@@armoredcorelore The Algorithm seems to be working i got this video on my recommended thanks to the AC6 trailer. The lore looks very interesting so far.
Here for the AC6 hype (as a noob who's never played it, which some old school AC fans hate I guess lol) But I also want to see this channel blow up now! Dude has been grinding for this moment!
Armored Core Lore is to AC what Vaati is to Souls, always a joy to listen to your meticulously crafted expositions, for you it's not a matter of if just of when, keep up the awesome work.
Just beat Armored Core 1, and came right here... The AC stories can be a little hard to piece together at first glance, because of how loosely they're told. This was the perfect companion video to go alongside the game. I played a lot of AC2 when I was very young, but my little child brain didn't have the slightest clue what was going on. I'm very thankful that emulators exist, and I'm finally able to get a proper look at such a formative piece of media from my childhood.
Congratulations on beat ac1 and I'm glad my video helped with the story. Me too about emulators, its allowed old and new ravens to play ac games which can be trouble to find the hardware for or are just getting up there in price.
Some similarities. But mostly fictional and opposite. ACs human population has grown to the point the earth can’t sustain them, whereas in real life, no one is having kids and our population is decreasing. Corporations use their power to interfere in elections, (twitter, fb, etc). The “earth is dying” crowd is still flying private airplanes to preach and buying beachfront mansions while the average person is scared shitless.
Thanks so much for helping to flesh out the lore of these games! Without a doubt, channels like this will help to bolster the community, and with many of us preparing to make AC6 content, that's an invaluable service. Some folks weren't around to remember, but Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 communities could have easily dwindled without lore content bringing many of us together. Good show. ^_^
Been a gundam fan for quite a while and with the upcoming release of AC VI, I'm jumping into this rabbit hole and I've been wondering how i haven't found out about this sooner. Love your narration and great work
Really excited about Armored Core Return.. such an amazing series.. I coudnt put all the pieces together on the Lore.. thank god I found this channel.. thanks for your work!!
AC6 is definitely more simplified than older entries, but the gameplay is still fun as hell and it has a great story told in the classic Fromsoft style, showing and not telling. It's addicting as hell, and I can see why they simplified some menus and gameplay functions (like not needing to boost before you land anymore) to hit a larger audience after all their success with Elden Ring.
This is more than just a playlist of lore. You re a teacher man,as a teacher I can say,u made me have reflections and connections with reality,you re work is so good.Pls do not stop working with this,you really love this game.
Ha ha you are too kind. My knowledge of ac lore still need more work i feel and I've been enjoying having chats with everyone about thier ideas, their own research and generally getting to learn as i do. I am glad to hear you enjoy the work i do though as it makes the creator in me smile. So thank you.
Trivia: The "Stop gang Dark Soul" mission besides of named "Dark Soul" That mission is a Direct reference made to one of Elden Ring's Boss Basically That mission is a Reversed Starscourge Radahn Boss Battle which is an AC(player) as Radahn and Dark Soul Gang as Warriors also the dynamic AC landing was direct reference to make Radahn's meteor strike
Original AC story was the best in my opinion. Just the history behind it how it’s all hidden from the main gameplays and you must scour for it makes it more intriguing. I do wonder what the population number was during AC1 and the Underground War ended up being since these conflicts were devastating to both civilian and military infrastructure.
Ah it would be quite the task to calculate, i mean 70 million people were killed during the whole or WW2 and there were no super weapons then so i can only imagine the numbers would have been higher.
Ha ha. Well i admit the lore is not exactly happy and is quite a lot to go through expect formula front (My fave ac game and the most happy tone we get from an ac game) So i get ya.
I think it's hilarious how they developed Mechs because they were trying to make "energy and resource efficient durable machines" in an ostensibly energy and resource-poor post-apocalypse world; When, in actuality, we'll never see anything like any size of humanoid robot (unless you maybe count some types of far-far-future power armor or something such) because as Isaac Arthur has educated us all, Mechas are actually extremely resource and energy inefficient in general and a horrible use of resources compared to just a scrap tank or weaponized armored truck
I absolutely need a full history on the "moonlight" series of blades for each of the games. They're in every game and referenced even in the Souls series.
Ha ha well i might be a bit behind to be honest. My physical version of the game pre order won't be in till next week.... So i cancelled that order with Game Uk and I am now going to have to look elsewhere.
A part of me has wondered how the story for this game and Master of Arena lined up. Events play out very differently, but the end result is basically the same: the end of the AI governing the underground civilization, and humanity's return to the surface.
Thanks for this. I spent untold hours in 4 and 4a on the 360, but I know nothing about V and the earlier games so this helps for context with the other videos. Here's to hoping one day getting a breakdown of all the games!
@Armoredcorelore But graphically. A true remake not just a game from the past... but that more or less what AC 6 is in default. I think they haven't done them or even Had a remaster because they've been focused souls for all these years until now. Maybe well get some remaster as well as remakes.
An all powerful AI that controls mankind’s ruling class and has its own army sounds like something out of Armored Trooper Votoms, which incidentally is a mecha anime from the 80s with strong influences in future mecha animes and games.
Thank you for your kind words, i admit ac does lack good footage of events before ac and urban chaos was just perfect to show what it must have been like.
I will never get this trope in stories: total ecological collapse, all animals dead, not enough resources to go around, air and water are polluted, food is spars and yet despite all that... they have over pullulation? Seriously how are they able to sustain a rapid population growth when their suppose to be a resource shortage? They established they don’t got enough of shit to go around so pops should be deceasing out of starvation and such not experiencing rapid growth out of nowhere.
I can understand where you coming from. However the overpopulation happens before the great destruction so nothing was dead at this point. The governments of earth however wanted to move people underground to start new lives there and produce underground farms, however while this was being built the powers of the world started wars which leads to use of super weapons like justice which solved the population issue nicely by killing most people off.
