The story of the formula front world where a's are not longer tool of war, but instead for the pure joy of watching metal clash and selling products to the public.
Hi all some quick notes about this video. 1. I make the mistake of call Bren, Bran even though i say it right later in the script. 2. I say ogre used reverse joint legs when they in fact use bipedal legs and finally i call H and C, H and R. Apart from that if you would like to read the messages and new reports from the ps2 Formula front i will leave a link to a g drive with all the rough translations i did while playing through the game below. Thanks again for reading. Link for G drive with rough ps2 translations. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pADAHlR-UrtwysNfI0M_SouIQnVlKuMy?usp=sharing
My First Armored Core. Not much of a game, but a good starting point and a fun playground to try out AC parts without thinking about budgets. God! This game made my childhood ❤️
@@Novice_Mecha64 oh a very good starting point having all the parts to play with and seeing what they can do. Plus the whole sport entertainment idea is what makes it my fav along with the lore of ofcourse ha ha.
As said by Vaati: "If it is how peacetime looks like in Armored Core,I'll take a corporation nightmare,please". But honestly,I liked this games at the time. Played both PSP and PS2 when I was a child (I guess I was six or seven years old then). Thanks for video.
@@RouterChain Ha ha thanks and it is a fun escape from the evil corporation world of ac just for a bit. Honestly though between this and all the other ac worlds i would live in this one without question.
It is and really the game play allowed the team to go very deep into details about the league through the news and mail systems. Well in the ps2 version, but the psp versions still have a place in my heart.
According to the AC wiki, the fourth and fifth volume of Enterbrain's _Armored Core EXTRA GARAGE_ reference book states that Formula Front takes place between Silent Line and Nexus.
@@andrewrogers3067 Theorized to happen between Nexus and Last Raven, allegedly the point of Ninebreaker is to find Raven strong enough to destroy all Pulverizer.
@@armoredcorelore I need to fix my PS2 so I can play it or upgrade my PC so it can bear running PS2 games properly. But I like the idea of Armored Cores being more a sport than tools of war on a dying world.
Me too much as i like the stories of the other games, i will always have a soft spot for this game and the p2 version more for just how wacky some of the mail is.
So customizable toy AC's were a thing in lore. Makes me wonder how good that 30mm (30 Minutes Missions) Collab with AC6 is going to be. Excellent video as always btw.
Even after the most emotional AC, AC VI, FF still my fav AC. I love how it plays (and fuck that hover tank with the vertical missile) since you literally become a manager, technically. But damn..., I wish FromSoft make another FF, if not in/using the AC name.
@@leoornstein3963 Perfect! And i want nineball to be controlled by a very cool anime character with red hair who always either saves the day or is the rival of the series.
@@armoredcorelore Hustler 1 being a title equivalent to the Meijin position from Build Fighters would be cool and incorporating Ayre in it would be cool (Papa Walter)
Once again, I had no clue all this was going on in the background back in the days when I was crushing the league on the PSP. But I do say, this was the first step for the programming of UNAC. ^~^
I admit nethier did I until I dived deep into the ps2 version. The psp ones have always been what i played so when i recently played the ps2 version why it was like a treasure chest of world building and lore.
@@armoredcorelore psps, mainly bc the emulator I use the most is mac-exclusive and can run only run up to Gamecube at best but also due to the QoL changes
I can't believe a game that play itself could be this fun, when you win you feel proud of your machine, and at the same time it makes you want to tear your hair when it does something dumb, my Junk Warrior pulled an epic win against a Tank AC today :'3, still I wanted to kill her when she rushes like an idiot and eat 3 Tank shoots the face Xd.
Oh know that feeling. You really do get feels with your ai ac, one minute your cheering them on for going around the tank instead of standing in front of it and then they will run into a wall and keeping going. Gotta love the ai sometimes ha ha.
YOOO!! I never expected a acl vid of my favorite ac game, love the work you do man. also its a headcannon for me that after years of fightingthey handle all of their problems in ff with the competitions where ravens can just fight in the sport.
Thank you and well I admit its my favorite too so I had to do a video on it (and i would live to do more) Ah I love that head cannon, I admit this is my fav ac game and the Japanese ps2 version only made me love it more.
Now that I think about it... It would be nice if we had a Armored Core game where the Arena became more profitable than corporate wars and we enter as a Raven that wants to become a Nine Breaker but there's some factions that want to bring back the old ways of corporate warfare and bloodshed. Like, one Armored Core game where there's at least one TRULY hopeful message and ending.
