"There's this real sense of hope" - It's the saddest music I've ever heard in my entire life. This is kind of long because I'm trying to explain some things. Mostly, there's a lot of back story attached to this music. Not game lore but I mean this sort of meta experience the developers want the player to experience when they hear this song while playing through a mission. So, FAIR WARNING. When it's put alongside you killing like 50 people in the span of 2 minutes and the next story beat is "Hey, nothing got better. But you made money." it kind of cooks into this sort of nauseating feel that you sort of like. The song is a remix of Cosmos, which plays during the final missions of Armored Core for Answer, and the original version is a lot grittier feeling. This version will play in Verdict Day, which is even more post-apocalyptic than for Answer, if you have the DLC for the music. It is worth pointing out, most of the music for Verdict Day is incredibly dark, so these remixes which are really quick and pop stand out to bring a sort of nostalgia feeling which is a theme of the game, as the story of Verdict Day revealed that Armored Core 5 and Verdict Day are actually a pair of sequels to Armored Core 4 and for Answer, and are likely prequels to Armored Core 1, Project Phantasm, and Master of Arena. This is important only because as of Armored Core 3, it looked like FROM was making new timelines for each generation. So to see 4 -> fA -> 5 -> VD -> 1 -> PP -> MoA -> 2 -> AA all linked together like that was kind of mind blowing, as a much more cohesive timeline was formed and the game, and this is also important, didn't actually tell us that this was the case until the very last mission. So this throw back to the older music, of which the DLC has music from more than just for Answer, is very thematic. It plays into this repeating beat of history looping in on itself, of mankind destroying itself over and over and over again with no real hope that things will ever really get much better. Just a cycle of increasingly desolate apocalypses that scorch the Earth into an ashen dust ball every few hundred years. So you're sitting there, listening to this old music remixed, and you're unlocking art assets which only ever appeared before in the very first game, fighting in a war that is escalating quickly, and you realize that nothing will get better. Things will only get worse. But again.. At least you got paid. And that's about when that little tickle of nausea sets in and you sort of decide you want it to stay a while because for some reason it helps you play better. You might notice a lot of Armored Core players actually do refer to each other as Ravens (or Lynx, for the "new comers", yeah you lot are getting old too!), and I think it's because after we subject ourselves to feeling like absolute crap for so long and after years of honing our skills at this game franchise we probably get uhm.. a little *too* immersed in it? This stuff, it gets into you kind of like a disease. I don't really know how to explain it, but I know it's there in my brain and it's there in a lot of other players too. So this music hits a little differently for us. So while the music is enjoyable on its own I think the full impact of the song requires non-aural components which must be more than seen, they must be experienced through the interactive aspect of playing the games. I think a lot of video game music is like that, though. When you have this music blaring at you, and you're surrounded by a dead city that's seen a worse hell than anything Dante's Inferno could have imagined up, and someone is charging straight at you with intent to kill and.. and it's just you two. Right there. Right then. You almost forget it's a game. By the time you get to the part you see as "Danger," the mission is probably nearly over. It's pretty rare for a mission to last that long, so if it has you're probably in some kind of climactic battle with an enemy team of players over some burned out, ash covered, radioactive shit hole piece of territory, decorated with the titanic corpses of boss enemies mass produced during the last great war, slain and left to rust. You're darting between them, trying to ignore what they are, what you did before to cause this, trying to not become like them, trying to make the other asshole share their fate. Your ammo's low. Your armor's half melted. You've got a back up blade, some sort of laser-chainsaw, and you're thinking about if you're going to need it. You're thinking about what the other guy is thinking. How many steps ahead of you is he? Does he know whether you'll juke left or right from behind cover? You try to think back. Which did you do more often before? Will he expect that or predict you'll switch it up? Did he stop firing the particle gun before to conserve energy or did it run out of shots? If it's the latter, you're good, but otherwise? He's had plenty of time for his generator to replenish power. You realize you're kind of fucked. Two seconds have passed in that span of time. You can't stall any longer. You pop a scanning drone. it's your last one. You see the other guy's silhouette through cover. He looks like he's kind of doing the same thing you are. He's probably a pretty good guy. He probably also still has scanning drones left. Maybe he's just waiting to take his shot. The music turns. It's slowed down. It's time to make your move, Raven.

