Oh Leos. He’s probably one of my favorite AC antagonists. Someone from the AC1 era who got to witness humanity have a shot at choosing their own destinies, without an AI looming over them, only to see us go back to our old destructive ways. Not only that, but mankind managed to bring their conflict not just to the Earth’s surface, but to Mars as well. It’s no wonder Leos likely thought Hustler One was right all along
Small correction- in the mission where the Frighteners waste your support AC, you do actually get paid, but you are paid in advance. The fundds are deposited before you sortie, meaning the repair/ammo cost is still technically deducted from your earnings. Welcome back to the nest, Ravens. We have a future again!
I'm pretty new to armoured core, only starting to get into it after AC6 announcement and only having played for answer and started 3 so far. I just want to say that your videos have been a joy so far, and I hope to see your channel grow. Thanks for the lore
Thank you very much for your kind words and its always a pleasure to meet a new raven/lynx. However i am wondering how this comment got here since the video was unlisted. I'm going to blame yt.
great video! been watching you for a week now because im replaying every armored core game again starting in AC 1. to refresh my lore knowledge before AC 6 comes out. im now in AC 2 another age
Funny enough mine too. Only it was a little too hard for young me, so i had to put it down and come back some time later only to then fall in love with the series.
For those who want to know the allied pilot that dies in "Guard Secret Information", the pilot is named "Castor" the blue lightwieght AC in the arena. And in "Destroy Radar Base", a tank AC goes by the name of "Bulk". Edit: also there's one area that is mostly seen in the briefing called "Disorder Nest". I always wondered how come there is no missions regarding that place
Man, your vocals are a LOT better in your newer videos than they used to be. It honestly sounds like I'm listening to a debriefing directly from the games. Kudos, man
I wish we got more about the Ancient Martian Race, I feel like that they could have been flushed out more. Also Leos Klein, best Antag I have even seen in a video game.
Oh more lore yes please. And Klein is quite the character, you almost feel sorry for him but kinda admire him too i mean he took over a planet with a small force and crippled corps with the freighters. What a bad ass.
I've been so excited for this video. I would love more 2nd and 3rd gen related content :) thank you for the time you have invested to make us a nerds happy.
This is my favourite game in the series. I’m glad you did it justice and I’m happy how well presented you made the video. From the organisations to the political intrigue to the coup de’ta and eventual defeat of the undefeated Nine Breaker Raven, Leos Klein. It’s a shame not many people have played this game or most of the older entires in general as I believe them to be extremely well written, performance of the software pushing their respective consoles to the max in all aspects as well as giving the player the same level of challenge that would equal really hard games you get in today’s market, if not harder. It’s truly a masterwork of a franchise and one that has incredible replay-ability. With the announcement of AC6 more people are becoming aware of the series and I pray it will last for a very long time. Awesome video as always fam and have a great New Year 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉
Thanks very much for all the kind praise and a happy new year to you too. AC2 certain is quite the game with its story and missions that makes you go how many foes are there?! But i admit playing it again made me think back to my teenage years were i was thinking this game is too hard and i will never play it again. Now here i am years later talking about it. Still as you say with ac6 coming i think we're heading for lot of good times with new and old ravens and lynxs.
@@armoredcorelore Oh you certainly did, I did however wonder what you opinion is on the raven Surviving. My personal headcanon is that he did indeed survive. Another far fetched theory is that he also is the villain/final boss in Armored core 2 another age.
Oh well in my personal opinion, i believed the raven did survive after all in AC2AA the first mission even comments about it should not be a problem for a raven of your talent. So what i see in AC2AA is an older raven from AC2 who is now having to go from being a hero to the everyday life of mercenary where there is no fan fair anymore its just do your job like every other raven.
@@armoredcorelore I see, I personally think it is another Raven since I have a theory that the AC series there is a tradition of having its previous protagonists be killed/defeated by the newer protagonists. Most famous example being Strayed taking down White glint.
I only ever played armored core 1 on ps1. Loved it, but never was able to get a ps2 or the other games. Thanks for the content!! I'll be ready for ac6 now!
Im listening to these while catching up of A and S rank arenas in AC6 so i can get caught up to speed on the story Ps. You sound like someone who would give a mission briefing in the games
Hell. Yes. I can't wait to watch this when I get home later; AC2 was my first experience with the series, and the one that I have the most experience with by far! I even had the figure of the AC on the box cover. Getting to the top of the arena rankings (at age 10, mind you) is still one of the hardest things I can remember doing in terms of gaming.
