Regarding the thing about the indoor lvl's that let you go in with your mech, Armored Core's originally where not designed as weapons, but as multipurpose tools, military use came later, that's why many structures are designed with AC's in mind, because they where build with AC's, if you take a look, some of the weapons are actually construction tools, like pile bunker's to crush through rocks and other stuff, in later AC games, some AC enemies/allies you will find are just barely modified civilan AC's.
Well, the MTs were originally multipurpose tools. ACs basically standardized the combat MT template and grew out from there, and I think that's the same in all 3 timelines currently. There is hilariously a _NEXT_ in ACFA that's basically a purpose built construction/demolition machine though.
MTs - Muscle Tracers were effectively exosuits for civilian use, particularly construction and engineering work. ACs - Are effectively the military application of the technology. Essentially the difference between Tractors and Tanks early on. In Gen 4 Nexts are introduced and are even more powerful, with MT's resembling AC's from Gen 3.
Human+ is designed as a Help mechanic for if you ever get stuck constantly failing missions at somepoint in the game.. you'll be sent back to the start of the game but you'll have an easier time with the bonuses.. the enemies don't get easier you get stronger.. a fromsoft staple..
Something I wish you'd mentioned is the optional first person camera: Hold Triangle + Square + Start during a mission (can't remember if you have to pause first or not). It feels like a whole different game. There is also a drop camera you can place where ever you'd like to make some cinematic shots: While playing press Circle + X + Start.
Even without Human Plus, the bosses aren't particulalry difficult. The only way to have them be difficult is to hamstring yourself into only using the weaker weapons. All of the good weapons kill the bosses fairly quickly, Human Plus or not.
@@SiphonRayzar i mean you giving a detailed counter argument to the original post when the original post is probably just so “passionate” about it that it probably wouldn’t change his mind.
My man saying Nine-Ball Seraph was underwhelming I must've died about ten times in that boss battle (I started a fresh new save on MoA and didn't have any Human+ upgrades)
I thought it was dope. I played the recent games before and just started the older entires a few weeks ago! Will you go all the way to the current game?
You should do a similar video on the other AC games. I loved this retrospective, Armored Core was a major part of my childhood and really shaped my love for all things mecha.
@@bigbankgib438 ya I'm going to skip 9 breaker 4 and 5 but I will cover all others so silent line, nexus, last raven, for answer, and verdict day (havent played vday yet)
Beat all three with 0 Human+, used a quad for the sweet back weapons until project phantasma gave me the Ultra-heavy generator so I switched to a heavy biped. I was really disappointed after fighting Necron because Tiamat was MUCH harder. Right before Nine-Ball Seraph I was experimenting with a light AC. Used a super-sniper to cheese the 3 before Seraph only for it to absolutely demolish me. Went back to the heavy with a karasawa and the hidden back missiles from AC1. Crushed Seraph so hard I thought the cutscene was him transitioning to a second phase lmao. Great games for a PS1, really kinda bummed I didn't have this game back then.
Yeah disagree that you "want" to go for Human+ let alone all Human+ to start out. It is a cool feature for someone struggling, or maybe a repeat playthrough, but I'd suggest just playing the game.
@@セータン Try tank legs or lighten up, Tiamat only has ballistics and missiles, if you can tank them or dodge them it's an easy fight. Also could just cheese him with the Karasawa.
Not sure if someone else mentioned it, but figured it is worth pointing out. You can fully customize the controls. I set up my D-pad like you would left stick, the face buttons like right stick, and set the rest to the shoulder and trigger buttons. Still not as smooth as having sticks, but it get close after a little playtime.
Watching this series makes me feel a bit stupid: never realised there was hidden weapons, never knew about human plus and always felt rail roaded into playing slow tank thread mechs because i liked the heavy weapons so my most vivid memory for every game is consistently sweating on the final missions due to low mobility and limited ammo. How kid me managed to beat these games is a mystery.
Ya I never thought about searching the internet until kid me found a hidden part in ac2 and blew it up by accident causing me to search on the internet.
Knee high, or even ankle deep, for a 30 foot warmachine is still pretty damn deep. Also that mission to take out the guns in the shallow lake is one of 2 missions on the original demo (on interactive sampler #4), and is probably one of the most iconic things for original AC players besides Nineball.
Old school ACs were very op. Something shown in AC2A. As for the ACMoA back story. It's in the manual, which old games from that generation did. It was decent enough, it was just your basic story of a dude destroyed your home and family so you choose to go get revenge. Just to finally see there more to world then just your revenge. It was also meant to be a retelling of the original. Just with a story this time. Other than oh you are mercenary, have fun.
Going to incorporate that and Project Phantasma into the storytelling of the fanfic I'm writing. Probably introduce a 'Leos Klein' who has this want for revenge and has to earn his chance whilst our protagonists either have to bail him out or work around him (to emphasize that initially he is a hapless newbie but he will have his moments)
@@RayShadow278 Yeah I am just working the events of the first game AND Project Phantasma in. MoA's segments will have him be star of the show (though he'll make appearances here and there, can excuse the Seraph fight seperately because both Armored Core and MoA have a moment where you fight two Nineballs. Have the deutagonists deal with the twins while Leos goes to finish the matter. Have the two dip during the conclusion as they kinda realize that Earth has nothing more to offer for mercenaries (as Raven's Nest kinda dies with R/Nineball/Lana Nielson) and fucking off to Mars.
I only ever played the first AC game but this is a great overview. I learned a few things from your video and some of your commentary had my sides hurting from laughter (Frog Man). Great video and I'll be looking forward to your next post
For Answer was my absolute favorite. I want a remake of that game bad. I still never beat the final mission which is considered one of the hardest missions in a game other than Drakengard 1 and 3.
