He died due to engine failure and a fall from a high altitude, What an unfortunate way to go out as a veteran, definitely not outmatched by a wild raven he stumbles into or anything. Tbh, it's quite considerable of him to not leave us as a grudge mark for his company and accept his defeat with grace. Just shown how much we grown on him even since the dam mission.
That proven Michigan is a caring leader, he remembered all his grunt’s name, he constantly interact with them while blasting with his grunts. A true chad
that's the sign of a leader who cares. He smokes them because he ultimately wants them to come back alive. Not only that, but he gives Rusty his due respect with that "want to change sides" line. and by reserving G13 for us, he probably also respects us as well. (granted we may or may not have killed the one who was going to get that calling so...)
@@samgames2096 *looks at the stun needle launcher* “You were gonna ambush me with that?” *pulls out two of them* “Do you mind if i steal that idea times two?”
i cant get over how he respects you so much up to the point of the red gun mission that he verbally defends you from his own troops. he also measures your powerlevel in 2000 albanys.
@@PonkingtonHeights Ngl his mission was harder than the Ibis one imo. Can't hit this mf because of the his damn MTs everywhere and if you do focus on the MTs you run out of ammo from time to time.
@@huyle-ob8rg I actually did that but i kept dying to michigan. Surprisingly won with Plasma and zimmerman combo. Plasma weapons have some Aoe which helped a lot against those MTs and was strong enough to damage Michigan significantly at the same time.
the fact that he allows his troops to withdrawn while fully knowing he is going to die is awesome, the fact that his troops refuse to leave him just shows how good of a leader he is
Don't forget that if he _does_ beat you, his first line is to call medics to help the wounded. No trash talking you, no "guess I gotta do everything", none of that. Puts his men first and foremost. It's a damn shame there's no way to save the Redguns.
@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong on god i wish i could just ask rusty to help us demolish aqruebus with the liberation front but sadly it aint an path ;-;
AC6 has no business being THIS well written. I've never laughed at voice lines in a video game as much as i did here. The amount of sarcasm and jokes that comes from Walter, Michigan, Rusty, Carla etc are just off the charts. Such well written characters.
It might be a small throwaway line, but I really like how Michigan goes at Albany when she talks smack about Iguazu. Like, Iguazu can be a whinny brat but he’s still one of his boys and he’s not gonna let the rank and file badmouth him.
@@Scardpelt everyone who serves under him is a maggot, but they’re not just any maggots, they’re _his_ maggots, and if you step on any of his maggots there will be Hell on Four Legs to pay. G1 Michigan sounds like a drill sergeant: he shits all over you in creative ways, but his respect is such that despite telling everyone within earshot that you’re a worthless maggot, he’s going to personally pick _you_ to go on sortie with him. He knew every MT pilot in that ambush force by name. You can’t tell me that he considers those pilots disposable like _Arquebus_ does.
Iguazu just can't shut his mouth. Every time he's in a mission he keeps bitching and gets shunned by G1 for that. Also, even though he gets into a mission as a punishment, i do believe that it means that Michigan expects him to be good enough for the job.
@@Fedorchik1536 It definitely does mean that. Michigan is the type of CO to smoke the shit out of you, deep down wishing that the shit he gives you pushes you further and helps to keep you alive on the front lines.
Also interesting to note that G6 Red mimicks Michigan's way of talking considering he was also inspired by the Redgun Commander to become a AC pilot and later a member of the same group.
@@All_Mighty672I really wish he didn't turn on us especially since we don't even kill Michigan in the true ending would of been cool for him to get revenge on the left over vespers
@@tianshuhuang5431 well COMBAT logs you don’t read, you just kill people (‘Lore’ logs are the ones you read) The process of GETTING G6’s Comabt log is really sad (because of what he says). You can read Lore logs by pressing one of the prompts in the main menu screen (where you assemble your AC)
Personally, the fact that there was nothing but a comedic level of pride and sense of respect made it very comforting and extremely fun. It was like fighting a bunch of toy soldiers who don't know any better. The game does a very good job of that, honestly, in that no decision you make has the game go out of its way to make you feel bad for it. Even if you betray Carla, she doesn't lambast you for it. Even if you fight Rusty, he still goes down thinking you're a champ who deserves it.
@@christopherlyndsay8611 I didn't choose that mission in my first playthrough, still felt sad that he died regardless. I'm doing NG+ to see different missions, so I had to kill him :x
In the fight against Michigan, the fact that he knew every single one of his soldiers' names proves that he truly did care about his subordinates. He even gave them the chance to flee the fight against you. I think Iguazu was simply unable to distinguish Michigan's "shit" for the tough love it truly was. Armored Core 6 is such an amazing game and is so well written. I truly did not expect to get so attached to some of these characters.
@@anormalyoutubecommenter8321and if the theories are correct and him being in our presence and Ayre's causes him headaches it means triple the irritation I may not really like his tough pointless talk but the guy just has it rough It must also sting since we are also gen 4 augmentation and we manage to do all this insane stuff
I was hoping I'd find that line here. Funniest dialogue in the game. Michigan talks so much shit I can't help but love him. Then again, I can't recall how many times a game threw a stilted GF at me and tried and failed to make me feel bad over it. Ayre was the first. I felt like I deserved the ass kicking after what I did to Rusty. All that hurt, just to link some fire again. Served me right for being a sweaty tryhard.
