ARMORED CORE 6 With Fightin Cowboy | Yggdrasil Podcast 32

[@FightinCowboy]

Thanks for having me! We'll have to do it again sometime.

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

Yes! Every few months youn should join and discuss games. It was a great podcast, you both funny and serious (in the good sense).

[@mox9574]

I admire your dedication, it takes a big man to sacrifice his balls for a game launch. Big props.

[@Rave.-]

Cowboy I redact telling you that you were on drugs. Nobody on drugs could assault boost after General Radahn and chase him down with rockets. You're a madlad and you've earned my respect.

[@Howesitgoing]

Absolutely!

[@BigHomieSenpai]

I swear you guys were my Clan's rival in ACV on ps3

[@Fishy_1998yt]

Amazing podcast combo

[@Dracobyte]

Yes!

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

Truly, the dark souls of podcasts. You both should do this once a month or maybe every three/four month, and discuss the games you've played, games announced, and you should always ask him, "is this game a soulslike?", no matter what game you are talking about.

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah, it was awesome!

[@baines803]

"Plays fifa 2024" is this game souls like

[@roccogough254]

Call of Duty: Cold War has 2 choice dialogue options? Must be a Souls-like.

[@LunarLocust]

​@@baines803"Is mayonnaise a souls like?" "No, Patrick..."

[@justkallmekai]

Did not expect to hear the word 'vasectomy' within the first 2 minutes

[@YetiCoolBrother]

Literally two of my favorite content creators and ironically they're not talking Souls/Souls-likes lol. Fantastic collab Rata, Top 10 Anime Crossovers for sure

[@Dracobyte]

Let's goo!!!

[@Rave.-]

Knowing that the 180 degree turn is an input is a great piece of information. It means two things. 1) Lock can be broken, that swivel wasn't automatic. 2) Whoever was playing that demo was too fuckin smooth for their own good. Because they made it look effortless and automatic.

[@aquaticIntrovert]

What the devs seem to be stressing in regard to the heals is the fact that, instead of guaranteeing a larger effective health pool, you have to pick and choose when the best situation to use them is. There's a decision-making and strategizing matrix associated with having limited healing charges that isn't there when you just have a larger flat hp pool, because heals can be wasted. Cowboy brings up 50k hp with 3 full heals is 200k ehp, *if the heals are timed perfectly*. You are not gonna be able to always time heals perfectly. You are not going to be able to perfectly efficiently use heals at all times. Not every enemy and not every attack drops you to exactly 1 hp before they kill you. Sometimes you're gonna have to use an inefficient heal right now so that you don't die to whatever comes next. That kind of strategizing hasn't really ever been there in Armored Core, but it is just generally usually good game design for difficulty-focused action games, and I'm not upset to see it being used here. Planning out when to use and when to hold onto a healing item is just another piece of skill expression, after all.

[@tombadil64]

Still waiting for your "Miyazaki is wrong about Armored Core 6" video! Seriously though, great stuff. Keep it up. Came for elden ring, stayed for zelda, and became an armored core fan for some reason in the process. Love ya brother!

[@sf3testvids]

@29:53"if nothing else I am simply excited for the fact that I can finally get to play armored core again" this comment effectively the watchword for how I feel, I am just stoked the series that tends to go under most ppls radar and hasnt seen a game for over ten years is getting some love and it looks like they understand what makes the series good/bad and putting it in a nice melting pot

[@astreakaito5625]

As an AC fan, I'm so effing happy. I waited for this for so long.

[@leftovernoise]

Same. The discourse is ridiculous. Don't even care, game looks fuckin amazing andnim stoked

[@Level_Eleven]

Same, I’m a huge Animal Crossing fan

[@gagegrogan4352]

I just want to say whenever From makes some kind of “change” in their games, it’s almost always a welcome change after we all play it. They are creative geniuses and I’ll support ANYTHING they want to do.

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah!

[@ZeusTheGodSoA]

You have fightincowboy as a guest?! That's amazing. I love you both. You're amazing.

