Coolest FROMSOFT npc ever?

>limiters off
>110, 120, 130...
[sound stops]
>All or nothing.

>>712648674
>I won't miss

Power without purpose....

>>712648242 (OP)
It is incredible how they could make so many likeable characters in AC6 even thou we don't even see their faces.

Armored Core and Sekiro prove that FromSoftware can create minimalist stories without compromising narrative or character development. I am impressed how at the end of the game I came to care about Ayre, Walter, Iguazu, Rusty and even Snail. Unfortunately, this falls flat in Elden Ring. Melina is one of the most forgettable characters they have ever created. Their "souls" series would be much better if they put a bit more effort in the narrative and npcs.

>>712649493
How is AC6 minimalist? From all the modern soulsslop, it has the most written out narrative. Compared to shit liek DS.

>>712649493
>came to care about Iguazu
what the fuck is wrong with you

>>712648674
>>712648759
this shit was megakino, but I felt like the one who one was him and not me lol

>>712649629
It's still 98% gameplay, and much of the story is revealed as you play or on a quick talk after the mission. Compared to other games, there is very little exposition. The DS "story" is basically the item descriptions and the few lines the bosses say before battle.

The main issue for me is that you can't get emotionally attached to anything in DS because the characters and bosses are barely connected to the player characters. You defeat gods and demons and there is no emotional tension, because that creature means nothing to the player besides the gameplay challenge.

>>712649493
I fucking love snail

>>712648242 (OP)
I prefer Ayree

But I find that guy far more impressive.
He just wanted to be left alone...

>>712648242 (OP)
Secret level AC episode was kind of interesting.

>>712651396
>the recurring underdog rival is the true final boss.

kino

Rusty was to derivative, I felt nothing but annoyance at him

>>712652082
Indeed, and you've got to love how he too, tell ALL-MIND to fuck-off.
Then in a single-moment of absolute sociopathy, finally find a way to jam any Coral communication.
"finally some silence"

Fighting Ayre was glorious and incredibly tragic.
It's clear that she love you.
First part of the fight, she's even trying to show off. Hoping to just disable you and save the Coral.
I really need a webm of her movement, she's walking in a sexy way.
Midway it's clearly not going as well as she hoped and need to get serious even if it means killing you.
By the end she's so afraid and desperate she break and convince herself that you, 621, is the incarnation of the spark of war.

Quite literal here since you are going to burn the entire planet in the "Fire of Raven".

>>712649493
They managed to create a waifu war without showing anyone's face, now that's an achievement

>>712650314
he's my go-to warm-up punching bag for PVP

Worst gameplay. Worst music.
Best story. Best graphics.
I absolutely despise this entry. And I've been seeing my favorite franchises die in these past 5 years.
Devil May Cry. Armored Core. Onimusha. Castlevania. Dragon's Dogma. And the list goes on.

>>712648242 (OP)
>local man literally too angry to die
absolute LUDO moment

b-buddy...

>>712648242 (OP)
>>712648674

>>712653668
Allmind is cute, too. It was funny when she created a whole new persona and led us on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTQz4pJIQs

>>712653668
As much as I hated AC6, I gotta admit the memes, art and silly threads were the best memories I'm going to have about that game.

>>712655038
it took me all of like 0.1 seconds to figure out who "Kate Markson" was. not saying I wouldn't though.

>>712653812
Imagine getting paid fractions of rupees to shitpost about games you don't play.

>>712653743
He's the perfect balance of challenging and beatable. If he's shitcanning you it's always a sign the build needs work, because he shouldn't hard counter anything

>>712649493
>iguazu

>>712655038
She's such a little nerd

>Coolest FROMSOFT npc ever?

>>712656279
>rupees
HUP!
HAP!
HYAAH!
HIYAH

Allmind? More like DORKMIND!!!!

>>712657741
THAT is NOT a friend!

>>712657183
well after you've put 500+ hours into this 20 hour game you shouldn't ever really lose to an NPC. it's more that he has enough attack and moveset variety to provide an adequate warmup for all the control inputs if you want to have a "clean" win (taking as little damage as possible)

>>712657741

>>712648674
>I won't miss

>>712657903

>>712657825
>gets BTFO'd by dual grenade launcher arms

>>712658024
Oh wait that was the final boss of PP where I used dual grenade launchers ah well fuck it whatever

>>712658002
needs hotgluing

>>712648242 (OP)
Aldia

>>712648242 (OP)
what a fucking jobber this guy turned out to be

>>712657903
why does a disembodied AI come equipped with thighs and hips like that

>>712649493
>we don't even see their faces.
Found the reason

>>712650181
The blank state protagonist is just the vessel, as the story is driven by setting and npcs, not the pc, hence the disconnection. Funky people say, that it's intended, that's bs if course.

>>712655316

>>712653743
How many people are even left playing pvp at this point?

>>712658572
>SPOILER
you can get rid of that by just renaming the file and getting rid of the spoiler tag btw

>>712658572
More like NO-MIND.

Raven, the mutt.

>>712658182
Look at that expanded memory capacity...

>>712658708
You should check the exhaust!

>>712658002
I always interpreted this piece as the figurine is a camera/interface
So the correct answer is to put it in a jar

Rusty is a loser faggot.

I hope they improve the scale of the game. It's still hard to feel like I'm inside a huge mech because most of the environment is designed for mechs to use.
Slave Zero made me feel bigger than I did in AC.

>>712648242 (OP)
Definitely one of their best for sure. Very cool likeable character and a cool looking AC design. Kind of even tempted to get his model kit I just don't have space to display it well though. Got a tiny shit ass room so just going to have to pass on it for now.

>>712648939
>>712657971
KINOOOOOO

>>712658572

>>712660065

>>712649493
I haven't played AC6, but Elden Ring easily has the best NPC's out of any of the souls games. Characters are way more fleshed out and have their own little plots and schemes that operate for the most part independently of the player to enrich the world. Rather than being largely just vagabonds drawn from unseen far lands. Melina was pretty flat and cryptic, but it's clear from the DLC that she's meant to be this character shrouded in mystery.
Some stands out for me were Ranni, Ofnir, Fia, Leda, Ansbach, Diallos, Dungeater, Millicent, Blaidd, Irina, D, and Ymir

>>712648674
>>712657971

>>712657217
>Not liking the saltiest runback in the history of vidya

>>712661138

>>712653668
Carla had the prettiest EN voice, by far. I don't understand Ayrefags. At least ALLMIND is commonly depicted as an OL.

I don't like Carla, she called me a tourist...

>>712659626
They probably won't. The earlier AC games always had you fight in these facilities and tunnel complexes that have fuckhueg corridors for no reason. You'd think the corps would want to stop ACs from going around, killing everything on their properties, but they apparently designed everything for that explicit purpose.

>>712648674
>>712648759
>>712648939
KINO !!!

>>712658641
last I checked it was still a few thousand coming back every season

>>712654105
>dies shortly after

>>712659626
>I hope they improve the scale of the game
I think they did it right myself.
It's full of little details that show you the size of the mecha in comparison to human-sized vehicle.

It's just when you get in plain natural environment that you miss those details.
And the sheer Industrial gigantism also make you feel smaller than you really are..

>>712662067
"It's been miserable knowing you"

>>712661713

>>712662067

You fuck up her entire life by knowing her. You are either responsible for killing her and Chatty, fight alongside her to get vaporized or show up at the last possible second to see her and Walter's corpses floating in space after ALLMIND has killed them both.

