Armored Core is Even Bigger Than You Think Now.

[@KanaevM]

I like that it still tries to scale everything according to human proportions, even if no humans appear in the game itself to compare.

[@InternetHydra]

From is really great with those little details they know 99.9% of players wouldn’t ever know about in a youtubeless world.

[@williamfalls]

FromSoft: _puts a piece of paper down with a funny joke on it_ Some KZbinr somewhere: "This is some *deep* lore drop!"

[@stringwhore]

Rokuniichi

[@Synthonym]

I love that it actually goes a lot further than that. There are handrails, catwalks and service doors on EVERYTHING which let you see exactly how a person might navigate these mind-bendingly massive structures, as well as frequently reminding you just how enormous everything is

[@HaykInWonderland]

​@@williamfallslike what

[@zorain2354]

If humanity could built the cradles in 4 and the towers in V, I'm not surprising that they could just repair vascular plant within a month

[@VLimit11]

Good point. All things considered, an army of MTs could probably finish these kinds of jobs much quicker than you'd initially expect

[@Supercohboy]

While that's an apt comparison, iirc 4/V/6 aren't supposed to be the same singular running timeline, they're all their own separate thing like most Final Fantasy games are, minus the specific same-generation sequels like 4Answer/Verdict Day. Otherwise yeah, if Armored Core played Civ V, they'd be a Ramses main lmao, they're popping out superstructures to celebrate every major event in human history, it seems

[@GERAT023]

you know, the structures on rubicon, remind me a lot of the towers from ACV/VD

[@abeeocta2599]

Yes mt's are firts development as labor machine

[@matasa7463]

​@@VLimit11 Not even that - remember those AI controlled machines that came to live after the Coral Surge? Most of the planet's structures was probably made fully autonomously.

[@VaatiVidya]

I just want to say that I really appreciate how much effort you put into the editing and animation for these videos. It must take so long but it really helps elevate the vids! Nice work

[@nervousgiraffe9876]

This video has officially been sanctioned by the Fromsoft Vatican

[@VLimit11]

Appreciate that a ton! Definitely means a lot considering the production value of your recent videos. Looking forward to seeing that inevitable AC6 lore video!

[@hhowdy]

Was thinking the exact same thing this video might not even get over 10K! But hey the amount of work on this one 7 minute video is crazy Edit: It got over 10k let’s go

[@metj6885]

Vaabi where’s the LORE

[@shinjimirou928]

I eagerly await for your version of Armored Lore

[@swelldritch2774]

The size of the vascular plant and the xylem is an oddly effective way of representing the scale of the corporations' greed. Is hard to even justify fighting over anything when you have access to that quantity of resources.

[@andrewowens4421]

Yeah, that's literally owning planets level of money. Or at least owning whole moons. If you _still_ need more resources after that then it's not about really needing resources but just wanting more to own out of base greed.

[@arforafro5523]

It's not just the resources, its the power. Arquebus not only had infinite money at their disposal with the Vascular Plant but also a way to control who gets the super fuel for both machinery and weapons. Whatever price and whatever amount of resources they have to invest doesn't matter because once they get a hold of Rubicon nothing else will matter and everything they lost they can easily replace later on by selling Coral or take it by force using Coral powered weapons and AC's on top of having access to both RRI and PCA technology.

[@ee822]

For our population? Certainly. But the more people that exist, the more resources that are needed to support them. We may only see Rubicon, but its also only one of many worlds the PCA is dealing with, and the PCA is only one government administration that's basically watching over the equivalent of EPA Superfund sites. The broader spacefaring civilization could easily be host to Quadrillions of humans at a low end.

[@techietisdead]

@@andrewowens4421 Well, considering the scale of what they are doing, the planet's worth probably wont even be enogh for basic stuff in a few decades

[@apophisstr6719]

@@andrewowens4421 Nah, by this level I think planets are basically just like another oil field to these interstellar corporations, they're only fighting over Rubicon like how those on our Earth were trying to claim those fields or mine as their own. Also, another point is I think despite the level of tech this universe had reached, Dyson Sphere is probably still out-of-reach for them, or else they wouldn't be here fighting over Coral which is just another type of fuel to burn.

