@@kamidesu6414 I've been in love with this franchise since I was 12 haha, I always loved the CGI cutscenes and wished they'd make an actual show or anime about it as well.
If you're wondering how the first Crest AC can continue minus the arm and head, the head is only for scouting. The core contains the cockpit and fire control unit.
@@lilsleep02 ppsspp,pcsx2,Xenia or whatever the fuck the PS3/xbox 360 emu is called I play 3 and last raven myself on my PC with ppsspp gotta say mouse controls rock!!
This was my first Armored Core back in the day and I can't help but love this intro the most. AC4 is probably my favorite because of the AALIYAH, but man I love the duo combat of this one. So rich in story.
god after playing AC6 I went back to play this and AC3SL on my emulator and instantly reminded me how none of the newer generation AC games could even come close to the 3rd gens. The entire 3rd gen AC line of games were just in a league of their own but AC3 and AC3SL were absolute masterpieces. Hands down the two best games in the entire franchise
Man, Armored Core series on the PS2 was the way to go. Nowadays all I ever keep hearing is either Armored Core 4 or 5. Plus I like the mech designs on AC2 and 3 far more than later titles.
I love all of the AC games but after playing AC2, I gotta say, I would've loved it if they had kept building on what the older gen AC games did, I would die to play a modern old-gen AC game.
Played all the way up through Silent Line (I think I played Nexus? Hard to remember honestly). I really wish they'd go back to the feel of those games where your AC had more weight to them (I mean, unless you specc'd *hard* into being a lightweight build)
The whole line of AC3 is the pinnacle of classic AC. I still like 4 despite being basically different games at that point. I am yet to encounter anyone who likes V. V and VD are so bad they killed armored core. It's also why I'm not optimistic at all about the allegedly upcoming armored core game, since V/VD are the last AC games From made, and they are pretty bad.
Best armored core ever made. The story, the perfected gameplay, so many customisation options, the variety in the missions, the music, the graphics, the stages, everything. It just has a heart and soul that no other Armored Core game that came before or after, ever managed to capture.
I love this intro because it perfectly highlights how you'd see combat between real mechs go. No fancy shit, actual tactics and no over-the-top reactions or monologues, just the pure grit of urban combat and the dogma of "Kill or be killed." If it's one thing that From Soft does well with its mech games that many Japanese studios botch it's making sure the fights are realistic and not flashy. A rarity within the genre.
The size would be smaller though, likely smaller than a tank because mechs are not as good as tanks at taking damage. Something like the Wolverine from C&C would be more realistic.
@@yayo3879 Except I was talking about the intro. As far as the game itself goes, there's very little dialogue beyond what is practical to say in the middle of fights. Monologues are almost nonexistent. Only ones I can think of that come close to it are the part leading up to fighting Nineball in MoA and the final faceoff with Leos Klein at Phobos. Exposition inside missions is kept to a minimum (too much so at times) on top of that.
There isn't exactly any Armored Core games where you couldn't remake the "poster-boy". It just so happens that, with the exception of the heavyweight red AC, none of the ones featured here are all that viable because they all suffer from Overweight issues due to the weapons they use and don't move nearly as quick as they do in-game
At this point I'd take an HD rerelease of the classics as long as it had online matchmaking. Preferably steam, but I'm willing to pay for PS plus if it meant I could play online at 60~120fps.
I remember telling kids in my class about this game during lunch. And they responded to me saying, oh do you mean that incredibles video game with frozone and mr incredibles? What!?!
That's pretty much always been the case with cover ACs up until 4. They were either overweight and unusable (Moa and AC 2 cover ACs) or usable, but total pieces of trash (AC1 and Project Phantasma cover ACs)
I don't usually notice any difference in these upscales, that could just be because my eyes are bad, but this time i noticed a few times where ACs recoiled a bit from taking machine gun fire.
- Ahh such great memories ... i don't know if you gamers remember the Tips & Tricks magazine. - I was the winner of Armored Core 3 Civil War Contest, & was published in the Tips & Tricks Issue 100 😎 - I was also a major coffee addict at the time. smh 🤐😬😵💫/ lol epic times indeed 😁💯❤✌
0:57 You can clearly see it's the future! Where buildings are constructed to bounce back any object trying to penetrate into the building, chopper is forcing 9/11 but cant! Now that' s the physics defying tech we need now! or the game engine just cant force into the environment. lol
There's not a step they run like we play in the game. In this intro they move freely with the booster and also fly it's like having a generator with unlimited energy
for flying AC scene, you can see it in AC Nexus intro when they're dodge enemy missiles attack and deals with enemy choppers and still.. unlimited energy consumption
if your core can't scoot around like this you need a better generator or more efficient boosters. Besides if it was really 'like the game' everyone would just be short booster hopping everywhere. And you don't need the busted cheat parts to do it.