[@5hadow5tep_17]

Been a souls fan thru and thru. Completely new too Amor Core. 6 looks dope so far

[@mauauauauaua14]

imo the full heals are not necessarily a problem if enemies can still down you 20-50 percent of your health in one attack like in AC4FA or AC5VD. if anything it encourages more decision making "Oh i still have my 30% HP left, but I know this boss has that one attack that can instantly take out more of that 30 percent HP, do I heal now to full health and waste that 30 percent HP? or do I delay to take the boss's weaker/chip attack , but risk getting one shotted before I can spend my heals?" , if anything it's not casual at all, it's an extra resource you have to manage compared to older games.

[@pr4130]

the thing that people maybe forget or don't know who say armored core 6 looks like souls game, what if... what if.. the souls game took inspiration from armored core. 😅

[@JohnDoe-go6ls]

Well yeah but instead of AC fans explaining this to people who have never played AC they instead want to berate and insult or simply denounce the game as though they agree that souls has influenced AC.

[@tokyobassist]

The ignorance that Souls and Armored Core thrives through symbiosis is embarassing from both fanbases. Quite literally two dipshits racing to prove who's the biggest FROM fan. It's so so stupid to see.

[@divyakrishna]

@@JohnDoe-go6ls a very small minority is just super salty they didn't get anything for 10 years, just ignore them my friend AC fans love souls too those dorks are just not worth it :D

[@JohnDoe-go6ls]

@astrodk Just typical internet outrage I suppose, annoying as ever though.

[@pr4130]

@@JohnDoe-go6ls yea why people not just be thankful AC6 made by Fromsoft not EA, i just hope when AC6 launch it will have less stability issue than ER

[@dave9040]

I hope you guys will continue this podcast when Armored core 6 come out...

[@JohnnyNocturne]

the game is going to be good. old armored core fans just lament changes from the series they know. thats fine. but the games going to be good. fromsoft has to much good credit built up and im excited for their MODERN take on this series

[@hex_gekko29568]

Mekiro sounds pretty lit actually.

[@huff_glue]

I was hoping you would touch on Dragons Dogma 2. It seems like your wheelhouse. The first game was largely overlooked and is still ahead of its time in many respects despite being plagued with budgetary and time constraint issues.

[@DrewSpacely]

This was a great podcast. Love the insight and y’all taught me a lot. Very excited for armored core 6!

[@ShadowOfLaw]

I don't understand why all those new mechanics are hated by even a small part of people. Many old AC missions can be completed in 1-3 minutes and have 1 little objective. It will be weird if you need any additional heals for such short missions. Also, what is so casual in changing the build for the boss fight? We were doing it all time - in old gens, we have a mission to defeat the boss, prior to this, we change your AC and then fight the boss. It is the same in AC6, despite the fact that all missions of the chapter are glued together by checkpoints.

[@rexsybimatrimawahyu3292]

Agree to this. I have a feeling that AC VI missions will have the same length like Ace Combat missions, like 8-15 minutes per mission and it's necessary for FromSoft to add those repair mechanic into the game to balance out missions. There is always a developer reasoning in building games like this

[@Clayjar444]

I wanted to hear about the souls-like influences in Starfield

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

Well, it's a game, so it's obviously based on King's Field 2.

[@axelthegreat9]

It's obviously just a doom clone, just floaty.

[@jamesshaver2376]

This is the team up I’ve been waiting for

[@thevishyfishy]

I think the planets in Starfield are going to be very similar to No Man's Sky, but with more variety and terrain since this is a much newer game. NMS has planets that are functionally real life size planets, like thousands of actual km across. I think they will have a buffed version of Skyrims procedural quest system, and probably have a bunch of side objectives like exploring and scanning to complete, but mostly I think they will be empty space. A place to farm resources or a sandbox environment to create stuff in. I think there will be a handful of curated planets that will feel like handcrafted locations like previous Bethesda games, but probably not more than 10-12. I'm totally ok with thousands of barren planets though because its just a blank canvas to do anything you want. I cannot wait for modders to get their hands on this game.

[@watermelonpizza7824]

You forgot to add that it's also gonna be buggy as hell and they'll leave it to the modders to fix every bug in the game.😂 All jokes aside excited for this game since I really enjoyed playing NMS.

[@ultimabk]

From the sounds of it. Ive played more Armored Core than these two combined. Im in full agreement. Who cares if it is souls like. There are souls mechanics that would work well in AC titles and to those that hate to admit it, the AC games needed deeper refinement. If they didnt then more people now wouldnt be like "Armored Core 6... there were 5 previous games(in truth 15total)?". So as a veteran raven, I welcome the changes as i can tell they are for the better and will help pull the AC games out of the niche/cult category.

