"That briefing you saw was manufactured" ONLY A REAL WAIFU CAN MANUFACTURE YOUR MISSION BRIEFING. Lillie's voice is just so cute. Also i think the old king is hilarious. He's like this old man who doesn't give a shit about anything anymore, and the way he speaks is hilarious, i think he's a riot.
Darkeffigy X Lillium Wolcott is always cute, even in Japanese. Would die for her, honestly. Old King is like a madman, yet he knows he is one. Maybe he get thrills from battles? He clearly didn't run away from an outnumbered & outpowered match.
Figures he got thrills from fucked up stuff considering he requested the murder of 100 million people. And i was mortified on the Arteria mission for the first time because i know I HAD TO KILL LILLIE
***** Everyone has their preferences. Darkeffigy X Save her for last, if you can. I always go after Wynne D. Fanchon first because of how she loves to spam that back-mounted laser cannon of hers.
"ONE-HUNDRED MILLION! AH AH AH." He's like Count Von Count's evil cousin. Any of 4A's three endings could be cannon because they all ultimately lead to the same result. I once heard the sentiment that the hard mode should have had May Greenfield defending the cradles just to double down on how much of a bastard you were, but I guess that wouldn't work on you. "The blood of the innocents would rain down from the cradles" "YEEEAAHAHHHAA! YES YES YES!":D So, Arteria Carpals! Charging into the middle against 4 opponents is sure to get you wasted unless you're really, really good. Generally you want to split them as best you can. Then the biggest concern is ammo. The one nice thing is that if you beat it at all you're pretty much guaranteed an S rank. But my personal recommended approach is to take the Torus Kojima arms, a left back Kojima cannon, the strongest assault armor, the shoulder assault amplifier and a backup back weapon (I use kojima missiles). If you start charging both Kojima weapons at the beginning, then wait on the wall until they show up, then hover up to their level? It takes some practice, but you can fire the arms at Otsdarva, one shotting him, then adjust your aim, fire the back cannon at someone else, then if you trigger the assault armour at the right time take them out too. Bam, 2 out of 4 (or 5) enemies down before the mission even starts. Then you can hide on the outside of the wall to charge and hop over it into the fight to get a shot with them before jumping back over. Rinse and repeat.
+Loop Stratos Humanity kept on living in all three endings. The point was that the cradles always fall sooner or later one way or another and the earth is always poisoned even worse (and it can be inferred that with the cradles down there's nothing stopping the assault cells from being destroyed), leading to the setting of ACV.
+Buster TBM Gameplay Just to clarify, the back cannon you'll want is the Torus one (Arsenikon, I think), the most powerful Assault OB is the SOBRERO (the one used by Fragile) and the assault amplifier part (P-Marrow) is obtained from the Defend Carpals mission on hard. After that it comes down to timing and positioning. Otsdarva is easy to hit because he's the lead target, so you lock onto him first, but adjusting your aim to he next target in time is more tricky, and the hardest part is the Assault Armor, since you have to set it off before they reach you so that it goes off right when they pass by for maximum damage. Oh, and mind Roadie, his bazookas stun you and cancel your charge.
A) I'm of the opinion that the ORCA Path is canon. B) I like the touch that Otsdarva drops the Thermidor facade because of you and Old King ruining the ORCA name and calling you out on it if he kills you. C) Random Trivia: Did you know Old King was actually the leader of the group that took over Cradle 21 in the earlier missions? D) I know you can defend the Cradles against Old King in the League path but I think it would have been cool in the ORCA Path if there was a mission where you could kill him as well. E) I usually do the Carpals mission with the machine gun arms which have a RIDICULOUS amount of ammo and the back mounted Rail Cannons with the AA Amplifiers on the shoulders and just wait for them to fly in on the V.O.B.s and blow up right in their faces.
C: wow really? that is super interesting, nice to know that little deails, always thought they were a bit out of nowhere D: I agree with that, ORCA in my opinion would do something about it realisticly
Another nice little dynamic that I like is the banter between Old King and Otsdarva in "Occupation of Arteria Carpals" when Old King asks him "You think it's your right to choose between who lives and dies?" referencing how Otsdarva as Thermidor is willing to sacrifice many lives with the Closed Plan while condemning your actions at the same time.