[@doctorquack-pot4214]

I knew these structures and machines were massive, but to actually give them measurements and compare them to whole maps is insane. Well done

[@Ataximander]

Frankly of the megastructures shown at the end, the Vascular Plant still beats them by virtue of being a glorified oil rig. If humanity in AC6 builds moneymakers that size, what would they even consider MEGA?

[@zahylon5993]

a Dyson Sphere?

[@pillarmenn1936]

@@zahylon5993 Most likely since they seem to have a similar structure at the end of Ending 3

[@natethegreat7967]

Who’s to say humanity regularly builds things as massive as the Vascular Plant? For all we know, it might be the largest and most expensive project that Arquebus Corporation has ever done, and the costs will take decades or a century to recoup.

[@ArcadiaCv]

​@@natethegreat7967 Arquebus was just a random part manufacturer who setup an operation on rubicon after the coral/fires of ibis put it on the map. We know humanity in the AC universe has built multiple towers (20km) and multiple cradles (4km) on earth. An actual industrial corp with MT's could build something much larger if they decided to for whatever reason.

[@ulrikahaggard9923]

@@ArcadiaCvi think youre confused the AC games arent connected. For all we know cradles and towers dont exist in AC6 and never have

[@paulroberto2286]

With 7% the radius of earth, the weight of the helicopter would probably be pretty comparable with a heavy military vehicle. Thus explaining how it can actually fly lol

[@paulroberto2286]

Oh also, great video!! Loved the visualizations and talking ACs

[@VLimit11]

I didn't consider that! That definitely makes some player/enemy movement easier to understand if you think of it all in low gravity (though I probably shouldn't think too much about realism in this series, haha)

[@venlil]

​@VLimit11 rubicon is probably incredibly dense which could give it a similar gravity to earth

[@ziggythomas1123]

@@venlil For some reason that reminds me of Kerbal Space Program. All the celestial bodies in that game are incredibly dense. For example, Kerbin is 58,000 kg per cubic meter. Earth IRL is a measley 5515 kg /m3.

[@harrasika]

But its mass and inertia are still the same

[@VLimit11]

Tried the blueprint thing again, but with slightly less cringe this time. I didn't have anyone double-check my calculations or visual comparisons, so let me know if I messed anything up along the way. If not, then feel free to share any feedback or suggestions for future videos if you have any!

[@axd2155]

I really like the blueprint, keep it up man it's really nice

[@VannilaZero]

It looks good

[@Supercohboy]

3:00 Materials science is always improving too, so it's not a large assumption to make that fighting vehicles will become ~20% lighter than their modern counterparts in a future with lasers, plasma weapons, and hover tech! This is something that armchair novelists seem to forget when critiquing the weight of sci-fi weapons.

[@firstnamelastname7124]

Another thing is that Rubicon is smaller than earth so less gravity = less weight

[@DIMOHA25]

The size is very different though, so it's not 20%. Its like he said, the tank legs are like 10 times lighter than they should be.

[@Supercohboy]

@@DIMOHA25 This is very true, that's a problem that plagues almost all real-robot mecha. Larger proportions lead to much greater volume and thus greater weight. Even if we assume that there's a surprising amount of empty space in the average AC, they're still probably around 4 times lighter than they should be (without assuming ACs are built out of exotic materials). That was my bad, you're right. I'm so used to people complaining about how light future-aircraft and future-tanks are in sci-fi that I gave a kneejerk response tbh. Technically, some of the Gundam universes use special superlight alloys to justify their given weights, so that's a possible explanation to the problem of the in-game given weights for ACs. The in-game tech could all be using superlight materials, but appear as conventional things like steel and concrete because the future-versions of these materials look quite similar while being substantially better. Either that, or AC6 exists in a universe where volume isn't squared 🤷‍♂