G1 and Balam company are some of my favorite characters in this game. It really sucks that they're essentially screwed from the start. Was hoping for an underdog story from them, but nope, they gave that to the RLF. :C
Balam sucks, tbh, they throw the redguns on suicide missions. Arquebus despite being a shitty company doesn't treat their pilots as expendable the way Balam does. Even check out the first few purchasable core/head/arm parts and you find out Balam's motto basically calls for waves of technologically inferior but numerically superior mechs.
The issue is that Balam and Michigan cared a lot more about fighting the war than winning it. They enjoy combat and revel in fighting their enemies, they even have a sense of honor about it. Arquebus and Snail just care about victory and will do anything to achieve it.
@@joshuayung5158 The way that I read it was that Balam did that kind of thing because they felt like they didn't have a choice if they were going to keep up with Arquebus. They don't have the funding or tech that AQ has, but what they do seem to have is a camaraderie that AQ pilots don't. Balam seems like a big family, or at least as much as ole warhounds can be, while all of AQs pilots seem pretty distant from one another. Too bad bonds don't get them the Wall, or Coral.
G1 is freaking gung ho... Almost reminds me of a typical image of American soldiery... Also, poor Iguazu. Considers me a rival when he isn't even worth my time
He's a pos, fucking goes awol leaving g4 to die, goes awol during ice worm mission, I will happily pile bunker his face in 32 more times (G5 btw not g1, g1 is awesome)
@@b9humssjheffreinsebastian598 He wasn't much problems there, either. I only couldn't do it with my normal build as there was an entire phase with a ton of other enemies, with a 2nd phase having two C-Spiders and Ayre can only fight one C-Spider at a time. Coulda done it myself if I wasn't already weakened by Phase 2, so I just decided "okay, fuck you" and bulldozed through him with dual miniguns and dual needle cannons on a Tank Build. The ALLMIND bossfight is more of an Endurance Test than anything.
G1,inspires you to follow him and fight. You know he’s a good leader cause he knows all of his guys names and doesn’t treat them any differently. He talks to G4 and G5 the same way he talks to the MT pilots. And even tells the MTs if you don’t want to die back off and keep low.
I think the reason G1 is so sympathetic to you is cause he understands your situation and may see a bit of himself in you: A person with almost nothing left in their life but the violence they can bring to the world.
“THE ANSWER IS 2000 ALBANY’S SIR” 😂 god i love that mission. i mean you’re killing michigan but his banter in what’s basically a mission where you fight a bunch of MT’s constantly swarming you while they come out of clown cars makes that mission damn near impossible to get angry in
I do love how he is like the polar opposite of snail snail is a moron on the field overconfident cowardly and calous but snail knows how to think big picture michigan on the other hand is easily the best field commander he sends the mt's in waves to drain your resources wear you down and stagger out the battle while his ac comes online but saves 2 waves the biggest one mid fight with you and a relief team for after the battle that's more complicated and careful than anyone else ever does in this game I think the best way to summarize michigan on the rubicon front it he's a field commander who's in charge of every strategic level decision which uh is not his specialty but hey corp military not too suprising a guy who's competant in anything is hoisted to the top
This man is definitely ranking among the top 3 characters in this game. A real general to his men. Also him volunteering iguazu then covering for him when he understandably bails against that monstrosity of an ice worm was pretty chill of him
Michigan never willingly insults or acts like an asshole unprovoked barring you when you were an independent Merc. He never insults people who don’t talk shit or don’t act like morons, it’s why he respects 621 and Rusty so much He also never bags on his men who retreat so they don’t fight 621, just that they need more training, and when you die, he immediately calls for a relief team to treat the wounded. He may come across as comedy relief, but he’s a great pilot with solid leadership who cares about his men, even splitting his own bounty with em. Great character
Did anyone else notice how Michigan knows the names of every single member of Balam? Man may give his people a lot of shit but he really cares about them
I really hope they add some DLC down the line that expands mission choices and endings based upon the Corporations. Considering the setting, it's honestly bizarre given how great the endings we currently have now that we don't have any endings we can choose that let us side with the Corporations or truly side with the RLF.
Yeah. i really thought there was a way to actually side with rlf because of their missions but ig not. That moment with rusty and flatwell was a huge bait too. I thought you can get rusty to stop depending on your choices
You know, if AC6 ever gets an expansion, like previous AC games, or a DLC that adds more missions and story, I hope it's revealed that Michigan survived and was able to eject or got knocked out inside his AC. He's a fun character.
I thought he was kind of a dick at first but really warmed to him as time went on. While he might sling the occasional snipe when someone starts acting up he cares about those under his command and shows genuine respect for Raven/621. I love that in the mission where you kill him he basically tells his forces "Yea your completely outmatched" despite it feeling like one of the largest forces you've fought up until that point, and then if he kills you his first order is getting help for anyone hurt.