Destruction is the canon ending. Remember, this is Miyazaki and he is about cycles. The League and ORCA are one of the same. Just different leaders, same outcome: war. Ultimately, even this ending was for naught as the ending credit will say that you've gone down in history as one of the people who killed a lot (meaning you were stopped). We also see this in ACVD. J, AI that took after the protagonists from AC4 and AC4A had the same philosophy.
Mega cheap: Long barrels go through the outer walls. Can fire thru. Bullet clipping only works in one direction. Easy shot swithout being hit. See also: Assault armour over and over again also goes thru the wall.
I remember when I played this mission, there were only two ways I could ever beat it on normal, and one of those on hard. I had to have the unlimited energy regulation on and the build that beat both modes was just blades on a light weight with the strongest overboost and back/side mounted boosters. The other build, which is much more fun and affectionately called the REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, was a medium weight with the arm integrated machine guns and also dual shoulder mounted gatling guns. It actually could be hard mode but unfortunately doesn't have enough ammo to take out all 5 NEXTs.
That's a good thing hearing Buster to say that destroying the Cradles is a disgusting mission, if he would ever be an AC Pilot the chances of Humanity surviving might be high. =)
Loop Stratos Oh yeah, considering that he lose in previous missions =( (Not destruction path) Like in the mission that you need to defeat Wynne D and another dude.
People talking how the Old King is crazy and evil, but the one who pulls the trigger, kills the mercenaries and fly away at the end to kill even more is the main character, who if you think about it, is just completely insane from the beginning. Something I always like to imagine is how the music is supposed to be the characters feelings, with the Cradles mission Remember plays, with lyrics being the choral singing Amen, Amen, probably the poor souls singing to their end, while the main character sings the rest, "So I'm Scary, oh I'm scary, now I'm scary, all that I see, now I'm scary, all is fantasy", realizing what he is and just telling that nothing is even real anymore. While the last and first mission, Scorcher plays, which has some simple lyrics: "I have a Chrome Head, pound it hound, I have steel arms, turn it break it"; which I'm not sure has any profound meaning, but the main character simple mind, not caring about anything and just calling the world to beat him if they can, especially at the final mission.
They should have played fall from the original armored core 4, so it's like everything came full circle. Because this was what Joshua was trying to achieve. Given what Anatolia's Mercenary said to you, and that he betrayed you in the end.
Occupy Arteria Carpals is like the Sans battle of Armored Core. What you're doing and what you're going to do afterwards is so utterly disgusting, but the battle is so gruelingly difficult you have to celebrate beating it, at least just a little. Interestingly, if I recall correctly, in the Japanese version Old King outright states he doesn't think ORCA will actually win and so he just wants to kill as many people as possible before he dies, and he thinks you stand a chance of killing much more than him. He's right on both accounts, in the end. ORCA is a façade and only Strayed is strong enough to defeat literally every AC pilot in existence, even four (five on Hard) of the most elite pilots that remain.
you call that path evil i call it badass in this path you basically show the world how powerful strayed is literally turning into a death machine dominating everyone. a tiny bit of genocide never hurt anyone right? its just counting with old king. :^) given what information ACV and VD gave you its safe to assume the orca ending is the canon ending the towers left standing in VD had for example all the NEXT and kojima tech sealed up and were left behind by the humans that left to space if the destruction ending was canon there wouldnt be much left lol since humanity would been pretty much wiped out atleast some survived in the orca ending. also nice job on completing the game you sounded so tense/Stressed lol. now for hard mode. :p
KinQQz maybe someone got lucky and killed strayed? We all know that anatolia's mercenary got down eventually, hell, strayed was there to witness it! In almost every AC game we somehow find out that the old protagonist dies in some way, K.I.A, old age, etc. In armoured core/Ace combat games you get to become a badass, next game, turns out the old character met an unfortunate end or just up and disappears, it's sad but replicates real life very well, no one's unkillable.
of course he would die somehow someday noone is completly immortal/invincible but during the destruction path there isn't really much that could've killed him All Lynx are dead regardless if they are part of Orca or Collared everyone hell even the Leagues Brass inside the cradles would soon be dead and the narrator even implied soon after the blood of inoccents would rain down from the sky all at the hands of a single lynx he went on felling the remaining cradles becoming the greatest monster mankind has ever seen. regardless its highly unlikley that the destruction Path is Canon same for the leagues ending.