>>712649493
I think From realized they dropped the ball with Melina since Ayre shares a ton of similarities (bodyless, aversion to fire, character arc (if you can even call it that in Melina's case) about finding your own convictions, traveling companion that's with you at all times, threatens to fuck you up if you dare to burn everything) except Ayre is just a way more involved and memorable character, those cute waifubait moments where she talks about flowers or pretends to be ALLMIND for the lols are amazing. Also unlike Melina, who doesn't do shit until after you burn everything, Ayre puts her credits where her coral is and fights you head on

>>712648242 (OP)
nortubel tier npc

>>712649908
He's so stupidly petty it's a comical level of endearing.

>>712655316
Never saw one ac6 meme

>>712648242 (OP)
its still so funny that this game in particular, mindbroke tendies the hardest in the entire year of 2023 ( with the exception of Basedlda losing to gay bear sex )

>>712666382
This one's my favorite

>>712665579
>tests you in a custom VR arena AC of her own by hijacking the system for funsies, and ALLMIND doesn't catch on
>will fight you to the end to protect her kind and go out still hoping for the best
>and will straight up use that same machine to assist you in the true final battle because she's not letting you handle it alone
Is there a single other FromSoft heroine that is as proactive as Ayre?

>>712667857
Play the game retard.

>>712665579
IIRC there was supposed to be more involvement with Melina and she was supposed to be replacing Millicent in her storyline or something? They changed it because they didn't want you to potentially miss out on a major boss by fucking up her questline.

>>712668210
Is there a problem?

Freud is the strongest. Freud is the coolest. Chattylovers and Carlafags (grannyfuckers) seethe, AI-controlled chatbots, always the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJVTkxxgqtU

I need to go back and beat this.

>>712668854
*unzips cock* beat THIS

>>712649908
>Overpowers one of the most intelligent AIs ever seen in AC from sheer unadulterated seethe
Man how can you not like him.

I finished up RE-AC6 a while ago and it was pretty great. Are there any other good overhaul mods I should try?

>>712667827
U SIGGEN ME ALL OV U :-------DDDDDDDDD

Walter was right and always will be

>>712667827
>kek at picrel
Very funny indeed.

Rusty's alright but I liked VD's cast the most.
Personally J and Fatman share the number one spot in my heart.

>>712669636
Existence is part of my war

>>712669636
>Fighting a NEXT in what amounts to a Normal AC
It's going to be hard to top the final boss of VD. The sheer amount of wtf I had when I realized it had primal armor is something that hasn't been duplicated ever since.

RESTOCK THE FUCKING GUNPLA, BAMCO

>>712655316
>as much as i hated AC6

>>712666382

Post more. People talked about AC6 a lot here for like five months after the original launch.

>>712670550
>AC4 tells you that primal armor is uber harmful to the enviroment and is highly radioactive
>dont really get a scale for it
>ACVD
>when you see NGWX activate it your AP starts to burn away and all the scrap metal vehicles around you start to melt from the radiation

so kino..

Who /schneider/ here?

>>712671984
Hilarious. Was looking up dark souls 2 memes up to just now. Never even thought to meme from soft games. Maybe elden ring has funny memes, too?
Picrel is unbelievable funny. Just shows how meme tic energy or meme potential Simpsons have.

>>712667827

What the fucking hell was his problem?

>>712669317

>betrays you and tells you he has to kill you

GLORY TO VERTEX

>>712672502
He was just too based

>>712672773
He was fucking lobotomized/brainwashed in that fight.

>>712672773
Why are the inside the mechs, if it's ultra sophisticated tech? Can't they control them via Internet?

>>712648242 (OP)
wrong

>>712667827
>Pathetic. Is that all Balam's Redguns can muster?

>...You won't get rid of me that easily. I AM the Vespers. I AM Arquebus!

>Rubiconian apes... Out of my way!

>You again?! I thought you'd run away with your tail between your legs... Back for more, are you? You fools don't know your place. You don't know when you're beaten. You don't even know what's good for you!

Ok great Snail, we hear you.

alright /v/, be honest.
Save the Coral?
or
Burn the Coral?

>>712672502
I understand him on a deep spiritual level and you will too if you ever work in a majority indian workplace.

>>712655316
Japan carrying the Fanbase as usual

>>712673228
I will save my brainwife. I will force mandatory brainwives onto all other pilots.

>>712673228
Save obvious choice

>>712672773
nigga he was literally brainwashed

>>712673228
i dont remember. whichever choice resulted in me and ayr being romantically fused together. her voice is nice.

>>712673228
>Story Wise
Liberator
>Boss Wise
Coral release, Fires of Raven

>>712673228
i like the Liberator of Rubicon ending the best desu

>>712673228
Saving the coral came at a heavy cost, but it was a net positive, me thinks.

>>712673228
My first ending was Fires of Raven so

>>712673462
Technically she already is but Alea Iacta Est (Coral Release) is the one where you are most close

>>712673228
Liberator is the best imo
Though The Secret Ending is also kino especially the ending line.
Fires of Raven id would do it for the Ayre Boss and Rusty

>>712662067
I thought I didn't care about Carla, but betraying her felt so bad.

In the Liberator ending, even though you don't blow up the Coral or directly trigger Coral Release, wouldn't having all that Coral together cause some bad shit to happen anyways? Is the plan just to suck it back down to Rubicon?

>>712662067
Carla is basically the Jobber of the game despite Rusty eating shit in all the endings

Walter>Michigan>Rusty

>>712672773
>Betray
Play the game and the Route again because that's not what happens

ENTER

>>712673228
Liberator will always be best
>Team up with Rusty
>Make Snail eat shit
>Kick out Arquebus and avenge based Balam
>621... you made... a friend...
>Get your brainwave waifu

>>712648242 (OP)
That ain't big hat logan

>>712673228
Burn it, I don't care for Ayre or ALLMIND and I don't trust alien mind control demons

>>712674038
Snail >>>

>>712673228
Burn that shit. Thumb Dolmayan went insane because he realized the implication of coral release. Burn it all.

>>712673228
Save was infinitely more kino between fighting Snailteus and then Waltuh while this played. Absolute fucking peak ending.

https://youtu.be/n-anU1M9y88?si=dg1Qfk_XzW-rlxrU

>>712673228
I want to believe that the cute nuclear petrol wife won't do me no harm but

Coral is a semi-sentient organism that can destroy solar systems if ignited and seems to multiply indefinitely and excessively in a vacuum so I don't actually know how well that's going to turn out.

>absolute kino mech game
>community is nothing but self insert trannies making all the faceless characters gay women

I hate gaming "communities", they need to be sent to labor camps.

>>712673228
>save coral
>have to kill Walter
>burn coral
>have to kill Ayre
No matter which path you take, only pain awaits you.

>>712675039
It wouldn't be a mecha story without killing your friend.

>>712673228
Red sky, red mind.

>>712673228
Corral Release
Burning is a short term solution that'll probably come back or happen on somewhere else

i only did 1 playthrough because i make all the correct decisions

>>712673228
Liberator is the pick but Fires for the fights. Walter and Carla and their old dead group are fucking Stupid though and that's my only gripe with the games plot

>>712649493
>Armored Core and Sekiro prove that FromSoftware can create minimalist stories without compromising narrative or character development.
This is what absolutely pisses me the fuck off about Elden Ring. They CAN make fantastic stories. They consciously decided not to.

The most insane thing about Armored Core 6 is that it's thoroughly inspired by Eureka Seven.
There's even a fucking Norb in AC6.

So is the DRM that this game has on Steam anything to worry about?

>>712649908
He has tinnitus. Believe me you'd go mad too if you had it as bad as Iguazu.

