Blackout // Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Original Soundtrack Disk 3

[@HealthyMaxwellRoth]

Listening for a top tier OST for months and later finding out that there is an entire disk of cut tracks is genuinely better than heroin.

[@vali.s5109]

WHO NEEDS CRACK WHEN U HAVE GOOD MUSIC

[@we-must-live]

i hope you haven't done heroin

[@wushusushiroller9020]

@@vali.s5109 With Fromsoftware you are hooked for life#

[@Phantom_Kraken]

@@vali.s5109 Yes sir This OST will be fun sir!!!

[@pigwank420]

Hoshino seeing a piano be like

[@dusk-i3m]

Lyrics (according to the official lyrics booklet): The sun like a flare I can't even breathe Every moment of my life in darkness What I feel I can only move on What I feel Don't block the light of the sun from me I am blacking out on everything I've lost my everything in blackout, out Don't look back on myself The sun like a flare I can't even breathe Every moment of my life in darkness What I feel I can only move on What I feel Don't block the light of the sun from me I am blacking out on everything I've lost my everything in blackout, out (x2) Only to fly Only to live Can you hear me? Can you fight on? Only to fly Only to live Can you hear me? Don't block the light of the sun from me I am blacking out on everything I've lost my everything in blackout, out Don't look back on myself I've lost my everything in blackout, out (x4) Blackout, out (x3)

[@dusk-i3m]

Am I the only one who hears the "What I feel" part as "But now I feel"?

[@Eggsi__]

@@dusk-i3mDon't worry, thought it was "but now I feel" too

[@IPJs-LegoBuilder]

Thank you.

[@lananielsen9465]

Can’t decide who this relates to more: ALLMIND or Iguazzy.

[@Paraben0]

​@@lananielsen9465Probably Iguazu. Starts off barely survivng day by day, joined the Redguns but (from his POV) gets shit on by Michigan everyday, and finally being outshined by a no-name independent merc at every turn of AC6 story. AIE final fight when he shook off ALLMIND's influence was probably the only time in his life where he feels like he has a semblance of control over his life and feel like his life isn't all doom and gloom. He's finally seeing light at the end of a proverbial tunnel. Then we pilebunkered his ass.

[@Aldahe_]

This and the rest of Disc 3 are absolutely amazing. Hoshino never lost his touch.

[@brandonament832]

This is fucking incredible, makes my head spin with possibilities

[@chrischow6497]

these songs better be in the DLC

[@Lichtie]

What DLC lmao, there will be no dlc

[@electrohalo8798]

@@Lichtieit’s fromsoft and AC is there baby, we all know a DLC, or more likely a stand-alone expansion? is coming (as with every single other AC game)

[@loopstratos4619]

Okay let's hope we get a music DLC like ACVD did.

[@InfernoTune727]

praying for that to happen ngl. bc (hate me for it) i don't like how athmospheric ac6's music is.

[@nirvash314]

@@InfernoTune727 Pretty sure the overall consensus is that even though AC6 is a fantastic game, there are elements where it doesn't measure up to it's predecessors, and things that older games did better. The only people who would get mad at you for having that opinion aren't AC fans, they're fromsoft fans who didn't play the previous games. The soundtrack had a few bangers but a lot of forgettable tracks, where 4th gen in particular had a hot soundtrack and 5th gen had a more melancholic tone but still had energy. Half of AC6's tracks are barely more than background white noise, and that's one of the things that carried over from the last decade of souls games.

[@InfernoTune727]

@@nirvash314 🤝

[@peeaxe109]

@@nirvash314thankfully the helicopter filtered most people, a shame we still have to deal with the same stuck up pretentious people who endlessly suck from off after elden ring

[@nirvash314]

@@peeaxe109 I don't think the helicopter would have filtered fromsoft fans. I think that whole thing was exaggerated - that boss is pretty easy. Balteus was a filter. Still hard for newcomers now, but pre-patch balteus was a bit overtuned.

[@sunbathing.vampire]

GOATa Hoshino

[@seedmole]

I need another entry in the series but the entire soundtrack has to have this classic ac ost vibe.

[@OCTO358]

The "classic ac ost vibe" isn't shitty J-rock with Engrish lyrics. It's techno, industrial, electronica. The moment they went into a rock opera direction is precisely the moment when AC stopped having it's "classic vibe".

[@Klar]

@@OCTO358 For the better honestly, this shit rocks

[@OCTO358]

@@Klar nothing wrong with having an opinion, however tasteless, but calling this "the classic AC vibe" is simply factually incorrect.

