So I've Been Playing: ARMORED CORE FOR ANSWER [ Review PS3 ]

Armored Core Review by ThorHighHeels
Game by FromSoftware for Playstation 3
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[@wanderingbufoon]

Video game journalists: "the Dark Souls of (genre)" Me an intellectual on the release of Dark Souls: "so its kind of like the Armored Core of dark fantasy RPG but easier"

[@Bloodhoven]

it gets even funnier if people consider that both games are from FromSoftware

[@wanderingbufoon]

@@Bloodhoven the AC4 series is Miyazaki's first project that he directed. A lot of people think the whole DS system is overly complicated when they have no idea how hard AC system is

[@Bloodhoven]

@@wanderingbufoon I know. hence why I mentioned it.

[@BusterTBMPlays]

As a huge fan of the AC series, i don't think you got anything to worry about when it comes to our community being frustrated on you. Like you already mentioned, you might be saying things wrongly, but that is understandable as this is quite a deep series and i won't go out of my way to correct you. Seeing you as a new player willing to learn and adept to what the game was throwing at you was really nice to see, though i guess if you needed to learn about stuff from the game, we are always willing to give feedback/help, could have prevented a tad of your beginner frustrations. I did enjoy this review, the complaints you had were understandable but you had a lot of good things to say as well. But as for the framerate... well this is the ps3 version which was notorious for it's framerate issues compared to it's xbox 360 counterpart.

[@deathserpent9747]

yeah I never had issues with the frames on Xbox 360 and I mean the first model to come out. The one with the big ass hard drive.

[@stephsulj9442]

Buster TBM Gameplay wow you saw this to tbm

[@flavuoVEVO]

I honestly didn't expect you here.

[@GUNMOFO5]

You should totally make an in depth tutorial on armored core 4 and for answer if you haven't already, your last raven tutorials were so detailed that I don't think I would've ever beaten last raven without the familiarity with build mechanics I learned from watching your channel. I'm proud to be a Raven.

[@psxcsomething6114]

After seeing this video I want to play the armored core games so which game should I start with?

[@TroidHunter]

The fanbase is indeed ravenous but mostly we tear apart morons. This is not a moronic review, this is a review that shows a willingness to learn and accept. Many people give up and don't get it. Many, many people give up. Armored core is a game that requires a bit of dedication to truly enjoy, but when you adapt to it's quirks, the level of detail and complexity in the mechanics allows you to truly master it on your own abilities.

[@margakis]

TroidHunter I gotta agree. When I first started out, my only objective was to make the coolest shit I could...it worked kinda fine for a bit,but then I started to realize what some numbers meant.i then realized that I can shut look cool and function great, and then I did. I would say simple,but this game franchise is far from simple.

[@wanderingbufoon]

Not really a good enough reason since Dark Souls was a hit. BTW Armored Core 4 and 4A is made by Hidetaka Miyazaki before he worked on the Soulsborne die twice games. So this is the Giant Dad of all of his titles. The fact that those are so well received due to their hard mechanics mean simply that AC just failed in marketing. Still, it manages a global audience despite of all that. Even more when mech games arent big at all outside of Japan. It isnt about "people giving up on it" It simply is all about the bandwagon effect. The only thing i can think off that is different in style for Miyazaki's games compared to this one is the way the story is handled. Theres little interaction to the players when it comes to giving the story. Its all done via loading screens and mission briefings (if at all since they arent delivered in as expositions) and dialogues that are easy to miss. I mean their lines are measly one or two lines. Majority of them are based on reactions in the field as well or mission updates. The story is being told by the actions and so if you come in as people who just work to win the contract, youd miss them. That difference aside, Soulsborne games arent different from their predecessor.

[@tempusmars6272]

I just want to play it today. I really wish ps4 and Xbox one had a new game to play from this series, instead of the one million dark souls clones

[@TroidHunter]

@@tempusmars6272 I mean if you can get your hands on a switch/gaming PC, daemonXmachina seems quite good and is very AC

[@tempusmars6272]

@@TroidHunter I'm considering a switch and I've heard of the game. That level of customization is amazing

[@diamondhamster4320]

Armored Core 6 is a GO baby!

[@nisnast]

Commenting on this so maybe the algorithm will boost it and give Thor some more views

[@yaheem59]

Well this vids gonna get a bunch of view after the game awards!!!