>>712676839
They're just afraid of the unknown brain-worms becoming a universal constant. They're erring on the side of caution over their own lives.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-anU1M9y88
>look at you... 621...
>you found... a friend

>>712648674
>Radio distorts
FUCKING KINO AS ALL FUCK

honkai tier gameplay slop

>>712658182
This game made me fall in love with two AIs that hav no appearance and I should be ashamed, but I'm too impressed to be.

I want to have a threesome with Ayre and Allmind.

>>712680143

>most of /v/ shits on Armored Core 6 because it doesn't have a Switch or Switch 2 port

Damn shame that console war brainrot is depriving people of a legitimately good experience.

>>712681223
Unrelated but I wonder how DxM runs on the Switch 2. We've got AC back now, but I still think it was a pretty cool game.

>>712648242 (OP)
he's literally just pixy

>>712648242 (OP)
I don't know about that, but he is my husband

We need an Arquebus takeover route, where Snail and Allmind go
>Y-you can't do this to me! I am Arquebus!
>No. -We- are Arquebus.
>EUAEUUUUGH!

AC thread on V!

>Go to a party and talk to people
>feel sad, wasted time pretending to care
>play armored core
>feel happy, get to bash big robots and larp as a cool merc
what's the secret?

>>712653812
>Dragon's Dogma

>>712677613
Damn I forgot all about E7, the shit is even named coral too

Can (You) beat the game with the default equipment?

Museru

>>712648242 (OP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diTUPGCBobA

He carried Joshua's torch as our best friend pilot extremely well.

Whenever we're allowed to have a best friend in Armored Core. KINO always beckons sooner or later.

I hope the normie bucks for enden ring hasten the new AC.

I think this is the game that made me do the most backstabbing. Sacrificing everything for a "greater good".

>>712648242 (OP)
How the hell did they make Rusty so effortlessly cool? He should be the protagonist of his own game and it feels like we just wander into HIS story and fuck things up from an outside independent perspective.

ricing ACs in AC6 got me into gunpla/plamo and I'm still not sure if that's a good thing or not (it's really fun but I'm probably going to end up spending ungodly amounts of money on this hobby)
like 1/3 of the way through building the Kotobukiya FOXEYE set right now

>>712686653
Not effortlessly. He spends the whole game calling you "buddy," and treating you fairly.

>>712686872
>He spends the whole game calling you "buddy," and treating you fairly.
Except that one time where he tried to kill you for no reason.

I was too stupid to learn how to play this game.

>>712687532
Give it another chance, it is not that complex. The only part in the game that you can really be "filtered" is at Ibis (IB-01: CEL 240) and the final bosses.
Ibis is the "Genichiro" of this game, a skill check and it is fair to give up there, but it is really worth it and possible to get there.
it is fun to try different loadouts and strategies.

>>712687429
It is has been a long while since i have played the game, but I believe he was following orders and trying to "fit in" on his company, which was hunting you.

I wish I had some screenshots, but that mission you take down Michigan was hard as fuck and great.

>>712649493
Last Raven does Souls games core story telling gimmick much better in all the ways that matters.

>>712688236
Yeah, his company ordered him to kill you. Then he says he still has a purpose here on Rubicon then asks, "Who needs you?"

>>712669636
If you liked VD and 5th gen in general, then you have to like Chief. Crazy how he was an AI. Loved the bastard when he showed up. Also Stain was a great soundtrack for him. Also loved his AC that I replicated for myself even though it had low CE and KE def. RIP his Jp VA though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btufc5PkDrk

>>712688656
From Software was better at doing From Software stuff back when it wasn’t seen and treated as just a gimmick, yes.

>>712681223
even if it got a port they'd still shit on it because one guy who dares challenge their worldview likes it

>>712688236
The alternate version of that mission.

>>712688775
He’s a nice change of pace of antagonistic AI characters in general being one that actually loves humanity and their chaos and potential

>>712673160
But Raven. That's "you".

I read somewhere that they were going to use this satellite, but could not fit it in the game.

>>712686773
The metal build rabbit hole is waiting for you.

>>712689207
It's funny how he shows his love for humanity by flaying them in small wars over resources.

>>712687532
>>712688000
Trips of truth, but not really.
A lightweight tank leg build with gatlings and grenade cannons makes short work of literally anything.

If I were to play an older AC, which one should I get?

>>712689585
LOOK OUT, IT'S A GILLETTE RAZOR

>>712689967
Start from the beginning. Play AC1 and move on from there. Keep in mind of the expansion packs, they're sequels to the numbered games.

>>712650010
You both won. Rusty was only capable of dropping the 2nd shield, he wouldn't have been able to recharge the cannon before the worm's shields recharged, he needed you to deal the real damage. He also wouldn't be able to down the shield at all without you downing the first shield.

The other team members really only served as distraction and screen for the drones. The two essential members without which the mission could not succeed are you and Rusty. You both earned that W.

>>712669081
>smAllMind
>Intelligent
O I am laffin

>>712690092
Ok.

>>712689197
The only alternate version of that mission is that Middle Flatwell shows up halfway through to try and stop Rusty and 621, but because the fight is already going and Rusty is vital to the RLF endgame and 621 isn't, he prioritizes the guy they know for certain is loyal over the one who might sort of be loyal.

The funny part is that a Data Log in that very same mission confirms that the STEEL HAZE ORTUS is complete and thus Rusty doesn't need to pay lip service to Arquebus any longer, but given that that poor bastard is thoroughly destroyed, well...

>>712678005
>They're just afraid of the unknown brain-worms becoming a universal constant
They're not aware that Coral is living and sentient (well Walter is but that's at the very end after he was forcibly augmented), their aversion to Coral is because of its abuse by humans and how destructive it can be. If the coral was left alone Coral Release/Coral Collapse would never happen, it's only when people start fucking with it does it become a possibility.

>>712689967
Probably release order, or you could consider skipping ahead to 3+SL first if you want something a little more polished before you dive into the earlier titles.

>>712650314
The Xylem is doomed?
Good.

>>712689573
His "love" only really emerges at the tail end of V where he actually realizes why his and Carol's attempts at restoring mankind (creating a stable society and then ensuring peace) always blows up in conflict with humans killing each other. "Perhaps fighting is what they were meant to do," is his conclusion, and the plan he and Carol settle on eventually is to simply back off, let humanity have all the fancy tech, and fight it out over it. Cue Verdict Day.

>>712689967
I’d say start with gen 3, and use the fandom patch’s for analog controls.

>>712658572
Bitch you can't make me release corals

>>712653405
>I still believe... In our shared... dream...
Pure tragikino

>>712690468
If you look closely, her death animation has her desperately reach out for 621.

>>712690405
Funny that though. He comes after you with six versions of himself in the 'novels' with a very apprehensive Caesar joining forces with you once you go to the South American Tower.

>>712690567
AIE should've ended with your AC holding hands with Echo as Coral Release is enacted.

>>712690579
That's his initial obsession with special individuals who somehow just break everything around them, which gets mythologized into the Dark Raven legend by Verdict Day. Funny enough, it's spawned from the League of Corporations' old projects to replicate specific people with extremely high AMS Compability.

>>712658760
>Naughty bird
Why did Raven poop on her?

