Was it Good? - Armored Core
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The test is over, from this moment on, you are, a Raven.
Let's go back to 1997 and replay the Fromsoftware mech combat game 'Armored Core'.
Chances are you had the first level of this on a demo disc and never got to play the whole thing, so, is it actually any good?
Massive thanks to the supporters on Patreon and Twitch who keep the channel and nostalgia alive!
>camera issues
>a lot of dying
>NPC invaders
>a poison section
>a "go down some rafters" section
>plentiful equipment options
>a Moonlight Sword
Yup, it's a From Software game
Don't forget the ending. That was pure Fromsoft.
Moonlight, an impressive blade in the hands of a mech or person.
and its was still AMAZING..
he makes tank build in armored core loses a lot :I he like explains making a tank is bad then goes on to make another tank and fail more.
@@whitenoise0065 as someone who favors tanks in more than half of situations, tank tread ACs are not about mobility, but sheer firepower, HP, and weight limits. It is also one of the leg types to be able to fire shoulder-mounted cannons on the move without the required Human+ augmentation.
That does mean that low mobility will result in getting hit by high damager per shot weapons that are normally slow in traversal.
"Now for the toughest enemy. The camera"
That's how you know it's truly a FromSoft game.
If the camera is too good, everyone could play it...
Dark souls has great cameras, it's more of a 90 s thing
If you control the camera well you're not really playing the game right. its like using Ashes or magic or leveling up in Elden Ring. Don't be a pansy easy mode player.
Needs more "Death by Gravity" tbh
More like a PSX game hehe
Fun Fact: AC's mecha parts look so iconic and familiar because they were designed by Shoji Kawamori himself- the mechanical designer who created both Macross (which was the seed media of both the Robotech US anime series as well as early Battletech and MechWarrior properties) and the Transformers.
Really glad Battletech's designs took a form of their own; the earliest designs are by far the ugliest
@@TheHappyMadman The designs made by the FASA team back then weren't the best yes. It was the Japanese designs they licensed that were the best looking designs, hence the Unseen tended to be some of the most iconic mechs. At the very least though, PGI's take on the battlemechs finally gave Battletech the actual mechanical design language the rest of them needed.
The leg shapes in particular are VERY signature of his style, with the big "calves" and whatnot.
So that's why Evangel's AC Oracle resembles Soundwave!
I was wondering why so much of this felt like "we wanted to make a Battletech game but they wouldn't let us have the rights."
Revisiting this after Armored Core VI reveal. Excited to see how the series will evolve
Let's watch this again brother, I'll see you again in battle when the game releases
@@elloneng7965 I tried to get into it a few years ago with emulation but the controls made me drop it, VI got announced and i'm happy to say i just finished 1 today, the controls are still bad but there is a solid game underneath. Started project phantasma a few hours ago, i hope they release a remaster as well.
@@andream5690 try my keysetting? it's may help [direction botton for movemont direction]_[triangle - look up / X - look fown / square -turn left / O - turn right] L2 for booster and R2 for switch weapon
R1 - fire weapon / L1 - Laser Blade (iirc ac1 left hand can equip only laser blade)
Arriving here after the reveal.
I'm so hyped, though I do expect delays.
The customization and "gun for hire" aspects of this game are what really captured my imagination as a kid.
Mercenary games
spent a good time trying to find this game out of nostalgia memories for those reasons alone
@@Aereto MW4:Mercs - MekTek version. STILL played online by alot of old farts. I got to play with one of the Dev-crew & some dude who was 80+ yrs old. dude it was epic. wish i hadn't been so 'checked out' these last few years :/
You should try Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries sometimes. It was the at the time free version of MW4 minus the plot based on being a merc.
"Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction" is my all-time favorite, and the game that made me grow fond of Open World Games.
it is a game where you take sides on a fictional conflict against North Korea, and it's main draw is the "Deck of 64", which is a reference to Afhgan Bounties.
you got a open world, bounties to hunt and not only a decent arsenal but Air Supplies on Demand... as long as you can afford it.
As a major Armored Core fan with it being my favorite game series of all time I just want to say thank you for making this video. The series doesn't get enough love so anyone taking the time to play a game in the series and do a video on it really gets the word around.
I really wish they'd do more like the first 3 eras of it...4 was okay, but kind of went far to gundam with it while the others were the heavier feeling mechs
@@AzraelThanatos My personal favorite is For Answer, its a level of customization and fast combat unmatched by literally anything
What is your favorite in the series? I played AC 2 at like 13. Loved it, but barely remember anything it feels.
considering the limitations of the PS1, it was pretty mind blowing, I have to agree.
I remember being instantly obsessed after finding it. My Dad's housemate lent me his copy when I must have been about 11.
@@randomfurrygirl548 Different strokes, especially as 4 is rather different from the rest. Silent Line is prolly my personal favorite due to it being my first and also just being a love mix of the best parts of AC, but I also have a soft spot for For Answer, as well as Last Raven just for the sheer variety of parts. The only series I don't really like is 5.
-stamina bar
-git gud tutorial
-camera loosing its mind in tight spaces
-my guiding moonlight
-poison (swamp) fog
-nightmare dropdown section
Yup i can see where did this game came from.
@@oriandthesleepytime they meant it came from FROM SOFTWARE 😜
@@Orinslayer Exactly 😋
Losing*
It is wild to see just how much of From Softwares identity existed before Miyazaki ever even joined the company. He seems to have been molded by the company as much as he has molded its style. It’s really uncanny just how much of of the same DNA is in all those games.
The OG is actually King's Field
Watching this after playing AC VI is surreal. It’s a testament to how good the game design was that so many years later I can recognize so many of the same systems in the new game
I was going to say, it really feels like this is a concept that was remarkably fully formed in its first iteration, obviously barring technological limitations. So many series you can see the developers slowly figure out what the most important parts are as they iterate, but the game as shown in this video feels like it's a demake of AC6 (similar to the fan Bloodborne one) rather than a first attempt at the idea.
As the saying goes, "no need to reinvent the wheel"
yeah same! it's really cool how they've just iterated and refined on it instead of making revolutionary new systems like a lot of other long-running franchises end up doing
Umm that's not inherently good design. Noticing references, and that things haven't changed for fromsoft even the bad parts since their earliest games is a sign of bad game design and not listening to fans, or feedback. Armored core 6 literally has lost all of its retention already and most people quit the game pretty fast due to its very generic mechanics, lack of innovation, and the game slowly just becoming a merge of dark souls and armored core. A brand new game that came out only months ago has like 10 viewers on twitch currently, and very little content being made about it. That is not a testament to good design.
They also started just blatantly making their mechs into Gundams instead of sticking with their unique original design. This whole, "Oh reference, that means game is good," think needs to stop. copy pasting the same exact formula from years ago, but eliminating tons more mechanics and streamlining their games is not a testament to their design sicne the game sold like shit, and the reviews even by verteran players are pretty awful.
