Due to the outro of the video being cut off at the end thanks to nearly a day of rendering with many failures. Let me write here what would have been there. I want to say a big thank you to the ravens who lent thier voices to this video, so please do check them out. Proxy Warrior: twitch.tv/proxy_warrior First Raven: www.youtube.com/@TheFirstRaven Armored Core Exile: www.youtube.com/@armoredcoreexile Rreckin Returns: www.youtube.com/@rreckinreturns As for the next video topic it will be about Jack-o.
Ha ha you know I liked Vaati video, respect to him for playing through the series and hands dirty. All these videos are going to shine a nice big spotlight on AC, so as an ac fan i could not be happier =)
This channel is an endless resources, a library of the past. These games that we hold dear lose meaning in time, which is why it is so important to hold on to the past. Thank you for this indepth video, sir.
To be fair it's the Pulverizer route 2 that's probably cannon as it's the only one where you actually become the Last Raven. Because in the Zinaida route...Jack - O technically isn't dead. He's just 'Lost"
I am super new to AC and this is my first ever AC game. After 7~10 hours (mostly tinkering with the control and arena), this game left a huge mark on my mind for how brutally fun it really was. I am in love with the game and this video makes me love it even more. Thank you, ACL
Well it is quite the game to start with, but good on you for for taking the bull by the horn with the hardest ac game to date. I am glad to hear your having a blast with the game and that my video helped helped in making you love the game even more. It made me smile and i hope to see you in ac6!
@@armoredcorelore Oh, i was pulverized on numerous occasions and was ready to quit on any second. But something about this franchise just keeps pulling me back to the game. It's now 3AM in my country and i am still up, tinkering with emulation to play ACFA
@Armoredcorelore You and the others did a great job on this video. One of my favorite uploads from you, second place is your armored core 4 and for answer vids.
This game never shows off the most important characters... The AC transporter and the mechanic XD Literally working a 24 hour shift to keep that AC up and running
Just imagine the spare parts theyve got. Itll be the only thing that would make sense how the mechanic can keep up with the repairs and damages and maintenances all under a few hours in between deployment
It was quite the project let me tell you. Still the audio is a bit of a miss on this one, but i think all of the guests can be heard and I'll learn from it.
Dude, you are a godsend. You are the only one who explain the Last Raven timeline *with every Raven who died in the event you do the mission in every route* Everyone goes down until you, the only Raven who stood up against the future of the wretched world. *The Last Raven* edited : I recommend to listen this video with some ACLR BGMs, especially The Cocoon and The Nest when it hits 12 hours remaining and 3 hours remaining . It's really help you (and give you the nostalgic -existencial dread- feeling) immerse what happen in the surroundings
I think i got them all to be honest I'm not sure as after a while it all started to blend together ha ha. Sounds like an good idea to me, as i was worried about audio so no music in the video for me.
A few things strike me about this. 1. Solid collaborative work, though it could use some audio balancing. Thanks to all of you for this. 2. My god the Raven gets an insane amount done in a single day worth of time. Never mind how hard working the repair and rearm crew must be! I have to wonder how much money the Raven earned in a single (busiest day of your life!) day of work. Pre-expenses of course, because all that AP and ammo isn't going to be cheap. Come to think of it, there likely are at least 3 shifts of 'support crew' on hand working themselves to the bone. Not to mention our operator who might have gotten at most a nap or two for an hour between things. You'd think the operator and Raven are AI's or something given how they just _keep going_ at such an insane pace. 3. It's amazing just how detailed the timeline of events Fromsoft worked out for said 24 hours really is. To the point I really want to know what Ravens 'Canonically' took the job Zenida gets so upset about if you do not. For a whole lot of Ravens, we can figure they took specific jobs because of when they die and what mission we would fight them on. (Assuming they have mostly the same offers the player sees for work.) 4. I was right, the Internecine can design and send out Pulverisers at an insane rate, even if it only ever makes a new one when it's single unit is destroyed. There's 1-2 hours between Pulverizer deployments at least twice on some routes. The Internecine also seems to either hold a grudge or see the player's Raven as the best battle data, given the Humanoid legged Pulverizer's showing up so quickly after the quad leg's defeat. Could be coincidence due to them being thrown into combat zones though I suppose.
Thanks for the feedback Sorain =)The first point is on me, i did try to do some audio editing however it went from worse to bad to omg what did i do. But learning about it should be helpful in the future. As for the others, i'd hate to be on the raven team, it must be consent go in that garage and poor Sheila either lives off energy drinks and coffee or as you said has power naps between missions. The detail is deep, i mean all this in a day is quite packed and I'm sure one day we'll figure out who took what and what made Zinida such an angry raven. I honestly think a writer may have bent the rules of the creation process of the pulverisers to have the raven fight two of them back to back. Either that or the ai prebuilt both knowing Jack-o's plan.
To talk about your second point. I have a friend in the US air force and he is a maintainer, a crewman who is focused on repair and maintenance of aircraft. He told me that after his first month of being a maintainer, all the blood in his system has been replaced with caffeine, therefore explaining how they were able to get all that work done.
As someone who loves the AC games since the good ol' PS2 days and has been a FromSoft fan since then, you and Vaati are making me so happy with how you're spreading the word of this wonderful series, and I am so excited that AC might FINALLY get the recognition I think it deserves! AC6 might finally put the series in the limelight after so long!
Oh I hope so lupin, as an ac fan I am very happy to see the surge of videos for ac now. We have a community that is talented and shows thier love for the series. Good times I hope are ahead.
I can't agree more. I have a Ps2 myself in great condition with most the ps2 Ac titles except ninebreaker and the psp titles with the exception of formula front which I have. As well as the ps1 titles.
