Armored Core Lore: The Story of Armored core 2 (Reupload)
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- The story of armored core 2 is here. After the great depth war what a happened to earth and all its people? Well a big red plant in spaced looked good so let's go from there.
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A note: This is a reupload of the last video due to low audio volume.
I understand. Sad that the original comments are gone though.
Thank you so much!
@@goliathxanatos706 Oh i haven't deleted the old video. However i have turned off monetization on it and removed it from the AC2 lore playlist. Its the fair thing to do in my mind since its not up to the quality i want this channel videos to be.
awesome its nice and louder now thank you :D
thanks (^_^)b it'd be appreciated if you continue making all videos have a standard volume, like the 4Answer story repost. That had good volume. Most others were too low compared to other channels I watch, so I would have to turn it up whenever watching your vids.
Like I've commented b4, AC2 is the best in the series for me. Enemy design, core parts and weapons, even the effects though cheesy are kind of cool. The last part where quad legs operated more like they did in the original where they skate across the floor like a water insect. The memories!!
As a quad leg user i can not help but like this comment.
AC2's only flaw is how it handles in mission AC enemies.
Funny, I got this game as soon as I bought a PS2 in my younger years (I was stationed in New Orleans). I do admit I was no good at this game at the time. It was only when I beat AC3 and Silent Line, I went back to AC2 and finally beat it. Once again thanks for the Nostalgia trip.
Happy to feed the nostalgia, i know this video was my trip back to the past of teen acl.
I just recently learned you can get Human + in this game. So I played it again last night just to try it out. Got to the top 3 in the arena but, old man wrist won't let me play long.
The beauty of these lore videos is that for those of us who played this as kids, across the whole series . . . you never really GOT IT that something was actually happening meta wise within the lore of the game. Those missions weren't just choices to make money, it was a genius roulette telling a story.
This one's special to me, it's where I started Armored Core and I even have an LP of it on my channel (it's 480p though, lol).
Thanks for sharing the extra history included in the supplemental materials, I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know.
Funny enough me too and i would here like to encourage people to watch your lp as you do a better job piloting an ac then i ever will. Oh and not a problem, i feel it is what completes the lore of AC2 and links it all together nicely.
@@armoredcorelore Thanks! My channel is unfortunately dead at this point, I got overwhelmed and burned out on youtube, so I just use my account to interact with people who stop by.
I did understand the story pretty well on my own, but there was some details I never got. This is a very well done video, now the next time I go and replay it I know exactly what I'm partaking in.
Thank you for your kind words. I hope to keep doing the same for the other AC series.
2nd generation is my personal favorite. I really appreciate your channel helping others to understand the lore. I really enjoy your content as a primer to ensure I don't miss any key points while preparing my own crossover content. You're the absolute best channel for Armored Core information, bar none.
Your very kind and i wish you the best of luck with you content, i must go have a watch myself.
@@armoredcorelore I can't believe you took a look at my channel! I'm a huge fan. :)
Sigh... I’m too tired to sleep, so im going back through and rewatching all of the story summaries. This one in particular is a major nostalgia trip. While I’ve technically played every numbered AC title, AC2 was the first one that I actually really got into. I remember spending so many weekends over at my friend Dylan’s house, working our way through the arena matches and story missions, trying to figure out what the heck was going on in the narrative (we were like...11-12 years old). I also remember I had this incredible figure of the cover AC that I got in Japantown in San Francisco. In fact, while my love for mecha technically started with Gundam Wing airing on Cartoon Network when I was 9/10, playing AC2 really cemented it (and then getting into Zone of the Enders ensured that it would probably last until I die lol). Anyways, another excellent synopsis, as always!
Also, thanks again for yesterday, I had a blast throwing down with you!
Nice i like hearing people history with ac. I think everyone has that one ac game like yours with ac2 (Which as people know was my first ac game and what made me quit and then come back to the series) that make you go, this, this is what i like. Also the Leos ac figure neat!
I never really got into gundam to be honest, the way i found out about gundam was wing but didn't like it. It would years later i would fall in love with the old uc universe i think that what they all the era with Zaku's and gouf's. And no problem any time, i look forward to seeing your video on Wednesday.