Long time fan of AC. I was too young to grasp the concepts back then, I just wanted to play as a big mech, and the story bits were just in the way of the game lol. Thanks for the summary as i delve into ac6.
I get that as a teen i never cared for the story of ac2, it was just in my way after i had to reply the same mission over and over again. Now here i am so deep in the ac lore hole i can't stop digging ha ha and i hope you enjoy ac6. Its certainly has a great story and hidden lore to enjoy.
@@armoredcorelore Armored Core definitely seems like a game I would have enjoyed but I sadly never heard of it until I saw the trailer for the newest one. Your video definitely helped solidify my interest in the series.
I appreciate this lore playlist. I tend to just play the game because it was fun, but never understand deep of the story running behind it usually, like most other FromSoft games.
Do you ever plan on making any content for AC5/Verdict Day? I'd love to have someone help those stories make more sense because armored cores story telling in game has always been lacking.
Yes. I started with ac4 and then came back to ac1 from here i plan to go ac2, ac3 and then ac5. The reason for this is i am slowly getting pages of the AC5 and ACVD books translated so i can have as much information as i can to present the story and its characters. If you would like a quick look at the story line, there is a translation over on reddit i had done. www.reddit.com/r/armoredcore/comments/ua2nmd/armored_core_v_page_translations/ and here www.reddit.com/r/armoredcore/comments/ua2nmd/armored_core_v_page_translations/
Thanks! I just tried playing this in browser to prep for 6, but I lost my save when I closed my browser. The controls are just too archaic for me to force my way through while also learning all the good armors. Atleast I got myself those spider legs-- I'm rushing to those every armored core game I play from here on out.
I'm writing up submission notes for armored core 100% and I wanted to try to come with a concise description of the story but it's pretty hard to do :p
dam i use to play this game when i was little on the ps2 it was ground breaking at the time nothing like it, i had forgot it existed till a6 never even knew i was playing a game from a legendary future studio
This is where I’m gonna start series going to know what is the series of before playing armored core 6 fires of Rubicon So basically this is a recap of the first game
This video yes, its the basic plot of the first game of ac on the ps1. Its just the basic and if you want to go in more detail about characters and subjects such as nine-ball, human plus maybe a well known female raven then i have videos on them too.
The most baffling part of the original game was the end. How does the AI find this mercenary a threat!? You, the player, do nothing besides accepting mercenary contracts. The merc may be good at his job, but has never done anything independently. Are we to believe that a rational AI, calculating that a Raven has become nearly unstoppable, will lure them into its HQ, all in order to kill that Raven? I don't think so. I think the more rational explanation is that the AI network had some sort of internal conflict, and part of it decided to try to use this powerful Raven to destroy the network - or at least whatever part of this AI network that was contained in the hex-shaped computer-things at the end. I mean, if that computer was trying to NOT die, all it would have to do is lock a single door anywhere between the Raven and the central core thing. Hell, you don't even get to the second part of the mission until you've cleared out all opposition and the DOOR IS UNLOCKED FOR YOU! So, Hustler One AI = suicide. Another thing I don't get is how much reach this AI really had? You have the major corporations that would be very difficult to control from behind the scenes. You have Chemical Dyne Co making bioweapons that attack the nearby population indiscriminately. You have Murakumo taking control of the same orbital weapon that caused the Great Destruction in the first place. Chrome is developing their CHAOS MTs that rival a Raven in combat ability, threatening to make them obsolete, and presenting a clear, uncontrolled threat to Hustler One AI. I think it's clear the corporations had grown far beyond the control of this AI. Speculative point. The AI had some limitation on where it could deploy its assets. Signal transmission is an obvious limitation. Why didn't H1 go to outer space? Transmission is spotty, and wouldn't it beat all if Hustler One fell in battle by simply shutting down? There might have also been limitations even on Earth's surface. If the player was such a threat, why did H1 AI send Stru... wrong game, Boss Savage after you? Or maybe Boss Savage acted on his own. Not Sure. The dialogue kind of supports the whole 'too strong gotta take you down' theme. Question: how did the Ravens Nest really survive in the corporate world? Their Ravens had to use parts made by either Chrome or Murakumo. The only people (IIRC) that gave missions were Chrome, Murakumo, Boss Savage, and the Ravens Nest itself. I'd expect that once a Raven takes a mission against one of the corporations, that's it - blacklisted and a bounty put on your head. I mean, by being the primary clients of the Nest, the Corporations were the ones funding the rise of the Nest. I don't understand how having a mercenary company really furthers the goals of the Hustler One AI either. Question 2: I was going to speculate that the corporations had the resources to rebuild the surface, but purposely weren't. I removed that paragraph because I remembered how much of the game was played under open skies. So, what were the rules? The lore states everybody was forced underground, but you've got massive military bases and complexes, and functioning train lines on the surface. You've got the infrastructure in place to transport battalions of huge mechs (each weighting tens of tons) from Earth's surface into space. How many people were already living back on the surface? Speculative point 2: Some AC parts were actually pre-Great Destruction technology that the corporations could never reverse engineer. The corporations made some parts, but pretended to make others, while in reality all the parts were found scattered throughout the world. That's why ACs are so much more durable than much larger MTs and other craft, and why AC weapons packed a much bigger punch. This is also why true ACs were so superior to the General Purpose ACs that Murakumo deployed, and why there as such a distinction in usefulness of weapons. Rare weapons like the Karasawa were military weapons, while handguns and rifles were civilian weapons, which were simple enough the corporations could reverse engineer them. Another example is the Giant MT - despite its size, its performance is very low compared what and AC can do; too slow, and its weapons don't pack the punch you'd expect from something that big. I think the only real hole in this theory is CHAOS from Chrome. Those MTs hit hard, were annoying, but importantly, I remember them being able to take a beating and keep on going.