Reminds me of an anime known as IGPX (or Immortal Grand Prix). At least in the aesthetics if not the bare bones of it. Mecha used exclusively for sporting competition despite being power houses all their own.
Oh the similar designs are there, then again I suppose you can only draw or create some many mech parts. But I think your right, its more to hit that old ac nostalgia button.
It would be a sick anime. Plus I'd like fromsoft or whoever creates it to use some new va's too as there is no real voices in the game so it really be a good place for new va's to stand out.
Excellent vid! I was just listening to the OST two days ago. I'd never played the PSP version and, to my understanding, the 2005 North American PS2 entry that I played was not the same version that was released in Japan. I'd always wondered if the story beats were the same between the different versions. Thanks for clearing that up and thanks for sharing!
Thanks shok! Honestly the difference between the ps2 and psp are quite a bit. I enjoyed the psp version, but the ps2 version with more emails and world building news stories made me love it more.
I remember liking this game enough to replay through the story at least twice if not more: once while ignoring the AI system entirely in lieu of 'remote controlling' the AC, then again to see if my winning design, this speedy biped with an Exceed Orbit core, Linear Cannon weapon arms, and no other weaponry could crack it controlled by the computer. Maybe no other weaponry...can't remember if I mounted missiles too or went without them in lieu of ludicrous speed. Pretty sure either way the AI I set up humbled me arse showing how it could easily beat the tankier U-AC's with my design whereas I had to resort to using said design's EO core to finish them off after running out of ammo otherwise.
A naked playthrough nice. Yes the game does like to humble player I remeber being toss aside by ai when I thought my liner cannon only tank could take the whole league. It could not ha ha. And now on the ps2 version kisaragi is kicking my behind.
FF's the only game in the series I haven't played myself. The soundtrack's got some real gems though. I've put a few of its tracks on loop while I play games or work on things.
Ah yes, the bastard child, the forgotten, and the unspeakable devil of Armored Core franchise. It's truly sad the ACTUAL story of Formula Front, the idea and premise could be a very exciting "sport management" kind of game ala F1 Manager 23, but alas, FromSoftware at the time wasn't very good (to put it the harsh way; let's be honest to ourselves, pre-Gen 4 Armored Core is very outdated and clunky). It was barely even qualify as "sport management" back then. Like, imagine if we could build our own part, like in F1 Manager, you're slowly raking up money, developing and researching more powerful part, and thus climbing the ladder. You have sponsor, team morale, facility that affect your team as a whole, and even choosing your own team member (engineer, researcher, team principal, etc.) I'm almost certain that Formula Front are very much inspired by Formula 1. From how they handle the league/division (Bottom League is just Formula 3), who's at the top at the time (Testarosa Artigiana is Ferrari, obviously, **cough** back when they're still good **cough**), and including all the controversies surrounding the sport. But somehow any other team is harder than Arti lmao (just like the actual Ferrari). And also, fuck that guy with missiles spam build, the Fibro guy, I hate that guy, I hate that mech.
I may love this bustard child too much ha ha. I mean to be fair its true ff is not a hard core sport managment sim. Which while that would be cool i think the ps2 version of this game is more sport sim then the psp one as they cut down a lot in the psp game. But I feel it the sort of game you can turn on, enjoy it and it does no overstay its welcome.
The first story just feel more realistic that a technology as awesome as armoured core is used not only in the battle field but also in a civilian hand, just felt more realistic that way
A warm welcome and it is. This and another game called nine breaker are radically different from the other ac games. I myself love this game and its story! The Japanese ps2 version only made me love it more with its details on other teams and what happens within the x league
This game need to be am add on!!!all the tools and analytics and today the ai assisted back end it couldn't a reactive ai for the game kinda like the nemesis system from lord of the rings games. Any ways THIS needs to come back and be added to 6.aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Hey i would not say no to a new formula front with new ac shing ac6 parts. I bet with how people understand ai know we could have some very skilled ai. That or more running into walls ha ha
Hi all some quick notes about this video. 1. I make the mistake of call Bren, Bran even though i say it right later in the script. 2. I say ogre used reverse joint legs when they in fact use bipedal legs and finally i call H and C, H and R. Apart from that if you would like to read the messages and new reports from the ps2 Formula front i will leave a link to a g drive with all the rough translations i did while playing through the game below. Thanks again for reading.
Link for G drive with rough ps2 translations.
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pADAHlR-UrtwysNfI0M_SouIQnVlKuMy?usp=sharing
finally the only AC timeline that had a hopefull and lively atmosphere!
Exactly there is a little bit of sunshine even in ac lore. And I love it ha ha
My First Armored Core. Not much of a game, but a good starting point and a fun playground to try out AC parts without thinking about budgets.