[@acetraker1988]

Have AC2 to ACFA, played AC1 when I was a kid and my cousin had it. The drama about the game annoys me. I just want a fun AC game the mechanics don't matter as long as they make the experience fun. I feel social media has ruined video games... I just hope balancing for PVP doesn't ruin the PVE experience. I hope they keep optional Regulation file system from ACFA.

[@lastsunset2001]

Love you guys, havent played an Armored Core game so im excited to jump into it! (Wouldnt have made it through ds3 without you Cowboy, thanks!)

[@HaykInWonderland]

"vets" are seething

[@Rytom]

35:15 This is the exact same idea behind why I don't like free refills at camps in monster hunter

[@DJWeapon8]

Agreed. Refills in MH shouldn't be free. In my ideal MH. Refills are limited and you have to unlock it first on a map by map basis. You also have to upgrade it multiple times to max out how much you can refill. And even then, you're still limited in what you can refill. At max upgrades: For items, you can only bring 10 full stacks of extra item types. (10 extra mega potions, 2 extra max potions, 1 extra ancient potion, 60 lv1 piercing shells, etc) For weapons, you can only bring 3 of any type. For armor, you can only bring 3 of each type of armor equalling to 3 full armor sets. For AC. Well, I only played up to the early game of Verdict Day. But "refill" mechanics that make sense to me in my limited experience with Armored Core should also cost the player resources, time, and be limited. Maybe steal ammo and energy off enemy supply depots. Use enemy auto repair bays to refill your AP. Buy parts for your AC to increase its ammo capacity. Take over an outpost or clear an LZ and pay your employer to airdrop a new weapon, extra ammo, or bring in a 2nd fully built AC to swap to.

[@invective.]

1:04:20 "you cant patent a gameplay mechanic" Sony and WB would like a word.

[@Dracobyte]

The Nemesus System? What is the Sony one?

[@invective.]

@@Dracobyte death stranding, cant remember which specific feature it was though

[@abeaconintheoffice]

@@invective. After a quick search, it was a mechanic named “terrain radar and gradual building of a route in a virtual environment of a video game”. Something related to the online path-building feature.

[@primarchlogarius]

Oh boy I was very surprised and excited to see this podcast. Ratatoskr, you always out do yourself. Great stuff mate. Nice to hear FC too, both very calm and composed speakers. Edit: I also feel like Diablo 4, respec does not guarantee a win against a boss

[@kwagmeijer26]

The problem with lock on, for me, is the automatic turning to face, even at acute angles. You might say "trust From" but even then, Monster Hunter has better combat than any From game, and a big part of that is how its lock on system works.

[@DJWeapon8]

Played MH since 2008. The constant lock on in MH starting from World isn't even a lock on. Its just the camera following the monster. You still need to actively control your hunter's positioning and aim their weapon to hit the monster. From what I've seen of AC6, the lock on makes your AC automatically and *_very quickly_* point its front towards the target at all times.

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Can people stop calling games with a lock on, dodging and replenishing heals "soulslike"? Because it's not what makes something soulslike

[@inixi8ocelot]

It's just a simplified term, instead of saying Dark Souls, Demon Souls, Sekiro, Bloodborne, Elden Ring Camera type, we just call it Souls camera. Obviously, that Action RPG camera type started from the 90's games.

[@devastatheseeker9967]

@@inixi8ocelot it's not just a simplified term. People call sekiro a souls like when it has no similarities to a souls game beyond the surface level. Even though Miyazaki himself said it is not a soulslike people still call sekiro "one of the souls games" because it's a relatively difficult 3d action game with lockon and a health potion that refills at checkpoints that respawn enemies. I've even seen people say that level design is part of what makes a game a soulslike which is just absurd. I've given up trying to make people understand what makes something a soulslike because most people just seem to not understand that soulslike as a genre is about game mechanics above all else. Soulslike = action rpg with a level up currency lost upon death that is reclaimable in some way from where you died. It can be stupidly easy with dogshit level design and it will still be soulslike. Just like how Sekiro is a great game, that has very good level design and difficulty but is not a soulslike at all.