Ace Combat 🤝 Armored Core "AC means flying death machines and amazing soundtracks"

Sorry for the shaky opera highlight. My dad was being a super supportive father and filming a bootlleg for me and he shook

In case of misunderstanding, this music is not from For Answer but rather Armored Core Verdict Day. It's a remix of a track from For Answer named "Cosmos", used in Verdict Day DLC, hence the "New Version" on the track name. Anyhow, glad to see more people talking about Armored Core ever since Elden Ring came out!

I loved these games when I was younger, and I swear at 1:45 I saw you struggling with understanding their lyrics. I laughed *so* hard because I've been there! This series is LEGENDARY for having the strangest english pronunciations in its songs, to the point where you think it's foreign.

Stain, Scorcher, Remember, Shining, Fall... damn there's so many great Armored Core tracks. It's a shame that Frequency didn't get to make a track for a Souls game.

Oh dang... If you're listening to AC4A, I would strongly recommend 'Someone is Always Moving on the Surface', never falls to move me to tears.

The drummer btw is the composer for some of the piece in bloodborne like cleric beast and blood starve beast. The violin is the composer of ds3 & elden ring.

Damn this brings back memories. Love this series and this track. Also if we’re doing Armored Core music, might I recommend the tracks “Remember” from AC for Answer and “Mechanized Memories” from AC Verdict Day. Two surprising takes on what is essentially the same theme.

Your talk on how Fromsoftware changed throughout the time actually reminded me that Fromsoft, unironically, has made a game named 'The adventures of Cookie And Cream'. Yeah... Also, I've been going back and playing pre-Souls Fromsoft games (on an emulator), and they're actually legit very fun! I've been playing Armored Core IV I think, and the one and only Tenchu game Fromsoft directly developed ie Fatal Shadows, both of which are amazing although Tenchu: Fatal Shadows is definitely my favorite rn. You should listen to some music from Tenchu too! That series has amazing music too. Also, this track kinda sounds like an anime opening to be completely honest lol.

Something i heard from my music teacher (may she rest in peace) is that those little electric sounds randomly scattered through the song give the piece a sense of futurism, they sound like the keys and buttons and alerts you could find on a modern vehicle (in this case a mecha) and i agree with that, without those random sparkly sounds the song wouldn't be the same, wouldn't sound the same. Interesting how something so tiny and random can change an entirely song

Ayyyyy Armored Core For Answer! I loved that series so much. Gen 4 has a LOT more aerial combat sorts of things going and particularly massive foes. In For Answer they introduced city-sized crafts manned by crews of thousands. The Arms Forts. The original version of Cosmos would play during a big battle against Arms Fort Answerer. A massive floating structure armed to the teeth with radioactive Kojima arms tech ready to wipe everything in its path. It was a fight that looked like fighting a divine messenger towering over the sky. Nothing much captures the feeling of that kind of fight in a video game. It's like speaking out against something so much bigger than you. You're not going to find too many videos of it that aren't people showing off how well they can do a mission. Spirit of Motherwill was another beast of fight and song. I wish just one game could recreate that feeling. They gave Spirit of Motherwill a badass return in Armored Core Verdict Day. The Mother Will Comes Again ost. It's very worth listening to. I can hardly contain myself. When the thing you're fighting is the map, I cannot get over how awesome it is to fight.

Imo "Remember ～on your memories～" is the song that captures AC:FAs vibe the most for me. Literally how the Japanese cover would sound if images could make noise.

There are creditable leaks hinting that FROM is actually working on a new Armored Core game. And they've said in interviewers they always have loved mecha. So I don't think they saw it as "growing out of it" or anything like that. I think Souls was just more marketable

The best track in Armored Core 4Answer is "Someone is Always Moving on the Surface".

