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Rusted Pride is just one of those songs that really needs the story context to fully appreciate it in my opinion
Agreeed
Agreed too
Hard agree
and the FoR alt mission for it. LoR doesn't really fit tbh.
@@Blanket420 LoR does. Its just, you're not against Rusty. This Theme isn't playing for your Battle against Rusty and his hopes, but because you are the wings carrieng them
The whole gimmick of this song is that it's trying to get a story beat to hit like a truck, and it succeeds perfectly.
Only moment i ever felt emotional from a FS game
This track is emotionally loaded. Because of that, the vocals are more insinuations of lyrics rather than anything concrete.
As for the confusion and stress you felt from listening, I'll leave you with a quote from one of the routes: "You always worked best under pressure, buddy."
Rusted Pride is kind of unique in the AC6 sound track, as 6 has this kind of darker synth oppressive tone to most of it's music. But this song has some of the weirder more dissonant vocals and electronic sounds of older Armored Core games scores namely 3-4's era (Songs like Thinker from AC4, or No More Cry from AC3 come to mind). Thematically it feels almost like a purposeful clash of the "new" style of 6's score and the older games, with bits of the soul of earlier AC games kind of breaking into 6's world. Given the context of where this song pops up in your playthrough of AC6 it actually makes perfect sense.
'Mechanical, confusing, cluttered, intentionally stimulating the stress response of the brain', yep that sounds about right for Armored Core.
No seriously, I can't understate how well you actually nailed this. Armored Core is a trip. It's confusing, frustrating, hope crushing even, both in universe and in gameplay. The odds are horrible, life seems cheaper than breath at times, it's a mechanical cycle of die and kill and die and kill, detached, yet somehow visceral in stark violence and struggle to survive.
Since you don't know the series, you might know some of the other products made by the developers.... namely Demons Souls, Dark Souls (1, 2, and 3), Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Sekiro... they've got a bit of a reputation from them.
But Armored Core was making people break their controllers in frustration long before those things came to be, and now it's what their makers have returned to. And this song among many of it's more classic ones, plays close homage to the hell we so easily fall in love with that it depicts.
Oh yeah I know the dev for sure, i was just never too into the genre myself. Gaming as a whole, i always have and always will keep up with it
And yet, somehow, the human will and heart still shines through, even from people who are supposedly so chromed and cut up that they are barely human. The will to choose, to be free, seems to drive everyone forward, even in the dark. Rusty, especially, during his fights, he literally goes full Heroic Second Wind, as if he is the protagonist, and honestly, he could be treated as one, in another setting, in another world.
Honestly, in Armored Core, everyone is just trying to find their way around the dark and shitty world they live in, whether it's throwing their lot in with the big corps, trying to rule or take over them, fight for own benefits as a merc, or just struggling to survive... and even taking the fight to the corps. We all gotta find a way to survive, somehow, no matter what it takes. In a way, those who are able to choose and act on their own free will, and not allow the world around them to hold them down and fit them into a mold, is unique and powerful, because they can be the seed of change.
@@CatharsisYT If you're interested I would definitely recommend checking out the second version of this song. The song itself is a theme for one of the characters in the game, and I would definitely say this song is indicative of their current outlook on the setting and those around them. While this version of the song is more chaotic with no harmony, the second version of the song comes up at a point in the story where there is more focus, and it definitely reflects that. It's also got some amazing drums in it so I would definitely recommend checking out to compare the two versions.
You've nailed it perfectly. And the song is played alongside two different battles that you will encounter based on decisions you make. It will play when you liberate the planet of Rubicon, and fight along side a character named Rusty. It sounds hopeful, grand, the final push to save the people who call this planet their home.
And it will also play, should you decide to set the planet ablaze, and take on Rusty head on. Despite your choice to turn on the Rubiconians, he still calls you 'Buddy' and understands your decision. And in this scenario, though the song is exactly the same, it has an entirely different feel. It's painful, sorrowful, and paranoia inducing. Knowing your about to kill the only person who called you a friend and saw you as an actual human being.