[@inixi8ocelot]

@@devastatheseeker9967 I'm talknig about the issue in AC6 calling the camera as Souls. You're talking about another topic regarding Souls-Like.

[@devastatheseeker9967]

@@inixi8ocelot which is what I was always talking about. Nobody is calling a 3d lock on camera "souls camera" because as you said yourself. It has existed long before souls

[@inixi8ocelot]

@@devastatheseeker9967 That is something we are all aware of. Its recent Fromsoftware games are what I'm comparing it to. Back on topic, if you watch the gameplay again, the scene where the AC first land, then camera turn, then AC turn, the camera and movement controls are the same as in Elden Ring; Left Stick is for movement and turning of your AC if Hard Lock-on is turned off - Right Stick is for camera turning if Hard Lock-on is turned off as well. If there are no Turning Speed Stats in the Garage, this could be the case.

[@Chief_Ten_Bears]

Didn't expect him in this vid, tremendous!

[@nextos]

You n Cowboy have great chemistry together. Was a treat to listen to

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

What an amazing podcast and a great guest!

[@arielis78]

Armored Core, ChromeHounds, MechWarrior, Mech Assault, ZOE, Steel Battalion online. Can't tell me I'm not a AC fan without telling I'm not a AC fan. I welcome the changes even if it has elements to Soulslike.

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah!

[@nwm4660]

This was a great podcast, thank you

[@no0breap3ru.g.g.c55]

So I just wanted to point a few things out before finishing video, but the take on lock on from cowboy was on the money, I mean as a player of previous titles 2 & 4Answer have my heart. But boost 180 quick turn was always a manual mechanic in 4A. Turning speed was also always a major thing in 4-4A, hence learning quick turn was a must. I welcome the changes except for the mid mission respect, but I think I'll learn to enjoy it with time, just like verdict day which again y'all we're right and I hated it at first. I think these manual to auto mechanic updates will help some veteran players and new players to the franchise. Plus it will also add more players due to a slightly easier entry curve. I mean let's be honest, AC in it's original mechanics form is off putting due to its complexity and high skill level. I want to add a comment on the condensing of parts and stat screen but since I haven't fully finished watching this video as of yet and I haven't seen an actual full deep dive breakdown of anything yet also no hands on experience, I'll hold off for now. I will say due to this franchise being my favorite franchise and genre I welcome it all the while stalking my pre order😂 waiting for the fun and excitement of being able to build again with this new entry. The madness I'm gonna make, and I can fire all weapons at once now. What?... Do people not understand the crazy fromsoft is about to let loose? Piloting mechanics needed help in my opinion to keep up with combatting all the fuckery that's fitting to go on.. Watched more and I'd definitely welcome co-op and invasions

[@lethauntic]

This was a surprise even though It also kinda wasn't. Good podcast, though, hearing both of you talk about AC was great and Cowboy actually did change my mind about my concerns over hard-lock and repair packs. Mostly anyways. I wasn't super _against_ the mechanics, but just unsure, airing on the side of skepticism while being hopeful of their implementation. But after today I am more optimistic than before. Which I try to be as optimistic as I can about things in general, because that feels a hell of a lot better than the opposite. And I have renewed my trust in From to make AC 6 the best it can-- not that I doubted them really, I was never not excited, but I really just can't wait. Also, I didn't watch the Starfield direct because I just didn't have much interest based on previous footage, but after hearing both of you talk about it I think I need to go back and watch it because it sounds like my kind of game. Not that I'll necessarily get it, but that at this moment it's on my radar and if the direct gives me a good impression then I may very well play a Bethesda game for the first time in who knows how long. One more thing; I desperately wish I had a PS5 after hearing all this talk about Final Fantasy 16's demo. There's now a few games I would get a PS5 for (which for the last two years was literally only Ratchet and Clank RA (which is coming to Steam) and maybe Demon's Souls just cause that's it) including FF7 Rebirth which is less than a year away assuming no big delay. But god dammit I wanna play FF 16 so bad and now I'll have to avoid spoilers for who knows how many months until I can _maybe_ get one. I've seen PS5's in the wild, which is nice, so when I get a chance I won't have to play the game of having to snag one before a bot does.