>>712661138
>Not the unmuzzled version

>>712690468

>>712659626
You should pay more attention. Yes, the megastructure facilities are designed at mecha scale. This makes sense when mechs are ubiquitous for construction and industrial use. But everywhere you look you can see staircases, doors, computer consoles and other things at human scale that remind you of the scale of your giant robot. My only real complaint is I felt your footsteps should have been stompier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P-VQ42SzOI
>Chorus: the entire dev team

>>712672773
>fights me because he doesn't like my new girlfriend
>we trade blows
>new girlfriend tries to stop us
>gives up and actually accepts new girlfriend as being cool
>goes to the corner store for milk and never returns

Walter really was a great dad.

>>712668536
Freud is cool but his AC sucks and is way too easy to beat. You only ever hear his cool dialogue if you intentionally drag the fight out

>>712648242 (OP)
>feel like rewatching some bits
>every video uses the dub

How the fuck do I play more Armored Core without a fucking PStriple?

>>712691115
You can emulate every game in the series.

>>712648242 (OP)
He's fine. I'm never as impressed by the NPCs who Fromsoft very clearly wants me to find 'cool' as other people are. From AC6, I much prefer Walter, Carla, Freud (for all five minutes he has), and Snail is probably the best villain Fromsoft has ever made.

>>712690686
Thus Medal of Honor and the whole Reaper Squad featuring "of War my part is Existence" J.
It's funny though how that incursion led to making Venide and Evergreen down the line. What was the year separation again between V and VD? 50 years? 100?

>>712648242 (OP)
>makes scrubs go back to elden ring

>>712689351
As like a boss fight? Because they do use it, in multiple cutscenes.

>>712691164
Can I? RPCS3?

>>712691232
Not Men of Honor, those were just autists who blew up over a succession crisis thanks to successive women moments. You mean Zodiac. And it's something like 100 years after, if I'm not mistaken.

>>712684967
>Hey.
>I guess there's little need for words.

>>712691359
idk, I emulated and completed 4, For Answer, 5, and Verdict Day on Xenia a few months before 6 came out.

>>712691359
RPCS3 can handle 4, 4A and VD. V you need some Xenia fuckery for.

>>712648242 (OP)
Not even the best AC rival, that goes to Zinaida.

>>712691359
NTA but yes you can.
>>712691405
Weren't Zodiac and MoH the same? I swear Moh was the organization and the Zodiac were the specific pilots who challenged AC pilots in the wasteland. That all ended after you destroyed the very last them, 8 and the pilot-turned-AI. And then Rosemary took over them for a good long while before she died.

>>712681223
Its the only game I ever platinumed

>>712691032
AC6's preset AC design is honestly just kind of bad and Freud is probably the most egregious example of it. None of them are even particularly thematically interesting, just random jumbles of suboptimal parts that don't really synergize together, let alone take advantage of any of the game's mechanics. Where's the Daemon or Exile or Werehound equivalent that abuses some bullshit strategy and makes you rethink your entire build just to beat them?

>>712691548
No, Zodiac are the reactivated first of three attempts at replicating and making replicatable skilled AC pilots. Zodiac are the Designed, J is a Cultivater, and the rest of Reaper Squad (along with J by the end) are the third type, the Phantasma Beings.

Zodiac are not working with MoH, in fact a Zodiac member kills the then leader of MoH who is leading them against the Dark Raven in an effort to force him into joining them.

>>712691465
Should I just play them in order? I remember getting 4A from a thrift store way back in the day but getting filtered by some of the fights and not really understanding the game.

>>712691247
>Contact to support you
>song is named "contact with you"

:OOOOOOO

>>712649493
>>712665579
Ayre is Melina if there were no Ranni for Miyazaki to shift all of the focus to.

>>712673228
Liberator. Fires main peak is the Rusty mission and is the more depressing route. But I couldn't give a single shit about killing Freud compared to the most glorious death in the game that is killing Snail.

>>712687429

Snail had the Arquebus higher ups send Rusty a job to have you followed and eliminated for entering the lower levels of Watchpoint Alpha. Rusty wasn't told who the target was and Snail used the job as a way of gauging Rusty's loyalties/potentially removing Rusty from the Vespers if he lost.

Notice how in the proceeding mission, Snail doesn't give a fuck if Maeterlinck dies fighting you and remains silent when contacted for emergency support. He was always taking over the Vespers from the start, cleaning house and replacing ranks with characters like Pater.

>>712691114
The dub is almost universally better. The JP voices are either much worse than the EN or just OK.

For JP, Walter is pretty good, AllMind is good, Ayre and Honest Brute are good. JP Honest Brute is one of the few who might be better just because it sounds like he's cooming when he's dying which fits his character.

But many are just worse. EN Michigan mogs the fuck out of JP Michigan, and it makes sense because Michigan is an American as fuck character. They should have used EN Michigan in the JP version and given him subtitles. JP Michigan just sounds like "generic old military man" you've heard in a dozen anime. JP Snail isn't terrible, but EN Snail's smug aura is superior.

>>712681223
Doubt bing bing wahoo players would care for a mech game, even if it is heavily simplified compared to older AC titles.

>>712691684
>Zodiac are not working with MoH, in fact a Zodiac member kills the then leader of MoH who is leading them against the Dark Raven in an effort to force him into joining them.
Wait was this in game or in extra material like the 'novels' and databook? Because I don't remember that part.

So why was the zimmerman so damn good? Even with the patch its arguably the best gun overall in the game. Putting one in each hand melts most shit in the game like butter.

>>712691857
No, this is stated outright in cutscenes in the Order Missions, which take place after the main story of V.

>>712691808
You'd be surprised what tendies buy and shill just for nintendo once it's on their platform. Even more so in the last 10 years.

>>712691625
Weakest part of the game IMO. They put too much effort into making the non AC bosses have bullshit specs and abilities and didn't put the same effort into the AC fights. The closest they did was Raven (Real) and his pile bunker punish which can easily rape you if you aren't careful but since his AC has basic parts otherwise as long as you mind that one thing he's easy to beat.

>>712691940
Do you remember what Order Mission number it was? I'd have to redownload RPS3C and V again.

>>712686872

Y-You too...

>>712692059
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SC0GongAPs
This one.

>>712691878
extremely high impact:acc impact ratio, burst damage that's not too far off from stance weapons without needing to stance, enough effective range to be effective within the entire close range bracket which is the only range that matters, spread basically guarantees at least partial damage against all but the most slippery targets
the only thing that definitively trumps it in PVP is lammkite, which really just needs to be nerfed into the dirt (no, 5% less effective AP on the most evasive legs in the game by far doesn't fix it)

>final boss is that mook you defeated with relative ease at the start of the game, after coming back to try and get his revenge on you dozens of times
>he even sends a professional assassin after you out of cowardice and desperation

AC6 definitely has some memorable villains for a game that just has robots and voices to tell it's story and world building.

>>712692218
Man I really have to play V again then. I do not remember at all that exchange.

>>712692529
As someone who 100% it, don't. It's not worth it. Just play VD instead.

>>712692498
Better question is was he even a real person in the first place? Or most any of the characters really?

>>712668536
Freud is pretty disappointing for a Ninebreaker. Genobee despite my dislike of Nexus is easily my favorite. Funny enough Genobee also had a shit AC in context of his game, but probably would have been much better in AC6

>>712692574
I like the entirety of 5th gen so it's not a negative for me. I hate when people skimp out on V just because it was the first entry and it earned a bad rep for introducing it's style and it was roughshod to put it nicely. VD fixes everything yes but I like the entirety of it's context and connections. Also I love the city map and I wish it hadn't been removed for VD.

>>712692645
Was anything even real? Or was it AllMind's simulation? Maybe the Liberator/Fires endings were simulation and only the Release ending was real? Or maybe none of it is real.

>>712671757
>Nu fromslop apologist

>>712692371
>Zamzibar... Forgive me...

