In armored core v, you play as the Dark Raven. Verdict day seems to go forward a hundred years or so and White Glint's armored core was salvaged and was pieced back together.

As an old 1997 AC player, I can certainly say this is a very good setup for the different possible timelines. I think at one point FROM may have been trying tie in all of the games with their lore, but sadly it never really panned out, or was too vague with many plot holes for most players to care about. Thanks for making this man. You made an old grizzled Raven happy.

When you realize the pilot of armored core 3 was the only on to kill a NEXT in a normal.

This is a fantastic theory! But it should be noted that 2 and 2AA do NOT take place at the same time. The manual even states, it was about 5-7 year's difference.

The way I've come to understand it: Armored Core 1-2AA are the same universe, even in armored core 1 there is significant space travel involved in the story, this carries on with project phantasma and master of arena talking less about the space travel themes but then once 2 came around it implies that humanity finally began seriously colonizing mars and encountering martian mecha gone feral. AC2:AA is basically immediately after 2 from earth's perspective as you encounter and fight some "top pilots" from mars as an earth raven. After 2 AA, i believe the series has it's first genuine timeline reboot where nothing before AC3 has anything to do with AC3 and onward. Armored core 3-Last raven are all obviously part of the same universe as they make references to events of the previous GEN3 games in every gen 3 game after 3. Armored core 4 is an interesting one because in the teaser trailer featuring noblesse oblige you can clearly see Noblesse obliterating a squad of grey-painted Gen3 Test-garage ACs (such as from Armored Core Last Raven only not painted orange) that have the 12-lock missile launcher from GEN 3 instead of the beginner 2 lock missile. Which is why I believe that AC4 is NOT the first game in their chronological timeline. However given that nobless oblige was fighting GEN 3 beginner ACs, this leads me to believe that Generation 3 and 4 are the same timeline and that Next ACs were the following evolutionary stage of Armored Cores, (after Nexts became more commonplace I believe that Normals began to be designed to more resemble certain next archetypes rather than continuing to make normals look and perform like GEN 3 ACs.) Another reason I believe normals ended up looking the way they did is because after the invention of nexts, the real-deal AC pilots moved on from normals to nexts and since there were no remaining skilled normal pilots with unique part combinations and lethal weapon loadouts, normals became the mass-produced grunt-soldiers and cannon fodder of GEN4. (presumably if there were any MTs left in GEN 4 they were strictly used for construction purposes as considering how poorly MTs fared against even normal ACs in the past, people probably just stopped trying to make Combat MTs as ACs, even normals, were always more suited for the job of combat.) ACFA obviously immediately follows 4 and Generation 5 [Spoilers].... ...Is basically the super-future result of the events in generation 4 as is evidenced by VDs final boss being a black redesign of FA's White glint, and having multiple maps with various stages of different spirit of motherwill arms forts stages of degredation. So long story short, IMO all armored core games were in fact released chronologically and the only genuine reboot that happened in the series was between generation two and three having Gens 1 and 2 being part of the same universe and gens 3 through 5 being part of the same separate universe.

I respect your theories. I disagree strongly. I am simply glad some one else even cared enough to try and link the AC timelines.

This is absolutely amazing! I was blown away by how you tied all the timelines together to Armored Core 4.

Thank you for fulfilling my wish that the Armored Core ends with The Last Raven.

