Bad Armored Core 6 Reviews Are Smoothing Out My Brain
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- Diving headfirst into the whirlwind of Armored Core 6 reviews, I’ve experienced a brain transformation like no other. Join me in this video as I navigate the maze of opinions that are making my brain feel smoother than ever. From highs to lows, the journey is real, and the revelations are… well, smooth. Buckle up for a rollercoaster ride through the wild world of Armored Core 6 critiques! 🎢🤯 #ArmoredCore6 #FromSoftware #Gaming
Music: Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Theme | Dark Souls 1
Yes. I am Zimmerman/Songbird scum.
Same brother
Honestly i feel that the zimmerman made me better at the game, so now when i experiment with equipment i think “ok what isn’t the zimmerman” and it works very well for choosing weapons for s ranking missions or doing ng+ cycles
The Zimmermans are just too fun. Rarely are shotguns satisfying in games, but the ones in AC are so on point.
I use twin gattling guns and the ice worm cannons
@@georgewagner1564 thats my "if i cant beat it with my fav light mech build then I shall annihilate you wholly and with prejudice" mech haha
Honestly pathetic how people refuse to do the slightest problem solving and instantly blame anything but themselves.
Couldn’t agree more 🙏
Honestly pathetic how fanboys defend from soft shit lazy story telling boring repetitive games play and god awful graphics
Yeah, the steam forums are an absolute dumpster fire. Can't even have a discussion about the game. Too busy drowning in the tears of the not gud. Most of them won't listen to a damn thing you tell them, either.
Dude I start cursing the game out and complaining saying how bad it is then I’m just like I gotta get gud
Lmao this is the problem with rocket league too 😂😂😂
To enjoy fromsoft you must understand the idea of "if its tough it means you're learning"
This is what makes fromsoft games so special.
just wait till you get to CEL-240 bud
@@Padlock_Steve I mean I literally beat it in 17 minutes so....
@@Padlock_Stevethat's the Coral generator boss right? Yeah, I thought Baltus gave me trouble. That boss had me so lost on what I needed to change to beat it. I don't normally look up builds as I like to figure it out on my own but I caved in and had to look up the best build to beat it. Hardest part was just trynna take as little damage as possible to preserve my repair kits for the second phase
@@Padlock_Steve dual horizontal plasma launchers, dual handheld missile launchers with reverse joint high mobility build took 3 attempts on my first playthrough.
I struggled more with the tutorial boss tbh
The most baffling ones are the ones that state they've been dissapointed YET AGAIN by a fromsoft game being too difficult to play... like... will they ever take a hint?
I almost understood with Elden Ring, like, ok a bunch of new people are here so they will complain. But AC6???? It’s a super niche genre from a (formerly) niche developer, how are they still complaining 😂
@@globtopics is mech a genre? To me it's more of a setting or theme, the genre being action game, sure u have all the customization mechanics but that's basically just armor and weapons
I think Mech fans would definitely say they are they’re own genre of games. They are not as big here in the west, but have a HUGE prevalence in Japan still (I could be mistaken, I’m still pretty new to this mech stuff 🤷♂️)
They won't. They haven't even figured out that it's ok to lose in a game. :|
Those are the game journalists who need a one shot IWIN button to beat the boss for "story mode"
I really loved how Walter wasnt just this evil dude. He really cares about you in his own way. Always sticks up for you tellin the corps to show you more respect.
One of the endings gives you even more feels for Walter.
I was honestly surprised when after a mission he told me to "get some rest, that's an order."
Waltuh
Waltuh, I’m going to unleash the possibilities within humanity and create a new life form Waltuh.
@@bigfoot9049 Letting it burn?
NG++ really shows you how far you’ve come, and that first new mission on NG++ shows you how much further you can go as a pilot
Just started ng++ haven't really noticed a difference yet.
when the mission changed and I got stuck on the red line wall, I was so confused at first. then the mission starts changing and I really had to buckle down. Loved NG++
I played that mission for the first time yesterday. I was mad until I wasn’t lol. Insane aggression on that mission, and you have to be just as aggressive.
I'm just about to start new game++ been really enjoying the game I think it's funny hearing and reading people complain about the difficulty I haven't had too many issues when I get stuck on a boss I think what weapon would work best swap things around a little
I ended up getting the Bad Ending, I felt bad for my decsion but after watch the post credit message left by Walter, about seek my true potential, I finally began the ng+. Hoo boy this game is full of surprises, the first choice event was very challenging but satisfactory, and now I go for more!
Seeing all these reviews makes me feel a whole lot better about my skill level as a gamer just getting past the first two chapters 😂
Oh for real. Super ego boost for me too lol 😂
I'm on chapter 4 now, and it gets so good. Keep pushing!
@@beardfistthegoldenone7273the worm fight was amazing.
I just beat NG++, seeing that people can't even beat the tutorial has made me feel a lot less casual for sure lol.
Yep spent 4 and 1/2 hours on the depths 2 boss tried 40 different combo types and I'll admit that when I finally beat him I was ecstatic. I'm sh*t at this game and by no means good but it's so satisfying to overcome these bosses.
I love the shout out to VaatiVidya. Especially with what you said about the other reviewers trying to speed run the game to get their review out. And Vaatis going through 1 chapter at a time S ranking them before moving on. That's someone who gets armored core.