Performed by voice actor D.C. Douglas. From AC6 to AC6, from Fires of Liberation to Fires of Rubicon! His delivery sounded familiar, so I checked out his other roles. AWACS Ghost Eye in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. That has to be it. He also voiced Legion in Mass Effect 2 & 3, one of my all-time favorite characters. But that's definitely not where I recognized his voice from because he's doing something totally different there, even before whatever layers of processing were added.
One thing that I rarely see people point out is, in G1 Michigan's Arena profile, it says that he specifically put a bounty on his head on the Balam bounty board, his own team's board, under the stipulation that half the reward money will go to his war buddies at Furlong, his previous comrades.
His voice is actually exactly what I expected when I play an anime mecha game, his voice feels so at home here. My only complaint is that the script could use some work and that’s about it.
I'm surprised you didn't include the clip if you take out Iguazu first during the alternate dam mission. Michigan says : "Iguazu, how many ranks below you is G13? You can count, right? Don't take too long figuring it out -- it's a lot!"
This game is just full of amazing people. G1 Michigan being the first to make an impression lol. It actually reminds me of the Ace Combat PS2 days. Where you never really saw their faces but knew the inner quality of their character... ~ like friends, in the end.
You can lure them to the heavy MT on the far right side of the map. Makes it a 2v2, also there's a high chance one of the enemy AC's will not be able to boost up there leaving it a 1v2 in your favor. Also never attack the tank until he used his grenade then you have 5-6 seconds to get damage in before he can use it again.
The dialogue in Intercept The Redguns is absolute gold, but having to hear it all for the 10th+ time in a row from running out of ammo over and over got old pretty quick
Let's be honest: when given the choice between Balam and Vespers, 9 out of 10 people choose to side with Balam, 99% because of Michigan's barbs. So 9 times out of 10, Michigan's mouth saved Balam.
"You can bill me for the AC repair fees, Michigan" is the most Patrick Seitz line I've heard in this game. Never a dull moment when he plays a main character.
It's kinda funny how Michigan trash talks anyone who trash talks no matter who it's directed towards. Even when the MT pilots are trash talking Iguazu, he still claps back on the MT pilots while trash talking Iguazu at the same time.
Michigan is one great example of how to write a compelling antagonist: a tremendous arrogant asshole who not only backs it up with skill, but is also extremely sharp and practical. He doesn't like anyone but his own damn self, but he remembers everyone's names, their stories, their combat ability, and more. He hates your guts, but damn if he doesn't understand how dangerous you are, and he's not stopping with the commentary until he's good and dead.
I died in the dam quest because of irl stuff, but forgot to pause the game And when I came back, it was very little HP then I died before even touched my controller, then i hear this "Gun 13 Are you normally incompetent or do you even tried?!" "Dont answer that you are FIRED!! Lol'd hard lmao But Sir, I dieded before even getting fired lmao
Missed the one where you take out Iguazu before Volta first "Iguazu! How many ranks below you is G13? You can COUNT right?! Don't take too long figuring it out--it's a lot!"
Hard to believe DC Douglas did the voice acting for Michigan. For those who don't know he voiced Albert Wesker in RE5. Such a phenomenal voice actor, so glad he got a shot in Armored Core 6!
Michigan is the embodiment of tough love Mans remembers his troop's names Commands other troops to help out with the injured when he kills you And disses the shit out of them to make them remember their place Its really unfortunate that Balam has to go down in all 3 endings
This is just all of Michigan's dialogue 😂 Except, you missed my favorite line. It's in the Ice Worm mission briefing "I know just the volunteer to go and poke that monster with a stick"
I swapped to Japanese audio with Eng subtitles to try the anime experience, and for the most part I really liked all the VAs. But man, I missed the drill sergeant attitude of Michigan. He just sounds more like an angry boss in Japanese, but that’s probably cause I don’t know really know Japanese military culture lol
G1 Michigan, Lives a CHAD, dies a CHAD, remembered as a CHAD
GIGACHAD On Four Legs
"Maggots... do you read me? You can tell this to posterity, mean old Michigan died of a bad fall!" He honestly went out like a fucking badass
He died due to engine failure and a fall from a high altitude, What an unfortunate way to go out as a veteran, definitely not outmatched by a wild raven he stumbles into or anything.
Tbh, it's quite considerable of him to not leave us as a grudge mark for his company and accept his defeat with grace. Just shown how much we grown on him even since the dam mission.
@@Tenraiodude put a prize on his own head and said that half of the reward for killing would be shared among his subordinates
You've meet Michigan. Prepare for Ohio
Reminder that Michigan remembers the names of all the MT pilots in his command
true,, when i hear him interact with all the Redgun members i regret taking that mission
That proven Michigan is a caring leader, he remembered all his grunt’s name, he constantly interact with them while blasting with his grunts. A true chad
that's the sign of a leader who cares. He smokes them because he ultimately wants them to come back alive. Not only that, but he gives Rusty his due respect with that "want to change sides" line. and by reserving G13 for us, he probably also respects us as well. (granted we may or may not have killed the one who was going to get that calling so...)