Yeah, that mission is insane. It's the punishment for taking all the easier, but more immoral missions when forced to choose. If you take the harder, but more ethical missions throughout the game, you get a much, much easier final mission.
I remember my roommate took the evil route in that game and got the hard final mission, I helped him beat it by using a back mounted cannon that could one-shot the ACs but only had like 5 shots, so I could only miss once! I eventually beat every ending, unlocked the highest output generator, and built a mech that could over-boost forever! Not even kidding, that game was a lot of fun! :D
Best bet is to either switch regs to unlimited energy and go blader or switch to earlier regs and equip White Glint's weapons. The missiles alone can destroy multiple NEXTs by themselves.
This video needs more views. The Project Phantasm ending was hilarious and you made it 10 times more funny on your video xD Still don't get why you think some missions are too easy or underwhelming when you're literally using Human+. Some arena fights took me forever to finish
Took me a few days to get through it cause I don't have much time to myself but I loved this thank you! I started with armored core 2 and I cannot be happier for 6. Fly high ravens!
To my knowledge (I've watched someone else talk about this game) the protag and everyone else in the Ravens are actually either AIs that are sorta controlled by Raven Nest. Or Raven Nest had already made something similar to Phantasma that it used on the mercs under it's employ. It makes sense as you never see any of the pilots out side of their ACs and even the whole Human Plus is sorta weird. I really need to play these games!
Fun fact about the radar that you have to defend...You can get that radar if you time taking it just right just as the mission ends and not fail the mission. Took me hours...but i have a save file with 100% mission success and all parts.
To anyone getting into the series or otherwise playing the ps1 AC games, I highly suggest playing without H+ for your first playthrough. While the games aren't generally difficult, it does make it more of an honest challenge. The arena is 2-3x more difficult to clear if you don't have access to H+ if only for the reduced boost cost. Oh, and one thing that was missed is that you can ignore weight limits if you've cleared a certain percentage of the first game and carries over if you use that save file. I'm not sure what the percentage is.
Armored Core was so impressive coming from Mechwarrior 2. Yeah the PSX didn't have a real GPU like a PC, but they did awesome things with what they had. Cool textures, models, and animations, and so much faster than a Mechwarrior game!
As a newcomer to the series who is hyped for VI, thank you very much, even when I had ps3 the games went by me, and now I am catching up, thanks to you.
Thank you kindly. I'm 6 minutes into ac3 video and I got the mic dialled in almost perfectly so only better content from here on out. Thank you for all the good lore videos you make here on yt
I'll just reiterate that you implying that Human+ is the way the game should be played is lame. The option is there for people like you, but we the people who grew up with PS1 played it straight.
Very grateful this video series exists. I'd normally just emulate the games myself like I did with the older ace combat games, but I've heard that some of them can just be a bitch to play. I much prefer this to watching playthroughs, so thank you so much for these videos!
great vid! just FYI, the reason why master of arena makes no sense is that it does that 90's thing where instead of having an opening cutscene setting up the story, it just has all that shit in the manual, the plot is that your nameless raven went into the line of work to take revenge on hustler one for killing your family as collateral in one of their missions.
Nope, it's probably because he imported his save file or that he accidentally skipped the cutscene since THERE IS A CUTSCENE for it based on other clips and evidence that I googled quickly. (Edit for further clarification: This is seen after you enter your name while making a new game, even if this comment was made 2 months ago I just wanted to say something to avoid misinformation.)
@@brunocar02 wydm??? I'm just saying that there is a cutscene talking about The Raven wanting revenge for his dead family foreshadowing the AC that did it with Lana Nielson giving The Raven an offer to be a raven. The story is pretty simple "Nineball killed your family so now you gotta go kill him now even if you must bring down the system" revenge story
@@brunocar02 oh great for whatever reason RUclips is deleting my comment (for no warning or reason at all 🙄) looked up why and is probably because I was putting a link to an external site so I was trying to post the same comment 7 times *pure frustration* anyway three things: 1. I literally said there was clips of it 2. The email says nothing about 9Ball killing his family 3. Evidence: ruclips.net/video/mVUq_WXvg5o/видео.html ruclips.net/video/sNkCv7UAosk/видео.html ruclips.net/video/T8uzVd0jLoE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/fnMh2pAN2KQ/видео.html
For the armored core 1 endings you have to side with one corporation and the ending for the other corp changes, but the final true ending is the same always.
Bruh, it's ok to play with human plus if you like and you are having fun with it, but it's not ok to complain about "easy final boss fights" if you are playing in the handicap babymode
The best way to gain debt in armored core 1 is to finish the few first missions and then fail worker robot removal by blowing up all the generators and killing yourself in the process
I'd say it's going good. I'm just happy I'm getting more than 500 views a video lol. I've seen channels that do great work and have been around for years that have very little success
this series makes AesirAesthetic look like a fucking hack. He didn't even bother to do separate videos for early/late 3rd gen, and only talked about the numbered entries. You're a real one and after having watched all of these intently, I have to say, it's fuckin' criminal that you have a fraction of that dudes audience. Just the fact that you said both that you're "not really *into* stories in videos games," however you "didn't read the wiki for any of this information, it just came from playthroughs." That alone puts you above like 90% of the entire video game RUclips ecosystem. I really appreciate the effort you've gone through for all this. Plus, you speak normal English too so that's always a bonus. Regardless of me hating on other 'Tubers, you really did a great job with these. I've always been the only AC snob in my real life friends circles and these videos have been infinitely validating for me personally. I'm really happy with how you touched on virtually every single feature added and removed, as well as some that were only ever considered. This series should be considered a masterclass in how to make an in-depth series of analysis of an entire franchise, literally on par with Noah Gervais. Good job bro.