[@sodathejunker]

“Granted, spending hours looking at a black screen with numbers isn’t too exciting…” Armored Core and Mecha fans: BOOOOIIIIII I’m salivating I swear AC is for people who spend 10 hours in a character creator and an hour or two actually playing. And I love that. It’s Mecha Gran Turismo.

[@SerotoninCrunch]

I just started playing this series by way of the 5th entry. First mission I did I realized you can dual wield anything. Fucking. Dual. Miniguns. A shotgun and a sword. I love this game and I've only played for 1 hour.

[@KraydleTM]

It's always nice to see a fresh face enjoy the game. when the missions get harder it'll probably become frustrating learning how to fine tune your mech, but that's one of the strongest points of the game to me. as an ac4a vet, this was a pretty decent review. It takes a lot of diligence to understand what each of those numbers means, and even more so to craft the ideal setup of parts as per what kind of AC youre trying to make.

[@night1952]

I beat most of AC:4A using 4 miniguns. Lots of ammo, good damage, nice tracking... Mostly tunning the mech itself and sometimes swapping 1 or 2 of the miniguns depending on the situation or weight limitations. MORE DAKKA is my motto.

[@jasonboeshore8013]

AC series: the OG normie killer. Reboot needed. We Ravens need more meat to chew on.

[@GUNMOFO5]

Yes indeed, we may be Dominants, but being at the top gets boring when there's been no new challenge for the title in years.

[@wanderingbufoon]

Its miyazakis early title after all. Although its only the 4th series that hes worked on. At least to my knowledge. Hopefully hed promote AC6 to the global market like how the Soulsborne titles were. I would like it to be like dark souls where DS2 is not made by him but the next installment, DS3, was. Like how AC4 and AC4A were done by him and ACV and ACVD isnt and hed pick up the AC6 series as well.

[@angerskarin9222]

@@wanderingbufoon I hope to god they dont make another game like ACV the game was total shit and was barely an AC game I want good old mech and being able to fly and have back weapons.

[@dhoffnun]

@@angerskarin9222 What is this "Armored Core Vee"? That must be one of those mythological sequels that definitely didn't happen like Wipeout Fusion and Dynasty Warriors 9

[@CLSharpman5000]

Based

[@ego2d]

The soundtracks are real good.

[@thorhighheels]

Yeah I go back to listen to this game's OST a lot. It's really weird and atmospheric.

[@thealliedpowers]

@@thorhighheels There is absolutely nothing in this world that's quite like Kota Hoshino and the rest of FreQuency's musical style, nothing. It's it's own genre entirely and I love it. It's just not Armored Core without the music.

[@Gator_Queen8188]

Armored core in a nutshell War is hell

[@omgabaddon]

I will say, AC games are very deep in mechanics and customization, I could easily spend afternoons just building different designs that I would never use, just because it was fun to do so. Take it as LEGOs, but you can actually command your thing.

[@alucarddracula7]

God I miss Armored Core. It was unintuitive, janky, awkward, and at times frustrating, but no other games quite manage to fill the gap it’s absence has left behind. I think the barrier for entry might be too high for mostly players, but if FromSoft can find a way to bring it back (that is to say, make it profitable when they could be making Souls games instead) whilst retaining the soul of AC I’ll name my firstborn FromSoftware.

[@BlackEyedJester]

Well, fingers crossed! You might need to get started on that firstborn thing! :P

[@Activated_Complex]

Years before Namco Bandai started working gunpla kitbashing into their Gundam games, we were building detailed model kits in For Answer, covering them in little custom decals, right down to the tiny ones like kill markers for the ACs we’ve taken out, “No Step” signs, and maintenance panel lines, and flying around in them blowing stuff up. I can understand running out of ammo your first time fighting Spirit of Motherwill, but getting your mech that flies like a jet fighter shot down repeatedly by a walking oil rig is adorable.

[@ryanbarry830]

Im waay to weak to dive into these games, tried to get into one of the ps2 ones but im bummed because i personally thing this game in particular is visually beautiful!! Its got a mecha team ico vibe that I adore and those hard shadows cast by the mechs and the lone building strewn about the desolate land is just awesome!! Never understood the criticism of the visuals

[@derpi3438]

You might have heard, but the guy who directed this particular Armored Core (and most Soulsborne games) was inspired to become a game developer after he played Ico.