@@armoredcorelore Hah, that’s funny that you got into Gundam by way of the UC; I always recommend that people start with one of the standalone series first and, if they enjoy the whole “real robot” thing, then check out the UC since it’s so massive. Out of curiosity, do you have a favourite/few favourite Mobile Suits?
For my part, in roughly ascending order, the top few are:
1 - Tallgeese III
2 - Sinanju Stein
3 - Gundam Nataku
4 - Gundam Bael
5 - Gundam Kimaris Vidar
And my favourite series are
1 - Iron Blooded Orphans
2 - Unicorn
3 - Witch From Mercury
4 - Even though it’s only a novel series, I love the designs so goddamn much (Kenki Fujioka is a fucking insane genius) that I feel absolutely comfortable putting Advance of Zeta in my top five
Anyways, the soothing tones of your voice managed to lull me to sleep, finally. I have four filming sessions today, and three more tomorrow, so I’m gonna try and snag a few more hours of rest before I start my day. Cheers!
What's up my fellow early 90's home. It took me a solid year finally beat 2. Despite numerous replays I never knew wtf was going on.
Well done. While later games will explain their stories better, I think Armored Core 2 had the best plot/setting overall, which From squandered with Another Age and dumped altogether to move on to 3 and onwards. While 3 and Silent Line are solid titles and the best mechanically to me, it's still disappointing how AC2 was done dirty.
14:36 - They say the Frighteners are taking out Ravens, but unless there are a bunch of unregistered Ravens for them to eliminate, this doesn't show mechanically in-game, save for poor Castor from earlier. To be fair though, they probably hadn't figured out the means to do this until, well, Last Raven. Save for two Ravens in the game that I can think of, maybe another one, all others killed in missions are slain by the player.
19:25 - There is an alternative interpretation I considered : That this trap was set up by the Zio Matrix Mars Division. This is hinted by the one line spoken by one of the attacking ACs : "You know too much, we don't need you no more."
It could refer to LCC as well, but the Zio Matrix Mars Division is already noted as being up to shady business, and the mail you get about their deteriorating relationship with the Earth branch is right before this mission. It would also explain why the Raven takes no more missions from them. Also, given how FromSoft like to reuse certain plot elements, it would be a spiritual precursor to a certain betrayal that happens in 3.
28:34 - The antagonist's motivation not being explained is perhaps the weakest part of the plot overall. Was he trying to cause another Great Destruction? Was he trying to become the new R via Phobos somehow? Maybe From wanted to keep it a mystery, or maybe they weren't sure themselves. It also seemed odd how we beat him on the STAI, and yet he somehow gets to Phobos anyway (past all those Disorder defenses with Remille, no less.)
Thank you and yes there is some rather sticking points in the story with raven having to registered it does make it odd that they say a lot are being taken out however the only ones that do go are the one the raven takes outs. And yes it could have been Zio again some story elements are very open to a lot of people being able to do this at the same time so it is very possible this trap was the zio mars branch or the LCC.
As for Leons great escape i think we have to give that a little it needed to happen to keep the story, however again it is possible Leon escaped on foot during the battle and left a simple AI in charge of his ac. But never made clear in game.
AC2 is where my Armored Core journey began, I still remember when I first got my Big Boy PS2 and played long into the night, not really knowing exactly what I was doing being a young gamer at the time.. but I knew that FromSoftware made a special series, one of which I'm glad is making a surprise resurgence.. I can't tell you how excited I have been just seeing everyone getting into AC because of the AC6 reveal.
What a time to be an Armored Core fan, now if only we could get some of those games remastered and released on current gen.
Thanks i do like hearing where raven started thier journey and well i have to agree its a good time to be an ac fan. However as for the remakes, it would be nice however maybe they are waiting to see how ac6 does before such an idea.
I can’t obtain ac2 legitimately, but I’ve been playing 3 after beating FA and I gotta say 3 is so much fun. I think I like it way more than 4 and FA. I really hope from soft either releases collections before the launch of 6 or after…. I think it would be insanely cool if you could get your hands on parts by importing data from the old games…. That would be a sick call back, even if it was just like some special parts for having a save file in prior games.
I agree on the whole part idea would be neat.