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

@@Supercohboy i think one of the few real robots that gets weight kind of right is Armored Troopers Votoms, the Scopedog weights something like 6,7 tons , is meant to be a light unit , but if you see the measurements you will notice that the Scopedog is less tall than a armored humvee is long (Scopedog is 3,8 meters tall , humvee is 4,5 meters long) and the Scopedog is heavier than a armored humvee , which all things considered makes sense , it has a similar size compared to a real life vehicle and is a tad heavier than it , the Scopedog doesn't feels like is ultra light but neither that it is very heavy

[@StrikeNoir105E]

As something of a real-world example: if you told an Egyptian Pharaoh that modern humanity would be able to build structures over a mile tall, he'd probably whip you dead for silliness. Modern skyscrapers are only possible because steel is much lighter than stone, hence you can make straight vertical structures with it, whereas with stone you'd have to contend with its weight and various other properties and hence why the most common way to build large with them without the use of adhesives was to make a pyramid.

[@TR-qf2gt]

0:42 Iguazu being an absolute keyboard warrior is so funny 😂

[@klortikterra4423]

he 100% would be, he is a cry baby.

[@Excalibaard]

Still no luck with the sewing club I see...

[@michaelkolano8686]

And he uses hunt&Peck too!

[@Headbringer]

@@michaelkolano8686What’s hunt&Peck?

[@michaelkolano8686]

@@Headbringer typing with one or both index fingers, usually while looking directly at the keyboard rather than the display. it's common for people who don't use computers much, or very well

[@federationprime]

How would the vascular plant look on an actual sized Earth? Rubicon may have been shrunk for symbolic purposes and to make the plant more imposing, so having it on a planet large enough for 1 G gravity would be an interesting visual.

[@VLimit11]

That's a good hypothetical. I imagine it would still be visible, but Rubicon's total volume is WAYYY smaller than Earth's, so it might not look as impressive

[@kerbodynamicx472]

There’s a reason why we don’t see mountains taller than 10km, the vascular plant will just sink into the ground.

[@davidburke4101]

​@@kerbodynamicx472Considering half of the plant is already underground, I think they considered that lol

[@teslashark]

@@VLimit11 I think the VP we see underground is not the root of the structure, but the funnel part that later becomes the top, with a replaced shell?

[@aze0012]

@@teslashark that is probably what "used to be" the top part, probably has a bottom part, and a foundation part below that isnt shown

[@nanoblast5748]

The mata nui robot is about as tall as earth's diameter. Now remember that it can comfortably lie on aqua magna, and that moon is small compared to bara magna. The bionicle universe is HUGE.

[@TorchicNidoran1994]

Don't forget that the entire universe lives IN Mata Nui

[@t3rr0talabode52]

I was NOT expecting a bionicle reference, but you know what? I'll take it.

[@torrancemoore6152]

Only thing I can get to that scale as far as machines (sorta) are primus and unicron who are as large as saturn and jupiter respectively And I gotta get back into bionicle cuz that sounds dope

[@xablingos]

6:53, the fact that Rubicon is far smaller than Earth explains why everything can be huge out there, the gravity is probably weak than earth's.

[@xezmakorewarriah]

oh, i didn't even knew that rubicon was THAT small!!! it explains how these massive machines are not crumbling under their own weight, since the gravity of this planet would be much weaker

[@meareAaron]

this also explains why ACs float so effortlessly in Rubicon

[@gamedominatorxennongdm7956]

I mean on paper you could make these same machines on earth and make them stand, however you'll need a powerful powerplant for that, like how large animals can withstand its own weight by expending energy.

[@Saru-yr3qk]

Pretty sure ACs/mechs are used on earth too, just like they were used on earth in previous AC games. You're reading too much into it. By your logic, people shouldn't even be able to colonize and live on Rubicon. The low gravity would cause their bodies to atrophy and they'd all eventually die from living in that environment for too long. It's a game about mechs, not some simulator. Don't take it that seriously.