[@hanzolo7719]

The only way a game can be a “souls like” is if it matches the progression of a souls game. The main elements I’m talking about is bonfires, progressing through levels with enemies you have to kill, that respawn when you rest, and a boss at the end of the level behind a fog gate that blocks your progression. That’s the main thing when I think of the dark souls formula. For that reason I consider Sekiro a souls like.

[@rhobidderskag1121]

One thing I don’t think people are taking into account: a big reason people want new Armored Core games to be just like the old ones is because it IS A PAIN IN THE ASS to play older entries in the series in present day. These were console exclusive games made for consoles which aren’t produced anymore. Games that now sell for exorbitant prices, sometimes in the thousands of dollars for a copy. It would be different if these games had PC ports or remasters, but some of these ornery players just want to recapture the magic of what specific older titles were like, and not everybody has the patience to fuck with a janky emulator or shell out a thousand bucks for an old console and a price scalped disk. Hopefully as the AC series continues, their release on PC will begin to alleviate this difficulty and the cycle of whining about the next game not being exactly like the last will decrease in its intensity.

[@MoeHasubandoAbsolver]

I know fightin' cowboy as a Gunlance chad 💪

[@gameakochronicles]

people tend to forget that the core values of FromSoft games are based on King's Field games which was carried over generation from now. It just that the technology ages ago is not ready for the soulslike games today where this core values are striving :)

[@danieltorresgonzalez462]

maybe the estus flask is just a way to meassure the health to get S ranks, like the challange is: don't use any

[@brandonweavers4656]

If that in turn effects the amount of credits earned I will have no problem with the repair kit mechanic, I hope that’s how that works.

[@draysmusicalshtposts6340]

​@@brandonweavers4656same I'll just end up playing how I always did. It's like with Spirit summons in Elden ring. If you're a masochist, a purist, or both, you can just completely ignore the mechanics that are there to make things a bit easier.

[@snefansson]

This has been incredibly good information! Especially cowboy talking about the lock-on system

[@BaazarStudios]

Are you still going to do a full TOTK review?

[@godly_potatoe69xd19]

He is but he’ll release it in like a month because of the backlash he’ll prob get for criticizing it when people are in honey moon phase

[@sprenzy7936]

Honey I'm way over it, I did all memories and got the sword and in the middle of grinding for koroks and shrines I got bored of the game and just stop playing And ratatoskr saying that he hated the ending makes me hard to even boot up totk I was so excited for the anticipated game as well

[@ziyadomar5891]

@@sprenzy7936 form your own opinion lol

[@Bavari90]

My favorite souls guys 😍

[@4thofClubs]

Assault boosted after General Radahn, LMAO I'm dead!!

[@zanekorvek8643]

We Have Mechwarrior And Battletech

[@Dracobyte]

We need another Battletech game. Or at least a console port of 2018 title.

[@tokyobassist]

I love that everyone including AC fans somehow played the shit out of 4 and For Answer but forgot those games had a hard lock on not dissimilar to what was being described for 6. I'm not ignorant to AC's niche status. I'm just glad we are getting a new one with a genuine budget behind it. AC never had a chance to flex with Elden Ring dollars behind. Let them cook and see what happens.

[@TrustMyWhiteVan]

yooooooo i was hoping for this. will be a cool convo.

[@johnaaaa3239]

50:05 THANK YOU FOR NOTICING IT, I have questioned myself since GOW 2018 and other action based games

[@Reconciliations]

Here’s the thing a big part of pvp was using movement to stop people from getting hard lock ons and using movement to break hard locks

[@aurious5821]

at 23:00 I agree for the most part, however in each interview I have seen they have emphasized the singleplayer and de emphasized the multiplayer. So if they thought it would greatly benefit singleplayer to have this style of lockon and make it easier to control around bosses would it be worth the problems that would occur in multiplayer? This is just a worry as I do not have the information needed to say.

[@laron1231]

Listend to the podcast expecting to be more hyped of armoured core came out of thw podcast now interested in starfield lol

[@Rave.-]

I've had a discussion with Cowboy and it seems to me the the biggest disclaimer to focused on in discussions with him is that he is primarily an AC5 player. This is not a BAD thing. It's just, as you guys said, the Dark Souls 2 of AC. When someone says they've played AC for decades, they are, at times, purposely excluding 5. 5 is void to them. Don't even mention its mechanics. And this might seem very strange. It is, after all, an AC game as well. Their most recent example at that. But that's what happens when enough people decide a game is "non-canon", so to speak. And I think that's why Cowboy is running into as much friction as he is on his recent videos.