@@lunova6165 It's not inherently good or bad design, it's just very cool to see that the series figures out its core loop that immediately.
And the game definitely is a success, it's just in a genre (single player action games) that doesn't have a ton of longevity in terms of Twitch viewership. Once streamers beat the game there's not too much reason to keep showing it. Compare it to Hi-Fi Rush, another successful action game this year, and AC6 has twice as many viewers right now (though both are very low).
Steam achievement stats are a more useful stat. AC6's two initial endings each have about 40% completion and the NG++ one has 28%. Those are pretty good completion rates, since most people who play a game don't finish it, let alone replay it twice.
Fun fact. Killing the two 9-ball ACs in the last mission is entirely optional. Like you, I died over and over again until I finally realized there is actually nothing stopping you from running past them and killing the computer to beat the mission. I was not ashamed to do so.
Did the same
I don't remember the ending
Yep, I built an AC to take out both 9-ball ACs and the final boss no matter the cost.
It was all too impressive. Essentially saying "I am more than twice the pilot you are, and then some!"
You missed out on items doing so.
@@crisnmaryfam7344 It was the end of the game. I am not a completionist.
As a kid, I wasn't good enough to beat the game so I used a couple gameshark codes for infinite armor. I thought I actually broke the game a little, because I thought the game didn't expect you to beat him. Now I think it's proof that he was just a computer controlled AC, and the computer could make as many as they wanted.
"If there's no one left alive, there's no one left to say you weren't being stealthy."
-Josh Strife Hays
You would fit in well with the Steiner Scout Squad.
Dead men tell no tales mate XD
Too bad being stealthy is optional. Needed some mission where stealth is required or instant defeat.
Ah yes, russian stealth.
@@jeremystone5946
Project Phantasma and Another Age both have this and it's terrible in both
Gundam: Mech combat has a cost on our humanity.
Armored Core: Mech combat has a cost on our wallet.
and humanity too if you go over 50k in debt!
Dai-Guard: Mech Combat has a cost on our work budget, wages, and insurance.
@@Doomerang01 Dai-Guard, the most horrifyingly realistic mecha property ever made. (Emergency Engagement Authorization Paperwork, I rest my case.)
@@aka-47k nah if you go into debt you just become a new type
Battletech: mech combat has a cost on both
Played this a LOT in high school. My friends loved this game. We got all the games. Tweaked out our ACs like crazy. We wrote bad fan fiction about our ACs. Thank you for this.
Same same, my friend. The good old days.
Same
I was really into AC in high school too but none of my friends were lol
played this with my uncle when i was in high school, we would smoke a joint and play this for hoursssss
Ah, the time spent with a light as you can get mech, max boost, and a Moonblade. Hours spent switching controllers every time someone lost their duel.
It's great to see when people play it drastically differently to the way YOU play it.
I make acs that look like animals :)
@@procow2274 that's cool!
This series... is my dream series. I fucking LOVE mechs, Armored Core was my favorite game series, even if I wasn't all that good at it. I absolutely hope that Armored Core 6 becomes a thing, I want this series to return so bad.
I was going to put my own reply to this video up...but every single word you said is exactly what I think too. Praise be Armored Core, it's return can't come soon enough!
@@jesseperry9602 My thoughts exactly with one bit of input. I want 6 but only if they don't return to 5's style of gameplay, I for one want 4 or 4 Answer style AC's again that really only had to worry about other AC's or boss type enemies.
Try Another Century's Episode series (JP only but there are translations online). Virtual On series is another classic with some games having global versions
DaemonXmachina is a relatively new game that follows in the footsteps of AC. A spiritual successor, since Fromsoft hasn't released AC content in a while.
@@Kurotaisa DaemonXmachina is a terrible game. I play with a group of friends that generally play mech games. We where desperate at that time when we tried that game it was horrible. Armored core and MechWarrior is pretty much it. The rest is sub par pretenders.
I’ve always felt the payment and cost system of armored core to actually be quite brilliant. It accents the gameplay in a totally different feeling because you’re immersed. You are thinking how your character would think about not just combat but also expenditure. When you approach the game that way you really feel like a mercenary who’s constantly considering the bottom line.
Yep it definitely required you either going to gamefaqs as a youngin or pen and paper lol
@@Klipschrf35 LOL I feel like all armored core players eventually find or found their way onto a gamefaqs guide
I accidentally went into too much debt and wound up becoming a Plus pilot. Unlocking all of the Plus abilities made the game so much more fun to play.
Yeah, I knew the game is very unusual when it started billing me for used ammo and repair.
that feel when you miss your three Ultra large missile shot. "I will not recovered financially from this"
"So these souls-likes... They all are actually armoredcore-likes?!"
"Always have been"
*SHOT*
>Has to pay 2000 Credits for the shot
No
@@aidankircher8865
I found it hilarious/great that you had to pay for your own bullets. It was like "What, you thought these grew on trees?"
Umm actually *pushes up glasses with one finger* they are not Armor Core Likes, they are KingsField-Likes
@@brennanscarcello1443 ☝🤓
I absolutely *LOVED* Armored Core. My brothers and I played it religiously! It was sooooooo cool. Just the fact that you could customize your mech was like really really cool in those days.
Hello fellow raven
It was and still is one of my favourite mech games.
My brother and I loved this game too
If rumors are true their working on a new one finally.
@@SpadeAlchemistify that's awesome! So to be honest I played a lot of AC1, an ass load of 2, and a bit of 3.
But after that I stopped getting em.
It might be fun to buy one if a new one comes out! If for nothing else for nostalgias sake. Besides I bet if they do a new one it'll be pretty cool!
Armored Core was actually the series that taught me not to put too much faith in professional games journalism, near two decades ago. I would read reviews in gaming magazines that gave a particular AC game a 65-70/100 with the primary complaints being that there was *too much* customization. They complained about having to change radiators, that they found it tedious and silly. Meanwhile, this much customization was one of the primary selling points for me. I absolutely loved spending hours trying new builds. It really demonstrated that such quantitative review scores are often utterly pointless as they're just a way for a certain reviewer to grade the game on how much it fits their own tastes. Thankfully, we have reached an age in which properly contextualized reviews are plentiful and easily accessed.
Yeah, videogame journalists have ALWAYS been bad.
It's almost like different people enjoy different things and journalists are limited to their taste and ability to play games.
Game journalists are just barely a starting point, not a replacement for your own judgement.
Video game reviews exist so that you can buy the game. They manufacture consent which is why they would give Call of Duty games very high scores even though I find them terribly boring. With that said, not everyone is going to like everything in a game so finding the customization in AC tedious isn't wrong. These games got harder by the time AC3 came out.
