#acvi spoilers

[redguns]

Armored Core 6 main cast thoughts. spoilers for all endings

btw. categorizing endings by number rather than if they're "good" or bad" because i think thats stupid. if you categorize them like that you're a fool! Coral take you!

Starting off with Handler Walter. Went into the game not trusting him at all. Whenever he said anything I always thought "Yeah, okay, whatever Walter. in that kind of mocking tone but that changed quicker than i thought once i realized there was a genuine care in his voice and started putting the pieces together for his end-goal. The second ending is genuinely heartbreaking. He really meant every word he said to you. And I adore him for it. View him like a father now

Moving on, Ayre. My beautiful coral anomaly wife.. her kinder and more supportive demeanor immediately sold me, of course, but it was her efforts to actually get me to care about Rubicon as a planet and it's people that really hit. It's special. It's tasteful. It feels great. And it hurts all the more in the first ending when I have to discard all of that. It sucked so much. I was on the verge of tears throughout the whole final boss of the first ending. Worst break-up of my life. Girl I love you so much

Up next, speaking of love, is "Cinder" Carla, who I fell in love with like, 2 lines in? Very attractive voice and then an incredible personality to go with it. Probably the most fun character in the game by design and it goes a long way. She's like a role model to me. I want to be her and I want to date her at the same time. She's just like me Fr. I want to kiss her

transitioning from that to V.IV- SIKE IT'S "CHATTY" STICK TIME Phenomenal. Absolutely incredible performance. Absolutely sells the no emotion AI aspect without being too overbearing. Armored core as a series has always had a high standard for AI characters, and chatty is absolutely at the top of the pile for me along with Chief from V... I love him so much... The strongest little soldier...

Up next, for real now, is V.IV Rusty. What a strong first impression. It was always his line that stuck with me from the trailer. Ready to climb over the wall? They nailed the "rival pilot who's just like you but in another faction" to a degree I haven't seen in decades. A genuine brother in arms. My best buddy in the world. Every time he showed up in the game he just did the coolest fucking thing in the world. Slides right under the door as its opening. Crackshot sniper nailing insane headshots. And then he gets the coolest fights in the game against you. BOTH OF THEM!! HE'S SO COOL!!! HE'S HIM!!!!!! I WAS SO HAPPY IN THE SECOND ENDING ROUTE TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE HIM!!!! THATS MY BROTHER!!!!!! THATS MY BUDDY!!!!!!!!!

..Ahem, moving on then. V.II Snail. Yes. Another motherfucker they nailed perfectly. From the first SECOND you hear his voice you hate him. The fact his head's up his own ass. The fact you keep learning over and over throughout the game that he's SUCH a piece of shit. The fact there is nothing he wouldn't do to stay on top. Despicable little man. Absolutely brilliant antagonist.

And now, finally, the last main character to talk about is G5 Iguazu. Where to begin with this guy... Right from the get go you understand the kind of character he is. All bark, no bite. Every now and then you run into him, you kick his ass, he whines and seemingly gets away. It's interesting, then, that in the second playthrough, already, he shows up more. He sends an assassin after you. And that's that. Nothing until route 3, where it all finally comes together. How he keeps coming back. The ringing in his ears. His hatred and envy of you so strong he gives up his entire body just for a chance to beat you. He's fascinating to me. For whatever reason, his final words stick to me like glue. How he sees you, despite everything. A relic, yes, but one who's free. He wanted those wings, too. I've really come to love him, and what an annoying brat he is. That's his entire charm. He is welcome to the pantheon of Real Haters

there. that covers all the main players. that ended up being longer than i expected. thank you if you humored reading through all of that! i dont usually do these kinds of posts cause i go on for too long!

but this shit mean something to me man

[ryo-maybe]

Finally got the Frenzied Flame ending! It was a bit of a slog by the end, but overall, Elden Ring was pretty fun!