I was waiting for you to listen to some Armored Core tunes. They are amazing (and quite weird sometimes). I'm a huge fan of the series and I hope that you listen to other music from the AC series! Also, For Answer was directed by the mind behind Demon's and Dark Souls, Hidetaka Miyazaki!

Ngl i was listening to this song non stop for a while now. When playing Armored core games its not always easy to appreciate the songs with all the shooting and explosions xD

YEEEEESSSS!!! I am so glad you are doing Armored Core music and bringing more people into the Fold of this amazing series. The Armored Core Series doesn't have the grand orchestras like Ace Combat or the Dark Gothic style of Dark souls.... But damnit if it does have the best range of music in any series

Armored Core For Answer (4A) is perhaps the start of the transition from traditional armored core to Souls. The premise of 4A is you versus large walking cities with their own flavour of WMD. As well as the traditional armored core mercenary loyalties and clashes. Often, the break in music is usually a drop in point of a new enemy, or boss armored core. I interpret the solo reintroduction of the melody after the break is to get fired up at a new challenger, and I noticed the singer went radio chatter at her last verse. Signifying communication, which is often conversation between player and assailant.

damn, never thought you'd react to an Armored Core game OST, that's awesome^^

Now this is unexpected. The three ACs (Armored Core, Ace Combat, and Assassin's Creed) were my childhood. This is a hit of nostalgia.

So this version is actually a remix of the original featured in the final boss battle in Armored Core: Verdict Day. But i'm glad you did this version, there's a lot more to dissect over the original. If you can do the song Fallout from the Armored Core anniversary album, that'd be awesome .

You're the first guy I've ever seen reacting to an Armored Core soundtrack. Mad respect. Hope you'll do more, there are a bunch of epic tracks throughout the series.

This game had really good OST's. I still remember the time when I customed my mechs for hours (this AC was really good for that) :) And I was pretty good at that. Damn I miss those times...

Oh man, KZfaq algorithm blessed me with this recommendation! It was a joy listening to you! I think a lot of people already commented enough about how awesome Armored Core and its soundtrack actually is. Kota Hoshino, who composed this track "Cosmos- /new version" as well as most newer AC OSTs made a lot of very interesting and unique music. One thing which I'd love for you to react to would be "Thinker" from AC4 cause it's such a slow song and invokes a feeling of strong nostalgia even when listening to it the very first time. 04:43 btw. The drummer who's popping off is actually Tsukasa Saitoh, which may not ring any bells, but this was the lead composer of Elden Ring for example. The ER main menu theme and final boss theme were both composed by this very drummer!

Ah Cosmos, a favorite of mine

You should look into Dragon's Dogma and "Into Free" it's such an emotional piece that really sets the tone for a great mystical medieval adventure.

Armored Core 3 - Artificial Sky. The whole games main theme and a final boss theme, and is fairly good

This particular version of Cosmos is from Armored Core Verdict Day. I highly reccomend looking at the mission it goes along with. It helps to give context to the feeling of the song. Two mech pilots who live entirely for the battlefield, having a duel to settle things. This was also part of a dlc that added additional music. The original song for this mission (mission 10) is called "Mechanized memories". It has a much different feel.

This is technically the Armored Core: Verdict Day remix of the song, but still! Props to you for checking out an AC track, you have my sub now. If you wanna look at more Armored Core tracks, try "Remember" from AC: For Answer, or "Artificial Sky IV" from Armored Core 3.