[@raylenn4444]

​@@Saru-yr3qkyou DO realise that cybernetics are a widespread thing by the time of armored core 6,right? So it's not out of the question that most of the rubicon citizens use cybernetics to make up for that, or generate artificial gravity. So overall, your point is rather moot tbh.

[@Groundash]

@@Saru-yr3qk "Just don't think about it" is a lame way to stop a conversation people are having fun with. It's also a lame way to defend something you like against perceived criticism.

[@laserbeastman7447]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Xylem. Despite being considerably smaller than the vascular plant, that thing is absolutely massive.

[@torrancemoore6152]

That's what I was thinking. Ship was large enough to have a city be a tiny chunk of it

[@GunRunner106]

just to put that helicopter in perspective that lil inch bit more - the WW2 Battleship Yamato was 263m longer. 33m longer then that helicopter.

[@theonlyandegg]

Im really glad you kept going after all the demotivating dips. there's nothing that motivates me to keep pushing on in blender than incredible proof of concepts like yourself

[@VLimit11]

Yeah, sometimes we all just need to get over those few big hurdles in our way to see that the rest of the race isn't so bad. Glad I could help give some motivation, and best of luck on your future projects!

[@aseemmateen7696]

fantastic video quality and production. Keep on the good work, AC6 needs as much exposure as it can get!

[@TheUndersigned]

This is so ridiculously slick-looking. The animated AC avatar is gorgeously done. I love everything you're doing here with the presentation.

[@katama4843]

I LOVE THE AC ANIMATION You using your own AC as an Avatar. DO MORE

[@reliantbelial2341]

can we get a share code for that ac avatar ?

[@jactstone]

Finally, a video that talks about From Software's biggest "tree" to date. Root and extended trunk combined.

[@jasongouffray4202]

Cool vid. Old Raven here. AC6 did go big for sure. Biggest yet in the series I’d wager. With the enhanced Assault Boost and increased upward mobility, the player can forget the size of the world as it is easily scalable by a half decent pilot. For me PvP is where the wheat is separated from the chaff. Spectating 2 teams that properly communicate in a party of some sort, can be quite a sight to behold. Even your best build with your best map don’t mean shit if you ain’t ready to strap in for some heart racing, adrenaline pumping, insanity that would give a robot a seizure. I love this game. Looking forward to more of your content. Earned a like and sub.

[@gingersasquatch94]

"If they're gonna say I'm copying Zullie I'm gonna break her ankles and just do the whole damn planet then."

[@SuzumeMizuno]

Amazing animations! And I love the narration. "Because I lied". And then, smash the animation. I laughed hard! Thank you so much for your work!

[@jacktheripper7935]

I just love how you edited this and used an IG AC as an animated model to make the video more interesting. It's really nice. (and the Iguazu angry typing scene made me laugh 🤣)

[@VLimit11]

Thank you, and I'm surprised how many people quickly recognized that it was Iguazu, I thought a lot of people would forget what he looked like 😅

[@jacktheripper7935]

@@VLimit11 believe me, players won't 😀

[@ashwinghm]

I feel like I'm watching an episode of Big, Bigger, Biggest but with Armored Core as the focus. Also just stumbled across your channel--love this!

[@VLimit11]

Tysm! I've not heard of that series before, so I'll check it out and maybe see if I can get any extra inspiration from it

[@SephirothsBIade]

3:31 won best fashion core award though

[@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487]

7:15 Well given Arquebus is a _Interstellar Mega-Corporation._ They likely have the material and muscle to pull something of like that.

[@kabob0077]

6:05 It's a kilometer taller than a Sh'wada-pattern Supercarrier is long or _barely_ shorter than the Unyielding Hierophant is long. Yes, the monstrously large Super Shipyard/Battlestation/Command and Control Center/Repair Station/Refit Station that's also capable of supporting a fleet of over 500 capital ships and the Vascular Plant is almost as tall as the Unyielding Hierophant is long.