[amazingabellini]

Every Single Thing 621 is Called on Rubicon

Dog Augmented Human C4-621 You 621 Intruder Illegal Enemy AC Merc Corp AC Registration number Rb23 Raven Callsign: Raven Mercenary Corporate Merc Corporate Dog Interloper Military Force Hostile AC Shameless Coral scavenger Independent Mercenary Hunter Sharp A local An Independent A merc who only kills for credits A real merc G13 G13 Raven Kiddo Freelancer Maggot Fake Redgun Tagalong Sewing club member Not a total amateur Not a pro Corporate Vulture Mere pawn Scavenger Hound of Walter Competition Good for nothing Good for something Wretched vulture Unidentified AC Damn Hyena Rotten Money-grubber Corporate scum Enemy backup One of the infamous Walter's hounds Wallclimber War buddies Comrade Buddy Intruder Doser Shameless Corporate Dog Greedy Mercenary Greedy hound Daring A symbol of resolve Only Other Person That Can Keep Up With Me You Again Old Augmentation Recalcitrant Mutt Vermin Pest The Pest of Rubicon Code 15 Raven the Wallclimber Code 31C Solo Independent Mercenary Pitiful Dog Gen 4 Fine hound Another dead dog Older type of Augmented Human Tourist No ordinary tourist Smart Cookie No slouch A cut above the rest Not afraid of anything Belongs in a museum Freak My favorite little Tourist A certain someone New friend The Freelancer from the dam raid Target Walter's Hound Solo AC Independent Merc Trespasser to Rubicon Walking Advertisement Mascot AC of Unknown Affiliation Suspected Corporate Hire Single AC Code 5, Unknown AC Independent Mercenary Assembly That AC Hostile AC Priority Subject for Termination One helluva merc Hired Operative Intruding AC Grunt Famous Mercenary Fine Soldier One Loose End Corpse Quick on the uptake Not like those savages Cur Scoundrel Oathbreaker Just an AC Patchwork AC Better than the other ACs Like a bird in flight Killer Menace to Rubicon Target for Termination Unknown Intruder Intrusion Attempt Menace Volunteer The Objective Just a Gen 4 Strong Worthy of your name False Alarm Impostor Impressive Pilot Wormkiller Threat to Planetary Closure 20 Iguazus A Real Redgun Not so Special Too Dangerous to Keep Around Not Afraid to Die The Only G13 Who's Managed To Live This Long Strong A Threat Dangerous Another Threat to Rubicon Veteran The Mercenary Who Took Your Name Rat Fool The Big One Corporate pawn Rather Extraordinary Gen 4 Augmentation High Level Threat Strong Candidate One of Allmind's The One Rusty was talking about Head in the Clouds Old-Gen Alive Handler's Hound Old Colleague Subject Beast of burden Guest of Honor The Key Smartass Freelancer Wonderful People Demon Miserable Relic Trigger for the Change to come Dog without a shred of intelligence Not worthy of humanity Stray Dog Obstacle Faithful Hound Biggest Threat Legacy Augmentation The Greatest Obstacle The Liberator of Rubicon The only one The Spark of War The Fires that Haunt Rubicon The Monster who Burned the Stars One With Allmind Aberrations to The Plan Trigger for Coral Release Irregular The Old-Gen Who Could Do It All

The Freelancer Who Had It All

[spinzzy]

"I know my purpose now. I really am... The Fires of Rubicon™️"

-John Core

[kivaember]

Title: alis propriis volat (they fly with their own wings) Rating: T+ (may go up later) Pairing: V.IV Rusty/Raven | C4-621 Tags/CW: Alternative Universe - Canon Divergence, Complicated Relationships, Morally Ambiguous Characters, Implied/Reference Suicide, Implied/Referenced Indentured Servitude, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Medical Trauma, Mute Raven | C4-621, Identity Issues, Wolrdbuilding, Unreliable Narrator Summary: "I'm not here to kill you, buddy." Slowly, Rusty crouched down. "I'm here to capture you, before Arquebus does." or; C4-621 manages to escape Institute City on his own after V.II Snail's failed ambush, but with Handler Walter no longer in contact with him, and Balam essentially destroyed, C4-621's only ally is the disembodied Ayre. Well, until the RLF swoop in, but that's its own awkward can of worms. Current Chapter: 10

Slithers onto my tumblr account to slap on my latest obsession: armoured core 6 fanfic babyyyyyyyyy haha ha ha i've written like 80k words of AC6 fic in like a month.

[mythic-menagerie]

I'm going for S Rank in all the AC6 missions, Finished getting S rank on all of chapter 1 and 2 missions today, but this was the best moment.