@@__Xeese No kidding! And this is before I knew about anything like optimal builds or strategies or anything like that. I just picked parts that I thought looked cool. An early iteration of "fashion souls", if you will. Speaking of, how psyched are we for AC6??
I actually like the look and texture of the two first games better than the rest, they startsd loosing something after that, they seemed better some how. Not esp. like ac 5 that had that cheap plastic gimmicky feel to the ACs. And atmo.
Part of it is the era. Mid 80s through about 2002 were peak aesthetic for Japanese scifi designs. The other part is that AC1-2:AA had one mech designer, and that man is Shoji Kawamori, who is a goddamned legend, having worked on Macross, Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Diaclone (and thus Robotech and Transformers), Escaflowne, Eureka 7, among others. He shifted to mechanical concept design in AC3, laying down guidelines for the now-multiple mech designers to adhere to. Phased out around Nexus, returned for For Answer as a guest to design White Glint, and then left again until AC6.
sine armored core got a bit of a reboot when 3 got released i can assume that 2 was the final game in that games timeline since if i remember right, another age takes place on earth so assuming that another age takes place either during 2 or after 2 then pretty much everyone on mars is probably living a happy life now. Meanwhile earth is still kind of having its own wars happening.
Your pretty much there, Another age take place five years after all AC2 so still in the same timeline and as for mars well its still having problems as is the earth as now the people who stayed underground are not happy. So rebellions are breaking out with groups like the indies taking the front lines, the corporations are not happy the government has more military might then them so they secretly start rebuilding and fighting each other. And generally earth government is trying to be in three place at one without really knowing where to start with thier problems.
To me this was peak Armored Core. After AC2, the series became more about features and graphics over gameplay or level design. Missions like the one where you have to run through all that heat radiation while the screen is warping with ps2 graphical goodness stuck with me till this day. Also the parts and colour options were sublime!
@@MILDMONSTER1234 I started with 3 and personally hated it. The map sizes were so small compared to 2 and the explosions look cheap. Overall most the MTs except the cloaking ones are pretty forgetible. Silent line and on was better but 3 made me rethink if I liked the series
@@trevinsingh9390 I felt the opposite, the bigger maps in 2 are bigger then in 3 but on average 2 has more claustrophobic closed in areas then 3 which I’ve never cared for. MTs looking cheap is a downside I’ll gladly take in favor of faster gameplay. Even building a light weight mobile ac in 2nd gen still feels far slower then in first and third gen the difference is night and day. Some people prefer it since Overboost is a thing so fair enough but I prefer pace of the other games but ac2 i still think is good
Now that would be a sight. Although we do already have an awesome fan anime video of armored core right here on youtube th-cam.com/video/G8meUbVH-H8/w-d-xo.html
My favorite part of AC2 is that Klein, the guy currently trying to cause a Great Destruction event on Mars- going against the current world order, has the gall to call the Raven an Irregular (Rebel)
He's neither calling forth the fact you're rebelling against what he wants as order or that he has any gall.. It's that time Klein is referencing a pilot (presumably us from a previous iteration of the series , no I will jot spoil) having be peturnaturally and inhumanity good... i.e. *Having gone through Human+* as a candidate who has gone through Human + is stripped of their name , their bodies sold to Human+ to pay off their debts through medical experimentation... They are known only as *"Rebel"*
Its believed not as Klein would grant the ravens wish of being able to escape this is due to ac2aa being set five years after and there is no test mission to show a new raven taking over. In fact what AA does show is what the life of most ravens are really like, they are not heroes but hired guns who go where they are needed.
@@armoredcorelore take your time I’m just here for the lore not the volume also great job on the video it was very detailed on the things I wanted to learn and understand about the armored core series
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Oh Leos. He’s probably one of my favorite AC antagonists. Someone from the AC1 era who got to witness humanity have a shot at choosing their own destinies, without an AI looming over them, only to see us go back to our old destructive ways. Not only that, but mankind managed to bring their conflict not just to the Earth’s surface, but to Mars as well. It’s no wonder Leos likely thought Hustler One was right all along
He certain is quite the antagonist and as Nell said i think he just went about getting what he wanted the wrong way.
@@armoredcoreloreou live long enough to become the villain.leos is 93 years old.
Small correction- in the mission where the Frighteners waste your support AC, you do actually get paid, but you are paid in advance. The fundds are deposited before you sortie, meaning the repair/ammo cost is still technically deducted from your earnings. Welcome back to the nest, Ravens. We have a future again!