Anatolia's Merc is actually not dead, not only dies Fiona say White Glint was disabled but "A New Order of NEXT" confirms the Mercenary is in stable conduction. Honestly, if Strayed did die, he's probably the only one who can defeat him.
Really tough choice, but I think in the end Nineball cause there is no cheese way to do that compared to this, but I might change my opinion on hard mode
I did the vertical launch missiles on shoulders, 2 gatling gun arm guns and 2 laser swords. Took a while but I did it. I sat outside and lured one out at a time.
now i know TBM is in Lawful Good side your sense of justice seems "rebel" since the beginning of video (or maybe since you do this Destruction route) Even Interior Union briefing like "welp, do what you have to do ma boy. We're giving your needs. We can't stop what you decided. Godspeed." :)))
If TBFB did a playthrough of this, I have a horrendous feeling that this is the path they'd choose. Worse, I think Pat would be singing along with Old King.
Going by supplementary stuff that came out with verdict day(not officially translated), Im going with the Orca being the canon route. Granted that conclusion is based on translated material so ymmv here the material i mentioned: pastebin.com/Y4AMbSPv
For Arteria Carpals, I used kojima rifle arm(forgot the name), and railcannons, then I used 1.00 patches White Glint missles(severly overpowered) for hard mode.
@@then35t18 I would wonder at the back story of old king. Perhaps he lost a mother, a wife, a daughter on the surface. Saw someone he cared about wither away, whilst the arrogance, the decadence of those in the cradles went unpunished. Perhaps it was all blind revenge. I see it as recompense as the likely billions of lives washed away by the evils of the league. To slight their loved ones, feels like a harsh, yet necaserry justice.
lol... I remembered this part of the destruction path... Holy smokes was the final mission difficult as fudge to complete, especially the HARD MODE... Been so long since I remembered doing this one but damn was it satisfying (not happy with completing this part of the story mind you, dreaded the whole idea of what I had done to just complete the mission prior to this...) to just finish the final battle after numerous attempts, and don't hold me to it, but I do believe in the mission I somehow managed to keep Old King alive through it??? (Wishing he was killed just to make things a little better...) But yeah... At the time I was just wanting to 100% the game, and while I had to struggle for it, it was worth it at the end. And no, I don't consider this path part of Canon (Unless it's part of the canon that starts the whole Time theory of starting AC1 and such.)
hard mode? no matter what anyone says. Destroy Motherwill on hard is the hardest mission in the game in my honest opinion. 😂😂 make sure you're packing flares, don't be like me. (also, thanks for relighting my interest in ACFA)
No problem, always happy to make viewers interested in any AC game :D As for Spirit of motherwill, already recorded that (prerecorded 8 vids) so look forward to it
Wow, I did know there was a Destruction path, and that this mission was a thing, but I didn't know WHY. Now, I kinda do. The destruction path is "just because", since Old King is just insane and has no reason for his evilness, and this mission is just the last ORCA pilots getting together to kill YOU, since you become such an asshole. It reminds me of the Genocide ending in Undertale. (not gonna say anything else about that cause spoilers) I mean, how much of an asshole do you need to be, in order to get your operator to pick up a NEXT and try to kill you?
It wasnt. It actually was justified completely. Oldking wasnt some kind of lunatic (well he ended up as one at the end as wars do things to people). You have to realize that this is connected to AC4 and the story there is that The League plunged the world into chaos and destruction for the sake of profit. AC4A was the climax of that. They built far bigger weapons that would eventually kill the world. Old King was the dude that wanted to punish them. ORCA was the "best" option but he saw through it. ORCA is just another League. Which is why he goes "you get to choose who lives and who dies?" Old King also puts you down whenever you sortie together for being an obedient tool. A lap dog. Because that is what you come across. It is also a reference to Joshua from AC4 and how he became the final boss. The League orchestrated wars and profit from it while they fly up in the sky free from the toxic pollution and blame for said wars. ORCA is under Otsdarva as well. His plan was the same as The League's. Except, not Cradles but space. They want to replace The League. Not actually change the world and save it. Old King was to so just that. A blank slate for humanity. To make them wise up or die if they dont. A mercy killing for those who choose to be ignorant and enabling the League to destroy the world. This is why this is the canon ending. It releases the world from the cycle of wars. You become its greatest enemy and you band them altogether. You also crush the oppositions so that none may choose to create wars for any gain other than your death.