[@BrigKline]

Man I still remember my dual sword max speed AC with a radar scrambling suite to prevent lock ons. Good times

[@Eqvil]

It's been more than 5 years, and seeing that stage with the huge gun/missle spider thingy instantly reminded me of how frustrating that mission was. I died on that mission more than in all of the AC games I played combined. Still loved the game to pieces. Then AC V came out, and killed the franchise by making the mechs sluggish. They almost made it into a Front Mission type of game, and the last Front Mission was most similar to AC.

[@Randomness65535]

There's an (experimental) emulator for the 360 which runs this game very well for people who don't have the console for it.

[@chasedean4032]

Where

[@Randomness65535]

@@chasedean4032 you have Google my friend.

[@chasedean4032]

@@Randomness65535 yea I found it with giggle shortly after I saw your comment

[@minerman60101]

Armored Core VI hype, I can't wait to get a hold of one of these games

[@Zero-ds9ws]

This review is nice to go back to given the announcement at the Game Awards.

[@therandomdickhead5744]

Just found your channel and I’ve been enjoying it a lot. Thank you for your videos.

[@axsprime]

Was going through your review backlog and saw you reviewed my favorite game, you did good. All I can hope for is for people to stumble onto this review and see something that will interest them. I'd like to see you review 2, 3, Nexus or Verdict Day in the future. Even if I am posting on a video that's almost three years old please keep up the good work.

[@Kizen.]

Funny stumbling upon this as a recommended video. The review is definitely how I would see a new player that started to take some bites into the game and try to figure out what flavor the meal was. Slow, methodic chews, trying to identify every new little explosion. The game has an incredible amount of depth, as I could tell you realized. What most could write off immediately as clunky, compared to what the game looks like when it's fully understood and played by a very skilled player, it's more like a dance. That's the thing about Armored Core. It's always been about the customization, the piloting skills, and the nature of the pilot themself. From 1997, to 2013, it's always been this kind of gem. But it didn't shine properly to a mass audience because of the massive difference of how the game played as a beginner, and the way the game played as a high skilled veteran of the series. Not to mention the struggles this game had with the technology it was made for. Funny enough, the graphics were toned down heavily compared to Armored Core 4 solely because of the larger, more bombastic fights, like against arms forts and whatnot. I hope the next armored core title gets a look by you. Your humor was refreshing, as were your edits and transitions.

[@zepenance9571]

As an AC vet this was by far my favorite AC game. ACV wasn't bad either and i enjoyed it. But 4 answer just.... god they got EVERYTHING right. I would kill for a PC remaster with coop and active PvP.

[@igodreamer7096]

Still need to play this game

[@dustinethridge7863]

I dumped waaaay too much time into this game. It's just too much fun. MORE ARMORED CORE 4-EVA!!!

[@Anthoonius1]

This game alone made me switch from consoles to PC. When i bought my first PS3, i also bought this game as one of the first ones i had. The lag was so bad i returned it and have not bought a console or a ps3 game since.

[@21Noire]

I truly miss this game . Really wished we get remastered version for PS4 or brand new game. Making emblems was my favorite it part

[@nicolaspinto2927]

FromSoftware have always made AC a game that primarily caters to it's core fans, so it isn't surprising for someone new to be a little iffy on the whole thing. The core fans can sit at any AC game and be at home in about twenty minutes, and it's one of the reasons that it has such an enduring base; having played at least a few missions from every title besides ACV/Verdict Day, my impression is that it's a game for the fans even if some changes have been hit or miss in the community. Your point about ZOE2 is great one; the thing is this is to ZOE2 what FlightSim X is to Ace Combat 4 or Gran Turismo to NFS. It's probably no coincidence that most AC fans also enjoy classical J/TRPGs a lot. They share that spreadsheet simulation feel. If you really want some jank and framedrop, play Project Phantasm. For a more friendly entry play AC3. For one similar to AC4 play Nexus/Last Raven. I'm one of the die-hard PS2-era games fans myself, but glad to see people play any of the titles of this awesome franchise. As a side note, if you look around, I vaguely remember someone setting up a way to tunnel the iLink on the PS2 over the net to have a pseudo online connectivity in a few of those titles.

[@noelienoelie8425]

2:00 That's the setting. The story is hidden in that so from software style. Your pilot is actually someone. The story is basically about the defection of your mentor this legendary pilot and mech. It's the mech on the intro movie I think.... It is a from software game after all.

[@fusioncell7669]

White Glint is not the mentor ACfA's protagonist, Strayed. That said he is the protagonist from the previous game AC4.

