if a FromSoft game introduces you to someone with a wolf motif... prepare to cry...

I love the fact that as SOON as Rusty hears your name as the liberator who’s mission is to free Rubicon, he IMMEDIATELY answers to the call and arrives to help, almost as if he was hopeful that something like this was going to happen and he was preparing for it.

That moment when Rusty pushed his AC through it limits, I literally scream : "HOLY SHIT, HE'S HIM"

"You flew just out of reach"

''you guys are out of luck...there is only one pilot who can keep up with me!!!'' *FAN GIRL SCREAMING*

I felt like shit after killing Cinder and Chatty, then my man Rusty shows up and immediately I felt like the hero.

i love how at the end when he gives up the charade of working for Arquebus, his wolf icon loses the mussel

>Barges in >Acknowledges your talent >Calls you buddy >Stands alongside you >Calls you buddy and trusts you >Doublecross the corpos >Doesn't hold it against you for not siding with the RLF >Hypes you up if you side with him >Has a wolf as symbol Rusty is Litteraly HIM

>Treats you like a legit human being and a friend with no strings attached, despite no reason to. >Had the most righteous and noble goal of any of the good-guy characters. >Uses a melee weapon only he uses and is highly proficient in >Plot-armors his way out of certain defeat >Regardless of what happens, our goals intersect with his wishes >Gets a completely new and unique heroic-looking AC out of nowhere >Bad ending is us crushing his goals >Gets his own theme song and it centers entirely on him >Good ending is his dream of liberating Rubicon with him personally doing it by crushing Arquebus' entire space fleet all on his own off-screen. Rusty is literally the protagonist of AC6. We're just the supporting cast or antagonist for him.

"I won't stop!" "I'll chase the clouds from over Rubicon-- only I can fly high enough!"

"Must be heavy... this purpose you found. You've finally shown me who you are."

-tells us the truth of operation wallclimber -goes on multiple joint operation with us -uses a lightweight build -a twin blade user - has terminal armor through sheer fucking will -acknowledges us as a human being, the only other 2 I can think of is ayre, and Walter, and Walter can be argued as iffy He is literally him

"You're out of luck, there's only one person who can keep up with me."

I don’t know what is with characters with wolf motifs being the coolest and most likable characters in FromSoftware games, but Rusty joins the likes of Blaidd, Maliketh and Artorias as being an absolute badass, and our best buddy

ARMORED CORE VI: TEARS OF RUBICON

I love how we collectively decided AC6 should've been illustrated by Yoji Shinkawa. It's the only reasonable choice, really

The only character in this game who acknowledges us as living human being and his buddy. Gonna miss him so much. He's like Solaire and Siegward combined to one character.

"I WON'T STOP, Only I can fly high enough!" Hearing that made me regret everything but also got me super pumped up, a beautiful final Duel with my Best Buddy is all I could've asked for

Arqubus fleet: "How is a AC this fast!" "There's only one person who's been able to keep up with me" -Rusty Truly the best line rusty ever said especially when it's the good ending

Best ever death dialog when Rusty defeats you... "Farewell buddy... things will change, but I'll remember you"

The "I CAN T STOP!" and pulls out a op Version of terminal armor was i think the most epic moment in My Gaming career. 2nd place is the 1st part of the same mission destroying the pca warships, makes me feel lika a gundam

About a quarter of the difficulty of fighting Rusty in the fires of raven route is trying to see through all of the tears.

Emotional stability at 30%

Voice acting and scripts were amazing. You actually feel how the characters feel

"Sorry, but there's only one other who can keep up with me."

Bro was the actual hero. RIP buddy

"Theres only one person who can keep up with me." Rest well, buddy

B u d d y

The first ending I did was liberator of Rubicon, I was literally crying the whole mission since the moment Rusty came to aid us, I love this fucking game so much.

“Its just a game, it cant make you sad” The game:

Guys, i can confirm. He did not miss.