It’s not “just because”. All is corrupt. The corporations have their grubby hands in everything, the only solution is to eradicate them to the last person.
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"That briefing you saw was manufactured"
ONLY A REAL WAIFU CAN MANUFACTURE YOUR MISSION BRIEFING. Lillie's voice is just so cute.
Also i think the old king is hilarious. He's like this old man who doesn't give a shit about anything anymore, and the way he speaks is hilarious, i think he's a riot.
Darkeffigy X Lillium Wolcott is always cute, even in Japanese. Would die for her, honestly.
Old King is like a madman, yet he knows he is one. Maybe he get thrills from battles? He clearly didn't run away from an outnumbered & outpowered match.
Figures he got thrills from fucked up stuff considering he requested the murder of 100 million people.
And i was mortified on the Arteria mission for the first time because i know I HAD TO KILL LILLIE
That's great. More of her for me
***** Everyone has their preferences.
Darkeffigy X Save her for last, if you can. I always go after Wynne D. Fanchon first because of how she loves to spam that back-mounted laser cannon of hers.
DarkReiffigy ζ Old King is my long lost grandpa.
"ONE-HUNDRED MILLION! AH AH AH."
He's like Count Von Count's evil cousin.
Any of 4A's three endings could be cannon because they all ultimately lead to the same result.
I once heard the sentiment that the hard mode should have had May Greenfield defending the cradles just to double down on how much of a bastard you were, but I guess that wouldn't work on you.
"The blood of the innocents would rain down from the cradles"
"YEEEAAHAHHHAA! YES YES YES!":D
So, Arteria Carpals! Charging into the middle against 4 opponents is sure to get you wasted unless you're really, really good. Generally you want to split them as best you can. Then the biggest concern is ammo. The one nice thing is that if you beat it at all you're pretty much guaranteed an S rank.
But my personal recommended approach is to take the Torus Kojima arms, a left back Kojima cannon, the strongest assault armor, the shoulder assault amplifier and a backup back weapon (I use kojima missiles). If you start charging both Kojima weapons at the beginning, then wait on the wall until they show up, then hover up to their level? It takes some practice, but you can fire the arms at Otsdarva, one shotting him, then adjust your aim, fire the back cannon at someone else, then if you trigger the assault armour at the right time take them out too. Bam, 2 out of 4 (or 5) enemies down before the mission even starts. Then you can hide on the outside of the wall to charge and hop over it into the fight to get a shot with them before jumping back over. Rinse and repeat.
ORCA's didn't actually. Humanity kept on living.
Wow, that sounds like a way to easily cheese this mission!
I need to test out that method some time
I've never heard you so stressed TBM wow... This path is abyssmal.
+Loop Stratos Humanity kept on living in all three endings. The point was that the cradles always fall sooner or later one way or another and the earth is always poisoned even worse (and it can be inferred that with the cradles down there's nothing stopping the assault cells from being destroyed), leading to the setting of ACV.
+Buster TBM Gameplay
Just to clarify, the back cannon you'll want is the Torus one (Arsenikon, I think), the most powerful Assault OB is the SOBRERO (the one used by Fragile) and the assault amplifier part (P-Marrow) is obtained from the Defend Carpals mission on hard. After that it comes down to timing and positioning. Otsdarva is easy to hit because he's the lead target, so you lock onto him first, but adjusting your aim to he next target in time is more tricky, and the hardest part is the Assault Armor, since you have to set it off before they reach you so that it goes off right when they pass by for maximum damage. Oh, and mind Roadie, his bazookas stun you and cancel your charge.
A) I'm of the opinion that the ORCA Path is canon.
B) I like the touch that Otsdarva drops the Thermidor facade because of you and Old King ruining the ORCA name and calling you out on it if he kills you.