I guess the argument would be more about the use of points in a review. To be fair, though, not everyone enjoys the idea of managing a mech and it's components. Generally you wouldn't expect someone to play the entirely of a game, and post the review, if they didn't have any interest from the outset, I'd agree. To many of us, having options like that is a good thing, but to many it gets in the way, even if the game was built around it. These days, though, I think that the customization would be seen in a more positive light when it comes to reviews. Elden Ring did well, even if you didn't have to decide on what FCS and generator you wanted, but it did have a lot of choice. So here's hoping AC6 exists and people like it.
Video game reviewers have much more in common with movie or restaurant critics than actual journalists. Unless they are just a complete shill for the companies, they speak with their own voice from their own viewpoints. What the audience has to do is be able to find critics whose opinions and tastes closely mirror their own. Then they know they can trust their opinions on stuff. It's very much the difference between a journalist and a critic. Journalists are there to report news, updates, and break stories. Critics are the ones who should be doing reviews. With video games unfortunately, those lines are often blurred to the point of erasure, and with the constant barrage of payola, social media influencing, and outright deception, it's very hard to know who to trust.
I am actually amazed that they were able to pull something of this level during the Playstation1 era.
This makes me so hyped for the new Armored Core game that is coming up next year.
I hope they treat it like a major release and put as much effort into it as in elden ring
@@brotbrotsen1100 Fromsoft treat everygame the same, remember Bloodborne and Sekiro where just side games for the souls series yet they got the treatment that made them the highest rated Fromsoft games( before Elden Ring )
@@n124ajdx Yeah but these games had generally the same concept and never were to different from souls games and they were already doing good. Mech games though were always for a relatively small niche and never did extremely well, armored core, zone of the enders, daemon X machina, all really good games but not all that successful financially so i could see from soft not putting to much budget into the game because the chances that it backfires on them are fairly high. You could say the name from soft will already draw people towards the game but that's not a guarantee since other beloved companies like platinum or even square have quite some failed attempts when they attempted to do something else. I guess it would be good if they advertise it a lot.
I hope it's a PC game.
@@brotbrotsen1100now Fromsoftware have big investment from Tencent, Sony and Bandai.
Also both Miyazaki and the director of Sekiro are working on Armored Core so I'm sure it's a serious project for them
I would spend hours getting my build to have just enough weight for the legs and just enough power consumption for the generators. In later AC games you could start the round overweight with a big Gundam style canon and just purge the dead weight when the ammo was spent to get your movement speed back up to something functional. Being over the weight limit was like the beta version of fat rolling.
I remember what blew my mind back when I first played this game, is the ability to take your mech you built in this game and bring it over to the sequel. Then when you beat that game, you can take your saved mech to the sequel after that. It was the first time I had seen anything like that. And even to this day you only really see something like that in live service games.
Nah nah, I’ve never seen where can port assets from one of these rip off battle pass live service games, but know where seen that before for sure:
Pokémon games.
I’ve got some trades from first games on gameboy through DS era till today, like legit 20 year old pokemans been with me since start lol
They totally got that from armored core
@@BRBMrSoul I'm not saying it was the first game to ever do that. I'm just saying it was the first I had seen myself doing it to that extent. In Pokemon you have to do so much just to get 1 transfer. It really isn't the same as having your entire accumulated loot load to the next game in one step. But again, I know it wasn't the first.
Mass Effect is the only other game that did something like this that I can think of. Yeah loot didn’t carry over between 1-3 but having all your story choices carry down from character to character was pretty damn cool.
This is how it was always Meant to be. you have NO idea how much we used to complain about this 'back in the day' : "It's a Sequel, why can't i import my car/mech/character from previous game.. especially in one like AC or MW or GT(Gran Turismo). It's not like they have to give me my 'OP Everything' but gee, ya could give me SOMETHING. hell, look at Mass Effect 1 & 2 - Q.E.D.
A ton of jrpgs of this Era did it as well as many other games had save transfers since Ps1 and ps2 memory cards function the same
Armored Core was my jam. I was a MechWarrior kid so these games grabbed me quick. Would always build a balanced medium weight mech with weapons bracketed for all ranges. I remember having hours of fun in any of these games just playing around in garage and building my perfect AC. Freaking loved it when they introduced the arena and made it a staple of all the games.
Ah yes MechWarrior and good old TimberWolf. I feel old…..
@@robgoins3672 You and me both. Timberwolf was always my go to mech of choice in every MechWarrior game. Even end game I'd still be piloting one and tearing things up. Love that machine.
@@robgoins3672 FILTHY CLANNER
I''m kidding. I just love the design of the Mad Cat and Mad Cat MkII. I just wish my favorite IS mech Bushwacker had bigger brothers. Imagine a 65-ton 'Wacker with 3 RAC5s instead of RAC2s. I would imagine it'll look like the Catapult but without the bunny ear arms.
I’m here right after the armored core 6 announcement, I gotta say I’m pretty hyped! Also this game aged really well, the customization and combat looks really good at its time.
I sure hope from softwares brings this series back, we've been missing a good mech game for a while now.
There's a game called Daemon Ex Machina. I haven't played it myself, but from what I understand it's meant to be a spiritual successor to the Armored Core games
Mechwarrior 5 is pretty good
Fromsoft have been confirmed to be working on a new AC game as we speak!!!
Heard Miyazaki wants to add Souls elements into future AC game.
There are AC6 screenshot leaks on line. Fromsoft hasn't confirmed it's AC6.... But it's fucking AC6
these games defined my teenage years. I was obsessed with armored core games above all else. I want a new one SOOOO BAD
They're working on one!
Armored core 6 is on the way......
I didn't get into Armored Core until after I graduated High School, but I love AC a lot. Even thinking about the idea that AC6 might exist makes me too excited.
@@Shmandalf I wonder if it'll come to PC this time. Or if it's gonna remain console-exclusive like rest of the franchise.
A while back there was a guy trying to create an armored core PC ersion. he was building assets and got to a working garage interface. IDK what happened to it though
I'm only 15 minutes into this video and I've already downloaded this PS1 game and I'm hyped as fuck to try it out.
From Software are built different, man. Even back in the 90s.
From now on, you are..... *A Raven*
Were you able to download it on the ps3 store ? It's still live ? If so I'll definitely get a ps3 again and download all my ps classics again
@@AlbertoNegron96I think he means pc emulation I.e. piracy.
@@georgemosidze1794Not piracy if he has an original ps1 disc that he can rip the rom off of. Emulation itself is fully legal, even game companies use emulation for their classic games to work on modern systems.
@@dragonandavatarfan8865 If you own the game legit but can't rip it yourself, you're even good to download it. Provided you get the same version, anyway.
Might depend on country though.