I honestly like the IDEA that AMS tech was the primogenitor to H+

I've been pitching a similar theory for a while now, though with a different timeline split. -So for 4/FA, thought exactly the same thing... -Then 5th gen takes place, it has the cradles and Motherwill's remains around, with old technilogy being housed in towers. in 5 they turn that tech around for a revolution, but by VD someone has full control of the old machines, resulting in an ending which seems to imply that while humanity will keep fighting, the machines will keep coming in new and scarier forms, AKA the online portion of the game. -From there, people have no choice but to go underground. People end up going into hiding. In order to keep things stable, they make an AI to police itself in a way. One part controls production and keeps things running, while the other, NB, keeps any faction or individual from getting too powerful. That's why You still have to break a computer even after breaking NB in AC1. -The way I see it, the split happens at this point. In AC1-2AA, NB takes control of the Controller, using it to police the world. When he's killed off, the old discoveries come flooding in, and things go back to corporate/government squabbling, as You said. Parts and tech are slowly added and introduced. -The alternative is that the Controller wins out for AC3. It immediately allows for upgrades to existing machines based on what's available, and generally seems to keep a relative peace until it starts going corrupt and breaks. - From there, Silent Line takes place with humanity mostly just dealing with the old world weapons that are still hanging about, and fighting each other. I like to think that IBIS was a defunct old version of NB just trying to keep control of things without any true means to do so. - In Nexus, the internecine gets accidentally disturbed, and we get to see what NB was up to after he had been isolated at the start, which in this case, was studying and amassing units. With his frame destroyed in Nexus, the machines turn aggressive in defense, destroying most of the world. Meanwhile NB is still studying and assembling new frames for himself, sending test versions out into the field to collect more data. As I see it, the Final Pulverizer is just the final version that he made for himself with the tweaks that came from that last hover fight. - So, when the FP is destroyed, both AIs are dead, and NB happens during this peace time, hoping to develop a more efficient training program, as opposed to the randomly skilled pilots from before, in an effort to combat future AI incursions. - Also, the Formula Front arena becomes super popular because dang it, people want to just calm down and watch some sports after all that crap! - Bonus thing here, manufacturing processes getting lax after the relative peace of SL-NX could be a reason why we went from mass amounts of experimental weapons in SL to massive cheap downgrades in NX-LR. Cheap manufacturing for more profit at the cost of overheating ACs seems right on the money for the kind of petty stuff we see in NX. By LR they are forced to improve, with the original models basically being ignored in NX, and lost by LR. By that point they probably had the general ideas back, and were able to make some tweaks, but no longer had access to some materials that would allow for better cooling performance. As a result, they found ways to tweak the AC frame to compensate. Overthinking is fun =-D Thanks for the video!

ACV and ACVD happens when the ORCA ending happened, at some point at ACVD or ACV you can see some cradles and armsforts downed on the surface and lots of stuff that were in generation 4

The Great destruction is featured in both PS1 and PS2 generations as the narrative for humans going underground.

The official scale model kits put AC1 through 3 ACs just a head shorter than NEXTs, so around 8 to 9m. The only exception is the Nineball Seraph which is quite large even for NEXTs, probably close to 13 or 14m. That makes them notably taller than the ACV ACs.

I legit appreciate your thoughts on the storyline and lore of the games. I'm going through the lore my self, partly to gather info for story writing, and came across your video first. I followed your assessment of the plot lines and they make sense in terms of logical flow. The idea of multiple endings sounds about right, considering From Soft seems to like this idea by giving the player their own story to play; the Souls games have a non-liner kind of canonical plot that can only be pieced together in a similar fashion as you have here, and even then there's open-ended aspects with no real closure. I'd say its easier to build a story that lacks closure and has multiple endings, and is more fun for a game more so than a linear story. Thanks again for the video :) I'm excited for the new AC game coming out in the next couple of years, i've really been dying for a solid mecha game.

0:08 They are. Also, your lack of knowledge on Gen 5 WAS your downfall, TBM. However, explaining it would be major spoilers for Verdict Day.

Hmm, this is really interesting! I never really tried to piece the timelines together myself, and always just took it at face value that the generations of games just had their own separate timelines; which is what I still am going by, when I do think about the story-lines, but your theories are fairly plausible as well, I think.

AC2AA takes place some point shortly after AC2. my evidence? Balena and Zeo Matrix were neutered _BIG TIME_ (Balena by the earth government due to trying to game the Frightener/Klein incident to become the dominant power on Mars, and Zeo Matrix by the loss of their Mars division) and several of their mission briefings mention regaining lost power. If I had to guess, it's probably within a year or two of said incident.