It never happened, but I wish I had the chance to team up with rusty to take down the interceptor fleet on the Xylem. Infinitely zipping around the sky while those lyrics blast harder than the ships you take down, V.II Snail chasing you and Rusty through the air, slicing through his own allied ships to achieve victory over two unruly mutts. Just you, your buddy and the endless sky.

Rusty is the GOAT, definitely the best character in AC6

Gotta love Rusty. He's our Solaire *and* the game's Artorias. The wolf is unmuzzled.

"You guys out of luck, there's only one person who can keep up wity me" Bro i got injected some insane motivation, i've never felt so happy.

Girl: stop saying dump thing Rusty: I can flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy aiiiii

Hate to say it but Rubicon still needs me So, buddy Who needs you?

This is going to sound cheese but playing witb Rusty gives me that hype feeling ive lost growing up. When he flew in from tailing you? Hype. Showing up to help you liberate Rubicon? Hype. I wont miss... I CANT STOP! ONLY I CAN FLY HIGH ENOUGH! God hes such a fucking great character

“Never thought the plan could go so wrong. It’s good to team up with you again , couldn’t have asked for a better silver lining”

Rusty feels like the type of guy who can make the best comfort food possible and/or be a barbecue god

Fun fact (spoilers): His second AC is called Steel Haze Ortus. The Ortus is the precise moment where the sun is breaking through the horizon during sunrise. It all connects....AC, song, scene, context....

I refuse to believe anyone that says AC6 doesn't have a story. A story they don't like, maybe, but there's quite a story in it. I spent the final missions of each path fighting through the tears as I had to fight everyone I'd grown to like in a world otherwise full of misery, desperately hoping this would be the time it worked out.

Raven may be the hero Rubicon got, but Rusty is the hero Rubicon deserved

“Hey buddy”

This fight broke me…the fight got so intense we just kept going higher…hearing this swell… The ground was gone, the sky the only limit…then only to finally win and watch him plummet…to be told I flew out of reach…

Man I'm glad buddy survives the liberator of Rubicon ending. Terninal armour really comes in clutch when you need it, am i right guys?

We won't stop, only we can fly high enough with this one 🔥🔥🔥

AC6 is one of those games where there are multiple main characters, and you're only one of them. Fly high... Buddy.

I like how the fan base has come to the consensus that rusty is scruffy looking.

This man right here will forever have my respect as an AC pilot and a human being. If he was in Gundam universe, he would stand up there with the likes of Quantro, Mikazuki, Lockon, Akihiro,... for sheer bromance and friendship.

Rusty is the first character to treasure the player like theyre human and a friend, in the whole universe of the Armored Core franchise. Ive played Silent Line thru Verdict Day, everyone just wants to kill you.

Rubicon Cries as its sole Hero falls just out of reach by a Raven on borrowed wings -Fires of Raven

"I won't miss"....no you didn't buddy....you never missed.

i felt bad when finding out the pursuer in that one sortie was rusty after you ambush the vespers

V.IV: You ran out of luck, Theres only 1 person who can keep up with me. Walter: Story Time's over.

Me and Rusty popping eachother's terminal Armor and using our last heal simultaneously has to be my favorite moment ive had in AC6 by far. Rusty won in the end but i genuinely didnt care. That moment alone was worth it.

We never really see the faces of these characters but we fell in love with them immediately, From Software Characters are just amazing.

Guys? I think we found the "could be the main character if we weren't playing the game" guy

I wont miss.

I won't miss.

I WON’T MISS WATCH OUT FOR FRIENDLY FIRE ALL OR NOTHING

I WONT STOP, ONLY I CAN FLY HIGH ENOUGH. ILL CHASE THE CLOUDS OVER RUBICON!……….. “You flew just out of reach.. buddy.”

Best song in the game, favorite mission in the game when fighting alongside him, as the camera pans to the surface of Rubicon and shows the battle. Goosebumps when Rusty said we inspired them to fight. And when he said only one person can keep up with him... he's just THAT guy. Balteus theme and final boss themes as a close second. Rest in peace, Buddy.

