FromSoftware fans should get excited for Armored Core 

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Congratulations Clayton! You called it!

Armored core for answer still to this day remains one of my most favorite games EVER. Nobody uses Mech stuff in video games.... why are there not more mech games?!

Armored Core series also has their own Moonlight Greatsword plasma blade, a reference shared through the Souls games referring to King's Field

"Enemy ranking AC identified..... as 9 Ball" still gives me chills to this day

Dark Souls: Slow and steady Armoured Core: GOTTA GO FAST

The franchise has had characters! I'd never forget MAD KING and WHITE GLINT and NINE-BALL / Hustler One.

I’ve been down with Armored Core since the PS1 days. I’d love if FromSoftware brought this series back.

It BETTER be AC. Was great trouncing any difficulty with a ultra heavy-to-one-side mech endlessly side boosting in one direction firing folding shoulder cannons.

I don't even go here but Clayton whispering "wink" to himself as part of the scripted, conspicuous wink is one of the reasons I'll always watch even the videos I couldn't care less about

I've mentioned this game in multiple chats whenever someone talks about how they “love fromsoftware games”... and never got someone who knew what it was. It's such a good game, it disappoints me everytime I see mechwarrior style games getting popular, cuz they are nothing compared to armored core.

Oh man, I spent DAYS playing Armored Core 2. I genuinely can't remember if it was a demo or the full game, but I would spend hours trying different combinations of mech parts and seeing how they performed. I think I may have even made a pen-and-paper spreadsheet for what worked best.

The sound that weird boxy gun makes is a reason to play the game by itself 5:59

I loved the Armored Core series while I was growing up. I've greatly enjoyed the Souls series and currently loving Elden Ring. I can't wait to see what they would do now with a new Armored Core.

2022 continuing to be the year of Clayton being as Clayton as can be and all of us reaping the beautiful benefits love seeing you guys back in the studio! 💙

My body has been ready for a new Armored core for actual years I’m hyped

I remember at the tail end of the Armored Core series that the speed had gone up to that extreme level. There'd be whole fights between players and even enemy units where your opponent would be on the screen for a second or two and you'd have to fire/adjust on the fly or you'd be the one getting smashed. It got insane and I both hated and loved it.

I own a physical copy of every entry in this series. I am looking forward to a new Armored Core more than almost any other future event. Gotta get my Karasawa and Moonlight on.

Thanks for putting the spotlight on AC! The series is almost never talked about despite From Software’s rise. Your Karasawa-MK2 reference proves you are a true fan of the franchise haha.

As mech fan I really excite for VI on the next year. Never play previous title before and wonder how amazing the Robot that we can build will look like in modern graphic.

Wow, armored core that game was overwhelming to say the least. (Of course being a fromsoft game) It was so fun to play but I was also to young to understand all the numbers and skills etc. If I remember correctly much like the souls games if you didn't know what you were doing you were going to have a bad time.

There's also a pretty big Gundam reference in DS1, in the form of the Moonlight Butterfly. Also, the thumbnail deserves some recognition, or at least the "I understood that reference" gif.

Armored Core might be what I spent the most time obsessing over throughout my youth. I would kill for a modern game to be made. If anyone is into Armored Core and action figures or model kits I recommend looking up "30 Minute Missions" it's a gunpla adjacent series of model kits designed to be mixed and matched to make your own mechs, and they're wildly cheap at retail price (like 15-20 bucks for a standard mech.) it's like an Armored Core toy line and I love it.

This really could be the dark souls of armoured core games

I think my favorite part of Armored Core was realizing that you can do a laser blade only build and it's actually pretty good once you know how to maneuver and do the blade toss.

I've never heard of Armored Core until today and I'm hyped.

I'm a huge souls fan and I had know idea what this series was, but you had me sold at giant flying robot.

Ok in general I don't trust games journalists now, especially when it comes to niche things, and I expect them to get a lot wrong and miss the point. But oh my goodness this was perfect. As an armored core fan I'm even more excited now.

aged phenomenally well

I've always wanted the return of this series more than anything.

I come from the future. It looks amazing. Hopefully someone comes back for the update

I would die for another AC game. I have been playing them since AC2 on PS2. It’s where I first experience any sort of moonlight blade. From is the best, and after Elden Ring a new Armored Core game would literally complete my life. Also for controls: map strafe left to square/x and strafe right to circle/b, left weapon to left bumper, right weapon to right bumper, look up to left trigger, and look down to right trigger. It helps a lot and something I came up with in second grade, not for practicality but because I thought it felt more like Gundam controls (as if I had any knowledge as to what those would be like).