[@brickboy3420]

AC Lahire was the frikkin s*it man, damn i love fast blading action *-*

[@Koisosoy]

Wow so the ps3 version was that bad The Xbox 360 ran fine

[@theninjararar]

the interface for this game is so nice

[@ime4rth434]

One of my favorite games ever made, they need a remaster with online pvp, and ranked modes. That would be lit!

[@Gripheenix]

Huh... Another 4A review today. What are the odds? Regardless, let me be the first to say that I actually, really appreciate this review. As an AC vet, who gets a headache whenever new people try to come into Armored Core, simply because 'They don't get it,' it's actually very refreshing to be able to watch a review, and think: "Hey, this guy kinda gets it!" The willingness to explore the game, and actually want to figure out how things work? I wish all new players to the series had that capability, before writing the games off as clunky hunks of garbage. (Your review style is pretty entertaining, as well.) I don't think you need to worry, too much, about that ravenous fanbase coming to tear you a new one...

[@deathserpent9747]

I'm a fairly new player (my first was AC 4) and I like this game and I actually dug a little into the story. But the mechanics don't confuse me that much although I miss being able to fly since AC V. I do think the camera can be bad at times though.

[@Sparking_AC]

As a series vet (Like some of the other commenters it seems xD) This was a really good review. Pretty much everything you said couldn't really be argued and you covered all aspects of the game very well, and looked at it from not only a beginners view point but from a veteran's as well (It seems like you took that into consideration anyway :P) It's always nice to see new people trying the AC series out and this is probably one of the best games to start on in the series. Ya'll deserve more recognition man!

[@Sparking_AC]

+vicente valiente (superhuman) Yeah it's a real shame there aren't that many players playing any of the games online right now :( You usually have to setup a game with someone personally before hand, which is sad DX

[@Sparking_AC]

vicente valiente Yeah, the budget would be pretty large and would probably need community donations to be continuously ran D: Thanks a lot! I'll keep trying :3

[@letigremoon955]

loved your review ,im so glad ppl are still playn this gem of a game ,even if it is a diamond in the rough .one thing i need to point out is that the game plays way better if you change the button configuration around ,im a vet at this game and the best that i have come up with is putting the boosting on the triggers and weapons fire on the shoulder buttons ,but to get the most out of this set up ,you must keep your middle fingers on the triggers and index fingers on the shoulder buttons at all times to make it work right ,it might take a little getting use to but you will see a vast improvement in control and playablity .

[@ThyHarvesting]

Too many good but also frustrating memories playing the Armored Core series on my old PS3. Despite the daunting stats, I actually enjoyed the customisation, even went as far as to design and color my mechas after other gaming/anime characters.

[@ShaighJosephson]

My favorite console game... Hoping FromSoftware makes more... A PC version in an open sandbox world online would be awesome...

[@yurtthesilentgod1225]

How you feeling now?

[@dustinethridge7863]

Raw fire power totally works. You just went about it the wrong way. The machine gun weapon arms, gatling back Cannon & shoulder slug cannons coupled with the fcs you get starting as an independent turns you into a fucking bullet dragon capable of shredding even the most heavily armored AC's in under 15 seconds. 5 guns firing in unison at a single target makes for really short fights.

[@margakis]

Dustin Ethridge the problem with that is you can't fire 5 guns at once, only two(not counting shoulder mounts)

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

I actually have all the Armored Core games apart from 2 Japanese Market only spinoffs for the original game on PSOne and for my money AC4/For Answer is the high point of the series. Especially For Answer. They both brought a real sense of speed and pressure to the series but the extra control tweeks that FA got put it ahead of the rest. Wish From Software would step away from the Souls games long enough to give us another Armored Core, or even better, that they get a crack at the Gundam franchise some day.

[@andrewrogers3067]

[@onigojira]