It is functional, as long as you devote ANY stats to it. It's the anti-missile system, which shoots bullets or lasers to intercept enemy missiles. Thing is, it's hard to see because you'd otherwise be dazzled by your own defensive fire, and nobody devoted any equipment to that because it's a waste of space and energy you could use to dodge. Missiles aren't that hard to evade, especially with Overboost and OB-Cancel.
@@arcdecibel9986 Indeed! It took me a WHILE to figure out it was an anti-ballistic system. When I realized that's what it was, I devoted even harder into crest cores over mirage. Oh the hp was nice and all, but OB and anti-missile that... I remember being weirdly competent? Oh yeah, I ate that up. Helps that I loved using the hover "Legs", so any extra defensive boost helped.
@@tybirous3417 Oh, I bet it did, but under the Common Mech Conventions of 1995, Article 1, Section A, 1.2 - Rule of Cool, you would be forced to endure insults from other players about your machine effectively being a car. For example, they're well within their rights to call you a soccer mom taking the safe route in your minivan. Harsh, but trust me, I've been on the other end of that as a Battletech bubba who has used lots of tanks in the past. Tactically, it was the right move at those times, but you can win a battle and lose the war. CMC 95 merely formalized the unspoken convention that mechs ONLY exist because they're so cool. With that in mind, using something other than a mech obviates the game. I was forced to admit that they had a point. That said, no sincere personal judgement is actually in effect during these disputes. It's merely trash-talk if someone compliments you on being so "handi-capable" with your Hover-round."
I wish these were all ported to PC or something that withstands the test of time so they were easier to get ahold of. I still have my AC3 Tshirt from the collectors edition
I tried building the blue Crest AC in game, the one with the 1000 round machine gun, small missiles, grenade launcher, and anti-missile extension, but discovered that it's actually overweight. I dunno where I can cut weight to make it work, maybe just leave the left arm empty? I dunno.
its irritating in the intro they show all this fun shooting, but you dont get to shoot anything because there is never enough ammo to kill the bad guys unless your perfect. its one of the dumber parts of the game, that whole "everything costs money" crap they like to do, so if your even mediocre at playing video games you cant play this one at all, like you cant win ever , or even upgrade your equipment unless your pretty good out of the box.
That seems to be the case with these types of franchises. Most everything in the game itself is heavily recycled content with some new things thrown in. More like expansions rather than true sequels. FS started doing this after AC2 and didn't stop until AC4.
@@vXArchonXv they STARTED that with AC2? AC, PP, and MoA were all essentially the same game with different story and some new parts... the franchise copied itself from day one
@@Azure9577 Not really. Even back when these games were new, the follow up games were often criticized as looking more like expansion packs than proper sequels. It really was just new parts and a different story. Another Age, Silent Line, Nexus and Last Raven in particular were all guilty of this
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Kudos to that light weight crest model AC for bossing the heavy weight mirage AC, despite losing an arm and a head.
Well light weights are good for 1v1 but not for group fights, and its amazing how.you noticed the diff companies
Im impressed
@@kamidesu6414 I've been in love with this franchise since I was 12 haha, I always loved the CGI cutscenes and wished they'd make an actual show or anime about it as well.
That's going to leave a huge hole in his paycheck though.
@@Appleeatpie97 better than paying for an entirely destroyed AC though
@@SeanyBoy589 Good point
I love how the opening actually stays true to the games sound and movement. Unlike most cinematics.
except no one can shoot that much and hit nothing, you'd make no money, run out of ammo and then die.
It’s funny that the 4 and 4A trailer versions are slower compared to the actual game
If you're wondering how the first Crest AC can continue minus the arm and head, the head is only for scouting. The core contains the cockpit and fire control unit.
still one of my favorite openings to a video game
this was a great game, i remember seeing this intro for the first time when i got this game as a kid, i was so pumped up
AMEN!!!!