Scrolling through the comments section shows that people forgot the Spirit of Motherwill had a fantastic operatic element to its theme and if Marco is moving into Armored Core, that's the one thing he definitely needs to hear

Fromsoftware always had somewhat Souls games. Even during and before Armored Core. And yes, they are unforgiving, still have the Moonlight Greatsword (like Armored Core) and they varied from 3rd person ninja games to first person dungeon exploring. Also insane mechbattles. I just remembered that the lovely character Patches originated from the Armored Core games. I only played the very first AC game on the PS1 and AC2 on PS2 and i remember NOTHING about the soundtrack. Just a huge debt getting bigger for wasting ammunition in missions xD

Funnily enough, From made King's Field before making Armored Core. King's Field was another Dark Fantasy game much like what the Souls series is. That said, they DID originally want to make a complex mecha game at first but were unable to for a variety of reasons So essentially they made King's Field to FUND what they actually wanted to make, Armored Core. And now history repeats itself with all that Soulsborne money going into Armored Core 6 lol

I remember playing for answer, such a good memory...aways good to *remember*

It's not uncommon at all for an Armored Core sound track to have a light sounding upbeat song in there. They actually end up being some if my favorites, like. Super Monkey Likes Daddy, Milk, In My Heart, I Can See All, Whiz Drop Nutty or Autobahn

Thank you and also someone who requested armored core song. More ppl listen & acknowledge how unique armored core soundtracks are always good.

Yesss Armored Core! My favorite series. Glad to see it getting some love.

a little context, yes is an ending theme, it was made by a very famous music band that have been with AC since the beginning, what it means to me? it feels like a fair well my friend, I hope you have a blast in your journey, I know it may take years until we see each other again but when the time comes it will be amazing

The original Cosmos sounds to me like descent from the heavens and this new version definitely feels as you said like you’re flying I really appreciate your perspective on this music, this is one of my all-time favorite songs

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Honestly, they didn't really change much. They got better at making games in my opinion but the first 3 games they made where King's Feild which are pretty much a first-person Dark Souls games. In fact, the Moonlight sword that appears in Dark Souls is in both King's Feild and Armored Core and they made Demon's Souls because they wanted to go back to a King's Feild like game. They really been flipping back and forth between dark fantasy and dystopian sic fi forever. That said, they do branch out a lot and try new things. Like a JRPG like Enchanted Arms, or a tactical game like Chormehounds, or the best and the most American game ever made Metal Wolf Chaos. Yeah that's right I said it someone doesn't believe my they can suck on my missile punch.

The aesthetic for Armored Core changes a fair bit with each game (more so in the later ones), and it reflects in the music. Cosmo's new version is actually a remix and was used for the final boss in the (currently) final game for Armored Core, Armored Core Verdict Day; though I do believe there's a way to swap out music if you wanted. I want to agree there's a bit of hopefulness in there that the original Cosmos didn't have, because it relates to the theme and ending of Verdict Day. It might be interesting to compare the original with this one, too; There's a lot of crossover and remixing between Armored Core 4/for Answer and Armored Core 5/Verdict Day. For fans that like the newer Fromsoft games, there's a few tracks like "Spirit of Motherwill" and "Flag is raised" that might sound a bit more familiar, but in general the music is quite different. Personally songs like "Galaxy Heavy Blow" and "Stained (a perfect day)" are just as memorable and amazing, so if you're up for trying something different, there's quite a bit of good music in there. There's quite a lot more songs I really like but I won't clutter this comment more than it is already. The composer for a lot of Armored Core's music, Kota Hoshino (certainly not the only one) is an interesting artist, and if you have the chance and fancy, I'd recommend finding "Buying goods at Palmira" for one of his really early and unique works.

Armored core 4 and for answer's OSTs are very good and very iconic in Japan, they had a big part in the internet culture of the time, very well known and loved songs!

Ayyyy i don't know if i personally had a sway in you deciding to look into AC music but either way im glad you did! i doubt you will be disappointed.

