Armored Core 3 - Artifical Sky IV

Artifical Sky IV OST from the Armored Core 3 soundtrack.
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[@Mattos77]

Only played through this gem for the first time at the beginning of the year. This song and the track that plays during thr final mission really stand out to me. I adored the story of AC3

[@alexkimmel386]

I'm gearing up for another 3 to last raven playthrough. Artificial sky ALWAYS gets me pumped up to play. They outdid themselves with these soundtracks.

[@contagioushavoc5794]

Did you do it on an old console, or an emulator?

[@corvusabaddon]

Yeah, the ending was great. The song fit the mood very well. I finished AC3 for the first time just today, was a very interesting intro to the series for me. Gonna do Silent Line next.

[@dinoman4451]

- Ahh such great memories ... i don't know if you gamers remember the Tips & Tricks magazine. - I was the winner of Armored Core 3 Civil War Contest, & was published in the Tips & Tricks Issue 100 😎 - I was also a major coffee addict at the time. smh 🤐😬😵‍💫/ lol epic times indeed 😁💯❤✌

[@themightynanto3158]

The Controller wasn't evil and it didn't malfunction. It simply wanted to test humanity to see if it was strong enough to repopulate the Earth. It's final directive is the proof. What it simply waited for was for someone to prove that humanity had become strong enough and thus worthy to repopulate the devastated earth.

[@soucyoh]

「地上へのゲートロックを・・・解除・・・本命令の実行を持ってプログラムの全行程を終了・・・・システムを・・・・停止します・・・・」

[@Athleos]

This played in my head when the AC6 reveal trailer dropped

[@Simon-fc9hg]

I think that the main theme of ACVI that we heard in the trailers is a remix of this song.

[@supraslug3948]

Wouldn’t it be cool if a an old ac raven was a boss enemy in ac6 and this song played

[@draydra]

@@Simon-fc9hg ?????

[@Panzerfaust26]

In my opinion, this is the best musical piece in any Armored Core game (may be biased because 3 was my first AC game). 2:45 on is just overpowering, what with that martial-sounding cello, that electronic beat, the distorted voices and that beautiful vocalist all going at it at once. It's indescribable, really. If I ever ended up in a fight for my life somewhere, this would be blaring in my heard. Kota Hoshino is a fucking genius.

[@TheZephile]

the song really empathizes the game... its sooooooooo different from other mech genres!

[@Skycrusher]

Did you know not only as a stand alone game, but if Armored Core ended @ 3 its ending would actually be wonderful and romantic. Armored Core 3 isn't my favorite, but that's like saying what your favorite topping on pizza is. There's so many! Armored Core 3 can be considered a game on its own, the beginning and end to its own story. It also fits as a continuation from of the series, and very clearly directly ties into the rest of the series. But if the ending scene to AC3 had been the last we saw, it'd end on a positive note. Man shit got dark after this.

[@Panzerfaust26]

I’m probably a bad person but, eh, I sorta liked how dark it got as it continued? You’re right, 3’s ending would have been the best but, I liked how humanity came back to the surface, thrived for an afternoon, then literally summoned the demons that probably killed their ancestors (the Leviathans, Pulverizers, and the Internecine). Last Raven was fantastic because you realized you weren’t just a merc out for a paycheck, you were a catalyst interacting with people ( Evangel, Jack, Zinaida) to decide mankind’s fate.

[@DBZBT]

This is by Tsukasa Saitoh, not Kota Hoshino

[@HeyPachuco]

yeah ive always had a feeling that the song is very accurate on its title. The Vocal hymn, violin and piano are likely a representation of a melody that sounds sincere and real. While the electric beats, distorted voices, and other mixed soundbits are based on something mechanical and fake. This Hymn is perhaps singing to an Artificial Sky.