Thanks for the redirect - I just got home, am gonna throw some dinner together and sit down to watch this. Super psyched!
No problem. Hope you enjoy.
Cool Vid! I started playing AC2 about a week ago, but the controls put me off it. This video helped me bite the bullet, and I'm having a lot of fun! I'm even getting used to using the D-pad.
Thank you. I'm happy to hear your enjoying the game and that my video helped. But hey i should be saying cool videos back to you with the great AC content you've been making. Hope to see more from you .
@@armoredcorelore Thank you! I appreciate it! Definitely gonna make some about AC2. Already got part of one in the works right now.
Im really glad that in this world there people like you, who want to explain things, even for the game. Ty, man, keep up a good job 👍
Thank you for your kind words.
Mars Balena are the true goat undersogs on the story. They were sent without proper support and managed to endure the fight till the end, even when their Earth branch abandoned them for good.
As said before the video got reupload, I’m very happy with how well you presented this entry of the series. It’s my favourite game of the franchise and I know everything about it from top to bottom. I really appreciate the time you took the explain the startup of the main corporations, the move to Mars, how the main character fits into the narrative and all the other essential elements in the game.
I also love the connection you made with how the early Martian civilisation could’ve been humans from before the great destruction performing terraforming efforts on Mars before Murakumo Millennium got there.
All in all, a Fanta video to start of the new year and I can’t wait for you to continue to put out many more high quality videos in the future 👍🏾👍🏾
I appreciate the support so thank you and maybe next video i will not play with volume slider too much in the video editing software.
VASHA!!!
@@armoredcorelore isn’t there a editing window on TH-cam to handle those sorts of edits after posting? Like how one is able to cut or censor certain parts to avoid demonetisation?
@@andrewrogers3067 and my mind went straight to skyrim.
@@goliathxanatos706 Not that i have seen too. The only thing with audio i can do there is edit in music from a selected range of safe to use tracks. But I'm not worried as you say its the comments that I'm after keeping.
25:42 If its debatable on whether Klein was the protag of MoA, then would this imply they at least knew each other at some point and that Klein became the "original NineBreaker" by defeating the MoA Raven? Or perhaps, he could be refering to his younger self before coming to believe that the Hustler One AI may have been right?
All possible. All We know is his human plus has managed to keep a 90 year old man looking in his forties thanks to the armored core navigation guide and its from his title as nine breaker, his age and some of the words he speaks that suggests he was the raven of MOA. Yet as noted the words Kleivn shares are from the Ai of armored core one not the ai of master of arena.
Thank you for your work. I'm getting back into the series after I gave up on For Answer years ago, and your videos are very helpful in keeping me interested.
Thank you for giving my videos a chance. Hope to see you in AC6.
@@armoredcorelore You will as long as my PC can run it.
I just wanted to say thank you for the work you've done and the videos you've made. I've enjoyed being able to refresh myself with the lore of one of my favorite franchises and you have also inspired me to do something similar with gundam with mech analysis, lore, and pilot info. Keep up the amazing work with your beautiful voice.
Thank you for the very kind words. I wish you luck on your own lore project and be sure to let me know as i would not mind seeing what you create.
Thanks for posting ac2 content mate, more armored core lore will always be welcome
It is a pleasure and a joy to make these. However there was an issue with the audio volume in the original, so this is me fixing that.
Nice work on the story of armored core 2
Thank you.
btw @armoredcorelore back to armored core in ps1
you can change pov to first person view while in mission by pressing
start button first to pause then start button+square+triangle button on same time to change to first person view mode.
to change back to regular 3rd person mode is start button again to pause then start button+circle+triangle button on same time to change to 3rd person mode
So i have heard and seen, however i was never able to do it.
Some of those mission recaps aren't quite the same without that guy rolling his Rs like a champ. XD
I could never be the og r roller VA.
Your content is excellent. Thanks for explaining the game that really hooked me. I’ll always model my ACs after Annihilator / Leos
Thank you for you kind words and well Annihilator is a pretty sick AC. Its not a bad ac to model one's acs after.
Thank you for the re-upload I could not hear that shit and om tryna learn the story for AC6
Your welcome.