@@armoredcorelore I wasn't even aware there was a website. I actually found this channel through another UA-cam video. If there is a website, and there is a UA-cam channel that has exactly what I'm looking for in terms of armored core content, specifically weapons, tactics, FCS nuances, etc, I'd most likely would subscribe to them to. :)
Possible solution for the mystery of secret mission/extra final ending. I think that it would take place after the Zinaida route, and the one that sent the invitation to protagonist Raven (or at the very least piloted the final Pulverizer model) was Jack-O himself. Here are the clues pointing to that scenario. 1. In the First Pulverizer Route, it is hinted that Evangel was piloting the stabby-stabby humanoid model. 2. Game established that Pulverizers were being made in Internecine of which Jack-O knew and tried to actually control the whole process. Both manufacturing and leading Pulverizers into battle using best pilots available (Dominants preferably) as pilots. 3. The whole process of Jack-O eliminating even his loyal friends for the sake of finding Dominants points to the aforementioned possibility, as killing off your own elite soldiers due to false accusations (which Jack-O made up) is working only in Alliance's favor. 4. Finally, Jack-O is considered LOST not DEAD during final hours of Zinaida Route, he also sends the final mission request to the protagonist. That makes it highly probable he was holed up in Internecine and had just enough time to get himself strapped into Final Pulverizer model, while Zinaida and protagonist Raven did all the heavy lifting in the background. Or its just a fun bonus, like fighting Stinger, Phantasma and Nineball Seraph in Another Age. :]
If it wasn't Jack-O sending the invitation, it might've been Internecine's programming last initiative before it ran out of power completely. After all, it is the red Pulverizer symbol (we see shiny blue ones on working models throughout the game) that is seen in the miniature on the mission select screen.
Jack-O's route likely involves him taking care of Evangel personally after realizing what Evangel had done and leaves both Zinaida and the Last Raven to decide who gets to be last man standing as they had been denied multiple opportunities to kill one another to prove who is the dominant
Thanks for presenting all this lore so well. You’re an excellent lore master for this series, your passion and knowledge are plain to see and it’s a joy to watch your content while killing time at work!
@@armoredcorelore I went through the same struggle as well. The difficulty is quite well deserved since near the end of the game outside of a few other pilots you are realistically the last raven after the end of the 24 hour war and dealing with the final pulverizer. However this game is somewhat forgiving in that you can restart at the check point in most missions or go back to the garage to change your setup and success/failure ratio isn't thing because again at this point of the 3rd gen timeline if you fail you die.
Oh LR holds it title as hardest game well and you right it does fight that this raven who seems to have missed the human plus train is pitted against foes they should have no chance against. But through blood, sweat and tears they become the last raven. As for me I'm off to relax ha ha.
I can't explain the joy finding this channel and seeing it grow as it has. You are the vaati for armored core lore and i as a long time fan playing armored core since i was like 8 or 10 renting from blockbuster, i am so happy to see armored core finally getting the attention and praise it deserves. I can't wait to see the videos you'll make on armored 6 as we all go through that game together as a community. Keep up the amazing work man!
Thank you for the kind praise. It is nice to see AC get some love after all this time and I'll be here i hope with ac6 lore as we learn it. Mind you i will have go away for a week or two to play it through ha ha.
It must have been awful for everyone, i mean trying to go to work and suddenly ac attacking, no bombers, no a big red machine of death. You would just call in sick won't you.
Well i think we'll have quite the showcase of skills when AC6 is out. The battlefield will smell of burning metal and run black with the oil from fallen armored cores.
Ah a perfect timing to be a spectator for the LR explanation. I've been waiting for this, an approval time to have lunch with. My appreciation to you fellow raven
Ok, this is one of the coolest lore videos from any franchise I've seen. It was so epic having all of the guests here tell a different side. Awesome job as always, and hopefully I can see you in the battlefield soon, Raven!
Yes fantastic after another video of armored core makes me appreciate again you being the best at actually talking about the story, broken record I'm sure but honestly you deserve so many more subs for all these.
Well done, certainly more effort than this story deserved. If I'm not mistaken, this is the last mainline game story for you to cover until AC6 comes around, making it more fitting considering the title. As another comment stated, I did wish there was a way to determine what Ravens did whichever missions you did not choose during the paths, as well as who killed who if not by you. Sadly, the game offers little if any insight into that, and as such we could only guess. Or assume Zinaida is doing all the other kills cause the developers and storywriters favored her way too much. 6:44 - This implies the LR Raven is in fact the same from Nexus (that you can import data from Nexus also supports this theory), meaning Rim Fire's still mad about his dead dad. 1:30:13 - If we assume the Secret Ending is part of the storyline, it confirms the Aerial Pulverizer ending is canon. Jack-O is never confirmed killed in the Zinaida route (he's still "lost" when he sends you the final mission request), and Ed Weiss's after mission report, while ambiguous, implies he's still alive at the end. Regardless, good video, and kudos to all that lent their voices/aid to this.
Oh my this is such a lovely video that practically shines with how much effort was put in it The only issue i can find is the audio is a little off at times But nonetheless this is such a delightful video
Just a week away from AC6's release now and I'm happy to have found this video! Not sure if I count as an AC vet if I've only ever played Last Raven my whole life (thanks, 7 year old me) but it makes me happy to be all grown up to buy a more modern Armored Core game. My first ever since Last Raven too! Gonna be using this vid to get the endings I haven't got yet! Even after playing Last Raven myself for a while now since I got it again this year, I could not get half of the endings lol
I like to think we're all just lynx and ravens with different experiences =) And please do i admit it was quite the struggle you can see from my older comments i must have lost a month to this game to get all the ending and a lot of hair.
As a kid this is my first game of armored core on the PSP, I never liked it because it was so hard. Now that i have the emulator and experience on playing armored core 3, i can play it greatly but it's still very hard.
Oh it is. LR certainly took the So you think your good, think again approach. Mind you i will have to have a go at the psp version too for a certain raven video.
@@armoredcorelore I think it's harder in the PSP due to only having one joystick while the ps2 controller having 2 joysticks, then having small screen and the weapons being balanced.