Armored Core 6 is a fantastic game, well worth the wait. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry during both the Liberation and Destruction of Rubicon, far more emotional strain than I thought I'd ever get from a game
truth. i went fires of raven (the destruction ending) for my first time and just fighting rusty as that vocal track kicked in made my soul transcend reality. fucking perfection, masterpiece doesnt get all the way to describing how that made me feel.
100% my favourite track from AC6
For me its a toss up between this one and The Man Who Burned it All
Armored Core has some banger OSTs, personal favorites being "Remember" from Armored Core: for Answer and "Mechanized Memories" from Verdict Day. You should take a listen in the future.
Ah the original and the remix
To add to that I on the other hand love Cosmos and Cosmos new version
Which like Remember and Mechanised Memory are the original and remix too
This one is my favorite not only because it's absolutely amazing but also because it drops at the most PERFECT time (mission) for it.
Words can't describe how I felt when I did the mission with this playing in the background.
yeah I don't think you can fully appreciate this track without experiencing the lead-up and the moment it hits. it's a perfect mix of story, music and game mechanics faking you out for the first time in a particular way
for me personally…i felt like eletric euphoria in my head chest and arms at how fucking EPIC it was and then i literally cried tears of epicness when Ayre said “V. IV Rusty was the first to offer his help” LIKE AAAGHHHH!!!!
That's ACVI's soundtrack as a whole. I listened to it the first time and went "Eh, that's pretty good, but not incredible". Then I played the game, beat it three times over, and now I reminisce about the experience daily while listening to Contact with You. I swear every song in this game is perfect for where it is used in, everything fits so well that listening to these songs in context elevates both game and soundtrack to new heights.
It technically plays in two instances. Depending on ending route.
@@Direwolf13PS3 indeed but both are an excellent situation for it to drop.
"I WON'T STOP"
I remember when he yelled that in the bossfight for the Fires of Raven ending, we where both at one hit and I just barely dodged the Rusty jumpscare it was fenomenal
decoded lyrics by @_VISKAR_ on youtube
Rubicon cries.
I will come.
I take flight,
beautifully.
Over land,
and the mountains.
Rusted pride,
on the outsides.
I can fly!
I fly high!
Watch the sunrise, until dawn.
Watch the rain, lost to wind.
Watch the sunrise, until dawn.
I fly high!
I fly high!
Lyrics for the song are hard to make out, but here they are:
Rubicon cries.
I will come.
I take flight,
beautifully.
Over land,
and the mountains.
Rusted pride,
on the outsides.
I can fly!
I fly high!
Watch the sunrise, into dawn.
Rust away, lost to wind.
Watch the sunrise, into dawn.
I fly high!
I fly high!
The song is themed after a character by the callsign V4 Rusty, hence all the rust in the lyrics. And I think it plays during one of the boss fights with him? So the way it structured to make you feel uncomfortable I believe reflects how you must realize that what you're doing is wrong in the moment of the fight, and trusty just giving his all to try and stop you.
Thankyou for the lyrics. They actually have a lot of context when it comes to the game.
Rubicon Cries. (This is the most obvious one, due to the constant conflict warring on rubicon, it's tearing itself apart and causing misery for all)
I will come. (Because of the building tension of rubicon the protagonist can no longer stand idly by as they hear rubicon's cries)
I take flight. (The inaction has come to an end)
Beautifully. (The protagonist is not just choosing for themselves, they are broadcasting their actions to spread hope to their allies)
Over Land
and the mountains. (More play on the word "Beautifully" Their presence over land inspires hope)
Rusted pride (The protagonist themselves has had their own fair share of misery but despite it they have not become broken and still believe they have purpose)
on the outsides. (The protagonist's rusted pride is visible for everyone to see. Despite their damages their resolve is still clear, their mech is still operatable)
I can fly! (Raven imagery here, a raven in AC6 signifies the resolve of the protagonist is capable of making their own decisions)
I fly high! (This line signifies that not only do their have free will, but they have enacted it many times before, their decisions have been the resultant of many outcomes)
Watch the sunrise, into dawn. (This line shows the intent of the protagonist's actions, they want to see rubicon will live to see another day.)