I lol'd
10 hours of fighting Balteus on a horizontal plane. The one time I evaded his AoE flame attacks successfully by jumping and flying above him, not only was a defensive manouver but also set me up perfectly for hitting him with near 100%.
So after 10 hours of brute forcing it, the one time I discovered the ease and elegance of flying over him, I defeated him in the same round.
Now I understand the feeling of joy ppl get from playing these hard games. And it only took 10 hours not giving up against "the tutorial boss."
10 hours of persistence. now that is a true fromsoft gamer moment that requires praise
aaaaaaahhhhh of course!
If Balteus was a 10 hours journey, god help you on other bosses. Because Balteus is one of the easiest)
@@Sargatasafter beating the game 3x times I can confidently disagree. Balt is definitely one of the higher difficulty bosses.
The only harder ones are the spider, Balt the second time, and the bad ending final boss.
@@Senriam well, everyone has their own "favorites" then)
I beat his ass in a half of an hour during first completion. Just brought a bubble gun and meleed the crap out of him. Later I've discovered a weapon swap and after it I've never died from him again.
Actually the only boss that took me 4 hours was a spider because he is very spammy and I tried dosens of loadouts dying from this laser spam again and again. Now he's very easy too though...
Actually spider is the only boss that took me more then an hour to beat.
P.S.: I beat the game 3 times too, collected all combat logs and did 3/4 of S-ranks. So we are equal in this)
Not only are the cutscenes and post mission dialogue great- the mid battle banter is amazing
Honestly, this is my first Armored Core, but I’ve been a huge fan of Ace Combat since I was a kid. The banter, mission briefings, other dialogue made it feel like Ace Combat but with mechs to me and I love it
@@sawbonesedmof course AC feels like AC. It's got the best parts of AC for AC. And the best part is that the music from AC works wonders for AC as well! Sadly, the music of AC doesn't work as well for AC, but you take what you can get.
@@CaptainCFalconI think you left the AC on 😂
Especially since there are some that actually change the game. V.VII assassination mission being a prime example. If you actually stop fighting him when he tells you to he will as well, and you get a payout at the end of the mission. Some more stuff happens but spoilers.
It’s very similar to Ace combat. Which I love. The two games are very similar in mission design and customization.
"They are meant for people that want a challenging, rewarding experience"
*double Zimmermans in the background*
😅 thaaaaaaaaaat’s me
Armored Core 6’s story is actually incredible and was easy to understand. Also NG+ gives you more story too which is sick
that's all I needed to hear... I play the games for the stories and the world building as much as I do for the gameplay..
If you're interested, Armored Core 4 Answer's story does the same thing with its version of NG+.
Don't forget NG++ adding in some more.
Also on NG++ a lot of things and missions change!
@@jerichostevens2711 You have no idea the Ride your in for. The story changes from the base game, to New Game Plus, to even New Game Plus Plus where the full true story is revealed and the past two stories look like side stories by comparison.
Also Arye is one of my favorite chracters in gaming now so.
Not only are there 3 different endings but each subsequent playthrough changes wildly, missions give you new choices, tons of new ac battles and characters etc.
An entire ass 3 phase boss that you can only get on NG+2 or higher.
What characters? I cannot remember a single one of the for the life of mine. I stayed for the gameplay tho.
@@rapatacush3 i guess he means that it takes at least two endings for Allmind to fight you in an AC and stuff like that, also Raven showing up on different missions to "invade" (in FROM terms) you, also choices that make you fight the two ACs at the Dam instead of helping them etc.
at least i think that's what he was referring to
"the tutorial boss is too hard!" come back after you played "defend the strider"
I'm just gonna say: that footage of Balteus without pulse -or- swords was awe-inspiring. Holy crap.
Songbirds and shotguns. Absolutely savage combo.
Those shotguns are busted. First tried half the bosses using a 7500hp mech with 2 of those and the first missile pack.
dual shottys is insane consistent dmg compared to any melee not to mention dual songbirds lol
Dual Zimmermans is basically the Easy-mode of this game, if you think it isn't you're delusional. There's a load of bosses you can trivialize with a decent shoulder weapon or shoulder mounted melee and dual Zimmermans, they are simply not balanced.
@@Slapmaster5000 you can trivialise 90% of the bosses/enemies if you can get consistent stuns
and if you can do that all that matters is dps
I’ll be honest as a souls vet who hasn’t touched an armored core game (or any mech game for that matter) I was shocked at how hard the first boss was for me. It was only 5 or 6 attempts but that was shocking when I was expecting 1 or 2. I’m still dying fairly often, but that challenge is part of why I love souls and it’s helping me enjoy this game as well.
I will take a bite and say that the reason you were surprised was because of the huge change in dynamics. In the Souls games, the bosses are strong and can have sudden bursts of speed, meanwhile EVERYTHING is frenetic to the eleventh degree in Armored Core 6, you, the enemies, the gunshots and missiles flying all over the place.
@@danielm.595 As a souls vet, and now someone who's nearly 100%'d AC6, I cannot *wait* to get my hands on For Answer. I love fast games tbh
@@StardustCorvid get ready to receive a beating my guy
@@Flipdagoose oh yeah I full well expect to get my ass handed to me. Can't wait tbh
The story is actually pretty wild if you get the ng++ ending, it all kinda comes together
👀 you just got me so amped up. Another game that does that is Nier Automata, however that game took the multiple endings thing to a whole other level lol.