@@mariestidola3573 its actually harder than the PS2 not because of the controls the FCS locks boxes in Last Raven portable were SHRUNKEN DOWN for the PSP so yeah thats some black magic stuff From Soft did as the AC3-SL were 1:1 you may have to look for the lock box fixes cheats if you want those to be fixed search for "Armored Core: Last Raven Portable - Lock-on Mod and AC-to-NEXT"
Armored Core and being made by FromSoft makes more and more sense the longer you think about it. I am actually excited for the reboot since the PS3 era attempt basically floundered.
The legend of Generation 3, and by extension, the original Armored Core gameplay formula concludes with one last war... A war that will truly test the mettle of any Raven that is willing to endure it. (Translation from what I've heard: THIS GAME IS F**KING HARD!!)
Great video, my only gripe is the audio levels being all over the place. I am very happy you are at the end of the PS2 AC but at the same time is sad because we will never return to this style of gameplay.
Thank you and that is a fair gripe i am taking this as a learning experience to learn and avoid such problems in later videos. And well there is still my to do list with a few ps2 ac items to do, so I'll be back to cover them after 5ht gen is done.
@@armoredcorelore collaborations are difficult to oversee when there are multiple parties involved. However as a UA-cam the learning never stops, cheers and congratulations on your success. I remember when your channel was on the 1k subs and now look at it. It’s on fire 👏🏼👏🏼
After playing AC6, I always wonder why there always be one raven even only until after seeing this video, I have a feeling someone from fromsoft was a fan of last raven considering the concept of one raven only and honestly I really like the idea behind it and I hope it’s stay that way
Gotta say its nice to find channels dedicated to this series since it was just recently revealed to me and i wish i had be playing it prior to AC6 (gonna try to plat AC6 while watching the video just gotta S all missions)
Holy crap! First off, you're almost at 10k; that's incredible! Do you have anything special planned to mark the occasion? And secondly, I can't wait to watch this extra-length/extra-detailed dive into Last Raven. Your content just keeps getting better and better; it makes me really happy to see you getting progressively more rewards for it! Cheers bud, keep 'em coming! :D
Thanks Bravo and honestly I haven't thought about it as I'm now working on the fifth gen stuff ha ha. Still I know a channel where I can get some laughs when I need to chill out.
@@armoredcorelore I hear ya man. Kinda kicking myself for missing your Pinned post about it >_< Question for ya and sorry if you answered this already but do you have any thoughts about the gameplay Footage Vaati recently dropped and will you be making a video about it?
@@ObsidianDragon7030 Ha ha don't be Dragon, i would have like it to have been perfect, but I'll take this vid as a learning experience and do better =) Funny enough i have not been asked about the vaati footage as i have watched the 4 minute footage we got and heard about Vaati and cowboy recreating the hub. Still my thought on it is from what i have seen it looks like a fun game, but till i get a copy in my hand i won't like to say it the best ac game ever. From the hub recreation i do feel a strong acv vibe from the game but again speculation is fun, but I'd like to play it myself before i judge. In all honest i won't be making a video as i have the lore of fifth gen to write up, footage to capture and we have so many videos about it now that i think I'll let the band wagon go by.
Will BJ really count as the lead in LR? For some reason the AC pilot on the cover only appears in VR, and you only get his head in the extra mission. Why send an AC to the cover if it doesn't add anything to the story? ah, before i thought she was zinaida
I would say artist design as last Ravens cover is pretty cool in my opinion. Apart from that unless this is what the last raven is suppose to look like after it's all over, but that's just speculation on my part.
@@armoredcorelore i mean, this raven is the player raven? Just appear in the intro, and put it just for vr arena is sad. Every ac in the face of the game (and intro) belongs to a main character or a important, think if white glint is just see in arena mode
@@unknownas9705 I hear you but honestly I can't think of a reason for this. Maybe it just the joys of video game crunch and sadly this ac was meant for more but ended up being shoved in vr because time was againest them.
@@armoredcorelore that's the point, as long as a cover ac isn't occupied by another character, I suppose it's the main character on duty, and yes, I have a habit of copying the exact design if possible (even when the game lends itself to changing pieces ) for the protagonist of the turn. AC3 examples. In ac3 I go directly to assemble the ac de crest of the intro (without the pieces that cause overweight). While in nexus, evangel is the one that appears in the intro and cover and I don't touch him, and I do more to my liking (although he does look a bit like oracle, it's just batman-like). PS: I downloaded xenia for ac4 (I need a better pc to run it well) and when I painted aalya 3 the same as where I live, I realized how "funny" it would look, I should pass it on to get an idea. good night.
This is so amazing to get to be a part of. To the Ravens and Lynx of the past and future, i look forward to seeing you all in the field, and working with you all in the future!
A warm welcome then new raven. And to answer your question armored cores are piloted by mercenaries who are named ravens although the name did change to Lynx in ac4 till ac4a. In acv and acvd the pilots are now just called Mercenaries. One exception here is we know AI like Nineball, the controllers and Chief (ACV) has also been able to control armored cores. Hope this helps and any other questions do let me know =)
Thank i appreciate the info cause I saw the trailer for the new armored core and at the end of the trailer is what made me ask this question cause the pilot and the mech seemed linked together in some way
You failed to mention that Evangel is classified as dead on the Raven list, we aren't given any indication how he died, that has always made me intrigued.
I thought the implication was pretty clear that, in routes where you don't personally kill him, he, like pretty much every other Raven besides the player, Jack, and Zinaida, died to the Unmanned Suicide Weapons when they suddenly attack midway through the story.
the secret ending happens after zinaida ending why? because zinaida did nothing else other than finding the easy way in to battle us leaving the pulvarizer roam free.This way zinaida keeps her full health and peak performance to beat us to a pulp and the pulvarizer that looks like the pulvarizer 2 route one makes kind of sense maybe probably not bye
Excellent work. ACLR is by far my favorite AC game because of its story, replayability, AC fights with the good ol fashioned Ps2 ACs. I only wish i could get access to OP INTENSIFY here, id love to really experiment with more builds and weapons. If anyone could help me out with that, thatd be amazing.