9 Breaker does not equal Arena Champion. It's a reference to 9 Ball, the legendary AC of Hustler One who stood longer than anyone at top of the Raven's rankings until he vanished without a trace and only appears as a thing in the titular Armored Core Nine Breaker game. The truth being he was always an AI Controlled pilot/ac that once the player character defeat the AI systems that controlled him ends his rain.
I loved the 1st one, I had the demo on a Ps1 disc somewhere. I never heard about Project Phantasma or Master of Arena ! Then I bought every Ps2 Armored Core games. I still have them :) Also Armored Core 4 on Ps3, but I don't even remember playing it. How funny. Thank you for this series, I'm looking forward to watch all of it !
You make good content I just wished you had more energy to your voice . It feels like a college lecture when the content is a really cool . Either way you earned yourself a subscriber , trying to learn all I can about armored core
I just finished all the ac games today and personally I didn't find the finger to be that loud at all but I'm glad it was nerfed in master of arena as it actually gave me a reason to use the karasawa again
If you were curious enough to start fresh in MoA then the beginning of the story would not be as confusing and entering the official arena is not possible without a sponsor idk why. A big theory is that ac1 and acmoa events happen simultaneously or almost at the same time
One thing that's cool about the first project phantasma mission is there's a bonus objective of smashing up the place. The more boxes and structures you blow up, the more money you can get. It's incredibly easy to get 50-60k on a first playthrough. On my second I got like 75k
"Disc 2 arenas are not something to cover" Like, DUDE, the number of arenas in this game is higher than half of the franchise put together, and you need to be UNDEFEATED if you want to unlock the final arena with the best pilots. I did that without using human+ or no overweight cap (I did not have the first game) and I did not cheese it with height glitch. It shaped me as a player in both in-game aspect and gamer in general. The game truly grinds you to mastery and I love it for it. The last AC game that I could play was AC3 and I can only wish that they introduced more arena content, OR if it allowed us to have custom arena much like MoA did - we build enemy ACs to pilot against. Boy oh boy was that fun. You don't find content to cover there? I have enough to talk hours about it :P Well, could've. I was very young when I played this, but I still remember the ordeal.
I'll have to check it out sometime. Everything I've read on it has just said "extra arena content" which sounds cool. I know there is some way to create ac's to battle based on what you want
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 iirc, there are four "legs" arenas, developer arena (where every or many developers built their ACs), and I think one or two more along with Master(?) Arena. But there was also Custom Arena where we could build custom ACs for AI to pilot against us. It was really fun! I built some crazy ACs and then on one very humbling occasion I put together an AC with the most basic weapons and parts and it DESTROYED me with that starting rifle! He shot it so fast at me while airborne the force of the rifle stunned / rooted me in place, followed with blade attacks, then if I managed to get away he sniped me with rockets or missiles with uncanny precision. My own custom, most basic built AC stomped my ass! WHAT?!?! Lil dude gave me more trouble than the final AC in the game did. But, yeah, the second disc was amazing. I re-visited it back after I got my hands on the first game (it was years later) with no-overweight and human+ unlocked and while it felt good to shove back cannons up their arses, it didn't feel as fulfilling after doing the game "normal" way.
Watching you complain about how easy MoA is and my stubborn ass refused to use Human+ cause I was too annoyed with the idea of going bankrupt like 8 times in a row, without human+ it can be decently challenging making a solid build but the one I ended up with was a lightweight biped with the 2nd strongest energy rifle (it has 2x the ammo of the sawa) with a moonlight blade, man I wish I could shoot those energy waves that would've sped up so many arena fights.
I was really enjoying AC1 .. until I got to the point where most of my missions had flying enemies.... I can't STAND the controls to look up and down. I beat my head against the wall for over a week and I just can't get it. I even tried rebinding the controls but I hate it. Iv managed to get cheapish copies of 4, for answer, and verdict day. I'll try those as I'm told most of the ps2 games STILL don't use the sticks. If they released a copy of the older games with better controls I would be all over them
Look up Saintmillion. Your humor and approach to reviews is along the line of what he does with star wars. I think you could take inspiration from his approaches to make your videos even better. If you locked down your own corner of the market like he has, I can see this channel growing faster.
regarding the fight with carson and its AI. carson primarily focuses on dodging / getting away from you, until at least one of your weapons has fully depleted its ammo. at which point they become hyper aggressive with their weapons, as indicated by their description. "waits patiently for his opponent to expend all their ammo, then attacks". the issue though is that the fight will usually be ended before running out of ammo on any weapons, and indoors arenas make their defensive play style fall apart quick. can verify the ai works like that from my own experience running out of mortar ammo on them
Armored Core will ALWAYS be superior to souls in my eyes. My 1st real playthrough of a AC was Last Raven and strugglingat 1st on Zinaida, then whooping her ass with Evangels AC setup!, Souls is just a medival Armored Core.
If you start master of arena with a fresh save file instead of importing you actually get a cutscene explaining how nineball killed your family. no idea why that gets cut out when you do the option probably like 90% of the people who bought this game did
Wait how's "demonstrating" bad translation? Demonstrating is another word for protesting. Also, the water is knee high for your mech but that would still halt cars and wheel-based traffic.