Wait... Failed Ravens get executed?! I was under the impression that they were left to die.
Nope i thought people simply went back to being citizens until i heard the line. It seems concord is quite happy to kill new recruits if they are not up to the skill level they expect. Scary! That or they simply let the foes kill them.
@@armoredcorelore I thought the latter.
I'm excited for when you cover generation 3.
I'm getting there i just want to make sure I've covered subjects like corporation like i did with AC4.
@@armoredcorelore oh yeah of course.
About the missions that allegedly don't pay you, apparently they pay you in "advance" which you get the money once you launch it and that's why it makes you think they didn't give you money. YOu may need to check the credits on a before-mission and after-mission to see the current credits difference.
I noticed that some missions have "advance" in the pay (the ones that look like they didn't pay you) and got some more money, just try it on the last mission on silent line, launch the last mission then abort then your money will go up.
Learning something new everyday. Thank you.
i felt that "leaving combat area"
It happened far to many times then I'd like to admit.
All this diving into armored core lore has had the side effect of making iron blooded orphans not suck. If you replace all the Gundam terms with ac terms in your head it makes sense lol
I mean playing through the story of the iron bloods in sd gundam cross-rays, it didn't seem that bad.
Hey if you wanted to see a crossover for armored core what would you want armored core to crossover with
Oh that is a tough one, maybe super robot wars.
Interesting I’d have infinite stratos crossover infinite stratos are powered exoskeletons with advanced combat capabilities and they were originally meant for outer space expedition and they can only be used by females
Think it would be cool if there was a crossover with Zone of Enders.
They got similar vibes in regards to the conflict with Earth and the extraterrestrial colonies, as well as similar grunt mechs.... Whereas the the existence of ZOE's Metatron and Orbital Frames could potentially get linked to the super advanced ancient civilizations that were only hinted at in AC2.
Awesome I’ll keep that idea in mind
Just keep the ideas coming
28:45 Raven: to Rubicon on the after life.
Don't cross the timelines ha ha.
Armored core lore, i always love thay openeing lol. Thanks for making these man! I grew up playing them on ps1 and ps2, and now im into ac6, and im the kinda guy thay likes to get into the lore of stuff and learn everything. So, for real, man, thank you!
Thank you for your kind words and let me thank you back for giving my videos a chance. I know that feeling, hunting lore and learning all the little tidbits and translations is what lead me down this rabbit hole of ac lore. But im glad I did, its fun and I have meet lots of neat people.
While not my first AC game. It's the first one I beat. I wish there was more missions from LCC, as I wanted to side with them when I was younger. Maybe something similar to what you can do in the newer AC games.
It certain would be have been quite the story to look into if the LCC had won and turned mars into the old ways of the underground cities.
On my way to learn Armored Core history!
Have fun!
I love your videos man can wait for ac6
Thank you very much and me too.
Armored Core 2 was the first game I played in the series. ❤
Nice =) Seems this is where a lot of ravens started thier journey.
So we doing another age next?
Not yet =) I am going to cover some of the corporations and some key figures from the game then move on.
Still waiting for that Moonlight video lol
I'm still making it =)
@@armoredcorelore 👍
Out of all the Armor Core games which one is your favorite?
Formula Front, its just something different from the normal ac game and well i do like to see what i can make the ai do.
It would have been cool if the protagonist from Mia used the Earl grey
It would, but i think that is what made the books special in thier own way.
When is the year ED190? How far in the future is it? Great videos. I'm going through them all to understand AC6 better.
Thank you for the kin words and it is quite far as we started this timeline of ac (ac1 till acaa) at the year ed0070 when earth governments were having trouble with overpopulation so started to build underground cities.
@@armoredcorelore what year is that in the years we use? Like now is 2024, what year is it in the AC universe?
yay. ya did it.... summary videos
Opinion noted.
@@armoredcorelore haha yeah i mean im thankful, i'm not sure but I commented a couple months ago I think to ask you to make summary videos. I think ya did it. Thanks man, it's great work
@@ginogarcia8730 ha ha i kid I'm glad to hear you enjoy them or if you don't as i think its the only way to tune the videos. But still thank you honestly it has been a wild year and a bit now so i hope i did as honestly i have a page of videos to go back too after I'm done with all the major lore bits of AC.