2 minutes in, you mention the story is a framework. This is actually a staple of the series. Although it deviates from this from time to time I thought I'd point out that one of the major points for selling the feeling of being a merc free to choose his own missions is that most of the games work like this. As far as the fA and V generation of games go, I've heard there's peripheral merchandise which flesh out the world, ala Gundam, but if you dig in the games you won't really find that much as they're primarily a vehicle for the gameplay, with only teases at the lore. 4 minutes and 20 seconds in, you mention it's hard to pay attention to the HUD. fA probably has the worst HUD in the series, I'll admit. V/VD does a better job by literally putting it all in the middle of the screen in a non-intrusive way. Past games had the bars and numbers being larger and more colorful, on the sides of the screen. It's not uncommon for even someone who's been at this since '97 to forget to notice how my energy bar is doing. Part of this is because fA, more than any other game, provides you with an extreme surplus of energy, allowing all but the most energy hungry of AC's to remain airborne when not engaging is some serious evasive maneuvers. If the game's were more "hard sci-fi" like the old ones, the amount of time you'd spend checking those bars probably would result in better awareness of them, so it may also be a game mechanic issue more than a HUD issue. At 8 minutes and 30 seconds. I never understood why this scared people off. They picked up a game about customizing a robot. What were they expecting? I often see the menus cited as a detriment to the game "unless you're in to that sort of thing", as the reviews often say. I always felt it was like saying a racing game "involved trying to get your vehicle in to first place a lot, but that's not so bad, if you're in to that sort of thing!" At 9 minutes and 15 seconds, you mention frame rate. For whatever reason, on the 360 at least, plasma weapons kill frame rate. I noticed that you liked to use them. If you have more than 100 or so missiles in world, the frame rate suffers as well. I assume that for the missiles bit, it's to allow the game to maintain play speed with out slow down. I think it's just pushing the consoles to their limits with all the different things that they're having to keep track of. Part of why we see such small matches for FPS games, with teams cut in half compared to their sizes on PC, I suspect. These are the two main reasons for frame rate drop. I don't think I've ever had frame rate loss except for those reasons. I also suspect this is why the game is kind of bland looking. I think it's all about resource conservation to improve the gameplay. 10 minutes and 54 seconds, you bring up the vagueness of the motherwill mission. They actually don't mean any guns in particular. You just need to do enough over all damage to cause the internal fires to be unstoppable, this is why they don't specify a singular target. Chances are, you simply did enough damage that when you blew the missiles up, you finally met the mission's damage requirements. I find this critique to be interesting because the biggest complaint about motherwill is that the mission is too easy (It was the hardest of the arms forts for me, but that's what I usually see from others) and that 4/fA were in general were just too easy 99% of the time.

[@Danielsonic87]

Much more better this graphic than UnrealShitEngine or other no-serious graphics of no serious game,personally:japanese style for me wins EVERYTIME,AC 4 & For Answer seems a japanese live action like God of Gaming wishes... same for Dynasty Warriors Gundam series,comparing some similar genre...anime=nothing more better to the eyes of a real gamer

[@finalflare2049]

The customization made this game gold

[@techniqueswithtodd]

I loved it back in the day :) All missile batteries, all the way. Add tracks and a booster and bam!!

[@Wessux]

For Answer is the best of the series.

[@pkemr4]

The online was fucking insane

[@danhectic5629]

oh jeez PS3... 360 version isn't smooth as silk- but there where times on PS3 where i literally could not play. slide show mode. i sold it shortly after buying it just to have it on another system. (i own 8 copies of MDK 2 on various platforms)

[@kirkorion9729]

never had framerate problems playing on an old school real television set.. yeah, those tv's who weighted a ton cuz glass screens. once i plugged in a flat screen, the frame rate dropped into an abyss of unplayable sludge. try playin on an old 90's tv set with em yellow/white/red wire plugg ins. also, about mechs customs, people never talk about 'stabilizers' . not only could they be used to give weight to some if your parts to ,well, stabilized it.. some of them could be used to give your machines awesome looks n styles! if they gonna ever make any more of these games, lets not forget em stabilizers! heck, just relaunch For4nswers on PS4 already! the world needs to know of this masterpiece!

[@danielp7394]

I went the 360 route like all my friends at the time and missed those Armored Cores. It seems like the old ones but updated. Know being back with Sony I've been sad for my next sequel I never got

[@justinjacobs1501]

The funny thing about the comparison to the Souls stamina gague is that that gague is a direct descendant of Armored Core's energy gague

[@spookydonkey42]

Time to cash in on that AC6 announcement m8

[@cordia96]

I am glad that you answered, dutch boi

[@FK-we1dp]

I bought this game looking for answer and I just never got it.

[@GUNMOFO5]

I'm not sure if you can copy disc data to the ps3 hdd for easing the load on the CPU, but I've run into little to almost no lag and loads much faster since I've done this on my 360 with all of my physical copies as compared to playing without copying the disc data. On a side note: if you do that while your discs are still readable and happen to accidently damage them with scratches later on, more often than not your disc will still run perfectly is what I've experienced, but more specifically that's a precaution to take if you have an S or E model of 360, the white Jerry model had a superior reading eye compared to the newer versions but that doesn't make up for shit life span.

