Recently started playing the armored core games like 2 weeks before the announcement of AC6, I was a bit sad just how niche the series was when I would try and look for information or people to talk to about it, but now I’ve got a wealth of videos and content to enjoy on a newfound love :)

Can't believe I start the franchise with the hardest one. Man oh man, my childhood time with last Raven.

Verdict Day is genuinely a significant improvement over V. The multiplayer stuff is still a little intrusive but it goes from unplayable as a single player game to actually fun. That final story mission is pretty cool too.

AC2 was badass. The visuals were outstanding and the iconic sound of the Karasawa was never rivaled in the PS2 era. The game could also transfer to AA, letting you start out as Leos Klein if you so chose.

For Answer was the best AC game bar none, sank so many hours into it, coming from the PS2 era AC games it would cement me as a long time fan.

I hope quality AC channels like yours blow up now that all the souls guys are coming in, keep it up my guy

From what I've seen and heard AC6 may be taking aspects from previous gens but I'm seeing more emphasis on 3rd and 4th gen which I'm honestly very excited for.

Nexus is mad underrated, it straight up has the coolest cutscenes and the best music of all of the old gen games, and disc 2 makes up for my issues with disc 1. Idk how you can watch that intro and not just fall in love.

ACV's direction was likely because of the success of Chromehounds and multiplayer games in general in the X360. I kinda get why they did it. Chromehounds was a lot of fun, but ACV was not Chromehounds.

I think Silent Line was the pinnacle of the series. What makes it better than 4a, is that it captured the heavy mech fantasy. If every mech can go mach 11, you miss out on that flavor of piloting a sluggish, hulking, bipedal weapons platform, which can tank hits with it's thick armor, and punch back with oversized weaponry. In 3rd gen you can do that, but you can also be a speedy boi, by using a light mech with hover legs. But then 4th gen removed hover legs. So there goes the hover boi's fantasy as well. All in all, I feel like 3rd gen captures the mech customization experience better, by offering a more satisfying range of mobilities. I think ideally, Fromsoft should choose a comfortable middle ground between 3rd gen and 4a for AC6, by offering the choice of insane aerial mobility, but at an appropriate cost. Either by lowering the armor of the associated parts, or by putting weight constraints on the parts. Ideally both.

For Answer supremacy baby. Culmination of everything they've learned. Trimmed virtually all the fat from the previous games. Blisteringly fast speed and feels snappy as fuck, with little to no input lag (damn FromSoft you made this?). It's the closest FromSoft has ever gotten to Capcom levels of gamefeel, which is what i consider peak. Missions are rock solid & the boss fights are awesome. And the multiplayer was extremely fun too back in the day. Need to learn how to set up netplay on emulator. Ost is the perfect blend of banging, somber, and wierd. Some of my favorite work from Kota Hoshino, 2nd to Evergrace 2. It's just so damn goated.

Armored Core: For Answer is definitely one if not thee best armored core game to date. The combat, the customization, the menus, the music, it all just feels so good and looks so interesting and unique. The speed and versatility of everything is amazing

Don’t know how I came across an unlisted video, but I like For Answer the best. Might be biased since it’s the first one I played, but the sense of speed is the best

damn... everyone i know who loves for answer hates 5 and verdict day... while it's inversely proportionate for me i actually played all of them since the ps1 era. my only problem with 5 is the random weapon specs, then again it's more of a bloodborne thing where you have to farm for stuff i really like the option of having an operator in a team, it really helps a lot if the operator knows how to manage members and analyze their enemies. plus it makes a nice replay overview since you can see what everyone is doing, plus you can also open a live feed from each members

Armored Core Formula Front International has always fascinated me. I believe that's the definitive version of that game with the most content, and it even allows you to actually control your u/AC, which would make it an exclusively PvP multiplayer focused AC game with an insane amount of parts for the time. Excellent ranking.

Found your channel with the announcement of the new AC game. Let me tell you, when you did an detailed cover of AC2 and AC3, the flashbacks to my childhood and just pure happiness is amazing. So thank you! Looking forward to the next gen AC.