System engage.
@@armoredcorelore combat mode
@@armoredcorelore Target Achieved.
My first Armored Core game. It's good to learn story information I never knew before.👍
Mission achieved.
I'm pretty new to armoured core, only starting to get into it after AC6 announcement and only having played for answer and started 3 so far.
I just want to say that your videos have been a joy so far, and I hope to see your channel grow. Thanks for the lore
Thank you very much for your kind words and its always a pleasure to meet a new raven/lynx. However i am wondering how this comment got here since the video was unlisted. I'm going to blame yt.
@@armoredcorelore oh I just saw it in a playlist on your channel. Didn't even realise it wasn't meant to be up yet, sorry
@@somekid2500 No, no apology from you is needed. In fact you have been very helpful so i thank you.
great video! been watching you for a week now because im replaying every armored core game again starting in AC 1. to refresh my lore knowledge before AC 6 comes out. im now in AC 2 another age
Thank you for your kind word and neat how your playthrough going?
This is where my journey began, my older brother showed me this game and my geebus, and been on ever since.
Funny enough mine too. Only it was a little too hard for young me, so i had to put it down and come back some time later only to then fall in love with the series.
The rebel has made his 2023 return
=)
For those who want to know the allied pilot that dies in "Guard Secret Information", the pilot is named "Castor" the blue lightwieght AC in the arena. And in "Destroy Radar Base", a tank AC goes by the name of "Bulk".
Edit: also there's one area that is mostly seen in the briefing called "Disorder Nest". I always wondered how come there is no missions regarding that place
Ah histories forgotten ones. Mind you it is important to note who they for just that. History.
I may be alone this New Years Eve but at least I get to enjoy another Armored Core Lore video. Happy New Year btw.
I would say some cheesy line, but I'm alone too ha ha. Still i hope you do enjoy the video and have a happy new year.
Man, your vocals are a LOT better in your newer videos than they used to be. It honestly sounds like I'm listening to a debriefing directly from the games.
Kudos, man
Thank you very much. I admit it was a rocky start however i think i have got a grip on the audio for now, so hope to keep it up.
I wish we got more about the Ancient Martian Race, I feel like that they could have been flushed out more. Also Leos Klein, best Antag I have even seen in a video game.
Oh more lore yes please. And Klein is quite the character, you almost feel sorry for him but kinda admire him too i mean he took over a planet with a small force and crippled corps with the freighters. What a bad ass.
Raven, what is it that you wish?
That i didn't have fight tiny jets and mts that seem to dodge bullets or hover just above me that i can't up look up and fire on them.
I am here because I grew up playing these games and saw the AC VI trailer! Looks great
Thank you for giving my video a chance.
@@armoredcorelore for sure. Great job and very informative. I will watch all of them when I get some spare time.
Happy new year Armoredcorelore! Perfect upload timing for me to watch and go to sleep :)
Ah i had push this out early today due to other projects. But happy new year to you Dr.Junjun and have a good night.
I've been so excited for this video. I would love more 2nd and 3rd gen related content :) thank you for the time you have invested to make us a nerds happy.
Well i hope not to let you down then, since gen two will be the focus for a while now. And thank you for your kind words.
Fun Fact: Leos Klein is the protagonist we play in Master of Arena
It is strongly suggested.
Even on Mars, conflict never end.
Sadly true as its very possible that the mars residents do not like the earth government poking thier nose in.
Ahhhhh my first Armored Core! Good memories.
Funnily enough mine too.
Such an early upload, nice and happy new years!
I know my apologies as another project is requiring my attention. Happy new year to you too.
@@armoredcorelore Oh its no problem at all!
Idc about schedules 😂
I just randomly saw it and was complimenting you on how early it was 🤣
@@natsudragneelthefiredragon Oh lol in that case I will take your compliment =) Thank you.
was excited for this one! ac2 is by far my favourite
Hope you enjoy.
Ah greetings raven
Greeting fellow raven or lynx.
Nice work Man Also Happy New Year
Thanks Blagoj and happy new year to you too.
This is my favourite game in the series. I’m glad you did it justice and I’m happy how well presented you made the video. From the organisations to the political intrigue to the coup de’ta and eventual defeat of the undefeated Nine Breaker Raven, Leos Klein.
It’s a shame not many people have played this game or most of the older entires in general as I believe them to be extremely well written, performance of the software pushing their respective consoles to the max in all aspects as well as giving the player the same level of challenge that would equal really hard games you get in today’s market, if not harder.