There's more endings in ng+? I haven't even beat new game yet how is everyone flying through this damn game to already have beat it 2 or more times😭💀
@@strawhat_cotafitness1260 If you use any build with Dual Zimmerman Shotguns, Songbird and Stun Needle, you will be able to beat every mission easily. I run a heavy reverse joint so I can hop in and double tap the shotties.
@@globtopicsexactly what came to my mind. More people should play Nier: Automata btw.
Neir: Automata is one of the best games I’ve ever played in my life. Just hearing the soundtrack gives me chills.
Honestly ac 6 is on the easier end of armored core games, mainly due to the added checkpoints and respawns which were only in the AC V series and none of the others. I could def see more folks getting upset about ac6.
THAT BEING SAID old ac had multiple difficulties, and it was actually really good as each difficulty changed the gane itself. Easy for example was only accessible if you got into hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, hard mode would unlock whole new lvls, bosses, and new game mechanics. I miss that as a mechanic most From old ac
Okay, now that is an awesome way to do multiple difficulties. Of course FromSoftware came up with an innovative mechanic like that 😂
@@globtopics exactly. tbh old school ac kinda ruined me when it comes to most games. in my ac game play it didn't really feel like just stat increases/changes, instead it was game play fundamentally was changed or adapted by me and my opponents. and now i see games with hard modes where they just give enemies more health and it feels less, which seems unfair of me
One thing I can not stand in modern games is the inflated health pool of “hard” modes. It is one of the cheapest excuses for difficulty I’ve ever seen.
@@globtopics aye glad i'm not going crazy then!
I definitely should not be a metric for sanity 😭😭😭
The story here is actually delivered quite straightforwardly than any other Fromsoftware games.
And the few mysteries from rhe first playthrough are actually explained in the subsequent playthroughs which add new missions and explores the few mysteries from the first playthrough that didn't get explained the first time around (and of course unlocks two new endings).
I think the best feeling after a souls game, is coming back to said same boss after fighting them the first time, and then first time destroying them afterwards. It shows the progress you have made, the struggle that you once had and how you have improved since then. And since AC6 is designed to be replayed into NG++ for the true ending, it felt amazing to come back again to different bosses or more intense situations and coming out on top, or struggling but no longer nearly as daunting as before.
I've had better cinematic experiences in AC6 through my own actions than doing/watching some playthrough of actual story/single player games. A majority of the people who quit on the first boss seem to like to have everything handed to them, I get it sometimes you just need that after a crap day, but you shouldn't expect that kind of experience from every single game you play.
I have anime cinematic moments all the time fighting the bosses, but the most anti-climatic moment was Intercepting the Red Guns. I ran outta ammo and was one hit from dying, so I had to cheese the last tetrapod mt lmao.
And ESPECIALLY not from a FromSoftware game. Those only become "a breeze" when you're pretty much a pro at the given game at hand.
@@pokengThat moment when you run out of ammo and are desperately dodging in and out punching the shit out of the enemies/bosses and then miraculously win. Truly an anime moment lol
Something I particularly like about these games is when you can factually tell you've gotten better.
Like for instance, of course the tutorial boss kicked my ass a few times in my first encounter, but then after having beaten Balteus, the sea spider, the volcano thing, I repeated the tutorial mission and it was a piece of cake, boss included. Didn't even need to use a repair kit. That's so enjoyable.
i agree but at the same time your equipment is also largely better than when you start from scratch so i wouldnt say its all skill/learning
@@PschomechFor the first mission you have to use rhe basic mech
@@Pschomech If you master the dodge system, it is possible to take 0 dmg. People are doing it.
to that same effect, i spent hours getting fucked by batetus and then on new game+ I jumped in with the stock rifle, pulse blade, and 4 shot missiles with all loader 4's original parts. still beat his ass without dying. You legitimately just get better by playing the game.
@@PschomechYou can't bring any new equipment into the first mission so it is 100% a skill thing
I love how fromsoft challenges a consumer's intellegence with their content. No hand holding but hard lessons that can carry towards more challenges.
They tell you what you need to know how to learn more and let you figure it out. I wish more games did this.
I never liked hard games but sleek ring opens my eyes to something greater and spending 6 hours straight fighting rennala god I hate that fight But I did it
I didn't know staying far away with missile launchers was intelligence 😂 .
@@redfox9726 I was talking more on just their games in general. I agree, it takes no skill using missiles but I found myself switching gears a bit to overcome some obstacles.
@@wickedsolace3596 yh i finally beat the game and i got the liberator of rubicon ending , but the arquebus balteus forced me to change my build , i ended up going with the gatling guns and stun launchers on tank treads . And ofc i have a build specific to the ice worm too , but yh doing ng + is proving that i defo got a lot better at the game , i fought the wall boss and i had no issues dodging it and aiming for weakspots and it was just an easy fight due to me knowing what i was doing , so skill defo is a thing , it just feels like the majority of the game isn't really that hard , and idk what people are doing to believe it's hard because i'm pretty sure missile launchers is a weak build . Definitely not meta .
7:20 People putting 20 hours in, bro I put 36 hours in IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS. I played this basically nonstop for TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT.
I definitely had some difficulty walls and got frustrated… but that’s made coming back with a new build and finally overcoming those challenges that much more satisfying. Honestly Vaati’s videos on the AC series prepared me in a really helpful way to get my mindset in the right place, because when it clicks it’s like magic and hard to put down.