I feel like everyone has a good story about Last Raven, it's the one I come back to most frequently.. and I think my favorite memory would be the time I started that first mission that was for Alliance and ended up getting literally one shotted by an AC that had been sent there to kill me, probably by Jack-O. I was just thinking "yeah, this one isn't gonna be forgiving." Lmao

Arms Forts were such exciting battles. Even the less interesting ones were still a creative change of pace. I'd love to see a return of them, but that also probably depends on the design of vertical mobility.

Going through your Armored Core videos made me really nostalgic and super hopeful for 6. I remember getting 5, saw that there were no back weapons and just stopped playing so I'm excited to see what 6 does and give it a fair chance.

Those of us who quite liked 5th gen really are the minority, aren't we.

"It almost gets uncontrollable with how fast you are" Exactly why I love 4A

Looking forward to your next overview!

This is great!! Armored Core was one of my favorite franchises in the PS2 days, but my knowledge of the series revolves around whichever games I was able to find used at Gamestop. Working on a playthrough of the series now starting with AC1, so this guide is helping me decide which ones to pick up. Out of what I've played Silent Line is also peak for me

You have the best ranking of these games that I have seen. Your top 2 are also my top 2. Most other people have put For Answer in the mid or C tier (COMPLETELY INCORRECT). I honestly think that For Answer and Silent Line are OBJECTIVELY the two best armored core games in the entire series. I am hoping that Fires of Rubicon goes above and beyond these two games (I truly think it will).

Wow, as a long time AC fan this is a respectable tier list. I'm glad I'm glad you gave SL and AC2 the love they deserve.

one of the titles that were not of all time-it was not written, it was not edited, and it did not describe the video. truly not a masterpiece

I only got round to playing AC2 and AC4 for Answer and based on you tier list, I'm kinda glad I got near pinnacle of what the series offered so far. Hope your channel gets more eyes on it when AC6 comes out. Favourite part was the Kawasawa-Mk2. Something about building the box art AC is satisfying ngl.

Love the overviews - keep it up!

I said this on the AC2 video, I'll repeat it here. AC2 is my favorite game in the series, probably a lot due to it being the one I'm most familiar with. My absolute favorite part of that game was the arena and I spent many many hours trying to make builds to beat the tougher opponents. Beating the last 9 AC's was an absolute nightmare, but a fun one. I also had a friend group with 8 of us in total who would all get together on weekends and have 1v1 fights all day. God that was so much fun, the MOST fun I have ever had with a game's PvP system. Maybe Quake 3 reaches it, but I was only average at Quake 3. I was damn good at AC2, at least compared to my friends. Also AC2 had my 2nd favorite final boss of the game. AC4 is my second favorite in the series, because I really liked how they changed up the formula, quick boosts alone made the gameplay so much more fun than previous entries in the series. By this time my AC friend group had shrunk to 3 people. But us 3 had so much fun in that games deathmatch and arena though. AC4 also had one of my favorite campaigns, despite its shortcomings. I just really loved the mobility you had in the game, and the hard mode was a cool concept. I actually liked 4 answer a little less than 4 despite admitting it's objectively a better game. I honestly didn't enjoy the absurd speed of 4A, which is wild coming from me because I hate Dark Souls because it's not as fast as DMC. I generally like playing light and medium mechs, and light mech mobility felt too much for me, I couldn't control them as well as I wanted to. Over all, still a fantastic game though. Verdict day though....hooo boy. I never played base 5, and I never will Verdict Day made sure of that. I've heard you comment you're not a huge fan of the damage system in 5th gen. I don't mind the system, but I think it needs more fleshing out before I commit to liking or hating it. But I really didn't like the huge focus on online in Verdict day, even purely playing through the campaign, the game felt barebones compared to 4th gen, hell even 2nd gen. I'm sure there's more total parts in Verdict Day than in AC2. But I *FELT* like I was more restricted in customization than 2. In 2 it felt like there were so many different viable rifle, smgs, assault rifles, miniguns, and sniper rifles you could equip for your arms weapons. And I'm not talking missions, I'm talking arena/PvP. In Verdict Day it felt like you had 3-4 viable weapons in those categories because the online meta was so strict. Despite all my dislike for the formula change in 5th gen, I don't dislike Verdict Day though, the campaign has a really fun story. Also the final boss of Verdict Day is my favorite fight in the entire series. From a lore perspective, they pit you against an unwinnable battle, and from a gameplay perspective it kinda feels that way. The boss is *HARD* , they are outright stronger than you, so you have to be *better* than them. It's such a fun fight to overcome imo. Easily the best boss in the series, from someone who also loved Spirit of Motherwill as one of my top fights. I'd put Verdict Day in high D at the lowest, mid C at the highest. You can probably see where my bias in this series is. As much as I love the general combat of the campaigns. I find the most important aspect of the game to be the small scale AC battles. Things like 1v1, 1v2, even 1v3 fights. As cool of a power fantasy as it is to pilot a NEXT and just tear through 100 MT's and 20 Normals. Beating Ares in the AC2 arena was some of the most fun I had in the series.