God! This game made my childhood ❤️
@@Novice_Mecha64 oh a very good starting point having all the parts to play with and seeing what they can do. Plus the whole sport entertainment idea is what makes it my fav along with the lore of ofcourse ha ha.
As said by Vaati: "If it is how peacetime looks like in Armored Core,I'll take a corporation nightmare,please". But honestly,I liked this games at the time. Played both PSP and PS2 when I was a child (I guess I was six or seven years old then). Thanks for video.
@@RouterChain Ha ha thanks and it is a fun escape from the evil corporation world of ac just for a bit. Honestly though between this and all the other ac worlds i would live in this one without question.
It’s kinda interesting to see a universe where AC’s are just a normal part of every day life and not used for war
It is and really the game play allowed the team to go very deep into details about the league through the news and mail systems. Well in the ps2 version, but the psp versions still have a place in my heart.
According to the AC wiki, the fourth and fifth volume of Enterbrain's _Armored Core EXTRA GARAGE_ reference book states that Formula Front takes place between Silent Line and Nexus.
The wiki does however I have yet to get my hands on the books to confirm it myself. So I won't mention it until I have checked it.
What about Ninebreaker?
@@andrewrogers3067 Theorized to happen between Nexus and Last Raven, allegedly the point of Ninebreaker is to find Raven strong enough to destroy all Pulverizer.
When Armored Core is not grimdark and everyone live happy world.
A happy sports world where at least its more team ranking issues and money issues rather then war for resources.
People can not like Formula Front being on a peaceful time, but that's the only Armored Core timeline where it is bearable to live.
This is very true, although i admit i really do like FF and would love more games like it.
@@armoredcorelore I need to fix my PS2 so I can play it or upgrade my PC so it can bear running PS2 games properly. But I like the idea of Armored Cores being more a sport than tools of war on a dying world.
Me too much as i like the stories of the other games, i will always have a soft spot for this game and the p2 version more for just how wacky some of the mail is.
You know what. The world of formula front is wild
And well I love it!
Reminds me of wipeout lore
@@nono-hy7gb Been ages since i played Wipeout.
So customizable toy AC's were a thing in lore. Makes me wonder how good that 30mm (30 Minutes Missions) Collab with AC6 is going to be. Excellent video as always btw.
Thank you and It would seem so. As for the collab I hope it goes well for them. More ac merch is always good.
Even after the most emotional AC, AC VI, FF still my fav AC. I love how it plays (and fuck that hover tank with the vertical missile) since you literally become a manager, technically.
But damn..., I wish FromSoft make another FF, if not in/using the AC name.
Oh they knew what they where doing wide open level, lots of slopes to hide behind and staying as far away as it can. Oh I would love a new ff.
this was my first armored core game actually, really fun, me and my brother would both create our own ACs on seperate savefiles and battle them out
Neat i admit i did not have family or friends who played the game so mostly solo play for me ha ha.
Armored Core 3: The Sporting Age!
Best sport ever ha ha
Formula Front is giving off Mobile Fighter G Gundam vibes! Warfare is instead replaced by a series of 1-on-1 arena matches.
And they even sell small acs you can use at home.
I like some of these lighter lore vids, making something interesting of something so light.
Neat, as it is my fav ac game as well i am happy to hear people are enjoying it.
That artwork on the first psp title is pure kino
It is pretty sweet.
Ah yes, Armor Core build fighter.
I would love that. Little white glint battling other acs.
@@armoredcorelore manifesting a AC Build Anime where *everyone live* 🙏
@@leoornstein3963 Perfect! And i want nineball to be controlled by a very cool anime character with red hair who always either saves the day or is the rival of the series.
@@armoredcorelore Hustler 1 being a title equivalent to the Meijin position from Build Fighters would be cool and incorporating Ayre in it would be cool (Papa Walter)
Once again, I had no clue all this was going on in the background back in the days when I was crushing the league on the PSP. But I do say, this was the first step for the programming of UNAC. ^~^
I admit nethier did I until I dived deep into the ps2 version. The psp ones have always been what i played so when i recently played the ps2 version why it was like a treasure chest of world building and lore.
wait no terrorism? no genocide? Are you sure this is an Armored Core game 🤣Welcome back from the holidays ACL!
I know! I love it ha ha. Thank you it was a nice break =)
Are you telling me that Armored Core invented gunpla battle with the Cu-ACs before gunpla battle was a thing?
I would like to say yes! But I know little about gunpla lore.