5:35 Its what I've been saying about Fromsoftware games for a while. While i don't think they necessarily NEED lower difficulty settings, I do think that it can lead to newer players getting frustrated and stopping before getting farther into a game. Even Code Vein (a souls like game) had companions who could make the game easier and was entirely optional which lead me to actually beat a souls like game for the first time. Elden Ring KIND of did this too as lots of weapons and easy XP farms were available in the game if you knew where to look. Curious to see if Human+ will be a thing in Armored Core 6
I learned so many things I completely missed in all of these games as a kid. That's probably because I only ground the missions for the parts so my buddy and I could pvp and accidentally found extra bits. But still, damn.
Dude I came here to watch your videos because of the announcement of AC6, and about halfway through I got ads and one of them was the trailer for AC6. My day is made.
Amazing vid and I can tell you’re obviously skilled in AC combat. I hate to be that guy though… AC1 was not a launch title. It released on my birthday when I turned 15 (I remember because I was SUPER hyped to get this as a gift) in 97. About 2 years after the PS1 dropped in the US.
This was what I was looking for when it comes to a review. I get a clear picture of the game and its story. Yours is the best one so far. I tried a couple others, but they either waxed poetic about the game play only, or droned through the story element in such a way that I couldn't properly feel like I understood it. Thanks.
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 Nah, it's just a fun thing to mess around with. Usually leads to discovering dumb crap. Like I had no idea the Parry blades in AC3 actually had a legit Parry Mechanic until trying Parry/Shield, and seeing the arm raise animation incorporated the shield and made staggering blade hits a thing. Blew my friggin mind. Kneel only is just a fun meme run, since most cannon weapons are OP as hell.
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Regarding the thing about the indoor lvl's that let you go in with your mech, Armored Core's originally where not designed as weapons, but as multipurpose tools, military use came later, that's why many structures are designed with AC's in mind, because they where build with AC's, if you take a look, some of the weapons are actually construction tools, like pile bunker's to crush through rocks and other stuff, in later AC games, some AC enemies/allies you will find are just barely modified civilan AC's.
Awesome explanation!:)
You guys are the best. :)
Well, the MTs were originally multipurpose tools. ACs basically standardized the combat MT template and grew out from there, and I think that's the same in all 3 timelines currently. There is hilariously a _NEXT_ in ACFA that's basically a purpose built construction/demolition machine though.
MTs - Muscle Tracers were effectively exosuits for civilian use, particularly construction and engineering work.
ACs - Are effectively the military application of the technology.
Essentially the difference between Tractors and Tanks early on. In Gen 4 Nexts are introduced and are even more powerful, with MT's resembling AC's from Gen 3.
Human+ is designed as a Help mechanic for if you ever get stuck constantly failing missions at somepoint in the game.. you'll be sent back to the start of the game but you'll have an easier time with the bonuses.. the enemies don't get easier you get stronger.. a fromsoft staple..
Great pfp, I love that game :)
and also maintaning the grimm of the lore impling that you lost some of your humanity in human+
@@tio_johnIt outright replaces your name with a serial number on the leaderboard. Only way to have bragging rights is to reject Human+
@@nialltealeaf275 Or beat and get everything and then in order for true 100% become Plus......
Yes I'm that madman.
Watching this in honor of Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon getting revealed at The Game Awards. I've been a fan of this series since Armored Core 1.
I've been waiting and wishing for years that I can play armored core again. I'm so happy to hear about VI
The armored core 6 teasers got me into armored core and although I’ve yet to play a game of this legendary series I’m already a huge fan.
Watching this in honor of ac6 being one of the best games ever made.
Something I wish you'd mentioned is the optional first person camera: Hold Triangle + Square + Start during a mission (can't remember if you have to pause first or not). It feels like a whole different game. There is also a drop camera you can place where ever you'd like to make some cinematic shots: While playing press Circle + X + Start.
You call all of the boss fights underwhelming yet you are using Human+
Sir, you are a Human-
Even without Human Plus, the bosses aren't particulalry difficult. The only way to have them be difficult is to hamstring yourself into only using the weaker weapons. All of the good weapons kill the bosses fairly quickly, Human Plus or not.
@@SiphonRayzar mans just a passionate lover of the series
@@nameputhpong9041 What does that have to do with my comment?
@@SiphonRayzar i mean you giving a detailed counter argument to the original post when the original post is probably just so “passionate” about it that it probably wouldn’t change his mind.
My man saying Nine-Ball Seraph was underwhelming
I must've died about ten times in that boss battle (I started a fresh new save on MoA and didn't have any Human+ upgrades)
i hope i did some decent justice to these ps1 games. the ps2 and ps3 games are more up my alley but these where fun
I thought it was dope. I played the recent games before and just started the older entires a few weeks ago! Will you go all the way to the current game?
You should do a similar video on the other AC games. I loved this retrospective, Armored Core was a major part of my childhood and really shaped my love for all things mecha.
Oh I see you have!
@@MasterAlarad I'll be making a video on almost all the armored core games 👍
@@bigbankgib438 ya I'm going to skip 9 breaker 4 and 5 but I will cover all others so silent line, nexus, last raven, for answer, and verdict day (havent played vday yet)
"why is there a bridge if the water is knee-high"
on a giant mech-suit.
Beat all three with 0 Human+, used a quad for the sweet back weapons until project phantasma gave me the Ultra-heavy generator so I switched to a heavy biped. I was really disappointed after fighting Necron because Tiamat was MUCH harder. Right before Nine-Ball Seraph I was experimenting with a light AC. Used a super-sniper to cheese the 3 before Seraph only for it to absolutely demolish me. Went back to the heavy with a karasawa and the hidden back missiles from AC1. Crushed Seraph so hard I thought the cutscene was him transitioning to a second phase lmao. Great games for a PS1, really kinda bummed I didn't have this game back then.