I must say I actually love the vague story telling in from soft games. Once you've found all the lore it's not hard to put it all together and understand what happened or is happening. I've never once watched a lore video but I fully understood everything. That's one of my favorite parts of from soft games.
It's amazing what having the patience to just read item descriptions does for FromSoft games, huh?
I love it as well. And it's not just the exposition. Their storytelling is more poetry than prose, and contributes to the remarkable aesthetic of their games.
space for imagination !!!
>I must say I actually love the vague story telling in from soft games. Once you've found all the lore it's not hard to put it all together and understand what happened or is happening.
"And the reason is because I am the President of these great United States of America"
(Metal Wolf Chaos is a gift)
Wow, this is so smart. I bet he has more than 10k reddit karma
I raged so many times on bosses because of the difficulty... but after you try and try to figure out how to beat them and finally beat them you come to appreciate the challenge.
Fromsoft games in a nutshell
Man some of these bosses though…and I really wish I could immediately go to the armory instead of waiting for the “you are dead” conversation to finish.
Like I know my build wasn’t made for this boss. I’ve got 2 shotties and 2 vertical missile shoulders, because it was fun. But I’m not getting past the Cleaner boss with this load out, please let me swap out at the ammo refill.
My overall issue, is we all know what build will defeat every boss, double shotguns, double should launchers, chicken legs, rinse and repeat. It would have been nice for "most" builds be viable options for every boss fight. I have my preferred build, then hit checkpoint, load up boss fight build.
For you who struggled, beaten up and bruised and able to overcome the challenges. Congratulations you're a true Raven, you can hold your head high and be proud of it. 👍
@@ghostfc3477 Cleaner doesn’t really work with shotguns or vertical missiles. Launchers sure, but space is too confined for missiles to do much, and the boss is too RNG on that top for shotties to work effectively.
I should know, I was just rocking 2 shotties and 2 vertical missiles for that mission without any prior knowledge and kept resetting before the assembly option came up.
that note about overcoming something that seemed impossible minutes or hours ago hit so hard. the satisfaction from the first time i realized that yes i CAN beat this game and no it ISNT too hard, yes i CAN get better and i will win eventually. the bosses only have one life, but i have all the restart from checkpoints in the world.
Exactly, that’s what I loved about this game as well as fromsoft in general. Overcoming a boss you struggled on with relative ease on later playthroughs also just feels amazing
I totally died 100+ times on chapter 3 beating the first MT encounter. FromSoftware awesomly placed their checkpoints to make sure you grew to a level to beat tough enemies. Even when they arent bosses. But yea. WHen I did./ The sheer excitement was overwhelming.
Cool to see that even in these dark times for gamers, fromsoft is always there to shine hope to us.
I hope they never change.
it's sad how many great develover sink.
Dark times? This year has been the best in some time, even if AC6 didn't come out
The game has so many good points that the reviewers just don't see, or couldn't see cuz they couldn't adapt to the gameplay. The story is interesting and the banter between everyone makes them all feel alive. While some things are tedious like replaying through the story to get to the different endings (and the perfect mercenary achievement..), it can be kept new and refreshing by trying out new builds, or going back to find things you missed. The potential for mods would be crazy too, so I look forward to them!
It goes to show how the recent times have been oversaturated with a market for oversimplified gaming design . Despite how white knuckle nerve wrecking AC6 can be. I am truly thankful for it 🙏💯
Honestly I really enjoy the puzzle aspect of the bosses. First run with every boss is like OH MY F.... and i'm dead 💀 Hammer at it with a bunch of different builds and eventually you solve the riddle. You can always double Gatling, double grenade tank, worked all the back in AC2 😂
Just got the first ending last night. I love this game personally
This is my first AC and it has quickly become one of my favorite FromSoftware titles so far 🙏
"we don´t get the story through the game, we get it through vaatividya"
XDDDD that shit killed me jsksj
One of my friends once told me about a movie they watched. It's writing style was best described as delivering info on literally everything directly into the viewer's face with a sledgehammer. The complaints other viewers had? "It was too subtle"
A terrifying majority of people lack the most basic ability to analyze the content they experience, even when it is force-fed to them. The less hand holding you provide, the more people forget how to walk in a straight line.
I love obscure stories myself. David Lynch is my absolute favorite director. I own all his movies and all of Twin Peaks (Physical copies I should add) 🙏🙏🙏
It's annoying because there are actual relevant criticisms, however small, that you could reasonably level at the game. Bosses sometimes leave the bounds of the level preventing you from pursuing and often stopping you unexpectedly in your tracks. Heavy attack warnings sometimes trigger with inconsistent timing. Repair can fail to activate 70-80% of the time on K+M depending on what other inputs you're also pressing. Shit like that. Stuff that is genuinely frustrating even when the game is otherwise fantastic, because it isn't an aspect of the game's design, it's just an error. But instead the criticism is that the game isn't made for you and you bought it anyways. Incredible. This game really shouldn't be for me and even I can see the charm of it and enjoy a full playthrough.
You get warnings for attacks? Thats new
Yeah there's a red sign around your mech showing the direction of incoming heavy attacks. The shield tutorial taught you that
@@hornitako7006what shield tutorial?
