This is now mandatory homework for all From fans after 12/8/22 I only got to play very little of one of these back in the day on someone else's console but I remember thinking it was very cool but had no idea what I was doing. Watching all of these AC4 feels like the best cinematic overall. I feel like I'm watching the equivalent of the original Demons' Souls cinematic but for AC and it sucks me in just as much (and in the case of Demons' that cinematic with a gameplay trailer being downloadable on the PS3 store is what got me into Souls games in the first place).
Best memories of FIghting against Chrome, and having battles with my friends for who could build the best AC and stay top gun for the week... god brings back some badass memories
Hell yea, especially if it's the one mission where you face off against the main rival AC. Imagine a cinematic like that but it includes the AC that you build and it's like a big showdown between you and the rival
Back in 2015, this was the video that made me find out there were more AC games other than Silent Line. Right now, I've got almost all the PS2 era games and I've bought a Xbox 360 just to play 4 and For Answer. None of that could've been possible if I hadn't watched this video. Thank you!
Not only a history of armored core, but also the revolution in 3d gaming over past decade and a bit. Main point is Last raven. Before, everything opens to give you a gaming feel in terms of music, etc. Everything after it is no longer a high speed arcade game, but now is a harsh war torn world, and that is the image that forms in your mind.
Cesar Salcido well I heard the Kuratas was street legal and civilans were able to bye it at a big expence nut that makes me wonder when they do make armored cores will they be civillanized or something more then likely they will be used for military purposes and maybe the next step to other worldly travel im not entirely sure but I hope we get there one day
Cesar Salcido that is true and also with how armored cores work it depends on the build and also what about UNAC's and stuff will they be available anywho if you have a ps3 add me KazutoKirigiya
This series needs to come back. I've been a fan since the very first one on PS1. Just such a fast and fluid mech combat game, with so many customizable options!
I wish they would remake the first gen because they had the best OP weapons. I also want to see those ranked Ravens from AC1 that were never used actually implemented in the game
I still remember when I was a young lad and getting the very first Armored Core game for xmas. Got to open one gift early early on xmas, the first game is what I opened and boy did I play the hell out of it.
Ahh, awesome. Back in 'the day', I had rented Armored Core 2 a couple of times. I was young though so I never truly got into it properly. But Armored Core 3, man when that opening video played it made the hairs on the back of my neck go up. First AC game I owned (and still do) I played the hell out of that game. One of my all time favorite games ever. Also, is it me or did snake introduce AC Nexus there?
Armored core 3 and silent line were my favorites. They did nerf the machine gun from Nexus to Last Raven (seriously 10 to 12 shots? Com'on!!!), But I enjoyed the series.
I've played and beat every last one of those armored core games love it with all my hart wish they would BRING BACK ! that mechanized armored battles with all new updated trimmings. now I'm like a soldier with no WAR ....
as helicopter mechanic, I actually laugh quite at bit at the apache being used to haul anything other then itself. I realize its sci fi but it's still funny to me.
AC1 and Project Phantasma were so damned fun for their time. They're hilariously borked by today's standards, but considering the sheer drought of GOOD mech games in gaming history, it's remarkable how the AC series survived for as long as it did. But these videos really take me back to when I finally got my PS2, and picked up AC2 + AC3. Shortly afterward, Silent Line came out and...wow. It was just great. I must have sunk over 300 hours into that game, doing duels with my friends and unlocking parts dujour. Alas, Nexus came right after that and it's...well I thought it was a total mess. Heat mechanics became the #1 concern for all ACs, while an even greater proportion of the weapons/parts (as usual) became worthless. AC3 and Silent Line weren't perfect, but they're by far the best of the series that I played; while I'd make several adjustments to the parts roster (weapon arms and back weapons especially) the core gameplay mechanics, pun not intended, were spot-on. All chassis types were viable if you knew how to leverage them. Even tanks. The other major change I'd make is try to clean up the story. The concept of Layered is great, until you consider how many missions take place in natural environments with open skies and the like. It's insane to consider the logistics of creating an entirely self-contained environment like that UNDERGROUND, even going well beyond AC's usual requirements for suspension of disbelief.