Ah these are some very good points and maybe why we have master of arena having to take down an AI too, maybe as you suggest the ai was having errors after all the ai in master of arena is very aggressive compared to the ai found in AC1. It was more sit back and watch type however maybe it was faulty resulting in this final battle being as you said a mayor error in its thinking which is why i had to go. As for its reach we know it had the nerve system which connected to all underground cities and that the many hustler one's would suggest it had its own way to construct or repair them. We never do get the location of the HQ of raven nest and it very possible in that area the ai has mts who work factories for it, build and repair acs for them along with conduct trade with the corporations. It possible the ai survived in this world is because it played the game. it made a business; it helped chrome and Murakumo become what they are as such either Chrome and Murakumo knew about the ai but stayed quiet fearing a backlash or played along until they felt they had the power to stop it. Ah see now that is an interesting question because i don't think corporations blacklisted ravens unless they really had too, most where already seen as unsavoury types and some already criminals. Since neither corporation was there yet with MTS to combat them, ravens had use to save on forces plus they made great scape goats for attacking certain groups with the idea that even terrorists could hire ravens so no one could prove who sent a raven. See now the building on the surface is a bit of a grey area, as yes in lore the survivors of the great war where forced underground, however it took them years to rebuild humanity and people became very loyal or maybe better to say reliant on the corporations they proved everything they needed. I could say it was only mts up there but that would be a lie as we have boulder up there with its driver. Was he protected by a suit or was this simple a case of the corporations telling people it's not safe up there, your better down here let us handle the surface. The earth surface may have been safe for quite a while however if people started to leave then the corporations would have to spend more resources to try and control them as such was this may have been simple a way to maintain power. Maybe what we have is a dare i say it a situation where either the corporations are using people with threats to operate on the surface or it all a grand show to maintain power.
@@primarchlogarius The short answer from what I know is no, we're already had a story where a new resource has advanced technology miles ahead. AC4 Kojima Particles which slowly killed the planet. And great destructions are how most of the lore in any ac begins expect ac4. I think this is a newish idea and fromsoftware is looking to expand past ac2 setting of being on mars.
I would agree. Sadly ac never really shows its history that well in (Some of the games) as such anything before the use of armored core in ac1 is not shown leaving me with a lot of mission footages only that don't really give the window view into the great destruction or the back room politics going on.
A good question, we believe it stands for Earth Calendar (Why the D instead of a C? i do not know) But the idea is a bit twisted as it was changed due to the controller having it own calendar system in ac3 and in ac1 it was a different reason i feel the armored core 10 complete works book explains it better then i. AC 1st timeline (AC1 TILL AC2AA) The Earth has changed its standard year for human history to the "Earth Calendar (E.D.)," but the nature of humanity itself does not easily change even if the year changes. AC 2nd time line (For AC3 Till last raven) ED Before Construction of the underground laminated city of Layard begins. Layers are completed. Outbreak of "The Great Destruction." The few survivors are relocated to the Railyard. Layered governance by management. Thereafter, a layered calendar is initiated. The Layard calendar is a calendar established by the administrators as a standard of living for people living in Layard. The year in the Layard calendar is not based on the earth's orbital period, and the day is not 24 hours long. Furthermore, the length of the year and the length of the day in the Layard calendar have changed many times, making it impossible to measure the exact period of time. This was a measure taken by the administrators to deprive the people of the rhythm of life above ground and to acclimate them to underground life. E.D.0000 The administrator confirms that some terrestrial environments have been restored to human habitable levels. The administrators fixed the Layard calendar to the length of one year and one day on earth for the people's coming return to earth. In addition, they changed the year thereafter to Earth Calendar (E.D.) and defined this year as E.D. 0000.
If you told me about the lore of this game 10 years ago,I would tag it as sci-fi. Nowadays.. Kinda funny the AI, at least to some level, wanted to do some level of good. I mean, come on, I wouldn't trust humanity to NOT self destruct for 10 minutes either.
As you say its scary how close we could be to this sort of idea happening. Ai is doing a lot of work now in our world and one day who knows we may come to trust it to lead us.
Where did u get all this info also seeing how the world is rn and where it is headed this sounds like a prediction, well i hope we get cool robots at least
Good question, the answer is that AC3 is a reboot of the series which took some story elements from AC1 and played around with. It even got its own timeline as shown in the book armored core 10 works complete file armoredcore.fandom.com/wiki/Armored_Core_10_Works_Complete_File
@@ensignd.crexote5350 Ha ha like it and Oh well i have done a for answer video on its story and old king himself it can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/TJTDu6S78As/v-deo.html
@@armoredcorelore the armored core six is the first game I played in the series so I can’t tell how it’s the writing for the rest , but it looks to me that previous games had Gundam/Game of Thrones vibes of a lot of backstabbing and politics while six has a bit of supernatural/evangelion especially when it comes to the coral when we discovered that it’s actually the collective consciousness of the Rubicon and the whole fire of ember thing heavily reminds me of dark souls three
@@thelast4646 Neat i appreciate the share of ideas. As from my side i can say politics has always been a thing in ac only its more the politics of an ai overlord or a corporation rather then a government expect ac2aa. We also touch on other ideas from ac games like coral being very much kojima particles that advanced tech years and both destroying a planet only in two different ways. The back stabbing of pilots and corporations to the player is always in ac games along with this idea that a raven is free to choice their own path being a mercenary.
You'll be fine just surrender to your local corporation and do as your told. Ha ha true is one is pretty close to home but luckily no ai master minds just yet.
@@armoredcorelore Yeah that's okay, i'm probably like the only guy in your audience from that place. It took me out of the immersion but did make me laugh. Your videos are ace! Thank you!
So ed according to the armored core 10 complete works stands for earth calendar why the d instead of a c i have no idea. The o you hear was my fault as all dates start with double zero not an O. Hope this helps.
That is a good question. Sadly all i have on hand about the subject is that the ED is based off the earth calendar and the book about this time simple refers to them as the same in some pages, but in others is simple noted as In the year 0106 of the Earth's history.