Especially the leaving the bounds part, so frustrating
@@meatboy5714It's one of the training missions
I beat the tutorial boss my first time in, but the real pain came in when i fought balteus. Took me 6 hours and i was frustrated but i kept coming at him with new builds and finding my playstyle, found that speed and agility are my best area so i stuck with that and eventually beat him, the satisfaction was euphoric and it gave me such joy for the rest of the game knowing that i could beat any boss on s rank. Reminded me of For Answer and Verdict day. Currently on my 3rd playthrough trying to get the coral moonlight blade. I hope there's dlc for this game.
Got my third ending today, last fight is really rough, in phase 1 i killed the trash adds directly and in phase 2 i killed only the boss, at 50 % health in p2 the adds despawn and it’s a one on one !!!
I think thats about as long as it took me as well. It was pretty good "training" actually. I accidentally restarted the mission once and left it to adjust my build one time due to one of my shoulder mounts being pretty useless and the rest of the mission felt so much easier than it was beforehand. The next boss convinced me to just save a ranged loadout(my preferred one is a light melee build)
@@chrome289me rolling around with 2 shotguns 2 vertical missile shoulders, having fun.
Cleaner boss comes in and kicks me down lol.
I actually started Balteus on a fast frame and ended up with heavy tank threads that fit me much better. I do love the quadropods for regular missions, but if things get spicy I switch to tank threads.
But I also have to say that Baltheus was imo much harder than say fe the Sea Spider.
I was definitely blown away by the story, and surprised to hear anyone had anything bad to say about that or the graphics
I will say that one thing I wish the game made clear was the fact that there was more content to be played in a new game+, they kind of just plop you back in at the beginning. Like, yes they make it obvious that there is a separate ending based on some of the late game mission choices, but not everyone will necessarily want to replay the whole game just for those few choice missions they didn't play in the beginning. The fact that like, as early as chapter 1 there are new missions and alternate endings to missions makes it so exciting.
But the only reason I knew about some of that stuff was because of Iron Pineapple
Totally agree with your assessment. Took me an hour last night on one boss, rethinking strategy, weapons and mech load out, learning boss attacks brought me to one of the best feelings in gaming. Beating an impossible boss with a shred of health left. Very few games out there offer this.
Fr I beat balteus and sea spider with no heals and like 100 health left makes it feel super rewarding and just makes you overall way better afterwards
That’s the beauty and thrill of FromSoftware games. The gratification is unmatched when you finally beat that bastard of a boss that’s taken you several hours to get past.
Learning bosses and how to fight/deal with them is incredibly fun. I actually love adjusting my loadout after I die to try a new approach, weapon or mech to test the results.
@@kirkcarmouche3357both of those bosses though made me hate the Gatling gun. It’s just always there doing poise damage at the wrong moment.
i have been loving this game so far, i main problems i have with it is the difficulty curve, like most of the missions are kinda short and easy to breeze through until u meet a boss.
Then build your mech to fight a boss, having trouble with the rocket spamming boss? Use Assault armor and pulse weapons two heavy Direct damage adjustment weapons. Trivializes the boss. The cleaner is giving you trouble, get quad legs and plasma weapons hover above it and fire into the furnace it can't hit you at all.
This video is amazing. When you showed your sub count i was genuinely blown away. I figured I was watching a small but fairly viewed creator in the 50k-200k sub range. Keep up these amazing videos and im sure youll make it big
“We don’t play FromSoft games to be told a story” is a truly sandblasted-brain moment tbqh
I think the story was decent enough. The main focus of AC6 is the gameplay and customization. You gain a decent attachment to Walter, maybe Cinder and V. IV. The observers motivations made sense, so did the corporations and Ayre'. If you just listen to the dialogue you understand that the coral is a sought after yet dangerous source of energy that seems to have sentient entities residing within it, making it alive. This alone made me want to see the outcome - you have the fate of Rubicon and its inhabitants, etc.
Like what did this guy want? A detailed, scientific breakdown of the corals molecular structure? You can tell super expansive, super detailed, super clear and super developed stories in games but this isn't a requirement. It just needs to be decent enough. Even within storytelling itself, it depends what story you're trying to tell. If you're going for a fantasy epic then the more grandiose elements like the different geopolitical interest, potential race tensions, displacement, war, etc will be the focus. The characters need to be decent enough to carry you through the wider narrative. Similarly to character centric stories, you don't need a super polished wider narrative as its peripheral to the characters journey, development, conflicts, relationships, etc. You don't always need super polished everything. Seems a bit pretentious.
The story was decent enough to make me wanna enjoy the focus of the game: the mechanics and customization.
It always annoys me when people "critique" things based on personal preference alone. This makes zero sense. If you dont like a genre of game, then how can you ever give a game in that genre a decent review? Dumb. Idk why this person would play a game that isn't narrative focused and then complain that it isn't narrative focussed, allowing that to sway the review into an overall negative one. Maybe they're new to FS? Even then, what the coral is was clear enough.
The great filter shall always prevail. May the soul of fromsoft never waver.
Honestly this game was my first time diving into the Armored core series and just playing a “From Software” game in general. For me personally I absolutely love it, it’s challenging but in a way I want to keep trying and I actually like a single player game with a mission structure vs a big ass open world because for me it makes it easier for me to play a little bit before or after work when I don’t have a lot of time. The customization is fun and the amount of builds I’ve been messing around with have been fun.
After I finally defeated the Chapter 1 final boss, I went back to replay all the missions in Chapter 1 and it was a piece of cake. It is about being patient, the repetition of losing missions to get better, and strategizing your butt off. Yes, it's a tough game, but it's so much fun!