[@Klar]

@@OCTO358 It's been 16 years sice ACFA came out. There are multiple "classic AC vibes". Just because you like the techno of the first gens doesn't mean this isn't good. It just means you're stuck up and bitter that they took the franchise in a different (better) direction. Instead, you just cry and whine in youtube comments like a baby. Pathetic. Delete your account.

[@Klar]

@@OCTO358 ACFA came out 16 years ago, they're pretty classic allright. You're just mad they took the series in a different (better) direction and don't have taste, since you're judging others based on THEIR taste.

[@VoidShyrok]

Something about the song just makes me think its supposed to be 621's thoughts. Being changed by the surgery and trapped in an AC for most of their life. Yearning for freedom.

[@lethalshed2272]

I guess being free with Ayre going with her, and releasing the coral is the better path

[@vali.s5109]

He isn't necessarily trapped, there was a mission in the game in which he was outside his original AC, dumped in the sewers. He crawled inside a junk AC left by Walter as a ''parting gift'' for 621. It means he can get outside of it, it's just that he doesn't have much reason to.

[@isaiahwoodward5831]

​@@vali.s5109It doesnt have to be physically trapped, 621 was bought by Walt remember, 621 is a slave with a loose collar.

[@gdadder]

@@vali.s5109I’m also assuming being out of the suit/moving around is painful for 621. He doesn’t seem to leave his suit much if at all and his body in the trailer seems extremely mangled

[@bntrs]

@@gdadder The scene in the trailer is when 621 was in cryo sleep - Assuming augmentation is close to human plus, 621 has full use of their body, but the augmentation dulls their personality in exchange for high performance. Lore is a bit slim but from what I've read augmentation in VI is more about linking the mind with the machine rather than the body

[@alexlowe2054]

Literally half the song is "most played". That's how good it is.

[@thefallback7730]

This are the kind of songs that should have been in the game, this is amazing. Love Kota so much.

[@crimeman621]

i was hoping for more stuff like this in game. i guess they decided to play it safe probably

[@mr.zombietnk9379]

ああ…コウタロイドボイスが俺を潤す

[@AK-es9dn]

Imagine this playing during the AIE final boss

[@metalgearexcelsus]

It fits Iguazu's character too.

[@jarkspore]

I like to think of this as the image song for the game, like Vanishing for V and Day After Day for Verdict Day. Kinda seems like a sequel to Fallout too, especially with that name.

[@deadair101101]

Kota really was held back for 6.

[@neutron4799]

Held back? Bro was wrapped in a straitjacket

[@zacharyholland6715]

@@Cue-Ball. yeah its weird. I don't understand how songs like this would work for 4th to 5th gen but not 6th gen. it just doesn't sound right for the game.

[@deadair101101]

@@Cue-Ball.held back.

[@wsafd]

Likely limited from using his old style since some people are put off by the engrish vocals

[@LoneWolfInsane]

@@Cue-Ball. i am pretty shure the game director gets final say about what gets put in the game.

[@Xfighter000]

We need this ost arrangment in the next expansion game like how songs were for 4Answer and Verdict day, WE MUST HAVE IT!!!

[@OCTO358]

Who "we"? I, for one, would like them to return to their techno roots.

[@kristionlarsen-mx2kr]

I think it would be great to have both

[@shisn0598]

@@OCTO358 Both, both is good.

[@midtown3221]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!! THIS IS WHAT I WAS EXPECTING IN THE GAME!!!

[@ezoni8438]

?? did you accidentally watch the ACFA trailer or smt???

[@major5536]

Thanks a million for uploading these!

[@smeegshuman]

my new favorite AC Song.

[@Pizzifrizzo]

This song is so good, how can it be a b-side is beyond me!

[@apophis7712]

They've made songs before that didn't make it into the games. Check out the AC's Sunrise and Reprises albums, they've got loads of songs that weren't used at the time. The 20th Anniversary album has a lot of those too

[@Pizzifrizzo]

​@@apophis7712Yeah, I'm familiar with all those albums, I've been listening to Armored Core music since before I played any games. And it still amazes me how some of these tracks are effectively b-sides!

[@Pizzifrizzo]

​@@apophis7712Yeah, I'm familiar with all those albums, I've been listening to Armored Core music since before I played any games. And it still amazes me how some of these tracks are effectively b-sides!

[@InternetPeopleAreNotReal]

My headcanon is that this is Iguazu's theme.

[@voon1032]

Hidden final boss ost.

[@JusDorange7]

What the hell, why it's not in AC6 ???? Thanks for the upload, waiting for my copy!

[@zaneboettcher2038]

They had our boy in a cage

[@zacharyholland6715]

if you want a serious answer it was probably because they were gunning for music that matched the situations. this song is good but I find it difficult to imagine a mission where its used.