This boss took me hours on my first playthrough. Now, after getting all three endings? A couple seconds over a minute.

And the random music I had in the background made it even better.

[northropi]

ACVI spoilers but i spent like three hours last night trying to beat Raven only for him to become my new Balteus because i didn't want to just change to a cheese build to preserve the poetic justice of getting ambushed by a ghost, but as it turns out, he's able to shut down my main build to an uncanny degree. exhibit A:

so fuck it, it's canon now, Northy-621 got her ass kicked here and someone had to cover for her. being unable to leave the shadow of the person she Identity Thefted will haunt her forever (until they meet in NG+ and she has a build that has those stun cannons everyone hates because those look cool). i'll let this Keetongu looking motherfucker take her place and see how that goes.

[ntrider]

favorite armored core boss battle that isn’t ice worm?

acvi spoilers

incredibly difficult to answer, but off of huge bosses like that, every route's final boss and Arquebus Balteus were incredible fights, even if the latter frustrated the fuck out of me for days. I'm also always happy to fight Juggernaut. but of favorite encounters entirely, Rusty in the fires of raven ending is so huge

also Nine-Ball from AC1 and Master of Arena, even though I've never fought it, I just think it's soooo cool because I'm a big sucker for PS1 games for no reason

[kerbrobro]

Beyond marking out about one particular mission in ACVI. HUGE spoilers below the cut.

The confrontation with the Raven whose identity you stole is fucking amazing. Pure Armored Core Essence Distilled. The mission description fakeout, the cool setting, fighting a guy cooler than you, all the great dialogue about "borrowed wings." It felt like all the best, most iconic parts of AC in one mission. Also felt like I was fighting the thematic representation of every AC protagonist before VI. Like gen 2 of Pokemon randomly slapped the Red fight in the middle of the fourth gym's town. Not to mention the revelation that in ACVI, the term "Raven" is in fact still a title used by a whole group. God the game's good.

[armoredcorelegacy]

Pilot’s Internal Organization (PIO) Special [4]: Armored Core VI August 18th Recap - Stream and video links for info and reactions released about the Japan and North American ACVI events that occurred on August 18th. See below for more details.

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EVENT LINK

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Armored Core VI Special Briefing (Japan)

PlayStation Japan - PLAY! PLAY! PLAY!『ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON』 SPECIAL BRIEFING - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxO8uDaHNT8

ADDITIONAL LIVESTREAM LINKS + VIDEOS

Echo Sen - I Want More! | Armored Core 6 Special Briefing Multiplayer Snippets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg5JnhoS-Vc

GorTheMovieGod - Gor's "Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon" PVP Multiplayer Gameplay REACTION - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxiRjNaaYtY

Sir Grindalot - The Moment a Legend was born - 渋谷の花火師 Fireworks of Shibuya, Armored Core 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNfTw9V8OuE

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EVENT LINK

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ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON Showcase (Bandai Namco Entertainment America)

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SECONDARY LINKS (in case the primary gets deleted/removed)

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Armored Core Legacy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6YAj_DCdU

Cleric Armored Core - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTZ7ilSiDRw

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ADDITIONAL EVENT LIVESTREAM LINKS

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FightinCowboy - 3v3 PvP Matches Live from Bandai HQ!! (FightinCowboy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uWSDQeRrYk

Oroboro - ARMORED CORE VI PVP WORLD PREMIERE - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1902465427

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BANDAI NAMCO EVENT  REACTION VIDEOS + POST-EVENT VIDEOS

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AgtJake - I'm Worried About Armored Core 6... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiY6pooSy8c

Asmongold TV - Armored Core 6 Looks Very Promising - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9OfYGSkAs

Bang Em - This was the ICING on the Cake - ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Showcase Reaction  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtzgtFEA59I

BomayeIsBack - Wasn't Expecting An Armored Core VI Showcase - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C81klbJbJBg

BSparks Gaming - New Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon Showcase REACTION (3v3 PvP!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tL_py1VTEk

Cleric Armored Core - It's NOT Time to Talk About Hard-Lock in Armored Core 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Nl4Ymnvl4

crazzycomrade - ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON Showcase Reaction and Discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxGFATx_VPQ