Thank you for the kind words. If you are emulating it, there is a forum post that gives the code and how to use them. forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Last-Raven-general-Human-OP-I-cheat-working
Due to the outro of the video being cut off at the end thanks to nearly a day of rendering with many failures. Let me write here what would have been there. I want to say a big thank you to the ravens who lent thier voices to this video, so please do check them out.
Proxy Warrior: twitch.tv/proxy_warrior
First Raven: www.youtube.com/@TheFirstRaven
Armored Core Exile: www.youtube.com/@armoredcoreexile
Rreckin Returns: www.youtube.com/@rreckinreturns
As for the next video topic it will be about Jack-o.
YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH BABY I'M ON LUNCH AND EVERYTHING, LETS GOOOOOO
Much love ACL!
AYY Last Raven! That dude’s rad, awesome he got to work on this!
Thank you again ace. It was a pleasure to work with you =)
Same to you Rreckin, once again thank you for doing this and a pleasure to work with you =)
Man really said "Eat your heart out Vaati." and dropped an hour and a half masterpiece
Ha ha you know I liked Vaati video, respect to him for playing through the series and hands dirty. All these videos are going to shine a nice big spotlight on AC, so as an ac fan i could not be happier =)
@@armoredcorelorewith you and Vaati combined Ac fans are eating good right now
@@Vekette Ha ha well long as they are happy that is all I care about.
Vaati has solid audio quality
Vatti actually gave a shout out to this channel on one of his recent S rank videos.
ACL really said "hold my beer" with this one.
Wonderful stuff guys!
Love to see the collabs
Ha ha again i can't thank all who lent their voices to the video enough. It saved my voice and i hope to work with them all again and others too.
This channel is an endless resources, a library of the past. These games that we hold dear lose meaning in time, which is why it is so important to hold on to the past. Thank you for this indepth video, sir.
Thank you that's very kind of you to say.
To be fair it's the Pulverizer route 2 that's probably cannon as it's the only one where you actually become the Last Raven. Because in the Zinaida route...Jack - O technically isn't dead. He's just 'Lost"
Again possible, the problem with LR is it is very open about it stories and i think it tends to leave the ending up to the player.
Timestamps for each of the routes:
00:00 Intro and Pulverizer 1 Route (ft. Armoredcorelore)
19:49 Jack-O Route (ft. Proxy Warrior)
31:43 Evangel Route (ft. The First Raven)
46:40 Leviathan Route (ft. Armored Core Exile)
54:37 Pulverizer Route 2 (ft. Armoredcorelore)
1:12:47 Zinaida Route (ft. Rreckin Returns)
1:29:42 Secret Ending (ft. Armoredcorelore)
Ah Time-stamps! What an idiot i am. I knew i forgot something. You have my thanks.
Fantastic work. Thank you. ^_^
Not all heroes wear capes! 🦸♂️
I am super new to AC and this is my first ever AC game. After 7~10 hours (mostly tinkering with the control and arena), this game left a huge mark on my mind for how brutally fun it really was. I am in love with the game and this video makes me love it even more. Thank you, ACL
Well it is quite the game to start with, but good on you for for taking the bull by the horn with the hardest ac game to date. I am glad to hear your having a blast with the game and that my video helped helped in making you love the game even more. It made me smile and i hope to see you in ac6!
@@armoredcorelore Oh, i was pulverized on numerous occasions and was ready to quit on any second. But something about this franchise just keeps pulling me back to the game. It's now 3AM in my country and i am still up, tinkering with emulation to play ACFA
@@hathucquan5350 Oh you get some sleep ha ha.
Woooooo! Armored core lore talking about my favorite Armored core games
Well i hope i do it justice. It certainly kicked me up and down.
@Armoredcorelore You and the others did a great job on this video. One of my favorite uploads from you, second place is your armored core 4 and for answer vids.
Thank you and boy that feels like ages ago now.
This game never shows off the most important characters... The AC transporter and the mechanic XD
Literally working a 24 hour shift to keep that AC up and running
Must have been hell or lots of coffee cup everywhere ha ha.
Gotta hand it to the mechanic in particular for speeding those repairs along quickly and efficiently.
Just imagine the spare parts theyve got. Itll be the only thing that would make sense how the mechanic can keep up with the repairs and damages and maintenances all under a few hours in between deployment
Love the fact you got so many ACtubers to help voiceact the different storylines.
It was quite the project let me tell you. Still the audio is a bit of a miss on this one, but i think all of the guests can be heard and I'll learn from it.
Dude, you are a godsend. You are the only one who explain the Last Raven timeline *with every Raven who died in the event you do the mission in every route*
Everyone goes down until you, the only Raven who stood up against the future of the wretched world. *The Last Raven*
edited :
I recommend to listen this video with some ACLR BGMs, especially The Cocoon and The Nest when it hits 12 hours remaining and 3 hours remaining . It's really help you (and give you the nostalgic -existencial dread- feeling) immerse what happen in the surroundings
I think i got them all to be honest I'm not sure as after a while it all started to blend together ha ha. Sounds like an good idea to me, as i was worried about audio so no music in the video for me.
First raven with that FEISAR Profile Picture. That makes the crossover between Wipeout and AC fans a whopping 2
Ah ac fans come from all over
Sucks that Zinaida wanted to fight us even though the battle was over. They could've been our fellow Raven wifey but noooo
Ah there is always fanfiction for such things ha ha.
A few things strike me about this.
1. Solid collaborative work, though it could use some audio balancing. Thanks to all of you for this.
2. My god the Raven gets an insane amount done in a single day worth of time. Never mind how hard working the repair and rearm crew must be! I have to wonder how much money the Raven earned in a single (busiest day of your life!) day of work. Pre-expenses of course, because all that AP and ammo isn't going to be cheap. Come to think of it, there likely are at least 3 shifts of 'support crew' on hand working themselves to the bone. Not to mention our operator who might have gotten at most a nap or two for an hour between things. You'd think the operator and Raven are AI's or something given how they just _keep going_ at such an insane pace.