That moment i beat Snail for the last time made feel amazing but . . . . . . . . . . my heart immediately *broke* the moment Rusty suddenly got killed right after, it made the win feel painful and it got worse when they revealed who killed our bro, R.I.P Rusty, he was the realest one o7

I won't miss

I always got a goosebumps whenever i listen to this song.

When you realize you're the final boss and the bad guy 😞

The best part of the song. I absolutely adore it. Trying not to listen to this song too often to avoid oversaturating with this literal masterpiece

I am typically not one for songs with lyrics But damn, rusted pride is one hell of an exception, fly high, buddy

Still the best song in the game, hands down.. I listened to a 30 minute version of this today while I studied... I got zero studying done and burned 217 calories 😂😂

When you fight Steel Haze Ortus during the Bad Ending I was actually crying.

I know when no one else got me, I still got my buddy

It….didn’t have to be this way….. 😭. Fly high…..Buddy

This game was Peak

Now we just needed an animated show for AC6… Ravens can dream.

This track sounds like it could have literally been in For Answer

That isn't dumbass things. Thats a banger of a song.

this song hits infinitely harder when youre fighting him, that I WONT DIE is one of the most badass things in ac history

“I won’t miss.”

Whoever at FromSoft deciding to make Rusty the Hero of the game, and our character the Raven was brilliant. We can either play the hero as well, and fight along side Rusty... Or...

stell haze ortus are just not an AC, that's a fcking Gundam!!!

It's not just Rubicon that still needs you, Rusty, Buddy. 😭

"I WON'T STOP!"

Rusty is a ocelot of this game. When we are venom. Ac 6 is a big high five for MGS 5 and whole series+ ace combat.

Fun fact: Ortus, the Upgrade Label of Steel Haze, means "Dawn" and/or "Rise". The lyrics do not miss.

As someone who played Ace Combat Zero, Fires of Raven was the perfect ending

Damn I cry every single time

Literally my only motivation to get the other endings was because I did not want rusty to die The infinite energy duel with him was so damn cool but I felt so bad for winning

Arye may be best girl, but Rusty is best buddy.

I have never played an armored core game in my life I couldn’t even tell you who the main protagonist is. But man do I love rusty, easily one of the most memorable characters, perhaps besides v2 snail but that’s because he’s an afterclap, v4 rusty is just character done right, memorable, likeable, good guy. 👍 he gets my approval for best companion.

this guy literaly me moment

I purposely dumbed down my AC for his fight. Felt I should make it as challenging as possible for such a grand character.

I faced him last night in the burning skies over Rubicon. It really hits hard when he asks what we gave up in order to fight so hard. I think that line is meta in asking whats it worth to light The Fires of Raven. I remember what Walter and Carl said to and did with us. That were carrying on the Mantle but it still feels bitter to face him down atop this marvel of an Ark knowing what will happen. Thats what really makes me believe Fires Of Raven is the bad ending of the lot. And in a way it makes fighting alongside him In the Liberator of Rubicon all the sweeter after all the senseless carnage and destruction. That its a real unambiguously good fight.

OH SHIT MY BOY KUBASHI'S ART IS IN A MEME!

bro this stuff made me bawl in armored core

Good job, Buddy.

"Rubicon needs me... so... who needs you "

I really regret having to beat him in a fight, best character ever

I tear up everytime I hear his theme. And I cxm everytime I hear *Buddy*

I'm currently starting my 4th playthrough and i think about the endings and characters a lot, just tryijg to piece things together in my own way. But really what I think is that there is no "good" ending, each time i beat it I always had a pang of guilt from all the pilots and characters that either I killed or were killed because of my decisions. I guess the matter of which one is the good ending is subjective. And I will always feel empty when I do them. I did not enjoy killing Rusty, Carla, Chatty, Walter, Michigan, even Iguazu a little bit (though it was more like putting down an animal). Hopefully some DLC comes out and we can get more.