Rust away, lost to wind. (By giving rubicon the chance to survive, days will go by and the scars of rubicon will heal)
Note that this song is played during 2 different scenes where you either fighting a character named "Rusty". As you guessed it... "Rusted pride" is Rusty's theme song. Regardless of which scene you are in when Rusted Pride is playing, it signifies the resolve of Rusty's will to protect Rubicon. One of Rusty's important voicelines is "There is no greater threat than power without purpose" which might lean into why his mech is called "Steel Haze" Rusty's mech by itself is just a weapon of massive destruction, but with purpose one can clear away the steel haze which brings one to enact irrationally. Rusty's critical role in the story of AC6 is that he worries about us, 621, have not fully realized their purpose yet and as such is a dangerous tool which can be manipulated by others. And he is right to worry as the ending in which you fight Rusty leads to the death of Rubicon. That said, he still acknowledges that you've found your purpose, even if it's not the one he would have hoped. There is also another character in the game which is named Raven (which you stole from them) which plays a similar role to rusty and tries to prove if you have what it's takes to bear Raven's name. Raven's mech however is called "Nightfall". Nightfall is similarly named like steel haze in which it is the relevant to their character. This can give a little more context to the line "Watch the sunrise, into dawn." as well. Nightfall is symbolic for when conflict is at highest point, just as a sun cannot rise until night has fallen, change cannot be made until action reaches its breaking point. By watching the sunrise into dawn you are watching your own actions reaching its fruition.
I’ve also heard it sang as “lost in rain lost in wind”
Actually the lyirics are (according to Disc 3):
Standing in a cold place (Rubicon)
Let me know (Him answering che RLF call)
My steel core (His AC)
Peeling away
(is a clever joke on the name Rusty, him waiting for the revolution to come,
basically waiting for someone to break the stalemate, in other words us )
All my blood, (Him, again)
Let me Rise (Again, him becoming the spear of the RLF)
Rusted Pride (Self explanatory)
Let me Rise (This time is in reference to him as a figther, is no more about politcs, but his commitment as a soldier)
High and dry (Rusty taking the figth to the Corporations)
I fly high (Still him, beliving hin his Pride)
Watch the Sun rise into the dawn (Hope, in the most pure form)
Rust away (to that node it leads to the future where Rubicon is peacful, so the AC can be put away)
Lost to the wind (Like before, lost like a cloud in the sky, Rusty is figthing for a future where he won't be needed to figth)
Watch the Sun rise into the dawn
I fly high
I fly high
I fly high
I fly high
armored core has banger
1 is pure 90's edm
2 is sci-fi techno
3 is a more sumber edm
4 is a mix of orchestral and progressive rock and
5 is anternative rock with metal
6 is post apocalyptic dubstep
my favorites are the the master of arena and number 9 from armored core master of arena
eclair, silent line, autobhan from armored core 3 and armored core 3 silent line and armored core nexus
remeber, panther, thinker, theres always someone in the surface and fall from armored core 4 and for answer
day after day, cosmos from armored core v verdict day
Another good song with high intensity from this game is "Contact with you", check it out some time.
Such a goddamn amazing track , thanks to whoever requested it.
Steel Haze (Rusted Pride) is easily such a hype song for me. Everything from the context of when the song is played to the blurred lyrics at the end crying out a plea for freedom and another day to rise again resonate with me. It's absolutely a song that needs to be experienced in context, especially since it usually follows after either a really morose tinged victory or adrenaline filled rush of mayhem.
Steel Haze Rusted Pride is a banger, but I prefer the original version. Having that song start while meeting Rusty for the first time sent chills down my spine.
In both instances where this song is played, its done almost as an exchange without words. Hence the distorted vocals and the dissonance in the track.
This is pretty commonplace for vocal tracks in the Armored Core games.
For a very long time I thought no future armored core soundtracks would replace 'Circulation All Over' as my favorite, but here we are.
One of my personal favourites from the OST, the few times it comes on in the game hit incredibly hard emotionally.