[@mangoduxell2368]

2024 and I finally beat it with my brother with me, you may find my other comment if you look down but it was finally done. Humanity proved itself to rise to the surface again and breathe in fresh air and touch grass. My brother is again going away to Japan for about 5 years and I finally beat it with him and saw the ending in person. May have to play AC6 more to keep my skills sharp against him but for now a Raven needs rest. This song still gives me goosebumps, I never really explained why I love it so much enough to bother leaving a comment but I guess I love how all the artificial sky’s build off of each other and this is the most complex and beautiful one. The ending is no more than a one minute slide show but it shows you all you need, ironically the beauty of it is no longer looking up and seeing an Artifical Sky anymore

[@MrTeeps]

Wow, I really like this version. The start of the song is extremely powerful.

[@bunnyattic0009]

Wow... this song Something about is just... beautiful... I remembering hearing it the first time while watching the ending ensue... I cried I cannot explain how this song makes me feel so... hopeful.

[@solomonverrett8786]

Same. For some reason, this song feels beautiful, epic, and most importantly, emotional, for some reason.

[@dinoman4451]

Same here kid. 😂 Tears of so much JOY!

[@Mobius_118]

It was always my headcanon that humanity lived in Layered after what happened to the surface during the Lynx War and ORCA uprising, with the Controller keeping them there until the planet healed from the devastation.

[@sebastianedwards4207]

how does that tie in with AC5 then?

[@Mobius_118]

@@sebastianedwards4207 AC5 would be the events directly after the ORCA ending, with conflict breaking out between the remnants of the Corporations and those who didn't make it into the underground shelters.

[@sebastianedwards4207]

@@Mobius_118 gen 5 takes place hundreds of years after the events of FA....

[@Mobius_118]

@@sebastianedwards4207 Hence why my initial comment said "headcanon". I'm well aware of the actual timeline of events.

[@sebastianedwards4207]

@@Mobius_118 well, to each their own

[@nightmarefuel1553]

Bro this is my ASMR lmao I swear I get tingles every time

[@Destructerator]

Just got The Perfect Mercenary in AC6 and all achievements. This song started playing in my head because it represents the exhaustion I had as a kid playing AC3 and getting to the credits finally

[@Ashaweshk]

Nostalgia.. omg... I loved this game so damn much. Played it everywhere on my PSP when i had the chance. Thank the bloody maker for making such a memorable game for me. o>

[@Zylith_]

ikr i played this sooo much even had 4 tottal copy's cuz after a few year the game would start jamming and stuff. now my ps2 is gone and im stuck with this beautifull disk =D

[@sebastianedwards4207]

AC6 is this August, see you on the battlefields of Rubicon

[@NullGuardian]

I LOVE THIS AND AC 3 is deffinetly the best armored core game

[@armoredcorefan2719]

The opening intro is like a happy ending

[@BranJohn98]

Love the violin 🎻

[@kurisu6121]

i too

[@BranJohn98]

I don't remember writing this, lol

[@vandagylon2885]

I want my..... I want my Armored Core 3..

[@mangoduxell2368]

2020 and I still got ac3 on my ps2 to this day I haven’t beaten it, I plan on doing it when this whole lockdown thing is done and my brother comes back so we can see the ending together

[@lethalshed2272]

just spam machine guns bro, it'll be really worth it once you finish the game

[@mangoduxell2368]

@@lethalshed2272 I think my old AC was hot whitzer with flame thrower (made when I was like 8)

[@lethalshed2272]

nice, I'd like know bro what missions or mission are you on right now

[@mangoduxell2368]

@@lethalshed2272 ps2 is still in storage bro, my bro hasn’t been able to come because of air force regulations and California is a danger state or something

[@lethalshed2272]

oh shit nvm lol

[@VladimirArkov]

I agree for the most part. Most fights for me where a breeze and some I'm still scratching my head asking myself "How in the hell did I beat them" ?

[@noteansylvan6051]

Nades. Lots. And lots. Of nades.