[@m.ubaidaadam]

The quality of the editing and animation, the deep dive into accurate pixel measurements this a an amazing video and you’ve earned a subscriber! Looking forward to what you do next

[@_narrows]

Wow I adore the humor and visuals for this video. Your lil animated AC avatar is just oozing with charm. And those are just the cherry on top to the well-presented info! Excellent stuff.

[@mobthewolf7645]

Came by to watch this after a certain 5hr and 30m movie. Just wanna say this is an eye opener never thought how actually big all these things are great work. Also this animtions with G5 and your custom AC were awesome.

[@VLimit11]

Thank you so much! Both this and the other project were a ton of fun working on the visuals for, so I'm glad you enjoyed them 😄

[@mobthewolf7645]

@@VLimit11 no problem can't wait too see what's next for ya V

[@LuceoX30]

Blimey, that helicopter could cause weather anomalies if it were real.

[@JacobShepherd-ol3tt]

Damn good break down, had no idea the the planet and the giant coral tower where to scale thats a very very interesting detail.

[@AlongCameASpider]

I cant even begin to imagine how you made those animations. Extremely high quality and well done!!! Good video

[@PokemonHaloFan]

The scale has always been one of my favorite things about the series. From the STAI battleship in AC2 to the Arms Forts in For Answer. Always just jaw dropping.

[@Galgamos]

When talking about big stuff in video games, "Asura's Wrath" always comes to mind. :)

[@VLimit11]

YES, I wanted to mention Wyzen so badly, but I had to limit it to man-made objects to keep the list at the end a manageable size

[@dragon80l]

srw Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

[@lesslighter]

@@dragon80lthe super carriers from Ace Combat the Aigaion from AC6 and the Hresvelgr from ACZero, arsenal bird from AC7, Arkbird from AC5

[@Terminator45845]

Damn, and I thought the models for the Xylem and the PCA Orbital Defense Laser was crazy big.

[@voidwalker6206]

I just found your channel.. and the content scratches that little itch the geeky & science part of my brain, its so cool!

[@Tarcon_Vaagh_69]

I have to say yours is my favourite of this series of "AC6 is big" videos. Endless effort in editing, great music choices, amazing IRL comparisons. Length and height is just as impossible for me to comprehend as for example numbers are for basically anybody. I could never understand how can someone roughly say how far aways A is from B when talking about a long driving session or how far away I live from the train station, etc. After certain point they're insanely over our knowledge.

[@KosOrSomeSayKosmo]

This was so well produced, thank you for walking me through the scale comparisons like the math plebian I am. I feel like this only added to my understanding and the general conversation in the community. Plus: It's clear from both Elden Ring and AC6 that From is very serious about expanding scale significantly, which makes me incredibly excited for the future!

[@shween8683]

Man, you deserve a lot more views. The editing was great, and I love seeing AC6 getting the love it deserves.

[@Bunker-Nines]

This video is so well done, the editing to the visuals is great! I was already really interested in big-mecha-machine game but now I'm really interested, great job!

[@robertscott7812]

Dude, that blueprint AC character is so smoothly animated and engaging. I haven't gotten very far into AC6, but I guess all of these bigger bosses are still largely traversible and open-world like the strider was, which would be fucking sick. There's no better way to display the hyper-capitalism of this universe than to create mind-bogglingly large structures at insane speeds

[@Jiggyb00]

Well when fast food corporations are hiring mercenaries to take out their competition, that’s when you know you’ve made it big.

[@VLimit11]

Regardless of size, idk if anyone will ever be able to beat the X-MECH-DONALD'S AC

[@dardardarner]

I had to pause the video for a solid 30 seconds because of 2:20 that was so unexpected LMAO.

[@GooberGuhher]

Please use more animated mechs! I just saw got recommended this video and the editing is really nice! Epic sub

[@MystikalDemon]

my guy, this might be your best video. it's insane to see the progress of your production quality. you clearly put a lot of time and love into your videos. much love and excited to see more

[@mauricecreator]

Warframe's Praghasa sentient, is a sentient machine built solely on the purpose of consuming the sun. In some photos, you can see Praghasa overshadowing a 4km long grineer galleon. In a reddit post I found with the photo, they can infer it was about 100-150 km in both width and length each.