It's so cool how even the subtitles don't give the MT pilots' names, but Michigan remembers them. Snail wouldn't have.
Yeah remembers all 500 pilots names so they can all jump you that one mission
Incredibly forgiving character. You betray their operation and he still jokes around. Funny guy.
I feel like it is because he knows that it is just business, it is what it is
Not to mention he (kinda) still praise you when you are fighting his regiment
He also seems to know he’s screwed but he aint gonna go out crying, he’s going out blazing. His men agree too.
@@khornethebloodgod4155Michigan: “If I’m going to go, I’ll go with style!”
@@Faezine "yall can run away now or follow me if you got a deathwish"
This guy is probably annoys Snail even in his dream.
Good
Raven breathing down his neck in NG++ be like:
Your stun needles won't save you now.... 😂
@@samgames2096
*looks at the stun needle launcher*
“You were gonna ambush me with that?”
*pulls out two of them*
“Do you mind if i steal that idea times two?”
@@sentientmustache8360xD
It's now cannon that Michigan lives rent free in snails head.
G1 is actually a great fucking leader and a great guy overall. It's a shame it has to come down to this
he speaks like one of those mean looking sergeants in the new recruit training bootcamp who talk mad shit at you but also care about u a lot
@@XDD50Hz a Drill Sergeant.
Too much stick not enough carrot.
Nah the moment his disrespected me it was over.
You can tell G1's leadership is built amazingly with his insane memory of refering every single squad member by their own actual names
i cant get over how he respects you so much up to the point of the red gun mission that he verbally defends you from his own troops. he also measures your powerlevel in 2000 albanys.
Unfortunately for him, it was actually 2,001 Albany’s, which was a fatal mistake on his part.
@@PonkingtonHeights Ngl his mission was harder than the Ibis one imo. Can't hit this mf because of the his damn MTs everywhere and if you do focus on the MTs you run out of ammo from time to time.
@@MEGASTRIXYou can just use multi lock-on missiles to kill fodders and/or a genade launcher with high impact range to kill MTs near each others.
@@huyle-ob8rg I actually did that but i kept dying to michigan. Surprisingly won with Plasma and zimmerman combo. Plasma weapons have some Aoe which helped a lot against those MTs and was strong enough to damage Michigan significantly at the same time.
@@MEGASTRIX every time I have completed that mission, it’s ended with 0 repair kits, low AP, and fists
“G13, are you normally this incompetent or do you have to try” 😂 fricken killed me
And the " DON'T ANSWER THAT, YOU'RE FIRE! " Lmao!
killed G13 too
G1 Michigan
The only one who can Respect, Roast, and Reprimand, and Rescue at the same time.
A true man of equality...
@@alexanderminas28 That's a lot of Rs.
@@dangerwarg9682 oh. I forgot to mention Rally. Because he always does that as well
"Sir, I'm a useless maggot, sir!" is probably the funniest line in the whole game
That one MT pilot “the answer is 2000 Albanys Sir!” 😂😂
The great Osawa san
@@logarius2178same dude too
The first time I played and heard the "G5! You just volunteered yourself for the front line." had me rolling
Him calling Snail commentator and Osawa residential mathematician made me pause the game and laugh
Yeah me to :v
I’d wish that mf said fack after opening his damn mouth. After that smack talkin of his 😂
Michigan's voiceline when u take down Iguazu first is funnier imo
“g5, how many ranks is g13 lower than you? don’t take too long to count, cus it’s a lot!”
Damn,I forgot to clip that. 😢
It always puts a smile on my face when Iguazu gets shit on.
@@vergilchair9517True ending is the fun part!
@@MegaDragon1983 "You were a mistake"
- Allmind
That made me laugh in that fight.
He even has a list of 621's achievements hahahaha
the fact that he allows his troops to withdrawn while fully knowing he is going to die is awesome, the fact that his troops refuse to leave him just shows how good of a leader he is
Don't forget that if he _does_ beat you, his first line is to call medics to help the wounded. No trash talking you, no "guess I gotta do everything", none of that. Puts his men first and foremost. It's a damn shame there's no way to save the Redguns.
Yeah, i hope till the end that if I go to kill Aqruebus they stay alive...@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong
@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong on god i wish i could just ask rusty to help us demolish aqruebus with the liberation front but sadly it aint an path ;-;
AC6 has no business being THIS well written. I've never laughed at voice lines in a video game as much as i did here. The amount of sarcasm and jokes that comes from Walter, Michigan, Rusty, Carla etc are just off the charts. Such well written characters.
older games had good dialogue as well, for answer particularly
@@octoslutAC2 has weird dialogues and acting lol
@@hare75 WE THE LCC WANT YOU TO INFILTRATE ZIO MATRIXES POWER PLANT (hard roll R)
even Arye doing dad joke on one of her dialogues...
damn Fromsoftware... lol
Even Ayre has some playful moments. Sometimes she sighs and roasts the enemies or just jokes around with you.
"Mean old Michigan died of a bad fall" LMAO
Michigan respects you so much he literally prepares a whole army to fight you with, that's how serious he takes you.
Him and rusty, incredible characters. Love em.