>>712692574
I think V is worth it for a quick run and dump. I miss the level design of V when I played Verdict Day because it’s the only AC game that gave proper attention to full urban design having tons of buildings to fight and traverse through. Verdict Day is way more open and arena like in its level design. Although I did replay V with an old save and parts so I can’t recall what a brand new offline experience would be like

>>712692908
This but unironically. Ballmind seemed to have everything set up down to the strange super prototype unpiloted AC from the very start.

>>712692837
The main story is fine, but trust me dude, the Order Missions are a fucking slog. There's 83 of them and they're all the fucking same. Replay the story, then watch the Order Mission shit on YT.

The reason the city map didn't come back is because it was so goddamn demanding the consoles at the time struggled to run V. That's why it was actually disliked, because it had absolutely dogwater framerate, and it's why VD has very open maps.

>>712691625
Makes me wonder if there's a good mod where someone has attempted to address this beyond simply upping enemy stats. It'd be the second most valuable change to me after modding the music.

>fight V.1
>fucking obliterate him
>fight rusty on the bridge
>fucking obliterate him
This game has a real problem with enemy aces being too easy to down. The hardest they are is when there's multiple of them like King/Chartreuse/Raven but a 1-on-1 fight might as well just not exist.

>>712693117
>The main story is fine, but trust me dude, the Order Missions are a fucking slog. There's 83 of them and they're all the fucking same.

I already told you. I do not mind it at all. I used to replay alot of the entirety of order missions in order when I wasn't in online play. I'll consider it a slog when I actually get tired of it, but right now no. I'll play through it all again.

>>712692645
I am pretty sure most of them were human pilots (except for Chatty for example) but many of them basically went through reeducation programs (basically tortured) as is the case in regards to the corporation Arquebus. The overall story and lore to this game was actually quite dark and sinister. It does an effective job imo of conveying it despite the lack of any humans on screen emoting or being to put it in a funny way, faggy, to let people know oh yeah you are supposed to have this emotion for this scene here. The whole soullessness of ACVI's world ironically gave this game a ton of soul.

I've never even played the other AC games but I would have to rank this games story very high up there with the thousand games I must have played and beat at this point. I know AC1 has a pretty cool story as well and I do want to play the old games or at least some of them one day.

>>712693302
Alright man, you do you.

>>712692645
We have visual reference for almost every character in the game.

Such god tier music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-siYv9E_4-A

>>712692645
Anon none of them are real they are characters in a video game

>>712648674
>>712648759
>>712648939

>>712693374
Yup. Also does the vinny site still work?

>>712693139
there are a few arena mods that add more interesting builds, but they just highlight the problem that the AC AI in 6 is also bad and hasn't been reverse engineered yet, at least not enough to give them actual strategies or gimmicks in the way that oldgen did

>>712692645
About the only character we don't have an indirect visual for is Kate, for obvious fucking reasons. Outside Chatty being an AI, everyone is in a sketch somewhere. An current day Walter is about the only one that has a missing reference.

I WON'T STOP!

Kind of funny that Rusty was the sniper when both Steel Haze and Steel Haze Ortus were evasive ACs with rapid fire focus.

>>712693631
Tendie got to it. I'm sorry.

>"""Invincible""" Rummy
>you can see him just fine
what was From thinking?

>>712693936
Shit. Well time to look in some threads again.

>look for Vday on amazon
>this shit is going for hundreds of dollars on some listings
>no no no no no wtf kek?
>look it up on ebay
>much fairer prices listed although still fairly pricey for such an old game

But seriously $300 for any game is ridiculous I am not a richfag here. Would be great if From could release a remaster collection of some of the better games for us new to the series. Or yeah I could just emulate.

>>712694126
Emulation has gotten better over the last 2 years for the AC franchise thanks to dedicated players.
It's still rough around the edges for something like 5th gen and 4th gen, but the older gens should run just fine.
>But seriously $300 for any game is ridiculous I am not a richfag here.
It's what happens when From in it's current popularity releases a long dead game and people will sometimes go to lengths to try and get older games. Scalpers have always been a bitch.

Coral = Crack

>>712694760
It's the type of crack that can make your brain a high speed processor.

>>712694760
Dozer hands (or claws) typed this post

>>712687532
Where did you stop?

>>712693117
>and it's why VD has very open maps.
To its detriment.

>>712693653
It cracks me up that ALLMIND, an A.I. mastermind that has been pulling the strings of every faction and possesses the data of every single pilot, best idea for a disguise was the AC equivalent of putting on groucho glasses

>>712648674
Just played that mission yeah it was cool as fuck

>>712695959
Same. She casually trying to trick us was hilarious.

>>712696206
This thread is full of casual end game spoilers, beware.

>>712691625
>AC6's preset AC design is honestly just kind of bad
Are we pretending AC ever had good NPC ACs?
>Where's the Daemon or Exile or Werehound equivalent that abuses some bullshit strategy
None of those are hard or abuse any bullshit strategy, you're just struggling with the admittedly awful controls of previous games whereas the dumbass CPU is not limited by that and can easily run circles around you and aim well enough until you realize U-Turns completely fucks them over since they have dogshit turning speed and aren't coded for slightly advanced maneuver.
Daemon for instance only really requires you to know how to make u-turns, and you can also just face roll him with a tank with dual zooks, AC6 enemy ACs are well within the norm.

>>712648939
The current reigning "rules of nature" moment in gaming. Nothing has emerged since to take its place.

This almost made me put the game down. Basically a compulsory Malenia.

>>712696236
I love that her sheer bewilderment when you decide to complete the training missions near the end of NG++
https://youtu.be/9vrL3s_R1Lg?t=225

>>712695578
I wish the maps were a little bigger in the game. It's annoying how quickly you run into the invisible walls, especially if you try to make a flying mech.

>>712649493
Most of the NPCs in Elden Ring are pussies. There are very few warrior-like NPCs until or before the DLC (which is essentially just a troupe of warriors and Igon because why not) compared to Des+DS.

Comparably, most of the NPCs also either just fuck off (Shabriri, Boc) or die (Millicent, Diallos, Melina, Sellen, the list goes on) crash-out (Corhyn, Jerren, Kenneth) or go insane (also Kenneth, Goldmask), or all of the above (Ensha, Gurranq, D). Or just continue ribbing on you and being a piece of shit kosher fossil like Varre, Tanith, Edgar, or Gideon.

The most sane and normal ones happen to be the ones who haven't taken a shower in months or even years (Nepheli, Bernahl, Hewg), Patches (because continuity reasons), a doll (Ranni), a whore (Fia), or esoteric fuckwits who don't know rhyme or reason (Rogier, Selivus, Enia, Albus).

Surprisingly, the most sane and healthy NPC happens to be a turtle named Miriel. And then of course there's Yura.

I wonder what Miyazaki was trying to tell us through this.

So what happens if a new AC is announced and it ends up being battle royale slop with no campaign?

>>712697082
Then I call up the boys and we share our PTSD and rage with everyone again.

What type of music genre does AC6 have any way? I need more of it.

>>712697082
>Armored Core: Coralreign.

I don't know. I can't feel anything anymore, I just take it as it is.

>>712653405
>he fell for alien entity's bullshit
ngmi

What's your favorite piece of music from the game? I really like Rush Assignment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FLnjnDJjcg

>mfw first time facing the Ibis
>mfw phase 2 kicks in
>mfw Coral Guardian

>>712697350
Huh, at least someone likes the change in style.

>>712648939

>>712673228
Don't really care, but from a storytelling standpoint, Liberator will always be the better ending.