Fromsoftware never disappoints like cod or other triple A titles
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@@matthewfeutz5433 no, it's facts.
CoD Dialogue: I kill Nazis, they die that's the plan
AC6: Your an illegal here, look for a yet to be decommissioned licence and use it so you can stay here in this rock.
See the difference between the dialogue alone?
as someone who also used to play ace combat and their mid-mission story progression via radio comms, armored core 6's story is actually pretty easy to understand
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and i was glad we got to rescue little ziyi in NG+ instead of killing her again, i was really sad when reading the archive about her time in the liberation front the first time ;_;
“we get the story from vaati vidya” no truer words spoken
I've recently finished NG++, got 15 combat logs level and done 3/4 of S-ranks. And I can 100% say that this is the best game I've played for my entire life.
It's not hard in a way that people think. It's not about blunt bruteforcing and attack memorizing, it's also about adapting and using your brain. Michigan would roll in his coffin reading these reviews, seriously😅
Back in my day, when we died to a boss, instead of blaming the boss or the controls, we would actually try to learn what we did wrong.
no we didnt....we picked up a gaming magazine and read what to do lol
Back then when you died to a boss it was because of hidden knowledge in the game manual lmao
I would like a Co-op on mission make it more fun since i would like to have a journeys with a friend. Also solo each chapter is cool too.
People calling for an easy mode need to understand this is "ARMORED CORE" not "common core".
“We get the story from Vaatividya”
Truest statement ever lmfao
Congrats to the rise in sub count. Keep making videos like this and you'll do great. Your production value really shines and it's hard to believe a video like this was made by someone as small as yourself. Keep it up!
Solid critique. You truly understand what these games are from a clear and informed perspective. As a FromSoft fan, I seriously appreciate your passion and for finding it important enough to let people know how misguided they are with their initial judgement. Armored Core 6 is one of the greatest games I've played since I first got into gaming as a child.
I picked up this game and there have been many bosses that have me up against the wall for a while. But what i do is adapt my AC and change up my strategies. I find it fun to mix and match to see what works.
Made 4 or 5 attempts to defeat the Tutorial Boss by dodging, ducking behind cover, peak-shooting, being mobile, etc. All of them failed.
6th Attempt: "Okay, you wanna see me MF?? LET ME GET REAAAALLLL FUCKING CLOSE." Melee'd it to death in like 3 or 4 rush-attacks.
“I’m trying to get to 50 subs by the end of the month” congrats on 1.6k!!
I love how this game makes you use your head to put together a build for your AC that works for you. Balteus took me like 6 tries. Sea spider took like 30 million but i got through it. Pilebunker all day on that death trap 😂
It separate filthy casual from a Raven Operator
I’m on my 3rd play through and have loved every second of it! I believe I’m at 40 or so hours. The content is there and it’s there for freeeeeeeeeeee!! No MTX!! It’s been a fantastic experience!!!
This game's community is confusing.
Soulsborne fans: This game is too easy! Why doesn't the literal cannon fodder fight back more or have a deep and existensial lore behind them?
NEW players: These boss fights are hard!
Mecha and Gundam fans: Absolutely perfect! Make more parts and bosses!
😂😂😂 the response to this game is all over the place
Kinda surprised you have only 3k subs, but when you said you wanted to hit 50 I was like NANI??? This feels like a professional commentary channel, I don't usually watch commentary channels to be fair(except for hoi4, I needed them to understand how to just play the game), but I really like the way you laid all your points out clearly and succinctly(under 10 minutes). More professional than some commentary channels lemme say that much, especially the ones you listed for not completing the game before reviewing.
I think my 2 main complaints with the game are that the basic enemies are way too easy (unless you’re on a defend/escort mission where they suddenly become like navy seals somehow) and seem like pushovers for a power fantasy thing, and that weapon balance is just not there. Like one basic thing to look at would be balancing out ammo counts, shit like pistols really need a higher ammo count, or some way to increase it
dual coquillets + melee is the most fun build, with possibly the highest skillcap
MTs seem to be pretty trash for a reason, which makes the threat level of the early tetrapods and, later on, LCs feel much higher. My first playthrough I got crunched up by all those things which felt great, and when it came to (spoilers) the jailbreak sequence? MTs became actually sort of dangerous, chef's kiss.
unfortunately in my 2nd playthrough I'd discovered a broken build so LCs just got 1 shot..
Though I don't necessarily disagree, I just think it's an intentional thing for the sake of elevating the actual threats they toss your way in missions.
You are a badass AC pilot in a fully custom murder machine, mass produced MTS should absolutely fall over like absolutely nothing before you. This not only helps to serve the power fantasy of being that badass AC pilot, but also serves for a reference once you start fighting some of the more challenging enemies like bosses and other AC’s.
Mfw when the trucks don't beat the tank
I agree, they are easy, but ACs are OP because they are basically Robocops. They're "Augmented Humans" and there's a reason it's not exactly clear where the "human" sits inside the Core. The inner anatomy is... complicated...
The MTs being so weak is actually a part of the lore. The trade off is that while everyone else is piloting mechs like they were in a construction excavator, AC's are like extensions of the body to an AC Pilot. They are biomechanically integrated freaks of nature.
ACs are an anomaly, and that's not exactly the ideal state Mercs would bite the bullet and accept. 621, the Main Character of AC6, is basically like Murphy from Robocop. It's even worse though, as 621 can't talk because the older Gen 4 augmentation left him next to mute. Coral, the game's McGuffin and a sort of psionic-bacterial energy source, shows promise in making the procedure not as crippling or life-threatening, which is a pretty good reason for everyone to be salivating over it.
