Amazigh has a special place in my mind. He was the first NEXT I have ever fought (and I got beat MANY times by him). He also played a big part in me gravitating towards fast lightweight NEXT designs.
Amazigh's portion always hit hard on me. By any standard Amazigh is a hero, yet the way you take him out (in the normal mode anyway) is just villainous…… it really set the tone that you aren't playing a goodie-two-shoes character in a adventure story, but a morally grey one who had to do anything he could to secure a place in this rotten, broken world dominated by the corporation. Funnily enough Anatolia's mercenary would go on to be just like him in the next game and be taken down more or less in the similar manner. Armored Core really was a very special series.
That really is it in a nut shell. I like to think that this is one kill the mercenary always looks back on and is what finally drives him to help link ark years later. Also a special series indeed, no arguments here.
It really is a dog eat dog world out there. I believe in Armored Core 3 there's a story mission in which a Raven attempts to assassinate you. I fondly remember his dialog. We're both mercenaries, just do what comes naturally.
@@aaronofastora2308 That would be Zine. He was a top ten ranking Raven who sat right beneath Valkyrie in the arena. Highly agressive combat style with a medium weight biped that weilded a heavy shotgun, dual spread rockets, and a moonlight, which he he used very often. Whether or not he was trying to assassinate you or was assigned to defend the facility you were attacking is kinda up in the air tho
@@TheShizzle622 good memory, I appreciate the call out. I'd relish the opportunity to replay Armored Core 3 again. I still listen to the soundtrack occasionally.
@@aaronofastora2308 The emulator PCSX2 works fantastic for me on PC. You doing even need good hardware to run it. I remember running on an old laptop from 2015 with a GeForce 930m and it worked flawlessly. Upsacles games really well too, so I was able to replay all the PS2 AC games at 1440p and with the exception of AC2 and AC2AA, they hold up really well. No bugs or issues except for some admittedly serious frame drops in one specific spot in ACSL. There are loads of easy to follow UA-cam tutorials out there that could have you up and running in less than an hour. Maybe give it a go some time.
By far one of my favorite pilots in the entire series, if you dig deep into the connections behind the different names and linguistic underpinnings surrounding Amazigh/Barbaroi you can find a wealth of knowledge. As is standard for the rest of the pilots for the most part. One thing great about his character is that the cause he fights for is almost a direct representation (or in the context of AC4, a natural continuation) to the actual history of the Amazigh/Berber people of North Africa, a people who fought against French occupation and freed themselves from a state of a secondary citizenship in their own territory, revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate, and in the game, revolting against a coalescing and imperial coporate conglomerate. And in regards to White Africa, it's certainly possible that the faction represents Boer/Suid-Afrikaner people, but it's also possible that "White" denotes something outside of ethnicity and points to something likely spiritual or maybe social. Either way, in North Africa, while in some regards disparate, there are many fair/white skinned Berber/Amazigh people the reside in the territory and can be called that. Really it's all up to speculation because there's not really much detail in the game to come to a definitive conclusion, at least as far as I'm aware. Good video as always bro keep it up.
There’s some stuff in this that’s missing IMO. Amazigh and the Maghrib Liberation fronts are all Islam/Muslim references. Maghrib is a reference to the Maghrib prayer. Where you pray during all segments of the day, and then one last time at sunset. Sunset is where you fight Amazigh. Next, Barbaroi is a Reference to another Islam figure. Heyreddin Barbarossa. If you look at the schematics of Amazighs AC (And Sus) Their designers name is Heyreddin Cool topic, but I feel some more could be added. Fine video
I think White Africa is named such because of islam too, with white signifying purity, they see the corporations as an evil force perhaps? White Africa being a kind of resistance to corporations?
Amazigh was my first wall in ac4, i was using a controller that didn't let me go full out with my Next so in a sense both of us were not at our best. i still await to re challange him again, but this time with both at a equal footing.
