So how good was Armored Core: For Answer? A look at FromSoft's fastest mecha game. 

You nailed it, loved that aspect of the game. It was amazing going from a nimble dual short range weapons to a little blader on a switch.

I’ve always wondered about tuning balance outside of being centered and you just gave a great example of why it’d make sense to do so. Appreciate the suggestion

I used this mechanic for the "Occupation of Arteria Carpals" mission. Was running double kojima rockets at a massive energy deficit. Fired off all my missiles at the start of the fight before purging so that my NEXT could actually function.

That missile purge build sounds so cool

yes

Just watched a whole video on Miyazakis history in the gaming industry and I can say for sure hes would do that.

Actually, Last Raven's story was more on Dai Takemura's work, as he was the one directing it and was on the Nexus game as well, which is a prequel to Last Raven. You'll see a lot of story elements used from Nexus (which was also continued from the AC3 storyline) to Last Raven, including where the storyline left off. Miyazaki apparently was more involved with the AI of the game. Gigazine had an interview with him discussing his role in it: G： フロム・ソフトウェアで最初に関わった仕事はどんなものでしたか？ 宮崎： 「アーマード・コア ラストレイヴン」です。まだ右も左もわからなくて、当時の新人に混じって、まずは敵AIからはじめた記憶があります。なぜ敵AIかといえば、おそらくですが、前職がIT系だったことを考慮してくれたのだろうと思います。 Source is Gigazine's Dark Souls Interview with Miyazaki, the interview is still up on their site to this day (you can easily google it) That said though, Miyazaki was the one who was directing AC4 later on. Edit: whoops misspelling and some grammar correction Edit2: crap, probably just stick with the original text. Just copy paste it on google if you want the full interview, since youtube doesn't allow links and the gsc translation seems messy.

This is one of the best quick sum up I have read about Armored Core. ACFA PvP was really otherwordly, I still play it to these days. I just wish we had a 60fps remaster on PS4/PS5 or PC.

I'll never forget the 4 man blades only battle I once had in the enclosed bunker area. Lasted about 5 minutes and was the most tense PVP I've ever experienced.

^ this pvp skill ceiling was unbelievably high. managing ammunition, energy consumption and weaponry usage/swapping was a part time job on its on. add all that on top of frantically dodging bullets while trying to outmaneuver lock ons… 🤯

Chromehounds was better.

@@password6025 totally different genre my dude. chromehound revolves around tactically destroying the other team with a heavy emphasis on positioning and coordination. good game still! imagine if they created an online component that fused both aspects in this next installment. ugh 😩

Gotta wave that Jolly Roger high! Specially when the games are so GODDAMN HARD to get ahold of.

A question is it really waving the Jolly Roger when you own the physical game?

@@bvc5320 I don't, so yes.

@@bvc5320 if you go through the proper procedures of extracting the game onto your PC and getting the bios out of a PlayStation you own, only then its not

However in Verdict day tho... That thing is unplayable.

Sadly due to Licensing issues That's gonna be near impossible to do. Too many other companies had their hand in the different games. One can hope though.

@@ObsidianDragon7030 Well... a "mercenary" compilation then :))

there should be a compilation for every Gen, and maybe multiple for Gen 3

The only thing that can surpass it is a remake.

It's depressing because soulstubers like Vaati will inevitably move in when AC6 drops and shit out a billion lore videos based on single sentences from item descriptions, get tons of views and attention for it, and people who kept the IP alive when it wasn't flavor of the month like ACL will be thrown aside.

you sure the channel is called “Armorecorelore”? why didn't I find anything

@@h0usemanIt's ArmoredCoreLore (note the D in "armored", since that's the series name and all). Original poster typoed it. I would think it would be a pretty easy thing to spot yourself

@@angrytigermpc Sorry, I've never played armor core before, so I don't know what's wrong with it, thank you for your reply

Honestly I just want backwards compatible dangit

@@bombomos fr, anything at this point

I'd gladly dump sixty extra for this to be playable on PS5 not even a remaster truly needed but expanded parts or arena oh and soundtrack but yea straight up even if just a straight up port I'd be happy but I bet ac6 will be packed to the gills

If any old Armored Core gets remastered it's gonna be Last Raven, I'm calling it now

If anything I'd rather see a HD collection with all the old Armored core games from the PS1 and PS2 era since those games have there issues from old FS. That present day From Software could fix like the thing that held the old games back, which were the controller layouts not utilizing the joysticks.