I was actually listening to armored core music while working on hobbies over the weekend and thinking to myself how Marco would react. Glad I wasn't the only one! Its definitely unique and fun. Dirty Worker from Verdict Day is one of my favorites. Armored core music has this uncanny feel to it that I cant nail down but I always come back to it lol. Now I have to know what you think about Zone of the Enders music!

love that you're giving this underrated game exposure thanks. idk if we're lucky but ive been seeing a lot of For answer content on youtube recently. hopefully the ac6 rumors are true

A lot of the filler missions in armored core games was a lot of music like this. I always felt it was something your pilot is listening to while working. Like if you had a radio in your war machine your probably just going to listen to some rock or techno or flight of the bumblebees. But when your fighting something apocalyptic, like a city size walking base, it kicks into that dread orchestral music. Atleast for this game. Honestly though I prefer songs like this. But Outcry was my favorite from the series which is pretty uplifting so maybe that's got something to do with it.

Just to throw in my two cents as well, Mechanized Memories/Remember, I think most would agree is overall the modern 'anthem' of sorts for the series, the one that most people remember and immediately evoke when Armored Core in general is mentioned. I would agree with some other people's mention that Someone is Always Moving on The Surface is the best piece of musical work in the series. I'm not so sure that would make for an engaging video, though. For videos specifically I'd recommend, as mentioned before, Remember or one of its reworkings, The Mother Will Comes Again, Fall or its reworked version, Fall Into The Grace, and The Answer. There's plenty more, of course, but I think those are the ones that would be most worthy and most interesting to engage with.

Interesting how in the beginning the piano is distorted and the voice is clear and in the ending this is reversed.

Ooh, nice to see you rockin a new setup! Looking way better!

yo! u gotta check out an AC cover called, Do You Remember Take 2 by Usuda. its a mash up of few songs from the Armored Core series. I think you will really enjoy it. The song itself is a major improvement from when Usuda did Take 1.

This being a remix really threw me off. I thought i was crazy for not remembering this correctly.

Man, I miss this series. This video made me cry a bit.

Never really got into this series, but looking forward to the next one. Cool song, never heard it before.

let it go around the cosmos, over the pain

It's interesting to find out about these sort of compositions coming from a company best known for its opera-esque epic themes.

This is still one of my favorite games to this day in my opinion one of the best on PS3 and Xbox 360

Can't wait to listen to this while I play armored core 6 Cosmos is one of my favorite songs, for any of you new armored core fans out there there's 2 official versions of this song. Armored Core for answer version and the Armored Core verdict day version, which is the version we're listening to now.

I see armored core content, I click. Hope you visit more of these soundtracks

Well... Simply put, the soundtrack for these one are for the final boss fight (The verdict day dlc). Sure... You won't be able to hear it because the sound of the machine flying, gun blazing and..... [ENERGY AT 30%!!!!]

You should try out Mechanized Memories- In the end. One of the peak songs of the Armored core franchise.

You have to try and find some copies of AC4 and ACFA at least my dude. I played so many AC games in my day, and more than half of my playlist is AC OST stuff. This particular song is beautiful once you have been in the mindset of a righteous Lynx fightong what you beleive to be the good fight. It has weight that those that havent experienced thefight first hand may not feel. The part where you feel like you are flying through the clouds, I feel the same thing. But I can see the scy falling and the ground burning as I push on, holding that hope and reaching to graspvictory in hopes of the peace I so desperately want for the world. Then when the song slows down, I feel like I did when I realized that all I was fighting for was burning. The hope leaves me and all I could see, hear, feel, was dispear. And when the singer says her last lines at the end, I feel like I did when I found my resolve. My reason to keep fighting. When I realized I wasnt fighting for my own peace, but the worlds peace. This song speaks to the heart of what every AC story has always been, yet it barely covers the beginning of the story in what you will feel should you get emotionally involved in the plot. The Story that ended with ACV and ACVD has literally every emotion a person will feel throughout their lives. It shaped me to be the person I am today. It made me realize there really is no good or evil. Just 1 giant grey area. To fully understand the words and feel the emotions in any AC song, you have to have lived and died in the universe it reprisents. I did just that. I laughed, I cried, I yelled out in anger. I regreted, I hoped, I loved I hated. I pushed farther than I knew I could, I grasped victories that were impossible... And when I took the controls of Strayed and had to fight my former self, I accepted that I was going to watch a pert of me die and sink to the bottom of the ocean, because I knew I ahd to. And I knew my former self accepted his death as well... He may not have died that day, but at the time I didnt know that. It was the second time I had to watch White Gling die, but this time I didnt feel sorrow.... I felt peace. I highly recomend listening to some of the remixes out there as well. Those that make them love AC and put their on feelings and emotions into their music. OC Remix has an entire album from 4th gen he gave out for free, and it has some real bangers. I also recomend listening to and watching the remix from USUDA, "Do You Remember? Take 2". I hope you enjoy them. And to those fighting, always remember what you are fighting for