I remember the first time I ever played AC, it was the AC4 demo on the Xbox 360. The demo had 2 normal missions (with preset ACs to choose from) but the third mission was Amazigh’s boss fight. The hectic boss battle in the sands of a barren desert against the setting sun while he boosted about outside the range of my ability to track him, was what got me hooked to AC as a series. The music too highlighted the battle. I used to play it after school every day as a kid lmaoo
1:26The effects of this psychic stress, seem to vary from person to person. His symptoms are a bit like Tourette's or Coprolalia ("Disappear, disappear, disappear!"). Anatolia's Mercenary, on the other hand, were not able to speak. 2:55In addition, "sooner or later, companies will sacrifice forces that are not under them, even if they have worked together before."
Wow the last sentence hits hard. Killing Barbaroi and the second White Glint will never be satisfied to do it always give me the feeling to say I’m sorry
I was such a novice when I fought him. Had to unlearn so much of what I was trained on from previous Armored Core games. When I got back into earlier this year I was better able to give Barbaroi the battle he deserved.
Amazigh is definitely a wake up call, to me, he's the one who decides whether or not you truly are ready for Armored Core 4. I've also been going on a binge since I'm away from my apartment right now (no Armored core for me 😭) but your videos are helping me cope with the lack of Strayed action, thank you for all your efforts!
Thank you for the kind words and oh no well i am glad i can keep the strayed action going while your away. Amazigh certain is a test, i know i lost to him a couple of time when i began ac4. Plus his lore is cool.
@@armoredcorelore north africans are also lightskinned, especially in the Maghreb. "Amazigh" is the native Berber word for "Berber," and "Barbaroi" means "berbers" in Greek (also the general word for "barbarian" in Greek, but that is the origin of the word "Berber").
Ha ha well it is question never really answered to be honest all my time looking for what a white africa is lead me to the conclusion found in this video and as i am sure you can see there are many answers from many people.
I know I am probably late to say that but Amazigh is most likely a north african, and north african people are amazigh which is an ethnic group, he also mentioned white africa which probably indicate that he indeed means north africa where people have a fair to white skin.
1:12 That war for ethnic cleansing thing always made me wonder. We have the Maghrib Liberation Front and white Africa. We have the Anatolia colony. I don't recall any mention of black Africa. They might have been exterminated by the MLF or other groups. From Software is Japanese, and East Asian countries typically dislike blacks, so such a fictional genocide wouldn't surprise me.
I have not found one within my many playthroughs of the game. However to simply throw my thoughts out there I believe either it is named that due to the large white population living there or more likely we're looking at a place that is starting to suffering from Kojima contamination. Like how areas such as the Kitasaki Junction and the Old Clark area which underwent complete desertification.
That's a point I've looked for answers on the web a few times. Something that struck me is in this video 1:12 (shown very briefly) "the wars of ethnic cleansing".
@@armoredcorelore this doesn't directly answer the question, but it might be a hint. "Black Africa" is an other name for "Sub-saharan" Africa. As I said in the other comment the "Amazigh" people are form North Africa (i.e. NOT sub-saharan), and the Greeks called the Amazigh "Barbaroi." North Africa is also NOT sub-saharan (not "Black Africa"), so maybe the japanese writers assumed, that North Africa was also known as "White" Africa. In addition The Maghrib Liberation Fronts' two main strongholds are in North Africa: Eritrean Stronghold (said to be on the border of Chad and Libya on the Wiki) and Gelts' Fortress (said to be in Morocco). The Amazigh people live in these areas, and both Libya and Morocco are considered the Maghreb. As well it makes more sense for Anatolia (Turkey) to compete with the Maghreb, because both are Mediterranean. Amazigh also uses an AC manufactured by Eqbal/Algebra. "Eqbal Ahmad" was the name of a Pakistani civil rights activist, who participated in the Algerian Revolution. Algeria is of course also in the Maghreb, and they are also ethnically Berbers/Amazigh. So in general it would seem to make less sense for a european-descent South African to be concerned with North African liberation. It would be furthermore unusual for a european South African to call himself and his machine "Berber" and have all of these associations with North African things. It is not impossible of course, but it would just seem very odd for him to be South African.