It would make sense that AC4 is the start of the whole timeline theory. One thing you can also bring up was that AC4 takes place directly after the National Dismantlement War, leaving governments to dust and is the true beginning of corporate reign.

Now that I think of it, you do see the ruins of the Cradles in 5 (or Verdict day, I don't exactly remember), and let's just say that by the look of it, it was more of a crash than a landing. Makes me think that the destruction ending of AcFa led to AC5.

Always have this itching feeling that the orca route I pick in for answer leads into armored core 2. Giving that this a theory, I would like to keep this in my personal head canon.

I had a crazy thought that the entire Armored Core series could be a time loop In every loop there might be a little different but the end result will always be the same, the nature of human history repeated itself, doesn't matter of what happened, what ending you get or what you do, the war goes on and the world will eventually end, there's no hope, humanity would go underground and lives on until the time The Controller goes Ohio, the surface would recovers, humanity would return to their feet, establishing a new frontier, spreading all over the surface, eventually wage another war and destroying their planet once again. With AC6 possibly being the fruit of AC2AA and ACFA Orca ending

Hi TBM. you still here?. AC6 just came out last week.

Maybe VaatiVidya should start doing Armored Core videos

This actually changes the way I view AC

My theory is that Chief, J, and Carol from 5 and VD respectfully are the first AIs in the timeline, they were left by the corporations to stop any potential dominants from rising up after the Raven from 4A destroyed everything, which is why the Reapers are rigging matches against the Raven in VD, first to see if he truly was a dominant, then moving on to actively trying to kill him once it becomes clear that he is indeed a dominant.

"The first game is AC 4" Before watching it: Boi what kind've drugs are you on?! After watching it: Hmm, makes sense...

Hey TBM, nice theory, but it is actually possibly that V-VD take place before AC1. It is actually hinted at, for example: On the final mission of V, Carol (an AI) talks about creating a complete program and that it would take time, and of course the final mission is numbered 09. Later on in VD, a human turned AI named The Foundation Man (or Isaac) used a very similar tactic to Nine-Ball, and killed anyone with potential. In the ending of the game, weapons of mass destruction are unleashed upon the world and will not stop until all is in ruin, and you (The Lone Mercenary) work along side Fatman (your operator) to destroy all of these weapons. Unfortunately, the Corporations decide to go to war with one-another again, leaving you on your own. It is possible whether you succeed or not determines the ending: AC1 if you succeed, or AC3 if you fail. If you succeed, Carol and Chief have enough time to create the Hustler-One program. If you fail, Carol and Chief have to take matters in their own hands, and in order to protect mankind, create the Controller. Unfortunately, it seems like someone (probably Chief) put in a program where once mankind was back on its feet, The Controller would "malfunction", and you know what happens from there. Unfortunately, I just can't find where Justice fits into this for the life of me.

I remember hearing that white Glint is actually the mercenary you play as in AC4. That he took on the title after Joshua died. Also Dark Glint in ACVD is supposedly a clone of Joshua. On another note, AC For Answer is my favorite. It made me feel super powerful, especially after being a pint size mech in V and VD.

Very interesting theories. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Also, that ACFA/AC5/AC1 size comparison chart is wrong. Gen5 ACs are generally the shortest not only because of their size but because of their posture, AC1 ACs were slightly larger, and GEN4 ACs being the largest (but not by much because even normals in GEN 4 were the same size as your next if you took the time to stand beside them.)

I'm glad I found this video to understand everything I have armored core V and had no clue what was going on until now.