I started in the PS2 Era with AC2. My brother forbid me to play this "trash game" on his playstation after being frustrated of not even managing the "tutorial" (introduction to raven fight) thats when i bought my own ps2, later 1 and on release 3, and stocked ip on all the Armored Coregames i could get my hands on. (They weren't sold in any store here so i had to get them through friends or web/import)

having played AC6, i wish i have a remastered AC4A, that mech building there is just *chef's kiss* AC6 is too simplified for me

​@@Bersilusyeah they really made it simpler, definitely as a way to cater to new fans but it would've been awesome too see like optional parts, radiators, actual hangar parts, etc. Here's to hoping in a new ac game (if they ever make one) they bring the good ol ac complexity back.

@@Bersilus Remastered ACFA being announced would turn me into a Japanese schoolgirl jumping with joy, it is peak mecha game imo and the pvp is amazing.

Really? Well make that 3 I wanna hear what you have to say. Don't skimp on the details.

@@Guardian-of-Light137 Miyazaki is more involved than he's ever been in the series, the potential for integrated/immersive online play through the setting, the crazy degree of customization possible today, and of course, giant fighting robots.

I think you mean best mecha game ever made

@@aegisreflector1239 I do not.

@@lebendystraw3683 😂

nexus is not that bad is just you need to re learn on how to build your ac witch is really hard to do do if you played all the other armored core games

@@yokai1235 no, IT IS. - The PC-esque navigation is strange. - Shitty arena locations you can't even choose and its tie with the story. Armored Core 2 had the latter in better way btw. And Genobee is a joke. - Heat mechanic is still less balanced compared to later games. The fact you can learn it ≠ it doesn't suck. - Too many cutscenes. It's especially annoying in arena when the camera zooms up to your opponent and you can't skip it. - Too many ECM missions. - Storytelling. Briefings in Evolution were cut to shit, the cutscenes don't tell anything, and all important info is now behind the massive bore of mail text. - The test missions are just for time stretch. And you can end some missions literally in a second or maybe ten, like, this isn't how it's supposed to work.

I will always appreciate Nexus for getting me into Armored Core, that said Last Raven is an overall better game, Silent Line as well (the previous game) so despite my love for its music Nexus was a BIG step backwards.

@@metalgearexcelsus Heat mechanic isnt so much "less balanced" and more like something that actually matterrs for once lol. In every other game you just slap on the best boosters and generator and call it a day but now theres a reason to build around them and change it up, Last Raven did this better though admittedly

I disliked 4th Gen, but I've been playing since the demo disk dropped in ~97. I'm hoping for a healthy mix of 3rd gen and 5 the gen for this 6th iteration. Regardless, it's always a pleasure to meet a fellow Raven in the wild. Happy hunting.

Daemon x Machina scratched the itch a little bit, but it wasn't the same.

It's always a pleasure to meet a fellow Raven in the wild.

Double pleasure when fellow Raven is also Ramba Ral enjoyer.

@@Axle_J I love Ramba Ral nut Norris Packard had more of a spotlight.