Hell yeah! Too bad rusty became MIA...
@@NomimonyoHe's a buddy through and through
@@Nomimonyois there any way to keep rusty a friend till the end tho? Like maybe in different ending rusty won't become an enemy?
@@Ulvorskets You can go for Ayre's ending, but he still won't have a good end.
@@zisenye3419 aww man :(
It might be a small throwaway line, but I really like how Michigan goes at Albany when she talks smack about Iguazu. Like, Iguazu can be a whinny brat but he’s still one of his boys and he’s not gonna let the rank and file badmouth him.
Albany’s face when someone actually did the math and went “THE ANSWER IS 2000 ALBANY’S-“
I really appreciated that he remembers all his minions, not just his G call signs as well
@@Scardpelt everyone who serves under him is a maggot, but they’re not just any maggots, they’re _his_ maggots, and if you step on any of his maggots there will be Hell on Four Legs to pay.
G1 Michigan sounds like a drill sergeant: he shits all over you in creative ways, but his respect is such that despite telling everyone within earshot that you’re a worthless maggot, he’s going to personally pick _you_ to go on sortie with him.
He knew every MT pilot in that ambush force by name. You can’t tell me that he considers those pilots disposable like _Arquebus_ does.
Being a completionist in this game is so emotionally draining. Michigan has such a profound respect for you by the end that it hurt doing his mission.
It's either him or Rusty and I can't do that to my Buddy
"G5! You just volunteered yourself for the frontline!"
I really giggled here. One of the moments I can't get out of my head.
Iguazu just can't shut his mouth.
Every time he's in a mission he keeps bitching and gets shunned by G1 for that.
Also, even though he gets into a mission as a punishment, i do believe that it means that Michigan expects him to be good enough for the job.
@@Fedorchik1536 It definitely does mean that. Michigan is the type of CO to smoke the shit out of you, deep down wishing that the shit he gives you pushes you further and helps to keep you alive on the front lines.
@@Fedorchik1536 he should've stuck to his sewing club...
Also interesting to note that G6 Red mimicks Michigan's way of talking considering he was also inspired by the Redgun Commander to become a AC pilot and later a member of the same group.
Getting G6’s combat log is heartbreaking….
@@All_Mighty672I really wish he didn't turn on us especially since we don't even kill Michigan in the true ending would of been cool for him to get revenge on the left over vespers
@@All_Mighty672 Where can I read the combat logs?
@@tianshuhuang5431 well COMBAT logs you don’t read, you just kill people (‘Lore’ logs are the ones you read) The process of GETTING G6’s Comabt log is really sad (because of what he says).
You can read Lore logs by pressing one of the prompts in the main menu screen (where you assemble your AC)
@@All_Mighty672i mean I get what u saying but he shot me in the balls first!
Michigan is funny as hell, and I really love his personality. I felt really sad when I had to go against him, same with my best buddy forever, Rusty
Personally, the fact that there was nothing but a comedic level of pride and sense of respect made it very comforting and extremely fun. It was like fighting a bunch of toy soldiers who don't know any better. The game does a very good job of that, honestly, in that no decision you make has the game go out of its way to make you feel bad for it. Even if you betray Carla, she doesn't lambast you for it. Even if you fight Rusty, he still goes down thinking you're a champ who deserves it.
I mean tbf you don’t have to go against him. Just if you don’t he gets murdered by Rusty anyway
is there a way to avoid killing rusty? can fromsoft let us spare a character at least once?
@@iwuanadie1058 you can choose the route that you don't kill him, but if you want to see a different ending then you have to kill him
@@christopherlyndsay8611 I didn't choose that mission in my first playthrough, still felt sad that he died regardless. I'm doing NG+ to see different missions, so I had to kill him :x
In the fight against Michigan, the fact that he knew every single one of his soldiers' names proves that he truly did care about his subordinates. He even gave them the chance to flee the fight against you. I think Iguazu was simply unable to distinguish Michigan's "shit" for the tough love it truly was.
Armored Core 6 is such an amazing game and is so well written. I truly did not expect to get so attached to some of these characters.
Iguazu;s not quite all there. The Corals messing with his head so he probably miss interprets a lot of what Michigan says
@@theliato3809 Not to mention, his Gen 4 augmentations are probably making his emotions unstable too
@@anormalyoutubecommenter8321and if the theories are correct and him being in our presence and Ayre's causes him headaches it means triple the irritation
I may not really like his tough pointless talk but the guy just has it rough
It must also sting since we are also gen 4 augmentation and we manage to do all this insane stuff
One of my favorites is if you take out Iguazu before Volta.
"G5! How many ranks below you is G13? YOU CAN COUNT, RIGHT?!"
I was hoping I'd find that line here. Funniest dialogue in the game. Michigan talks so much shit I can't help but love him.
Then again, I can't recall how many times a game threw a stilted GF at me and tried and failed to make me feel bad over it. Ayre was the first. I felt like I deserved the ass kicking after what I did to Rusty. All that hurt, just to link some fire again. Served me right for being a sweaty tryhard.