Yeah disagree that you "want" to go for Human+ let alone all Human+ to start out. It is a cool feature for someone struggling, or maybe a repeat playthrough, but I'd suggest just playing the game.
I'm still stuck with Tiamat.
@@セータン Try tank legs or lighten up, Tiamat only has ballistics and missiles, if you can tank them or dodge them it's an easy fight. Also could just cheese him with the Karasawa.
Not sure if someone else mentioned it, but figured it is worth pointing out. You can fully customize the controls. I set up my D-pad like you would left stick, the face buttons like right stick, and set the rest to the shoulder and trigger buttons. Still not as smooth as having sticks, but it get close after a little playtime.
Stinger had no Idea that you were essentially just like Phantasma by being one of the pilots to undergo Human+. LOL
Now that From has such a huge following, I really hope AC6 catapults the series into more popularity
Doesn’t look that way.
@@mattymclaughlin59006 has sold very well, though
@@mattymclaughlin5900bro WDYM. It’s literally the best selling AC game and it has a very strong fan base even now
Watching this series makes me feel a bit stupid: never realised there was hidden weapons, never knew about human plus and always felt rail roaded into playing slow tank thread mechs because i liked the heavy weapons so my most vivid memory for every game is consistently sweating on the final missions due to low mobility and limited ammo.
How kid me managed to beat these games is a mystery.
Ya I never thought about searching the internet until kid me found a hidden part in ac2 and blew it up by accident causing me to search on the internet.
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 You can destroy hidden parts?
your videos are about to blow up
Knee high, or even ankle deep, for a 30 foot warmachine is still pretty damn deep.
Also that mission to take out the guns in the shallow lake is one of 2 missions on the original demo (on interactive sampler #4), and is probably one of the most iconic things for original AC players besides Nineball.
Old school ACs were very op. Something shown in AC2A. As for the ACMoA back story. It's in the manual, which old games from that generation did. It was decent enough, it was just your basic story of a dude destroyed your home and family so you choose to go get revenge. Just to finally see there more to world then just your revenge. It was also meant to be a retelling of the original. Just with a story this time. Other than oh you are mercenary, have fun.
Going to incorporate that and Project Phantasma into the storytelling of the fanfic I'm writing. Probably introduce a 'Leos Klein' who has this want for revenge and has to earn his chance whilst our protagonists either have to bail him out or work around him (to emphasize that initially he is a hapless newbie but he will have his moments)
It's not just in the manual, it is also in the game itself if you start a New Game instead of loading in a file from ACPP or AC1
@@boxtank5288 You DO know that Leos and the protag from MoA are one and the same, right?
@@RayShadow278 Yeah I am just working the events of the first game AND Project Phantasma in. MoA's segments will have him be star of the show (though he'll make appearances here and there, can excuse the Seraph fight seperately because both Armored Core and MoA have a moment where you fight two Nineballs. Have the deutagonists deal with the twins while Leos goes to finish the matter. Have the two dip during the conclusion as they kinda realize that Earth has nothing more to offer for mercenaries (as Raven's Nest kinda dies with R/Nineball/Lana Nielson) and fucking off to Mars.
@@boxtank5288 You could also work in Fritz Byne, who is literally Leos Klein, just with a different emblem and name.
I only ever played the first AC game but this is a great overview. I learned a few things from your video and some of your commentary had my sides hurting from laughter (Frog Man). Great video and I'll be looking forward to your next post
For Answer was my absolute favorite. I want a remake of that game bad. I still never beat the final mission which is considered one of the hardest missions in a game other than Drakengard 1 and 3.
Yeah, that mission is insane. It's the punishment for taking all the easier, but more immoral missions when forced to choose. If you take the harder, but more ethical missions throughout the game, you get a much, much easier final mission.
I remember my roommate took the evil route in that game and got the hard final mission, I helped him beat it by using a back mounted cannon that could one-shot the ACs but only had like 5 shots, so I could only miss once! I eventually beat every ending, unlocked the highest output generator, and built a mech that could over-boost forever! Not even kidding, that game was a lot of fun! :D
Best bet is to either switch regs to unlimited energy and go blader or switch to earlier regs and equip White Glint's weapons. The missiles alone can destroy multiple NEXTs by themselves.
This video needs more views.
The Project Phantasm ending was hilarious and you made it 10 times more funny on your video xD
Still don't get why you think some missions are too easy or underwhelming when you're literally using Human+. Some arena fights took me forever to finish
Thankyou for the encouragement! Ya I'll try to keep that in mind next time.
Bro human plus is not that game breaking.
@@AndersonWave17 it is wdym
Took me a few days to get through it cause I don't have much time to myself but I loved this thank you!
I started with armored core 2 and I cannot be happier for 6.
Fly high ravens!
To my knowledge (I've watched someone else talk about this game) the protag and everyone else in the Ravens are actually either AIs that are sorta controlled by Raven Nest. Or Raven Nest had already made something similar to Phantasma that it used on the mercs under it's employ.
It makes sense as you never see any of the pilots out side of their ACs and even the whole Human Plus is sorta weird.
I really need to play these games!
The only AI Raven in the PS1 trilogy is Nineball himself. I've never heard of ALL of the other Ravens being AI's themselves before.
@@SiphonRayzar then nevermind if I'm wrong.
@@dustgraystone9448 zinaida gets out of her ac in last raven
Theres also the arena descriptions for the pilots
Fun fact about the radar that you have to defend...You can get that radar if you time taking it just right just as the mission ends and not fail the mission. Took me hours...but i have a save file with 100% mission success and all parts.