[@mastija2081]

It could fit in destroy the drive block mission pretty well

[@hakageryu-hz7jz]

@@zacharyholland6715 If YOU want a serious answer, he made the decision himself and has said as much in interviews and on his twitter.

[@apophis7712]

It wouldn't have fit It'd be like putting 4 the Answer in Project Phantasm

[@GrimNought]

WHY? WHY OH WHY?!?!?! WASN'T THIS IN THE BASE GAME????? I'M LITERALLY HAVING OLD AC FLASEBACKS WHILE LISTENING TO THIS! disk 3 tracks better be in the DLC!

[@Racc_Oon]

wtf man... this hits so fkin hard oh my god...

[@jacemoran1190]

Ya know, I really get why music like this didn’t make it, but I kinda wish there was more like this and Rusty’s theme. Although I suppose that payoff would not have hit as hard without the other stage tracks.

[@leavant75]

Instant classic, I'm blown away that they didn't include this in the game.

[@cryogenicstardust9245]

2:17 "Shut up...! I'LL SHUT YOU ALL UP!"

[@barbarian2778]

Incrível como Kota Hoshino é muito talentoso, bem eu espero que venha pelo menos uma dlc de disco igual o verdic day pois essa música é muito boa

[@ilucasz]

Uma pena que a OST original não é toda assim. Perderam muito a chance de fazer a OST do 6 ser memorável.

[@nachalnik5738]

​@@ilucaszmaybe we'll get this ost in the game with an expansion, just like with VD

[@ilucasz]

​@@nachalnik5738That's my hope. It's just a shame that it didn't get on release. Maybe, in a possible expansion/DLC, we may get a proper banger OST with those songs.

[@barbarian2778]

​​@@ilucasz eu tbm senti que a ost de armored core 6 um pouco fraca msm gostando de algumas faixas, acredito que se tivesse ost como essa o game seria mais marcante como as ost dos outros jogos.

[@mrpotoo3772]

They really didn't let this man have enough freedom for the OST Eddit: now I know that he actually had full comtrol over the OST, so making it more ambient was his desision.

[@dd-gl2qf]

He had full reign over the OST, he held himself back.

[@mrpotoo3772]

@@dd-gl2qf yeah I found that out later on. Guy was literaly only using 5% of his full power

[@cannonfodder4000]

he said this? @@dd-gl2qf

[@Croooodle]

@@mrpotoo3772 There's a reason why Stargazer was saved for the end of the third playthrough. Man didn't want to scare off all the newcomers

[@MrSomaArikado]

He wanted a bleak soundtrack. I'm sure in development this track was ment for Ayre or Walter.

[@SV5195R]

Huh, the lyrics here are actually comprehensible.

[@OCTO358]

That's new for Frequency

[@metalgearexcelsus]

​​@@OCTO358 wasn't Frequency disbanded?

[@Evangelion543]

Wow, how could I've missed this piece? I never heard it in-game.

[@thealliedpowers]

causes its not in-game, it's only part of the new OST disc, likely a cut/unused track

[@Joelk-vb5tf]

this song played straight after the 20th annivasary track In The Universe in my AC OST playlist while on shuffle. According to the comments of that music video, In The Universe played at the end of the AC 20th annivasary live campeign, along with the words from the developers saying "AC will return." What a coincidece

[@Maffo__]

Chat we won

[@Sept_pt]

星野まだ人間だよな？

[@umanohone334]

俺はこいつと一体になった…

[@ナナシ-h3x]

FreQuency期が逆に人間すぎたから原点回帰とも言える

[@alanjames1484]

In a coma for 50 years only to awaken as we crashland, given a purpose, and if we endure, maybe even a friend. The theme of augmented human C4-621 "raven"

[@mariopartylover10]

MAMMA MIA

[@AORaiMechWork]

ME when i forgot to save and get black out I've lost my everything in blackout, out Blackout, out

[@thewelshexperience6294]

PEAKPEAKPEAKPEAKPEAK

[@firewallMirror]

This song is literally better then the whole ac6 ost combined in to one wtf ( rough and decent may be the exception though)

[@apophis7712]

Try actually listening to the ost, eh? There's Unbreakable, High Pressure, Silent Encounter, Fight or Flight, The Man who would Pass The Torch, Cries of Coral, Contact with You, ALLMIND, and of course, everyone's favorite, Steel Haze (Rusted Pride)

[@Keyblade-Knight]

​@@apophis7712Don't forget Stargazer.