@@armoredcorelore I'm glad that is has been. I look forward to your posts in it, do forive any who may seek to be of an elitist mindset. They aren't aware they killed the fan base, which killed the franchise support. It is up to us to take it back.
Amazigh has a special place in my mind. He was the first NEXT I have ever fought (and I got beat MANY times by him). He also played a big part in me gravitating towards fast lightweight NEXT designs.
I think he had the opposite affect on me as I went heavy next for the longest time after my fights with him.
Amazigh's portion always hit hard on me. By any standard Amazigh is a hero, yet the way you take him out (in the normal mode anyway) is just villainous…… it really set the tone that you aren't playing a goodie-two-shoes character in a adventure story, but a morally grey one who had to do anything he could to secure a place in this rotten, broken world dominated by the corporation. Funnily enough Anatolia's mercenary would go on to be just like him in the next game and be taken down more or less in the similar manner.
Armored Core really was a very special series.
That really is it in a nut shell. I like to think that this is one kill the mercenary always looks back on and is what finally drives him to help link ark years later. Also a special series indeed, no arguments here.
It really is a dog eat dog world out there. I believe in Armored Core 3 there's a story mission in which a Raven attempts to assassinate you. I fondly remember his dialog. We're both mercenaries, just do what comes naturally.
@@aaronofastora2308 That would be Zine. He was a top ten ranking Raven who sat right beneath Valkyrie in the arena. Highly agressive combat style with a medium weight biped that weilded a heavy shotgun, dual spread rockets, and a moonlight, which he he used very often. Whether or not he was trying to assassinate you or was assigned to defend the facility you were attacking is kinda up in the air tho
@@TheShizzle622 good memory, I appreciate the call out. I'd relish the opportunity to replay Armored Core 3 again. I still listen to the soundtrack occasionally.
@@aaronofastora2308 The emulator PCSX2 works fantastic for me on PC. You doing even need good hardware to run it. I remember running on an old laptop from 2015 with a GeForce 930m and it worked flawlessly. Upsacles games really well too, so I was able to replay all the PS2 AC games at 1440p and with the exception of AC2 and AC2AA, they hold up really well. No bugs or issues except for some admittedly serious frame drops in one specific spot in ACSL.
There are loads of easy to follow UA-cam tutorials out there that could have you up and running in less than an hour. Maybe give it a go some time.
By far one of my favorite pilots in the entire series, if you dig deep into the connections behind the different names and linguistic underpinnings surrounding Amazigh/Barbaroi you can find a wealth of knowledge. As is standard for the rest of the pilots for the most part.
One thing great about his character is that the cause he fights for is almost a direct representation (or in the context of AC4, a natural continuation) to the actual history of the Amazigh/Berber people of North Africa, a people who fought against French occupation and freed themselves from a state of a secondary citizenship in their own territory, revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate, and in the game, revolting against a coalescing and imperial coporate conglomerate.
And in regards to White Africa, it's certainly possible that the faction represents Boer/Suid-Afrikaner people, but it's also possible that "White" denotes something outside of ethnicity and points to something likely spiritual or maybe social. Either way, in North Africa, while in some regards disparate, there are many fair/white skinned Berber/Amazigh people the reside in the territory and can be called that. Really it's all up to speculation because there's not really much detail in the game to come to a definitive conclusion, at least as far as I'm aware.
Good video as always bro keep it up.
And thank you for your comment. Its always nice to read and learn too as sometime I really do only have what the game offers me.
There’s some stuff in this that’s missing IMO.
Amazigh and the Maghrib Liberation fronts are all Islam/Muslim references. Maghrib is a reference to the Maghrib prayer. Where you pray during all segments of the day, and then one last time at sunset. Sunset is where you fight Amazigh.