'you will spend more time flicking between the shop and the garage than missions'
me in AC6: _laughs in decal creation_
The fact there was this much complexity in the first game is actually insane. Has me even more hyped for Armored core 6
Did it deliver?
@@RuvianCSFun To say it delivered is an understatement. Armored Core 6 absolutely nailed it.
@@JebAlert Agreed haha. I had to platinum it, it's so good.
@@RuvianCSFunNot exactly
@@kakizakichannelTempleOS. Next.
Two gripes about your excellent overview of great memories:
1) I seem to remember that the PlayStation1 did not have analog sticks on their controllers when this game was released.
2) You missed the hidden/secret stat that governed turning speed, which the backward legs excelled at.
Thanks for a wonderful walk down memory lane!
the playstation 1 did have analog sticks by the time armored core was released as by that point dualshock 1 controllers were the norm, the first generation of PS controllers did indeed not have analog sticks though so maybe you had one of those when you got the game which would have been 100% possible
@@stickpge the dualshock was nto common and the norm in 1997. FF7 was made for dpad for example, and analog controls at all weren't a thing in that franchise until 98's FF8. Dpad only ps1 games were the default for a long time!
he specifically said that the game did not use analog sticks when outlining the controls at the beginning, Dpad and shoulder buttons
@@stickpge the dual shock wasnt yet standard part of the ps1 package at the time so there was a chance Ps1 owners didnt have it.
this is what made Ac1's control be so akward, they had to presume a lack of analog sticks.
@@stickpge If not for this channel I'd never know the PS1 even had analog sticks.
I always thought that one of the big changes in the PS2 were the analog sticks. You even had a toggle button for them.
That ending sounds great, the idea of the prolonging the battles to limit how powerful humanity gets and targeting you for being too good a mercenary and disrupting the balance, genius concept by fromsoftware, badass
A pretty good leadup to it as well.
A ranking Raven, one of the best in the business, one that previously said that his job is to kill you - which is just fair enough, must be a decently paying contract from Chrome/Millenium - telling you that you're "out of line"? The hell's _that_ supposed to mean now? Whatever, time's money and he's wasting it on his nonsense. Surely what he said has no real implications whatsoever and he's just trying to get in your head.
@thundersoul6795 "nice story bro, unfortunately I have a pulse cannon and the best generator money can offer"
make sure to bhop, double tap the boosters to hop, wait for the AC to land, press booster right before it lands to prevent landing end lag
it makes every old-gen armored core game (pre 4) twice as fast
Yup this is the way. I used to call it dash-strafing. Basically Armored Core's version of circle strafing around someone. Even better if you have a lighter mech and balanced parts for infinite energy.
Low key breaks the earlier games. That and rockets are great bang for your buck (and weight), especially in missions that generally have a fair number of easy to hit enemies.
@@aidanklobuchar1798 In the later games, pairing this with overboost and mid-air laser blades means constantly being up close and doing major damage.
I figured out how to do this as a little kid, made most fights a breeze. The ones it didn't, you just needed bigger explosions.
Bhopping and the movement tech is what makes this series special. To get such deep mechanics in an early psx game is ridiculous. Playing around with your parts to maximize your en efficiency is so great, much better than the builds you get in souls games.
I remember finding the Easter egg, that when you died against 9 ball you were able to fire shoulder weapons while moving. Weird but I loved it.
Also this was were we meet Patches. I believe he was hired to back you up, only to backstab you. Good ole' Patches.
Motherfragger has been pushing you under the bus since Day 1
A few corrections:
1) You don't get the shoulder-weapons-plus-movement from dying to Nine-Ball. Dying to him results in an instant game over. You get that upgrade far earlier in the game through the Human Plus secret.
2) Patches was first seen in For Answer on PS3/360, as "Patch the Good Luck;" in the mission you encounter him in, if you kill his partner first, he stops attacking and begs for mercy. If you leave him alone, he actually leaves the combat area without firing another shot, and the mission counts as completed.
In my defense, my memory is fuzzy on the details, but the love for the game remains clear. Thanks for the corrections.
@@MyHazey Ay, no worries, man. Trust me, there's a few details about some of the games' plots that are a bit fuzzy to me, we all have those moments.
I remember having to ascend through a hole in the bottom of 9 Ball's arena and being proper stoked when i killed him. I think he had weapons that defied the weight restrictions?
Thank you for making this and giving such a thorough experience of why Armored Core is such an awesome game and series.
Back in the mid-90s I plumped for an N64, but armored core was one of those games that had me deeply envious of PlayStation owners. Now finally playing armored core 6, which is a blinder of a game, but man I wish I'd have been able to play these games back in the day
26:20 Fun fact about lil ol' Valkyrie there: Her "missile barrage weapon" is actually a shoulder mounted assault-shotgun. (it's the back-mounted Slug-Gun you can buy and equip, but fires at ludicrous speed instead of really slowly)
It was such an infamous weapon, that you can actually unlock and use a near-functionally identical version of it in Project Phantasma (called "SPGUN") where it is comically overpowered. (the most overpowered stuff in the franchise was found in Project Phantasma. SPGUN is quaint compared to WA-FINGER; a hand-shaped machinegun that basically sprays lead at 5x the next best model and has 1500 rounds. Melts just about everything in seconds, including the final boss of the campaign in that game)
WA-FINGER technically didn't fire any faster than other machine guns, it's just that it fired from all 5 barrels simultaneously, basically it was a ludicrously fast automatic shotgun. Master of Arena nerfed it heavily, making it shoot slower, deal less damage, and reducing the ammo pool from 3000 down to a measly 500.
@@JeffHikari Basically, it was an AR-1000 with way higher base damage, and 5x multi-shot. Only real drawback, if you could call it one, was the short range due to the spray.
Utterly ludicrous weapon though.
@@JeffHikari even with the nerf still one of the best weapons in moa particularly with how weapon tracking got nerfed
@@procow2274 Yeah. :\
A lot of Special locks got introduced in places they really shouldn't have at that.
AC3 had this problem too, and why the majority of designs ran rifles and machineguns to the exclusion of everything else in competitions.
Apart from the XCW-90 and KARASAWA (and arguably the energy shotgun) no other energy weapon was remotely worth running because of tiny lockboxes and lag-sight tracking.
Weapon arms also suffered from this same problem in AC3 too; AC1 and AC2 have very functional weapon arms, even if they completely lack defenses and limited ammo.
So you're saying there's a Valkyrie in a FromSoft game that's one of the toughest bosses in the game and has a ridiculous attack that's fast and hits for massive damage if you get caught in it? Where have I seen that before...?
Two notes your playthrough completely missed:
Energy Weapons don't have an ammo cost. Investing in them early greatly increases your income/makes it much easier to not fall into a debt spiral.
You won't fight Valkyrie at all in your playthrough if you refuse to side with Chrome.