[@dangerwarg9682]

Pretty sure on Spirit of Motherwill it said break shit until the whole thing explodes. lol

[@asuratv4615]

I remember playing and realizing there was 3 different stages in boost xc lol I still play it today!

[@devthecanadian775]

Ps3 performance tanks, but 360 is solid, and now ACFA works on ps3 emulator on PC

[@HelianMitlowdelmilk]

This game is still awesome 👍 in 2023 and beyond

[@teaP23445]

As a AC vet I'm shock people still talk about one of my favorite games. I was fearing this series was gonna fall into obscurity, but then I saw this video. I hope the new players get into acvd since it's the most recent one that requires strategy. Just asking; have you review Armored Core Silent Line?

[@thorhighheels]

Nah this the only AC game I've tried so far. Interested to try some of the others though.

[@thewatcher2075]

good new there is a new AC game in the works

[@Danielsonic87]

Is made well as this,or like that abomination of the "5"?

[@wanderingbufoon]

Danielsonic 87 to be fair, when miyazaki left to work on the soulsborne series, the people who had to pick up the gauntlet had really big shoes to fill. Miyazaki's contribution to the AC series changed it enormously that veteran players of the series were quite torn, myself included, when AC4 came out. I believe i only managed to tolerate it when i was doing multiplayer missions and getting late game items. Or that defeating Berlioz (not on story mode) was the thing that sold me. Then I completely loved AC4A after that. I was really glad about ACV going back to the roots but they were done badly. Luckily they improved upon it on ACVD. Still not there as the previous title but at the very least, they were close and it was really well made in multiplayer. Now that miyazaki is working on the 6th, along side Elder (something) and another title, hopefully the story and gameplay will be a whole lot better. I hope they keep the multiplayer team department for the 6th installment series though. Ive always disliked how the Soulsborne titles arent impressive when it comes to multiplayer.

[@loganlangor6767]

This is a strategy game.

[@ricardoh87]

6:45 Tong City

[@MantasticHams]

As an old-school AC fan who hasn't played in years (i got in in the ps1 era, played HxC through the ps2 era, and never bought any playstation hardware after that.), your take is pretty spot on from my perspective. I'm fairly excited for what AC6 could offer, with fromsoft having so much more resources and experience at this point, and the hand-off to a new director. The issues you talk about like AI i assume will be addressed fairly well, and i can only assume that they'd do a somewhat better job of directing you through a mission, not in a hand-holdy way but enough info to know what you are after lol.

[@Gyro_Scope360]

Who needs a story? Take on contract Destroy what youre told Get the bag

[@graydanger]

wow the amout "AC vet" in the comments is too great!

[@thejman5683]

It's just as bad as FE Elitists

[@GUNMOFO5]

I love armored core but I still don't quite understand everything about 4 and for answer, I spent a much longer time with the ps2 releases, last raven in particular. Sadly I have no friends that play the series at all to learn things from. If only there were more tutorials for this game, a notable one that goes over small things not covered in the tutorial about boosting has increased my survival odds greatly with that knowledge alone since I seem to have a hard time getting out of being strictly a ground fighter.

[@Kizen.]

Watching this again, I also forgot to mention. The A.I is crap for a reason. You're on normal mode. The only period of good A.I. you'll experience is hard mode and against other NEXTs. Also, this game was downgraded in terms of A.I. and difficulty due to the level of movement available, while in AC4, it was much less so. You can still get absolutely styled on by enemy ACs if you make a bad play. It's like Smash bros. Sure, the bots are bad. But do something dumb, and you might just find yourself surprised at what happens.

[@spookyskeleton9816]

Ayo we back!

[@Tentacle]

This was a franchise I really wanted to get into. But as Europeans, we got a big of a rough treatment with it. Basically every time a new game came out in Japan and America, we'd already be a game behind. Hard to remain excited for a series, when we are given the old scraps nonstop.

[@thorhighheels]

+Tentacle Touchy I remember first hearing about it in your top 10 mechs video though. (unless I'm wrong then I apologies for the fuck)

[@jonathanplooij3666]

i feel like this game could use a hour long tutorial

[@uxsvent1]

they should remake this for pc. maybe use unreal as a back end so the fps is over 60 but still fun.

[@freevbucks8019]

Boy do I have news for you

[@mr.b89]

@@freevbucks8019 are you referring to the pc ps3 emulation?