It’s truly a masterwork of a franchise and one that has incredible replay-ability. With the announcement of AC6 more people are becoming aware of the series and I pray it will last for a very long time.
Awesome video as always fam and have a great New Year 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉
Thanks very much for all the kind praise and a happy new year to you too. AC2 certain is quite the game with its story and missions that makes you go how many foes are there?! But i admit playing it again made me think back to my teenage years were i was thinking this game is too hard and i will never play it again. Now here i am years later talking about it.
Still as you say with ac6 coming i think we're heading for lot of good times with new and old ravens and lynxs.
Maybe AC6 is a continuation of gen 2
Well we'll have to see what fromsoft give us.
Based. Happy new year! I bet this will be a big year for this channel.
Crossing fingers.
This was my first AC game. Love the atmosphere and difficulty. Really nails the feeling of what the series is.
Well i hope i did it justice then.
@@armoredcorelore Oh you certainly did, I did however wonder what you opinion is on the raven Surviving. My personal headcanon is that he did indeed survive. Another far fetched theory is that he also is the villain/final boss in Armored core 2 another age.
Oh well in my personal opinion, i believed the raven did survive after all in AC2AA the first mission even comments about it should not be a problem for a raven of your talent. So what i see in AC2AA is an older raven from AC2 who is now having to go from being a hero to the everyday life of mercenary where there is no fan fair anymore its just do your job like every other raven.
@@armoredcorelore I see, I personally think it is another Raven since I have a theory that the AC series there is a tradition of having its previous protagonists be killed/defeated by the newer protagonists. Most famous example being Strayed taking down White glint.
@@CastDeathGames Fair enough, its these theories that make talking about ac lore interesting.
I don't know why but I never bothered to play the second gen games. This will suffice for now.
It happens. You'll get around to it if you want too, but if not then i hope this video gives you a little look into AC2 story.
I only ever played armored core 1 on ps1. Loved it, but never was able to get a ps2 or the other games. Thanks for the content!! I'll be ready for ac6 now!
Thank you for your kind comment and i hope to see you in AC6.
Im listening to these while catching up of A and S rank arenas in AC6 so i can get caught up to speed on the story
Ps. You sound like someone who would give a mission briefing in the games
Good luck i know ac6 is pretty tough with the s ranks sometimes and thank you. It would be a dream come true to be a voice in an ac game for me.
@@armoredcorelore to be honest i didn't have too much trouble, but that might be because of my guntank replica, its come in clutch a lot
@@SnthwaveSunset Ah yes the good old guntank. Fun times =)
No mention of how Klein is the protagonist of acmoa?
He got that in his own video.
Hell. Yes. I can't wait to watch this when I get home later; AC2 was my first experience with the series, and the one that I have the most experience with by far! I even had the figure of the AC on the box cover. Getting to the top of the arena rankings (at age 10, mind you) is still one of the hardest things I can remember doing in terms of gaming.
I would watch the reupload one here as the sound is better. th-cam.com/video/NxFpFxJ3RV4/w-d-xo.html
Rose and D Sebastian 🥲
Those top 10 ACs were crack shots!
@@__Xeese No kidding! And this is before I knew about anything like optimal builds or strategies or anything like that. I just picked parts that I thought looked cool. An early iteration of "fashion souls", if you will.
Speaking of, how psyched are we for AC6??
I'm looking forward to the AC3 through Last Raven stories. They are my favorite in the series.
We're getting there and i guess i have a few more playthrough to do before then too.
I actually like the look and texture of the two first games better than the rest, they startsd loosing something after that, they seemed better some how. Not esp. like ac 5 that had that cheap plastic gimmicky feel to the ACs. And atmo.
That's fair, i think we all have that ac game that we like the looks of the ac's more then the rest.
Part of it is the era. Mid 80s through about 2002 were peak aesthetic for Japanese scifi designs.
The other part is that AC1-2:AA had one mech designer, and that man is Shoji Kawamori, who is a goddamned legend, having worked on Macross, Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Diaclone (and thus Robotech and Transformers), Escaflowne, Eureka 7, among others.
He shifted to mechanical concept design in AC3, laying down guidelines for the now-multiple mech designers to adhere to. Phased out around Nexus, returned for For Answer as a guest to design White Glint, and then left again until AC6.
Happy new year ravens
Happy new year!
sine armored core got a bit of a reboot when 3 got released i can assume that 2 was the final game in that games timeline since if i remember right, another age takes place on earth
so assuming that another age takes place either during 2 or after 2 then pretty much everyone on mars is probably living a happy life now. Meanwhile earth is still kind of having its own wars happening.