Two other tracks from the game I would love to hear your opinions on are "Contact With You" as well as "Unbreakable"
Thanks for reviewing this song, your pretty spot on that music can be a bit jarring without context. The soundtrack of the game is meant to evoke sci fi nostalgia
I enjoyed that, thanks :) You popped up in my feed on account of Armored Core 6, hooray keywords, and I'd love to see a video of you reacting to the game footage of when that song plays in the game :P I'm sure someone has posted it by now. I'll check out some more of your videos, i've never thought to consider a song by just the drums, but it makes a lot of sense that it'd make a big difference. Thanks again
thats my boy Rusty. cant figure him out till the end
Really didn't expect an AC6 reaction, hope you check out some other OSTs in the future like Contact with you! :D
Rest in peace rusty 😢
"An RTS or something", well, you got the Mech part right
Might be very late, but there's something to note while listening to this which might explain some of the dissonant and syncopated feeling you have aside from story reasons.
Kota Hoshino, the main composer of Armored Core series and the composer of this specific song, is actually a self-taught composer. Most old AC soundtracks are like this, usually somewhat dissonant electro/DnB (?) with syncopated beats, and heavily distorted vocal.
But that's what gives this trippy inhuman feel to the BGM, which is what makes it unique.
If you want to give Kota Hoshino's unique style another go, I'd suggest these:
1. If you prefer more electro DnB: "The Game" or "Silent Line III"
2. If you wanna try more vocal: "Stain" or its DnB remix, "Stain (A Perfect Day)"
3. If you wanna see what Kota Hoshino can do with this style without synth: "Someone is Always Moving on The Surface" or " Lament over The Howling Age"
Rusted Pride gives me chills
TBH Rusty is so gold boy he have his own anime theme song... Even when you... SPOILERS!!!
The lyrics are kind of hard to understand since theres 2 lyrics being sung at a time. for example the first line you can either hear "i can fly high" or "or rubicon crys" and that goes on throughout the whole song and you can switch from set to set without noticing.
Honestly, what's going on when this song is playing is kind of stressful. Armored Core by definition is a third person mech shooter but the game itself is one of those games that demands a lot from the player and the game itself can be very hard. So, when this is playing, it's a truly heroic moment, specifically for Rusty (a guy that's fighting in his AC called STEEL HAZE, hence the title) but it's still a desperate conflict where the outcome is very much up for grabs.
It's not just desperate, it is fated to fail.
No matter your game choices, Rusty goes hard and almost reaches his goal in this desperate attempt but is always cut short.
As always, great video. Good to hear someone really recommended this track.
Also: We remember you, Buddy...
The reason the song *really* lands for me is what it's accompanied by.
The only single fucking good song that I can’t recommend to anyone
in the situation this song appears in, it's both a triumph and a sad ending, it appears in two different story pieces only accessible by playing through it twice, i'm no music techy, but i am an artist, the song having so much noise COULD be that it's a dual fated theme, on one hand you're a hero to the people around you, it'll sound like a warcry, but in the second playthrough, you're about to change the course history for worst just to stop something far more destructive.
edit: the lack of understanding the voice can also be up to the interpretation of the scenario, it's one of the reasons this song is so special, and out of every track in this game, it's my favorite.
TLDR; it takes two playthroughs with two different routes to understand why it has so much noise, and that it's both a battle cry, and an emotional episode.
You should check out some of the older tracks from previous AC games. A lot of ACs older tracks are weird, intense, and emotional without making a whole lot of sense. Like the lyrics are garbled engrish yet they convey a very clear emotion a lot of the time, its surreal.
Some good examples for songs to listen to from the series would be
Armored Core Nexus - Shining
Armored Core 4 - Fall
Armored Core For Answer - Remember
Armored Core V - Stain
Armored Core Verdict Day - Mechanized Memories
Armored Core Verdict Day - Day after Day
"Guns?" Is a fairly good descriptor of Armored Core 6, yes.
"I FLY HIGHHHH"
yeah. don't worry about the lyric. it's always been that way with kota hoshino engrish. but the music is soooo good!
Great ost, but Cries of coral is my favorite, it just makes me go: T.T
Raven
I...still...believe...
Our...shared...dream...
@@gluelake I legit sub consciously said "I'm sorry" after the fight
@@MaidenlessScrub the second time I fought her I realized she reached her hand out to you at her last moment too 🥲
While the song definitely conveys a sense of disorientation, I don't actually think it's correct to say its main emotional themes are stress and violence- while I do have context from the game, I don't think that's a requirement to get the sense that the song is trying to convey a sense of extremely turbulent and confused hope.
