Armored Core VI - They Were Good Pilots (GMV)

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Ай бұрын

Music: "He was a good Stalker - Synthwave Version" by Tamás Borbély ( • He was a good stalker ... )
[This is a 1080p video upscaled to 4K to preserve bitrate and avoid artifacts, expect loss of quality when viewing at higher resolutions!]
Dedicated to the friends C4-621 failed to keep on his path across the scorched surface of Rubicon III.
It has been quite a while since any game resonated with me as much as ACVI with it's stunning cast of deeply human characters. I wanted to put emphasis on the fickle nature of allegiances and how comrades will turn into enemies for reasons beyond you and them.
The song featured in this edit is a remix of a simple campfire ballad from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, meant to commemorate comrades and friends lost to the Zone.
This project started in early March of 2024 and took well over a hundred hours of recording and editing. I hope you enjoy.

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@briandarnell2273 Ай бұрын

I hated fighting Michigan. And Carla. and the redguns. All of them. I know it's not real, but they meant so much to my raven.

@kurdtcoben Ай бұрын

Yea, absolutely! Intercept the Redguns was the first time I felt really, really bad about what I was doing in this game. Michigan being your biggest hypeman even when you're out to kill him was something that I wasn't (and still ain't) prepared for emotionally. And betraying Carla right after she saved your ass was insanely cruel. Especially when you manage to make Chatty laugh during that fight and she thanks you for it. Damn, that stung! But what a great game to make you feel these kinds of ways! Thanks for checking out my video

@vin7490 Ай бұрын

Gun Red being optimistic person, but aftet meet

@digital1684 13 күн бұрын

@@kurdtcobenI think it’s supposed to be that way, raven like Walter said is emotionally disconnected like most gen 4s, killing them or betraying them being Raven’s shot in the arm so to speak, and ours. Same way titanfall 2 made you care during the campaign.

@angellmikelldominguezbueno1525 Ай бұрын

Most of them were good people, they just were in opposite sides...

@kurdtcoben 29 күн бұрын

Thankfully, 621 was on no one's side officially so we were able to be on everyone's side at some point or another. Too bad it didn't last though... Reminds me a lot of what The Boss said in MGS3 which always resonated deeply with me: "The foibles of politics and the march of time can turn friends into enemies, just as easily as the wind changes. Ridiculous, isn't it? Yesterday's ally becomes today's opposition."

@malikoniousjoe 21 күн бұрын

Not Snail though. Absolute garbage

@IcarusMundi 20 күн бұрын

Everyone except Snail. And perhaps Brute.

@angellmikelldominguezbueno1525 20 күн бұрын

Yeah I said most, because we got V. II, G5, sulla, G3 and maybe G2

@BlastMagicianYGO 11 күн бұрын

@@angellmikelldominguezbueno1525what's wrong with G2? He was Michigan's right hand.

@Earliersphere 27 күн бұрын

the game had such a simpile plot, but the writers and VAs did an amazing job getting us to like and hate a bunch of cut throats, corp muscle and a weird parasite. I love so many of the characters.

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@Earliersphere Yes, they were beyond amazing! I still keep coming back to the Ice Worm mission or Intercept the Redguns just for the amazing banter. And having a little heart to heart with buddy or laughing alongside Carla and Chatty always cures my bad mood.

@hamzah2556 29 күн бұрын

I didn’t expect a game with no human faces ever shown to break my heart. But Armored Core 6 did, and I’m grateful for it. Fingers crossed for DLC/Expansion eventually - I’ll fly on borrowed wings ‘til then.

@fleetmastereddie6306 26 күн бұрын

I wanted to apologize. I wanted to regret. But that would be a smear on all their names. The best I can give them is a fight worth dying for, and the knowledge i did it because I had to... to get where I had to go. The admission, that in another life, another set of circumstances. I called all of them... friends. We're all battle buddies now... and I'll remember them all.

@psy4597 28 күн бұрын

The addition of the Redguns cheering after Michigan's pep talk is a detail I'm glad you kept. It was a reflection of how amazing a leader he was and what he meant to others that weren't you. It's what broke me when I first killed him. These pilots were people, and we snuffed their flames out to keep ours burning.