[@freevbucks8019]

@@mr.b89 Not only this, but the same devs made something that could be remotelly be an "armored core"

[@mr.b89]

@@freevbucks8019 yeah daemon x machina looks pretty cool, but I've been trying to emulate this game today on rpcs3 and I can't find a source for an ISO. Do you know where one might get something like that?

[@freevbucks8019]

@@mr.b89 Daemon X machina released in 2019.....

[@satan_8480]

Also 360 runs at a higher framerate

[@uxsvent1]

I liked this game back in the day had the smallest frame in the game and set up for speed. after 70% for the lift so I could actually lift the primary guns it had lol but after I purged the gattlins it would go faster than the jet boosters missions. it was high speed and long-range sensors. an 18m mech with 25m dragon slayer plasma swords lol.

[@osakanone]

"So its obviously the best one" -- I mean, you're not wrong?

[@gustavosimoes1995]

i wonder why this video showed up on my feed

[@dhoffnun]

Ah yes, the last Armored Core game that ever came out - such a shame they never revisited this series, but at least they didn't take over a decade of it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it and fixbroke it... nope that totally didn't happen at all and I'm so glad... : ]

[@woonloonm9784]

haha funny man. im gonna play this game now

[@NextGenCouncil]

AC4 is a better running game. I do not even remember it having frame issues.

[@KyleDevy]

You sound like a jojo's bizarre adventures reject. Respect tho

[@stephsulj9442]

Ok sorry but you need three playthroughs to get all the endings

[@margakis]

HaloFreak never mind that, it took me four total playthroughs to get all the parts(not counting ones exclusive from hard mode missions)

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

Buy this on 360, god the frame rate is terrible on PS3.

[@allunits360]

Hello people in the future

[@richterdelgan123]

8:07 *punch*

[@hemangchauhan2864]

I heard the PS2 ones are great But which one is the best?

[@thorhighheels]

+Hemang Chauhan Alotta people say 4 is the best one, which is very similar to this. But then, plenty of people also prefer the older ones, as they were a lot slower. 4 changed how the series played apparently, which kinda split up the fan base. Don't quote me on any of this though! I only played this one so far, so I can only go off what I've heard others say.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

***** Hmm... Thanks for the input, and nice review.

[@Gripheenix]

+Hemang Chauhan Most vets will tell you that Last Raven is the top game. And they aren't necessarily wrong. It is a very good game. It's also not one that I would wish on any new player, as it's crushingly unforgiving. Personally, as far as the older generations go, I prefer 2nd gen (AC2/Another Age). A lot of newer players will claim that 4/4A are the best, and that does have merit as well. 4th gen is, in my opinion, the best the series has to offer, in terms of story content. It has a bitchin' soundtrack as well. But, that's about where 4th gen and I part ways. I like the games well enough to enjoy playing them, a few of the mechanics make me prefer older gens, or 5th gen much more. A lot of people will try to tell you that 4th gen changed AC drastically, and they aren't really wrong, I guess. Though, I personally feel like 4th gen is a natural evolution of the gameplay from gens 1-3, which all play remarkably similar. So, sure, adding in quick-boosts and essentially making the player ten times more powerful with their loadout, does change the game significantly, but the core mechanics and gameplay are still pretty similar to the old titles. And then we get to 5th gen. If people thought 4th gen turned the gameplay on its head, then 5th gen makes it do cartwheels. And that's probably why a lot of series vets hate ACV/Verdict Day. I am one of the few vets who actually likes the games. In fact, 5th gen is my favorite in the entire series. But, that probably has something to do with the fact that they're more focused on the online, multiplayer aspect, than the single player part... (I always wanted an AC "Online" when I was younger, and now I have it.) If you're looking to get into the series, I would recommend starting off at any of the base generation titles (AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4, ACV). They're all fairly easy, once you take the time to learn mechanics, and such. After that, expand to the other titles as you see fit.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

***** If going after the base serie is the best way to start, then out of AC2 and AC3, which is the best one to start? I can enjoy fairly difficult games (like good amount of Dark Souls), but I need the one with most polish (ie controlling feels good, less glitchy, better frame rate) It'd also be great if either of two has more content.

