and for answer. Now anyway, we’re one month away from the release of Armored Core 6 fires of Rubicon.
there's a lot going on in gen 5 compared to previous AC games.
Gen 5 has split their stories into two groups.
the campaign and a side story (or continuation) after the death of Father and the corporations secret weapon "Exusia"
the migrants, the corporation, Zodiac, Men of Honor, and even overlooked groups and mercenaries like "The beehives" and "the three wisemen"
I think even for ACL he would have to work on a hour whole long video of the entirety of Gen 5.
because Fromsoft did ALOT of writing for this Gen.
@@HeyPachuco I know should be split into two parts one for ac5 and part 2 is acvd
I get that, but we'll touch on them both in the start of acvd video. Its kind of needed anyway with what happens to Fran, Rosary and Caesar and I thought this video was just long enough for people to enjoy without information overload.
They did and with a lot of the lore in the books, I'm going to need a sperate videos to give me some time to get them all sorted out and translated. Along with replaying the game again.
@@armoredcorelore this video was very enjoyable to watch, very well presented and the information overload didn't occur. Masterful job!
Chief has Richard Hawke energy and I’m here for it
I wonder how Chief's cooking is.
Chief is definitely one of the best AC antagonists.
Certainly entertaining and scary at the same time i admit.
I'm a little late to the party, but this was a great post!
Thank you Shok and may I return the praise with what I will say is quite the fantastic album you produced.
Man I can't wait for you to cover AC6
It is going to be fun.
Thank you for this. I know it’s a Black Sheep of the Armored Core games but I love V and Verdict Day. This showed Lore I had no idea existed and I thought I had a pretty good rundown on Gen 5s lore. I wished we had a game based on the Old/Pollution Era. That might be the Gen 4 games but still a prequel would be nice. What happened after 4A that Nexts aren’t used anymore? Was the OldKing Route Canon? after Strayed killed the League and probably causes more destruction were NEXTs not made anymore in fear of another Genocidal LYNX Or is the ORCA Route Canon? With the Corpos essentially abandoning Humanity on earth for space did the people that stayed on earth caused a War? were all Next destroyed during said War and caused people to build new Mechs out of Scraps?
It a pleasure i enjoyed my dive into V and i am sure verdict days will be just a fun. As you say sadly the books did little more then cause more questions as while they heavily suggest the link to 4A they also pull the, but everything is lost so we have no idea trick.
I think old kings route is canon ans maybe mixed with another one
And that the arks are destoyed maube cauaed that the tech to build nexts Was lost
Thanks for this awesome Armored Core V lore video ACL.
My personal favourite radio operator in this game,even though i have only saw a playthrough of all Story Missions in ACV was Rosary.Mainly because of her growth from being greedy to being very pleasant towards the MC aka us.And what blew my mind was the fact that she was one of the three sisters who battled for the leadership position in the organisation called Men Of Honor or MOH and her actual name before she renamed herself was Cordelia.
No problem and i admit i like rosary too as our operator she has a nice voice. But yes the lore behind her is super and it goes on in acvd which is even better!
Great stuff as always! keep it up man
Thank you and same to you, enjoyed your last ac video on the new game.
Epic as always! A great resource since I still haven't been able to get ACV running to try it out yet.
Thanks absurd and honestly most of this information comes from the two books the after and the fact. Which is a shame as there is so much to enjoy here for any ac fan.
@@armoredcorelore yeah I noticed you reference the books a lot. On the bright side, you are bringing that hidden lore to people who cant translate the books! Very kind.
I did didn't i and i feel ACVD will be the same ha ha.
Honey, wake up, Armored Core Lore just dropped a full length video on Armored Core V! ❤
And now ACL is going to bed ha ha. Thanks as a always Rreckin.
Good work as always!
Thank you!
Tryna study up before I jump into the new Armored Core. Never played before. But Mech games were my first ever. Loving the lore.