[@vervacitussynthonium9715]

"I recall the time I- Where my first encounter eith General Radahn he jumped up in the sky and I assault boosted after him and chassd him down with my rockets" 😂😂😂

[@Plus_Escapee]

I had issues emulating Last Raven, but no issues with For Answer. I emulate those games with hopes to have a better experience since my ps2 died long ago. I have collected all the console (not handheld) Armored Core games, but emulation can improve the experience.

[@Plus_Escapee]

To add, I bought Monster Hunter (original) for PS2 when it was 3 days old. Loved it. It was Souls before Souls, and as expected, Game Informer gave this 9/10 game a 6/10 because they were (SPOILER) not good at playing games.

[@Plus_Escapee]

ALSO, I prefer action games over turn based RPGs, despite Final Fantasy turn based games once being my favorite franchise. Now that the latest game is an action game, I don't want to see children covered in blood, so it still misses. Too adult (edgy teen).

[@zefellowbud5970]

currently at 45 minutes in but like ya want to know what would sound better than co-op getting invaded by enemy AC's like how you would suddenly encounter some enemy raven in those old games of course make that togglable lol maybe in the generation sequel of AC 6

[@Rytom]

Regarding GOTY, I've been saying since last year that TOTK would not win the award, because the sequel doesn't have the same impact on the industry as BOTW did, even though TOTK is absolutely amazing and deserves that title. What I've been saying (and strongly hoping for) is that FFXVI would grab it. Yoshi P and his team have my absolute trust, they've been showing good things after good things for the game, and the demo solidifies that. I won't be able to play it for a while because I don't own a PS5, but...I almost sure FFXVI will be goty, and will bring back Final Fantasy to its past glory. I'll even go as far as saying it might influence how Square approaches future Final Fantasy game development schedule.

[@shade0636]

This will be good.

[@sprenzy7936]

Two of my favorite guide makers youtubers walkthrough all in the same fucking room So fucking beautiful I love you so much

[@keybladeMasterNadroj]

In regards to what you where saying about people who say "not my final fantasy" in regards to FF XVI I can't speak for other people, but when I say this it is also as someone who feels Final Fantasy hasn't been Final Fantasy since FF X. I say it with frustration because I feel like each new final fantasy gets further and further from what I want from a numbered final fantasy, which is an incredibly high budget JRPG with turn based/command based combat. There currently isn't really anything in the modern JRPG genre that operates in that same space as Final Fantasy 7-10. I am sure I will love FF XVI on it's own marits, but it seems like a character action game, and that just isn't what I ever wanted from a numbered final fantasy.

[@Dracobyte]

Final Fantasy 12 and 14 are very Final Fantasy.

[@solidsnake9924]

@@Dracobyte 12 is just 11 with some extra features to make it work single player. So 11, 12 and 14 all have too much MMO DNA to fit in with the the first 10 entries.

[@keybladeMasterNadroj]

@@Dracobyte 12 is essentially Vagrant Story 2. And 14 is an MMO with a final fantasy skin. (from a gameplay perspective) Of the last 5 numbered games, 13's gameplay has the most in common with the first 10 games. When I talk about what Final Fantasy was from a gameplay standpoint, I am talking about what the series was for 15 years. A party based JRPG where you travel between different towns and dungeons, where encountering enemies brings you to a combat screen that is either turn based or ATB (which is basically turn base with extra steps)

[@Dracobyte]

@@keybladeMasterNadroj then wait for FF 7 Rebirth, if you miss the party and the ATB.

[@keybladeMasterNadroj]

@@Dracobyte the 7 remake games are action RPGs. ATB is a meter mechanic there for special moves, not a turn order system for a command based game like in classic final fantasy. I am not saying none of these games are good, I am saying they don't feel like a numbered final fantasy game, and all of them should have been spinoffs or a sub series

[@madmatt6240]

My bro an me basically had this exact conversation lol Cheers boys

[@Tranzisto1]

Damn! Love this!