There's an inconsistency problem, not with just this theory but with how the story of Generation 1 is presented. The ending of Armored Core has the player destroying the AI which is Hustler-1 / R, but Hustler-1 and Lana Nielsen exist together as an AI, which suggests that one of two things, either somebody knowingly re/constructs the AI, or that the events of Armored Core and Master of Arena don't take place in the same universe. This being said, it is canonical via Armored Core 2, that the player in Master of Arena is Leos Klein, as commented that Leos is known for defeating the top ranked raven on earth, aka Nineball, who is defeated in Master of Arena. So, we know that time line wise, Master of Arena leads directly to 2, but I don't know of anything that definitively ties Another Age to after 2 or during the events of two. Personally, I would posit that Master of Arena is a split in the time line, where 2 / AA are the exploits of Earthlings attempting to colonize Mars to escape damaged earth, where as 3 / Silent Line show the struggles that Earthlings faced when a new AI was constructed to replace Hustler-1, since we do have locations such as Neo Isaac City. But what about the Disorder Units from 2 / AA? Well, we do know from the mission Eliminate Unknown Organisms that Chrome had the ability to do bioengineering, so it's plausible that this could have led to the advent of Disorder Units, but do keep in grasping at straws. But I disagree with the theory starting with 4/FA, because why start with the designation of Normal and Next, and have such big impact on 4s story, referring to pilots and Lynx, but the back and forth over the fabled Raven? Personally, because of this, I would place 4/FA after Last Raven, since it was the war to end wars within its own story line. With that, I would posit that the famed Raven from 4 is the Last Raven titular character. My only comment on the designation between Normals and Nexts would be, Normals being in between MT and AC, while Nexts are based upon AC's using technology recovered from the Pulverizers. But that doesn't hold much water, given the destruction by Zinaida.

So is armored core 6 a ending unification or the true begining of all the time lines? Looks like in the trailer that the ACs have every peice of technology from every armored core game. Everything from kojima tech weapons, next primal/assault armor, MTs, arm projector sheilds, V styled armored cores, mega cities, pulverizer units, etc. Plus it looks like the great destruction was a massive solar flare or kojima super weapon that went off and scorched the earth causing a nuclear winter, so it looks like we may have to worry about our ACs freezing over.

Two words: Japan Gaem! And don't even start on mind fuckery of DxM and R-Type

I had the same theory that armored core 4 took place before armored core. And i even have a theory that chrome hounds is a prequel to all the armored core games 😂

1-2-2AA are the same universe. Leos Klein is the Pilot from AC1.

I can definitely see gen 4 and 5 being the same time line. I can also see all the generations being separate.

Actually the most expansive storyline of Armored Core is the AC3 generation since it has the most games and established canon other than the original and later on the AC4 to ACV series. AC1 to AC2AA are tied. Human Plus are basically cultivators in ACVD which are cloned humans of pilots from another era (AC4). Chief was an AI apparently who oversaw humanity for ????? reasons. The real question is what is the Controller (Dove) and how does it tie to if at all Nine Ball. Here's a hint: it doesn't. The original Japanese version of Nexus' final boss was not Nine Ball. It was a battle MT discovered by Navis who were originally developing their own series of battle MTs using the technology they discovered at some unexplored region (hence why everyone was up their ass the entire game of Nexus). The boss itself had the name text of ??????. It was in the American localization is when they gave him the name Nine Ball for no other reason than to brand the pilot name for the already announced and upcoming game Nine Breaker. There's two main stories that diverge from each other. Unless AC3 actually comes first that leads to AC4 to AC5 then back to AC1 and AC2AA is the finale.

Realy nice well thought out theory i like it :)

while at the 2-min mark, i was thinking in MOA why Nineball Seraph is the first NEXT in the game and as the final boss?