[@Gripheenix]

+Hemang Chauhan I would honestly say that AC3 would be a better jumping off point. AC2 is a fantastic game, but it was a launch title for the PS2, so it's not without its hiccups. Though, if you don't mind a bit of a difficulty wall, and are looking for more control options, I would even suggest Nexus. Reason being, that in terms of the actual controls (which you can completely rebind in every title in the series), AC2/AA, and AC3/SL, while allowing you to use the R3/L3 buttons, won't actually let you bind controls to the sticks themselves, for some reason. Nexus is the first entry in the series that allows you to make use of analog controls. Also, Nexus isn't really tied into AC3 or Silent Line. (Nexus, Ninebreaker, Formula Front, and Last Raven are all generally considered "Gen 3.5". They're still technically 3rd gen titles, as they aren't preceeded by a numbered entry, other than AC3, but they're kinda their own little stand-alone thing, apart from AC3/SL.) Though, from what I understand, the AC3 and Silent Line ports for PSP do allow for analog control, when played on a Vita. I don't own a Vita, so I can't confirm this. But, it's worth looking into, if you do have one.

[@Clusters3rdStrikeArc]

It's alright, but it's no phantom crash.

[@kikiblair5132]

AC 4 was the last good one. AC 5 was a solid downgrade. It felt like going back to AC 2 except not good. Also, I mourn for the pre 5 soundtrack and it runs way better on Xbox.

[@angerskarin9222]

This gameplay is actually really slow when some ac pilot use to fight at the speed of light lol.

[@tapsofosiris3110]

This game was directed by the guy who created the souls series, so it's understandable that this game doesn't push story too hard.

[@involuntaryanalysis]

You've obviously never played AC4A.

[@tapsofosiris3110]

@@involuntaryanalysis No not at all. LMAO only about 200 hours.

[@brianquint6126]

Last Raven is the best one.

[@LegosforFr33]

Zarbon I don't think you could be a good reviewer with the jokes.

[@foodank_atr817]

This is when the series lost me... Silent Line was the last good Armored Core I played... I prefer the old control scheme.

[@lukehighwalker8932]

Please fromsoft after the perfect eldenring please give us ravens some new jobs and ac‘s

[@zerorig]

You have a new assignment raven - AC6 2023

[@lukehighwalker8932]

@@zerorig finaly we got jobs to do!

[@onesendzeroes4800]

THH is free jazz travestite as goofy bonkers

[@PerrydactylShow]

WOW THAT LOOKED LIKE MECHA DOODOOO.

[@jukaie]

frustrated? you should try armored core v verdict day :D

[@deathserpent9747]

final boss makes me rage.

[@eathr349]

Thats what unac's are for

[@kiwyWinky]

ur game must be broken or ps3 / xbox to have framerate issues at arms forts the only framerate loss is when using one or two shitty kojima weapon

[@thorhighheels]

ur ps3's broken

[@kiwyWinky]

Lol

[@neaosmt1562]

They aren't robots their mecha are piloted by human robot are autonomous they can work by themselves

[@IRMentat]

calling this game fast is like calling the movesets in MHW "complex". Only applies if you have never sunk into a sim/brawler game before, the individual gameplay aspects are fairly straight forward, the preparation and custoisation is where the complexity lays if you pick 1-2 build types the individual aspects are fairly straight-forward (console multi-button comands non-withstanding), the finesse and mastery come from nailing attack/dodge timings(that admitedly i'm bad at). ballsy as that sounds, ACs control like a mix of fencer/wing-diver in EDF5 with a lock-on for many weapon types, where as MHW combat reminds me a lot of soul blade or devil may cry, you get a lot of specialist-tools but your bread and butter tends to be a very basic/repeatable combo. I'd kill for these to be on PC, but fromsoft seem to have totally abandoned the franchise.

[@faidou9954]

A lot of the Armored Core games seem to have bad reviews...

[@thorhighheels]

until you came here and saw this and your world was changed forever

[@faidou9954]

@@thorhighheels IDK man, the whole customization seems extremely complicated, I wonder if the whole series is like this. Plus there's like 3 Armored Core games on the Vita: Last Raven, Silent Line, and AC3. Idk which game I should buy first.

[@faidou9954]

​@@thorhighheels OK, I'll eat my words here. After watching a few playthroughs of the AC games that were on the Vita, I'm sold on the series. I like it more than Dark Souls and Bloodborne.

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

looks like a lag bomb

[@involuntaryanalysis]

No, actually, played through this game multiple times, achieved everything that can be achieved (beyond some of those multiplayer achievements), and NEVER experienced lag.

[@gryphon_Space]

Less lag more occasional frame rate drops due to a stupid amount of stuff happening as you probably guessed from all the comments the 360 version has less lag due to better specs

[@morzault]

Zone of the Enders? I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that...