@@armoredcorelore Gundam Build Fighters is now a must watch!
@@Echo_419 I'll have to find some time too then.
The only AC world that I want to live in.
You and me both.
I've always loved the Formula racer or Valkyrie aesthetic for mecha so I've always had a soft spot for this installment.
It certain is a different take for an armored core game and i can say with a smile its got a soft spot in my heart.
How coincidental that I literally just started emulating this game yesterday lol, glad to have a more condense guide to help rly get into it :D
I wish you luck fellow architect, you emulating the ps2 one or the psps?
@@armoredcorelore psps, mainly bc the emulator I use the most is mac-exclusive and can run only run up to Gamecube at best but also due to the QoL changes
@@MewTubeHK That's fair, i wish you luck and hope you enjoy the game. I know i enjoyed my replaying of it for this video.
I can't believe a game that play itself could be this fun, when you win you feel proud of your machine, and at the same time it makes you want to tear your hair when it does something dumb, my Junk Warrior pulled an epic win against a Tank AC today :'3, still I wanted to kill her when she rushes like an idiot and eat 3 Tank shoots the face Xd.
Oh know that feeling. You really do get feels with your ai ac, one minute your cheering them on for going around the tank instead of standing in front of it and then they will run into a wall and keeping going. Gotta love the ai sometimes ha ha.
they can braindead Ubisoft IA and the next time goes full Raiden and lands 4 Moonblades hits in a row XD@@armoredcorelore
@@alexisbaz8746 Gotta love FF ac ai ha ha.
YOOO!! I never expected a acl vid of my favorite ac game, love the work you do man. also its a headcannon for me that after years of fightingthey handle all of their problems in ff with the competitions where ravens can just fight in the sport.
Thank you and well I admit its my favorite too so I had to do a video on it (and i would live to do more) Ah I love that head cannon, I admit this is my fav ac game and the Japanese ps2 version only made me love it more.
Now that I think about it... It would be nice if we had a Armored Core game where the Arena became more profitable than corporate wars and we enter as a Raven that wants to become a Nine Breaker but there's some factions that want to bring back the old ways of corporate warfare and bloodshed. Like, one Armored Core game where there's at least one TRULY hopeful message and ending.
Would be very neat and think of the lore.
Reminds me of an anime known as IGPX (or Immortal Grand Prix). At least in the aesthetics if not the bare bones of it. Mecha used exclusively for sporting competition despite being power houses all their own.
Might have to look it up.
Watching these lore videos, I noticed parts designs that were clearly reused in VI. I'm sure it's to hit people right in the nostalgia lol
Oh the similar designs are there, then again I suppose you can only draw or create some many mech parts. But I think your right, its more to hit that old ac nostalgia button.
I want that palm sized unmanned AC toy. 😢
How many years more a toy robot could be manufactured?
Not soon enough I want my tank ac to roll around my house and get stuck on walls.
Formula Front anime when, wild that AC beated Gundam Build Fighters before it was a thing.
It would be a sick anime. Plus I'd like fromsoft or whoever creates it to use some new va's too as there is no real voices in the game so it really be a good place for new va's to stand out.
This could be a good anime idea 😆
It would be an awesome idea. And in game they do make a movie about the FF
Armored Core anime? Hah, snowflakes from twitter won't survive this.
@@vladcrow4225 🤣 I think your right
@@armoredcorelore I would love that, and more would know about armored Core and more will get the games that would be nice 😌
@@axelmartinez2413 More armored fun!
Excellent vid! I was just listening to the OST two days ago. I'd never played the PSP version and, to my understanding, the 2005 North American PS2 entry that I played was not the same version that was released in Japan. I'd always wondered if the story beats were the same between the different versions. Thanks for clearing that up and thanks for sharing!
Thanks shok! Honestly the difference between the ps2 and psp are quite a bit. I enjoyed the psp version, but the ps2 version with more emails and world building news stories made me love it more.
I remember liking this game enough to replay through the story at least twice if not more: once while ignoring the AI system entirely in lieu of 'remote controlling' the AC, then again to see if my winning design, this speedy biped with an Exceed Orbit core, Linear Cannon weapon arms, and no other weaponry could crack it controlled by the computer. Maybe no other weaponry...can't remember if I mounted missiles too or went without them in lieu of ludicrous speed.
Pretty sure either way the AI I set up humbled me arse showing how it could easily beat the tankier U-AC's with my design whereas I had to resort to using said design's EO core to finish them off after running out of ammo otherwise.