[@imfixx]

I love this so much

[@revenant097]

Great stuff

[@kijanigolkosh9532]

Great podcast. I wonder if they will balance out the ability change builds before a boss fight. I could see if they raised the difficulty in each section, i.e. clearing, boss fight, but that would force you to change builds instead of sticking with what you like. If they instead put a difficulty slider before each mission with their own rewards could help with this possible issue.

[@baines803]

4:37 yeah thats how i felt with dks2

[@TheUltimateRey]

I’m wondering if maybe they developed the game around these “new” mechanics like since there’s a hard lock on maybe it’s not always a good thing to use and can actually be a detriment to the player, imagine you’re hard locked onto an enemy but you have a swarm of other enemies attacking you from behind and the sides so you probably shouldn’t focus that one enemy at that moment and the game will reward the players that realize this by using the traditional lock system and taking advantage of that but hey that’s a big stretch coming from this indy game studio right?

[@ETheeb]

Hey hey hey :)

[@TheFallen3]

Surprised lies of p wasn’t mentioned for game of the year contender but ii

[@James_Rustled]

Great video, lots of good points made. Eased my nervousness

[@matthewholt9501]

This is so kool

[@silentobserver888]

Great collaboration would love to see this every souls, elden ring, armored core release between you and fighting cowboy.

[@kingkiller244]

Don't forget the amount of Gundam that is in final fantasy 16 what all the collateral damage what these people in superweapon

[@Dracobyte]

Yes, Yoshi-P said Eikons represent Weapons of Mass Destruction.

[@logangant7732]

invasions and coop just make sense in universe!!!

[@megamicromanager2449]

I'd rather there is controversy and 'pissing on either side at each other' than be universally acclaimed and not talked about after two months of the launch like Ragnarok

[@zorkhan9695]

For some reason I was under the impression the ac change was only if you die is that not the case? If so where did we find this out cause vaati made it sound like you had to die to even access that.

[@SpottedHares]

"fromsfot has nver give a reason to distrust them" you don't remember in limp shinobi how they devalued the mob hp bar so it wold look as if they had less hp then they really had, lying to players to get them to commit to attacks that really would not work? the whole problem is that fan think that all the marketing hype means anything, soft have not substantively changed anything since demonsouls.

[@chadhumbert1791]

Nice convo

[@OtogiMyth]

totk could count as a ubisoft open world game if you look at its gameplay aspects at face value

[@sanguinetales]

No Man's Sky is insanely massive. you absolutely couldn't "explore it all" and NMS is 100x bigger than Starfield. NMS is so big that literally every human on earth could not explore it if we spent every hour of every day. If NMS decided to cut out 90% of systems and planets to make the 10% more detailed it would still be very difficult to fully explore. Oh and you can play NMS on multiple consoles. I'm hoping Starfield's customization and roleplay is what seals the deal.

[@bruce1947]

Rata is going up in the world. Can't wait to see him in Dune Part 2 (really good episode btw)

[@mob8502]

Will we ever get a starfield pogcast

[@OtepRalloma]

Oh my god I'm watching this

[@CrystallineLore]

I don't think deaths or swaps will be credit penalties, but instead score penalties.

[@hatedfollower]

Wow no way. Two worlds collide to discuss the biggest controversy in FromSoft history

[@Tran1193]

The biggest controversy in from soft history: Lock on and repair kits 😂😂

[@Rad85PRO]

​@@Tran1193 when you say it like that, it sounds like the silliest thing (and shows how well From has been doing!).

[@donk8961]

I trust fromsoft to make a great game. Simple as that. To me this looks like a great mech fantasy.

[@flyguy1840]

No more baby cowboys

[@DiscoFinalBoss]

Watching shift’s video and now this restored a bit of faith in humanity for me after all the negativity from a 4 minute video.

[@skybluebrad2781]

Breaking news on Ratatosker podcast ladies and gentlemen!! 1:02 👏😂💖

[@jhank0cean]

AC4 & AC4A haters didn't go anywhere they just stopped playing and now the games community leftover is niche but loud

[@doombergaming188]

THERE ARE AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF ADS ON THIS VIDEO

[@Dracobyte]

The man gotta eat!

[@-Sparagmos-]

1:04:25 Obviously not, but Lies of P is pretty shameless in regards to how much they copied Fromsoft.