I’m curious to see your reaction to Autobahn 112 Miles Over. And the entire Armored Core: Reprises album. Keep it up! This is rare to see reaction to armored core music. Oh and dude! You have an amazing voice!!!!

Speaking of Armored Core music, you might try listening to "The Answer"? it's another standout feature of Armored Core: for Answer, and one of my favorites from the series.

This is this the track that plays when you about to get jumped at the end of a mission. Your at half health or less and next to no ammo. Surprise! Full health AC decides you have grown too powerful and need to die. Nothing personal raven...

This plays in Armored Core *Verdict Day* which is a sequel to Armored Core For Answer. Specifically, this is an alternative track for the final boss (the other song is also a remix of a track from ACFA), and the final boss bears a close resemblance to the mech on For Answer's cover art.

Oh my god. He did armored core. Can you take a listen to AC4's "overture" or "with heat"?

Armored Core 6 was announced! Would love to see your take on the trailer sound track.

Small correction: I think "Cosmos (new version)" might have been the variant of the song sold as extra content for the later Armored Core: Verdict Day. The original from the 15th Anniversary collection soundtrack CD is listed as "Cosmos"

my favorite Armored Core soundtrack is "Apex in Circle" from Armored Core : Master of Arena.

Fromsoft did both dark fantasy and mech game since they started. They also did various other types of games, from action games to horror.

Now the song is stuck in my head. I blame you. lol

Sorry but Cosmos: New Version are from Verdict Day, not For Answer. To be precise it was added in dlc music bundle for VD game. And of couse it is still a remix of remix (Reprise ver) of original Cosmos from FA. And to add some context - this song replaces "Mechanized Memories" during final mission (which is also called "Mechanized Memories") when our Raven must fight J and his N-WGIX/v or Black Glint (as nicknamed by community). This fight is overall big ommage to Armored Core 4 and Joshua O'Brien - pilot of original White Glint (not the FA one). It is intresting that you mentioned "hope" theme despite not knowing context - i think you actually read mood quite right. While theme "Mechanized Memories" were more about reminiscing (this theme also is remix of older OST which added more dark mood thats actually fits the idea that Raven in mission must witness twisted shadow of former humanity technology glory), new Cosmos more about what may come for Raven and humanity in general after J is destroyed. Yeah, From Software loved grim fairy tales way before any Souls.

I cant wait for Armored Core 6

I don't know about the remix but the old version was epic in For Answer. Just gonna start listening to this. Btw For Answer was my first Armored Game.

For Answer is an AC game that I've not played but now this makes me want to try and snag a copy, haha. If that piece isn't just the most anime OST thing ever, I don't know what is. Definitely free feeling and rejuvenating in its litheness and optimism.

Oooohhh new videoo

nice voice

Hey dude, I think you should do a break down of city escape from the dear hunter, your opera background would be great for the song!

People recommend individual tracks from the soundtrack, but I beg to differ and suggest for you to check out each and every bit of avaible bits of audio concerning Armored Core, in my opinion the quality and feel is consistent in every installment. Seriously though, what fascinates me the most about Armored Core are it's fan creations, please do check out USUDA or Shok Music, who make purely fan-made music inspired by AC or like USUDA, who makes magnificent covers and his own iterations of the music of AC, I especially recommend "Do you remember?", the second and newest version he made, which is kind of a remix of many 4th gen era music. Anyways, this was an enjoyable video, earned a new sub :D

A game directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki. I really hope he will do that again.