Well i hope you enjoy ac6 raven and i am glad to hear your enjoying the lore =) AC certainly has a lot of lore to enjoy and the new lore of ac6 too its very cool.
the forgotten day gives meaning to the song vanishing
This game had the best cover art in the series by far
It is pretty cool, use it as a wallpaper on my pc.
Please continue the story, Verdict Day (*o*)/
VD final boss was one of the best as well.
I am. I promise its all happening in the background ha ha.
Chief you damn Crazy guy😂
even though he is an AI but still
32:29 funny fact :if you use the OVERRED weapon that chief used to shoot us from an oil refinery , he(zodiac) will instantly die ,but you must immediately prepare weapons and Charge it before he got off his transport heli , and don't forget to use the core and generators that can speed up energy transfer to the OVERRED weapons
He is quite the character and I see your take the other name for the ultimate weapons, so did the translations =) Oh neat I might have to give it go since the game is still in my ps3.
This is such a huge contrast compared to the earlier games. There's so much lore
Ah and so much of it is hidden in two books! My wallet is crying ha ha.
it shouldn't take 2 books to get comprehensive lore out a games story. i feel for and appreciate all you do ACL
@@soulcrossinc3089ell, the story ifself its more comprenssible than dark souls
@@soulcrossinc3089 Thanks Soul, its just me having a moan as i already have translations in the works.
very enjoyable vid, getting better and better!
Thank you, I admit I was worried as a lot of lore from the books don't really have videos to make them visual. So it is a lot more page viewing then action.
@@armoredcorelore It's truly a shame that the execution isn't as good as it could be, the base and setting is really good, definitely my favourite next to Last Raven. You've still done a very good job from the bits there are. :)
@@neutron4799 I appreciate that thank you and I do like acv, I just wish it just gave me more story cutscenes to work with ha ha.
@@armoredcorelore Wish there were replays so one could technically do their own minimovies
@@neutron4799 It would be cool.
Yesssss another long video I love these
Well i hoped you enjoyed then =)
Can't wait for the next one; Verdict Day
I'm going to need some time to play through the game again. But it will come.
@armoredcorelore if have trouble beating n-wgix/v use this method aka nineball loadout ruclips.net/video/pLaXe0UnoOA/видео.html
i was waiting for this
Hope you enjoy.
I still stand by the fact that all the contamination was caused by Armored Core 4 era.
I see no problem with that. The old era from the book left so many doors open with its it could be a war or maybe weather however no documents exist so we don't know.
My emblem in V is a Roman 10th twin legion bull flag. Naturally in Verdict Day I chose Vinide
Sweet, i admit i went Evergreen family first time playing the game.
All that’s left is verdict day
And J.
Yes indeed
Oh right I forgot there’s also nexus
@@debbiebost5139 Pretty sure he did Nexus.
@@AnatoliasAce3341 oh wait yeah you’re right I already saw the video
42 mins? OMG. Looks like I'm about to get a degree in ACV Lore ✍🤓
Yes its a big one. But I think I covered all the point needed for someone to have a good grasp of the story of acv.
Chief might be my favorite antagonist in any mech game.
He is fun and the sort of villain you just can't help but want to be.
Prefect timing
I knew my raven senses where tingling. Hope you enjoy.
This was intresting nice work man on the story
Thank you very much.
I don't know why, but I love thinking about “Which timeline that AC6 will be?” or something like that. Even though my brain said “There's no way 2nd timeline (which is the 3rd gen) are the base for the 6th gen,” I really 6th gen lore will either continue from 1st/3rd timeline or completely new.
I think they said in an interview it was coming to be a new start. But i could be mishearing after all i've had cannon fire and Fran in my ear most the week.
@@armoredcorelore Okay, I'm hooked up to this. It's gonna be a banger if they deliver it perfectly.
I'm really excited for AC6!
@@KQLY_ABLOOOO Me too and its not far away now.
Since it took place on a planet far from Earth, it could be from any timeline that has mastered interstellar travel.
Like AC V AC design, the small size is like a callback for AC 1.
Neat.