@TheRaptor0101 29 күн бұрын

This game twisted the emotional knife so many times. And it never failed to make me feel so guilty. Every victory was so bittersweet... And I want more of it.

@kurdtcoben 29 күн бұрын

Absolutely true! I admire a game series that gives you the freedom to be "the bad guy" without judging you for it directly and FromSoft has always been great at it! We need more games like these.

@AutomatonCreek777 12 күн бұрын

Well Rusty… I did find a purpose… To watch everything burn in my name…

@metalgearexcelsus 3 күн бұрын

I will dive into The fire Spilling the blood of My desire The very last time My name Scorched into The SKYYYYYYYY

@funnyman4311 27 күн бұрын

Having 100%ed this game, and being so, unfathomably proud of it, having replayed it countless times, killing all those pilots never truly got easier with each time. Every fight hurt. Except for V.II. That man can go die in a hole with Arquebus Balteus. Thank you for making me feel the heartache again, and I mean that genuinely. Reminds me how much I love the game and why I 100%ed it in the first place.

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@funnyman4311 Thanks a lot, glad to hear it resonated with you so much. Always especially happy to see it touch the people who've spent a lot of time with ACVI or longtime fans in general, that's worth so much.

@funnyman4311 27 күн бұрын

@@kurdtcoben I'll have you know that your edit is going into my playlist of my favorite videos. And that it also nearly made me cry lol.

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@funnyman4311 Hahaha,aww. Yea ngl, editing this I kept choking up at certain points myself. Especially going over certain footage over and over and over and hearing the voice lines - it does a number on you. Makes me happy to know I made something ghat you wanna come back to every now and then :)

@GallowayJesse 20 күн бұрын

I've never replayed a game so many times

@Kazuhira2249 28 күн бұрын

i only killed walter for completion's sake because damn he is a real one to me the canon ending is where raven becomes a monster who burned the stars, all of them are morally gray depending on your perspective

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@Kazuhira2249 Amen, Amen, Gospel Amen!

@Leoofmoon 20 күн бұрын

It's hard to fight in a AC when your eyes are streaming tears.

@othersatern1347 28 күн бұрын

I can’t help but tear up a little hearing all my old friends and remembering that I had to kill them all, and the end screen with all the names of the pilots that really hit me in the feels

@kurdtcoben 28 күн бұрын

@@othersatern1347 Yea man, same. I made this video more for myself than anyone else exactly because it still hurts so much.

@gzer0x 27 күн бұрын

Michigan, Carla, Ayre, Chatty, and even Gun 6 all pulled at my heartstrings. (also rip to the newbie pilot, we hardly knew ye... you could *almost* keep up)

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@gzer0x Gun6's psychosis was surprisingly effective, considering he had no screen time at all and was just a voice that gave us objectives. Very brutal way of presenting him in person, especially the way he suddenly turns from ally into enemy in an instant. Memorable af.

@MIgest_4th 22 күн бұрын

The fact that you used a starter ac build with small changes makes this video a whole lot better edits

@kurdtcoben 15 күн бұрын

Damn, I completely missed your comment until now! Really, really glad you noticed that. Some fights were such a pain with that loadout but I'm so happy someone picked up on it in the end. Your comment made the suffering worth it! :p

@elbowl13 26 күн бұрын

This game is polarizing for me. While fighting im ruthless and sometimes so unforgiving as to finish people off with a kick. But man these people really grew on me. I felt bad attacking Carla and Michigan. Man shit hurt. And rusty felt like a true friend. It all hurt

@forrestgumball 8 күн бұрын

621: Everyone loves me or hates me Strayed: Everyone fears me

@RobotPanda15 14 күн бұрын

This game rivals Ace Combat in its ability to make extremely memorable characters using voices alone.

