i thought it was fun but would have enjoyed it more if environmental destruction were incorporated into the gameplay. nothing other than destroyables being smashed as i zoomed around really reduced the feeling of scale for me, it felt like everything was RC scale
Alot of people like to downplay the story of this game but god does this game hit you in the feels in the most unexpected ways like the redguns being your pals(especially with Michigan's hoorah attitude) to gunning them down in the tunnel or rusty fighting you ontop of the xylem while your both dashing in the atmosphere and of course ayre i gotta commend her actress because god "our shared dream" just sends an eerie chill down my spine
A lot of disagreements I've had with people's reviews of AC6 has been that other people seperate themselves from 621 as a character and underplay the importance of the meta gameplay happening in the menus. The objective to end the level may be set in the coding but choosing which faction to back, which to betray, and which to advance through your branch choice are not lacking in decisions to be made.
7:35 Not exactly. Her wording is vague but what she really meant is that coral is an organic and a sapient species in its own right. They are the native species of Rubicon and thus the true Rubiconians. I also don't agree that you are still 'just a dog' by the end of the game. Walter, even if an asshole was acting distant for the first half of the game as a result of the deaths of his previous pilots. He treats you with respect (as shown with his dialogue between Snail) but doesn't like to show it directly because it'll leave attachment. When he finally realizes the mistake he made he tells you to find your freedom, and he does so knowing you won't have to die fighting as his dog, since you have the choice between him or Ayre. He already had hints towards the existence of Ayre since you were going on 'solo' missions with no real incentive and getting help during missions from something that seemingly wasn't there. This is why i think the Liberator of Rubicon route is probably the best route because of the characterization it gives to Walter. Not saying your interpretation is wrong either but I believe it's more along the lines of "What happens when freedom is given to a person, and how they learn to use it" rather than "What happens when a person who has no free will is used by others". I think the second part is true but only up until the middle of ch4, where Rusty finally forces you to question that idea. To top all it off, at the end of the LOR route, Ayre knows how much you sacrificed to give her that ending, and offers to do the same thing you did for her. That's also why I think its the 'good' ending, not because you saved humanity or something but because you finally made a friend. Sorry for the ramble though.
@@AReallyCrazyMan yeah, Walter didn't know coral was a living thing, he didn't believe in 621's contact with Ayre, but when Arqebus augmented him he finally saw Ayre beside you in your duel with him, so he willingly(!) put his gun down, agreeing with your choice of not burning the coral, even if that means betraying Overseer's legacy
@@ИванВанёк-л5б nah I wouldnt believe that Walter didnt know Coral was 'alive', it was HIS DAD THAT FOUND THAT OUT and thus went augmenting willing or unwilling people with Coral and see "what sticks to the proverbial dart board", Nagai found out somewhat too late but still took Walter under his wing and initiated the creation of OVERSEERS, who then sent Walter to Jupiter, and intiated the Fires of Ibis AKA "the first purging"
@@lesslighter can you remind me where exactly is this stated? I only remember 621, Iguazu and Dolmyan having made contact with coral, did the Institute realize coral was a living thing?
@@ИванВанёк-л5б Nagai didnt realize that Coral was a living organism, it was only Walter's dad, as Nagai notes was in "the deep end" you will know this from one of the STV or was it STK sketches about "assistant 1 heading for a breakdown" as one of the notes, and then we see assistant 2 who might as well be Carla. This is further alluded by Walter and his story about one scientist making a "carnival of horrors" were not sure what happened to his mom but we can make an assumption she was also augmented but didnt surive gen 1 augmentation. RRI only generally knows that Coral epreads and "expands" in its surroundings but multiplies like heck when exposed to space in short Coral was converging when Nagai initiated the IBIS protocol that lead to the fires of Ibis in fear of the unknown. And asked forgiveness for assistant 2 for carrying his burdens. So while Walter being young that time may not understood exactly why people were being augmented he has a hunch why early generation augmented humans can "hear voices" but he dismisses it and treat it more like a "bug" in the proceedure
The game doesn’t even fully villainise the corpos. Balam or at least most of the Redguns except G5 and G3 are pretty dorky, respectable and even lovable to some degrees. And on Arquebus’ side, only V.II is the completely asshole, the rest are quite chill and even friend-materials
I wish we didn't have to do V.I so dirty with that violent ass kicking we give em, he was a cool dude and he had his priorities in check and knew what he wanted, dude just wanted to dude things and fight cuz he enjoyed it, didn't care about greed money corpo stuff etc naw he just wanted to feel that hype adrenaline of going into a good ol fight and I can respect that, 10/10 would've grabbed a beer with Freud and then throw hands just for the fuck of it lmao.
Thankfully fromsoft is a little more original than an uninspired "capitalism bad" message cause god knows we get enough of that these days. They told a very personal story through a very impersonal protagonist and that's difficult to pull off.
Walter was my favorite, and he was totally justified to burn the coral. Liberator: You just kick the can down the road, and conflict immediately resumes. Coral Release: You likely kill way more people than burning a system and end humanity as we know it. We also don't know the intentions of any coral besides Ayre. Coral being ubiquitous could cause untold mass scale destruction in the use of c-weapons. Fires: You decisively end the conflict for a few decades at least. Potentially kicking the can again needing another burn at a later point. Big whoop you burn a system or a few, humanity is secured for now.