3. It's amazing just how detailed the timeline of events Fromsoft worked out for said 24 hours really is. To the point I really want to know what Ravens 'Canonically' took the job Zenida gets so upset about if you do not. For a whole lot of Ravens, we can figure they took specific jobs because of when they die and what mission we would fight them on. (Assuming they have mostly the same offers the player sees for work.)
4. I was right, the Internecine can design and send out Pulverisers at an insane rate, even if it only ever makes a new one when it's single unit is destroyed. There's 1-2 hours between Pulverizer deployments at least twice on some routes. The Internecine also seems to either hold a grudge or see the player's Raven as the best battle data, given the Humanoid legged Pulverizer's showing up so quickly after the quad leg's defeat. Could be coincidence due to them being thrown into combat zones though I suppose.
Thanks for the feedback Sorain =)The first point is on me, i did try to do some audio editing however it went from worse to bad to omg what did i do. But learning about it should be helpful in the future. As for the others, i'd hate to be on the raven team, it must be consent go in that garage and poor Sheila either lives off energy drinks and coffee or as you said has power naps between missions.
The detail is deep, i mean all this in a day is quite packed and I'm sure one day we'll figure out who took what and what made Zinida such an angry raven. I honestly think a writer may have bent the rules of the creation process of the pulverisers to have the raven fight two of them back to back. Either that or the ai prebuilt both knowing Jack-o's plan.
To talk about your second point. I have a friend in the US air force and he is a maintainer, a crewman who is focused on repair and maintenance of aircraft. He told me that after his first month of being a maintainer, all the blood in his system has been replaced with caffeine, therefore explaining how they were able to get all that work done.
As someone who loves the AC games since the good ol' PS2 days and has been a FromSoft fan since then, you and Vaati are making me so happy with how you're spreading the word of this wonderful series, and I am so excited that AC might FINALLY get the recognition I think it deserves! AC6 might finally put the series in the limelight after so long!
Oh I hope so lupin, as an ac fan I am very happy to see the surge of videos for ac now. We have a community that is talented and shows thier love for the series. Good times I hope are ahead.
I can't agree more. I have a Ps2 myself in great condition with most the ps2 Ac titles except ninebreaker and the psp titles with the exception of formula front which I have. As well as the ps1 titles.
I've been waiting for this one. Once again, you have proved you are the dominant lore channel.
Thank you for the kind words and i hope you enjoy.
What an absolute honor it was to be a part of this project. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you again for being apart of it Rreckin, hope to work more together in the future.
@@armoredcorelore I hope we can work together more as well. 😊
Now that's a monumental undertaking. Great job ACL, and your guests too! :]
Thank you for your kind words and I can't praise my guest enough. They did a super job all of them.
I never knew that there was a UA-cam channel dedicated to armored core specifically. Thank you Raven, earn yourself a subscription
I appreciate it and i hope you'll check out the other ac channels on the site too.
@@armoredcorelore I wasn't even aware there was a website. I actually found this channel through another UA-cam video. If there is a website, and there is a UA-cam channel that has exactly what I'm looking for in terms of armored core content, specifically weapons, tactics, FCS nuances, etc, I'd most likely would subscribe to them to. :)
Possible solution for the mystery of secret mission/extra final ending. I think that it would take place after the Zinaida route, and the one that sent the invitation to protagonist Raven (or at the very least piloted the final Pulverizer model) was Jack-O himself. Here are the clues pointing to that scenario.
1. In the First Pulverizer Route, it is hinted that Evangel was piloting the stabby-stabby humanoid model.
2. Game established that Pulverizers were being made in Internecine of which Jack-O knew and tried to actually control the whole process. Both manufacturing and leading Pulverizers into battle using best pilots available (Dominants preferably) as pilots.
3. The whole process of Jack-O eliminating even his loyal friends for the sake of finding Dominants points to the aforementioned possibility, as killing off your own elite soldiers due to false accusations (which Jack-O made up) is working only in Alliance's favor.
4. Finally, Jack-O is considered LOST not DEAD during final hours of Zinaida Route, he also sends the final mission request to the protagonist. That makes it highly probable he was holed up in Internecine and had just enough time to get himself strapped into Final Pulverizer model, while Zinaida and protagonist Raven did all the heavy lifting in the background.
Or its just a fun bonus, like fighting Stinger, Phantasma and Nineball Seraph in Another Age. :]
If it wasn't Jack-O sending the invitation, it might've been Internecine's programming last initiative before it ran out of power completely. After all, it is the red Pulverizer symbol (we see shiny blue ones on working models throughout the game) that is seen in the miniature on the mission select screen.
Possible and well i am personally going with the last option you suggested. But as i said perhaps its best left up to ravens to decide if it happened.
Jack-O's route likely involves him taking care of Evangel personally after realizing what Evangel had done and leaves both Zinaida and the Last Raven to decide who gets to be last man standing as they had been denied multiple opportunities to kill one another to prove who is the dominant
Thanks for presenting all this lore so well. You’re an excellent lore master for this series, your passion and knowledge are plain to see and it’s a joy to watch your content while killing time at work!
Thank you for your kind praise.
Im hyped for your breakdown of AC6 in due time.
I'm going to need a note pad and lots of tea.
I just finished Last Raven yestersay (it kicked my ass all over the place) so this is perfectly timed for me
Mine too Prettzx, i have far too much footage of my ac being blown up then actual missions.
@@armoredcorelore I went through the same struggle as well. The difficulty is quite well deserved since near the end of the game outside of a few other pilots you are realistically the last raven after the end of the 24 hour war and dealing with the final pulverizer. However this game is somewhat forgiving in that you can restart at the check point in most missions or go back to the garage to change your setup and success/failure ratio isn't thing because again at this point of the 3rd gen timeline if you fail you die.