Thank you for taking the time to make this! I pretty much totally agree with and share the same rankings, except that I would put Silent Line a tier above For Answer, and I would put 5 and VD into the F tier xD

love seeing your channel grow, hope it booms with the release of AC6

Fantastic as always gent. Only AC game I’ve beaten is For Answer and was pretty easy to pickup from a noob’s point of view, had tons of fun as well

Why is everyone hating on AC5 and Verdict Day so much? The controls were Vastly improved in those games in my opinion and, other than the circular Hud I think most of the design changes were really fun. I have been playing since AC1 and I think Pvp in Verdict Day was some of the best in the series. It's a shame so many people just wrote it off because it was different or because it was released at an unpopular time. Trying to take down Spirit of Mother Will in Verdict Day with four other players is one of the most challenging and fun experiences in armored core.

This was the first video of your's that I've had the pleasure of seeing on launch. Looking forward to many more Above Average Gaming drops

I’m new to this series. Never played a single game before, but all of a sudden I am consuming a lot of mecha related media and I want to get into the AC franchise. One thing I want to say is that, despite Armored Core 5’s bad rep in the community, I love the idea of a multiplayer mecha game. I already play games like Splatoon 2 and 3, so the thought of having that coordinated communicating experience but with these awesome powerful looking mechas with all sorts of bells whistles and mechanics? It just looks like it has tons of high skill ceiling potential that’d make the game riveting and tense in the good way. I hope Armored Core 6 can act as a middle ground gameplay-wise, where you have the option of going into team-based multiplayer matches, but you also have a fleshed out single player that is worth the price of admission.

The PSOne games definitely had frame rate issues even in their day. Definitely hard to go back to after the PS2 sequels, but interesting games that really stood out in their time for those who played them.

Blessed unlisted appeared on my homepage seriously great vid, playing ac 3 portable atm.

I love AC, unfortunately at my age nowadays my reaction time may be too slow. I LOVE the programmable AI, I hope in AC6 they include player made AI and Arenas

...THIS IS FIGHTING TALK

As someone who joined the biggest clans in armored core 5 and verdict day, i can still understand the hate about it. Online gaming wasnt big back then and it kinda sucked on ps3. I still enjoyed defending our territory from other clans and building mechs with coop in mind, meaning i could make a offensive powerhouse without any defense in 5 vs 5 knowing my partners would check my flanks and give warnings in time. It was a very unique experience and i probably had an easier time getting into it as a young boy. Still i also missed the offline parts of the game. And honestly....after a while everyone stopped attacking and we just let friends attack us and give them territory after a while. I think the ideas for verdict day were just too ahead of its time. I could see it work today with the hype of souls games if they manage to create better UI systems but it shouldnt be the focus of AC 6.

Dude I think you nailed this list. Every single opinion you have is the same as mine. Even AC2 being your first game from the series, 4A being probably your favorite, and silent line feeling like punishment I loved almost every minute of.

Great video man, going to sub and follow you for armored core news!