Your pretty much there, Another age take place five years after all AC2 so still in the same timeline and as for mars well its still having problems as is the earth as now the people who stayed underground are not happy. So rebellions are breaking out with groups like the indies taking the front lines, the corporations are not happy the government has more military might then them so they secretly start rebuilding and fighting each other. And generally earth government is trying to be in three place at one without really knowing where to start with thier problems.
To me this was peak Armored Core. After AC2, the series became more about features and graphics over gameplay or level design. Missions like the one where you have to run through all that heat radiation while the screen is warping with ps2 graphical goodness stuck with me till this day. Also the parts and colour options were sublime!
Sounds all logical to me. But ah heat i swear, i hate it more then i ever did.
I actually find first and third better then second gen
@@MILDMONSTER1234 I started with 3 and personally hated it. The map sizes were so small compared to 2 and the explosions look cheap. Overall most the MTs except the cloaking ones are pretty forgetible. Silent line and on was better but 3 made me rethink if I liked the series
@@trevinsingh9390 I felt the opposite, the bigger maps in 2 are bigger then in 3 but on average 2 has more claustrophobic closed in areas then 3 which I’ve never cared for. MTs looking cheap is a downside I’ll gladly take in favor of faster gameplay. Even building a light weight mobile ac in 2nd gen still feels far slower then in first and third gen the difference is night and day. Some people prefer it since Overboost is a thing so fair enough but I prefer pace of the other games but ac2 i still think is good
AC2 the generation where my ac is black and white instead of the usual red lol
Oh i admit i generally went for a white paint job.
man... I am still stuck on the last level of that game too..
Missile arms were my friends for the last level, add some more on extensions and Leos should go down.
Happy new year!
Happy new year.
im replaying AC2 right now! It was my first ac game when I was a kid
Well good luck raven, having to replay it for this video I'm taking five for now.
Imagine an Arnored Core film. A Japaness Film.
Now that would be a sight. Although we do already have an awesome fan anime video of armored core right here on youtube th-cam.com/video/G8meUbVH-H8/w-d-xo.html
@@armoredcorelore holy damn dude, that's good!!!
My favorite part of AC2 is that Klein, the guy currently trying to cause a Great Destruction event on Mars- going against the current world order, has the gall to call the Raven an Irregular (Rebel)
I think Leos here is channelling his evil master mind persona.
He's neither calling forth the fact you're rebelling against what he wants as order or that he has any gall..
It's that time Klein is referencing a pilot (presumably us from a previous iteration of the series , no I will jot spoil) having be peturnaturally and inhumanity good... i.e. *Having gone through Human+* as a candidate who has gone through Human + is stripped of their name , their bodies sold to Human+ to pay off their debts through medical experimentation...
They are known only as *"Rebel"*
This was my first Armored Core game.
Mine too. However I thought it was too hard as a teenage and would only come back years later.
Based
*Nods*
Increase mic volume please.
This video played automatically after this, and the audio was much better: th-cam.com/video/RBFhbLxgz-g/w-d-xo.html
Done: th-cam.com/video/NxFpFxJ3RV4/w-d-xo.html
eyy new vid.
Hope you enjoy.
So does your character die in the phobos destruction??
Its believed not as Klein would grant the ravens wish of being able to escape this is due to ac2aa being set five years after and there is no test mission to show a new raven taking over. In fact what AA does show is what the life of most ravens are really like, they are not heroes but hired guns who go where they are needed.
Has vaatividya contacted you for an AC collab?
I think Vaati has thier own things going on.
the audio is a a bit low and hard to hear even with my volume turned up
I am sorry about this. It seem even in the new year audio is still my number one foe. I'll take another look.
@@armoredcorelore take your time I’m just here for the lore not the volume also great job on the video it was very detailed on the things I wanted to learn and understand about the armored core series
@@wind369 Thank you very much for you kind words. I will still look into the audio, but i am glad the information could be obtained.
How the heck are you gonna make a last raven video since that game has so many endings?
A video, i was thinking a movie. =)
Once Armored Core VI release, will you used your channel profile as an emblem?
Good question. I may however i think I'll wait to see what the game offers.
Could you try to record these louder?
currently looking into the issue.
I do not remember any of the phobos missions.
That's fair, I remember missions more like the attack zio martix energy facility plant and the fake Leos mission more then any.
Awesome! Great to see more lore!
Thank you.