When MT's see an AC on the field, the voice actors collectively soil their pants because they know it's like a Greek god was just summoned to the battlefield. You're supposed to get the sense that you're OP, because you are. That 621 can take down something like the STRIDER all alone shows AC's are misunderstood by humans, who still cannot comprehend the limits of the technology and frequently underestimate a "fully" integrated and augmented human.
A non-lore reason for them being cannon fodder is to build-check the player to make sure they aren't learning bad lessons about the game. Resource conservation is a design feature, and has been in all AC titles. An all grenade launcher build is gonna run out of ammo before the end of the mission, as they well should.
That said, I also agree with the ammo count being too low. The benefit of pistols should be that their ammo well is deeper, which balances the fact they have to reload more often. Having such little ammo makes them useful only in arena fights. Having them be strictly stagger/arena tools is a bad design decision in my opinion. Ammo add-ons were in the older games, and I wouldn't be against having a dedicated ammo canister as a shoulder mount. Personally, it feels more like a design philosophy issue than a balance issue.
Gone are the days where games actually challenge you and force you to problem solve and adapt. From soft, Monster Hunter, Small game devs are the last beacons of that bygone era.
Awesome video man. TH-cam needs more people with your type of thoughts and way of viewing things. You deserve more subs. I wish you luck on your TH-cam journey! And I'll see you on the battlefield fellow Raven!
Thank you 🙏
"We don't get the story from the game....we get it from Vaatividya" fuckin dead 😂😂
“If you are complaining about the difficulty of FromSoftware games, are these games meant for you? No.”
I beg to differ, I complain about them all the time and they are still my favorite games!
Fair point 😂😂
When you play around with builds the game gets easier over time, i think though some weapons need slight ajustments though, at least in pve some gear feels rather useless and after geting all endings and unlocking all parts after 60h i kind of wish there would be more exept S ranking the missions and pvp
As far as the length of the game, i think reviews saying its too short is funny. Because as you said, people tend to only play it one time. But I've beaten all 3 endings and all missions, with all combat logs in just over 30 hours 😅 But I absolutely enjoyed the game and know i will still spend a lot of time trying to S rank every level, and plenty of PVP as well. I also dont think it was too short, i just know that my beating it so quick was due to how much i used to play armored core, and understood the importance of having the right weapons and understanding the movement properly
All three endings in 30 hours 👀 my hat is off to you my friend, you are a beast 🙏
What you said is true. Game is hard but it’s so awesome. Makes me feel like an actual Gundam pilot. Because the feel of danger and pressure from the bosses pushes you and your mech to its limits.
Yea at some points it literally feels like that scene from Gundam Thunderbolt where Io and Daryl and trying their hardest to kill one another inside that abandoned space colony.
In my second playthrough every mission has additional tweeks. One mission asks me to betray my comrames midway, another mission suddenly makes me lose if I fall from the mining walker. Successive completions add to the game even new mission paths.
Weird part is Ive gotten stuck on every from soft game at one point or another but ive yet to get stuck with armored core that I couldn’t solve within a few attempts.
Its kind of easy once you figure out you can change your parts to just counter whatever the boss is throwing at you? All other from games lock you into a style which causes weird difficulty spikes but in armored core you can trivialize most fights by just thinking for a minute: are they using shield? No? Then dont use bubble weapons, do you need to dodge a lot? Can you dodge it? Tank up or go movement! And unlike other games you dont need to worry about levels so the only reason your struggling is because your not thinking your ac through. Ppl can and have beat this game standing still because they used the right pieces to do it.
This being my first AC game (and mech game), I felt it was incredibly accessible.
Also, after getting past the first boss, there kinda is an easy mode for people who want it - looking up optimal builds. Personally, I feel that'd take away too much from the experience, but there are builds out there with low skill floor that trivialise many encounters
Not an easy mode, that’s just the way it’s meant to be played. Everyone is playing it like a dark souls game, thinking that the difficulty lies within understanding and reading a boss’s attack patterns. When the reality is that it’s technical. understanding what kind of damage is the boss’s weakness. Many people were stuck on balteaus for hrs banging their head against a wall, not realizing that there is literally pulse guns you can buy that are directly meant to deal with pulse shields. Boss is a cakewalk after that as you can get him in a near constant stagger with the appropriate weapons on!
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I fully agree that understanding a boss correctly and building for their weaknesses is a big part of the game. Which is precisely why going to YT to "skip" that step is akin to an easy mode, or at least as close to one as people that want one are gonna get in a fromsoft game.
5:16 that’s not really true though. Games like Sekiro and honestly Armor Core had pretty straight forward stories. Sure there was a lot of background stuff but if you just played through the game straight you’d understand the important stuff
On my 3rd playthrough now and this is a game I had the most fun in awhile.
Third ending is quite interesting I can only recomend it.
Man admits on video that he couldn't handle Super Mario Bros willingly to prove his point. Is this what chad energy looks like. Losing points for saying "not here for the story" though. That's the reward for merc'ing your way through most of From's games.
My only chief complaint is the lack of a PvE co-op cause the only thing dangerous than one set of dual songbirds/Zimmerman is two sets
AC6 isn’t even that hard 🤦🏽♂️ once you get used to the dodging mechanics you’ll start enjoying it.