[@23ssaavedra44]

I dont know if its as big necessarily, but the xenoblade series also has wonderful giant setpieces. Xenoblade 1 has the two main titans of bionis and mechonis, xenoblade 2 has the various titans and the world tree, which is similar in appearance to the vascular plant, and xenoblade 3 has the mechonis sword as a towering landmark. I love games with such a sense of scale and ive been loving my armored core playthrough(s) so far

[@silverstar495]

Something that would be really intersting to compare to is the grid pillars/platforms. They easily dwarf the strider for example, and some of the missions take place on them entirely.

[@konundrumite]

Amazing work. Animations are legit studio level here. Hope you get some traction in the algo

[@VeggiePun]

I remember doing the inspection mission and seeing some cars and trucks all over the place. Took me a minute to realize they're full sized vehicles

[@THarSul]

the mention of fully-rendered-to-scale-planets reminds me of how star citizen went balls to the wall with their simulation dimensions, and are working with playable volumes the size of entire solar systems, although none of the ships come close to the absurd scale of the man made stuff in AC6

[@noahferny2644]

Dude first vid I've seen of yours and damn your editing is insane! looking forward to what you got cooking next!

[@crepybara2948]

The edition, animations and lore/IRL accuracity was amazing, i really like this video and i hope you get us more vids like this one, keep up the good work buddy 💯

[@mr.voidout4739]

Abel's Ark in Xenosaga 3. Imagine something with the dimensions of a Super Destroyer (Vader's SD in RotJ) but carries planetoids wedged across it.

[@Sacabambapis_]

The Napenthes is around the length of the longest hole ever dug on earth

[@demitrischoenwald1436]

"An Armored Core is about as big as a Transformer" is probably the best comparison I've ever heard.

[@FlaccidFella]

I'm halfway through my 2nd run and I had no idea the coral plant was that big. Makes me feel kinda dumb when I think of how astonished I was at the erdtree

[@MRboss11]

I never knew much about AC until I played AC6 and the one thing I started to realize as I played my first playthrough was that these mechs are hella quick for their size. Coming from someone who is a big Warhammer nerd, I equated them to the size of an Imperial Knight and one of the larger versions too

[@NumberBreak]

7:29 hmm maybe, your mom

[@bombfrost5058]

very nice editing and animating the blue AC, its such a great job well done and for have taking my almost 8 mins of time you get 1 sub. you doing great man

[@quazar5017]

there are two reasons why supersonic helicopters are "challenging" to say the least: 1.) The rotor provides up-lift by turning. Lift is dependent on air speed. When you move in a orthogonal direction to the spin axis of the rotor one side is producing more lift, than the other, because rotation speed and travel speed add up. This induces torque and the helicopters wants to roll over. Real helicopters counter this by angeling the blades relative to the position they are in. But even the fastest helicopters only reach 500km/h 2.) Your maximum theoretical topspeed on any propeller aircraft equals the air speed at the tip of your propeller. For a supersonic vehicle it has to be supersonic. But it's a propeller, this means it moves in a circle. This means the tips of the propeller move supersonic and the center area subsonic and in between there is a point that breaks the soundbarrier constantly, producing extreme noise and vibrations and general stress on the vehicle. Don't know how they manage it on a propeller the size of the Titanic.

[@azurespectrum1985]

I could imagine an open-world hybird Armored Core game, most likely exclusive to next gen. I say hybrid because it will mostly be like Elden Ring except the garage acts as the Round Table, with the arena function acting much the same way. With the scale of some of these buildings and structures, it will be the most unique open-world experience ever!