[@awacsadmiral_weeaboo5193]

Lots of missiles

[@nathanielpearman9169]

And crow extension

[@Vanitas767]

a fiting song for the post apocaliptic world is set in

[@Mobius_118]

"Damage to the main processor exceeds 90%... energy supply diminishing... Attempting reconstruction... Executing final directive... Surface access... Releasing lock... Final directive...complete...program override initiated... System...shutting down." - Final Words of Layered's Controller

[@BigFreakingCacodemon]

The beginning almost sounds like it could work in parts of Final Fantasy 13

[@mrtencza]

Y'know, I just noticed nineball AC in the background!

[@Skycrusher]

Is that Nineball? I thought that was the Mirage high mobility type URANUS

[@reihn8203]

@@Skycrusher nope, it's definetly Nineball. I can tell because of the head and the core. (Neither of those parts apear in AC3, that i remember.)

[@Skycrusher]

@@reihn8203 Ah, so Nineballs addition in the image is an edit. Thanks for clarifying.

[@Prelyood]

@NullGuardian In their given universes, it would probably be Transformer (if Prime/Mega-level transformer) > Gundam > AC. Transformers seem to be able to take huge missile and energy hits with just a scratch and always end up using some mystic power source to 1-hit KO something, whereas Gundams are similar in that they either equip stupid powerful guns (eg. Zero's rifle destroying a colony in 1 hit) or almost alien-like advanced tech. ACs are smaller and are more realistic (underpowered vs.)

[@OctoBuddah009]

Commencing Mission

[@Siepher83]

+HEROBRiNE Gaming A.K.A Nine breaker! Depends on the head you had. Type: Rough

[@MrSpy13011]

New Email

[@TaigaNine]

New text from: mom

[@AJChisolm]

@Prelyood A nexts could probably give a gundam a run for it's money. I doubt a 3rd generation AC would be too much of a problem unless equipped with the crow stealth system, just to give it a chance, and Gundams might be immune to that. Either way, I can imagine a next and and gundam going head to head for a good fight.

[@sebastianedwards4207]

I need some context, when you say "gundam", are we talking about the series' suits as a whole, or the actual main protagonist's gundam. I know for a fact an AC could tank whatever a standard mobile suit could throw at it, as we've seen the weakest AC tank over a hundred machine gun rounds whereas a mobile suit gets shredded.

[@aickavon]

Song plays in the arena? ITS GO TIME!

[@TheDisaster71]

2021 anyone?

[@aickavon]

Lots of explosions

[@Prelyood]

@Prelyood But if all were set to even strength, it would probably be AC/Gundam > Transformer. Without the huge power, a Transformer is just a transforming robot with one, maybe 2 laser guns (LOSE). Then would be a toss up between Gundam or AC. Gundams seem to be more agile and highly maneuverable compared to ACs, and still have unique tech. ACs are highly customizable and would on average, contain more firepower and mods available for varied tactics across all situations.

[@BranJohn98]

Except for Optimus. He's built different.

[@kurisu6121]

i love this game

[@aickavon]

well they were diffenetally easy and I think the only HARD part of any of the armored core was 1-3's arena mode

[@Circ00mspice]

I always wondered why is there a gun barrel sticking out of the AC when it's not usable

[@iliadx7495]

Its anti missile, it shoot a laser to destroy the missile that coming at you

[@VladimirArkov]

They are decent,I like them for the designs such as the TYPE-HOGIRE,TYPE-LAHIRE,003 AALIYAH but the games are to easy for me. Pick the right parts you can even make Genobee and Nine Ball.

[@travisgrady1638]

August 25, 2023

[@Nineball459]

@Ultimatestrife from AC 1 to ACSL the controls were absolutely awful, using multiple triggers to AIM!?

[@Skycrusher]

Yup. And I guarantee you aren't leaving my FCS lock box, no matter how high up you fly or how fast your AC. Not for more than a few seconds at most if ever son.

[@Nineball459]

@@Skycrusher my guy really out here replying to a nearly decade old comment

[@Skycrusher]

@@Nineball459 Am I winning yet, Dad?