C) Random Trivia: Did you know Old King was actually the leader of the group that took over Cradle 21 in the earlier missions?
D) I know you can defend the Cradles against Old King in the League path but I think it would have been cool in the ORCA Path if there was a mission where you could kill him as well.
E) I usually do the Carpals mission with the machine gun arms which have a RIDICULOUS amount of ammo and the back mounted Rail Cannons with the AA Amplifiers on the shoulders and just wait for them to fly in on the V.O.B.s and blow up right in their faces.
C: wow really? that is super interesting, nice to know that little deails, always thought they were a bit out of nowhere
D: I agree with that, ORCA in my opinion would do something about it realisticly
Another nice little dynamic that I like is the banter between Old King and Otsdarva in "Occupation of Arteria Carpals" when Old King asks him "You think it's your right to choose between who lives and dies?" referencing how Otsdarva as Thermidor is willing to sacrifice many lives with the Closed Plan while condemning your actions at the same time.
Ohhh now I see, I always found that line super out of place!
Destruction is the canon ending. Remember, this is Miyazaki and he is about cycles.
The League and ORCA are one of the same. Just different leaders, same outcome: war.
Ultimately, even this ending was for naught as the ending credit will say that you've gone down in history as one of the people who killed a lot (meaning you were stopped).
We also see this in ACVD. J, AI that took after the protagonists from AC4 and AC4A had the same philosophy.
@@Iori268 i know this comment is like 4 years old, but I want to say that it was Roadie piloting Feedback that was saying that to the player.
Mega cheap: Long barrels go through the outer walls. Can fire thru. Bullet clipping only works in one direction. Easy shot swithout being hit. See also: Assault armour over and over again also goes thru the wall.
Wonder why they didn't call this the "Genocide" path. Cause it's basically Old King and you pulling a Kefka
Kevin it's called the destruction path, but i do believe that's what people call it.
I suppose Evil Latias has finally lived up to its name, how glorious.
Jup, that was the whole reason I named the NEXT evil to begin with
6:25 "Here we are... Buddy." "I was right all along, you were just another threat to the Cradles!"
I remember when I played this mission, there were only two ways I could ever beat it on normal, and one of those on hard. I had to have the unlimited energy regulation on and the build that beat both modes was just blades on a light weight with the strongest overboost and back/side mounted boosters. The other build, which is much more fun and affectionately called the REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, was a medium weight with the arm integrated machine guns and also dual shoulder mounted gatling guns. It actually could be hard mode but unfortunately doesn't have enough ammo to take out all 5 NEXTs.
That's a good thing hearing Buster to say that destroying the Cradles is a disgusting mission, if he would ever be an AC Pilot the chances of Humanity surviving might be high.
=)
You mean, low, considering how many times he died xD
Loop Stratos Oh yeah, considering that he lose in previous missions =(
(Not destruction path)
Like in the mission that you need to defeat Wynne D and another dude.
Jup, what Loop said, it does not bode well for me XD
Buster TBM Gameplay what if my character showed up on your side with one her NEXTS to help you
NOPE CRAPPY900
You'd still have to take me down! Muahahaha!
22:17
Man Buster, i can relate. That feeling when you beat it is so... liberating.
People talking how the Old King is crazy and evil, but the one who pulls the trigger, kills the mercenaries and fly away at the end to kill even more is the main character, who if you think about it, is just completely insane from the beginning.
Something I always like to imagine is how the music is supposed to be the characters feelings, with the Cradles mission Remember plays, with lyrics being the choral singing Amen, Amen, probably the poor souls singing to their end, while the main character sings the rest, "So I'm Scary, oh I'm scary, now I'm scary, all that I see, now I'm scary, all is fantasy", realizing what he is and just telling that nothing is even real anymore. While the last and first mission, Scorcher plays, which has some simple lyrics: "I have a Chrome Head, pound it hound, I have steel arms, turn it break it"; which I'm not sure has any profound meaning, but the main character simple mind, not caring about anything and just calling the world to beat him if they can, especially at the final mission.
They should have played fall from the original armored core 4, so it's like everything came full circle. Because this was what Joshua was trying to achieve. Given what Anatolia's Mercenary said to you, and that he betrayed you in the end.