Mostly from the book armored core the complete work 10. Armored core nexus would also expand on the lore of this game with some of its levels being remastered and lore added for the nexus bonus disk.
@@CombineWatermelon It is you can find it in the internet archive. archive.org/details/armored-core-book/Armored%20Core%2010%20Works%20Complete%20File%20-%20Japon%C3%AAs/page/n15/mode/2up Fair warning it is only in Japanese.
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I hope a new wave of viewership comes your way mate. Armored Core VI’s striking visual trailer got me interested into this universe
Thank you and yes it does look quite the spectacle.
@@armoredcorelore The Algorithm seems to be working i got this video on my recommended thanks to the AC6 trailer. The lore looks very interesting so far.
@@Sad_Cabbage Oh well thank you for letting me know and happy to hear your finding the lore interesting.
Here for the AC6 hype (as a noob who's never played it, which some old school AC fans hate I guess lol) But I also want to see this channel blow up now! Dude has been grinding for this moment!
I will be all over this channel like an AC fan in a garage screen
Armored Core Lore is to AC what Vaati is to Souls, always a joy to listen to your meticulously crafted expositions, for you it's not a matter of if just of when, keep up the awesome work.
Thank you Silver Glint and keep up the good work on your side too.
Can you guys shut up about vati it’s so annoying
Just beat Armored Core 1, and came right here... The AC stories can be a little hard to piece together at first glance, because of how loosely they're told. This was the perfect companion video to go alongside the game.
I played a lot of AC2 when I was very young, but my little child brain didn't have the slightest clue what was going on. I'm very thankful that emulators exist, and I'm finally able to get a proper look at such a formative piece of media from my childhood.
Congratulations on beat ac1 and I'm glad my video helped with the story. Me too about emulators, its allowed old and new ravens to play ac games which can be trouble to find the hardware for or are just getting up there in price.
Always happy to see a new armored core lore video!
Thank you very much.
Why does this sound like real life?
Scary huh.
Cause the more we go on the story It tells comes closer and closer to reality, we Just need an ai thats in controll
games copy real life concepts and exaggerate certian aspects of them
Some similarities. But mostly fictional and opposite. ACs human population has grown to the point the earth can’t sustain them, whereas in real life, no one is having kids and our population is decreasing. Corporations use their power to interfere in elections, (twitter, fb, etc). The “earth is dying” crowd is still flying private airplanes to preach and buying beachfront mansions while the average person is scared shitless.
😬😬😬
Thanks so much for helping to flesh out the lore of these games! Without a doubt, channels like this will help to bolster the community, and with many of us preparing to make AC6 content, that's an invaluable service.
Some folks weren't around to remember, but Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 communities could have easily dwindled without lore content bringing many of us together.
Good show. ^_^
Thank you for your kind praise. Its a pleasure to hear this and i hope to see all old and new ravens and lynx in AC6.
@@armoredcorelore I'll be there! Upgrading equipment in preparation. It's gonna be quite the ride!
Been a gundam fan for quite a while and with the upcoming release of AC VI, I'm jumping into this rabbit hole and I've been wondering how i haven't found out about this sooner. Love your narration and great work
Thank you for your kind praise, I hope to see you in AC6.
I like how this is pretty much a fake history channel documentary!
Well only with less budget, less people and more giant mechs. Ha ha.
Really excited about Armored Core Return.. such an amazing series.. I coudnt put all the pieces together on the Lore.. thank god I found this channel.. thanks for your work!!
Thank you for your kind words.
New TV show being announced brought me to this video. Thanks for the background.
No problem, i hope it helps you enjoy the show.
BEHOLD this chanel may pop off real soon
I may need a sit down and drink if it does.
scary how real this sounds...you know...minus the giant robots. Still thanks for another great lore video.
Thank you and well i think we maybe closer than we think.
Just wait.
@@armoredcorelore as much as I love the armored core series. from the perspective a normal person, I hope that day never comes.
yes just ignore kuratas, talos and m method2
Came for the mech fights, stayed for the story
It is a better good story.
You're about to get a TON of views. Good timing. LoooL
Well all i can hope is that all these new eyes enjoy the videos.
Laughing out out out loud?
What are you glitching?
Lmao, a bottom feeder. Sick.
I'm always so happy when a new AC lore video comes out. I want a new game so bad!
Tell me about it.
Your wish has been granted.
Got your wish congrats
And with this... AC6 has proven to be worth the wait.
AC6 is definitely more simplified than older entries, but the gameplay is still fun as hell and it has a great story told in the classic Fromsoft style, showing and not telling.
It's addicting as hell, and I can see why they simplified some menus and gameplay functions (like not needing to boost before you land anymore) to hit a larger audience after all their success with Elden Ring.
This is more than just a playlist of lore.
You re a teacher man,as a teacher I can say,u made me have reflections and connections with reality,you re work is so good.Pls do not stop working with this,you really love this game.
Ha ha you are too kind. My knowledge of ac lore still need more work i feel and I've been enjoying having chats with everyone about thier ideas, their own research and generally getting to learn as i do. I am glad to hear you enjoy the work i do though as it makes the creator in me smile. So thank you.
with Fires of Rubicon near its release i cant wait to watch more content from you man
Thanks very much, i will do my best to keep it coming.
The timing of this video was straight clairvoyant
I'm just going to say lucky.
Man you had great timing with this video. Pumped for VI?
Too pumped, I'm switching between making the next video and the trailer. Need to calm down and get back to work.
@@armoredcorelore like a visit from an old friend, ac returns to light up our homes, very excited as well
Me playing AC1 be like, I'm part of the raven core are we the baddies or the good guys?
Your just there for the money.
@@armoredcorelore hired merc got yea.