I've never played armored core and have been very curious so thanks for the video. Disappointed that the channel name is an understatement. Subbed.
Thank you very much. I'm glad I've made it this far and I'll keep going
To anyone getting into the series or otherwise playing the ps1 AC games, I highly suggest playing without H+ for your first playthrough. While the games aren't generally difficult, it does make it more of an honest challenge. The arena is 2-3x more difficult to clear if you don't have access to H+ if only for the reduced boost cost.
Oh, and one thing that was missed is that you can ignore weight limits if you've cleared a certain percentage of the first game and carries over if you use that save file. I'm not sure what the percentage is.
My friend this series and your channel is about to get a lot more popular in the coming year.
Armored Core was so impressive coming from Mechwarrior 2. Yeah the PSX didn't have a real GPU like a PC, but they did awesome things with what they had. Cool textures, models, and animations, and so much faster than a Mechwarrior game!
I enjoyed the video therefore im commenting.
tyvm
One of my all time favorite series that needs to come back
Well, well...
Well, you got what ya wanted
Been a fan of this series for decades. Hope they go for a more simple approach the later games were overly complicated
5 and VD were too much.... And too little. I don't like how the only way to jump was to wall climb
Absolutely not. I do not want a dumbed down game. Keep the complexity
agreed, the later ones were a bit too zippy for me and it makes me dizzy.
"f**k nine ball, my beef is with this chick" LMFAO!!
right tho? 😂😂
As a newcomer to the series who is hyped for VI, thank you very much, even when I had ps3 the games went by me, and now I am catching up, thanks to you.
A good video with clear points and a bit of personality too. Keep up the good work.
Thank you kindly. I'm 6 minutes into ac3 video and I got the mic dialled in almost perfectly so only better content from here on out. Thank you for all the good lore videos you make here on yt
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 look foward to the next vid then. And thank you for creating content too as it always a blast to see ac content being made.
The clear eyes commercials had more personality in them. Thats what this dude sounds like lol. AC was a dope game on ps1 though.
Master of Arena is unapologetically my favorite game in the series alongside 3
Good video, but you can't talk about how easy everything is when you're using cheats to make the game waaaaay easier, lol.
Ya that's the third time I've been told. When did I say that? Was it moa final fight?
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 look out he's getting defensive about playing on baby mode.
@@Lunarice98 look out. Another person thinks armored core is I wanna be the guy (when you dont use h+)
I'll just reiterate that you implying that Human+ is the way the game should be played is lame. The option is there for people like you, but we the people who grew up with PS1 played it straight.
Great video, interested in getting to the series after failed attempt in the past, so excited for ac6
Very grateful this video series exists. I'd normally just emulate the games myself like I did with the older ace combat games, but I've heard that some of them can just be a bitch to play. I much prefer this to watching playthroughs, so thank you so much for these videos!
Thanks for watching! Ya I had problems emulating just about all of them except 3 and silent line. Repeating audio, messed up visuals, it's a pain ngl
They aren't that bad, so far
great vid! just FYI, the reason why master of arena makes no sense is that it does that 90's thing where instead of having an opening cutscene setting up the story, it just has all that shit in the manual, the plot is that your nameless raven went into the line of work to take revenge on hustler one for killing your family as collateral in one of their missions.
Nope, it's probably because he imported his save file or that he accidentally skipped the cutscene since THERE IS A CUTSCENE for it based on other clips and evidence that I googled quickly.
(Edit for further clarification: This is seen after you enter your name while making a new game, even if this comment was made 2 months ago I just wanted to say something to avoid misinformation.)
@@StrayEmber0 that cutscene doesnt explain even half of whats going on tho
@@brunocar02 wydm??? I'm just saying that there is a cutscene talking about The Raven wanting revenge for his dead family foreshadowing the AC that did it with Lana Nielson giving The Raven an offer to be a raven. The story is pretty simple "Nineball killed your family so now you gotta go kill him now even if you must bring down the system" revenge story
@@StrayEmber0 pretty sure that part isnt in the cutscene, thats on an email Lana sends you, and in a very compact format.
@@brunocar02 oh great for whatever reason RUclips is deleting my comment (for no warning or reason at all 🙄) looked up why and is probably because I was putting a link to an external site so I was trying to post the same comment 7 times *pure frustration* anyway three things:
1. I literally said there was clips of it
2. The email says nothing about 9Ball killing his family
3. Evidence:
ruclips.net/video/mVUq_WXvg5o/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/sNkCv7UAosk/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/T8uzVd0jLoE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/fnMh2pAN2KQ/видео.html
Check out frame gride tho, it's got almost no story but it seems really interesting and I kinda wish it did have a story
Man I loved this. I never played through the PS1 games. Just a one time blockbuster rental. So this was really informative!
What perfect content to refresh my memory before 6.
Amazing production
Vaati sends his regards.
i wonder if he knows i mentioned him in my armored core last raven video lol. (it came out before he linked me)
That m-m-monster cutscene at 15:00 was golden lmao wow im still laughing
Behold, your series is about to blow up!
Ravens..... Lynx.....
Now is our time to rise from the ashes....
And fight for whats left of our future.
Armored core is back and 6 is coming...
For the armored core 1 endings you have to side with one corporation and the ending for the other corp changes, but the final true ending is the same always.
Bruh, it's ok to play with human plus if you like and you are having fun with it, but it's not ok to complain about "easy final boss fights" if you are playing in the handicap babymode
Hope you kept the old mic, you have some meme potential by sounding like Jim from Mission Hill. Kinda have that vibe which goes away with the new mic.