Echo Sen - Much Potential | Armored Core 6 PvP Showcase Reaction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN99QwuYjmY

itsjavachip - Armored Core NEWBIE REACTS TO Armored Core VI Fires Of Rubicon PVP & NEW GAMEPLAY SHOWCASE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oImqtuSLtcE

JeeNiNe Media - Armored Core 6 NEW PvP Showcase Analysis (Spoilers: PvP needs improvements) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0EoWA-gPl0

Inveigh - ARMORED CORE PVP VETERINARIAN REACTS TO ARMORED CORE 6 PVP FOOTAGE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1fEHxa89pg

JMulls - IS ARMORED CORE 6 BRINGING MECHA BACK? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCH5IeB0bMs

Oroboro - Armored Core 6 World First 1v1 PvP Duel (Oroboro VS FightinCowboy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2Mlw1FE64

Oroboro - My Honest Thoughts On Armored Core 6 PvP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDY3MbPaQo

Oroboro - 45 Minutes of Armored Core 6 PvP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8rTCkNQDS4

Oxford King - ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON Showcase - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGayrEwa8X8

Prod - NEW Armored Core 6 PvP Gameplay Showcase - Reaction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvcGTWxznqg

Rubicon Dogs - Armored Core VI: Fire of Rubicon - Bandai PvP Event Competitors discuss multiplayer gameplay. Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGpA5cIyWcc

Rubicon Dogs - Armored Core VI: Fire of Rubicon - Bandai PvP Event Competitors discuss multiplayer gameplay. Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L7oDx6Oqwg

Rurikhan - ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON – New Showcase! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ajyKfrkZms

Skye Shinryu Ch. 【EIEN Project】 - 【 ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON || SHOWCASE HIGHLIGHT WATCH ALONG 】AAAAAAA 【 GUERILLA 】 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc2w8C1JhP8

Steelovsky - ARMORED CORE 6 IS BAD (real) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJD-on4USPE

TheKoop - This Armored Core 6 showcase turned my Hype up to 11: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N-VuP4jQ3M

Valentin Gaming Athlete - Why Armored Core 6 PVP Showcase was so bad ? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZe9EOHJpck

Zentreya - BN Event Reaction + ACVI Gameplay - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1902198531?t=04h51m37s

[pocketbelt]

I already posted it on Twitter but I may as well here too

Armored Core VI Chapter 4 boss spoilers in there, it's just for visual reference; forgive the colouring and blur, it's a recording of clips captured by the PS5, then shoved through Youtube compression (and I have no idea how HDR footage plays with OBS)

Armored Core VI and Immortals of Aveum coming out the same week is the most blatant the gap between Western AAA development and literally everyone else (not just Japanese AAA development) has been ever, I think. Like big budget Western games have sucked for ages but lately they've been spiralling even worse than usual, and Immortals of Aveum is like the apex of it. I've had a stream of Immortals on in the background as I play ACVI, checking in when the streamers audibly die inside.

Years of hundreds of people's time and tens or hundreds of millions of dollars spent to make a horrible, plodding FPS desperately aping the aesthetics and dialogue of F-tier Marvel products like The Eternals, and after all that, it doesn't even work properly half the time. And then you stack that against Armored Core VI, a fast, relentless and invigorating mech shooter with actual equipment mechanics and complexity and actual fight design and gorgeous visual and art design (that has no glitches or bugs I've seen, either!), and you wonder how EA (and Ubisoft, and Activision Blizzard, and hell all of Microsoft's lot) are considered competitors to anyone.

It really is just "for what end?" at this point. Like, this feels like the point of no return, if this thing could get out there, the apex of corporate checklist sludge, there really is no turning back for any of them.

It really is just the big ones, too, Baldur's Gate 3 is the prime example of smaller studios doing just fine, or more than fine in that case. Right as BG3 is hailed for its writing and characters and how much of a dense RPG it is, EA fires 50 staff from Bioware, including the writers of the most beloved parts of their 7th gen and earlier work, then say "look forward to Dragon Age 4".