Oh LR holds it title as hardest game well and you right it does fight that this raven who seems to have missed the human plus train is pitted against foes they should have no chance against. But through blood, sweat and tears they become the last raven. As for me I'm off to relax ha ha.
I can't explain the joy finding this channel and seeing it grow as it has. You are the vaati for armored core lore and i as a long time fan playing armored core since i was like 8 or 10 renting from blockbuster, i am so happy to see armored core finally getting the attention and praise it deserves. I can't wait to see the videos you'll make on armored 6 as we all go through that game together as a community. Keep up the amazing work man!
Thank you for the kind praise. It is nice to see AC get some love after all this time and I'll be here i hope with ac6 lore as we learn it. Mind you i will have go away for a week or two to play it through ha ha.
These are the kinds of videos I been waiting for from this channel.
A video bringing togther a lot of other ravens to voice?
This was a very nice video for me, as I have been playing the past titles in the old order for a few days now. See you again at Rubicon 3, Raven.
Thank you and see you there raven.
24 hours?
Imagine the actual carnage in that time frame.
It must have been awful for everyone, i mean trying to go to work and suddenly ac attacking, no bombers, no a big red machine of death. You would just call in sick won't you.
@@armoredcorelore
Letter from mom
"Sorry raven can not attend today he is ill"
@@sneakyking We all know no corporation would dare take on a mum's letter ha ha.
Drink when you hear someone say raven, challenge unsurvivable.
Armored core lore is not responsible for the lives lost to anyone who take this challenge.
Watching you guys in combat in this video is awakening something inside of me. I look forward to fighting other Raven's again soon.
Well i think we'll have quite the showcase of skills when AC6 is out. The battlefield will smell of burning metal and run black with the oil from fallen armored cores.
@Armoredcorelore we'll fuel the fire, and our foes will rust in peace.
Ah a perfect timing to be a spectator for the LR explanation. I've been waiting for this, an approval time to have lunch with. My appreciation to you fellow raven
You too fellow raven, hope you enjoy.
Ok, this is one of the coolest lore videos from any franchise I've seen. It was so epic having all of the guests here tell a different side. Awesome job as always, and hopefully I can see you in the battlefield soon, Raven!
Thank you very much, i am glad to see the positive comments about the guests, so i hope to do more in the future and you too fellow raven.
@@armoredcorelore I'm excited to see what you'll make! And thanks to you for showing more people this awesome franchise!
I thought my youtube was bugged. But nope, 1h30 of lore. Thanks for the content
Hope you enjoy.
I look forward to these videos, thanks for the work you've been putting in
Thank you for kind words. I hope to keep going till AC6.
Mech assault, chrome hounds and mech warrior never could never measure up to this series for me.
Fair, i admit i do like a bit of chrome hounds now and again.
@@armoredcorelore chrome hounds had a very unique multiplayer though I will admit that.
@@mauriceussery804 It did.
Yes fantastic after another video of armored core makes me appreciate again you being the best at actually talking about the story, broken record I'm sure but honestly you deserve so many more subs for all these.
Thank you for your kind words, i am just happy to see people are enjoying the videos.
holy shit i was thinking it was gonna be another like 10 min vid damn lol still nice to see more lore as always
I'm sure it could be done in 10 minutes, but i felt it needed all the details in the video.
WOW AN HOUR AND A HALF!!! Youre incredible ACL. What a video
Ah ha incredible maybe a little too much praise. I just hope it covers what people need to know.
I been waiting for this to knowing every route 6 ending in this game, thank you very much to confirm answers lore AC last Raven sir~…
Oh well i just hope you enjoy it.
I white glinted so much
Amaizing work!!!
Better find you some tissues then =) And thank you for your kind praise.
Well done, certainly more effort than this story deserved. If I'm not mistaken, this is the last mainline game story for you to cover until AC6 comes around, making it more fitting considering the title.
As another comment stated, I did wish there was a way to determine what Ravens did whichever missions you did not choose during the paths, as well as who killed who if not by you. Sadly, the game offers little if any insight into that, and as such we could only guess. Or assume Zinaida is doing all the other kills cause the developers and storywriters favored her way too much.
6:44 - This implies the LR Raven is in fact the same from Nexus (that you can import data from Nexus also supports this theory), meaning Rim Fire's still mad about his dead dad.
1:30:13 - If we assume the Secret Ending is part of the storyline, it confirms the Aerial Pulverizer ending is canon. Jack-O is never confirmed killed in the Zinaida route (he's still "lost" when he sends you the final mission request), and Ed Weiss's after mission report, while ambiguous, implies he's still alive at the end.
Regardless, good video, and kudos to all that lent their voices/aid to this.
Indeed sadly with so little to go off i think we'll have to be happy with what we got from LR and thank you appreciate the feedback.
Oh my this is such a lovely video that practically shines with how much effort was put in it
The only issue i can find is the audio is a little off at times
But nonetheless this is such a delightful video
Thank you for the kind feedback and i hope to have improved a bit since this was done.
Woah, this ones going to be great ! Good job!
I hope so, thank you for your kind words.
The absolute madman did it! Another great video as usual.
Thank you for the kind praise.
Just a week away from AC6's release now and I'm happy to have found this video! Not sure if I count as an AC vet if I've only ever played Last Raven my whole life (thanks, 7 year old me) but it makes me happy to be all grown up to buy a more modern Armored Core game. My first ever since Last Raven too!
Gonna be using this vid to get the endings I haven't got yet! Even after playing Last Raven myself for a while now since I got it again this year, I could not get half of the endings lol
I like to think we're all just lynx and ravens with different experiences =) And please do i admit it was quite the struggle you can see from my older comments i must have lost a month to this game to get all the ending and a lot of hair.
did you like it?
As a kid this is my first game of armored core on the PSP, I never liked it because it was so hard.
Now that i have the emulator and experience on playing armored core 3, i can play it greatly but it's still very hard.
Oh it is. LR certainly took the So you think your good, think again approach. Mind you i will have to have a go at the psp version too for a certain raven video.