FromSoft creating a Dark Souls narrative for Armored Core? Who would’ve thought.

well thought out theory

I gotta play a little more of AC (i only played AC 1 , 2 and 3)...to get the grasp of this theory

It maybe a theory, but I have to say, it was well thought out, well put together, I've played every ps2/psp/ps3 title and tho the "story" or lore of the game is just abstract to soooo many, I've found this worth 100% sorta wish it was longer, but its the AC story...there's like not really enough to go on about timeline wise o,O

I have to agree having played since I was 5 years old from the original....if people just briefly keep an open mind and discard the meaning of Nexts this timeline can really seem plausible and it makes immense sense when you go from Lynx to Orcas to Ravens

I myself don't really think that connecting all of the games into one timeline is that good of an idea. Look at the Legend of Zelda Timeline, its a garbled mess. Ever Since AC3, Armored core has always had separate timelines. The Gen 1-2 Timeline, including AC1, PP, MOA, AC2, and AC2:AA. The Gen 3 Tineline, which includes AC3, AC:SL, AC:N, AC:LR. Formula Front and Ninebreaker are standalone games, and aren't connected to the main timeline. The Gen 4 Timelin, which includes AC4, AC:FA, ACV and ACVD. Personally, trying to connect them all together is a fruitless endeavor, that just creates more drama more than anything else. Still a fun video though.

Yes, AC4 and AC5 is connected, because of the the main boss of Verdict Day. It is a Next with primal and assault armor and you have to defeat it with just a normal. But it's really hard to continue the story back to the previous games. I think yes, your right, humanity could make next like ACs without the particles, but the AC5 ACs can use massive weapons what only a next could use right. Well, maybe because it puts so much strain on the mech, they got rid of the idea, and made mechs for greater lifespans because of the decreasing resources. By the way, I think the destruction path is really the cannon not just a split timeline. Let's say, you're the guy who we must kill in Verdict Day, gone mad from all the killing. After Verdict day the war still waged on, but eventually everybody gave up and they went underground, and laid their lifes in AI god's hands. But I tought that Last Raven is the real ending. It even has it in it's name, so why not, at least on Earth. AC2 shows that war goes on on Mars sadly

You should take this theory to the AC experts they might approve it...

Soo the controller afterall was the internecine?

Oh i actually guessed right that you'll make a timeline theory... Then again it's likely expected >.>

Cool theory, good vid

This is REALLY interesting

I heard once that it's similar to dark souls in that the timeline is convoluted including hearing people who worked on Dark souls say it could be a connected universe which in a way I agree with your theory aside from one thing which was that I'm not sure if it was meantioned below, but there is one major hole in your theory. They test the "NEXT", primal armor generators in a mission in Silent line. Although I'd like to think something that meshes my statement and your timeline theory together in that, what if time actually keeps looping around over and over in some hellish purgatory. That would be really insane, the ever turning cogs of war burning the planet to ash.

This theory is so good. I do have a question though. Are the pilots for the Normals in AC 4 and For Answer referred to as Ravens?

Why would Normals need boosting and extra agility if they can't compete with NEXT's anyway with those upgrades. Better to just drown your enemy in Numbers.

Also, is Nineball a good guy for some reason why that AI fought against Leos Klein? What about that Nineball from Ninebreaker?

very educational

a interesting theory however i don't completly agree with it. 1: AC4 and FA Normals can't be MTs since there are actual mechs called MTs in those games. The reason Normals sucking so much is just to emphatize how OP a Next actually is also you said it yourself they are the next version of ACs which could only be normals lel. 2: AC4s pilot is frequently beeing called a relic of an old age even a Raven and its very likely he is the last raven from ACLR. 3: i don't believe Disorder units are Humans creation at all there was a mission where you could see Aliens beeing in stasis or Vats so they do exist, not to mention that the design of the disorder units is too well alien to be made by humans. my personal theory would be pretty simple AC1 - AC2AA then another great destruction happened or just a simple reboot then it starts off with AC3 - ACVD in armored core 3 it was stated that MTs were created in layered which can't be true since they have existed before AC3. As for the reason why the 5th and 4th generation is connected with the 3th one is because its very likely that the player in AC4 is infact the Last surviving Raven of ACLR and the 4th generation is confirmed to be linked to the 5th one since alot of technology of AC4 can be seen:a joshua o brian clone ,black glint,kojima particles and even crashed cradles and spirit of motherwill , heavily implying that Orcas or the destruction ending is canon (however there will probably nothing left after the destruction ending lel). Also I read a crazy and amusing theory somewhere that Humans have been at war with aliens from AC2 and everytime they go to space they get nuked and go underground again.