I refuse to believe that you finally made a gen5 video
Trust me I don't either. Two years and here I am just now talking about it. Where did the time go?
RD made the rookiest of mistakes, even trying to mention what he was gonna do when the fighting was over.
Less talking, more shooting giant ac guns!
Perfect primer for me to jump into AC6 as a newbie.
Knowledge is power they say and see you in ac6 fellow raven.
@Armoredcorelore Is that Cro-Magnon's AC Silent Howler at 5:06?
I know who you mean, but sadly no. This is my AC that shares the same colour and quad legs as howler.
Wake up new armored core 6 story trailer is here and plus human plus is coming back, but in the form of a cinematic
Seen it and already left my comment. Oh boy this lore is going to be fun.
so even in the 5th gen Hangedman keep Nineball tradition alive by mass producing ai controlled AC
So say the acvd book.
Makes me really wish all that lore was in the game...
Well acv was a more multiplayer focus game, so maybe story was not thier top goal. Which is a shame as these books really do open up the world more.
imagine of Armored core had an anime series like gundam 😂 it be awsome
It would be.
And after all that... I haven't seen a trace of The Corporation in Verdict Day, other than them being apparently responsible for the Towers.
A shame. They were quite the antagonist faction in V, with their motives a complete mystery. Also, Chief is one of my favorite villains ever.
Chief is a good villain. To me its his way of speaking how one minute it all ha ha and the next you very much get this vibe of i could kill you in a second if i want. Him killing the police captain will always be my favourite moment of chief. And well you could say the corporation live on through issac even if he had bent it to his own ideas and he's just not as charmingly evil as our ai chief and carol.
Thanks for this. Having the brunt of the narrative be in outside media made it difficult to piece together the whole story. I just gotta ask, did Fromsoft have some developement issues when making V & Verdict Day? The prior Ac stories could be understood by just playing the games, and reading up the in-game emails and Bios. But with V & Verdict Day you really have to go outside of the game to get the full picture.
I can't say 100per cent to be honest as I'm very much just a fan with little to no connection to the company. However from looking over the games, its easy to say the focus on multiplayer took the time. But really we know games can have good single and multiplayer, i just feel from might have had external forces pushing them. After all the books show the lore was there it just never managed to make it in.
Is there a video for 4 or For Answer? I really like these!
Yes we bc verdict day confirms that gen 5 is a sequel to gen 4
There is! In fact here is the playlist for all the story of armored core videos I have done. ruclips.net/p/PLH4v3mlv5QUZgI27xbvN9a72UYjIiJ0jW
Literally world devastation was caused by the use of primal armor/assault armament from the nexts mechs. Hence why that didn't carry over to the fifth game.
After I watched AC6 story trailer, all I think is Zodiac and Isaac
I can see why, the experiments and what seems to be a black market for pilots who are only made to fight.
I'm just going to start it today 😊
Well with this video I say your ready for V's lore. You'll have to fact check me when you finish the game =)
I wish AC5 had been released for the PS4
It would have been neat. Plus maybe it would have done better.
Just in time for my birthday
Well Happy birthday Dregga00, i hope you have a great day.
For those who want more specific information I shall provide you with it Carol and chief were created by the corporations of armored core 4 they left Earth after the close plan in fa it might be obvious but Chief and Carol are ai
I think we got they are AI thanks to the forgotten days information and interesting you can share it on the wiki if you would like that way everyone could see it.
Further information the large unknown weapons such as the sea and air master are weapons created by the corporations when they left these weapons commanded by the corporation are are unmanned AI weapons the weapons serve a similar purpose as to the old AFs that were destroyed in FA to project the corporations power over the land air and sea Chief and Carol were given guardianship over the planet it was their goal to watch over and guard Earth in the corporation's absence when they left until they return
For how much lore there was to this, everyone moved so break neck for Pvp/conquest to get the Metas established. V was okay but the story didn't pull me in
I get that, V never really owned its single player and really a lot of this lore is in the two books on the 5th gen. Which is a shame as this could have been what pulled people in.