G1 and Balam company are some of my favorite characters in this game. It really sucks that they're essentially screwed from the start. Was hoping for an underdog story from them, but nope, they gave that to the RLF. :C
It's forshadowed in the first mission one of the licences you find belonged to a redgun G3 I think or 7 I can't remember the exact number
G7 Hakka iirc. You can fight the guy’s data in the arena
Balam sucks, tbh, they throw the redguns on suicide missions. Arquebus despite being a shitty company doesn't treat their pilots as expendable the way Balam does. Even check out the first few purchasable core/head/arm parts and you find out Balam's motto basically calls for waves of technologically inferior but numerically superior mechs.
The issue is that Balam and Michigan cared a lot more about fighting the war than winning it. They enjoy combat and revel in fighting their enemies, they even have a sense of honor about it. Arquebus and Snail just care about victory and will do anything to achieve it.
@@joshuayung5158
The way that I read it was that Balam did that kind of thing because they felt like they didn't have a choice if they were going to keep up with Arquebus. They don't have the funding or tech that AQ has, but what they do seem to have is a camaraderie that AQ pilots don't. Balam seems like a big family, or at least as much as ole warhounds can be, while all of AQs pilots seem pretty distant from one another.
Too bad bonds don't get them the Wall, or Coral.
G1 is freaking gung ho... Almost reminds me of a typical image of American soldiery... Also, poor Iguazu. Considers me a rival when he isn't even worth my time
He's a pos, fucking goes awol leaving g4 to die, goes awol during ice worm mission, I will happily pile bunker his face in 32 more times
(G5 btw not g1, g1 is awesome)
Say to him at the NG++ final boss
@@b9humssjheffreinsebastian598THIS, hahaha
However he still sucks, remember: stun needles good- Skdooosh! ⚡⚡⚡
@@b9humssjheffreinsebastian598he really didn't have much of a chance against double zimmerman and stun needles lol
@@b9humssjheffreinsebastian598 He wasn't much problems there, either. I only couldn't do it with my normal build as there was an entire phase with a ton of other enemies, with a 2nd phase having two C-Spiders and Ayre can only fight one C-Spider at a time. Coulda done it myself if I wasn't already weakened by Phase 2, so I just decided "okay, fuck you" and bulldozed through him with dual miniguns and dual needle cannons on a Tank Build. The ALLMIND bossfight is more of an Endurance Test than anything.
the real main character, gave us our first real job, rip
Michigan and Rusty are very charismatic characters. Every time I saw them coming I thought "Oh, there's the fun begins!"
After that final mission hes earned a honorary spot of in the table of AC goats in my book. G1 Michigan, you sir are a legend
Went in with a bang, died of a bad fall!
G1,inspires you to follow him and fight. You know he’s a good leader cause he knows all of his guys names and doesn’t treat them any differently. He talks to G4 and G5 the same way he talks to the MT pilots. And even tells the MTs if you don’t want to die back off and keep low.
"I know just the volunteer to go poke that beast with a stick" never fails to get a chuckle out of me
Michigan is easily within my top 2 favorite characters in AC6. Was hoping to hear him rip into Iguazu when he loses first in the dam mission.
i dont remember any of this??? loses what?? i havent beaten the game
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@@mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 a lot of these dialogues are only available in NG+
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You have to beat the game three times to complete it
@@mollysmoshingtankcrew9441You'll get it in NG+
Chatty and Michigan are my fav characters in the game,its a shame i cant save both of em at all
Yeah, chatty has a really calm personality i like him a lot
@@UlvorsketsI wanted him to learn how to laugh at a joke from Carla before he got deep fried.
@@ix8750rip Chatty
@@ix8750deep fried stick they just get 1 shot by Freud in bad end you in good end and allmind in true end the counter hack killed him I think
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I love how whenever anyone is even the slightest bit snotty on his team Michigan immediately calls them out
I think the reason G1 is so sympathetic to you is cause he understands your situation and may see a bit of himself in you: A person with almost nothing left in their life but the violence they can bring to the world.
G1 Michigan is really a great guy. He remembers every soldier serving under him in detail.
“THE ANSWER IS 2000 ALBANY’S SIR” 😂
god i love that mission. i mean you’re killing michigan but his banter in what’s basically a mission where you fight a bunch of MT’s constantly swarming you while they come out of clown cars makes that mission damn near impossible to get angry in
I do love how he is like the polar opposite of snail snail is a moron on the field overconfident cowardly and calous but snail knows how to think big picture
michigan on the other hand is easily the best field commander he sends the mt's in waves to drain your resources wear you down and stagger out the battle while his ac comes online but saves 2 waves the biggest one mid fight with you and a relief team for after the battle that's more complicated and careful than anyone else ever does in this game
I think the best way to summarize michigan on the rubicon front it he's a field commander who's in charge of every strategic level decision which uh is not his specialty but hey corp military not too suprising a guy who's competant in anything is hoisted to the top
Fun Fact: All of the names of both the Red Gun members and soldiers under Michigan are named after rivers or bodies of water!
Funny how G1 has a personality of an Army drill sergeant
He probably is
This man is definitely ranking among the top 3 characters in this game. A real general to his men.