[@afos88]

the dream game

[@abeeocta2599]

Maybe we can drive our transport vehicles and deploy as ac when in combat or mission zone

[@azurespectrum1985]

sounds like a great idea, although that takes away the excuse to use vanguard overboost. Still has its uses though.@@abeeocta2599

[@brailleeulogy120]

I spent a lot of time grasping the size of the world around me in AC6. I did this until I was in the underground mission before you come across the meal worms and I found a staircase for humans that led no where.

[@pokeng]

One thing to conisidered how arquebus was able to restore the vascular plant in the time they did was. If you read RaD's AC parts, it gives insight that ACs arent just weapons of war, but also fancy forklifts.

[@CyberDagger003]

That butthurt inflatable typing Iguazu was great. Now to watch the rest of the video. I'm gonna enjoy it, it seems.

[@mcm3adows]

Cool video, this games art style and sense of scale have gotten me obsessed, im praying for a DLC/sequel

[@ivorynargie]

ngl, got my sub, only thing i could possibly imagine adding to it was showing the satellite laser's size and the good old answerer to have a similar scale of what the largest enemy was in older ACs compared to now(im not 100% sure the answerer was the largest, but it felt like while being bombarded by lasers)

[@VLimit11]

I wanted to cover that (along with the Xylem and most of the minor bosses) but I started scrambling to get this finished once I saw how much work was being done by Zullie on the same topic 😅 I gotta learn how to work faster, since it doesn't feel great cutting corners like that

[@kabob0077]

1:16 CONEX boxes (Or ISO containers if you don't want to use the carry-over term from the Korean War) are a surprisingly good unit of measurement whenever massive machines are involved... They are uniform, familiar, and something we can easily use.

[@Thepeaces33ker]

I'd Argue the Orbital Defense Platforms are the biggest as they are mounted to an Orbital Ring that is several KM's past the Atmosphere and go all the way around the Circumference of the planet.

[@heardofrvb]

I saw this one video comparing the height of various mechs throughout media and I forgot how indescribably massive Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan was.

[@GERAT023]

awesome video, the animation work and how lively you made your representative AC model behave was quite fun to watch, even when it held the PC of elden ring as if it was a toy figure. xD Armored Core always gave me this strange feeling of being at home in a space not made for me, that is, the perspective of piloting an AC, and that the whole environment around ACs and MTs being design to facilitate their use, as either labor machines or combat. its also insane to imagine that older AC games happened mostly under ground, stuff like Layered from AC3 having such varied urban parts and even its own ecosystem with forests and seas.

[@tarbo6911]

The dredge music at the outro was exquisite 👌 also holy fuck this game gets big

[@AsterothPrime]

"You're incorrigible, Handler Walter.."

[@KurokishiOcelot]

The first time I saw something that really made me feel dwarfed was in Transformers: War for Cybertron, which had its own Strider adjacent mission. That thing blew my mind. Despite having giant structures in past Armored Cores, the series didn't do that to me until this game. After the scenery and the strider, I knew things would get even crazier. The Vascular Plant straight up left me in quiet awe for like 10 minutes as I wondered how something like that could exist. And sure, it's a videogame, but there's just something so fun about feeling dwarfed by something impossibly massive.

[@HajarrulAswad]

I did not even flinch when you mentioned a bunch of other people already discussing this subject. Your editing and animation, not to mention narration for the opening and for the whole video made me stay. And subscribed. I'm not really into watching editing and animation on youtube, but yours is probably the best in my opinion. Crazy good work, love your style. Keep it up!

[@R3TR0J4N]

i like the tid bits of in side science and scale when it comes to games; from openworld scale KZbin channels, to notably how fitting it is to be in Armored Core. subbed!