And we are at least getting a new Armored Core.

I want to point out in this 6 month old video. He mentions FormSoftware going fur Futuristic to fantasy mid evil. Lots of different studios do this. Studio Project Red going from The Witcher To Cyberpunk. Bethesda does this a lot. Elder Scrolls to Fallout. now Stanfield. BioWare Does this with Mass Effect to Dragon age. You even see that with anime and movies. Many creators and developers do this to reset their perspective. refresh their creativity.

Makes me want to watch the 90's version of Gundan Wing again.

Has I've heard in another comment section. The soundtrack sounds hopeful because, usually, the setting is a world ravaged by war amongst corporations and other events, and in that world, the mercenary's in the incredible machines they pilot are the only ones who are truly free, so even among high stakes battles and constant dances with death, at least they are still alive, and having more fun then most.

Interestingly they didn't shift that hard, they just always put new settings in their mechanics toolbox. Hell, they were doing the Parry mechanic as early as Armored Core 3. Parry Blades existed, sure, but they only parried with a laser shield, and if you're bladed while it's pulled back, it puts an AC into a stun state. It's crazy to think how far that niche idea evolved.

Cosmos sounds happy and hopeful because it's meant to point out the juxtaposition of feeling satisfied even though you reach said satisfaction by blowing the shit out of thousands of innocents. Kinda like "Singing in the rain" ala Clockwork Orange

I hope they give Armored Core another shot after how well Elden Ring sold.

好きなんだな……

I like when an interest of mine leads me to content I didn't know I wanted

That moment when u were part of the 1% when u heard people say AC and u blinked, turned towards the convo thinking u met fellow ravens....only to be met with disappointment seen as they were talking about Assassin's Creed....

Since Fromsoft is finally going back to the Armored Core franchise, I'm going through all the old Armored Core sound tracks to get hyped!

Context: You're a speedy AF building with limbs blasting things out of the sky rocking out to sick music while loving their traditional gorgeous sky box in the background, wondering how on earth they fit 1200 rounds into each of your Motorcobras.

Not gonna lie they could re open this avenue, i miss the armored core games so much. Darksouls and armored core was my childhood aside from final fantasy games

I highly recommend Remember it playes on some of the more...questionable missions

this music gives me eureka seven vibes at some parts of it.

It's actually from Verdict Day, as it's the new version. The OG version is form ACFA.

Fyi this is the alternate boss theme for the final boss of Armored Core: Verdict day (the original theme being Mechanised memories, a remix of remember, which you should check out), where you fight the main enemy pilot, J, who is a clone of a long dead pilot, and is piloting a way more advanced machine (a salvaged NEXT, which were the armored cores from 4 and for answer, where the original ver of cosmos came from), and his boss and main enemy of the game, the foundation man, a man who has unleashed destructive technology on the world in the aims to wipe humanity out because he's given up on it due to the fact it's at constant war with itself (iirc). Cosmos new Ver compared to mechanised memories seems to represent the player and their last remaining ally, Fatman, side, who believe that no matter what, there is still something worth fighting for in the hell the world has become by that time. When J is defeated, the main enemy says that he still refuses to believe there's hope for humanity and says his machines will not stop till it is destroyed, but accepts that if the player character and Fatman will continue to fight on for a better future, they have every right to do so, with Fatman immediately responding that that's exactly what they'll do. Mechanised memories seems to represent J more, and how he's an artificial being made to be a monster and kill and fight till he dies, whereas Cosmos New Ver seems to represent the player and Fatman more, on how no matter how dark the future gets, they'll keep fighting on for that light at the end of the tunnel, no matter how dim it is. That's just how I see the two songs tho anyway

The drum give that " hopefull" vibe in this song, plus the female voice, compared to the gloomy ambient in Verdict day. Armored core will forever be an awesome serie to me .

If those leaks turn out to be true, you might be listening to a lot more Armored Core music in the near future. AC6 babyyyyyyy!