Last Raven is the best by virtue of being the hardest, it forces you to build with purpose and then master that creation in order to win, others (like Silent Line) are great but easy and not as good in my eyes. The easiest was 4A, the fact I can go through that game with a Blade build and second stage everywhere and only the very last mission on hard can make me change the build is a disgrace. I hear the MP is still up which is a plus for it tho.

Silent Line was my first Armored Core and man, the nostalgia trip going and playing AC3 for the first time is insane. Really hope that 6 will get people into the series because it's so good

Pretty solid tier list my dude and 3k+ subs is awesome! I own and have played all of the Armored Cores (minus mobiles and FFAC). I fell in love with this game after I played the demo on a pizza hut demo disc lol (yes I'm old). Anyway, I hope AC6 kicks ass because i have been waiting a long time for it. Good luck and Congrats above average gaming.

Armored Core 5's multiplayer looked sick from what I saw of it. I hope AC6 gets popular enough to sustain a small to medium sized competitive scene because that shit is SO COOL!

Nice breakdown, mate! Top marks!

ngl, since the AC6 announcement i've been wanting to get into the franchise since i really wanted a good mech game for a while, and your vid really gave me a good idea of which one to start first pro will be playing AC3 and silent line

Really curious to see how fast AC6 will be. I'm guessing they want to pull a bigger audience to it this time around, with how much resources they probably sank into it. Because of that, I doubt it'll play as fast as 4A. But hopefully they don't slow it down too much, either.

Wasn't expecting a video, a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

Tastes aside, it's great to find someone who's posting stuff on AC and is ready to not shut up about these games all the way into and beyond AC6. This isn't Souls, where there's now a million people with an opinion, so finding someone like this feels pretty good.

only Armored Core game I have not played is FORUMLA FRONT. You forgot a key peice of what made Armored Core 2 so good, CO OP missions. This imo makes it S tier.

Can't wait to watch this channel blow up when 6 comes out.

Last raven and nexus were the last ones i played on ps2 so they were my favs, the first one i played was ac2 and i played everyone in between. I cant wait to see what FromSoft has in store for us in ac6.

Thanks for your reviews man. I've been getting into the mech genre lately and your videos on AC really helped me figure out what I could expect from those games. I'm definitely gonna play a few of those on emulators and pick up ACVI when it comes out :) Hopefully you'll make a video on it by then

I just wanted to post on here that I think what your doing is awesome no one shows these games any love. AC2 was also my first game in the series picked it up at goodwill when I was like maybe 10. Never have been good at it but they will always be special games to me. Hope you keep posting videos I will definitely be watching🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

Formula Front has a pretty neat soundtrack, and the expansion game actually lets you pilot your own ACs if you want. The arenas from what i can remember were just a step of above being okay, and i do remember there being lots of parts, but nothing really stand out. All-in-all it's worth a try imo.

Can't fault this tier list, I started AC as a franchise with the first game, discovered it on a old ps1 demo disc, instantly got hooked with the customisation and unique gameplay, AC4A will always be my favourite, I understand the ridiculous speed but it was so much fun, plus arms forts just all around look cool and feel epic to battle. Also love how the views on all your AC videos have boomed, it ain't a massive fanbase, but it's dedicated to the cause, especially with the AC6 announcement.

Nice to see another Silent Line fan! Definitely my favourite entry as well

I guess I'm the weird guy here. I'm the opposite of this list, I've only played formula front (you should play the international version) and have never played any other AC games until like a couple of months ago. I'm currently playing the very first AC game very slowly and I want to do a No Human+ run for all the AC games eventually. Great list! I've also watched all the other AC videos. You've earned a sub!

AC2 is S tier. But I’m admittedly biased. Were you on the forums? I used to know every part and every stat, of nearly every game in the AC2 and AC3 lineup. But since I haven’t played the games in 17 years, and largely left video games completely as I moved on to new things in life, I’ve forgotten most of it. It’s all in my mind somewhere, but I need to play these over again. AC6 is the only reason that I’m going to buy a PS5. I have no other use for it lol EDIT: I really wish you’d stop pushing OP intensify and Human Plus, along with using the Karasawa. Broken mechanics and parts are unacceptable lol

This is an excellent resource for us AC noobs. I started playing 3 a few days ago as my first and it's such a great game. Although I'm getting to a point where I'm failing a lot and may just restart now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing lol

Great video! Maybe add more game play for review like this. This video would get even more view!!!