The best way to gain debt in armored core 1 is to finish the few first missions and then fail worker robot removal by blowing up all the generators and killing yourself in the process
I don't know if someone already spoiled the mini easter egg of Armored Core 1, but there was a mission called "DARK SOULS".
That Sasuke is drilled straight to my head, i can't unheard it.
I hate to be that guy, but the beginning parts of the story for master of the arena are in the instruction booklet provided with the game.
ohh the nostalgia!! i have to get number 1 again i spent hours playing it and i didnt even know about the secret parts!
No idea how your channel hasn't blown up with the AC6 announcement! Fingers crossed for you man, you're putting in the work!
I'd say it's going good. I'm just happy I'm getting more than 500 views a video lol. I've seen channels that do great work and have been around for years that have very little success
demonstrating isnt a translation error, demonstration is another word for protesting.
17:25 What do you mean it's probably the weakest intro? This shit with the editing goes hard af on godddd
this series makes AesirAesthetic look like a fucking hack. He didn't even bother to do separate videos for early/late 3rd gen, and only talked about the numbered entries.
You're a real one and after having watched all of these intently, I have to say, it's fuckin' criminal that you have a fraction of that dudes audience.
Just the fact that you said both that you're "not really *into* stories in videos games," however you "didn't read the wiki for any of this information, it just came from playthroughs." That alone puts you above like 90% of the entire video game RUclips ecosystem. I really appreciate the effort you've gone through for all this.
Plus, you speak normal English too so that's always a bonus.
Regardless of me hating on other 'Tubers, you really did a great job with these. I've always been the only AC snob in my real life friends circles and these videos have been infinitely validating for me personally. I'm really happy with how you touched on virtually every single feature added and removed, as well as some that were only ever considered.
This series should be considered a masterclass in how to make an in-depth series of analysis of an entire franchise, literally on par with Noah Gervais. Good job bro.
9 Breaker does not equal Arena Champion. It's a reference to 9 Ball, the legendary AC of Hustler One who stood longer than anyone at top of the Raven's rankings until he vanished without a trace and only appears as a thing in the titular Armored Core Nine Breaker game. The truth being he was always an AI Controlled pilot/ac that once the player character defeat the AI systems that controlled him ends his rain.
Great video, earned my sub!
I loved the 1st one, I had the demo on a Ps1 disc somewhere. I never heard about Project Phantasma or Master of Arena !
Then I bought every Ps2 Armored Core games. I still have them :)
Also Armored Core 4 on Ps3, but I don't even remember playing it. How funny.
Thank you for this series, I'm looking forward to watch all of it !
I'm sure that demo disk would sell for huge $
You make good content I just wished you had more energy to your voice . It feels like a college lecture when the content is a really cool . Either way you earned yourself a subscriber , trying to learn all I can about armored core
thanks! i think my newer videos have gotten better but ill let you be the judge. AC6 hype!
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 excited to check em out
I love how gritty and hard the PS1 games were.
I liked this
51:00 bro you cut out the best part: "COMMENCING HOSTILITIES!"
My b. I was trying to shorten it up without anyone noticing. You are the first one to notice so you got a good memory
Time to binge watch.
Thank you for the upload.
This is an impressive series! Awesome stuff , it's a really good watch. Playing ps1 games on handheld emulators is great
I just finished all the ac games today and personally I didn't find the finger to be that loud at all but I'm glad it was nerfed in master of arena as it actually gave me a reason to use the karasawa again
Once a raven always a raven
49:18 that sound is so 90s PSX that my sense of style and my outlook on life improved.
If you were curious enough to start fresh in MoA then the beginning of the story would not be as confusing and entering the official arena is not possible without a sponsor idk why.
A big theory is that ac1 and acmoa events happen simultaneously or almost at the same time
One thing that's cool about the first project phantasma mission is there's a bonus objective of smashing up the place.
The more boxes and structures you blow up, the more money you can get. It's incredibly easy to get 50-60k on a first playthrough. On my second I got like 75k
"Disc 2 arenas are not something to cover"
Like, DUDE, the number of arenas in this game is higher than half of the franchise put together, and you need to be UNDEFEATED if you want to unlock the final arena with the best pilots. I did that without using human+ or no overweight cap (I did not have the first game) and I did not cheese it with height glitch. It shaped me as a player in both in-game aspect and gamer in general. The game truly grinds you to mastery and I love it for it. The last AC game that I could play was AC3 and I can only wish that they introduced more arena content, OR if it allowed us to have custom arena much like MoA did - we build enemy ACs to pilot against. Boy oh boy was that fun. You don't find content to cover there? I have enough to talk hours about it :P
Well, could've. I was very young when I played this, but I still remember the ordeal.
I'll have to check it out sometime. Everything I've read on it has just said "extra arena content" which sounds cool. I know there is some way to create ac's to battle based on what you want
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 iirc, there are four "legs" arenas, developer arena (where every or many developers built their ACs), and I think one or two more along with Master(?) Arena.
But there was also Custom Arena where we could build custom ACs for AI to pilot against us. It was really fun! I built some crazy ACs and then on one very humbling occasion I put together an AC with the most basic weapons and parts and it DESTROYED me with that starting rifle! He shot it so fast at me while airborne the force of the rifle stunned / rooted me in place, followed with blade attacks, then if I managed to get away he sniped me with rockets or missiles with uncanny precision. My own custom, most basic built AC stomped my ass! WHAT?!?! Lil dude gave me more trouble than the final AC in the game did.
But, yeah, the second disc was amazing. I re-visited it back after I got my hands on the first game (it was years later) with no-overweight and human+ unlocked and while it felt good to shove back cannons up their arses, it didn't feel as fulfilling after doing the game "normal" way.