Joshua O'brien > Rusty
But only slightly

>>712697350
Rusted Pride was the best track in the album and I have no idea what kind of genre it is

I just want DLC

>>712700343
Joshua is lame as shit. Joshua shows up for one mission off screen with Fiona sucking him off and soon after it’s the final mission. People see that final boss and it is cool, but people decide to put way more character into Joshua that isn’t actually there. Apple Boy is more of a bro.

>>712697082
Nightreign would have been better as an AC game

BRING PIN-UP GIRLS BACK TO AC

>>712700453
What about his legacy?

>>712696632
I think it’s impressive that if you have a mod that disables walls, you see they actually have a ton of shit rendered in the background and you really have to go out of your way to hit the areas you aren’t ever supposed to. I can only guess, like a lot of AC6 being a smidge too overly cautious about reintroducing AC to their modern audience

>>712700582
make your own lol

>>712696587
>>712699428
I struggled more killing the metal gears and bonewheels by the bridge than mechalenia, even without going into NG+ you should be able to use the zimmerman sneedle spam build to delete anyone giving you trouble, I used it when I was new to the game and struggled with bosses and now I can S rank every mission with whatever meme build I feel like.

Go lightweight and don't bother with swords, maybe just go full missile kite

>>712700734
it took me so fucking long to make this that it ended up being the only emblem i made

>>712700607
Well that’s not Joshua, that’s the pilot formerly known as (You) doing all the legwork

>>712648242 (OP)
>They port an older AC game on steam
>It’s a fucking mobile phone game from 2004
Are they mocking us? Like they’re rubbing it in that they could rerelease older titles if they have that hanging around, but don’t?

>>712700931
I'm betting on a switch 2 port announcement soon, if a shitty old original xbox one can run AC6 then a switch 2 damn well can. As for steam it's basically free money, everyone just emulates old games and patching them should be easy.
See metal wolf chaos xd.

>>712700779
only thing I made that was relatively complex was this, took me 5 hours

Fatman
You can't prove me wrong

>>712660559
>Elden Ring easily has the best NPC's out of any of the souls games
I like a lot of ER's NPCs but no one in any of the Souls games has ever matched Seigmeyer for me, his quest is annoying to do but he's such a great character. He comes off as kind of a bumbling buffoon at first, but he makes it to some of the in-canon hardest places to reach in the game on his own (albeit unknowingly with the CU's help a few times), and when you come to realize that he's only in Lordran because he's an aging adventurer who feels like he's lost purpose and wants to go on this apparent wild goose chase to try and find meaning in his life again, it hits pretty hard. He's an old man who just wants to feel like he's doing something worthwhile, to the point that he tries to sacrifice himself to save you in a completely inconsequential fight in a shitty poison pit in a shitty hell cave. And if you save him again, he finally comes to terms with the fact that adventuring can't be his life anymore, and he goes hollow because in his view, he has nothing left

FROMSoft? More like FAGSoft

>>712702053

Prequel or AC7 fucking WHEN???

>>712700931
At least it's a sign that they can port their old AC games regardless of licensing issues. The million-dollar question is whether they actually wanted to.

>>712648674
>>712648759
>>712648939

>update drivers
>half the bars on the UI stop working

>>712648674
FromSoft is getting really good at spectacles.

>>712703525
>update drivers
This is where you fucked up anon. I always recommend sticking to one set of drivers until and unless something forces you to update.

>>712657903
She does realize what I’m gonna do to that thing, right?

>>712668536
Freud is based but he needed more screen time.
Nigga was as far as we know a completely unaugmented baseline human and outperformed pilots of all sorts of gens to get to the top of the vespers, just off of being that fucking good. He needed more than just that one fight.

>>712703662
AC6 had the most cinematic setpieces for sure, the sense of scale and grandeur of its environments and to an extent characters help make them stand out.

>>712673228
Liberator all the way. Rusty’s comeback made me lose my shit when it happened.
All three of them were kino though. Props to Fires of Raven for making me feel like absolute shit in a way that no other game has managed to.
Not even the first time the game did that. Killing Ziyi made me feel like a fucking monster

>>712673228
All 3

>>712704693
Ziyi shot first

>>712695578
>Institute city and the Vascular plant were thousands of meters below the surface
>Yet it's daylight down there
>also they somehow manage to excavate the Vascular Plant and raise it above the planet's surface where it absolutely towers over the planet's surface, where it's shown to actually be continent sized
The scale made no sense here
I guess you could reason that Institute city could be an artificial geofront with artificial sunlight I guess

>>712692498
>can't get his unique Triple Fang laserblade
Sad, I loved that weapon in King's Field

>>712689351
Yeah, it was likely going to be a boss at one point

>it's a "ironeye + recluse" episode
>you're playing melee
boy I sure love sprinting after the boss and doing one running attack because retards don't know how aggro works

>>712704983
She shouldn’t have been there. If she had just stayed at her little RLF base and let me scavenge in peace it would’ve all been fine. But now I have this plucky innocent tomboy’s blood on my hands and I can’t stand it.
I find it interesting how on paper this game and Brigador have somewhat similar premises (Mech-piloting mercenary inserted into heavily-fortified planet to fuck things up and commit war crimes for cash), but achieve completely different tones with that.

>>712688358
Yeah that's a toughy with all the adds straining your ammo supply before Michigan even shows up

>>712668415
Melina was probably supposed to be more involved but she was never related to Millicent. Millicent was probably supposed to replace Malenia though.

>>712705432
stop being cringe

>>712705602
My take on what they originally intended with Millicent is that she was literally Malenia with amnesia after point blank rot nuking Radahn
You would gradually help her as she tries to remember herself and eventually she would remember who she is, and you would be able to fight her, with dialogue/rewards changing depending on whether you helped her or not and how much or how little
There's a lot of parts of her quest that I feel really only make sense when you consider it from this angle

>>712705602
Yeah, after reviewing the blogpost where this gets brought up it's clear that the person who found the cut dialogue didn't realize that Millicent would've been the one referring to the Tarnished as her dearest companion. So it would've been fairly explicit that Millicent and Malenia became one and the same, but that fighting Malenia would only happen after you decide to do something to the Haligtree or Miquella's imprisoned flesh. It must've been cut very early because Miquella is in the cocoon and in Shadow he shows no indication of ever going back to Malenia. Also interesting that he speaks of an Age of Abundance in that early cut dialogue while he speaks of the Age of Compassion in the final DLC.

>>712705840
Yeah, the whole
>Fight my 4 sisters
conclusion to that quest seems like it came out of nowhere, probably because they cut a whole bunch of her planned content. It just became an easy way to add some drama.

It seems like you'd have to fight her only if you went after Miquella's rune or something though.

Sweet Tarnished…
Dearest companion…
Did you not heed my warning?
Your greed knows no end.
>You would steal the last drop of warmth from his empty frame?
>After all you’ve taken, you still want more?
Then you will have to kill me.
I am Malenia, Sword of Miquella.
And I have never known defeat.

I can't imagine this happening after you've gone through her entire quest and helped her the whole time. It was always more like she was helping you so that this stray petal of Malenia would return to the main body or something.

>>712668415
Another issue is that DS "quests" are rigid and difficult to follow, and the NPCs are completely static. You literally have to reload the area to progress the quest, since nothing can be done in real time.

>>712649493
The only good character in Elden Ring was Messmer. It's weird that he's in the same DLC as the retarded shit with Radahn and Miquella. His story was great, and his theme fit really well (the DLC in general has a much better soundtrack). I think the DLC does a good job of building him up as a tragic character, and there's a great payoff to the whole story of the crusade when you find Marika's village.