I've played every single Armored Core game so far. It's what got me into mecha as a kid, it opened the door to Gundam and my hobby of gunpla building. (Nice RG Nu Gundam btw, love that kit.) I am beyond excited to see the franchise return. I've been collecting the older games for years and still have a ps2 and 360 for the sole purpose to play them. I really hope a new Armored Core game can get newer generations into mecha just like it did for me.

Please please please may these rumors pan out! Armored Core was the first FromSoft game I ever played, and to this day, hypes me up more than Dark Souls. I want to see that kind of flashy customization and challenge brought to a modern mech building game with FromSoft's pedigree.

Simone's laugh in the credits was so pure

Just saw its premiere on the game awards I'm so excited for this game

I hope they bring it back Always wanted to give the series a try There's not enough mech games

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Anyone that wants to see how a game like AC would look like with better storytelling should check out Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere on the PS1. But be sure to look at the english patched Japanese release and not the official localization. It's got a very similar mission structure and customization approach, but it focused a lot more on the characters and plot, there's some exciting twists along the way and it even gives the player ways to change its outcome. It's a really short game too, you could probably beat it in a day or two.

CLAYTON YOU WERE RIGHT

10:14 ok this part alone convinced me to try AC try gathering all prev consoles

One thing I know about Armored Core fandom is that well, we have our own head canon how each AC games are connected to each other.

I’ve been wanting another armored core for years and it’s a day one purchase soon as another launches. Me and my brother played damn near all of them until the 360 era

Look at my profile picture and that should tell you my opinion on AC. One of the cool points about the game is that there is a relationship between pilot and unit - It doesn't matter how powerful your unit is if you don't have the skills to control it, and conversely, it does your skill no good if your unit is actively holding you back. It's that reason why late-game units tend to be ultra-fine-tuned to the player's liking and style of play. Like he said, blades are high-risk, high-rewars, so if you see someone running dual blades, they're either gonna go down in flames or else you better hope you can keep them at range before they find you.

I have a memory of trying to play Armored Core 2 as a kid, and getting stuck on like the second level. Makes sense that it was a Fromsoft game.

I just hope this isn't just Dark Souls with a mecha skin slapped on it.

i was literally thinking about this like last week oh my god i’ve never played an armored core but i NEED them to make another. doesn’t even have to be armored core honestly just make another mech game. please fromsoft. please.

This video is going to get a lot more popular 🤣

Artificial Sky makes a week long loop in my playlist once or twice a year. Them Armored Core soundtracks could get really engaging.

This video is just Clayton yelling "GET IN THE ROBOT, SHINJI" at us over and over

haven't been totally won over by a fromsoft game, but as a big gundam fan.. you've caught my intrigue. EDIT: you put a clip from war in the pocket, now you have my FULL attention.

I can't wait for a new Armored Core. I really hope it meets the new Fromsoft standard...not the Armored Core 5 standard.

I think we're getting the long awaited Metal Wolf Chaos 2.

Souls fans: I've played every FromSoftware game. Core fans:

Daemon X Machina does scratch a lot of the armored core itch I had been having.

I fell in love a while ago with Armored Core Formula Front on PSP, and it rekindled a fascination I had with mecha as a kid. I truly believe with all the experience and resources FromSoft have now they could revive the license with better gameplay mechanics and an impactful story/universe! Extremely excited to see how it will go. Also many of the OSTs were amazing, so that's also something to be looking forward to!

holy heck, just unlocked a core memory fo watching my brother playing armored core 2 for hours, and loving the duels that happened in that game, always wanting to play myself.

Last Raven and For Answer are my favorite games in the franchise. Personally, I'm hoping they do a modern reboot of the AC3 universe, and that it's availible for PCs and not just consoles. The AC3 universe was their longest running, with plenty of stories to tell and refined mechanics. I have no interest in Dark Souls or similar FROM content, I just want my giant mechs.

Daemon X Machina was pretty similar to armored core. I'd love to see a new armored core.

Armored core sounds right up my alley. One of my favorite games when I was younger was Custom Robo on the gamecube, which had a similar idea where you could mix and match parts to customize your mech. Had I known about armored core at the time, I'd almost certainly have been playing it constantly.