Next, Barbaroi is a Reference to another Islam figure. Heyreddin Barbarossa. If you look at the schematics of Amazighs AC (And Sus) Their designers name is Heyreddin
Cool topic, but I feel some more could be added. Fine video
That's a fair assessment. I admit I leaned far to heavy into the white Africa line and went with that.
@@armoredcorelore no worries. People can just read this for small bits of info
Barbaroi if I remember correctly is also the Greek word for barbarian
I think White Africa is named such because of islam too, with white signifying purity, they see the corporations as an evil force perhaps? White Africa being a kind of resistance to corporations?
These guys taught me a lot about throttle control and quick-boosting techniques.
And how long a reload really takes.
Oh yeah, by the time my cannons reloaded he had shredded my AP and I was a gonner.
@@Orinslayer dude I still main gun arms cuz of those guys and I'm on daemon x machina rn
Amazigh was my first wall in ac4, i was using a controller that didn't let me go full out with my Next so in a sense both of us were not at our best. i still await to re challange him again, but this time with both at a equal footing.
May the best Lynx win when you both do cross guns again on the field of battle.
I remember the first time I ever played AC, it was the AC4 demo on the Xbox 360. The demo had 2 normal missions (with preset ACs to choose from) but the third mission was Amazigh’s boss fight. The hectic boss battle in the sands of a barren desert against the setting sun while he boosted about outside the range of my ability to track him, was what got me hooked to AC as a series. The music too highlighted the battle. I used to play it after school every day as a kid lmaoo
That is quite the start into the series and its memories like this that i feel make ac personal to each person who encounters the series.
1:26The effects of this psychic stress, seem to vary from person to person. His symptoms are a bit like Tourette's or Coprolalia ("Disappear, disappear, disappear!"). Anatolia's Mercenary, on the other hand, were not able to speak.
2:55In addition, "sooner or later, companies will sacrifice forces that are not under them, even if they have worked together before."
Yep the stress of piloting a next certainly had different effects on different lynxs. Some where ok and others went crazy and some where deadly ill.
I think my favourite part of these videos is watching you improve your piloting skills with each installment
Well I will have to take your word on that. Though as long as I'm not making too much of a fool of myself I'm happy.
Wow the last sentence hits hard. Killing Barbaroi and the second White Glint will never be satisfied to do it always give me the feeling to say I’m sorry
Another incredible entry. It's always a treat to see an upload.
Thanks for the kind words. I admit I think this video had its bumps, but I know you all will be honest with me if I mess up big time.
@@armoredcorelore Nah man, the only video that was rough was your first. Your channel is incredibly high quality. Keep up the uploads.
@@xne14gax26 Thank you for your encouragement. I will try my best.
I was such a novice when I fought him. Had to unlearn so much of what I was trained on from previous Armored Core games. When I got back into earlier this year I was better able to give Barbaroi the battle he deserved.
He's basically the Father Gascoigne of 4th Generation Armored Core games.
@@apophis7712 well put sir.
Amazigh is definitely a wake up call, to me, he's the one who decides whether or not you truly are ready for Armored Core 4. I've also been going on a binge since I'm away from my apartment right now (no Armored core for me 😭) but your videos are helping me cope with the lack of Strayed action, thank you for all your efforts!
Thank you for the kind words and oh no well i am glad i can keep the strayed action going while your away. Amazigh certain is a test, i know i lost to him a couple of time when i began ac4. Plus his lore is cool.
Amazigh is presumably from the Maghreb region of Africa in the north.
Its a fair answer. I took my thoughts down south due to White Africa being mentioned.
@@armoredcorelore north africans are also lightskinned, especially in the Maghreb.
"Amazigh" is the native Berber word for "Berber," and "Barbaroi" means "berbers" in Greek (also the general word for "barbarian" in Greek, but that is the origin of the word "Berber").
I remember the mission briefing as an adult and was like “I’m sorry what is white Africa?”