Otherwise, was fun to get a retrospective on a FS classic.
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He also missed the hidden stat: TURNING SPEED, which the backward legs excelled at.
@@MadPirateShin Reverse-joint sucked in PvP due to not being able to sideways/turn boost. Need regular legs for that, not any other.
Reverse joint were fine for many missions though. If I recall they tended to have good defense, particularly vs shell. But if facing a strong AC it might be a bit hard to avoid their attacks due to the lack of side boost.
LN-2KZ-SP were god legs in my opinion. Not available until the expansions though.
Not true. The best energy weapon in the game (the hidden on level three I think) had a 100 round magazine.
@@rjohnson2813 What is it with people that love to say things like "Wrong." Or in your case: "Not True."
Opening with 1 or 2 words, followed by a period, declares with finality that someone else is incorrect. That always comes off as obnoxiously arrogant to me. Which probably isn't a coincidence, because arrogant people generally love to tell others that they're wrong.
But the other thing about arrogant people: they're usually also ignorant. And your comment is a perfect example of all these phenomenon.
If you try to be less arrogant in future, that will help you be less ignorant. And then the world will be a better place; not only for those around you, but indeed for you as well!
"and now the biggest enemy, the camera"
Ah, I was having trouble believing it before but now I see it truly is a fromsoft game.
When you linked two different PSone's together with the link cable option and played on two different monitors, Versus mode has additional stages that were not available when you weren't using the link. They changed from each game, but were always a blast to play.
I only ever got to try this on Master of Arena but it was awesome.
Lugged my PS1 and 27" TV over to a friend's to do this quite a bit. Totally worth the risk of destroying a TV and subsequent years of chronic back pain.
@@mptesteroni lol, yes someone who knows the pain. For us it was lugging a Panasonic TV from my friend's attic down to the living room. It was like having an arcade experience, and it was amazing.
@@baronwest Bargain Battletech Center at home with party favors and pizza
I had a memory card dedicated entirely to this game. Played the hell out of it with my cousin when we were kids. Thanks for the nostalgia trip
Damn thats wholesome af and relatable. Hope you and your cousin can relive 6 together the same way you guys did as kids 😊
In keeping with mecha would love to see a “Was it any good?” For Z.O.E 1 or 2
Phantom Crash and S.L.A.I are cool too
Keeping it mech and PS1, a Future Cop vid would be good.
Front Mission 3
@@jamesraposa942 it’s criminal how unknown Phantom Crash is.
@@r.Ry4N.05 I was literally just thinking about this game when I watched this. Such a great freaking game.
A lot of the mechanics were set in stone so early, love that dedication to its foundations
Armored core, gundam, and mechwarrior are what got me into mechs all those years ago. This game series will forever hold a special place in my heart.
Carrying your core into the next "add-ons" for PSone was also a fantastic touch. Granted, that meant it was the same exact engine as the firsts, but it kept the experience going. I haven't dived into the PS2 sequels as I was just recently able to acquire them. Looking forward to those experiences again
The PS2 sequels are even better with some of the UI problems addressed, tons more parts (and hidden parts), arena ladder matches, better graphics and eventually adding dual analog support (which I just can't get used to).
@@stiimuli Me neither. The tank controls from the originals give the ACs their heft, and you feel more like an Ace when you start getting better at working with the limitations, doing battle in the air. Anything the AI can do, you can do too.
AC 3 is awesome
This was my very first game with my brand new PS1 when I was 10 years old.
It goes without saying that AC pretty much brainwashed me to love mechs for the rest of my life.
Not my first game, but it was the game I had the fondest memories of for that era. Also brainwashed me into loving mechs lol
Amen Raven
This is why I reconfigure every other game to have controls as close as possible to those of Armored Core.
Algorithm fed me this video in the wake of the Armored Core 6 announcement. Owe my lifelong love of stompy robots to playing Armored Core, Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries and watching Return of the Jedi all in the same year as a youth. Always had a pipe dream of an Armored Core and MechWarrior/Battletech crossover.
I think MechWarrior in armored core world will be fucked twice over.
@@KoeSeerwell yeah but mechwarrior games do have ton of overpowered weapons
42:38: "I knew helping would come back to hurt me."
This really does feel like a Fromsoft staple as well. I mean, how many quests in Elden Ring alone does the act of simply doing good things for people result in horrific results, both for you and for them? Like, what if you give Boc a Larval Tear? Or hell, go back to DS1: what happens when you tell Laurentius what he wants to know about Izalith? Or help Siegmeyer progress through the world and save him repeatedly? From loves to make you question whether being indiscriminately kind is a good idea.
I don't think the protag of AC is ever particularly 'kind', it's more a matter of your own pride and/or greed coming back to get you. More akin to having a Very Trusty Friend show you a super rare, super free treasure just *right down there* lol
@@versebuchanan512 I mean Armored Core 4A which is one of the only two directed by Miyazaki absolutely does this with the League ending where you prevent ORCA from carrying out their plan which in-game is heavily implied to be very likely to doom humanity to extinction versus killing thousands to potentially save the species in the ORCA ending.
Reminds me of KOTOR.
You give a beggar money at one point and your mentor starts scolding you for your wanton pointless good-doing. She then uses the Force to show you the beggar later getting robbed and killed because other beggars saw that he'd received credits.
"If you'd ignored him like everyone else, he'd still be alive. But you think you did good by giving him credits, don't you?" -kinda thing.
It's towards the start to reinforce the fact every choice has consequences and those consequences don't always align with intention. Just like real life! 🤓
Hell is paved with good intentions!
@@versebuchanan512 I love how Patches is like a deconstruction of this trope, too. His first impressions are almost always "shady dude doing malicious things to me like an asshat," and almost always ends up "shady dude who actually helps quite a lot and maybe isn't just an asshat." Patches is not a "good" man and is rarely ever helpful just for the sake of it, but somehow ends up being a friend so reliable he transcends time, space, genres and franchises.
Yeah, except this is like the 6th or 7th game they've been doing this. Seeing NPCs dying at the end of their quests over and over and over again has started to get boring to see. I feel like spongebob getting bored of the flying dutchman constantly scaring him. Shock factor stops working when you keep being exposed to it
Great Video!
Don't know if someone already mentioned it but there are actually 2 different routes in AC1. The one you picked is the pro-Murakumo route, where you help them defeat Chrome. The other route is exactly the opposite defeating Murakumo and their space stations and what not.
The last two missions of both routes is the same. The trap of boss savage and the final one are exactly the same.
The trigger of the route depends on which mission you pick at the "Factory". Either Chromes request "Guard Factory Entrance" or Murakumos "Secret Factory Recon".
EDIT: Actually another thing I'd like to tell you. You're one of the only people who played this game and realized the Human Plus cutscene is related to Hustler One/Nine Ball by comparing the lamps to the one in the final room. The lore may sound complicated but I'm also really sure that this is the case as well!