@@armoredcorelore that's annoying and justified the feeling I only got with half the hodge podge story. The distraction of controls and different playing style sullied the interest of the story into a task list until x parts were available to do Pvp. Where 3rd/4th gens required near completion to have a competitive stance in fighting 5th gen did away with that. leaving parity fairly flat of builds to only highly annoying poking the game is built around.
I've been seeing a couple of people generally not liking AC5 but in my opinion it was the solid-est game thus far. The story is a bit lackluster compared to previous games I'd say. But gameplay-wise they took a different path from 4th gen, by making it "slower", but in my mind gameplay feels as fast, but in a different way. The menus are well thought out, sound design is way better and the UI in-mech is insane. For real though, it feels like you're looking at a real HUD of a war machine instead of looking like a game. In these aspects, AC5 feels way more polished than 4 and FA, as in it bears more of a resemblance to AAA games of the time instead of a game in a niche genre. I'm not trying to downplay 4 and FA these games were also insane but AC5 is also pretty solid. Sorry for being off-topic, this video is great, old AC games are harder to understand lore wise by just playing the game, I always have to come back here to fully understand the plot. Great work as always ACL :)
Never be sorry about airing out your thoughts here on ac games. I am happy to hear people thoughts on the games i talk about, i myself was not a fan of V when it come out. But its grown on me as I've gotten older and seeing what new games are doing.
Story was a little lack luster i admit. Honestly as you seen in this video i ended up going into Japanese only lore books to really get the details.
That said i have always been told the devs focused on the team aspect of the game rather then single player. Which is fair really as that is what the team wanted or was told too focus on.
I like to think that all ac games have thier place and show off different sides of the mecha game instead of being the same thing over and over again.
And thank you, i hope the videos do help and as s aid before never be sorry for going off topic. I like hearing thoughts and opinions of other on ac games.
Yeaaa more story!
I really like your story on ac4 and ac4 answer
Thank you very much. They where both fun videos to work on.
What really bugs me is that we will probably never know what the point of the towers where and why the corps of old the league or who ever came after made them its where all of the advanced tech went we know that the last boss in vd confirms but why was it a last ditch attempt to save themselves from the pollution but they died out before it was finished or for over means or maybe they did retreat into them and society outside hasn’t made it far enough in yet all ghost runner style it just feels so strange that they are abandoned it’s a shame we won’t be going back to this timeline in the games
Ah a lot of people are still looking over the books and seeking the answers to the towers. But i think its something we have to take with a little patience as when i got the timeline of acv translated i was surprised to read the whole its lost to time no one will ever know what happened or caused the world to be this way. And i think this came down to from having a lot of time between games.
@@armoredcorelore lost too time not with you digging into the lore
@@camera_man115 Ha ha i will try my best.
Just my luck to come across this video, been searching everywhere on RUclips to no avail when it comes to ACV lore. Aside from Above Average Gaming's.
Average gaming does a great job in his video and well i hope you enjoy my video on the subject.
@@armoredcorelore Absolutely! I agree with a lot of his points in his overview video. I get the gist of the lore and I do love a little more depth of the lore. Totally did not know about the Old Era til' now.
When will the AC6 videos come around? : )
This Sunday, its going to be the story of ac6 =)
ok ide have to say within the first minuit you can tell its the former and not the later that lead to creation of AC as such a ginormous robot is not necessary for "peace keeping operations and if anything just represents a large expensive targer for mpads and the like, kind of like a tank. turns out when you really want to supress a population you need power armor
Armored cores and thier history of suppressing the public for the corporations.
I have theory for the corporation
I think they are the remnants of the corporation from the ac4/acfa era, i think after war over resources all remaining corporation are now have so little power so they merge together, this maybe can explain why hanged man ac looks like interior union and torus join project.
maybe they're engineers work together to make a miniaturized ac/ glorified normals.
But i still have some question like is gen 5 ac mass produced in someway?, because in the trailer they deployed in big numbers, there also that tank ac with dual auto cannon that looks like it uses the same hanged man body.