Nice work man

Yeah I was waiting for this video.

Man AC: For Answer was my favorite game growing up. Lost count of how many times I fought the Great Wall or the Cabracan and I absolutly adored the ORCA route you unlock after beating the game the first time.

Ac4a. You said it dead on, spirit of motherwill is absolutely unforgettable.

thank you very much for your explanation i hope you can redirect more this video for what is the best game to enter in the series because i never played anyone but im very interested in the franchise (sorry my english is xd)

My thoughts as I go through the video: You really should try disc 2 of Master of Arena, There are so many types of arenas with lots of fun themes. you will have a blast with it, yes the game is abit dated, but going into what will be fresh new content for you, you'll forget all about how old the game is. Nexus....ugh Formula Front was a ton of fun, I had it on the PSP, it's a rather different experience from a standard armored core game, but I remember it more fondly than certain other titles in the series. hope you enjoy your holidays and vacation! hope I can catch your livestream this weekend!

Armored Core For Answer in S tier, WHERE IT BELONGS. I don't think I've sank more hours into any other AC game than FA. I even SS ranked the game and got the bird. That game hits all the right spots for me and I really hope AC6 takes some DNA from FA. ACV and VD had so much potential cause I really do like the way they play with more cover based/tactical combat but goddamn making it multiplayer focused was such a bad idea. Armored Core is the definition of niche, ain't no way the servers are going to to stay active for long.

Great video as always man, love your content, can't wait to see the next breakdown/review of Gen4 AC games Anyway I also grew up playing the old AC games since PS1 and thankfully I've managed to enjoy all them including the divisive ACV/VV, I like them for what they are even for being more slower than previous tittles, at least for me it makes them a bit more "tactical"(if putting it that way) either on campaign and as well as the multiplayer, I also put that to the state in-game universe that they lost all the advancement tech from AC4 & FA hense why they have to manage from scraps or dig sites searching for lost tech, so it didn't bother me much probably cause I got engaged in the world, plus they also add a lot of in mission side quest/challenges for getting higher score, more money, free parts(aside of finding a few scatter on the mission areas) and one cool thing was that you can clear areas and call down the helicopters for resupply, customize your home base, create you own merc company/clan, etc etc overall I found my fun with them and still do but yeah still my top favorites still are AC4 & FA.

The announcement for AC6 has me really interested in the franchise, I remember hearing about AC during the last few years of the ps3 era but couldn't find the games (I was really young so I probably wasn't searching hard enough lol). Really excited for 6 and wish I could play the older games

Armored Core V had one of my favorite aesthetics... in the intro/trailer. The image of ACs being sent out into an actual battlefield rather than the almost clinical mission settings was so hype. That blend of realism and giant mechs. And then besides two or so missions it didn't really come up. It was such a shame.

Been a fan since demo disk days on ps1... my favorite is silent line. I was one of the weirdos that immersed in first person mech action. 4 and FA were ok, but the mechs felt more floaty than previous games, only ever made sense to me to go that fast when you had a rocket strapped to your back.

I completely forgot that I played AC3 until I saw that opening cutscene and knew it shot for shot

Quality list. Silent Line and For Answer are my Favorites too, though I would put For Answer Higher. I'm much harsher on AC4 though, I would have put it at F tier, the mission design makes the game basically unredeemable. I'd also give Nine Breaker a double FF. For the record, I've been playing Armored Core since before the game officially came out, spending hours on the Demo Disc that came with the PS1, getting every Main Line Armored Core game except Verdict Day. I even had those awesome 10 inch figures that were exclusive to EBgames, god I wish I still had them, they were the two red AC's from the AC3 Intro, fully interchangeable parts, fully articulated, I think they were like $80 Each.

My hope is that AC6 gets your channel to pop off. A LOT more people than ever before are gonna be playing it with the reputation FromSoft has built over the years.