A naked playthrough nice. Yes the game does like to humble player I remeber being toss aside by ai when I thought my liner cannon only tank could take the whole league. It could not ha ha. And now on the ps2 version kisaragi is kicking my behind.
FF's the only game in the series I haven't played myself. The soundtrack's got some real gems though. I've put a few of its tracks on loop while I play games or work on things.
There are some bangers.
Spent many hours playing this during my childhood, since I could take it to school or anywhere and play it while not busy. good times.
A trip down memory lane. Like it.
Ah yes, the bastard child, the forgotten, and the unspeakable devil of Armored Core franchise. It's truly sad the ACTUAL story of Formula Front, the idea and premise could be a very exciting "sport management" kind of game ala F1 Manager 23, but alas, FromSoftware at the time wasn't very good (to put it the harsh way; let's be honest to ourselves, pre-Gen 4 Armored Core is very outdated and clunky). It was barely even qualify as "sport management" back then.
Like, imagine if we could build our own part, like in F1 Manager, you're slowly raking up money, developing and researching more powerful part, and thus climbing the ladder. You have sponsor, team morale, facility that affect your team as a whole, and even choosing your own team member (engineer, researcher, team principal, etc.)
I'm almost certain that Formula Front are very much inspired by Formula 1. From how they handle the league/division (Bottom League is just Formula 3), who's at the top at the time (Testarosa Artigiana is Ferrari, obviously, **cough** back when they're still good **cough**), and including all the controversies surrounding the sport. But somehow any other team is harder than Arti lmao (just like the actual Ferrari).
And also, fuck that guy with missiles spam build, the Fibro guy, I hate that guy, I hate that mech.
I may love this bustard child too much ha ha. I mean to be fair its true ff is not a hard core sport managment sim. Which while that would be cool i think the ps2 version of this game is more sport sim then the psp one as they cut down a lot in the psp game. But I feel it the sort of game you can turn on, enjoy it and it does no overstay its welcome.
The legend of Armored Core takes a strange turn...
A good turn i feel. Can't be doom and gloom all the time.
@@armoredcorelore Indeed. For once, we see a bright spot in an otherwise pretty dark universe.
I know fromsoft and namco dont produce mobile games, but this could totally be bring back as a f2p mobile game
I mean we did have ac mobile games and i feel with f2p i think we'd all be gambling for nineball.
Nice work On this story of formula front
Thank you for your kind words.
international is the first (technically second) ac game I ever played. I loved it
Nice and I love it too. My favorite ac game and playing the Japanese ps2 version only made me love it more.
formula front has a story?
Well sure, but let's be honest the story is more about the world itself then the unknown architect.
Let's go! One of the best games in all of AC!
Heck ya and I say that with all the bias of loving this game ha ha
@@armoredcorelore No shame. FF is like a cross between AC and Monster Rancher: another personal favorite franchise.
@@rreckinreturns Monster rancher is cool too! Dam you giant rock golem punch the rabbit! Punch! ha ha. Oh no shame here ha ha!
@@armoredcorelore A golem man is a cultured man. 😅
@@rreckinreturns ha ha I should know the monster species by now however last Monster rancher I played was 4.
Formula Front could be good anime
Yes it could.
I liked that fact you showed chatty as soon as this game was all about ai acs i could help but draw a comparison even though it makes no sense
Just felt right to talk about another ai for the next video after talking a lot about ai in formula front.
@@armoredcorelore 100% brother
Sooo it possible to have Linus AC-tip?
Sure but hopefully with less drama ha ha.
Is this a spin off armored core game? Im new to this franchise. And also this game story is fantastic both of them
The first story just feel more realistic that a technology as awesome as armoured core is used not only in the battle field but also in a civilian hand, just felt more realistic that way
A warm welcome and it is. This and another game called nine breaker are radically different from the other ac games. I myself love this game and its story! The Japanese ps2 version only made me love it more with its details on other teams and what happens within the x league
My first ac
Nice, mine was ac2 but i fell in love with FF when i played it.
UNACS for id this where they come from VD!???!!!! Brooo
Ha ha well these Ai are call U acs but i mean you could say this where the idea came from.
This game need to be am add on!!!all the tools and analytics and today the ai assisted back end it couldn't a reactive ai for the game kinda like the nemesis system from lord of the rings games. Any ways THIS needs to come back and be added to 6.aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Such a hard game lobe it. I have been thinking about it for years especially since relase
Hey i would not say no to a new formula front with new ac shing ac6 parts. I bet with how people understand ai know we could have some very skilled ai. That or more running into walls ha ha
I'm still around my friend. I've just been trying to keep my head above water.
Happy to hear that ace, you'll get there.