Trivia:
The "Stop gang Dark Soul" mission besides of named "Dark Soul"
That mission is a Direct reference made to one of Elden Ring's Boss
Basically That mission is a Reversed Starscourge Radahn Boss Battle which is an AC(player) as Radahn and Dark Soul Gang as Warriors also the dynamic AC landing was direct reference to make Radahn's meteor strike
I think the Elden Ring boss would be the reference, if anything. AC is the OG
Original AC story was the best in my opinion. Just the history behind it how it’s all hidden from the main gameplays and you must scour for it makes it more intriguing.
I do wonder what the population number was during AC1 and the Underground War ended up being since these conflicts were devastating to both civilian and military infrastructure.
Ah it would be quite the task to calculate, i mean 70 million people were killed during the whole or WW2 and there were no super weapons then so i can only imagine the numbers would have been higher.
Ok i understood that I couldn't care less about armored cores lore, because god if it doesn't sound like a documentary and its scary.
Ha ha. Well i admit the lore is not exactly happy and is quite a lot to go through expect formula front (My fave ac game and the most happy tone we get from an ac game) So i get ya.
I think it's hilarious how they developed Mechs because they were trying to make "energy and resource efficient durable machines" in an ostensibly energy and resource-poor post-apocalypse world; When, in actuality, we'll never see anything like any size of humanoid robot (unless you maybe count some types of far-far-future power armor or something such) because as Isaac Arthur has educated us all, Mechas are actually extremely resource and energy inefficient in general and a horrible use of resources compared to just a scrap tank or weaponized armored truck
AC logic. You got to love it some days and hate it the next.
What a great time since the news about the newest installation was announced in game awards
So i have heard.
I absolutely need a full history on the "moonlight" series of blades for each of the games. They're in every game and referenced even in the Souls series.
Well give me some time and I'll see when i can fit a moonlight vid in. =)
@@armoredcorelore No pressure at all. Thank you for your videos and I hope you recover well from Covid. Please rest up.
OYE, I just got AC6.
Imma be real with ya bro, I want more lore.
Keep up the good work!
Ha ha well i might be a bit behind to be honest. My physical version of the game pre order won't be in till next week.... So i cancelled that order with Game Uk and I am now going to have to look elsewhere.
The legend of Armored Core begins here...
It does and what a start!
Looks like we'll be getting another video for AC6!
I think you will, once i calm down myself.
Nice work on the lore of armored core
Thank you.
I love your channel and more can't wait till 6 comes out lol
Thank you and me either although that will be more work for me =)
Hello game awards viewers
Its a pleasure to see you all.
A part of me has wondered how the story for this game and Master of Arena lined up.
Events play out very differently, but the end result is basically the same: the end of the AI governing the underground civilization, and humanity's return to the surface.
Well you maybe in luck since this weeks video is the story of master of arena.
The world needs a new Armored Core game!
I think we're ready.
Well, now you're in luck!
Better be ready in 2023 because the AC6 is coming
Wish granted
Time to binge this before I dive in to 6! 😸
I hope you enjoy ac6 and the video =)
Get ready my guy with AC6 getting announced I’d imagine there’s about to be a lot of lore interest in AC lore.
Thanks for the warning. I'm just going to make the next video.
Thanks for this. I spent untold hours in 4 and 4a on the 360, but I know nothing about V and the earlier games so this helps for context with the other videos. Here's to hoping one day getting a breakdown of all the games!
Oh we're getting there.
@@armoredcorelore I've never been more excited!
waitin for Klaus Schwab to pop in the storyline
The man is smart so i have read. However i think AC is safe as we have your friendly corporations to rul...help the citizens.
The original Armored Core needs a remakem o could see it digging deeper into the plot points. I feel like the environments would be kind of scary.
Well Nexus did a pretty good at expanded the lore. So we kind of got a remake in that.
@Armoredcorelore
But graphically. A true remake not just a game from the past... but that more or less what AC 6 is in default.
I think they haven't done them or even Had a remaster because they've been focused souls for all these years until now. Maybe well get some remaster as well as remakes.
An all powerful AI that controls mankind’s ruling class and has its own army sounds like something out of Armored Trooper Votoms, which incidentally is a mecha anime from the 80s with strong influences in future mecha animes and games.
It does and i expect we'll see more stories like this in the future too.
Urban chaos footage for rioting was perfect! Love the video
Thank you for your kind words, i admit ac does lack good footage of events before ac and urban chaos was just perfect to show what it must have been like.
I will never get this trope in stories: total ecological collapse, all animals dead, not enough resources to go around, air and water are polluted, food is spars and yet despite all that... they have over pullulation? Seriously how are they able to sustain a rapid population growth when their suppose to be a resource shortage? They established they don’t got enough of shit to go around so pops should be deceasing out of starvation and such not experiencing rapid growth out of nowhere.
I can understand where you coming from. However the overpopulation happens before the great destruction so nothing was dead at this point. The governments of earth however wanted to move people underground to start new lives there and produce underground farms, however while this was being built the powers of the world started wars which leads to use of super weapons like justice which solved the population issue nicely by killing most people off.
please make a full ac lore updated, from the beginning to 5. as a new into the lore i wana know
PREPARE FOR COMBAT RAVENS AC6 IS NIGH
Where did i leave my moonlight?
Hope you get a big influx of views man, kudos to you for being here first
Thank you for your kind words.
Long time fan of AC. I was too young to grasp the concepts back then, I just wanted to play as a big mech, and the story bits were just in the way of the game lol. Thanks for the summary as i delve into ac6.
I get that as a teen i never cared for the story of ac2, it was just in my way after i had to reply the same mission over and over again. Now here i am so deep in the ac lore hole i can't stop digging ha ha and i hope you enjoy ac6. Its certainly has a great story and hidden lore to enjoy.
I wish I could play Armored Core 1 back then.
I think it would be nice but I'm glad i got to play them when i was a little older made appreciate how much ac evolved.