[@Rad85PRO]

And the game looks great (about to try out the demo now lol)

[@Alphargon]

So really Radahn actually DID assault boost at you Elden Ring=Armored Core

[@idonotknow2652]

The gameplay we got to see also had a colossal enemy using fire attacks You know, some kind of "Fire Giant"?

[@botondkunos1774]

And Rennala shot us with kojima cannons.

[@Wilsontripplets]

I think game companies are finally figuring it out that shipping something briken and expevting to fix it later does not work.

[@NikkiBattleRocks]

Just a random viewer , sorry but i was not able to continue listening to Fightin Cowboy arguments -look at sekiro hate -look at Elden ring hate -the hate is unwaranted Motherfunker, we are now talking about a game even before Dark Souls , who had a unique mecha mehnanics who got mixed with its latest sucess mechanics from souls games that imedieatly is noticed by old school AC fans , Armored Core should not be Armored Souls cause it will bring them more cash , as it looks like its more mainstreamed then sticking to original AC mechanics , its a literal downgrade in gameplay.

[@huealter3366]

Even with that kinda argurment, we have seen this exact reaction to a new armored core game when 4, 4a, 5, VD were released back in the day. An average viewer looks at ac3, ac4a, ac5, ac6 can't even tell if it's in the same series so don't acting like Armored core always has this one unique style of gameplay. His point is that we don't know what we're talking about until we experience it ourself. You, me and many other don't know how the game works exactly and we're always jumping to conclusion everytime Fromsoft cooking something.

[@huealter3366]

And tbh, introducing healing, a new lock on system does not make it armored souls no matter how hard you argue. Souls series didn't invent lock on and healing, dude.

[@NikkiBattleRocks]

@@huealter3366 there had been enough footage so we can see how much they pulled from its cash cows , - side turns have no weight - checkpoints with repair kits - removing some of the AC parts - jump pads , to cater to other builds , But my biggest gripe is the hard lock on , you are perfectly locked on to one target , i never finished dark souls games , but i played the shit out of the first 5 AC games , recently watched all 15 AC games none of them had a hard lock on , yeah 4 and 5 had some deviations , but nothing compared to this new 6 , i hope to be wrong , but footage is there.

[@NikkiBattleRocks]

@@huealter3366 there is a differance between a weapon system middle of a screen lock on , and a permanent lock on , i just disliked it to the bone , i like my AC dual cannons blind shots back , dunno dude , i never get hyped for games i did for this one , and i lost it

[@solotopp]

6:55 You can say that about Sekiro, but it's very disingenuous. Sekiro was a whole new ip. AC is established and has an established formula. Naturally, people will be skeptical. I'm open to change and obviously wouldn't want a 20 year old formula for AC6, however, some of the new things, mostly locking on, really do put a damper on my excitement. Hitting ACs that were zipping around while free aiming or locking 4 missles on fast targets not inly took som skill but was SO satisfying. I was expecting iteration by improving the series in new ways that fit with it, not bringing things in from souls games. I think that the game will still be great and I am still excited, just not as much as I might have been.

[@adrianeden8977]

When Fighting Cowboy said that people were dooming about Sekiro, but when it came out it sold very well, um... so what? A lot of souls fans didn't buy Sekiro, or were disappointed by it. It's like he thinks that none of those players played Sekiro and decided: "I was right, this isn't the game I wanted." He's assuming that these players somehow don't know their own taste

[@tonystarrk4859]

Still, people should understand every game isn't going to be for them, and that Fromsoftware is better off trying unique things like deflect-based combat rather than being creatively bankrupt. At this point, I think Souls fans should feel assured that Fromsoft will always have a fantasy action-rpg with i-frame dodging in development, so if they are developing another game there's no reason to doom-post (I still remember reading posts saying the resurrection mechanic was Fromsoft going casual). I wasn't particularly interested in Deracine, but I never posted about it. Also, I feel like it's more an inditement on people's taste in games being incredibly narrow if a Souls fan can't at least extract some elements they like out of Sekiro.

[@draysmusicalshtposts6340]

​@@tonystarrk4859as a longtime AC player I love the fully realized melee. Melee in AC always felt cooler than boosting around and holding my triggers, and to have it turned into a full fledged, modernized system is awesome.