>Corporations are slowly stripping away our humanity, turning us into souless mercenaries who commit unspeakable horrors for the sake of maintaining the status quo Woah! Cool robot.

"So in AC you use the left stick to move, just like in, you guessed it, Dark Souls"

I've always been fascinated by mechs. I have never played any entry in the Armored Core franchise and I've been seeking a mech game to get into with the level of customization and depth. I hope this is the next game they are working on, because I feel like there aren't enough mech games that scratch this itch. I'd love some sort of open-world mech game. Just replace all "fantasy elements" of Elden Ring with "sci-fi futurism" and I'll be there on day one. (Not opposed to fantasy elements at all. Fantasy just heavily outweighs mech games in the modern day)

Every AC release is someone's favorite in the franchise. But, some of them are so drastically different from each other that it would be frustratingly difficult to appeal to the entire fanbase. Some people will want the more tactical pace of AC2 or ACV, others the more frenetic play of AC1 or AC4. Some people view AC as a solo experience, others as a VS platform only. To appeal to some fans, you risk alienating others. The only way to really get everyone hooked is going to be through a solid, engaging Story. After that, take the best elements of what came before and improve them. Online VS & Multiplayer, with a diverse range of Stages instead of multiple versions of the same thing. Perhaps even a Stage Editor. Keep the UNAC system (the best part of ACVD), but update it with wider options and use it to create custom Arenas or Cohorts. But if they truly want it to be a success, they need to make it cross platform.

This video aged well

Honestly all that had to be said was 'like gundam' and i was sold EDIT: also the mech he designed for macross was adapted into a transformer as well! jetfire/skyfire, who had a brief stint as the autobot leader in the comics.

IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. RAVENS, RISE UP, ENGAGE YOUR COMBAT MODES.

Love Armored Core, collected nearly all the PS2 games. Fond first memories of meeting Patches.

Always love hearing Simone's laugh

As a fan of Mechwarrior franchise for the due to the robot customization, of Zone of the Enders 2 for its fast pacing combat in 6D, and Dark Souls, I would love a mech based game with fast pace, robot customization, and Souls like combat! Weapons that change movement speed due to weight, overheating limiting stamina recovery, 6D dodging, ammo budgeting, attacking specific mech parts (which now you can do in ER), electronic warfare, weeapons are discovered by downloading schematics in missions or from rewards, but also you could put pieces together from salvaging enemies... so many possibilities!

Great video! Armored Core is a series I've only seen from afar, so it's cool to hear why the fans desperately want a new one. I think a lot of people would be intrigued if From Software put their full weight behind a reboot for the series. Who knows, it might be the catalyst for Mecha becoming more mainstream in the West?

Armored Core rules. Remember having grueling close player vs player battles with a friend of mine back in the day on the ps2

I’d like a release of the Verdite trilogy of King’s Field. Or a Metal Wolf Chaos sequel.

Random fact: armored core is where Patches (Yes, THE Patches ) originally came from

Never heard of this series before; now I understand the audience Nintendo was aiming for with Daemon x Machina.

worth mentioning that the ost in every game is among the best in video game ost history.

AC2 and 3 along with ZOE were some of my favorite games. Id throw money at a return of AC or Otogi. Doubly so for the soundscape. AC music and sound fx were fantastic

When I was younger, my ambition was to hold an Armored Core tournament with a $20,000 cash prize (problem with that is that I didn't have $20,000, because I was around thirteen and not employed, and also poor) just so I could find someone who could beat me at it. It's the only game I could be considered exceptionally good at. No one I knew locally would play me anymore after a while. It was to the point where I literally paid another guy to let me teach him how to counter me and play against me. I think he beat me once or twice, but I actually can't remember now. I was waay too obsessed with AC back then. I feel silly thinking about taking it that seriously. But I still love the game, and miss it even now. Now, later, with ACV and online play being a thing, I definitely found plenty of people who could beat me. But I remember people trying to recruit me after they played me. But I refused, because I loved my little three man team (mostly it was just two of us playing at any given time). We would raid territory all day and night (which with my area's crappy connection, took all day and night just to get raid going). I remember raiding the Frito Banditos, and that kind of stuff fondly. I doubt anyone remembers my good old One Eyed Jack, that was using dual gatling guns to basically snipe after the nerf which made them trash (I took the nerf as a challenge to use them, and use them I did in very unorthodox ways), I would always be bait to engage them first, then dodge and use precision-timed jumps to avoid damage, and soak up what I couldn't dodge while my buddy in his glass cannon build picked them off once they started focusing on me. Basically, me dying 90% of the way through the round was part of the plan. As long as I ran them out of ammo, softened them up, and maybe took one with me. He'd swoop in for the kill, nice and fresh at the end, using me as a shield, if necessary, provided they split and someone good was targeting him. I still remember the rush of trying to anticipate my opponent's shots and dodge preemptively. Just doing my booster hop dance like a mad bastard while continually firing my automatic weapons, trying to make every single shot hit. We did pretty good for a small team that could barely connect to the game. But there were times we got stomped hard going two against four too. I really miss that stuff. There isn't a comparable mecha game that I could ever get into in the same way. Those were the days.