Liberator and coral release end in coral release and sync, they kill infinitely less people than fires did, and will kill. It's stated the coral will return regardless what you do so fires is literally pointless
the liberator of Rubicon ending straight up made me cry, "every rubiconian who heard your call rose up to fight" its fucking beautiful also love the use of "Ludo narrative harmony" don't think I've heard that used before
AC6 my personal fave of the year too. Still deep in ranked PVP and I don’t get tired of making custom decals and incredibly detailed builds. It really revived the kid in me who loved gunpla model kits.
@@JD_Volt I’ve made ones for bullet holes, both face-on and glancing, plasma burns, worn metal seems, scratched paint, etc. Anything to give my creations a worn-in, functional feel. One easy trick to making whatever non-custom emblems you apply look better is to make some simple wearing decals. You can do this in the image editor by going to page 8 on the piece selection screen and putting down some simple scratch marks. Then just match them to whatever your AC’s color is and you can apply them over other decals, like large emblems, to make them look more realistic and painted on. You can do the same but color them in metallic greys (or coppers or steels, whatever your AC has) and then they look like parts where paint has been shot or scratched off. You’ll quickly become addicted to adding mementoes to your AC of various engagements. On the unit I used to S-Rank all the single player missions I put tally marks for each after I finished a group of five. Now it’s got the full 59 and some other custom bits.
good news! Bandai getting Armored Core means that we're getting AC6 model kits in the 30 Minute Missions line! Armored Core gunpla will soon be a reality!
That's what Armored Core is all about! The conflict of man vs society from in the machine. And the concept is in the player's hands as opposed to a movie character you're trying to put yourself into the shoes of. Still want a coffee flavored sludge with Rusty.
And that is what it’s ALWAYS been about in Armored Core. No faces, no spoon feeding, just a story that plays out in the background if you let it. They’ve always been well made games IMO
Walter watching in horror as I completely ignore his orders to go play ranked (My free will means nothing. I am less of a human now than I was before.)
These armored core games must be fun. I grew up with only MechWarrior, so whenever I see these games, all I notice is the giant legs which have zero purpose. Some even have 4 legs or tank tracks? So much extra weight to fly around with. This game would make more sense with decked out hovercrafts than mechs. The gameplay may be fun af tho. The customization looks really cool.
Well different legs serve different purposes like quad legs being better for longer air time and hovering and tank legs being so you can have a more beefy build overall and while it may not look like it depending on what you have equipped you WILL feel how heavy you are when traversing each level or fighting against anyone
Every leg type has a unique purpose and completely changes the gameplay, and every individual set of legs has its own unique jumping & dashing attributes.
Raven 621 woukd have free will if he spent thise credits on that surgery Walter talks about whike he tries to convince himself that he doesn't need to kill you, which he certainly does have to as a fellow lobotomite
It wasn’t nearly popular enough to win GOTY anywhere, and shit, I probably played games with objective higher quality in 2023, but Armored Core 6 is definitely my favorite game of the year. Cheers.
With objective higher quality in 2023? Which one besides BG3? Maybe the fact I'm a mech simp clouds my vision but, there were better games than AC6 last year?
I get why people are saying that BG3 is the GOTY, but AC6 was really the highlight for me last year. When I got an S on all missions, I slapped the decal I got for that on my AC’s forehead and just sat for a while, thinking about how no game will ever come close to being this entertaining for me. Really hope I was wrong, and I really wish AC6 got the GOTY award
Even though I agree that AC6 was really good, saying it should have won GOTY when it was running against Baldur's Gate 3 is borderline asinine. It'd be like saying Shaq is better than Jordon.
This video was so good that I watched it offline on a flight and wrote a todo item to comment on it later and share it with my brother. Fantastic work 👏🏻
Excellent video, sir. I think no matter what lens you view this game through, the bottom line is that it's great. The combat, the mission structure, the customization, the story... all great.
When I found dark souls 3 I couldn’t stop thinking of the game. It consumed me. It’s been so long but armored core 6 makes me the same way love this game so much.
Very well thought out analysis. On little critique, though: Andrew Ryan wasn't the one controlling you in Bioshock. Atlas/Frank Fontaine was. You were Fontaine's secret weapon against Ryan.
armor core 6 would hvae been game of the year of we dint get the absolute beast that is baldurs gate 3, hands down baldurs deserved it has more content, more gameplay hours and so many different ways to do things that really cemented its place again dont get me wrong armored core is a Really good game and if baldurs dint come out when it did i have 0 doubt that either AC6 would have won that or TOTK
I know people who Armored Core 6 was there personal GOTY (me included) and it is a shame it wasn't even nominated for it. The game had everything I wanted to be in an Armored Core game like hidden parts, the karasawa & moonlight, fun gameplay etc. and it checked all of the boxes and that is why it is my personal favorite Armored Core game though I still love the early gen games too.
I loved this game. It seems to me that people that played it to completion understand why it is the GOTY. Most of the rest did not get past either the first boss or baltheus.
Baltheus was fun because he really made me rethink my build, which is the point. Fir I tried non-pulse weapons and failed, then I tried equipping either a pulse blade or pulse gun to get through, and then finally realized the only way to get through his shields without running out of ammo was to fully commit and use a pulse blade and a pulse gun as a combo.