@@armoredcorelore I think it's harder in the PSP due to only having one joystick while the ps2 controller having 2 joysticks, then having small screen and the weapons being balanced.
@@mariestidola3573 its actually harder than the PS2 not because of the controls the FCS locks boxes in Last Raven portable were SHRUNKEN DOWN for the PSP so yeah thats some black magic stuff From Soft did as the AC3-SL were 1:1 you may have to look for the lock box fixes cheats if you want those to be fixed search for "Armored Core: Last Raven Portable - Lock-on Mod and AC-to-NEXT"
Armored Core and being made by FromSoft makes more and more sense the longer you think about it. I am actually excited for the reboot since the PS3 era attempt basically floundered.
The legend of Generation 3, and by extension, the original Armored Core gameplay formula concludes with one last war...
A war that will truly test the mettle of any Raven that is willing to endure it. (Translation from what I've heard: THIS GAME IS F**KING HARD!!)
There can be only one last raven.
an HOUR of AmoredCoreLore guy? ...Should i order take out..?
Yes
If you are can i have some? Lore makes me hungry.
Great video, my only gripe is the audio levels being all over the place. I am very happy you are at the end of the PS2 AC but at the same time is sad because we will never return to this style of gameplay.
Thank you and that is a fair gripe i am taking this as a learning experience to learn and avoid such problems in later videos. And well there is still my to do list with a few ps2 ac items to do, so I'll be back to cover them after 5ht gen is done.
@@armoredcorelore collaborations are difficult to oversee when there are multiple parties involved. However as a UA-cam the learning never stops, cheers and congratulations on your success. I remember when your channel was on the 1k subs and now look at it. It’s on fire 👏🏼👏🏼
@@SaintSeya1 Very true KB-17 and i know it still shocks me to this day. But again its thanks to you and everyone who has given me a chance.
AC: Last Raven is crazy. 24 hrs of your inbox notification just popping off with CoD lobby type messages.
But the lore..ha ha
After playing AC6, I always wonder why there always be one raven even only until after seeing this video, I have a feeling someone from fromsoft was a fan of last raven considering the concept of one raven only and honestly I really like the idea behind it and I hope it’s stay that way
It certain an idea that has carried through. Being the only merc or raven left in a world their actions created or destroyed.
I'm so late on seeing this (due to crying from still trying to beat this title), but wanted to drop by and say outstanding work!
Thank you and i know that feeling. Stay strong raven and take break too.
@@armoredcorelore Aye aye!
I"VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!!
Well i hope you enjoy!
How intresting nice work on last raven
Thank you as always.
Gotta say its nice to find channels dedicated to this series since it was just recently revealed to me and i wish i had be playing it prior to AC6 (gonna try to plat AC6 while watching the video just gotta S all missions)
I wish you luck with the s ranks and well we're happy to have you in the ac community new or old raven.
Damn I’m supposed to go to sleep. I’ll have to wait till tomorrow to watch this!
Ha ha well again l can't thank you enough for being a part of this. So thank you first raven.
Only just now i've finally understood why there was even a list of ravens while being listed as dead 😅
Ha ha never mind. Its all about learning and having fun in the end.
Holy crap! First off, you're almost at 10k; that's incredible! Do you have anything special planned to mark the occasion? And secondly, I can't wait to watch this extra-length/extra-detailed dive into Last Raven. Your content just keeps getting better and better; it makes me really happy to see you getting progressively more rewards for it! Cheers bud, keep 'em coming! :D
Thanks Bravo and honestly I haven't thought about it as I'm now working on the fifth gen stuff ha ha. Still I know a channel where I can get some laughs when I need to chill out.
@@armoredcorelore Haha, you’re very kind :) btw, I’d be happy to help do voice work if you ever need an extra hand in the future!
@@novemberbravo6194 I'll might take you up on that in the future bravo.
7:10 this mission used to annoy me lol
It is one of those missions, you think you doing well and just need to get a bit close to lock on then suddenly boom! Ah forgot about the land mines.
Is 617 or raven from ac6 based on jack o their ac frames are pretty similar especially with the pose
I would not know to be honest however there is a strong feeling within the game that it calls back to the designs of gen 3 armored core more then any.
Thank you for this lore video!
Thank you too, i hope you enjoyed it.
Playing AC6 makes me feel like its actual the True Sequal to 3, Silent Line, then Last Raven.
the mech showned in the intro is literally the mech we start of with in fires of rubicon
The links, the links. Very close looking i will admit.
Christ, that's a lot of lore.
It is, but fun time ahead i hope.
This is what I've been waiting for.
If you need a second man to read anything in your Jack-O vid, let me know.
Sure Jack-o if your up for it. I,ll contact you.
THIS IS SO GOOD
Ha ha cheers.
Whoops! Ending cuts off abit there.
Other than that, AMAZING Video my guy!
Thank you and It does sadly, however after a rendering battle with it for a few days i am just happy to have it out I'll be honest.
@@armoredcorelore I hear ya man. Kinda kicking myself for missing your Pinned post about it >_<
Question for ya and sorry if you answered this already but do you have any thoughts about the gameplay Footage Vaati recently dropped and will you be making a video about it?
@@ObsidianDragon7030 Ha ha don't be Dragon, i would have like it to have been perfect, but I'll take this vid as a learning experience and do better =)
Funny enough i have not been asked about the vaati footage as i have watched the 4 minute footage we got and heard about Vaati and cowboy recreating the hub.
Still my thought on it is from what i have seen it looks like a fun game, but till i get a copy in my hand i won't like to say it the best ac game ever. From the hub recreation i do feel a strong acv vibe from the game but again speculation is fun, but I'd like to play it myself before i judge.
In all honest i won't be making a video as i have the lore of fifth gen to write up, footage to capture and we have so many videos about it now that i think I'll let the band wagon go by.
@@armoredcorelore Ha ha! Fair enough Dude!
woooooooooo new vid
I hope you will enjoy.