>>712706132

>>712649908
>him taking pot shots at you when you 'team up' and he thinks you're not looking

Hes fucking perfect for what there going for.

>>712704202
Hence her expression. She knows exactly what you're about to do... and she plans to record it for reasons as well.

>>712703285
>prequel
For what? I want to see what happens after AIE

>>712704983
I like the RLF's moxy honestly, they're jobbers for the most part but they really are true belivers. I love the delivery that one mook with the tetrapod MT gives at the wall
>Forged in ash, we fight as one!
>DIE, MERCENARY!

>>712669636
I liked Vs cast more but VDs final boss tops it. o
Once you realize youre fighting a NEXT and realize that your just in a normal AC its peak. Plus the sound track was bangin.

>>712700453
Is Rusty voiced by Jouji Nakata? I fuckin thought not.

How the hell do i play this game?
I jutst get stunlocked by the fucking robot spider's billion lazers.
Can't dodge shit like this.
I've never hit wall in any game like this before.

>>712708230
Staying on the ground gets you killed against the spooder
Get airborne and hit it from above

>>712708230
Stop using tank parts for that mission, AC games are all about adaptability and switching up your build to meet different challenges

>>712648674
>>712648759
>"You're out of luck, there's only one person that can keep up with me."

>>712674694
I wish Armored Core 6 got an anime adaptation by a quality studio who cared just so I could see what this fight would look like while the music blared.

I AM

>>712708230
Stop side-dodging and learn to dodge against the direction the missles actually come in. If you're too slow get a faster mech setup. Also you can just use a fucking shield.

>>712666282
>Pettiness goes into overdrive when he shutdown the 2 strongest AI JUST so he can kill you

>>712666139
Fuck off.

FromSoft makes their own Gundam AU via game when? Also:
KACHITORITAI

>>712691032
It's funny, Freud was at the top for so long that he ends up not standing a chance against a pilot at least equally as good as him, because he piloted a shit AC to make every other situation more challenging. Dude is like Rock Lee if he lost because he kept the weights on.

Ayre or Allmind?

I must have played a completely different game since I found rusty to be a nuisance that later turned into a complete jobber and I also thoroughly enjoyed killing Ayre and burning the Coral to a crisp

>>712673228
INSIDE MY MIND THERE IS A DIGITAL WIFE

>>712714793
At least Ayre is arguably a person.
Allmind is an AI.

is it true that these guys control everything that happened during the events of AC1 and AC2?

everyone simps rusty but for me it's V.III O'Keefe

>augments give him insomina
>values humanity
>tells Allmind to fuck off

>>712715428
We're electrons inside a blob of fat tissue, who are you to judge electrons inside a slab of conductors?

>>712649493
Having played both this and BG3 on release to completion, I can safely say that this game is both a better and more compelling character driven story, chock full of quotable dialogue. I can't recall a single fucking line from BG 3. I can recall a shit ton of things spoken in AC 6.
>The entire scene of PCA arriving on scene and how the feel of the game changed with it
>"Time to pay the piper"
>"You are worse than a mutt, you are vermin!"
>"I won't miss"
>"Mean Ol' Michigan died of a bad fall!"
>"Undo the surgery, be normal again"
>Iguazu seething whenever he's on screen
>Chatty and Carla and the way the dialogue changes depending on whom you first take out

How does this even work, from a construction and gravity point of view? These megastructures are so sick though.

>>712715615
V.I Freud description is the most based.

>However, the real Freud is simply an ordinary human being—a man who enjoys piloting his AC and making incremental improvements on his daily sorties.

>>712708230
>post nerf spider

lol, youre 2 years to late, buddie

>>712684776

>>712714793
Ayre, Allmind is too monodominant, she would never actually share anything with you if she can get away with it.

Post Old-gen ACs.

>tfw around the time i started playing ACVI was also the last time i saw my grandfather for a few minutes in person, never got to see him again for the next 10 months before he died from cancer in a hospital without our knowledge
still can't cope with it

>>712691797
And then there's Rokumonsen speaking entirely in haiku, but only in the EN version.

>>712716274
I guess whatever materials sciences advances were made by whatever year AD this game takes place facilitated stupidly large structures to be made
Honestly 6th gen's world setting is interesting because it's an age of space colonization and exploration, they could set games literally anywhere and tell any kind of story they want

forced franchise

>>712693802
He just operated the cannon. Probably was in the artillery corps before getting snagged by Vespers, so probably the most qualified guy to do the job available on short notice.

>>712716991
>not on Switch/Switch 2
Butthurt deciphered

>>712716991
>forced shazamtranny

>>712716745
Stay strong anon

Bully

>>712667827
Ahahaha

>>712717981
trying to

>>712716991
>still assblasted TotK lost to ACVI

>>712707378
What do you mean for what? There's a lot of shit we're not explained, we just get thrown into the middle of it.

I bought this and I'm absolute shit at it. How do I git good?

>>712712925
That works every time? Idk, most fights I usually survive with like 50 hpor so. I do upgrade regularly, but fancy style over substance.

>>712648242 (OP)
otherworld pixy

>>712673228
Liberator is imo the best ending in terms of yourself, considering you keep Ayre happy, you keep your friendship with Rusty, and even Walter accepts your decision by the end of it. Though in terms of long-term thinking, Walter is ultimately right in terms of burning the Coral, and ultimately he saves your life more than once, so you owe him.

>>712718626
NTA but a pre-sequel about the Branch group or the Jupiter War (more Michigan/Balam shenanigans) would be pretty cool.

>>712718629
Stuck where? I usually replay every third mission or so to get 100% and money.

>>712718762
yeah i hope that maybe the expansion that might or might not come out could take place during the Jupiter War.. *inhales strong dose of copium*

>>712718629
Armored Core is one part action mech shooter and one part puzzle game where if you get hardstuck, you should probably change your build to meet the needs of the mission.

I don't understand what the fuck coral, rubicon, the PCA, etc are.
I just shoot the things until they stop moving.

>>712719182
Coral is conscious gas as in fuel that glows red. The same as in other form games, some form of amalgam or condensed consciousness on a higher some plane or what not.

>>712719182
Coral is the red gas that makes human beings go insane. Its like an eldritch entity that takes over its human host

>>712718582
Lost how? They came out six months apart.

>>712653812
>worst gameplay
delusional

>>712719348
Shiny things pretty
Blowing up things good
Fire hot

FUCK AYRE
FUCK ALLMIND

>>712720052
>Fire hot
And red

>>712653812
well, I had a blast.

>>712720513
Wierd game selection, but ok

>>712720281
They're not physical, you can't fuck them.

>>712720548
You’re right xister, where’s E33? Where’s BG3?! No Dragonage?

How can you even waifu a floating coral isotope? She's a fuel NOT YOUR WAIFU!

Rate my build.

>>712720292
Red things good, green things bad
The great leap forward through red lights (and into traffic).

>>712716991
>No expansion
>No PvE content
>Surprised people didn't stick around once they'd 100%ed the game

>>712719618
Human beings are already insane.

>>712720652
>immediately resorts to tranny
damn dude, why are you so easily triggered?

>>712720980
you’re not fooling anyone. you’re obviously a black tranny jeet. probably jewish too or at least circumcised like a good golemn.

>>712718765
at some point after the first gigantic boss. It's been a little bit though.
>>712718894
Yeah I never really delved into the customization aspect enough and just did the bare minimum and tried to brute force shit like it was ZoE mostly. I'm guessing that's why I'm sucking dicks out here.