(Also sorry if there is grammatical error english is not my first language)
I like the theory and believe it or not i can tell the answer to you mass produced question. As while ac's in acv where seen as precious and that why they are worth so much as scrap. In the book ACVD The after it say after the three factions analysed the towers the ability to produce armored cores became possible.
@@armoredcorelorewait really? I literally thought for a long time that ac in acv is mass produce because they deployed in big numbers in the trailer, like those artillery and tank ac, I also further believe this because the corporation capable of building exusia, multiple L. L. L and that giant mech in one of the trailer.
Also quick question how did you manage to continue the story after fight with exusia?, most people play through of the game everyone stop after fight with exusia the only time I see the fight with zodiac is in someone acv edit, is it dlc or extra mission?
@@renoreno1024 I kid you not. I'll post the translation on the ac wiki to let you all see. Just need to find it a good place.
Damn i didn't expect you to respond this fast but can you link your pose here after you complete it? Other than that thank you and may we meet again in the future
22:35 nice foreshadowing
the exusia looksl ike batman in there!
I guess it does.
Is it just me or the ai form the first armored core seems to be be still functional and a possibility of an alternative ending where u don't destroy the ai and wait until it makes an offer to the player character and ghe player becomes like a knight that has united his power with fhe ai for (i think the ai s mission was keeping humans from growing too much) since earth seems to just get destroyed for no reason over and over
I mean if you like to keep the timeline together sure its a neat idea. And the ai mission is ac1 was to guide humanity to a better future until our protagonist destroyed it causing an underground war which would after years would lead to a rebuilt earth government.
@@armoredcorelore well that's the thing I'm not convinced the ai got destroyed like it wasn't begging to be spared like it already finished its job either the 9 balls bought it enough time for it to install itself on the main characters AC and brainwashing him to do it's bidding or just overwriting gus mind to take his body maybe there's a secret ending where u wait enough in front of the ac1 ai and it offers u to join it
Great video,im worry about ac6 can it run good on ps4 if not they really should just go to next gen only but i will have to wait and see i guess.
Thank you for your kind words and well I hope so too, since I brought the game for ps4.
RD is not only a coward, he's also a traitor. Dude's like the evil Dan Moro.
Feels like its a spiritual successor with some retcons from 4.
Which is odd from the IP owner.
But on brand for Armored Core as they keep trying to reboot the setting over and over, never satisfied.
I think the gap between the game did not help and the change of director. Not that Naoyuki Takahashi did a bad job, i think lore is sometimes just put on the back burner.
Bro awesome video but I can’t help but notice how you butchered Catullus name 😭🙏
Thank you and i appreciate the feedback.
Bruh, I just finished V, what a weird timing
Well I guess its true what they say. Ravens never fly alone. How was it for you?
@@armoredcorelore expect the unexpected, depress with the control system and boosting. The rest are great, now I'm currently continue the 2nd part of it, Verdict Day
Im trying so hard to understand how the games fit together
It is tough. If you want i can give you a quick explanation. Armored core 1 till armored another age all happens in one time line. Armored core 3 is a reboot of the series so it until armored core last raven is a new time line.
You can see the breakdown of events of these two timelines if you look up the complete 10 works armored core timelines. The ac wiki has them.
As for the rest ac4 to acvd are as we are discovering are all in the same timeline with no real links back to the last two timelines and finally ac6 is said to be another new timeline with no links back to other timelines from the director of the game.
@@armoredcorelore thank you so much I was losing my mind trying to figure out how AC6 fit into the overall story lol
@@wobblyostrich776 No problem =) Honestly it is a bit of twist and turn with ac lore so I'm glad i could help.
Another banger
Thank you.
Veredict day next?
Nah going to need some time to play the game through again and wait for some translations.
@@armoredcorelore I saw the dialogues of the prologue and maybe Jack has to do with the dark raven joining the resistance later.
And I don't think they ever say how they discovered the first attack to begin with.