You get it guy. This game just came out and I KNEW I had to get it just from a gameplay video I saw this game is game of the year 2023 and is worth multiple play throughs on my 3rd now
100% facts. Baldur's Gate 3 was insane to see how well that was done, and deserved all it's awards. But AC6 is very much my 2023 GOTY as well, and the best game I played last year ❤️❤️
other million dollar AAA studios struggle to put out a functioning let alone actually engaging and fun game...and then Fromsoft came out with the proverbial folding chair to show them all how its fucking done.
I got the LoR ending first, and then got tipped off to the third ending by a friend who was also playing the game, and so I found a sense of Autonomy by carrying on. Ayre is basically asking "Why?" when you choose the FoR path, and my answer was basically "If I get through this, there will be something better." Spoilers below. Then, of course, there's the fact that you beat Allmind at the end, but carry out her will afterwards. That was my choice. She just decided to heel turn and stand in my way.
Allmind wanted to download your brain to add to her combat system like she did to Iguazu and is implied to have done this with most of the other pilots you killed. Iguazu kinda says as much during the final fight but it's clear that there's some cut voice lines from THAT specific exchange.
Ac6 made me feel a way i’ve never felt playing a game, the butter smooth combat was so refreshing compared to many other games. The story was so underrated, and i loved the bosses. The game was just fantastic imo and was a 10/10 from me.
Loved the video 👍. I kinda understood that AC6 made me feel somehow my decisions as the player where just as uninformed as 621 was in the game. Following orders of masters and somehow focused only on my own survival. Fromsoft is masterful in this gameplay narrative marriage
The third ending has introduced the concept of waifus to the world, essentially repeating the ending of the classic Evangelion. This, along with everything else the game has to offer, has made it an easy personal GOTY. Subscribed.
Never played an AC game before but love the Souls/Sekiro/Elden blah blah. Thought "why not get AC6, it looks dope." Beat it in like 5 days, played every night for 4-5 hours. Loved it and it was weird how quickly it came and went for me but not long ago I saw that new guns were added and so I downloaded it again. Once again beat new game + and ++, every night for a week straight. AC6 is fricking sweet.
So I'm curious how many people thought the coral was souls of dead people, because I thought it was an alien organism that gain human like consciousness.
I binged ac6 3 playthroughs all endings 76.9 hours on steam in 8 days it was and is fantastic, I learned a bit more about the older AC games and I can get why some vets might not like the "dumbing down" of it, but god damn was it a ride and a half. Also if you are struggling just learn to pre-time the pile bunker, seriously... it is so satisfying to launch a spear into enemies, do it, do it, do it. Edit: oh, I remember seeing the gunships fly in, and be like "OH FUCK LETS GO" and try to fly on top of it, for the game to go "yeah smart move pal" and I wanted so badly to fly against a fleet of them, going from one ship to the other. The second ending I did had that mission, I was so fkn hype
To me, Armored Core 6 was the ultimate gaming example of the new type of hero we've microscoped on (Ex: Chainsaw Man, Goblin Slayer): The Working Hero. There's no good or evil, or greater aspiration to be the "White Knight who saves the princess": it's just the job and doing the best you can at it. You're a little insane and mindless, but if you save people along the way? Great, I guess...
how anyone can not see the significance of AC6FoR's story in the context of the development of AGI in our world is beyond me ; absolutely the most important discussion , and ofc its an amazing game as well =] ; cannot sing AC6 enough praise imho
I tried to play Baldur’s Gate 3. I saw why people consider it the best game of 2023, but it’s just not for me. Recently, I came back to AC6 and I found myself with a newfound obsession with it. S-ranked all missions last weekend and I’m itching for more. Best game of 2023 for me.
YOU MISSED THE POINT. Read below. (I mean I wrote an entire thing) There is only one good ending: The fires of Raven. The endings? Liberator of Rubicon: You got manipulated like a moron by the rubicon liberation front and Ayre. Allmind shows it to you, thumb dolmayan does not give a fuck about living in harmony. He wants to exploit coral like the corporations. And Ayre? Ayre keeps licking your earlobes in hopes that you're not her to burn down the whole planet again. Because she knows! She gets worried when you betray V.VII Swinburne after accepting to spare him. "Did Walter teach you that?" or has some satisfied voice tone if you actually spare him. She also tries to be your little waifu in the fog level "hmm youuuu knoowwww, it's been a while since we haven't been in a mission without Walter...". Like what the fuck? Alea jacta est: You got played by allmind which is most probably influenced by some other coral thingy like Ayre since they can control mechs. And after that, what is there that is an aberration to the plan? You and that other clown Iguazu! Ayre and Allmind are just playing pokemon watching you and Iguazu try to tickle each other prostate. It's by far not the only moment in the game during which you get thrown against that poor fucker. He gets lured by Allmind who wants to get rid of everybody at once in the alternative Mission 48: Reach the Coral Convergence. Iguazu says something like "They are all here, just like they said." "They" being Allmind, as it is proven in the final fight that Iguazu is indeed played by Allmind too. That's why Allmind tries to kill you. That's why Ayre is so sweet. They're just playing you. You mean nothing and coral is a parasite. The fires of Raven: YOU DID YOUR JOB 621. Nobody manipulated you. You got surgery because you wanted it. You wanted to be a fried-brain maniac commanding a billion-sun powered ice-skating killing machine. You wanted to blow as many things as possible while making millions. Walter hired you for that job, the conditions were set from the beginning and with your own consent. You saved mankind from being absorbed by that sparkly thing. You stopped it from being spread in the entire universe. And on top of that you remained a faithful dog. The third ending is not the good one. It's the one giving you the last pieces of the puzzle. It does not build it for you.