Ac Stryder

TBM I have to ask. Do you believe this theory? I ask because you said you had fun piecing it together and what not but I do this same kind of stuff (not like on KZfaq) just to keep my mind of things. My head cannon is that no AC game is connected unless a given or said explicitly (4 and For Answer). It's my perception, interested to hear yours.

Nine all was badass

I love it

Kojima and his research and development team didi it again

Do you have the names of the songs used?...love gaming music...

V and Verdict Day both had a LOT to do with AI

Someone knows about of eternal return concept?

Damn I wish ps5 had armored core. 4 answer was the perfect balance of movement and speed of the game. Nexts were so fun to dash around... If they built on that with something like the frostbite engine of dice, environmental destruction would be so cool. Even if they had something like a zoids cross over. Having sniper tigers and flying mechs. This game series was my childhood

英語は苦手だが、acが好きっていうのは言葉が通じなくてもすごく伝わる。

Yay theories! I don't really like the topic, but the first step matters!

What about armored core nine breaker

If the rumors of this next AC game taking place on mars are true i wonder how that lends itself to past lore

Doesn't address any of the major mysteries, but could the wreckage in AC3's Avalon Hill (Destroy Massive MT, Eliminate the Bombers, etc) be a segment of a fallen Cradle from Destroy Cradle 03?

Listen I'm not arguing here as somebody who has played pretty much all of the games all but the portable one and has done years of research because I don't have a life…. let me tell you all what's really going on it pretty much goes in succession as you would think it is the first armored Core games are the first ones to ever happened AC technology was something developed during the Great destruction or at least directly afterwards as well as the empty unit and the cord MT as everyone knows the MT is the very first mass-produced viable mech in armored Core as far as anybody knows it's other variant is very simply a empty unit utilizing the same thing as all AS’s do simply adding in mod ability meaning that they the original concept for the armored Core was just an old MT unit that the pilots were smart enough to use other MT weapons and parts then of course came the evolution of that into the armored Core after the concept was proved with the cord MT as far as I know you never encounter acord MT but from my understanding that's how it all started in the original game from that there is the simple games that we all know and love leading all the way up from armored Core all the way Another age after that I don't really know what happens but from what I'm able to understand The technology from ac2 era was almost all but lost and some sort of another giant cataclysmic War of some sorts which is why the Earth armored Core 3 silent line is surrounded by a giant space debris field which you can clearly see and the opening of silent line now what the hell could have done that I don't know lots and lots of s*** getting blown up but in the portable versions of these games you can get armored Core 2 era parts and weapons as well as Original era they're all either described as outdated variance that are not used anymore or improved variance mostly just to justify them Reusing them But from what I can understand is that these games are in fact connected and in one of the trailers of armored Core 4 you can clearly see noblesse oblige fighting off a bunch of 3rd Generation starter AC’s I would just like to point that out now I'm not saying you didn't put a whole lot of thought into this but you are just simply incorrect because that's a fact now maybe I'm wrong about the connection between armored Core 2 and the original games and armored Core 3 but I do know for a fact that armored Core 3 is most definitely connected with the armored Core 4 and 5 games now to answer your question why they are all simple they don't have complex movements and are basically replacers for MT’s is because they didn't want to have to put that much work into having all of these different unique enemies they literally are the replacers in that game now of course MT’s are still around but only the reverse Walker versions I would just like to point that out that's basically the only reason why they're so simple is because they just didn't either have enough time resources or money or all of the above right there in order to be able to do that now I'm very unhappy with it myself and I would love to have encountered a lot of unique ;norml's; but it's just that simple the development team was like hell no way too much work considering the fact you already have to buy a bunch of unique next’s that did not think it was necessary to put that much effort into it I guess it really wouldn't have made that much of a difference But I can say for a fact it would be really awesome to be able to fight unique 3rd generation enemies... but instead they replaced them all with this basically manufactured version that is completely standard and has no uniqueness to it at all there you go

Would love to see how AC6 would fit into this

3:16 AC1 cores where also around 10 meters tall, Not sure where that artist got his rendition from but there are several instances of you being able to compare the core to vehicles and street lights and such, Just a little nitpick outside of that i do enjoy AC theory.