[@Nineball459]

@@Skycrusher only when you turn your sick skills in armored core into a profitable venture, son.

[@Nineball459]

or if From Soft releases a new AC game, whichever comes first

[@MrLordmonty1]

Bros I just want Armoured Core 6 already... PepeHands

[@Walmart_Bag69]

Good news 🌝

[@MIST6100comesback1]

This is Christmas

[@rondus18]

@NullGuardian Geez, I knew there were things about my ex I didn't like, but I had no idea she was this bad.

[@Ultimatestrife]

@orkkilla5589 But... the old AC games have the exact same controls as Nexus o.o I mean, I wouldn't see why you would criticize the older AC games, and not Nexus as well. AC had always been famous for having excellent controls (compared to other mech games at the time). But hey, to each his own I suppose.

[@NullGuardian]

which of theese three do you think would win in a fight a gundam an AC or a transformer

[@TheZephile]

thats a stupid question ofcourse gundams would win, this game is just on a different level of awesomeness

[@reihn8203]

Gundams

[@NullGuardian]

@NullGuardian sorry to retract my previous statement but ac MoA is the best despite the horrible gfx

[@NullGuardian]

@rondus18 lol dude that was awesome

[@RavenKnight2408]

@Eneresa ...Put White Glint. I bet they got screwed

[@reihn8203]

with just Wildcat (or another AC/pilot which has the OP-I/H+) they'd be fucked

[@Eneresa]

@NullGuardian AC wins Would,Think About The Best Raven VS Z Gundam VS Prime + The Answerer VS ZZ Gundam VS Megatron

[@NullGuardian]

@Panzerfaust26 hey dude this is by tsukasa saioth but kota is a genious

[@TheZephile]

who is the name of the AC in the pic?

[@Captain00Chaos]

coberon zephile Nine Ball

[@adhoc75]

The AC is called "Crest CR-C840/UL". It only appears in the Armored Core 3 intro. Nine Ball looks much different.

[@nathanielpearman9169]

Yes the ac is crest, nineball is behind it in the background

[@snakeybastard1181]

The AC shown in front is a Crest AC, despite me not actually knowing the full name, it’s called the Crest Light AC, the one in the Background is a Mirage AC, from what I remember, it was called a High-Mobility Mirage AC?

[@TheZephile]

@@adhoc75 they named it unofficially, "AuldLangSyne".

[@chilbiyito]

Isn't that nine ball in the background?

[@N_0_S_t_al_gicben-zo]

Yep

[@AVPboy6754]

@rondus18 LOL, xD

[@Nineball459]

@NullGuardian I would say that too, if it hadn't been for the horrendous controls that plagued the franchise until the 9th or 10th installment (nexus)

[@Nineball459]

@TheRealMaverion tried, didnt work.

[@ashoggoth2419]

ac2aa was way harder, but this game was still fun as hell

[@TheZephile]

because they balanced it.

[@znspyder]

Tell that to Last Raven on psp lol

[@kurisu6121]

best AC game ever

[@aickavon]

I prefered 4 and For Answer

[@kurisu6121]

fuck you noob

[@wazzupbruh4578]

+Arturmestre dos It is his choice what to like I liked AC2 are you gonna call me a noob

[@jackal1743]

same, i've played all the armored core games and for answer has stuck with me due to its fluid combat.

[@jackal1743]

remember in for answer where you had an arena fight where you had to fight a next that was a reference to armored core of old?

[@WesternXC]

My favorite are 3 and For Answer

[@kirbyparker2212]

1:04

[@somesortofgeek]

I haven't played this game bUT HOLY CRAP is this song good.... not as good as Guts theme though imao :)

[@reihn8203]

i'm pretty sure Artificial Sky IV is the same as Guts theme

[@lawyerenjoyer7154]

I wasn't expecting to see you here. Did you find this during one of our calls pfft

[@somesortofgeek]

@@lawyerenjoyer7154 Cort showed me this song long long ago