Leos Klein kinda sounds like... Snail is that you???
Ha ha no don't open that wormhole.
happy new year ACL!
Happy new year Sabbath! Hope all is well with you.
Everyone has a their own AC design. How about you make a video where your viewers comment their AC design and you review them?
Such an idea was suggested about eight months ago however in a more fan lore style of video like i give to ravens and lynxs from the ac series. However after putting it out to everyone it was felt that videos like these should wait until i have covered all the major lore of the Armored core series.
Reupload? Surly you mean mission replayed?
With the sound turned up.
Important areas of importance. Some serious shit
Ah sometimes words fail me.
@@armoredcorelore haha once again just messing around gave me a good laugh I approve! Great video 😇
These are fun, but 4:26 makes me laugh.
Honestly sometimes even i amaze myself. Important area of importance yep good script writing there ACL.
When are you gonna do the story of armored core 2 another age
After the next video on Emeraude.
Are there any books based on Armored Core lore?
There are a few i know of, however i am sure others will be able to expand on it.
There is an manga called Fort Tower Song and two novels Master of area and fake illusions.
Then there are information books like Armored Core 10 Works Complete File, Armored Core Design 4 for Answer, Armored Core Official Data Book, Armored Core V the FACT, Armored Core VD the AFTER and there is a book which is written in an in-universe style, framed as though fictional freelance journalist Friedman Ray is writing a new book about the history and state of the world by the time of Chapter 4 of Armored Core: For Answer. Its called a new order for nexts.
@@armoredcorelore danggg they all sound good like the in-universe style one - thanks man!
@@ginogarcia8730 No problem, have a good read =)
Nostalgic
Yep where it all began for me.
2:48
Florida moves to mars
Just here to feed the algorithm.
Thank you, i apprentice it.
I have no idea who or why i am killing people in these games, i just like to make things go boom with my mech. Then i watch ur video to figure out why i killed so many 🗿
I mean making things go boom with a mech is fun.
@@armoredcorelore howitzer 🤡
So this is basically the story of ARM China 😂
woohoo
Yay fixing audio.
no subtitules in spa?
There should be. I'm looking at the list now and its listed as having Spanish subtitles. Ahh youtube what are you playing at?! I will look into it.
25:18
I'm sorry
Whut?
😳😮🪦
Yes that is what phobos is, ofcouse at this point we have not yet seen it in game but that is what the battleship is being used to get too.
Of all the Franchises to pull a Star Wars.
I really didn't see it coming.
Man I love FromSoftware
@@shepardren8006 Ha ha that's from for ya.
You might be tired at this point but.
I've made an entire playlist of nothing but AC lore from you and Vaati.
My first intro was AC: V Verdict Day.
I love Mechs.
And I love Dystopian worlds.
Sadly when I first played it I didn't really understand the mechanics and such.
And years later I went back and things just...clicked.
I haven't had the chance to get into AC: 6 but I seriously can't wait 🫠
@@shepardren8006 Ah well that is very nice to hear. Honestly I am glad to hear people are enjoying the lore we both bring to people. We both have different styles and I think lore should be explored in different way as if everyone did the same thing it be rather boring. Also I hope you enjoy ac6 when you do get the chance. I think you'll enjoy what I has to offer.
ac2 was the last game to have a good sawa and moonlight blade.
After ac2aa they went to crap
I don't get why many getting into AC now are skipping this one. They start with 3 and go up, where I think neglected 2 is a sad mistake.
I don't know myself to be honest. Maybe its to do with what people can get buy or what is being suggested as thier first game. Still wherever one starts i like to think it will make new ac players want to look back to where it all started even if they don't play the older gens.
@@armoredcorelore True, but I think seeing these vids will make them want to get their hands on it lol! I can understand wanting to get ones hands on a physical copy and a PS2 if they don't have one, if that's the issue.
@@armoredcorelore I think it's to do with the modern control schemes with 3 and up. I remember many AC channels and discords recommending 3 and up for that reason. Although 1-4 are perfectly playable even through *ahem* certain means, 3 is where the movement and actual maneuvering of your AC starts to shine, especially for newer players (like myself)