Watching you complain about how easy MoA is and my stubborn ass refused to use Human+ cause I was too annoyed with the idea of going bankrupt like 8 times in a row, without human+ it can be decently challenging making a solid build but the one I ended up with was a lightweight biped with the 2nd strongest energy rifle (it has 2x the ammo of the sawa) with a moonlight blade, man I wish I could shoot those energy waves that would've sped up so many arena fights.
I think it was unfair for me to call easy. I rethought 9 ball and i didnt realize before how much damage it did.
2:45 Wait, where did Armored Core 1 release as a launch title? It came out in 1997 that was over 2 years into the consoles life cycle.
Yeah man don't bundle all the games. I like what your doing. Mech games don't get enough love. I like and subbed.
I was really enjoying AC1 .. until I got to the point where most of my missions had flying enemies.... I can't STAND the controls to look up and down. I beat my head against the wall for over a week and I just can't get it. I even tried rebinding the controls but I hate it. Iv managed to get cheapish copies of 4, for answer, and verdict day. I'll try those as I'm told most of the ps2 games STILL don't use the sticks. If they released a copy of the older games with better controls I would be all over them
Look up Saintmillion. Your humor and approach to reviews is along the line of what he does with star wars. I think you could take inspiration from his approaches to make your videos even better. If you locked down your own corner of the market like he has, I can see this channel growing faster.
regarding the fight with carson and its AI.
carson primarily focuses on dodging / getting away from you, until at least one of your weapons has fully depleted its ammo. at which point they become hyper aggressive with their weapons, as indicated by their description. "waits patiently for his opponent to expend all their ammo, then attacks". the issue though is that the fight will usually be ended before running out of ammo on any weapons, and indoors arenas make their defensive play style fall apart quick.
can verify the ai works like that from my own experience running out of mortar ammo on them
Armored Core will ALWAYS be superior to souls in my eyes. My 1st real playthrough of a AC was Last Raven and strugglingat 1st on Zinaida, then whooping her ass with Evangels AC setup!,
Souls is just a medival Armored Core.
If you start master of arena with a fresh save file instead of importing you actually get a cutscene explaining how nineball killed your family. no idea why that gets cut out when you do the option probably like 90% of the people who bought this game did
Wait how's "demonstrating" bad translation? Demonstrating is another word for protesting.
Also, the water is knee high for your mech but that would still halt cars and wheel-based traffic.
Love these old polygonal PS1 graphics. So much Nostalgia. You won't see them make it like that no more.
5:35 Its what I've been saying about Fromsoftware games for a while. While i don't think they necessarily NEED lower difficulty settings, I do think that it can lead to newer players getting frustrated and stopping before getting farther into a game. Even Code Vein (a souls like game) had companions who could make the game easier and was entirely optional which lead me to actually beat a souls like game for the first time. Elden Ring KIND of did this too as lots of weapons and easy XP farms were available in the game if you knew where to look. Curious to see if Human+ will be a thing in Armored Core 6
I learned so many things I completely missed in all of these games as a kid. That's probably because I only ground the missions for the parts so my buddy and I could pvp and accidentally found extra bits. But still, damn.
HehAHAHA! Even I got the "Sasuke" from that song.
You should have a lot more subs.
Totally safe and effective 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤬🤬🤬
I remember the demo disc that had AC1 on it, and then I got Master of Arena whenever it came out. Good times, good video!
Dude I came here to watch your videos because of the announcement of AC6, and about halfway through I got ads and one of them was the trailer for AC6. My day is made.
Amazing vid and I can tell you’re obviously skilled in AC combat.
I hate to be that guy though… AC1 was not a launch title. It released on my birthday when I turned 15 (I remember because I was SUPER hyped to get this as a gift) in 97. About 2 years after the PS1 dropped in the US.
Woah woah woah, slow down man! You're clearly way too enthused and high-energy, I can barely understand a word you're saying
It sucks talking 25% slower than the human race
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 But you made a kick ass retrospective series about one of my favorite franchises ever, so it can't be ALL bad
Please note that this video is the 2nd of your playlist, while Armored Core 2 is before it.
The "Human +" concept had been retaken into AC6, it renamed as "Augmented Human".
Yes.. that BGM - "Memory Shape Alloys" - love that tune!
Cool vid. Cant wait for more.
Oh God a quantum tv reference lol. Man it really sucks they didn't kick that dude off youtube
Atleast act man is back. Kinda blows my mind RUclips sided with Qtv
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 kind of depressing how he went on strike and ended up having to give up and come back
This was what I was looking for when it comes to a review. I get a clear picture of the game and its story. Yours is the best one so far. I tried a couple others, but they either waxed poetic about the game play only, or droned through the story element in such a way that I couldn't properly feel like I understood it.
Thanks.
AC6 confirmed!
"Give me a discount next time ^_-~"
Raven: NOPE ((drives off))
I just found your channel, and enjoyed this video immensely. It was like listening to Mr. Plinkett's (grand)son talk about video games.
Lol. Hopfully someday I wont be described like that
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 Haha wasn't meant as a criticism, just the deadpan delivery. I'd say embrace it!
I think there's a lot of fun in Kneel Only runs of these games.
I guess I have to do a starting ac run to make people happy in this game
@@aboveaveragegaming6120 Nah, it's just a fun thing to mess around with. Usually leads to discovering dumb crap. Like I had no idea the Parry blades in AC3 actually had a legit Parry Mechanic until trying Parry/Shield, and seeing the arm raise animation incorporated the shield and made staggering blade hits a thing. Blew my friggin mind.
Kneel only is just a fun meme run, since most cannon weapons are OP as hell.