Yeah I know I missed the point. I got enough comments to wake me up to that fact. If I could change my final take away, It wouldn’t be that it’s about a man becoming a machine. It would be closer to a machine-like organism becoming human. Or at least what happens when a living thing is given a choice. Still my favourite game of the year though. Not taking away that statement.
It's a solid 7.5/10 game. I didn't feel like I progressed as a pilot at all throughout the game and the missions were mostly incredibly easy and uninteresting. Some of the boss fights were challenging and pretty good. The only above average aspect of the game.
Trust me, my channel does not deserve that much attention. There’s far better/funny channels on this website to check out. But thanks for the kind words.
AC6 made me think more then any other game last year. It´s theme was weird or atleast until i got it on the 3rd cycle. When i saw all the endings. This is the stuff i like! Philosophy for gamers. This game is like playing dune before the machine wars.
Lies of pie was mine. Playing armored core now, but so far feels like mobile game with all briefings and load screens. Game play is good though and really addictive i must say.
Ok, take my statement back, its actually really good after chapter one. Just slow start, but now im hooked in to story and builds as well as game play it self. Awesome game.
Damn, wow. Yep, the elders need as always to shut the hell up; the kids alright. Hella good analysis there. Zoomer or whatever ya did a fine and grand job of breaking that shit down and hard. Bravo! Impressive wingspan. ❤
Now for me, I’m all about my STARFIELD because I am old grew up on the Apollo Program and have a thing for cassette futurism. And shooting endless space pirates in their space faces with my space guns. But I did my time in the H+ program back in the day, so I got love for the ARMORED CORE series but alas not the youthful vigor to endless beat myself up. And I do hope they kept that mission set up that once in a while makes you build and fight in a mech design you normally don’t. I dig that it made me go outside my comfort zone occasionally. For me it was always having to build and fight the light, fast, chicken legged mech up a silo, hated that mission. :)
AC6 is the best accion-game in 2023. Best Combat mech all time. All title FromSoftware is Gold. But too dificult to standard player this is why is underrated.
Hate how people think a story needs some dumb overarching meta narrative to be a good story. Maybe big robots are cool and smashing them together is rad.
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this man understands the true game of the year
Armored Core 6 was also my personal game of the year.
Mine too.
i thought it was fun but would have enjoyed it more if environmental destruction were incorporated into the gameplay. nothing other than destroyables being smashed as i zoomed around really reduced the feeling of scale for me, it felt like everything was RC scale
Alot of people like to downplay the story of this game but god does this game hit you in the feels in the most unexpected ways like the redguns being your pals(especially with Michigan's hoorah attitude) to gunning them down in the tunnel or rusty fighting you ontop of the xylem while your both dashing in the atmosphere and of course ayre i gotta commend her actress because god "our shared dream" just sends an eerie chill down my spine
All without seeing a single human face
To be fair none of them can focus listening to the com while staying alive
"You turned your back on our shared potential"
It's the same case for nearly every FromSoft game. Deep story told in an indirect manner
Masterpiece as usual with Fromsoft.
11/10 would get pile bunkered again
The Rubiconian handshake does hit differently
Dadddyyyyyyyy😈🤣🤣🤣🤣
At 618 hours and 130 million credits, I still keep playing this game and don't see the end yet. This is for sure MY GOTY too... "buddy"
The Award was just out of reach "buddy"
Get a life
@@liquidswar Take your own advice.
A lot of disagreements I've had with people's reviews of AC6 has been that other people seperate themselves from 621 as a character and underplay the importance of the meta gameplay happening in the menus. The objective to end the level may be set in the coding but choosing which faction to back, which to betray, and which to advance through your branch choice are not lacking in decisions to be made.
7:35 Not exactly. Her wording is vague but what she really meant is that coral is an organic and a sapient species in its own right. They are the native species of Rubicon and thus the true Rubiconians. I also don't agree that you are still 'just a dog' by the end of the game. Walter, even if an asshole was acting distant for the first half of the game as a result of the deaths of his previous pilots. He treats you with respect (as shown with his dialogue between Snail) but doesn't like to show it directly because it'll leave attachment. When he finally realizes the mistake he made he tells you to find your freedom, and he does so knowing you won't have to die fighting as his dog, since you have the choice between him or Ayre. He already had hints towards the existence of Ayre since you were going on 'solo' missions with no real incentive and getting help during missions from something that seemingly wasn't there. This is why i think the Liberator of Rubicon route is probably the best route because of the characterization it gives to Walter.
Not saying your interpretation is wrong either but I believe it's more along the lines of "What happens when freedom is given to a person, and how they learn to use it" rather than "What happens when a person who has no free will is used by others". I think the second part is true but only up until the middle of ch4, where Rusty finally forces you to question that idea. To top all it off, at the end of the LOR route, Ayre knows how much you sacrificed to give her that ending, and offers to do the same thing you did for her. That's also why I think its the 'good' ending, not because you saved humanity or something but because you finally made a friend. Sorry for the ramble though.
I agree with your interpretation of Walter. He definitly has more complexity than I gave him credit for.