I'm absolutely happy that more people are making showcases of AC1 these days. You can't compare Dark Souls/Elden Ring to just King's Field while a lot of From Softwares story telling, narrative and lore was born in this very game.
its until you connect the dots that hustler one himself is an AI nad thus actually has human + as an inbuilt ability sure that makes him cheaty hard in MoA where its basically one giant flat arena you are fighting on and the AI is not derpy enough for the arena version of ninball to be cheesed via mine field
In the Chrome route of the game, they send you a mail after completing "Retrieving capsule", claiming Murakumo actually didn't invent the Human Plus technology. They either found it or were given it. Considering all the points you mentioned as well, I always thought it had to be Hustler One in order to create a rival corporation to Chrome which was older and bigger than Murakumo.
The best part about playing armored core as a kid was getting the Tips & Tricks magazine to see what armored core builds they put together. Good times, good times... and now I feel old.
Meeeeeeeeemories all alone in the moooooonlight
another Tips&Tricks reader!
Here here
That and I always had to get a guide that showed where all of the hidden weapons and parts were.
Sorry mom, I gotta print off another 30-40 page guide from gameFAQs 😀
ARMORED CORE!!!!!!! ARMORED CORE 6 IS REAL!!!!!
Gameplay trailer just dropped like a weak ago!!!!!
🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER (can’t wait for my preorder to come in next month)
OH OH OH, OH OH OHHO
What was I talking about
47:10. good lord someone joked about poison swamps in the new ac. its possible
I remember in AC4, there were many levels where you couldn't use shields due to radiation. So, these levels usually had half a dozen minibosses that could easily kill you in a few hits if they hit you. 🤔
Flipping between the menus was, regrettably, my favorite part of the franchise.
Doing couch pvp in Silent Line was so great, and it was mostly us having 30 second fights and spending an hour tweaking every little thing.
20:25 absolutely prophesized it.
About the terminology,
The "Fuel" is actually the "Energy" bar, the F H E actually means Full, Half, Empty.
The Health points that you thought was "Energy" is actually armor points, it didn't get a label until later games.
44:02 I love how the chaingun is firing to the beat of the excellent battle music :D
I remember my dad raving about one or two games, armored core was one of them. I never realized that it was made by Fromsoftware.
I can't find info on these games so I think my best way to learn more from a fan perspective, how they are, how they've changed and all that, is by asking here.
We're back ravens, we're finally in home.
I played way too much AC1, but it taught me a lesson that was true for the entire series. Energy weapons do not cost anything for ammo. So I always stick with energy for an early game boost in credits. Love your content!
And if you are skilled enough, do the arena for extra credits in the later games. If you can beat enemies in tank treads, it's not stupid.
Personally, I always had a problem with that. Srsly, it was like a 'cheat'. Even Energy weapons should Cost. - Why? Cuz energy comes from SOMEWHERE. and even if it's drawing power from your Compact Fusion Genny onboard.. it still has ammo count which obviously means there's a 'cartridge' of some sort, be it even an Encapsulation field or etc(look at the Plasma Cannon); ie. Energy-based weapons should cost LESS but not Nothing, and the energy cost shoulda been nearly doubled. //espeically considering the Power of these weapons.
and yes, i was like 15-16 when thinking all this back then lol
I believe that wasn't the case in Gen 3
One correction: not all weapons have ammo costs. Energy weaps have zero ammo cost, but still have limited shots available in-mission, use power ( limiting booster use while shooting ), and tend to cost a bit to get. They can be tricky to use ( some of the optional parts help ), but I preferred them for most missions because they saved money overall in a playthrough.
I found exactly the same thing. Then when I needed heavy firepower, I used chainguns on the shoulders of my quad mech. Hit hard & instills poison, sorry Overheating, on your enemies. 😉
@@cutthr0atjake chain guns were also my favorite projectile weapon, but if I had the Human Plus enhancements and the option parts to boost power and e-weaps I used the shoulder plasma cannons. The DPS was much higher, which came in handy for some fights where you needed to maximize the damage of short bursts or expected a "Leroy Jenkins"-style do-or-die finale in a fight ( like the final battle with NineBall in the original game ).
Another part of the games balancing act. Having the balance the risk of your weapons draining your energy pool with the bonus of costing nothing to fire.
I liked firing off my blade like a projectile. I went all in on energy weapons (I'm cheap) so I needed that blade launch to conserve the low amount of ammo. I always be line to the WG-1-KARASAWA and then do the human plus, then buy all the parts while doing human plus until I had what I wanted. I though Human Plus was a secret mode, not a punishment for playing badly.
@@nexusrising2047 That's what I thought, even though I started on AC2, I went into the first mission and failed as hard as a person could fail to get those sweet upgrades.
Love that you added in the secret parts and human plus - for a long time I thought I was the only one that knew about that in my teenaged ignorance and it felt like id found something amazing hidden in the game, I then went on the follow the series and dearly loved every frustrating minuet of it. From software gave me a fantastic bit of my childhood to look back on in quiet moments and I thank them for it. Just as I thank you now for making this and reminding me of it.
Get ready to get a view spike
No.
@@TheNocturnal1 yes
One of the best soundtracks of all time. Shape Memory Alloys, 9, Apex in Circle, and the absolute best track, Ambiguity. All amazing.
46:37 That is a HUGE launch lineup.
You know what’s even crazier?
Three of those games were made by From Software!! Armored Core 2, Evergrace and Eternal Ring (sounds suspiciously similar to Elden Ring 😅)
I love hearing Spyke Spegiel do most of the voice acting in AC, he's in almost every Armored Core game🏆💪💪
Armored core 6 was just announced so you know I had to come back to this vid
Gotta start watching Armored Core vids in preparation for Armored Core 6
Better Play Armored Core Last Raven for ps2 and you'll be fine
Yes play last raven (hardest fromsoft game)
won't do you any good, but it will warn you on a lot of tropes this series has.
I started in Armored Core 3 and I still rememeber my arena build I have since named "The Brazen Bull". I only used it to ace the arena, and it was a heavy tank build with an incendiary SMG on the left, and a flamethrower on the right. the entire point of it was to bull rush into the enemy and overheat them to death, and just dps race them.
A friend of mine in AC2 (or a new age, i forget which one he had) built a SUPER LIGHT AC with handguns only. its sole purpose was to never get hit and overheat the enemy to death with the handguns. My counter, a medium weight swarm missile machine gun build. start of the fight. unload all 20 swarm missiles, tank the frame rate and hope that the restricted movement was enough for me to take him out with the machine gun. a few hits was enough to knock him into the swarm missiles and win. 50/50 at best lol. good times
One of the main things that drew me towards the Armored Core series at first was the soundtracks, so it was really surprising to me to just drop into missions that would have nothing but silence. I thought something was wrong with my emulator. I do think it's pretty interesting, but I was glad when the later PS1 games had more music. I was extremely disappointed when I found out that Nine-Ball's theme would only be introduced in Master of Arena.