As someone who considers AC3 my definitive AC game, I had zero issues with the direction AC4 took. I remember being hyped for AC5 never picked it up and glad I didn't after I watched some gameplay. If the devs of AC6 pull anything from AC5 I will accept wall kicking as a means to reduce energy consumption for vertical movement. Glad my favorites got such high marks.

I've always wanted to play this series since I was a child but I've only read about it in magazines and never got to get my hands on one of these games until recently when I started playing AC3 and I'm loving it

7:11 "The only issue is the bad controls" As a masochist who has defeated Nineball Serfaph (no H+) and Zinaida on my phone with PSP touch screen controls I think Silent Line's controls should not be an issue for me lol.

Bro! Amazing video!!! Also, really consider doing something between the Armored Core and the Ace Combat series. There's a lot in common and there's a recent Ace Combat that can have similar visuals!!!!

Even though I've played some of these(which I enjoyed tbh) Silent Line and 4A is the only AC games I loved, because these 2 game let me enjoy using dual blades, it just fits my style

I started in ACIII and of course that's one of my favorite ones, however Silent Line, Last Raven and 4nswer really got me. The 4nswer was the first one that I really felt some advantage to use lightweight legs instead of a tank build, so it changed my experience in a very good way. Unfortunately (or not) I skipped the V era, so my memories still stuck in the top ACs. I can't even say how hyped I'm about ACVI

The only Armoured Core I've ever played was 3, and I had an absolute blast with it. Its nice to see it rank so high, and I can't wait for 6

I think ACV is the best in terms of combat system. OP clearly loved 4 but hear me out. I've played in the "everyone using the same build" period and I wiped everyone out with my own build. Tank leg and dual gatling guns was the meta and I figured that if I used a fast AC with 2 light sniper rifles I can just stay out of the gatling range and kill them safely. Turns out your AC can be very fast if you build it right and since I barely have enough ammo I have a blade just in case although I used it like once in 20 games. I switched it out for a light spike for team missions because you need to take out stationary targets in those. Oh and later they patched the game and the meta is no longer the same although the patch come to EU a bit late and I didn't play nearly as much post-patch as I got very busy irl. The best thing about ACV is that tank legs and quad legs are finally got their own identity, and the terrain finally meant something. You have to think more before/in combat and to me that's the entire series is about. 1) tank legs have the most AP and armor but slow, can't climb/bounce on walls so VERY limited mobility. You can hop on a 3-story building but that's it, other ACs can just shit on you from higher buildings all day. These can use heavy sniper cannons while moving which is unique too. Quad legs can bounce from walls a bit but not very well--you need forever to clime a building so don't try it under fire. It can use the sniper cannon and only need to stay stationary. Other legs need to kneel to use the sniper cannon which is straight suicide so I ditched the idea after a few tries. 2) Terrain meant something unlike AC4. You can use buildings as cover, hide and everything, and more importantly you can use buildings to boost your mobility. I remember there's a training mission makes you kill 3 targets while wall bouncing within 10 seconds. And I thought it was impossible until I realized that you can be VERY fast if you are tight with your wall bounces. The drawback is that as a online game it wasn't on PC which is a head-scratcher but I guess Fromsoft is a console-based company at its root. PC community would loved it to death as long as fromsoft sort out the controls for it. Like even in its imperfect form I know a lot of players formed teams and played a ton. I personally only played in arena modes or help other players with their missions, but I don't hate the multiplayer part as the single player part is already solid and multiplayer was indeed getting popular--battlefield 3/4 anyone?--so a sensible choice to me. Just realized recently I haven't played AC:VD yet, so sad I didn't manage to get my PS3 working today. I really wish they could remake AC4 and 5 including their respective follow-up game. Older games are too tough for modern players I'm afraid, the control is just too clunky.

I think I'm with you on all these that I've played - though I have a soft spot for the first one. Honestly Formula Front was pretty dope for what it is, but I feel like C is fair having played it.

it's refreshing to see someone who actually played the game give a retrospective. Where some Dark souls loretubers who just saw the new trailer and are all of a sudden pivoting to become AC fans/"experts".