You really do sound like you hate this ending, personally this is actually my favorite ending.
Railguns are your friend for this mission
please explain what i used was just snipers
I used only sword on every mission including hard mode
Occupy Arteria Carpals is like the Sans battle of Armored Core. What you're doing and what you're going to do afterwards is so utterly disgusting, but the battle is so gruelingly difficult you have to celebrate beating it, at least just a little.
Interestingly, if I recall correctly, in the Japanese version Old King outright states he doesn't think ORCA will actually win and so he just wants to kill as many people as possible before he dies, and he thinks you stand a chance of killing much more than him. He's right on both accounts, in the end. ORCA is a façade and only Strayed is strong enough to defeat literally every AC pilot in existence, even four (five on Hard) of the most elite pilots that remain.
you call that path evil i call it badass in this path you basically show the world how powerful strayed is literally turning into a death machine dominating everyone. a tiny bit of genocide never hurt anyone right? its just counting with old king. :^)
given what information ACV and VD gave you its safe to assume the orca ending is the canon ending the towers left standing in VD had for example all the NEXT and kojima tech sealed up and were left behind by the humans that left to space if the destruction ending was canon there wouldnt be much left lol since humanity would been pretty much wiped out atleast some survived in the orca ending. also nice job on completing the game you sounded so tense/Stressed lol. now for hard mode. :p
KinQQz maybe someone got lucky and killed strayed? We all know that anatolia's mercenary got down eventually, hell, strayed was there to witness it! In almost every AC game we somehow find out that the old protagonist dies in some way, K.I.A, old age, etc.
In armoured core/Ace combat games you get to become a badass, next game, turns out the old character met an unfortunate end or just up and disappears, it's sad but replicates real life very well, no one's unkillable.
of course he would die somehow someday noone is completly immortal/invincible but during the destruction path there isn't really much that could've killed him All Lynx are dead regardless if they are part of Orca or Collared everyone hell even the Leagues Brass inside the cradles would soon be dead and the narrator even implied soon after the blood of inoccents would rain down from the sky all at the hands of a single lynx he went on felling the remaining cradles becoming the greatest monster mankind has ever seen. regardless its highly unlikley that the destruction Path is Canon same for the leagues ending.
Anatolia's Merc is actually not dead, not only dies Fiona say White Glint was disabled but "A New Order of NEXT" confirms the Mercenary is in stable conduction.
Honestly, if Strayed did die, he's probably the only one who can defeat him.
Yay! Great job!
So, what's the worst for you? ACNB's final mission or this mission? :)
Really tough choice, but I think in the end Nineball cause there is no cheese way to do that compared to this, but I might change my opinion on hard mode
The last mission was impossible for me. I definitely should try again but with my shotgun bulid.
I did the vertical launch missiles on shoulders, 2 gatling gun arm guns and 2 laser swords. Took a while but I did it. I sat outside and lured one out at a time.
now i know TBM is in Lawful Good side
your sense of justice seems "rebel" since the beginning of video (or maybe since you do this Destruction route)
Even Interior Union briefing like "welp, do what you have to do ma boy. We're giving your needs. We can't stop what you decided. Godspeed." :)))
If TBFB did a playthrough of this, I have a horrendous feeling that this is the path they'd choose.
Worse, I think Pat would be singing along with Old King.
Going by supplementary stuff that came out with verdict day(not officially translated), Im going with the Orca being the canon route.
Granted that conclusion is based on translated material so ymmv
here the material i mentioned:
pastebin.com/Y4AMbSPv
For Arteria Carpals, I used kojima rifle arm(forgot the name), and railcannons, then I used 1.00 patches White Glint missles(severly overpowered) for hard mode.
Have you tried it in hard mode? You'd have to fight your mentor too.
9:36
Thanks. I thought it was perhaps a deliberate, dead end mission. A punishment for the cradles. Guess I just need to persevere and "Git gud".
I laughed while playing the cardle destruction mission
I enjoyed doing the last mission with Supplice, I like to rp Berlioz and think he played everybody in the end. He was a true G.
League Ending: Good
Orca ending: The unsung hero ending
Destruction ending: Space Hitler
League is more of a bad ending
@@andrewrogers3067 true true... I didnt think too much about this comment... Its been years since I played.