Also him volunteering iguazu then covering for him when he understandably bails against that monstrosity of an ice worm was pretty chill of him
Michigan never willingly insults or acts like an asshole unprovoked barring you when you were an independent Merc.
He never insults people who don’t talk shit or don’t act like morons, it’s why he respects 621 and Rusty so much
He also never bags on his men who retreat so they don’t fight 621, just that they need more training, and when you die, he immediately calls for a relief team to treat the wounded.
He may come across as comedy relief, but he’s a great pilot with solid leadership who cares about his men, even splitting his own bounty with em.
Great character
Did anyone else notice how Michigan knows the names of every single member of Balam? Man may give his people a lot of shit but he really cares about them
I really hope they add some DLC down the line that expands mission choices and endings based upon the Corporations. Considering the setting, it's honestly bizarre given how great the endings we currently have now that we don't have any endings we can choose that let us side with the Corporations or truly side with the RLF.
I REALLY want support PCA forces ((
@@HindrancUSHonestly sounds kinda wild.
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"Wild" in good sense, or bad? )
@@HindrancUSPCA got these dystopian inhuman looking AC's too bad we can't have any of their parts
Yeah. i really thought there was a way to actually side with rlf because of their missions but ig not.
That moment with rusty and flatwell was a huge bait too. I thought you can get rusty to stop depending on your choices
You know, if AC6 ever gets an expansion, like previous AC games, or a DLC that adds more missions and story, I hope it's revealed that Michigan survived and was able to eject or got knocked out inside his AC. He's a fun character.
A man too damn good for Rubicon, only shame that the good ones are usually the first to go.
I wish he said “G13, twist his nutsack off” in his accent
God I love Balam related missions because they make me nostalgic for the Ace Combat days.
G1 Michigan, Chatty and V.IV Rusty is the big reason why ya'all here want big DLC/Expansion update for Armored Core 6
4:34 my favorite line from G1 Michigan. He really loves to mess with G5 Iguazu… 🤣
I thought he was kind of a dick at first but really warmed to him as time went on. While he might sling the occasional snipe when someone starts acting up he cares about those under his command and shows genuine respect for Raven/621. I love that in the mission where you kill him he basically tells his forces "Yea your completely outmatched" despite it feeling like one of the largest forces you've fought up until that point, and then if he kills you his first order is getting help for anyone hurt.
Performed by voice actor D.C. Douglas. From AC6 to AC6, from Fires of Liberation to Fires of Rubicon!
His delivery sounded familiar, so I checked out his other roles. AWACS Ghost Eye in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. That has to be it. He also voiced Legion in Mass Effect 2 & 3, one of my all-time favorite characters. But that's definitely not where I recognized his voice from because he's doing something totally different there, even before whatever layers of processing were added.
and the belkan scientist in ace combat 7
One thing that I rarely see people point out is, in G1 Michigan's Arena profile, it says that he specifically put a bounty on his head on the Balam bounty board, his own team's board, under the stipulation that half the reward money will go to his war buddies at Furlong, his previous comrades.
His voice is actually exactly what I expected when I play an anime mecha game, his voice feels so at home here. My only complaint is that the script could use some work and that’s about it.
his script is perfectly cheesy and I love it
I think the script is perfect as is.
You can't fix perfection.
@@idj3105 he’s def got the mech anime dub vibe. Similar to the other AC, ace combat
I'm surprised you didn't include the clip if you take out Iguazu first during the alternate dam mission. Michigan says : "Iguazu, how many ranks below you is G13? You can count, right? Don't take too long figuring it out -- it's a lot!"
This game is just full of amazing people. G1 Michigan being the first to make an impression lol. It actually reminds me of the Ace Combat PS2 days. Where you never really saw their faces but knew the inner quality of their character... ~ like friends, in the end.
I love the J. J. Jameson vibes he gives off
G1 Michigan would be an amazing COD commentator
iirc theres another line in the dam mission if you kill Iguazu first, he yells "Do you know how much 13 is below 5? can you count ?!"
According to arena profile, Michigan famously put a bounty on his own head, on condition that half the money goes to his war buddies.
Can we get this guy again as the VA in the next fromsoft game, man is no joke in joking 😂
I lost my shit laughing when I heard him say G5, YOU JUST VOLUNTEERED FOR THE FRONTLINE
I just completed the Intercept Red Guns and out of respect renamed my AC "A Bad Fall"
The fact There is No Balam Red Gun ending is a CRIME I instantly loved Michigan when I first encountered him.
Everyone being upset over having to go against Carla , Walter , Ayre.
Meanwhile I was devastated when it came down to going against G1.
Somehow defeating G4 and G5 fighting together was bigger challenge for me than fighting Ibis...
You can lure them to the heavy MT on the far right side of the map. Makes it a 2v2, also there's a high chance one of the enemy AC's will not be able to boost up there leaving it a 1v2 in your favor. Also never attack the tank until he used his grenade then you have 5-6 seconds to get damage in before he can use it again.
It's like a marathon vs a sprint. xD
It was hard for me on NG++
its easy if you focus Iguazu first his pretty fragile.