If anything, the sheer lack of good mech games is exactly why Armored Core has survived, and outlived every other mecha game. Armored Core was around for a while. It survived against Omega Boost (which never got past 1 release), Zone of the Enders (which never got past 2 releases), and a whole slew of other mech games that just didn't last. Armored Core's biggest advantage? That fking customization man. You could spend weeks playing with parts, and theory-crafting to find a good build.
Also agreed. While I never had much of a chance to play decent amounts outside of AC:LR, I loved the series and would've supported more if I could've. I got my start on AC2. I never got far (I'm rather shit with a just d-pad for movement) and put it down quickly but I was already in love, seeing all the other games made since. Once I had LR, I played the crap out of it. So much so that I got through at least 2 different endings and purchased every single part available of every kind. I even beat all the arena stuff with only one or two different AC's, something I never thought I could do at all. I would love to play any of the rest that had analog control support.
Atmos Dwagon Indeed. I think 3 might be my favorite - I'm actually re-playing it right now. (I'm waiting until I beat it again to play Silent Line, which I haven't played yet! I just got the whole PS2 lot on eBay. Aw yeah.) I started back with the original and have been absolutely hooked since. I really wanted to like Nexus - I loved the *idea* of it - an archival game with better graphics and smoother gameplay... but alas... the resolution was so wonky (internal rendering and output resolution not proportional?) and the mechanics were bent. The 4's were a bit too different for my preference, but they're still some of my favorite games in general - but I really think the series hit its peak with 3 (and from what I've read, Silent Line). A note about "skies" in Layered - the original soundtrack for the game has a few tracks titled "Artificial Sky" hinting that the skies you see in the game are false in some way - perhaps projected or simulated.
AC4 and AC4A are and will always be my favourites, especially AC4A... gotta love fighting the main Arms Forts like Motherwill and Answerer (that bloody monster!!). I always used a Rayleonard 03-Aaliyah frame due to the fact that I prefer high-speed combat. Then I switched to a White Glint frame in AC4A.
Drakrylos the Vex Commando in there is some people still playing ACFA in multiplayer, and I was shock there is some people still playing it, and the free for all fight was tucking incense fight that make my heart beating crazy while trying to hit your target, but they moving ridiculous FAST!!! and the next minutes and BOOM! you down, gonna love this game, it give me worthy challenges >:)
AC4 and AC4A will always be my one true loves in the series. Did a Let's Play of Nexus, I fucking HATE the results, but it went up anyway. Next time I'm doing a much better job and hopefully can make something awesome sauce.
they should really bring back some of the stuff from ac 3 n 4 back. like the shoulder cannons and drone units and other special ability to certain torso type
armored core was hands down the best collection of games it always delivered and its always fun just wish sup com can pick up this kind of spirit and customization for the next one
My dad fell in love with mecha because of Voltes V.... Mine however... is Armored Core MoA... Then it paved the way of my love to the mecha genre (Anime and Games)
It was White Glint going on an operation to take on Mother Will. He had landed on the upper level where all the mini-acs and turrets are held up, but slipped off when it was targetting him.
The studio should just gone and made movies with the graphics from the opening sequences of 4 and V which are amazing for their time period, some of the shots looked so real it was hard to distinguish them, absolutely masterful art direction from the team behind it, too bad the ingame graphics are terrible by even the time frame.
Silent Line Armored Core was one of my first videogames ever. I was mind-blown by the combat mechanics. I played the hell out of it until I reached the Cypress mission, which I couldn't get through for the life of me. I then stopped playing the game and never touched it again for almost a decade. on coming back, I started from scratch and punched through the game with a dual machine gun design I did not have to change from early game all the way down to Ibis.
I loved how 1st and second is all "LOOK SPACE ROBOTS GUNS FIGHT SKILLS AH" and then gen 3 is all grim and dystopian-looking cities ravaged by war, with mysterious plotlines and whatnot.