The most complex/skill based pvp game nobody knows about, because yes, at their core(hehe) modern armored cores are mostly about the pvp/multiplayer, the campaign is comparable to what cod's campaigns are compared to their MP. Now that dark souls and elden ring made hard games popular, it might be easier to sell... AC could easily be an esport, i played it for a few months and was amazed at what the tryhard comunity could do. They should just work on the learning curve, dark souls is manageable, AC is something else entirely. Or maybe a complete rework of the formula, and more attention to the campaign/single player aspect of it, a dark souls-esque progression system and lore? who knows, but it's one type of game i always found really interesting, but unpolished in places, if miyazaki got his hands on this, and worked his magic, it could be a winner.

@2:47 Mission: Eliminate Squatters A typical mission objective that of course can only be accomplished with the use of a state of the art military grade armored mech suit.

I have never even heard of armored core in my life, but I'm down for anything with customizable mechs. Even more so if it's developed by Hidetaka Miyazaki

I love seeing continuity like Clayton talking about the Expanse and Gunpla while power washing with the buds on a Polygon Stream, all for it to come back around with a video :)

You called it! I'm a huge fan of Souls and Elden Ring and really dig Mecha stuff, so I am already hyped, but have no idea what it really is or plays like. I'm commenting before hitting play, so... Educate me ❤️

Armored Core 2 Another Age Armored Core 3 Silent Line Maaaaan... those were the days...

This is a really well made video with a beautifully written script. I have been playing Soulsborne since I got a hold of DeS in japanese back in 2009 and have been loving and playing their games since - didn't do much Armored Core though. Looking very much forward to trying a new installment of it though! Might even go back to try the older Armored Core games now. Thanks!

Such a great game and series. You get to customize your mech as if it were an import tuner car.

Losing my mind that you did not mention the best FromSoft game: CHROMEHOUNDS

I made AC mechs in Brick Rigs and the way I streamlined the booster controls was by making diagonal boosters that give you a combination of directions by pressing holding 2 buttons at the same time. Front right booster you turn, front right+back right you strafe left, back left+back right you boost forward, etc. So 5 buttons, 4 as horizontal control and 1 for vertical. Anyways, I try to recreate AC mechs in any game I can and have played every game minus 2 or so but I really hope they are making a new one. Finally

Always been more of a Battletech / Mechwarrior person, but *any* "build big mech and it's kinda complicated and you pilot it real-time" game showing up current year and getting kinda popular, literally *anything* would make me SO happy. I'd be kind of excited if they went whole hog on the speed gimmick, just give me DBZ fights in mecha form. Also, call me crazy, but I still think FromSoft's best-told story is DS1. It isn't *that* inaccessible. DS3 made infinitely less sense.

I never grew up with Armored Core since I never had a console in my life. I have been meaning to find a mech game for the decade. Daemon x Machina scratched that itch for a while and I'm looking forward to this game if it ever gets announced.

THEY DID IT

This video really holds up! Who’s pumped for AC6 !!??

Armored Core was great. Random trivia: the karasawa MK2 rifle in the game is loosely based on the positron rifle from Neon Genesis Evangelion

thank you for making this video I couldn't of explained it better

He didn't talk about how you could drop your weapons to reduce your weight so that you can move faster or the fact that you could go in overweight.

Calling all the Ravens!

I kept waiting for the "sike! actually we're talking about Chromehounds!" but it never came. no one ever talks about Chromehounds :-(

AMOURED CORE IS BACK WOOIII

Hopefully it's old style AC with controls like new style AC. Definitely prefer the more methodical approach to 4 and 4A's hyperspeed shenanigans. Better build variety as well. Also nice job on showing the best * balanced * version of the Karasawa. AC2 and AC2:AA were the pinnacles of the series for me.

ITS BACK