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

Ok guys , so i did some math. Rubicon diameter is 942km , moon diameter is 1737km , Rubicon being that small would give it way lower gravity than Earth or even the moon , to put things into perspective , a 60 ton tank in the moon would weight a mere 10 tons , in Rubicon gravity it would be even lighter , the closest i found to Rubicon size was Pluto and when you put a 60 ton tank here , it ends with a weight of a mere 4 tons (that is lighter than a Armored humvee in Earth) , so Pluto gravity is almost 15 times lesser than in Earth and considering Rubicon is even smaller that number could be 16-17. So even if your mech had a weight of 960 tons in Earth , in Rubicon it would weight just 60 tons ! , if you go with the gravity route , it can make some sense of the Mechs being the size they are and moving at the speeds they move , since gravity is so low in Rubicon in first place PD: the Scopedog from Armored Troopers Votoms would weight 418 kilos in Rubicon

[@zeta4115]

I need that gif of Iguazu rapidly typing.

[@WoobertAIO]

Another example of "manmade" object as massive as the endgame Vascular Plant, would be the Spear of Adun from Starcraft 2, which is basically a battle-ready, ftl-ready Noah's Ark the Protoss race built millenia before the events of the game, measuring about 75 kilometers long and 32 kilometers wide. There were originally 3 of them, but the other 2 were destroyed by the Zerg during the events of Starcraft 1

[@noahvcat9855]

Boy that helicopter is a flying football field

[@firstername]

i have to give you props for using the exact same ac to beat all the missions to get footage, i respect that

[@laughingman7467]

Yeah, Armored cores are back to AC3 size only a few inches taller than ac3 AC's even though AC6 AC's don't have that many parts in them.

[@avi_rivera]

Loved the animation and easy breakdown. Good stuff!

[@eddyram4932]

Amazing video, and you bring something fresh to the size comparison. You also didn’t include the city ship Xylem😂 that thing was gargantuan too.

[@spark9189]

on the topic of speed, i've done some quick and dirty calculations for the acs in for answer and... mach 6.6. that's the fastest that i've seen an ac go in any for answer footage. it accelerated to around 8000km/h from around 200km/h in 7 frames for a 60 fps game. this means it's acceleration was around 1450g. to give some perspective, the fastest known theoretical acceleration on a gundam is 20g. note that this was just peak speed, fastest sustained speed i saw was just over mach 5.

[@VLimit11]

Sometimes I wish this game had 4A movement, but it's hard to complain about what we got. Also, 1450g is absolutely bonkers, that pilot has to have been a pile of mush by the end of that

[@lesslighter]

@@VLimit11 ACfA LYNX are flexing their Ace Combat protagonist powers

[@Fallout_Survivor]

Shrek: do you think he is compensating for something?

[@virkallon1884]

I'll never forget Zullie the Witch's video about the Strider, the thing's length starting from Castle Morne can actually reach all the way to the Erdtree.

[@spikedclown3163]

I could imagine there’s a common and treatable solution for a phobia working with the sheer size and scale of structures in that universe

[@logancade342]

In regards to the clickbait angle regarding popularity, I love seeing a brilliant franchise from my youth (made by one of the handful of developers who haven't become literal avatars of capitalistic greed) explode in relative popularity. The game kicks ass and FromSoft deserves the love.

[@wasteoftimestudios2585]

stellaris is packed with massive megastructures

[@A_K_U_M_U_2129]

I like how you also made a similar style to every scale of its colour scheme like a blueprint compare to the “Real Engineering” in every Formulas, Equations, and Measurements

[@clamflex5209]

maybe the 50 tonnes for the tank build make sense, since rubicon is much smaller then the earth and has much less gravity. It could also explain how this gigantic helicopters can fly

[@SansTheSkeIeton]

a surprisingly consistent measurement for a game object

[@felixdeplanques3614]

This game was such a great surprise to me !

[@Nandeadstudios]

why the hell did they make the entire planet life size

[@lordanonimmo7699]

Because they can

[@Chun_0w0]

holy shit that's BIG, REALLY REALLY BIG....Colossal!!! indeed the title is not a joke, hell it's an understatement!

[@henryfleischer404]

Yeah, I like this kind of scale in games. I'm planning on having an object in the skybox of the FPS I'm working on be over a light-second long, it's a warp cannon, the only known method of FTL travel. It's going to appear as a thin white line though, as it's pretty far away.