The initial part of the song is nearly impossible to find a beat for, there is no strong backing percussion, the vocals and other instruments play phrases that seem out of time with one another, the vocal mix is muddy- but you can tell that there's SOMETHING going on all together, you get brief windows where some bits seem to make sense with one another- and then it does get a beat, albiet one that feels almost too slow, like the song is dragging itself along, the vocal mix clears up, but not entirely; the other instruments come more into time but not completely, the overall mix improves, but isn't perfected. The song is TRYING to become a confident, triumphant piece, dragging this melody that seemed like it was completely falling apart into something more meaningful, the fact that it never fully succeeds a testament to the monumental difficulty faced in just holding everything together and continuing on.
This ties into the character this song is a theme for: they're a high ranking and extremely skilled member of a resistance organization trying to regain control of their homeworld, a figure that by all means should be a hero- but the conflict the resistance faces is too large for him to handle along, and the resistance itself is weak and wavering. He becomes a double agent, joining one of the corporations who subvert the will of the locals, because it's hoped that from there he can find an opportunity to betray them and win the fight- but doing so requires him to kill his fellows, work against their cause to gain trust with the company, and on top of that he has to watch as the resistance falters in will and leadership as he waits for an opportunity to turn things around that he becomes increasingly concerned may never arrive.
This song plays during two possible paths in the story where your actions have finally given him an opportunity to act and turn things around, and listening to the song is like watching an old, rusted machine against all odds start up again after a long time abandoned, slowly shaking off the rust as old gears turn, and it's clear you're at a turning point- either the turning of the machine will grind away the rust, and it will be restored to something akin to its old glory; or it will sputter and die once more, unable to keep up the monumental effort and break down again, this time for good.
PROBABLY A MECH GAME? PROBABLY?!?!?!? Also pls do mech dinosaur from armored core 5
This one is the more Coherent Kota Singrish
RIP Buddy
It’s very good in context. On its own I can see why someone might not like it lol.
What genre would you call it? i'm looking for more music like this and I have no idea where to look.
google AC4 sound track
When this song starts in the game, you realize that you, the player, were never the main character.
Depends on what ending. Cause I definitely felt like one in my first playground.
@@marksmanmerc1 It plays on 2 of the 3 endings.
@@HikariLight121 but the context changes how you interpret the song
I feel like he'd have some fun with Rough & Decent ie Carla's theme
Please do "Rough and decent (bad joke)" next!
I can fly
I fly high
Great track, also the saddest moment in the game
You're definitely supposed to feel conflicted with the tone of this piece. It's played on two different missions with drastically different emotional states. One is high octane heroism while the other is a regretful dance to the death. There's undertones of melancholy because while you achieve your goals, it always seems to come at too great a cost... Chasing that rising dawn to great heights always comes with sacrifice.
I think it is hard to really get the emotional feeling from this song on its own, but with the set up to that moment in the game when it plays, it is absolute perfection.
The beauty of FromSoftware games is not from individual elements, but the combination of it all. I don't think we can really separate story, dialogue, gameplay, graphical detail, art direction, sound, and music. FromSoftware is just able to combine all of these elements into the art they produce.
The tone of Armored Core 6 can be difficult to explain, as it's much deeper and complex than what people may initially expect. Probably the best and quickest way to get a feeling of it comes from the dialog in the latter half of the Launch Trailer: th-cam.com/video/kQJb8He0pYA/w-d-xo.html
Hope you can listen to the Remixes of Disc 3 of this track and Contact with you
I'm pretty sure it's boss fight music, so you're probably not wrong about the stress thing lol
Not a boss fight, it's the song for your rival. Whether it's a boss fight or a co-op with him depends which ending you pick but it's His song, you're just along for the ride.
@@IRUKANJI pretty sure at this point I've heard this song 3 or 4 times throughout the game but couldn't tell you which missions.
@@danny1ft1 the original versions of the song play during the juggernaut and PCA duo boss fight in the mission to clear the space port. The final version plays in the penultimate missions either when Rusty joins you or you fight him.
mech game but not an RTS its more like a high speed 3rd person action game. if i had to describe it... its like warframe but its mechs instead? bad analogy but that is the closest thing i can describe to how the game feels. mission structurewise its like ace combat, but mechs.