I've said before that I doubt Ubisoft will survive past 2030; EA might have the sheer cash reserve to tank past that line but I think we're genuinely going to see the extinction of AAA Western development outside of Sony and Microsoft studios. It's just withering, rotting from the inside out. And hell, Microsoft's got the same rot, they just have the infinite money to keep cranking out disasters; Sony hope to field 12 live-service games over the next 3 years, so they're threatening to enter a death spiral.

And honestly? Good. Feed the fire. Let the last cinders burn.

[the-crownin]

I made a post about this awhile ago, but it was mostly a joke and really unorganized, so I wanna do it justice with an actual post.

(spoilers for WfM and ACVI ahead, if you haven’t played/watched either yet, I highly recommend doing so, they’re both great and I don’t want to ruin that for anyone.)

So like, Witch from Mercury and Armored Core VI are kinda scarily similar.

Let’s start with the obvious things. Both WfM and ACVI (hereto after referred to as FoR [Fires of Rubicon]) follow a genetically modified human designed specifically to be REALLY GOOD at piloting giant mechs. Both series have the protagonist interact with various interplanetary corporations that are constantly vying for power. And then there’s permet and coral

They’re the SAME FUCKING THING… not. But they do have a lot of similarities. They’re both red, materially ambiguous substances that are primarily used to transmit data. They can both be used to drastically enhance the abilities of mech pilots, but doing so can be incredibly dangerous to said pilot. One of the main plot points is about using them for non-military applications. Finally, they’re both shown to have some form of sentience. In the case of permet, Ericht’s consciousness was kept alive by using the permet in Aerial. In the case of coral, not only does Ayre’s consciousness live in the coral flow, but coral as a whole is shown to be somewhat conscious. Oh, and they can both pilot mechs. Because of course.

[amazingabellini]

Rubicon Liberation Fun.

I think it's really funny how in the supposed corporate hellworld, standard for AC games and 6 being no exception… that with what little Coral they hold and how little resources they actually have… how much the RLF is willing to pay you whatever they can, which is more than what Balam and Arquebus offer (with the exception of the Ambush missions near the end of the underground explorations)

Balam offers 190k for Attack the Dam Complex, and the alt offers you double their offer

Destroying the STRIDER offers 270k, whereas escorting it starts at 500k

After Operation Wallclimber, the highest paying job in Chapter 1 before Attack the Watchpoint is Prisoner Rescue at a cool 250k which is, you guessed it, RLF.

I'm not sure if letting Swinburne off the hook actually nets you a higher reward, but hey, it's cool to see Rokumonsen just pop up out of nowhere. Coincidentally. On a job you were sent on by the RLF… which he could have easily taken care of, given his role, background and build. He's even suited for this kind of stealthy assassination. So why send you, if he could have easily done it? And why did he only appear after accepting Swinburne's offer? Can we assume Ring Freddie is of the same accord, or can we just chalk that up to another rogue action?

Once again, Prevent Corporate Salvage of New Tech, RLF mission, pays more than what Balam offers for Tunnel Sabotage at a 260k vs 130k difference.

Wow, Destroy the Special Forces Craft, a mission from those ragged resistance fighters living off scraps, pays 300k. Eliminate the Enforcement Squads, a corporate job, 270k. Is FromSoft trying to tell me something?

Defend the Old Spaceport, Arquebus. 200k. Defend the Dam Complex, RLF. 450k. Are you seeing it yet?

[mythic-menagerie]

My Jailbreak Challenge run is going great, why do you ask?

[mythic-menagerie]

Armored Core Jailbreak 3.1! Because wow chapter 3 is long.

I'm still trying to do the worm without equipping the anti worm gun. If anyone has tips, please let me know.

[kivaember]

Title: carrion-eaters Rating: M Pairing: V.I Freud/Raven | C4-621 Tags/CWs: Alternative Universe - Canon Divergence, Unhealthy Relationships, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Complicted Relationships, Coercion, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Unreliable Narrator, Blood and Violence, Slow Burn, Imprisonment, Re-Education, Mute Raven | C4-621 Summary: "Wipe your mouth." Freud pulled his hand away, showing the slight smears of half-dried blood against his fingers. "You've got blood all over it." or; C4-621's re-education gets hijacked by Freud for his own personal interests. Things get... complicated, yet also very straightforward.

As well as Rusty/Raven I also wrote from Freud/Raven. AC6 made me insane.