Since the new one is coming and definitely intrigued me I guess I gotta catch up
Well i hope my videos can help with your intrigue and be a bit of fun too.
@@armoredcorelore Armored Core definitely seems like a game I would have enjoyed but I sadly never heard of it until I saw the trailer for the newest one. Your video definitely helped solidify my interest in the series.
@@sirsponge9633 Well in that case i hope to see you around the ac community and maybe in ac6 too.
@@armoredcorelore same
What happened to the Raven in the first armored core game? Did he/she survived the explosion after killing the AI?
Currently that is very much up for debate. As it is possible the raven escaped however there is no concrete evidence of his fate.
@@armoredcorelore I see, thank you for the answer mate, i really appreciated it :) ❤
My mans channel bout to blow up from all the armored core 6 fans.
Ha ha i would welcome them with open arms.
I appreciate this lore playlist. I tend to just play the game because it was fun, but never understand deep of the story running behind it usually, like most other FromSoft games.
Honestly it was the same for me until i one day dived down the ac lore rabbit hole. There is a lot to discover about the game and the books.
Yes 🤤 more lore from thr armored core universe...sounds wicked. AC6 is a masterpiece
It is fun and now I am finished with the game with all endings its lore time!
I played this a ton as a child, couldint remember a damn thing. Thank uou!
Thank you for watching.
I feel like something like this is gonna happen in our real life future 😞.
Armored Core is back, let's goooo!!!!
Systems engage!
Do you ever plan on making any content for AC5/Verdict Day? I'd love to have someone help those stories make more sense because armored cores story telling in game has always been lacking.
Yes. I started with ac4 and then came back to ac1 from here i plan to go ac2, ac3 and then ac5. The reason for this is i am slowly getting pages of the AC5 and ACVD books translated so i can have as much information as i can to present the story and its characters. If you would like a quick look at the story line, there is a translation over on reddit i had done. www.reddit.com/r/armoredcore/comments/ua2nmd/armored_core_v_page_translations/ and here www.reddit.com/r/armoredcore/comments/ua2nmd/armored_core_v_page_translations/
Playing through 1 right now and not really knowing what's going on. Anyways, cheers.
Cheers, hope your having fun anyway.
Armored core 3 on ps2 was my favorite.
Well we're getting there.
Thanks! I just tried playing this in browser to prep for 6, but I lost my save when I closed my browser. The controls are just too archaic for me to force my way through while also learning all the good armors. Atleast I got myself those spider legs-- I'm rushing to those every armored core game I play from here on out.
I am a fan of the quad legs myself so you get my thumbs up for using them.
When Rubicon launches tons of people will flock here.
We'll see.
YOU ARE A BADASS FOR THIS
Thank you for your kind words.
One the most strange and funny things is the fact Metal Wolf Chaos maybe is a prequel of Armored Core 1.......maybe....
Crossing them timelines.
I'm writing up submission notes for armored core 100% and I wanted to try to come with a concise description of the story but it's pretty hard to do :p
Ah well i hope my little video helps even a little.
This sounds as if Zero from Metal Gear Solid 3 is giving us this briefing
Well I don't know if that is a good thing or not. Ha ha.
dam i use to play this game when i was little on the ps2 it was ground breaking at the time nothing like it, i had forgot it existed till a6 never even knew i was playing a game from a legendary future studio
How time flies, hopefully see you in ac6.
when are you gonna do 5 and verdict day?
When i have most of the acv books translated as there is so much in there.
I finished AC1 on an emulator. Incredible work how you managed to get all this lore. From Software know how to hide it well.
Thank you for your kind words and they did mind you hiding some in Japanese only books is a bit of bummer.
As an ace combat fan it’s gonna be hard getting used to seeing AC and thinking armored core
It is quite the issue with so many games that can be shorted to AC, but I think we can do it =)
This is where I’m gonna start series going to know what is the series of before playing armored core 6 fires of Rubicon So basically this is a recap of the first game
This video yes, its the basic plot of the first game of ac on the ps1. Its just the basic and if you want to go in more detail about characters and subjects such as nine-ball, human plus maybe a well known female raven then i have videos on them too.
@@armoredcorelore thanks
" we don't have enough resources to feed and house the population but we have enough for giant mech wars"
I mean clearly, who would not want giant lasers and mechs?
man...the universe is pretty interesting
and its only going to grow more.
Awesome video
Thank you, same back to you on the last raven one.
The most baffling part of the original game was the end. How does the AI find this mercenary a threat!? You, the player, do nothing besides accepting mercenary contracts. The merc may be good at his job, but has never done anything independently. Are we to believe that a rational AI, calculating that a Raven has become nearly unstoppable, will lure them into its HQ, all in order to kill that Raven? I don't think so. I think the more rational explanation is that the AI network had some sort of internal conflict, and part of it decided to try to use this powerful Raven to destroy the network - or at least whatever part of this AI network that was contained in the hex-shaped computer-things at the end. I mean, if that computer was trying to NOT die, all it would have to do is lock a single door anywhere between the Raven and the central core thing. Hell, you don't even get to the second part of the mission until you've cleared out all opposition and the DOOR IS UNLOCKED FOR YOU! So, Hustler One AI = suicide.
Another thing I don't get is how much reach this AI really had? You have the major corporations that would be very difficult to control from behind the scenes. You have Chemical Dyne Co making bioweapons that attack the nearby population indiscriminately. You have Murakumo taking control of the same orbital weapon that caused the Great Destruction in the first place. Chrome is developing their CHAOS MTs that rival a Raven in combat ability, threatening to make them obsolete, and presenting a clear, uncontrolled threat to Hustler One AI. I think it's clear the corporations had grown far beyond the control of this AI.