@connorjohnson5395 3 күн бұрын

"Look at you... 621. You found... a friend..." Walter's final words always hit hard. He was a monster that intended to start a fire that would burn the very stars. Yet in the end, his mind broken and fragmented as he was "re-educated" to be just another tool and fighting both for and against the goal he worked towards for decades, he's happy you have someone beside you.

@armoredcorelore 27 күн бұрын

Very well put together and it certainly brought back the feels for me. Grand work.

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@armoredcorelore Thanks for the compliments :) Bringing back the feels is what it was all for!

@MythBoy64 27 күн бұрын

I'll always be Gun 13 at heart

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

Absolutely! Curse of the Redguns forever!

@lalouwu6371 24 күн бұрын

After finishing Stalker SoC and hearing the "He was a good Stalker" song more, it makes this feel sadder

@kurdtcoben 24 күн бұрын

@@lalouwu6371 Sorry, not sorry. That was entirely intentional. Seems I hit the mark then :) Thanks for watching!

@midazail Ай бұрын

Just as a flame turns to cinders, the life cycle of AC6 comes to an end. I hope we get at least something for the game's anniversary. And so... People live as long as we remember them. The same applies to absolutely everything, including games. So let's remember it at peak!

@kurdtcoben 29 күн бұрын

I don't think AC6 is anywhere near the end of it's life cycle. It might not be the "hot new thing" anymore but it's still being played. Hell, I'm not planning on dropping it anytime in the foreseeable future! And people still play the older Gens religously as well. AC6 will always be at it's peak if it managed to resonate with you, it's timeless! And I will surely remember it until the day I go cold.

@vulpesinculta3478 Ай бұрын

This is simply amazing, thank you for making this, one of my absolute favorite games of all time

@kurdtcoben Ай бұрын

Aw man, you humble me! Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it :)

@dsbdsb6637 20 күн бұрын

2 underrated series mixed to absolute perfection, Amazing....

@kurdtcoben 20 күн бұрын

@@dsbdsb6637 I would call neither of them underrated as both have a very strong and loyal fan base but I get what you're saying. Thanks for the compliments :)

@smileytrashbag6713 7 күн бұрын

"You can tell this to posterity: mean old Michigan died of a bad fall!" taking him out might've felt the worst right alongside Rusty and Walter, "Gun 13" felt like the only title we really EARNED for ourselves, in large part thanks to Michigan's respect for you as a pilot. We steal the name Raven, we're assigned the number 621, the closest thing the Vespers give you is "Walter's Hound" from Snail and a nice "buddy" from Rusty. Meanwhile, the Redguns make you the Wallclimber, they make you the Wormkiller, and Michigan is quick to remind the troops not to underestimate you when you go to fight him and the Redguns. Even if the corporations were too doomed to ever make it official, I damn proud to be a Redgun one way or another.

@kurdtcoben 7 күн бұрын

@@smileytrashbag6713 I've always worn the Gun13 tag with pride and respect and it will remain until I'm nothing but rust in the rubble.

@SniperzITA 25 күн бұрын

We just wanted to live.... But the price was.... Everything....

@Sonicbuster756 12 күн бұрын

You know for game without a single human getting screen time. This was the most emotional exhausting game I’ve played so far this year

@Helldiver450 5 күн бұрын

So many meaningful chatacters whose faces i will never see.

@chiffer1787 5 күн бұрын

I mourn the fact that I'll never get to play this game for the first time again

@CaptainNemo1024 Ай бұрын

edit is fire

@kurdtcoben Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@zylo257 10 күн бұрын

They made you care. They made you kill.... But no one can make you forget.

@teddycush55 56 минут бұрын

Ah it was hard I felt expendable and proved myself, felt like my 621 was to prove themselves. After countless playthroughs it became harder to side with one group. Thanks for making this. They deserved this

@spoopyghosti6961 13 күн бұрын

I did find my friend Walter. If only you could’ve met them under better circumstances…

@sheeptheshawn240 8 күн бұрын

"They Were Good Pilots" The double zimmerman build shredding them in 3 seconds: (I hated killing Carla :< she was nice to me)

@kurdtcoben 6 күн бұрын

'Tourist' was my favourite title right after 'Gun13'. They way she said it didn't sound condescending, it sounded very affectionate and familiar. Get your laughs while you can!