@@AWholeLegionary Best side character ever

Tbh as someone who grew up with Master of Arena and later played a few of the early PS2 titles ACV turned out to be absolutely terrible for me.. Unfortunately I really didn't enjoy it. I thought I would which is why I bought it near launch but unfortunately it was just not what I expected. It was way more complicated than the earlier games, the story was the most uninteresting/confusing, the game lagged just as bad as the PS3 GTA games and even worse during some story missions, and then finally online play was just absolutely brutal.. If you didn't know any of the piloting techniques and didn't know all the ins and outs of customizing, you often would get destroyed and then have to wait for a new match. The matches were short, respawn was slow, and you often dealt with network lag.. You'd hit the person 9000 times, you did no damage, and then they'd be the one to kill you instead. If I remember correctly as well there was also quite a number of mecha parts that were extremely imbalanced too. Generally though it was just super annoying to spend so long on a build sometimes, only to find out you suck and then having to deal with the above mentioned problems. Continuing on about the online aspect of that game though.. HARDLY anyone was usually playing. Like I said I bought the game near launch and I was pretty shocked in a way to see how empty it was. This was bad because in a number of the missions you actually kinda needed help to beat them. The game was just usually far too difficult. I remember honestly waiting so long just to find matches or for someone to help me beat certain missions. Then finally you start the mission, and turns out you both don't really even know what you're doing or the person loses connection and you end up failing it. Was extremely frustrating. Genuinely I think ACV/VD was not good. The only thing they got right imo was the customization. Also the emphasis on energy management/tactics was cool but maybe a bit too much. Anyway so yeah with that all said sadly ACV just really didn't work for me. I desperately wanted to try 4A actually but I don't think I was ever able to find a copy for a good price. Plus the online aspect was something I really wanted to try in an AC game so I just settled on the latest entry at the time. That all said ACV was just really not what I expected and I've heard VD really was not much better either. Those games are said to just play a bit more complex than the other ones in the series. Personally I still haven't tried 4A but I think I'd like it. Always loved how fast paced it looked. Personally I think a middle ground of the older games + V/VD + 4/4A + a little Soulsborne would probably be a good mix. Hopefully they can get it right for everyone with 6.

I played Silent Line before AC4 but I still prefer the AC4 era. ACFA is my favorite title and AC5 is garbage. Verdict Day was actually good though.

There's a jp youtuber I've been watching for awhile named Faraam otr strekoza that has been playing thru AC with melee only, no targetting computer Wish i understood japanese but honestly the videos are spectacular showcases of skill

doing without lockon is okay on occasion, in the Arms Forts fights, theres times where i found using free firing allowed me to attack where i want to hit a vulnerable point easier, and for swords or sometimes the shoulder mounted grenade cannons, isn't the worst way, but in a pvp situation, its almost always best to have lockon

@@darkjackl999 unless hes modded the game he still has the targeting computer and is just doing a melee only build. Perfectly doable for most missions. The melee usually has an auto aim when using the melee weapon.

​@Clockworklemon There is a free aim mode in 4A that disables the auto lock mechanics. Useful for rocket/grenade catches and blade movements. So yes it's possible without mods.

Are you familliar with from softwares ACE series or that gundam unicorn game they made? Those kiiiiinda comes close. I hate it that almost all gundam and/or zoids(or really anything mecha) games are either suuuuuuper clunky and slow or completely weightless zippy arcadey nonsense :p. Armored core is the only mecha series that manages to convey weight in the controlls while still having shit go fast. The ACE games and that unicorn game do kinda come close but because they take place exclusively in space/the air and theres no ground game its still a very different experience.

Gundam breaker 3

@@ApenBaard I agree. I've played almost all mech games and those you named are good, but yeah the others are super slow or extremely arcadey..... Armored Cored is like perfect though, they nailed piloting heavy machinery and it actually requires skill. I have zoids vs 3 on dolphin emulator and its okay but super easy, its more of a kids game and requires minimal skill to destroy the cpu sadly.

They're probably changing something about the customization, since I don't see "poison resist" as a stat

There have been multiple: Not having one, and the player has to just deal with the DoT (Corrosive Gas, High Kojima Density) Cooling (Overheating prior to Nexus) EN Defence (Electrical Pulse Generators)