I picked up AC V at a Gamestop to pick up an extra copy of Minecraft (I had several game disks fall victim to the disk tray) and honestly it was a decision I will never regret. One of the cooler games I played on the 360. The way you talked about V reminded me of how Halo 3 players talked about Halo Reach back in the day, the thing to keep in mind is that games will never be exactly like they used to. Interested to see where the focus is for 6, or really anything about it, since it's been so long.

Been playing 4 Answer lately over the AC6 announcements. Building AC's that play like a dream and mop the floor with other ACs is just such a good feeling.

Played about 80% of them since Phantasma. Gotta say, for whatever reason, AC4A is the special one to me.

You can manually control ACs in Formula Front. The international version also has extra content

Nice video, thanks! ✌🏼😁🎮

Thanks for the video! Old school player pre ps3 era. Loved the earlier ps1 and ps2 games. I enjoyed nexus and later much more for the improved controls. Terrific trip down memory lane and really a good case for a remade collection for newer hardware😍

I started with 4A and recently went back to play 4 and... Yeah it was weird. So familiar, but I felt so limited. Hearing you talk about them here helps me know I wasn't crazy. It makes sense though. New gen of consoles and 4A is the sequel so of course it had more stuff.

Same here man. AC2 is where I joined the franchise. And honestly verdict day was some of the most fun I ever had with my friends on Xbox. The competitive multiplayer was something amazing. The culture… oh how I miss the culture. I actually hope 6 brings this back

If you were to try Formula Front I do recommend Formula Front International since it has additional content. The funny thing about Formula Front though is the PS2 version of the game is pretty different to the PSP as just an immediate example the PS2 version is a 5v5 format while the PSP is 1v1 so in the PS2 version you had to design 5 ACs with AI and each part was unique so if you use it on one build you couldnt use it on the other.

Very cool video but I realized while watching it a third time, with someone else who wasn't sure what AC to go with that I recognized the music somewhere and I couldn't figure out where?

As someone who started on the PS1 with project phantasma and had thebsame group of friends playing through the games as they came out, I feel like I have some insight on the reasons people who love the 5 series do. For one, like you sauid 4A already pushed the speed game as far as it could manageably go, so going to a heavier, slower style ofgame was a change of pace people appreciated, since they probably werent gping to out-4A 4A. Also the system of kicking off terrain to fet speed boosts fpr mocing around quickly was often more engaging than just mashing R2. 5 also has a really cool mission structure as a single ppayer game where the missions are longer and their scope usually increases to add objectives amd increase the operational area as you go; with the option to either push on with what you still have or call in (and pay for) a supply drop to reload and repair before moving forward being a fun part of the mercenary fantasy. The team PvP was a cool idea that didnt really work, bit the coop superbosses kn VD were pretty fun, shame about the whole "multiplayer is basically required for them" aspect a decade later, though. LR. VD, and 4A are my top 3 because they all provide basically the peaks of different experiences the series offers, with MoA slightly below just because it still is old and clunky.

Awesome video and I 100% agree with this list. Not as big a veteran as @above average gaming, but my first ac game was 3 and then silent line being second and so on. This is so cool to see videos like this getting thousands of views in a short time frame, relatively speaking compared to before the announcement. Anyways keep doing what you doing mate, and for anyone interested of random gameplay check out a small channel called buster tbm, if you’re looking to play it. He helps with finding extra parts and is entertaining to watch. Edit: Nexus is… a real big step down from silent line 💀 so don’t feel bad if you can’t emulate it properly or anything, not missing out on much. Anyways definitely earned a sub love these small ac content creators!

Armored Core vet here. If you aren't sure about spending 60 bucks on Armored Core 6, buy a older entry for like 10 or 15 bucks at 2nd hand shop to see if it's for you. Armored Core belongs to a genre called "vehicle simulator" (this is an actual term), some of the most well-known are MechWarrior or Star Wars TIE Fighter. It's a category originating from PCs, where the controls are often so complex, it requires every key on the keyboard (no joke). In simpler terms, imagine Microsoft Flight Simulator... but for fictional 75-ton mechs. I made a video about this very topic.