Also, it's really interesting to look at older Fromsoft games and see themes that would later be recognized as important parts of the Souls games. Sparse story, unfriendly world and difficulty, whole spreadsheets of character stats, and the Moonlight Greatsword. Always good to see Armored Core get some attention.
The frustrating part about the music for the early AC games is that since there's no volume options, the music generally gets drowned out. It took them an annoyingly long time to add that feature, but the music was also a main draw for me as well. It wasn't until I listed to the music on my computer with headphones that I actually got a chance to really appreciate a lot of it, but it's all great. Nine-balls theme is very good as well. Overclocked Remix has a tribute album for AC, so that's worth checking out if you don't know.
For a long time I had Morninglemontea as my wake up alarm. And Thinker as my bedtime alarm.
It also took them an annoyingly long time to support using the thumb sticks for movement and aiming.
@@SnakebitSTI It surprised me how comfortable I got with the original control scheme over the first 3 games.
Not that I'd ever choose it over the thumb sticks.
I remember playing that as a kid and loving it... Then... Honestly... I completely forgot that game existed until about nowish. Seeing it again though, even with a bunch of issues... Makes me wish we had more games like that nowadays, hell, more games in general. Whenever I see a *Was it Good* video it makes me realize how same-ish all games are nowadays, very little variety, too much of the same with a different tint.
You’ll be happy to know it’s confirmed that From Soft is working on a new AC game as we speak!!!
Music nowadays is pretty much in the same boat. It's why I get a kick out of someone loving modern music but simultaneously giving Nickelback shit for having samey music. Hypocrites can be funny to listen to.
@@joshmay2944 a new Assassins Creed game!!! lol
@devildark It seems largely ridiculous to say ps2 was the swansong of gaming. That's just a level of cynicism that would be unbearable to live in.
@@BPGwynn And why is that?
I was REALLY hoping this would be about the Franchise itself, not just the first game.
But damn, this brings back so many memories. That music especially.
Biggest recommendation: Map both the D-pad and Buttons to look around (so you can at least use those like "sticks.") Then, map your remaining controls to the bumpers. Helped me a lot as it's a much more intuitive control setup that's harder to mess up trying to aim up and down.
Also save scum to high hell, failing missions loses you a lot of money and returning to a previous save helps with that.
I used to do this until I started Armored Core 3.
For some reason when you change the button mapping in 3/SL the eject-part commands stop working.
Almost like he knew 6 was coming.
There was rumor back on February
There were a lot of evidence for AC6 for this year(Leaked pic, recruitment for unannounced mech game, etc.)
But in the end, it finally confirmed and we all could finally rejoice🥲
One of my favourite PlayStation games. I loved how you really had to think about what build to use in order to complete a mission as effectively as possible. I recall trying multiple builds to try and complete the mission with 100s of tiny bots without running out of ammo or dying, only to finally rely on a fast tank build that simply ignored many of the bots in order to rush the actual objective.
Awesome content!
Armored Core will always have a special place in my heart.
Probably unpopular opinion, but Last Raven was my favourite of the bunch. Liked the characters, the little of them the game had and most of the multiple endings were great. Hundreds of hours customizing and trialing ACs against Pulverizers, Daemon or 2-3 Ligers, it shouldn't have been that much fun, but damn, to me it was.
Last Raven is how you END an era of a game.
I played the hell out of that demo back then. I own 4 of the PS2 titles, and they were a huge part of my growing mech obsession as a kid. Finally, I found all my PS2 stuff after a move and replayed AC2!
Well next year you will play Armored Core 6
Armored core is one of my favorite series, I am a huge fan of their indirect, none-linear story telling. It makes you piece together all the bits of info after missions, and the politics between the factions. It is usually several playthroughs later that I'm beginning to understand what really happened. Truly a FROM software masterpiece.
Back when you could buy a fully made game.
If this game came out today it would come with 1/3rd of the parts in the shop, and the cashshop would have the rest of it.
@@DecayedPony mmhmmm. I miss when almost every game was this complete. Not even for nostalgia reasons.
@@DecayedPony This is a really weird thing to say when Fromsoft (who made this game) just came out with Elden Ring a few months ago… Which is being universally praised for being a fully made game on release with no cash shop or anything like that. So no, this game wouldn’t have a cash shop or parts locked behind pay walls if it came out today. Fromsoft NEVER does cash shops or “games as a service”, so the only conclusion I can draw here is that you’ve never played other Fromsoft titles, aren’t familiar with the company, and you stumbled on this video by accident.
@@Sangheilitat117 Wasn't really talking about the company, just if the game was made by lets say blizzard or someone. I can really tell though you love Fromsoft though
@@DecayedPony You should probably specify that then. And I don’t blindly love From, the PvP balance of ER is abysmal, the netcode is inexcusable, and I think spirit ashes are a travesty for multiple reasons. But your statement that “if the game came out today…” didn’t make any sense in the context of From making it, so I felt I had to be the voice of reason and correct it. You can just say “if the game came out today and was made by [insert generic developer here] and it’ll make much more sense.
I played countless hours of that demo disc and Armored Core was always my favorite, it even had a playable splitscreen versus mode that my brother and I played a bunch. It wasn't until years later that I actually played the full game (as well as Intelligence Qube and Ace Combat 2). Awesome video Josh thanks for bringing back some memories!
Armored Core 6 would be great but I really don’t want it to be “dark souls but with mechs”
Elden Ring was supposed to be this new IP but at its core it’s really just “Dark Souls 3 but open world.”
I don't see how it could be. The very basic design philosophies where there but gameplay wise you really have to be looking for similarities to find them outside of the dark world, you're in (even that's broken by the music techno j-pop does not make for an epic boss fight). I never played AC1(and all the ones in the AC1 series) but I played most of the games from 2-5 which is no joke like 10 games and there isn't much to do with Soul's gameplay in it. Closest was V and Verdict Day and that had you jumping off buildings for most of it.
Plus, most good mech games don't control the same as if you were playing a person. That and the guns.
@@dagonofthedepths if you see all the rumor reports about AC6 people keep bringing up dark souls and it makes me cringe
@@lipsontajgordongrunk4328 I wouldn't put much stock in that. Most people just draw comparisons to what they know even if it's not remotely accurate and, in this case, all most people know of From Software is Dark Souls. Like how every 3D turn based game is an XCOM game or how every sci fi fps is Halo.
Even it being AC6 is kind of us making assumptions. I don't think there was anything actually saying it is an AC game other than a survey says it plays like AC. Which to be blunt, Metal Wolf Chaos plays kind of like AC.