The same for me
That missile scene made me so hype, and still do
I love how you can kinda see the annoyed or angry emotion when the first mech loses and arm he's like "Your gonna pay for that"
Dude lost his fkn head and STILL made him pay 🤘💥☠️
the cost of ammo and repairs 💀🥲
@@Light56372 that'll teach you not to waste ammo and get hit so much!
God I miss this game
Truely, me too. I had so many hours on AC3
Is there any way to play ac3 or any other ac game on pc?
Addy H Using pcsx2, Yes. some of titles may not works well though
High school baby, this game game went so hard!!!
@@lilsleep02 ppsspp,pcsx2,Xenia or whatever the fuck the PS3/xbox 360 emu is called
I play 3 and last raven myself on my PC with ppsspp gotta say mouse controls rock!!
Dude, this takes me back. There were four of us, my brothers and sister. And we all played the hell out of this game.
".....so uh, bad news, just lost my arm..."
"Worst news"
"What?"
"The odds just got evened....."
This was my first Armored Core back in the day and I can't help but love this intro the most. AC4 is probably my favorite because of the AALIYAH, but man I love the duo combat of this one. So rich in story.
Even though I was born after this game, I've been playing it and it's a damn fine game
You have an old console or can you get it on PC?
@@contagioushavoc5794 emulators
Man, crest makes some of the best-looking ACs
They make some of the best parts in general. Their Chaingun is broken af with OPI
One of the very best intro in the series
god after playing AC6 I went back to play this and AC3SL on my emulator and instantly reminded me how none of the newer generation AC games could even come close to the 3rd gens. The entire 3rd gen AC line of games were just in a league of their own but AC3 and AC3SL were absolute masterpieces. Hands down the two best games in the entire franchise
Agreed. AC6 got Souls'd a bit too much and hard lock removes all skill from the game
Man, Armored Core series on the PS2 was the way to go. Nowadays all I ever keep hearing is either Armored Core 4 or 5. Plus I like the mech designs on AC2 and 3 far more than later titles.
Same
I love all of the AC games but after playing AC2, I gotta say, I would've loved it if they had kept building on what the older gen AC games did, I would die to play a modern old-gen AC game.
Played all the way up through Silent Line (I think I played Nexus? Hard to remember honestly).
I really wish they'd go back to the feel of those games where your AC had more weight to them (I mean, unless you specc'd *hard* into being a lightweight build)
The whole line of AC3 is the pinnacle of classic AC. I still like 4 despite being basically different games at that point.
I am yet to encounter anyone who likes V. V and VD are so bad they killed armored core. It's also why I'm not optimistic at all about the allegedly upcoming armored core game, since V/VD are the last AC games From made, and they are pretty bad.
@@guysome7469 well..not anymore. Armored Core 6.😅
Best armored core ever made. The story, the perfected gameplay, so many customisation options, the variety in the missions, the music, the graphics, the stages, everything. It just has a heart and soul that no other Armored Core game that came before or after, ever managed to capture.
Im with you, i started with AC4 and i like 6 a lot but yeah 3rd gen was the best
I love this intro because it perfectly highlights how you'd see combat between real mechs go. No fancy shit, actual tactics and no over-the-top reactions or monologues, just the pure grit of urban combat and the dogma of "Kill or be killed." If it's one thing that From Soft does well with its mech games that many Japanese studios botch it's making sure the fights are realistic and not flashy. A rarity within the genre.
The size would be smaller though, likely smaller than a tank because mechs are not as good as tanks at taking damage.
Something like the Wolverine from C&C would be more realistic.
@@forickgrimaldus8301 then realistically its an mt then as years pass by it will evolve to that size... a full ac
@@kamidesu6414 not really because they are all easy to tople and cripple compared to a tank.
Oh yeah, and there's literal dialogue and monologue in the AC games during boss battles and encounter with enemy aces. Dumbass
@@yayo3879 Except I was talking about the intro.
As far as the game itself goes, there's very little dialogue beyond what is practical to say in the middle of fights.
Monologues are almost nonexistent. Only ones I can think of that come close to it are the part leading up to fighting Nineball in MoA and the final faceoff with Leos Klein at Phobos.
Exposition inside missions is kept to a minimum (too much so at times) on top of that.
3rd gens openings are the scenes I’d show if I wanted to get someone into armored core
I love how you can actually make these Armored Cores your ACs in-game and they might actually similarly.