Some of these people just need those I frames 😭😭
I thought the story was a lot more compelling than most other fromsoft titles. The endings actually felt varied and impactful, and the decision missions leading up to them, and especially the buildup of Allmind throughout NG+ and NG++ made for a great slow burn of intrigue
Every bad review breaks down to "it too hard, my pee pee hurt because it too hard."
It took me 30 hours to beat the game 3 times and S rank half of the levels in the game (I S eanked all of the hardest levels) and +5 to do a modded playthrough with AC For Answer movement. And I can say, 100%, that this game is NOT short. 10 hours per playthrough on average going for everything is not short. PER playthrough. And each ng+ has new levels as well as alterations to existing levels.
This game is amazing. If you're not that good at this game, simply strive to be better and eventualy given enough determination, you WILL beat this game. And you will enjoy doing so.
Good luck gamers, and have fun.
"if you're complaining about the difficulty that game is not for you"
I am not complaining, I am suffering and it's fun.
When you talked about the Souls series, I'm reminded of the fact that I stopped playing DS1 for the silliest reason: I got VERY lost.
"We don't get the story from these games, we get it from Vaati" lmfao you're not wrong.
I try to just beat a boss blindly until I feel like I'm done trying. At that point, I just go on TH-cam and find someone who beat it and just copy their strategy.... Not necessarily the build. If my build STILL can't do it, THEN I'll try to use the same equipment. It's worked so far, so don't get so upset.
I got absolutely smashed by most bosses more than 5+ times on my first playthrough. On my second playthrough, I managed to beat most of them first try. Failure was literally the best teacher
I shit you not, balteus got me searching up youtube tutorials 5 seperate times
@@TokinDope have you beaten him? If not i cam give you some recommendations
Chapter 1 final boss kicked my ass for 4 days straight. Two days after i was on NG+3 with the game almost 100%. People need to learn
Bro wanted 50 subscribers. God send him 2,500 for telling true facts.
A lot of people don't like the idea that the story is vague, but that's the whole point. You are not a hero in FS games. You are some random guy who got dragged into the whole mess and you're told to sort it out. You have no idea what going on because your character doesn't either. The characters talking to you don't want you to know the whole truth since they have an agenda. That's where the immersion stems from. You and your character are in the same boat.
People just prefer being metagamers who know everything in advance and plan out the consequences as part of their power fantasy.
The story is very easy to understand, I think that people are just smooth brains.
My main counterpoint here is that for $60 per game these days, then you're goddamn right I want to be able to get through the whole game without being blocked by poorly paced difficulty parameters and utterly pathetic explanations of how to play. Stop with this nonsense that "this boss will teach you x" because bosses do not teach you. You have to figure it out because, in the case of the first helicopter boss, the game devs put the actual training explanations of how to play AFTER that boss. No, no, and no. Show me how to play, then challenge me. This trial by fire method is stupid. That's like paying for a college class just to have the teacher throw the quizzes at you and say figure it out. No, absolutely not. If me, or anybody else DOES figure it out, then that speaks to our ability, not to the quality of the teacher or quizzes, or in this case, FromSoftware.
The one complaint I have with the story is where the fuck is the Balam route. I'm going through doing missions for them because I think they're a really fun group and then find out there's no route to actually side with Balam. They just dissolve.
Damn it Fromsoft, your ability to ruin my field trips is uncanny!
AC6's story being confusing makes sense honestly, while theres lots of talking and cut scenes but those aren't about plot most of the time, just about your job.
Spoliers ahead.
Also 621 is effectively a dog, told to attack, they went through a lobotomy, they don't even have a stomach and literally CANNOT FEEL G FORCES LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN, whats left of 621 is effectively in a advanced trashbag that keeps them alive, they're augmented to hell and back to be a AC pilot. Itd be weird if most people talked to you about MAJOR plot beats because you're more or less a dog, a hound, sure some treat you as more but for the most part you are a dog.
The strategy for every boss is "Shoot the boss and don't get shot." and this is considered too hard.
What I cant understand is that people play this game for the power fantasy, and the when it gets too "Hard" it all fades away, do they not understand that this is one of the few games where you feel like you are genuinely piloting a mech, and with a good enough aptitude, the power fantasy is yours, not borrowed, the game doesnt give you some OP ultimate, or like you said, your litterly the god of the war, the game gives you the ability to become profficient, that ultimate is the perfect combination of attack and timing, it is'nt given to, it is earned and learned, now that is why I love this game.
I just found your video and I'd like to say I agree with you.
I like challenging myself so I decided on a build. And bashed my head against the walls of AC6 many a times. Because nothing beats the feeling of overcoming that wall. I got told to go with different builds. Go tank/gatling/songbird/zimmerman. I laughed at them. Because every boss I fought and died to, I saw a glimpse of possibility. That if I dodge different, change direction or assault boost during an attack, I can dodge it, do damage and win.
Fromsoft games have always been games to me where I need to learn a fight. Analyze and adapt. And what a thrill it is when you manage to dodge the undodgable attack. Managed to not get drawn in by a taunt or feint from the enemy you always fell for. That feeling is why we play games.
Conquest...And fun.
What kills me about the story complaints, mainly the "I still have no idea what Coral is", complaint, is that you are told, QUITE LITERALLY, that it's a collective of sentient organisms. It happens RIGHT after the Ice Worm fight. I don't think that guy was paying attention.