@metalgearexcelsus 22 күн бұрын

Walter, an old, broken man who tried to make things right. Ayre, a cute voice in your head who always accompanied you. Rusty, my... no, OUR Buddy. Carla and Chatty, a good pair of your guiders across the Rubicon. G1 Michigan, an absolute Chad. G5 Iguazu, while consumed by envy, hate, humiliation and fear of becoming the worse 4th Gen, he was more strong-willed than anyone else. G6 Red, Michigan's biggest fan. Fuck V.II Snail. All my homies hate V.II Snail.

@letsdrake3558 Ай бұрын

That was excellently compositioned!

@kurdtcoben Ай бұрын

Thanks so much :) Glad to know all the effort paid off!

@andrewowens4421 26 күн бұрын

While there _were_ outright villains, most of the pilots you were fighting were just people trying to make ends meet and live in the crazy world they're in. Good people caught up in a conflict they had no control over; puppets to others who wanted to dominate. And in the end humanity came to an end. What it became is anyone's guess, but it's fact that 621 converted all of humanity into something else. Good people died for your goal to be reached.

@kurdtcoben 26 күн бұрын

@@andrewowens4421 If you want to move forwards you'll have to leave something behind. But I don't think there were any villains in this whole story. Even unlikable people like Snail or Coldcall just acted according to their beliefs and values.

@OCTO358 11 күн бұрын

I mean, it's just one of the endings.

@Lifeisshort1049 21 сағат бұрын

Someone lit the sauna in my eyes 😢

@wanderingaceminecraftandmo8034 26 күн бұрын

I had to stop playing for a little when I did the FoR ending. It was after Rusty's defeat before i had to fight Ayre. For a second, I saw my version of 621 break down crying when he realized what he did. What he felt he had no choice in. And what would be the inevitable end for his story burned in the Fires of Raven.

@MrNeutral Күн бұрын

That was just genuinely phenomenal, oh my god...

@kurdtcoben Күн бұрын

@@MrNeutral Thanks a lot mate, means much to me.

@luckyboy7263 10 күн бұрын

Every time I play this game, story, NEST, whatever. I just feel lonely, never would I feel happy playing this game. Walter, Carla and Michigan saw us as a weapon, a merc - but as they saw us more, learned about us. They got closer. Rusty, a true friend, he already managed to know who we truly were in the matter of seconds. He cared, we were his battle buddy, his friend. What made me feel *truly* lonely in this game, was ayre. She met us, and had already seen us a *person,* not a weapon, or a merc. She treated us like we were something worth fighting for to her. She wanted to live - not as a voice in your head, but rather, as a rubiconian. Never would I feel happy playing this game… why? Cos it is simply too perfect.

@sadbergboyo5170 8 күн бұрын

this might be my favorite armored core video to date

@kurdtcoben 8 күн бұрын

@@sadbergboyo5170 Aw man, you humble me greatly. Really glad you enjoyed it this much. Makes the time spent on it so worth it. Thanks for watching

@davidsun3511 7 күн бұрын

The fact that there was no human face to face interaction compared to other mecha games makes the story of Armored Core 6 all the more a compelling tragedy filled with grief and sorrow.

@care8071 13 күн бұрын

It is certainly sad. But what better way to face them all, then by giving it all you have? They are all warriors... Best not disappoint.

@commanderstorm8874 13 күн бұрын

God I need to play through again

@Lone_Wandering0 7 күн бұрын

Carla, Michigan, Chatty, Rusty, most of the redguns, they didnt have to die like that. best we can do his remember what they fought for and keep their memories alive. Rest easy soldiers you all have earned it.

@Peter_Anthony 2 күн бұрын

I had no idea that it could rain inside a mech...

@kurdtcoben 2 күн бұрын

@@Peter_Anthony It's a terrible day for rain, indeed...