>>712692498
That guy was the king of the jobbers

>>712673228
Frankly, we just don't know enough about the coral for me to make a decision on that. I know it's sapient in a way, but are there individuals? Or is it a hivemind? Ayre seems to be a separate entity, so is it a collection of entities? Are they like the changeling goop pool from DS9? I.e., a collection of individuals who retain individuality but share memories, sensations, emotions etc?
If it's a straight-up hivemind I'm burning it. If it's a bunch of individuals then I don't really have any problem letting them survive.

>>712720652
Shit games, too.

>>712720772
>(and into traffic).
More exp!

>>712721174
I don't get it.
>>712721149
Replay the mission, also to learn how to dodge and the other mechanics and do find all the treasures and farm money. Start 100% every few missions. Either laser or plasma is op, iirc laser. My main is an ultra light weight with a pulse rifle and a laser on its back. That's enough, as I'm so fast that barely anything will ever hit me. Shoot with the gun and fire the laser when staggered.

>>712721118
just lmao, keep going

>>712720752
sweat/10
cool colour scheme though

>>712721619
hit it right on target didn’t I, Chang?
go shill your chink unreal engine slop game somewhere else, faggot.
this is a AC3 thread, show Miyazaki san some respect.

>>712721751
based

Not gonna lie, I got caught off guard with Iguazu. I thought he was either going to die early or be your MC's buddy after. I didn't expect them to double down lmfao

Sex with Ayre

>>712721947
>he wants coral stds
she is a whote, A WHORE YOU HEAR ME

>>712722015
>a whote
Make us whote?

>>712721305
There's a collection of entities, but some are more sentient than others and tend to develop personality once a certain level of critical mass is reached. Dolmayan had a waifu of his own, Seria, and eventually he couldn't take it any more becoming increasingly more horrified since she okayed consumption of her own kind by dosing just to remain with him. She urged him to initiate coral release, but he refused, becoming increasingly more afraid of the notion of human-coral symbiosis.

>>712722260
make us whole again

>>712721305
It’s not. Coral is an organic substance that sometimes creates what are scientifically referred to as C-Pulse Wave Mutations. Or rather, Coral-based life. Ayre is one such Coral lifeform. You can identify them in certain cutscenes where you see Coral sparking, like neurons firing.

>>712721563
Yeah I definitely need more practice with the mechanics. Thanks for the loadout advice, fren. I'll get there.

>>712722409
the mental gymnastics from Ayre fags lmao. bro, coral is a mental parasite and whether benign or not it do does not matter. burn it down.
>bu-but muh co-existence
nah fuck that, humans with coral or AI cease to humans.
https://youtu.be/7cSUj6xpnl4

>>712697082
I've already sunk 80 hours into nightreign so I'd probably buy it immediately and enjoy it

>>712722921
But Coral wife...

>>712722921
Coral, the substance, is a proven hallucinogenic that is known to be toxic to humans unless carefully dosed. Making Contact the way 621 and Ayre do requires being a Gen 1-4 Augmented Human, the closest thing without is what Dolmayan and Walter undergo, which gives glimpses and a vague awareness but no communication the way 621 and Ayre have. Unless every human being affected by Coral Release also spontaneously makes them Augmented Humans, they won't experience what 621 and Ayre did. At worst, it'll scatter their consciousnesses in the Coral flow as nearly happens to 621. At best? It will allow a wholly innocent species that humanity has unknowingly massacred and exploited to finally coexist with humanity.

Will it be one or the other? We don't know. What it will entail, we can't know. But the die is cast. Maybe it will be a better solution. Maybe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEsibVKPNA0

What's the PCA?

>>712724105
Short answer, space feds.

Long answer, a military force set up following the Fires of Ibis to close off Rubicon III to ensure it didn't happen again and, when Coral began to reemerge, conceal its existence to ensure that nobody comes running to exploit it.

>>712722921
Cope and seethe. An Ayre-mandated brainwife for every pilotcel.

>>712722921
Shut the fuck up, Cinder Carla.

>>712653812
>shazamfag is STILL posting the gif

I CAN FLY
I FLY HIGH

>>712720729
It's so impressive that human Ayre and Allmind have 98% consistent designs on the internet. Completely designed through dick unity, and not Fromsoft. The dick unity made them look consistent. The minds of men who played the game, aligned.

It's really impressive.

>>712653812
>Worst music

Contact With You disagrees.

Contact With You more like Sex With Ayre.

>>712724790
I prefer this other Allmind design but I guess nobody else did

>>712724790
Off model fanart is cool when all of it is off model
Now for something very important, what should carla look like?

>>712725531
Carla ironically enough has an official design

>>712724790
I only know of how the thing with Allmind began, it was when her voice actor retweeted that first artwork that pretty much set her appearance in stone.

>>712725531
Carla's a septuagenarian who sounds like she's got a meth habit. Hope that helps.

>>712725364
I kind of like this one more

>>712725531
Her official design is a wiry lady with glasses and a ponytail. She gets drawn as swarthy because of her dub VA which works for me.

>>712725531
We know what she used to look like. But she had done something to either cease or slow down her aging.

>>712725531
Delicious brown.

>>712725645
A Septuagenerian who also canonically does not appear to have aged since the Fires of Ibis and still looks to be in her 20s or 30s

>>712713607
Crazy how Bamco never asked FromSoft to make a Gundam game again, especially after they're on a roll nowadays. You'd think it'll be a fucking no-brainer kind of thing

>>712648674
honestly one of the all-time coolest moments in gaming

>Coolest FROMSOFT npc ever?

>>712728203
>tfw you realize he also shoots from across the entire other continent

>>712718175
do not bulli

>>712648242 (OP)
Is he calling you 政友?

>>712728990
She's Motivated

Now that nightrein released, ac6 expansion in 2026/27?

>>712728618

>>712729647
They're big enough with the hirings post Elden Ring that if we were going to get 6.5 we'd already have gotten it. It's over bro...

>>712648242 (OP)

>24 hours later
>Rusty topic still up

Unfathomably based.

>>712729647
Lmao you still have The Duskbloods to worry about first. Nothing until 2027 I'm afraid.

>>712732568

>Dusckbloods gets announced before Nightreign even releases

Their pipeline model has changed since Elden Ring and AC6. They used to work on only 3 titles at a time, now they work on 5 or 6 according to interviews from last year.

>>712732861
Man, FromSoft is such a workhorse. Them and Capcom are probably the only AAA studios that are still churning out games annually.

I recently finished AC6 (3 times), honestly I wasn't a fan of the stagger system as it heavily encouraged weapons that could deal heavy burst damage. I tried get as far as possible with the default loadout and had to finally geve up and properly find out what worked at raven.

>tfw FROMSOFT trash

>>712733872
lol lmao

>>712651080
Ah fuck, that could be Kino

It's been two fucking years, where the fuck is expanded version?

>>712735361
Trust the process.

>>712735465
The process has failed. We never had to wait this long for the expanded version.

>>712735465
There is only one process.

>>712735514
It took them a decade to release 6. Probably half a decade for the next AC game.

>>712735762
Fucking sick. Germans always looks cool.

>>712735895
>It took them a decade to release 6
I don't think you understand what an expanded version is.

>>712736193
As someone who played every AC game except ninebreaker and formula front. I do understand.

>>712736432
I don't really care what you played nobody asked for your autobiography and argument from authority is the most cunt logical fallacy that desperate cling to. You clearly don't fucking know and all the AC games in the world won't change that fact.

>>712736518
what