The dialogue in Intercept The Redguns is absolute gold, but having to hear it all for the 10th+ time in a row from running out of ammo over and over got old pretty quick
When g6 called and asked us to join I genuinely wanted to join the redguns, it sucks that we cant join them at all past the ice worm
He's really a great guy, remembers the names of the MT pilots and everything
Let's be honest: when given the choice between Balam and Vespers, 9 out of 10 people choose to side with Balam, 99% because of Michigan's barbs. So 9 times out of 10, Michigan's mouth saved Balam.
What gets me is that, even as you arrive to destroy him and his forces, Michigan still refers to you as G13 and hypes you up to no end.
I wish Michigan was my dad, absolute chad 😎
"You can bill me for the AC repair fees, Michigan" is the most Patrick Seitz line I've heard in this game. Never a dull moment when he plays a main character.
Michigan : "G5! You just volunteered yourself for the front line"💀💀
1:52 So true... There is absolutely ZERO excuse to dying on this mission, like ever xD
Michigan is a MVP great character and he’s a good leader also a S-Rank pilot. I legitimately felt bad when having to take him out.
He dies anyway off screen. I think most of the cast do, so don't feel too bad.
So we are all in agreement that we wish there was a Balam ending, yeah?
It's kinda funny how Michigan trash talks anyone who trash talks no matter who it's directed towards. Even when the MT pilots are trash talking Iguazu, he still claps back on the MT pilots while trash talking Iguazu at the same time.
Michigan is one great example of how to write a compelling antagonist: a tremendous arrogant asshole who not only backs it up with skill, but is also extremely sharp and practical. He doesn't like anyone but his own damn self, but he remembers everyone's names, their stories, their combat ability, and more. He hates your guts, but damn if he doesn't understand how dangerous you are, and he's not stopping with the commentary until he's good and dead.
I don't think he hates you. I don't think killing each other is personal to him at all.
This man respects you.
Michigan is one of the most iconic faceless characters in a game full of iconic faceless characters; I love Rusty, but I adore Michigan
I like Michigan so much that I can't stand killing him with my own hands, so I choose the other mission and let Rusty take care of the job.
it's heartwarming how he defends iguazu
Loved
G1: g13 sound off!
G13: …….
G1: good enough
Michigan knows the names of all his subordinates. Dude cares in his own GI Joe sort of way. Kinda fucked up.
Yeah I like G1 too, so sad when I'm taking out the Balam squad while hear him talking funny.
His voice is perfect for Starship troopers
I died in the dam quest because of irl stuff, but forgot to pause the game
And when I came back, it was very little HP then I died before even touched my controller, then i hear this
"Gun 13 Are you normally incompetent or do you even tried?!"
"Dont answer that you are FIRED!!
Lol'd hard lmao
But Sir, I dieded before even getting fired lmao
Missed the one where you take out Iguazu before Volta first
"Iguazu! How many ranks below you is G13? You can COUNT right?!
Don't take too long figuring it out--it's a lot!"
Hard to believe DC Douglas did the voice acting for Michigan. For those who don't know he voiced Albert Wesker in RE5. Such a phenomenal voice actor, so glad he got a shot in Armored Core 6!
To be fair he also voiced Azrael in the Blazblue fighting game franchise, he has a LOT of vocal range and it's astonishing.
I dunno, imagining Wesker yelling at T-Virus/Ouroboros zombies and whipping them all into shape is funny all by itself.
"G13, GIVE ME AN EGG"
THAT WAS WESKER?! Shit! I thought that was Optimus Primal's voice from Beast Wars back in the early 00s!
No way wesker, that's where i heard that name
G1 is a natural born leader
the fact michigan remembers all the names of the people that work for him. dude cares in his own way.
Michigan is the embodiment of tough love
Mans remembers his troop's names
Commands other troops to help out with the injured when he kills you
And disses the shit out of them to make them remember their place
Its really unfortunate that Balam has to go down in all 3 endings
This is just all of Michigan's dialogue 😂
Except, you missed my favorite line. It's in the Ice Worm mission briefing "I know just the volunteer to go and poke that monster with a stick"
I FUCKING LOVE G1 MICHIGAN
Does anyone else think that Michigan would have made the world's greatest bus driver ever? XD
0:05 That "What?" sounds just like engineer saying "What?" after soldier teleported bread in expiration date.
I swapped to Japanese audio with Eng subtitles to try the anime experience, and for the most part I really liked all the VAs. But man, I missed the drill sergeant attitude of Michigan. He just sounds more like an angry boss in Japanese, but that’s probably cause I don’t know really know Japanese military culture lol
Yeah, his english va sounds like a mix of the Enclave sargeant from Fallout 2 and Jameson from Spider-man.
Iguazu! Do you know how many numbers below 5 is 13?
Don't think too hard it's a lot!
I love how bombastic Michigan is. Real shame he had to die. The universe couldn't handle his hamminess, I suppose.
Reminded me of Sergeant Dornan
God Ive heard the Michigan fight dialogue so many times
I lost the fight vs him a lot just to re hear the lines. Dudes watching as you’re cutting down his squad and is like G13 is that guy bro! 🤣