@Foreseer117 5 күн бұрын

Damn this hits. I actually teared up when I beat Walter. A man trapped in his own curse, doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. But in the end he saw that things could be different. They were all good pilots, great even. More than pilots people with hopes and dreams. Unfortunately we just fought for our dream a little harder.

@melo404 24 күн бұрын

I Feel so sad for killing Walter and G6 - Red

@mikeobrien7724 8 күн бұрын

God damn. This hurt, well done.

@kurdtcoben 8 күн бұрын

@@mikeobrien7724 I'm so sorry. But thanks for the compliment, glad you enjoyed it :)

@cthulhupanda36 28 күн бұрын

Very cool. I love videos like this. I made one myself earlier this year. I got halfway done with a second one and put it on hold as I had too much other stuff going on. Maybe it's time to take another look at it?

@kurdtcoben 28 күн бұрын

@@cthulhupanda36 Trust me, I had this cooking for quite a while. Started recording shortly after finishing my first playthrough in May last year and then dropped it multiple times over the following months. If you have something you want to create the just go ahead and do it, there's no story not worth hearing.

@yeet_the_heat6328 23 күн бұрын

It‘s wild how G3 Wu Huahai isn’t mentioned while even SNAIL made it into the memory list o_o

@kurdtcoben 23 күн бұрын

@@yeet_the_heat6328 Gun13 doesn't respect traitors.

@metalgearexcelsus 22 күн бұрын

@@kurdtcoben - Snail abandoned Maeterlink; - Iguazu went AWOL twice; - Brute betrayed Carla. All of them are in memory list.

@yeet_the_heat6328 21 күн бұрын

@@kurdtcoben Took me long enough to realize but the Student Pilot didnt get a mention, I always felt bad for the poor son Wish he'd have gotten a mention as well.

@kurdtcoben 15 күн бұрын

@@yeet_the_heat6328Sorry for not replying earlier but apparently KZfaq doesnt deem all comments worth a notification. The reason why the student and Ayre aren't on the list is simply due to technicalities because they didn't have a true callsign. Your criticism is 100% justified though.

@yeet_the_heat6328 15 күн бұрын

@@kurdtcoben No problems, (insert Rustys voice:) "buddy", This edit is one of my favorites and I am coming back to it on a regular basis. Love the effort.

@snakebot4986 27 күн бұрын

Fantastic.

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@snakebot4986 Thanks!

@Fatatoad 5 күн бұрын

One of my favorite games ever

@DC-tx4mo 27 күн бұрын

This fucking slaps 😢

@kurdtcoben 27 күн бұрын

@@DC-tx4mo Thank you! :)

@Aki-ww6ev 29 күн бұрын

Damn.

@kurdtcoben 29 күн бұрын

@@Aki-ww6ev No swearing pls, it makes baby Jesus cry :(

@Loreofw0rlds 28 күн бұрын

God damn... how did you remove the HUD? Jealous as hell of that gameplay footage...

@kurdtcoben 28 күн бұрын

www.nexusmods.com/armoredcore6firesofrubicon/mods/104

@artisan2906 15 күн бұрын

thanks for the captions!

@kurdtcoben 15 күн бұрын

@@artisan2906 You're very welcome :) Happy to hear they were useful to you, many people unfortunately disregard them.

@S3ZNS_GR3ZNS 28 күн бұрын

I love this game so much

@pokeng 25 күн бұрын

I came for epic GMV. I left with tears.

@kurdtcoben 24 күн бұрын

@@pokeng Wipe off your tears, Raven. We've got a job to do!

@lilzenongene 14 күн бұрын

Sobbing.

@kurdtcoben 14 күн бұрын

@@lilzenongene I'm sorry. Let it out, tears are love that needs to be free.

@spacewargamer4181 29 күн бұрын

Thia is pretty good

@kurdtcoben 29 күн бұрын

@@spacewargamer4181 Thanks!

@Captain00Chaos 15 күн бұрын

Only selfish cowards side with Ayre.

@motorcycle-man 23 күн бұрын

I understand it is a thing in gaming but I hate that 60fps and up thing in film/cinematic/video form.