There isn't exactly any Armored Core games where you couldn't remake the "poster-boy". It just so happens that, with the exception of the heavyweight red AC, none of the ones featured here are all that viable because they all suffer from Overweight issues due to the weapons they use and don't move nearly as quick as they do in-game
@@kaihedgie1747 implying of course that the characters in the opening are Plus
This is the AC game that got me into all the other AC and I think this opening is way better than AC5
I hope I live long enough for AC6
Welcome home Raven. 🐦⬛
This was such a good intro to a game.
1 of the best videogame openings ever. So epic
2002 and this has a good animation
just here for the nostalgia after seeing the new AC6 reveal trailer!!!
Need a new armored core for the next gen , come on from software
That's what I'm hoping for :/
Same omggg
At this point I'd take an HD rerelease of the classics as long as it had online matchmaking. Preferably steam, but I'm willing to pay for PS plus if it meant I could play online at 60~120fps.
@@tomsweeny6837 on ps5 graphics
Looks like an Armored Core 6 is up coming
I remember telling kids in my class about this game during lunch. And they responded to me saying, oh do you mean that incredibles video game with frozone and mr incredibles? What!?!
this game had OP INTESIFY this is why this one and AC3 SILENT LINE is the best
*_Armored Core 6 announced, baby!!!_*
its the greatest intro in the 3rd generation of AC games in my opinion and the first armored core I've played
最高のゲームだった。6って復活したACが末長くというよりずっと続いてくれたらいいな
Armored Core VI is coming guys!
I can already see it teasing Bloodborne two and it's just a combined remake of 1-3 with all spin offs between them.
Best intro and best looking ACs in the series.
Too bad we cannot have same loadout or else it's an overweight penalty.
Haahah 🤣 I remember trying to build the same units as in this intro
I tried that too omg
That's pretty much always been the case with cover ACs up until 4. They were either overweight and unusable (Moa and AC 2 cover ACs) or usable, but total pieces of trash (AC1 and Project Phantasma cover ACs)
@E.LA.O Nope. Not in AC3.
I tried so hard to rebuilt both Red ones
Brooooo this game soundtrack time period everything 😢😮😅😊🎉😂❤
My first AC game, i don't know and i can't believe FromSoftware has making on Mecha game before
I don't usually notice any difference in these upscales, that could just be because my eyes are bad, but this time i noticed a few times where ACs recoiled a bit from taking machine gun fire.
ようやくAC6でほぼ同程度のグラフィックでプレイできる事に感激した。
The fact he let him drop his weps to square up.
AC6 2023! Let's goooo!
just beat this game for the 3rd time... so good
Times were simpler then...
this is what happens when you bring a laser blade in a gunfight.
2:41
- Ahh such great memories ... i don't know if you gamers remember the Tips & Tricks magazine.
- I was the winner of Armored Core 3 Civil War Contest, & was published in the Tips & Tricks Issue 100 😎
- I was also a major coffee addict at the time. smh 🤐😬😵💫/ lol epic times indeed 😁💯❤✌
Still my fav AC intro of all time. Wonder if Fires of Rubicon will top it
we need this GAME!!!! PLS HELP US !!! JAPAN HELP US!!!! make armored core 3 2.0!!! \o/!
My brother childhood game from PS2
I remember vividly playing this game for the first time in like 2008/9 what an experience
0:57
You can clearly see it's the future!
Where buildings are constructed to bounce back any object trying to penetrate into the building, chopper is forcing 9/11 but cant!
Now that' s the physics defying tech we need now!
or the game engine just cant force into the environment. lol
Niiice, I love this intro!
It goes a long way to selling how cool the game was when the intro was essentially a slightly more cinematic mission in gameplay
Of course the victors in the intro were using machine guns
Armored Core HD Collection when though?
Bro this has the same beats in AC6 credits I realised it when I completed the game its pretty wild!
There's not a step they run like we play in the game.
In this intro they move freely with the booster and also fly
it's like having a generator with unlimited energy
They aren't flying that much
the intro (except the part breaking)is true to the game
for flying AC scene, you can see it in AC Nexus intro when they're dodge enemy missiles attack and deals with enemy choppers
and still.. unlimited energy consumption
@@Makan_Sama_Ayam u can easily build a ac with very very low en usage
@@Azure9577 of course, since they released tune up features
if your core can't scoot around like this you need a better generator or more efficient boosters. Besides if it was really 'like the game' everyone would just be short booster hopping everywhere. And you don't need the busted cheat parts to do it.
I was always dissapointed that the gun in that particular chest/torso piece wasn't functional...