@@jantonescu9570 Then play it again, it still holds up
Alrighty
Then i may be disgustingly evil in this game too you as well because i loved destroy cradle 03 i felt no remorse
Why?
@@then35t18 I would wonder at the back story of old king. Perhaps he lost a mother, a wife, a daughter on the surface. Saw someone he cared about wither away, whilst the arrogance, the decadence of those in the cradles went unpunished. Perhaps it was all blind revenge.
I see it as recompense as the likely billions of lives washed away by the evils of the league. To slight their loved ones, feels like a harsh, yet necaserry justice.
lol... I remembered this part of the destruction path... Holy smokes was the final mission difficult as fudge to complete, especially the HARD MODE...
Been so long since I remembered doing this one but damn was it satisfying (not happy with completing this part of the story mind you, dreaded the whole idea of what I had done to just complete the mission prior to this...) to just finish the final battle after numerous attempts, and don't hold me to it, but I do believe in the mission I somehow managed to keep Old King alive through it??? (Wishing he was killed just to make things a little better...)
But yeah... At the time I was just wanting to 100% the game, and while I had to struggle for it, it was worth it at the end. And no, I don't consider this path part of Canon (Unless it's part of the canon that starts the whole Time theory of starting AC1 and such.)
Anyone have any kind of advice for this mission?
Is it just me or does Old King sound like Vamp from Metal Gear Solid?
hard mode?
no matter what anyone says. Destroy Motherwill on hard is the hardest mission in the game in my honest opinion. 😂😂 make sure you're packing flares, don't be like me.
(also, thanks for relighting my interest in ACFA)
No problem, always happy to make viewers interested in any AC game :D
As for Spirit of motherwill, already recorded that (prerecorded 8 vids) so look forward to it
10:39 TH-cam Automatic Captions
*yeah-ah like Wi-Fi warmers use his ear*
xD
I want this game again but in pc T.T
quad leg dual moonlights is ez mode for last mission ;D
Wow, I did know there was a Destruction path, and that this mission was a thing, but I didn't know WHY. Now, I kinda do. The destruction path is "just because", since Old King is just insane and has no reason for his evilness, and this mission is just the last ORCA pilots getting together to kill YOU, since you become such an asshole. It reminds me of the Genocide ending in Undertale. (not gonna say anything else about that cause spoilers)
I mean, how much of an asshole do you need to be, in order to get your operator to pick up a NEXT and try to kill you?
It wasnt. It actually was justified completely. Oldking wasnt some kind of lunatic (well he ended up as one at the end as wars do things to people).
You have to realize that this is connected to AC4 and the story there is that The League plunged the world into chaos and destruction for the sake of profit. AC4A was the climax of that. They built far bigger weapons that would eventually kill the world. Old King was the dude that wanted to punish them.
ORCA was the "best" option but he saw through it. ORCA is just another League. Which is why he goes "you get to choose who lives and who dies?"
Old King also puts you down whenever you sortie together for being an obedient tool. A lap dog. Because that is what you come across. It is also a reference to Joshua from AC4 and how he became the final boss.
The League orchestrated wars and profit from it while they fly up in the sky free from the toxic pollution and blame for said wars.
ORCA is under Otsdarva as well. His plan was the same as The League's. Except, not Cradles but space. They want to replace The League. Not actually change the world and save it.
Old King was to so just that. A blank slate for humanity. To make them wise up or die if they dont. A mercy killing for those who choose to be ignorant and enabling the League to destroy the world.
This is why this is the canon ending. It releases the world from the cycle of wars. You become its greatest enemy and you band them altogether. You also crush the oppositions so that none may choose to create wars for any gain other than your death.
It’s not “just because”. All is corrupt. The corporations have their grubby hands in everything, the only solution is to eradicate them to the last person.
Tool 5000 damage with a blade quad only and from everygame on i have the same ac named "one man army" lol
And then you had to lose to Ultimate Zinaida 5 times. Welp.
I guess this wasn't my week, haha
I have to agree with you, this is not the canon ending to For Answer, its disgusting...
It's beautiful actually.
This IS the hardest mission in the game if you have a conscience.