Like one article claiming to have seen gameplay (I'm really skeptical about it) says, "The boss fight looked quite Soulsy - the long range gunfire reminded me of Virtua On, that’s my frame of reference, I’m not a mech fan and haven’t played any AC games. The player character in a white mech went in close to the bigger robot boss and fought with like an energy or laser sword, this looked Souls-style.”
-I'll spare you the rest (it's pretty bad) but that's pretty much a person that only played dark souls and has no idea what he's talking about. All I get from that is the game has a lock on system, there is a big boss, and you have an energy blade. But if your only point of reference for a mech game is Virtual On and Dark Souls what are they suppose to say? I would say they shouldn't be looking at stuff like that without basic research but that's me.
For those who like mechs and old games, I recommend the fantastic Front Mission from snes, it's an excellent time strategy rpg.
I only played FM3 on PlayStation but it was one of the best T-RPG at that time, and still is one of the best :)
@@Biouke Best part about FM3 is that you can easily end up in hard mode and think it is the normal game if it's your first time playing. Haha
And if you enjoy that Front Mission Gun Hazard is also a rad time and has a translation :)
Anything Squaresoft before Enix got it's grips on it is worth playing
1 and 2 is getting a remake as well!
I remember when there use to video game magazines. There was one called “Tips and Tricks” and in the back of magazine it had a section for Armored Core builds. It showed how to build them and use them as well.
They also had local tournaments in Michigan as well that they’d share in that section
I remembered thatt magazine and I have 4 copies, too bad it shut down fast, this were are era, the peak of not pay to win games, no additional downloads to pay and to enjoy
Revisiting this video after the events of December 8th, 2022. God bless
Probably my favorite game of all time, and yet, there was piles here I never discovered for myself. Fascinating. This is the best armored core review on youtube, and it's decades after its release. Fantastic mate. Absolutely.
I still dream of the day that we get announcement trailer for a new armored core and hope they go all in with it
I thought they announced armored core 6 recently though?
Pro armored core tip: save after every mission or two and reload if you fail or die, that will stop you from going into super deep debt,
secound pro tip: if your playing on an emulator, you might as well just use save states instead, it saves roughly 2 minutes on every save/load compared to not saving, its hardly cheating either, because the game lets you save anyways, save states are just a convenience so you dont have to navigate menus and whatnot
I remember coming up with a strategy to essentially cheese the Valkyrie fight. Specific shoulder weapon with high DPS potential (some rocket?), careful positioning so you can get behind cover if she uses her shoulder weapon.
To cheese 9-ball, get the large missiles. Unlike small missiles they shoot straight and are viable in tight corridors, plus they do massive damage. Ammo is not high so better get two, one on both shoulders. Drop directly to the bottom of the "container", then just wait until 9-ball follows you and finish him off in the tight corridor where there is no space for him to outmaneuver you.
Hahah. SOunds like u built a MadCat's little brother! xD (BattleTech Reference!) cheerz
Honestly, I'd love to see you play King's Field for this series and take a look at one of Fromsoft's earliest games. It'd be a fun trip to where their core game philosophy was born.
42:43 kinda sounds like the Mihaly plotline in Ace Combat 7
This series is what got me into From Soft games. People wonder why their Souls games are how they are. AC is the original FASHION souls. The "honorable duels" with friends and iconic bosses with legendary music
the hours of 1v1's i had with my friends i wouldnt trade for anything
Honestly the game that got me into From Soft is Chromehounds, pretty much the Medal of Honor to Armored Core like Call of Duty. I wish Chromehounds was brought back, the Neromous Wars, the factions, the shop and garage and the instances of running into a nation's Superweapon made the game such a feast to play on
In the cutscenes: epic melee duel, tense and resolved in 1 or 2 swipes.
Me and my friend fighting each other: we spent 5 minutes emptying ammunition at each other, then spent HALF A FREAKING HOUR trying to melee each other to death.
@@polpotjay exactly 😄 see my comment in the main thread about endless duels... I wish I'd bothered to record some of those back in the day !
@@explosivehotdogs Lol, i wish i recorded them too, i would have tons of weird and funny clips of my duels.
I heard rumors that the next AC series will be made available on pc, here's hoping to that, my dude!
Me: This can't be like any other FromSoft Game--
*shows the poison swamp like mission*
Me: Aight IT IS A FromSoft game!
If you take suggestions for this series, I recommend trying syphon filter, I was surprised how smooth the first 3 games control and how well made they are overall from story to gameplay.
another amazing game from my childhood. at the time and even still as far as far as ps1 games go syphon filter is very very good.
@@godw1ll99 what blew my mind is that they have strafing, like legit good functional and useful strafing, I don't know any other PS1 game that has that.
@@valdish9620 absolutely. the story was good, the gameplay was good, the mechanics, atmosphere, all of it which made for a memorable experience that i have gone back to in my adult years.
Another blast from the past
I LOVED syphon philter (expecially the second, third not so much). It's a pity this franchise was killed by splinter cell.
20:23 Armored core 6 Confirmed for 2023 today!!!
Cheers everyone!
My first PlayStation 2 game was armoured core 3. I must have spent hundreds of hours, trying out new designs and climbing the arena rankings. This video really took down a nostalgic road this morning!
God, I loved looking for hidden weapons in these games. I believe the very first mission has one, or maybe it was the test arena? Regardless, there's a certain moon-based weapon that makes the classic From Soft appearance in one of the missions behind a breakable floor
I see he referenced these later on in the video haha
This popped in my feed after watching the Armored Core VI trailer... I remember playing bits of this on a freaking demo disc for the PS1 with a few partial levels on it. For some reason I loved it but never got the game, probably because I was a kid with no money. Can't wait for the new one to come out and dive head first into this.
Edit: Wrote this before I watched, different demo disc, but hilarious that it was also brought up as a jumping point.
That interactive disc was something special. The metal music that blared when you fired it up was so badass.
Josh Called it With the AC Sequel.
Armored Core > Everything else FromSoft has made.
These were some of my favorite games on the ps2. I'd spend hours upon hours tweaking these mechs lol
AC VI is a day old and watching this video now I see how much of the original game core design still lives on, it feels like they just took their notes from the time and did everything they wanted then because now they could implement them fully
"Armoured Core is definitely a From Software game if you can fail the intro." LOL I love hearing how difficult these games are
I had no idea it was a From Software game!
It gets wilder, Armored Core: Last Raven is debatably From Soft's hardest game especially if you start it off without carrying over a save file. Then they released it on the PSP. It was something different, that's for sure.
Miyazaki was the Planner for Armored Core: Last Raven and Director for Armored Core: 4 and For Answers.
@@ExtraArk Shouldn't be suprised Miyazaki was the Planner for Last Raven.