@@AReallyCrazyMan yeah, Walter didn't know coral was a living thing, he didn't believe in 621's contact with Ayre, but when Arqebus augmented him he finally saw Ayre beside you in your duel with him, so he willingly(!) put his gun down, agreeing with your choice of not burning the coral, even if that means betraying Overseer's legacy
@@ИванВанёк-л5б nah I wouldnt believe that Walter didnt know Coral was 'alive', it was HIS DAD THAT FOUND THAT OUT and thus went augmenting willing or unwilling people with Coral and see "what sticks to the proverbial dart board", Nagai found out somewhat too late but still took Walter under his wing and initiated the creation of OVERSEERS, who then sent Walter to Jupiter, and intiated the Fires of Ibis AKA "the first purging"
@@lesslighter can you remind me where exactly is this stated? I only remember 621, Iguazu and Dolmyan having made contact with coral, did the Institute realize coral was a living thing?
@@ИванВанёк-л5б Nagai didnt realize that Coral was a living organism, it was only Walter's dad, as Nagai notes was in "the deep end" you will know this from one of the STV or was it STK sketches about "assistant 1 heading for a breakdown" as one of the notes, and then we see assistant 2 who might as well be Carla. This is further alluded by Walter and his story about one scientist making a "carnival of horrors" were not sure what happened to his mom but we can make an assumption she was also augmented but didnt surive gen 1 augmentation. RRI only generally knows that Coral epreads and "expands" in its surroundings but multiplies like heck when exposed to space in short Coral was converging when Nagai initiated the IBIS protocol that lead to the fires of Ibis in fear of the unknown. And asked forgiveness for assistant 2 for carrying his burdens. So while Walter being young that time may not understood exactly why people were being augmented he has a hunch why early generation augmented humans can "hear voices" but he dismisses it and treat it more like a "bug" in the proceedure
Gameplay? ✅
Story? ✅
Lores? ✅
Characters? ✅
Replayability? ✅
Customizations? ✅
Performance? ✅
This list is the reason why armored core 6 deserves GOTY
This list applies to the actual GOTY as well
This list is valid, but bg3 does all this and more
@@shotgunammo I know BG3 deserves GOTY but AC6 has potential as BG3
The worm fight has zero replay value but otherwise yes
Music and atmosphere too!
The game doesn’t even fully villainise the corpos. Balam or at least most of the Redguns except G5 and G3 are pretty dorky, respectable and even lovable to some degrees. And on Arquebus’ side, only V.II is the completely asshole, the rest are quite chill and even friend-materials
I wish we didn't have to do V.I so dirty with that violent ass kicking we give em, he was a cool dude and he had his priorities in check and knew what he wanted, dude just wanted to dude things and fight cuz he enjoyed it, didn't care about greed money corpo stuff etc naw he just wanted to feel that hype adrenaline of going into a good ol fight and I can respect that, 10/10 would've grabbed a beer with Freud and then throw hands just for the fuck of it lmao.
Swinburne: Am i a joke to you?
@@Eradicator-jv9xr oh yea forgot about that guy lol
@@cyanyde4950 V.I Fraud
Thankfully fromsoft is a little more original than an uninspired "capitalism bad" message cause god knows we get enough of that these days. They told a very personal story through a very impersonal protagonist and that's difficult to pull off.
Walter was my favorite, and he was totally justified to burn the coral.
Liberator: You just kick the can down the road, and conflict immediately resumes.
Coral Release: You likely kill way more people than burning a system and end humanity as we know it. We also don't know the intentions of any coral besides Ayre. Coral being ubiquitous could cause untold mass scale destruction in the use of c-weapons.
Fires: You decisively end the conflict for a few decades at least.
Potentially kicking the can again needing another burn at a later point. Big whoop you burn a system or a few, humanity is secured for now.
Im not original but mine is rusty and i don't think i need to say why
Liberator and coral release end in coral release and sync, they kill infinitely less people than fires did, and will kill. It's stated the coral will return regardless what you do so fires is literally pointless
Fires: You commit genocide.
@@ksw8514 Coral release: You kill even more people than in Fires.
Coral is good actually
Top 5 game of all time for me and I’m 44, so I’ve played a few. FromSoft knocks it outta the park every time
10:49 cobalt mining in the Congo is unironically great way of showing the similarities between Tesla and Arquebus btw😭
to say it was worth the decade-long wait would be an understatement
the liberator of Rubicon ending straight up made me cry, "every rubiconian who heard your call rose up to fight" its fucking beautiful
also love the use of "Ludo narrative harmony" don't think I've heard that used before
AC6 my personal fave of the year too. Still deep in ranked PVP and I don’t get tired of making custom decals and incredibly detailed builds. It really revived the kid in me who loved gunpla model kits.
FUCK ranked but I cant stop playing it
@@MetalFalcon99 For real. S rank promos make me want to tear out my hair.
@@JD_Volt I’ve made ones for bullet holes, both face-on and glancing, plasma burns, worn metal seems, scratched paint, etc. Anything to give my creations a worn-in, functional feel. One easy trick to making whatever non-custom emblems you apply look better is to make some simple wearing decals. You can do this in the image editor by going to page 8 on the piece selection screen and putting down some simple scratch marks. Then just match them to whatever your AC’s color is and you can apply them over other decals, like large emblems, to make them look more realistic and painted on. You can do the same but color them in metallic greys (or coppers or steels, whatever your AC has) and then they look like parts where paint has been shot or scratched off.