[@apophis7712]

​​@@Keyblade-Knight Clockwork Hostility deserves an honorable mention too That track gave so many goosebumps during the underground missions, especially MIA

[@firewallMirror]

@@apophis7712 I listened to the whole OST in game and out of game. Can confidently 100% say it's the worst armored Core OST it even sucks as an atmospheric OST which was what the OST was going for.

[@OCTO358]

@@firewallMirror and the good thing is that it's just your opinion.

[@drunken_vr6030]

total ost mode for ac 6 ost when lol

[@LadyLenaCat]

It’s so messed up how much of the ‘personality’ this game could’ve had is trapped on this disc. This track fucking rules…

[@ezoni8438]

Trapped? half of this is just the older game's OSTs lmao, go play ACFA and ACVD

[@LadyLenaCat]

@@ezoni8438 I have, what do you mean?

[@ezoni8438]

@@LadyLenaCat half of the tracks in this disk are remixes of OSTs from verdict day, FA, and nexus, they arent "trapped" in this disk, its just an artist remixing old songs and new ones, blackout afaik is the only song in this whole disk that is unique

[@LadyLenaCat]

@@ezoni8438 I was referring to the remixes of 6 tracks on the disc alongside blackout in my comment. I think they’re much more lively than the soundscape of the actual game. Also, I do not believe there is a single VD track on this list? The closest is ‘Stain’ which is a song from V that was also remixed in VD. Sorry if my comment was confusing

[@ezoni8438]

@@LadyLenaCat Meh, i see these games closer tonally to AC1 and AC2, and there is a reason the first more emotional track is when you make contact with ayre

[@ezoni8438]

Just realized, iguazu is what 621 woulve turned into without ayre

[@JohnnyTightlips2007]

Wish these were in the main.

[@seijitheicedrake9487]

Anime opening vibes

[@creamboyfuengshwei]

WHY WASNT THAT IN THE GAME WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING FROMSOFT

[@ezoni8438]

disk 3 is a remix track made after the game was finished, half the songs are from old gen

[@metalgearexcelsus]

Looking at the lyrics, it seems to be Iguazu's image song.

[@snakebot4986]

I think it applies to 621 as well.

[@ezoni8438]

@@snakebot4986Well iguazu is what 621 wouldve turned into without ayre so... ye

[@wargames2195]

Why is it not in the game?

[@alzur5720]

I could hardly make out in the cacophony of sounds of synthesizer, electric guitar and drums the speech of the performer.

[@OCTO358]

@@alzur5720 that's Hoshino's vocal tracks for you. 90% of the time it's like that.

[@metalgearexcelsus]

You'll get used to it.

[@Racc_Oon]

sounds like a skill issue

[@wingdings5812]

actual cowards for not putting this in the game

[@Etheoxa]

This was literally made after the game released.

[@ilucasz]

​@@Etheoxa It should have been made before it was released.

[@wingdings5812]

​@@Etheoxa not an excuse

[@sketchpixels6255]

@@wingdings5812 bro wot?

[@thealliedpowers]

chad response lmao@@wingdings5812

[@ProTroll69]

Does the song say “almost there?”

[@austin0_bandit05]

They should have found a way to sneak this into the game 😢

[@ruc0512]

sound like anime ed

[@ni9274]

Is that YEAT ?

[@lananielsen9465]

ALLMIND?

[@NecTroz]

Sai do fake kota hoshino

[@lethalshed2272]

literally Raven's 621's theme

[@hawkaiserthefinalbrave1859]

Why is heat like this on a cd instead of in the actual game? THe game's soundtrack is dogshit. This sounds like what AC is supposed to sound like

[@OCTO358]

This is what For Answer* sounded like. AC's music isn't supposed to be a shitty Engrish J-rock. The original three generations mostly use techno/electronica and industrial.

[@ezoni8438]

go play ACVD and ACFA

[@WFoong98]

Wow, if only the actual in-game music was like this.

[@펭한]

Lyrics (according to the official lyrics booklet): The sun like a flare I can't even breathe Every moment of my life in darkness What I feel I can only move on What I feel Don't block the light of the sun from me I am blacking out on everything I've lost my everything in blackout, out Don't look back on myself The sun like a flare I can't even breathe Every moment of my life in darkness What I feel I can only move on What I feel Don't block the light of the sun from me I am blacking out on everything I've lost my everything in blackout, out (x2) Only to fly Only to live Can you hear me? Can you fight on? Only to fly Only to live Can you hear me? Don't block the light of the sun from me I am blacking out on everything I've lost my everything in blackout, out Don't look back on myself I've lost my everything in blackout, out (x4) Blackout, out (x3) 개인용

[@vali.s5109]

you're a g man