Ha ha well it is question never really answered to be honest all my time looking for what a white africa is lead me to the conclusion found in this video and as i am sure you can see there are many answers from many people.
I know I am probably late to say that but Amazigh is most likely a north african, and north african people are amazigh which is an ethnic group, he also mentioned white africa which probably indicate that he indeed means north africa where people have a fair to white skin.
Never too late Lone wolf, i like to think we're always learning with AC and its lore and what it means.
This fight scared the crap out of me as a kid. He was way too fast for me
Amazigh is quite the first foe to be honest, so it does not surprise me to hear you say this.
Man i found u not too long ago and im totally loving each vid 4th gen is my fav!
Thank you for you kind words. I admit it is also my favourite generation too which is why I started the channel with its lore.
@@armoredcorelore really glad you are doing it we needed that kind of deep analysis of the lore in the 4th gen, theres alot to be explored
My strategy to him:Fight, dodge, don't let him out of sight and hope all for the best.
Sound like a fair strategy to me.
Barbaroi and white glint (aka) the mercenary share the same fate
In a cruel way yes.
YO! Lore on specific LYNX!!!
That's goal. Though I admit for some its like pulling blood from a stone.
1:12 That war for ethnic cleansing thing always made me wonder. We have the Maghrib Liberation Front and white Africa. We have the Anatolia colony. I don't recall any mention of black Africa. They might have been exterminated by the MLF or other groups. From Software is Japanese, and East Asian countries typically dislike blacks, so such a fictional genocide wouldn't surprise me.
I like this
Is it ever explained why it's called White Africa?
I have not found one within my many playthroughs of the game. However to simply throw my thoughts out there I believe either it is named that due to the large white population living there or more likely we're looking at a place that is starting to suffering from Kojima contamination. Like how areas such as the Kitasaki Junction and the Old Clark area which underwent complete desertification.
That's a point I've looked for answers on the web a few times. Something that struck me is in this video 1:12 (shown very briefly) "the wars of ethnic cleansing".
@@armoredcorelore this doesn't directly answer the question, but it might be a hint.
"Black Africa" is an other name for "Sub-saharan" Africa. As I said in the other comment the "Amazigh" people are form North Africa (i.e. NOT sub-saharan), and the Greeks called the Amazigh "Barbaroi." North Africa is also NOT sub-saharan (not "Black Africa"), so maybe the japanese writers assumed, that North Africa was also known as "White" Africa.
In addition The Maghrib Liberation Fronts' two main strongholds are in North Africa: Eritrean Stronghold (said to be on the border of Chad and Libya on the Wiki) and Gelts' Fortress (said to be in Morocco). The Amazigh people live in these areas, and both Libya and Morocco are considered the Maghreb.
As well it makes more sense for Anatolia (Turkey) to compete with the Maghreb, because both are Mediterranean.
Amazigh also uses an AC manufactured by Eqbal/Algebra. "Eqbal Ahmad" was the name of a Pakistani civil rights activist, who participated in the Algerian Revolution. Algeria is of course also in the Maghreb, and they are also ethnically Berbers/Amazigh.
So in general it would seem to make less sense for a european-descent South African to be concerned with North African liberation. It would be furthermore unusual for a european South African to call himself and his machine "Berber" and have all of these associations with North African things. It is not impossible of course, but it would just seem very odd for him to be South African.
@@zeon_zaku Sure i can see this as there is not much to go off in the game or books, so anything is possible.
It's probably got something to do with the Sahara appearing nearly white on some geographical maps.
Very fucking glad to see another video. Good on you amigo.
Thank you for your kind words.
@@armoredcorelore you're welcome. I just found out today that you're in the same Armored Core group as me on Facebook.
@@armoredcoreexile I am and its been a very welcoming place.
@@armoredcorelore I'm glad that is has been. I look forward to your posts in it, do forive any who may seek to be of an elitist mindset. They aren't aware they killed the fan base, which killed the franchise support. It is up to us to take it back.