You’ll quickly become addicted to adding mementoes to your AC of various engagements. On the unit I used to S-Rank all the single player missions I put tally marks for each after I finished a group of five. Now it’s got the full 59 and some other custom bits.
good news! Bandai getting Armored Core means that we're getting AC6 model kits in the 30 Minute Missions line!
Armored Core gunpla will soon be a reality!
@@JD_Volt i really wanna get into the decals too man, but im too uncreative for that
That's what Armored Core is all about! The conflict of man vs society from in the machine. And the concept is in the player's hands as opposed to a movie character you're trying to put yourself into the shoes of. Still want a coffee flavored sludge with Rusty.
And that is what it’s ALWAYS been about in Armored Core. No faces, no spoon feeding, just a story that plays out in the background if you let it. They’ve always been well made games IMO
I literally laughed SO FUCKING hard with the "this better not awakening anything" community clip to being bossed around as a dog
6 seasons and a movie!
6 SEASONS AND A MOVIE!
the best boi of Erusea... look at him burning rubicon to the ground
Was hoping for some rusty simping but thats okay, great vid!
Walter watching in horror as I completely ignore his orders to go play ranked (My free will means nothing. I am less of a human now than I was before.)
My hats off to you sir. Those pilots in ranked are something else, true Gundam pilots.
Really sold the game on vibes alone
Definitely my game of the year. I had to force myself to stop after 7 consecutive playthroughs.
These armored core games must be fun. I grew up with only MechWarrior, so whenever I see these games, all I notice is the giant legs which have zero purpose. Some even have 4 legs or tank tracks? So much extra weight to fly around with. This game would make more sense with decked out hovercrafts than mechs. The gameplay may be fun af tho. The customization looks really cool.
Well different legs serve different purposes like quad legs being better for longer air time and hovering and tank legs being so you can have a more beefy build overall and while it may not look like it depending on what you have equipped you WILL feel how heavy you are when traversing each level or fighting against anyone
Every leg type has a unique purpose and completely changes the gameplay, and every individual set of legs has its own unique jumping & dashing attributes.
Raven 621 woukd have free will if he spent thise credits on that surgery Walter talks about whike he tries to convince himself that he doesn't need to kill you, which he certainly does have to as a fellow lobotomite
“Complete the task.
Adjust.”
Great, now I’ll never get that out of my head while playing 😂
It wasn’t nearly popular enough to win GOTY anywhere, and shit, I probably played games with objective higher quality in 2023, but Armored Core 6 is definitely my favorite game of the year. Cheers.
With objective higher quality in 2023? Which one besides BG3? Maybe the fact I'm a mech simp clouds my vision but, there were better games than AC6 last year?
This dude is way too underrated ..this is my first video I have seen from him and it’s epic it’s kinda sad he only has 460 subs he deserves more
That’s too nice man. Honestly I like having a smaller audience. Feels more like a fun hobby than a job
The only words I could say during the game awards was “armored core six”
GOTY for sure, only game I unlocked a 100% and still play. 300 hours in and still making new builds
I get why people are saying that BG3 is the GOTY, but AC6 was really the highlight for me last year. When I got an S on all missions, I slapped the decal I got for that on my AC’s forehead and just sat for a while, thinking about how no game will ever come close to being this entertaining for me. Really hope I was wrong, and I really wish AC6 got the GOTY award
Armored core six change my life. It is my game of the year.
tell me you didn't understand the story without telling me you didn't understand the story(level: impossible)
AC6 is probably the best mech game you can get your hands on right now, one of the best action games as well
Even though I agree that AC6 was really good, saying it should have won GOTY when it was running against Baldur's Gate 3 is borderline asinine.
It'd be like saying Shaq is better than Jordon.
This video was so good that I watched it offline on a flight and wrote a todo item to comment on it later and share it with my brother. Fantastic work 👏🏻
Excellent video, sir. I think no matter what lens you view this game through, the bottom line is that it's great. The combat, the mission structure, the customization, the story... all great.
The editing in this video is top notch man. Bravo.
Thanks man
When I found dark souls 3 I couldn’t stop thinking of the game. It consumed me. It’s been so long but armored core 6 makes me the same way love this game so much.
Very well thought out analysis. On little critique, though: Andrew Ryan wasn't the one controlling you in Bioshock. Atlas/Frank Fontaine was. You were Fontaine's secret weapon against Ryan.
It's now a tie for me, AC6 and Lies of P. Dead locked for best games of 2023
Solid video man. Well edited with a solid script plus personality = 👑
armor core 6 would hvae been game of the year of we dint get the absolute beast that is baldurs gate 3, hands down baldurs deserved it has more content, more gameplay hours and so many different ways to do things that really cemented its place again dont get me wrong armored core is a Really good game and if baldurs dint come out when it did i have 0 doubt that either AC6 would have won that or TOTK
I’m not mad BG3 won GOTY, I would’ve been kinda annoyed if TotK had taken best action game over AC6 though.
In the third ending when 621 beats the one sided rival, it's his choice to let the coral spread
Haven't gotten to play it yet but if it's even a quarter as good as ACFA it will be my game of the year for sure
I know people who Armored Core 6 was there personal GOTY (me included) and it is a shame it wasn't even nominated for it. The game had everything I wanted to be in an Armored Core game like hidden parts, the karasawa & moonlight, fun gameplay etc. and it checked all of the boxes and that is why it is my personal favorite Armored Core game though I still love the early gen games too.
