The Armored Core Series: A Newcomer's Journey
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In this series retrospective/analysis (and my longest video to date), I discuss how Armored Core went from a franchise I, as a Dark Souls/Elden Ring fan, kne...

... I sadly won't have a machine that can play 6 until long after it comes out :kitty-cri-texas:

Lots of people here would like the series though -- tons of anticapitalist themes throughout, fun gameplay that's different from soulsborne stuff, but scratches the same basic itch, etc

As the guy says in the video though, getting the older games is needlessly difficult if you don't go the emulator route, and something I'm hoping for with 6 is that it leads to re-releases of the older titles as well (once again pirates have been doing most of the work of content preservation, God bless them).

  • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I never played any of the sequels but I loved the original. I had a lot of hours in Mechwarrior games before it came out and it really scratches the giant mech combat itch.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      hadn't thought about mechwarrior in years and youtube has been suggesting mechwarrior soundtrack videos to me lately, really puts me back in a place and mindset

      • Weedian [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Mechwarrior 5 with mods is really good, without mods it’s okay but gets stale

        The turn based Battletech is fun too

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I mostly remember being awed by the Ghost Bear's Legacy intro cinematic where the Kodiak bursts out of the ice in front of a Raven and constantly overheating because I used as many large lasers and PPCs as possible.