Speculative point. The AI had some limitation on where it could deploy its assets. Signal transmission is an obvious limitation. Why didn't H1 go to outer space? Transmission is spotty, and wouldn't it beat all if Hustler One fell in battle by simply shutting down? There might have also been limitations even on Earth's surface. If the player was such a threat, why did H1 AI send Stru... wrong game, Boss Savage after you? Or maybe Boss Savage acted on his own. Not Sure. The dialogue kind of supports the whole 'too strong gotta take you down' theme.
Question: how did the Ravens Nest really survive in the corporate world? Their Ravens had to use parts made by either Chrome or Murakumo. The only people (IIRC) that gave missions were Chrome, Murakumo, Boss Savage, and the Ravens Nest itself. I'd expect that once a Raven takes a mission against one of the corporations, that's it - blacklisted and a bounty put on your head. I mean, by being the primary clients of the Nest, the Corporations were the ones funding the rise of the Nest. I don't understand how having a mercenary company really furthers the goals of the Hustler One AI either.
Question 2: I was going to speculate that the corporations had the resources to rebuild the surface, but purposely weren't. I removed that paragraph because I remembered how much of the game was played under open skies. So, what were the rules? The lore states everybody was forced underground, but you've got massive military bases and complexes, and functioning train lines on the surface. You've got the infrastructure in place to transport battalions of huge mechs (each weighting tens of tons) from Earth's surface into space. How many people were already living back on the surface?
Speculative point 2: Some AC parts were actually pre-Great Destruction technology that the corporations could never reverse engineer. The corporations made some parts, but pretended to make others, while in reality all the parts were found scattered throughout the world. That's why ACs are so much more durable than much larger MTs and other craft, and why AC weapons packed a much bigger punch. This is also why true ACs were so superior to the General Purpose ACs that Murakumo deployed, and why there as such a distinction in usefulness of weapons. Rare weapons like the Karasawa were military weapons, while handguns and rifles were civilian weapons, which were simple enough the corporations could reverse engineer them. Another example is the Giant MT - despite its size, its performance is very low compared what and AC can do; too slow, and its weapons don't pack the punch you'd expect from something that big. I think the only real hole in this theory is CHAOS from Chrome. Those MTs hit hard, were annoying, but importantly, I remember them being able to take a beating and keep on going.
Ah these are some very good points and maybe why we have master of arena having to take down an AI too, maybe as you suggest the ai was having errors after all the ai in master of arena is very aggressive compared to the ai found in AC1. It was more sit back and watch type however maybe it was faulty resulting in this final battle being as you said a mayor error in its thinking which is why i had to go. As for its reach we know it had the nerve system which connected to all underground cities and that the many hustler one's would suggest it had its own way to construct or repair them.
We never do get the location of the HQ of raven nest and it very possible in that area the ai has mts who work factories for it, build and repair acs for them along with conduct trade with the corporations. It possible the ai survived in this world is because it played the game. it made a business; it helped chrome and Murakumo become what they are as such either Chrome and Murakumo knew about the ai but stayed quiet fearing a backlash or played along until they felt they had the power to stop it.
Ah see now that is an interesting question because i don't think corporations blacklisted ravens unless they really had too, most where already seen as unsavoury types and some already criminals. Since neither corporation was there yet with MTS to combat them, ravens had use to save on forces plus they made great scape goats for attacking certain groups with the idea that even terrorists could hire ravens so no one could prove who sent a raven.
See now the building on the surface is a bit of a grey area, as yes in lore the survivors of the great war where forced underground, however it took them years to rebuild humanity and people became very loyal or maybe better to say reliant on the corporations they proved everything they needed. I could say it was only mts up there but that would be a lie as we have boulder up there with its driver. Was he protected by a suit or was this simple a case of the corporations telling people it's not safe up there, your better down here let us handle the surface.
The earth surface may have been safe for quite a while however if people started to leave then the corporations would have to spend more resources to try and control them as such was this may have been simple a way to maintain power. Maybe what we have is a dare i say it a situation where either the corporations are using people with threats to operate on the surface or it all a grand show to maintain power.
How close are we to giant robots?
All of these events are already happening lol
I mean we have giant gundam somewhere right.
Came here to gain knowledge for 2023 prep
I shall do my best to give you the knowledge you seek. And of course questions are welcome too.
Me too!!
@@armoredcorelore is there any reference about Rubicon? Or is that potentially what the new story is about?
@@primarchlogarius The short answer from what I know is no, we're already had a story where a new resource has advanced technology miles ahead. AC4 Kojima Particles which slowly killed the planet.
And great destructions are how most of the lore in any ac begins expect ac4. I think this is a newish idea and fromsoftware is looking to expand past ac2 setting of being on mars.
@@armoredcorelore Thanks 🙏🏽 much appreciated. Yes it would make sense to expand the lore universe while being conscientious of past chronicles.
Get ready for an influx of new viewers.
I might just hide behind the next video.
we already have rivalring robotic companys, boston elctronics and method2 to only name two
Well when they take over the governments of the world with giant mechs i may start to worry a little.
I think relevant footage from the AC games would've been a lot more interesting to watch than some stock photos.
I would agree. Sadly ac never really shows its history that well in (Some of the games) as such anything before the use of armored core in ac1 is not shown leaving me with a lot of mission footages only that don't really give the window view into the great destruction or the back room politics going on.
With the new game coming out.. gotta know what's up!
I hope you find the answers you seek.
Hey man,what does ED stands for?Like the year ED070,what ED means?
Awesome work you make in the lore of the game.
A good question, we believe it stands for Earth Calendar (Why the D instead of a C? i do not know) But the idea is a bit twisted as it was changed due to the controller having it own calendar system in ac3 and in ac1 it was a different reason i feel the armored core 10 complete works book explains it better then i.
AC 1st timeline (AC1 TILL AC2AA)
The Earth has changed its standard year for human history to the "Earth Calendar (E.D.)," but the nature of humanity itself does not easily change even if the year changes.
AC 2nd time line (For AC3 Till last raven)
ED Before
Construction of the underground laminated city of Layard begins.