It is functional, as long as you devote ANY stats to it. It's the anti-missile system, which shoots bullets or lasers to intercept enemy missiles. Thing is, it's hard to see because you'd otherwise be dazzled by your own defensive fire, and nobody devoted any equipment to that because it's a waste of space and energy you could use to dodge. Missiles aren't that hard to evade, especially with Overboost and OB-Cancel.
@@arcdecibel9986 Indeed! It took me a WHILE to figure out it was an anti-ballistic system. When I realized that's what it was, I devoted even harder into crest cores over mirage. Oh the hp was nice and all, but OB and anti-missile that... I remember being weirdly competent? Oh yeah, I ate that up. Helps that I loved using the hover "Legs", so any extra defensive boost helped.
@@tybirous3417 Oh, I bet it did, but under the Common Mech Conventions of 1995, Article 1, Section A, 1.2 - Rule of Cool, you would be forced to endure insults from other players about your machine effectively being a car. For example, they're well within their rights to call you a soccer mom taking the safe route in your minivan.
Harsh, but trust me, I've been on the other end of that as a Battletech bubba who has used lots of tanks in the past. Tactically, it was the right move at those times, but you can win a battle and lose the war. CMC 95 merely formalized the unspoken convention that mechs ONLY exist because they're so cool. With that in mind, using something other than a mech obviates the game. I was forced to admit that they had a point.
That said, no sincere personal judgement is actually in effect during these disputes. It's merely trash-talk if someone compliments you on being so "handi-capable" with your Hover-round."
Literally what playing AC6 looks/plays like and I fucking adore it 🔥
Best mech game imo
lmfao so from what i understood of this intro that basically old technology won agaisn't new technology
how ironic
AC6 BAYBE
I wish these were all ported to PC or something that withstands the test of time so they were easier to get ahold of. I still have my AC3 Tshirt from the collectors edition
This is Kino Mecha.
We can finally play a mouse and keyboard supported AC! I just need that fancy keyboard the ac pilot is using.
What an intro. Still thinking about it
First AC i played and man this trailer was so sexy and adrenaline rushing
I remember that game & I really miss it.
This 19 year old video game has better CGI than 4th gen marvel.
I tried building the blue Crest AC in game, the one with the 1000 round machine gun, small missiles, grenade launcher, and anti-missile extension, but discovered that it's actually overweight. I dunno where I can cut weight to make it work, maybe just leave the left arm empty? I dunno.
Muh childhood
chills every time
New armored core, please...
After Elden Ring, rumors are that they are going back to this IP.
Me and my tank legs go Brrrr
this is the best part of this game
Was a good mech game!
Auld Lang Syne
AC6
AC3 intore is going to be on my steam deck
So how do you remaster this if it's all prerendered?
its irritating in the intro they show all this fun shooting, but you dont get to shoot anything because there is never enough ammo to kill the bad guys unless your perfect. its one of the dumber parts of the game, that whole "everything costs money" crap they like to do, so if your even mediocre at playing video games you cant play this one at all, like you cant win ever , or even upgrade your equipment unless your pretty good out of the box.
Bro the machine the guy at the end uses has like a 1000 rounds of ammunition. You have to actively TRY to use all that up in a mission
Dawg the machine gun the poster boy is using has like 1000 ammo. you gotta be blind to use all of those up and STILL not have killed the enemy.
Play AC6 if you wanna fight like these AC's, its sick
I think most of this game’s budget went to the intro 🤔
That seems to be the case with these types of franchises. Most everything in the game itself is heavily recycled content with some new things thrown in. More like expansions rather than true sequels. FS started doing this after AC2 and didn't stop until AC4.
@@vXArchonXv they STARTED that with AC2? AC, PP, and MoA were all essentially the same game with different story and some new parts... the franchise copied itself from day one
@@NoobTryHard that's literally how franchises and sequels work idiots
@@NoobTryHard COD: SAY IT AGAIN BITCH
@@Azure9577 Not really. Even back when these games were new, the follow up games were often criticized as looking more like expansion packs than proper sequels. It really was just new parts and a different story. Another Age, Silent Line, Nexus and Last Raven in particular were all guilty of this
Good shit never out of time
2:05 still holds up
💀 no tf it dont
@@Blueline3691 said the one pos fan
@@Seq-ei2pwbro you're funny
@@Blueline3691 you have a low bar for funny
@@Blueline3691 thats why you like one peace. naruto bruh!