The most hardest Armored Core game ever. Anyone who could beat this game is godlike to me.
Well you have to be persistent i will say with last raven, no matter how many times it kicks you, you have to get up and have another go.
This was a fantastic post!
Thank you shok, I hope your project is going well =)
Yay only 2 months left till the release of fires of rubicon now that gen 3 is done we skip over gen 5
Ah no pressure ha ha. I still need to replay the games, sorry hard-drive no rest for you.
1:11:39 I find the camera movement kind of hilarious here
The big dramatic turn!
YAY, been waiting for this :D
Let me know how i did =)
The Last Raven probably had one hell of a sleep after all the endings.
Look at all these Ravens!
And i know we have more in the wings ha ha!
@@armoredcorelore Well played. Well played XD
Last Raven Story: "Please Assume The Position."
Oh my ha ha.
why is BJ the front cover of AC:LR?
Who knows? Maybe he was going to play a bigger role in LR and then it never came to anything apart from being in the arena.
Loving the videos but I gotta say the reader for the Leviathan route did a great job but he sounds like Hank Hill 😂
Thank you and that is armoredcoreexile, nice guy. Check him out if you want, he quite a character.
whatta collab.
any repeats of this style of stroytelling in the future?
Sure I'd be very happy to do something like this again with others. Just need time to see where I could do it.
Will BJ really count as the lead in LR? For some reason the AC pilot on the cover only appears in VR, and you only get his head in the extra mission. Why send an AC to the cover if it doesn't add anything to the story? ah, before i thought she was zinaida
I would say artist design as last Ravens cover is pretty cool in my opinion. Apart from that unless this is what the last raven is suppose to look like after it's all over, but that's just speculation on my part.
@@armoredcorelore i mean, this raven is the player raven? Just appear in the intro, and put it just for vr arena is sad.
Every ac in the face of the game (and intro) belongs to a main character or a important, think if white glint is just see in arena mode
@@unknownas9705 I hear you but honestly I can't think of a reason for this. Maybe it just the joys of video game crunch and sadly this ac was meant for more but ended up being shoved in vr because time was againest them.
@@armoredcorelore that's the point, as long as a cover ac isn't occupied by another character, I suppose it's the main character on duty, and yes, I have a habit of copying the exact design if possible (even when the game lends itself to changing pieces ) for the protagonist of the turn.
AC3 examples.
In ac3 I go directly to assemble the ac de crest of the intro (without the pieces that cause overweight).
While in nexus, evangel is the one that appears in the intro and cover and I don't touch him, and I do more to my liking (although he does look a bit like oracle, it's just batman-like).
PS: I downloaded xenia for ac4 (I need a better pc to run it well) and when I painted aalya 3 the same as where I live, I realized how "funny" it would look, I should pass it on to get an idea.
good night.
and is here
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Great game. Great video.
Thank you.
This is so amazing to get to be a part of. To the Ravens and Lynx of the past and future, i look forward to seeing you all in the field, and working with you all in the future!
Where will you be paying Fires of Rubicon? PC?
how do i throw the entire xylem and even better the planet Rubicon on Zinaida?
Oh i know that feeling.
It's here, and at the perfect time.
Hope you enjoy.
please in the future, please! add in named segments!
Noted and i have gone and added them to this video. (Now i know how he he)
Hey I’m new to the series but who pilots the amorcore mechs
A warm welcome then new raven. And to answer your question armored cores are piloted by mercenaries who are named ravens although the name did change to Lynx in ac4 till ac4a. In acv and acvd the pilots are now just called Mercenaries. One exception here is we know AI like Nineball, the controllers and Chief (ACV) has also been able to control armored cores.
Hope this helps and any other questions do let me know =)
Thank i appreciate the info cause I saw the trailer for the new armored core and at the end of the trailer is what made me ask this question cause the pilot and the mech seemed linked together in some way
I think your bang on the money there, we seem to have moved from people piloting the ac to it being all done mentally. Which is a cool new twist.
You failed to mention that Evangel is classified as dead on the Raven list, we aren't given any indication how he died, that has always made me intrigued.
I thought the implication was pretty clear that, in routes where you don't personally kill him, he, like pretty much every other Raven besides the player, Jack, and Zinaida, died to the Unmanned Suicide Weapons when they suddenly attack midway through the story.
Dude, 1.5h armored core lore video!
It is a big one.
the secret ending happens after zinaida ending
why?
because zinaida did nothing else other than finding the easy way in to battle us leaving the pulvarizer roam free.This way zinaida keeps her full health and peak performance to beat us to a pulp and the pulvarizer that looks like the pulvarizer 2 route one makes kind of sense maybe probably not bye
Great work!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your kind words.
Last Raven 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Such a good, but hard game.
The Alliance's logo looks a lot like Allmind's
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THIS 😅
Excellent work. ACLR is by far my favorite AC game because of its story, replayability, AC fights with the good ol fashioned Ps2 ACs. I only wish i could get access to OP INTENSIFY here, id love to really experiment with more builds and weapons. If anyone could help me out with that, thatd be amazing.
Thank you for the kind words. If you are emulating it, there is a forum post that gives the code and how to use them. forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Last-Raven-general-Human-OP-I-cheat-working
He did it
I did. Now to final gen! (For now)
i wonder zinaida is the raven in the opening
She is.
@@armoredcorelore ah good to know
Do not wear headphones. Video switches volume level between routes.
This is a fair warning. Please do take this advice.
I've never actually beaten the secret mission, do you get any parts from it?
IIRC ultimate pulv doesnt give you anything never mind it gives you the Crest Head to make the cosplay build for Cascade Range complete
When will AC5 events be covered
Sometime in July. I need to replay both games for footage, put the timeline into a script and then smash it all together.
Weord question, all these vpices are flat. Are these AI generated voice overs?
To answer your weird question, no theses are all real people.
Great video.
Is any one else bothered by Sheelia instead of Sheila?
Thank you and well my record with ac names is not the best.