Well said and put together buddy👏 . Like so many others have stated GOTY 2023 👍
I loved this game. It seems to me that people that played it to completion understand why it is the GOTY. Most of the rest did not get past either the first boss or baltheus.
Baltheus was fun because he really made me rethink my build, which is the point. Fir I tried non-pulse weapons and failed, then I tried equipping either a pulse blade or pulse gun to get through, and then finally realized the only way to get through his shields without running out of ammo was to fully commit and use a pulse blade and a pulse gun as a combo.
Just bought it. Physical, as it should be😁 It is coming. Can't wait for the postman😊
You get it guy. This game just came out and I KNEW I had to get it just from a gameplay video I saw this game is game of the year 2023 and is worth multiple play throughs on my 3rd now
No more words need to be said
Subbed.
We are absolutely blessed to have fromsoftware in our lives
I really liked the call sign Gun 13 Raven.
100% facts. Baldur's Gate 3 was insane to see how well that was done, and deserved all it's awards. But AC6 is very much my 2023 GOTY as well, and the best game I played last year ❤️❤️
Or, “center target, pull the switch. Center target, pull the switch. Center target, pull the…”
other million dollar AAA studios struggle to put out a functioning let alone actually engaging and fun game...and then Fromsoft came out with the proverbial folding chair to show them all how its fucking done.
I got the LoR ending first, and then got tipped off to the third ending by a friend who was also playing the game, and so I found a sense of Autonomy by carrying on. Ayre is basically asking "Why?" when you choose the FoR path, and my answer was basically "If I get through this, there will be something better."
Spoilers below.
Then, of course, there's the fact that you beat Allmind at the end, but carry out her will afterwards. That was my choice. She just decided to heel turn and stand in my way.
Allmind wanted to download your brain to add to her combat system like she did to Iguazu and is implied to have done this with most of the other pilots you killed. Iguazu kinda says as much during the final fight but it's clear that there's some cut voice lines from THAT specific exchange.
Ac6 made me feel a way i’ve never felt playing a game, the butter smooth combat was so refreshing compared to many other games. The story was so underrated, and i loved the bosses. The game was just fantastic imo and was a 10/10 from me.
AC6 was my personal GOTY, but I also understood why BG3 won overall
Ac6 gonna open up a whole new era of "souls born" shit and I can't wait
Ac6 blew me away
Loved the video 👍. I kinda understood that AC6 made me feel somehow my decisions as the player where just as uninformed as 621 was in the game. Following orders of masters and somehow focused only on my own survival. Fromsoft is masterful in this gameplay narrative marriage
I also chose to honor Walter's request.
The game was just beautiful loved every second almost got every trophy but like 2
The third ending has introduced the concept of waifus to the world, essentially repeating the ending of the classic Evangelion.
This, along with everything else the game has to offer, has made it an easy personal GOTY.
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Never played an AC game before but love the Souls/Sekiro/Elden blah blah. Thought "why not get AC6, it looks dope." Beat it in like 5 days, played every night for 4-5 hours. Loved it and it was weird how quickly it came and went for me but not long ago I saw that new guns were added and so I downloaded it again. Once again beat new game + and ++, every night for a week straight. AC6 is fricking sweet.
For me it was a tie between AC6 and Lies of P
GREAT video, sir. Great script, perfect visuals, powerful intro with perfect selection of music and clips. Good job!
So I'm curious how many people thought the coral was souls of dead people, because I thought it was an alien organism that gain human like consciousness.
I binged ac6 3 playthroughs all endings 76.9 hours on steam in 8 days
it was and is fantastic, I learned a bit more about the older AC games and I can get why some vets might not like the "dumbing down" of it, but god damn was it a ride and a half. Also if you are struggling just learn to pre-time the pile bunker, seriously... it is so satisfying to launch a spear into enemies, do it, do it, do it.
Edit: oh, I remember seeing the gunships fly in, and be like "OH FUCK LETS GO" and try to fly on top of it, for the game to go "yeah smart move pal" and I wanted so badly to fly against a fleet of them, going from one ship to the other. The second ending I did had that mission, I was so fkn hype
To me, Armored Core 6 was the ultimate gaming example of the new type of hero we've microscoped on (Ex: Chainsaw Man, Goblin Slayer): The Working Hero. There's no good or evil, or greater aspiration to be the "White Knight who saves the princess": it's just the job and doing the best you can at it. You're a little insane and mindless, but if you save people along the way? Great, I guess...
There were a lot of Borderlands story in here as well. You also get shot from a container launcher too
how anyone can not see the significance of AC6FoR's story in the context of the development of AGI in our world is beyond me ; absolutely the most important discussion , and ofc its an amazing game as well =] ; cannot sing AC6 enough praise imho
Solid video, man. Earned a sub, I think.
Been keeping my eye out for a price reduction. This solidified my feelings in purchasing.
I tried to play Baldur’s Gate 3. I saw why people consider it the best game of 2023, but it’s just not for me. Recently, I came back to AC6 and I found myself with a newfound obsession with it. S-ranked all missions last weekend and I’m itching for more. Best game of 2023 for me.
AC6 is my game of the last 3 years
YOU MISSED THE POINT. Read below. (I mean I wrote an entire thing)
There is only one good ending: The fires of Raven.
The endings?