But which year takes actually place? Between 2050s and 2100s or am i wrong?

If Armored Core 4 Universe was analogized with Universal Century-era Gundam series, then we know and realize that the NEXT were like the Mobile Suits (RX-78-2, Gundam Alex) and the Normals were like the Grunt Suits (EFSF GM, Zeon Zaku). This is make sense with your explanation of AC4 Universe where the NEXT pilots were so expert, superior and dominant like a Newtype Pilot while the Normals looks so clumsy-like because their pilot which should I say...little experienced, like most pilots of Grunt Suit Units (CMIIW, Buster TBM)

However i have a question, what of Sera from silent line?

I think the ending were u give humanity a chance to the stars is canon cuz ac6 is on rubicon 3

Where is your response to armored core 6?

But after all this is just a theory A GAME THEORY!!!!....................im sorry

Which is the name of music theme used in the video?

I think 1- last raven are connected because I remember the last mission in nexus the boss you had to fight said destoy nine ball and said distroy selveral mor times

I haven't finished the video, but in the first couple minutes I already notice a bit of a misconception in regards to "normals" If you go into training mode in AC4, you will notice that there are options to fight MTs, Normals and NEXTs. MTs are what you've shown us in the video, the guys that stand there with basic abilities. "Normals" are for the most part used like ACs in the game. They boost hover around, show up in groups of 3-4 and can deal serious damage if you're just letting yourself get hit. They might still be the first generation of ACs and I'm not trying to kill your theory, but what you referenced as having no power was in fact not a Normal, but an MT.

silent line had the best story imo

Agh there’s so much big correct here…… ac2 and ac2 aa do not take place at same time.

In that case...I have an idea...let's ask the creator of all Armored Core games to tell us the truth of the storyline. hehe

You should really play trough AC5, I'm guessing a lot of people turns to you when it comes to AC lore, so at least a basic knowledge would be preferable

Seeing this vídeo is funny beacuse I have a similar theory even knowing they're in different universes

A big hole with this is the destruction ending of ac4 is (edit"official") cannon

FA is bae

I honestly only care about armored core 3 to last raven. Best games.

But that's just a theory, a GAME THEORY! Sorry. But if one thing is sure, it's that: Mute + Featureless + Nameless pilot = Run.

Unrelated to everything but I absolutely despise the western for answer box art

I could never beat any of the armored core games I came across. They're simply too difficult for me to even play and I'm pretty good at difficult games. This franchise though just gave me a run for my money.

This is just my guess based on the Armored Core games that I've played (I haven't played For Answer though I just know the general gist of it which could prove to ruin my little timeline) - 4/For Answer > 5/Verdict Day > AC3 > Last Raven Ok so after finding more out about ACFA, it makes more sense for it to go AC3 > LR > 4/FA > 5/VD, but, my only problem is why is Last Raven called Last Raven if there are many mercenaries who are called ravens in 4/FA. This makes me believe it possibly goes AC3 > 4/FA > LR > 5/VD, but I'm not sure. As I previously stated, I never played 4/FA and nothing before AC3, so I don't have a full grasp on the story as a whole.

As an old raven myself i think your timeline sounds pretty good.

Nice theory And first

It's J the reaper from Verdict Day. It's all the dog ration nine ball preventing a another J to reappear. The Raven aka the player... the series is all in order if you loom deep down in the tech. Nothing was reversed engineered like you think in the video. Good theory. But no. Ravens live forever. They will never die.

Wait "Kojima particle" !!!????