Layers are completed.
Outbreak of "The Great Destruction." The few survivors are relocated to the Railyard.
Layered governance by management.
Thereafter, a layered calendar is initiated.
The Layard calendar is a calendar established by the administrators as a standard of living for people living in Layard. The year in the Layard calendar is not based on the earth's orbital period, and the day is not 24 hours long. Furthermore, the length of the year and the length of the day in the Layard calendar have changed many times, making it impossible to measure the exact period of time. This was a measure taken by the administrators to deprive the people of the rhythm of life above ground and to acclimate them to underground life.
E.D.0000
The administrator confirms that some terrestrial environments have been restored to human habitable levels. The administrators fixed the Layard calendar to the length of one year and one day on earth for the people's coming return to earth. In addition, they changed the year thereafter to Earth Calendar (E.D.) and defined this year as E.D. 0000.
If you told me about the lore of this game 10 years ago,I would tag it as sci-fi. Nowadays.. Kinda funny the AI, at least to some level, wanted to do some level of good.
I mean, come on, I wouldn't trust humanity to NOT self destruct for 10 minutes either.
As you say its scary how close we could be to this sort of idea happening. Ai is doing a lot of work now in our world and one day who knows we may come to trust it to lead us.
Where did u get all this info also seeing how the world is rn and where it is headed this sounds like a prediction, well i hope we get cool robots at least
The information comes from the book Armored Core Official Data Book after some translation work and it is very close to the current world situation.
@@armoredcorelore ikr its fascianting
scary too ha ha
Why does this almost sound how armored core 3 played out
Good question, the answer is that AC3 is a reboot of the series which took some story elements from AC1 and played around with. It even got its own timeline as shown in the book armored core 10 works complete file armoredcore.fandom.com/wiki/Armored_Core_10_Works_Complete_File
What was the game shown at 2:14 in this video?
That would be urban chaos.
I just got here but i going to watch every episode until 6 gets here :)
Funny enough the same with me. Its only about a few years ago i fell into the ac lore hole and now I'm so deep i can't get out ha ha!
Awesome.
Thank you.
I recall killing over 1millon people in AC for Answer, shooting them down in their flying cities.
Good times
Ah Lap Dog ha ha. It was quite the mission and the impact i think is one a lot of lynx still think on.
@@armoredcorelore yup! “lap dog” as a badge of honor. I was the most giddy 16yr old lol
Plz do For Answer video!!
@@ensignd.crexote5350 Ha ha like it and Oh well i have done a for answer video on its story and old king himself it can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/TJTDu6S78As/v-deo.html
@@armoredcorelore 🤌🏾 thanks!
AC 6
LETS GO!!!!
Systems engage!
Are they still pushing that ozone hole BS? Lol!
Ozone lane nah such a old story. Now giant death space laser that what's killing off earth this week.
Who here after AM6? Reveal
Well welcome. Hope you enjoy.
Armored core is dystopia indeed
Just beat ac6 you can tell that soul series helped influence the writing for the armored core 6
Honestly i will have to take souls players word for it as i played demon souls until a black slime boss then never went back to it.
@@armoredcorelore the armored core six is the first game I played in the series so I can’t tell how it’s the writing for the rest , but it looks to me that previous games had Gundam/Game of Thrones vibes of a lot of backstabbing and politics while six has a bit of supernatural/evangelion especially when it comes to the coral when we discovered that it’s actually the collective consciousness of the Rubicon and the whole fire of ember thing heavily reminds me of dark souls three
@@thelast4646 Neat i appreciate the share of ideas. As from my side i can say politics has always been a thing in ac only its more the politics of an ai overlord or a corporation rather then a government expect ac2aa.
We also touch on other ideas from ac games like coral being very much kojima particles that advanced tech years and both destroying a planet only in two different ways.
The back stabbing of pilots and corporations to the player is always in ac games along with this idea that a raven is free to choice their own path being a mercenary.
This just… sounds like real life. I don’t think I wanna live on earth anymore. I’d rather not be crushed like a bug by big honkin robots…
You'll be fine just surrender to your local corporation and do as your told. Ha ha true is one is pretty close to home but luckily no ai master minds just yet.
Huh, odd seeing a local labour demonstration in this video 😂
Honestly ac does not have any good clips or video of events that don't happen in the game.
@@armoredcorelore Yeah that's okay, i'm probably like the only guy in your audience from that place. It took me out of the immersion but did make me laugh.
Your videos are ace! Thank you!
@@Splozy Thank you for your kind words and I appericate you letting me know this though as i will avoid it in future videos.
@@armoredcorelore nah lad, you crack on! 👍
What does ED and EDO mean?
So ed according to the armored core 10 complete works stands for earth calendar why the d instead of a c i have no idea. The o you hear was my fault as all dates start with double zero not an O. Hope this helps.
@@armoredcorelore Oh thanks!
what does E.D.O stands for?
That is a good question. Sadly all i have on hand about the subject is that the ED is based off the earth calendar and the book about this time simple refers to them as the same in some pages, but in others is simple noted as In the year 0106 of the Earth's history.
I hear this game is available on the American PlayStation 3 store. Gutted it’s not on the uk store.
It is a shame very much like the tron bon misadventures game on ps1. Such a good game.
Howdy from Rubicon 8)
Howdy =)
Where'd you learn all this?
Mostly from the book armored core the complete work 10. Armored core nexus would also expand on the lore of this game with some of its levels being remastered and lore added for the nexus bonus disk.
@@armoredcorelore where can I see the book? Is it available in PDF?
@@CombineWatermelon It is you can find it in the internet archive. archive.org/details/armored-core-book/Armored%20Core%2010%20Works%20Complete%20File%20-%20Japon%C3%AAs/page/n15/mode/2up
Fair warning it is only in Japanese.
@@armoredcorelore thanks
That is a wonderful movie!!
Ｉ play armored core too
Thank you.