Liberator of Rubicon: You got manipulated like a moron by the rubicon liberation front and Ayre. Allmind shows it to you, thumb dolmayan does not give a fuck about living in harmony. He wants to exploit coral like the corporations. And Ayre? Ayre keeps licking your earlobes in hopes that you're not her to burn down the whole planet again. Because she knows! She gets worried when you betray V.VII Swinburne after accepting to spare him. "Did Walter teach you that?" or has some satisfied voice tone if you actually spare him. She also tries to be your little waifu in the fog level "hmm youuuu knoowwww, it's been a while since we haven't been in a mission without Walter...". Like what the fuck?
Alea jacta est: You got played by allmind which is most probably influenced by some other coral thingy like Ayre since they can control mechs. And after that, what is there that is an aberration to the plan? You and that other clown Iguazu! Ayre and Allmind are just playing pokemon watching you and Iguazu try to tickle each other prostate. It's by far not the only moment in the game during which you get thrown against that poor fucker. He gets lured by Allmind who wants to get rid of everybody at once in the alternative Mission 48: Reach the Coral Convergence. Iguazu says something like "They are all here, just like they said." "They" being Allmind, as it is proven in the final fight that Iguazu is indeed played by Allmind too. That's why Allmind tries to kill you. That's why Ayre is so sweet. They're just playing you. You mean nothing and coral is a parasite.
The fires of Raven: YOU DID YOUR JOB 621. Nobody manipulated you. You got surgery because you wanted it. You wanted to be a fried-brain maniac commanding a billion-sun powered ice-skating killing machine. You wanted to blow as many things as possible while making millions. Walter hired you for that job, the conditions were set from the beginning and with your own consent. You saved mankind from being absorbed by that sparkly thing. You stopped it from being spread in the entire universe. And on top of that you remained a faithful dog.
The third ending is not the good one. It's the one giving you the last pieces of the puzzle. It does not build it for you.
Yeah I know I missed the point. I got enough comments to wake me up to that fact. If I could change my final take away, It wouldn’t be that it’s about a man becoming a machine. It would be closer to a machine-like organism becoming human. Or at least what happens when a living thing is given a choice. Still my favourite game of the year though. Not taking away that statement.
Playing Armored Core 6 was like meeting a long lost friend after years apart.
It's a solid 7.5/10 game. I didn't feel like I progressed as a pilot at all throughout the game and the missions were mostly incredibly easy and uninteresting. Some of the boss fights were challenging and pretty good. The only above average aspect of the game.
You guys really thought this game was going to beat Baldur's Gate 3 LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣
While BG3 is and remains my game of 2023, I'll say AC6 was easily in the top 3.
i was never interested in mech games, i gave this a try and man i loved this game
Still disappointed this didnt get GOTY, its only game in recent years to have me keep coming back to it for another playthrough.
AC6 was my GOTY. Stellar gameplay and voice acting
You sir have earned a sub thank you was on the fence about buying this one. Easy choice now 👏
This game made me cry and i can’t stop thinking about it
A masterpiece within the genre that deserves expansions!
The best game of the year is clearly Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Now that Dj Peach Cobbler is gone, I will accept this
You need more subs. Less than 1k and already making such high quality videos.
Trust me, my channel does not deserve that much attention. There’s far better/funny channels on this website to check out. But thanks for the kind words.
i love this game soooooooooo much. praying that the rumors of dlc are true 🙌
AC6 made me think more then any other game last year. It´s theme was weird or atleast until i got it on the 3rd cycle. When i saw all the endings.
This is the stuff i like! Philosophy for gamers. This game is like playing dune before the machine wars.
Lies of pie was mine. Playing armored core now, but so far feels like mobile game with all briefings and load screens. Game play is good though and really addictive i must say.
Ok, take my statement back, its actually really good after chapter one. Just slow start, but now im hooked in to story and builds as well as game play it self. Awesome game.
I fucking kneel, let's wait for AC6 DLC!
Damn, wow. Yep, the elders need as always to shut the hell up; the kids alright.
Hella good analysis there. Zoomer or whatever ya did a fine and grand job of breaking that shit down and hard. Bravo! Impressive wingspan. ❤
Now for me, I’m all about my STARFIELD because I am old grew up on the Apollo Program and have a thing for cassette futurism. And shooting endless space pirates in their space faces with my space guns. But I did my time in the H+ program back in the day, so I got love for the ARMORED CORE series but alas not the youthful vigor to endless beat myself up.
And I do hope they kept that mission set up that once in a while makes you build and fight in a mech design you normally don’t. I dig that it made me go outside my comfort zone occasionally. For me it was always having to build and fight the light, fast, chicken legged mech up a silo, hated that mission. :)
Armored Core VI was absolutely my Game of the Year.
I loved Zelda and BG3, but AC6 had something else. It still haunts me..
AC6 is awesome, but I did enjoy BG3 more tbh. That said, AC6 deserved to be at least nominated.
An Armored Core is the ultimate evolution of the PC Gamer: They build and pilot their own gaming PC equipped with the entire arsenal of the 2nd Amendment, a hot redhead vtuber ai implanted in his brain, and all running on Mountain Dew©️ Code Red (or Voltage) for coolant
Just awesome
AC6 is the best accion-game in 2023. Best Combat mech all time.
All title FromSoftware is Gold. But too dificult to standard player this is why is underrated.
Hate how people think a story needs some dumb overarching meta narrative to be a good story. Maybe big robots are cool and smashing them together is rad.