#master of the arena

[obsidiangx]

Retrospective of Armored Core's first generation of games: AC1, Project Phantasma, and Master of the Arena.

Armored Core is an exceptional game. While the ending is a bit confusing, it demonstrates its dystopia expertly, using its limitations to craft a unique and exciting story. The other two are also very fun, but are more of a straightforward 'kill your nemesis' story. MotA does a little more, but it still feels way more conventional, and doesn't have time for AC1's terrifying escalation.

That said, I think Master of the Arena is my favorite to play. Story aside, its focus on the arena makes the economy extremely skewed in my favor. I had a lot of fun doing silly shit with no consequences, and while I appreciate FromSoft's constant attempts to fine tune the difficulty in their games, I really enjoy when it ends up being kind of a joke to beat.

I started the series in a cool heavyweight spider mech, pouring expensive machine gun fire into everything I saw. However, after getting a little more used to the controls, I found even more enjoyment in a nice middleweight bipedal build. The Karasawa will never be my thing probably, but Moonlight is for life.

These games so far nail their RPG mechanics perfectly. It's really fun to fit together a collection of tools that are versatile, sustainable, fun to use, and within the weight limit. Even more so in MotA, where money isn't really an object.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't expecting to find a more modern Armored Core experience that I prefer over these. A larger scope and slightly less old game jank will do the series good, I think. But I don't know if they'll ever match the minimalist storytelling of AC1.

That said, hopefully the Arena will stay full of freaks forever, to keep at least a little bit of that feeling alive. I'll always be your fan, No Problem.

[satoshy12]

My hero actually DID his job!

It had been a political meeting with the big media, as Vlad had to listen to other citizens talk about their heroes and complain about how they have more supervillains and damage. As a reporter, asked Vlad, the mayor of Amity Park, what he thought about it. He himself didn't talk about villain attacks or similar.

Vlad:" It's not my fault that your heroes are failures."

Yeah Vlad insulted every hero and city just with 1 sentence.

Politician angry from Metropolis:" What the hell are you talking about?"

Vlad:" How many years did your heroes fight their villains in your cities with collateral damage?"

Someone from Gotham said, " Maybe now 20 years maybe more."

Vlad:" The hero in Amity Park only took 1 year to show all his villains the right path, that they dropped being evil, and only once in a while visit to fight the hero without any damage to the city other than that place where they fight."

Vlad had built an Arena for it; it helped both Ghost and Danny fight and train.

Many of them are silent, as if they couldn't believe 1 word to say, " Impossible. Our heroes tried it for so many years."

Vlad:" If your failures did their job, you wouldn't have any villains years ago. So, yes, I don't think your heroes do their jobs."

Vlad then didn't talk anymore about this theme; he got bored of it.

And for the media and politicians, 1 online search and they saw Vlad told the truth... And they were kind of angry and confused. How comes that boy in 1 year fixed all his villain but someone like Superman or Batman wasn't able to do it for years!

[aquapede]

i guess not everyone gets second chances.

[kirbyliker12]

magylour ?????!?!?!?! 😲😲😲😲😲

[ishibishie]

my piece i did for @battle-facility-zine ! had lots of fun exercising my insane hoenn bias and drawing yet more forgotten emerald characters :)

check out the zine! it's full of neat stuff and it's also free -> https://fantazine.itch.io/in-pursuit-of-victory

[jadeazora]

I really want Klara since she's one of the few Galar characters that I really like, but I'm holding steady for anniversary since we're likely gonna get MAJOR bait next month. (I also got super lucky with Larry, and don't trust her coming as easily.) Plus, I do have Geeta and Steven as far as destructive Poison and Psychic pairs go.

Loving the return of the "Avery, Teleport" gag too, and Klara's reaction:

[impactzack]

ARMORED CORE: MASTER OF ARENA

solo Nine-Ball beneath cut:

[hxney-lemcn]

❥ AFK Arena/Journey

One Shots

Should I? — Bryon (AFK Journey) x gn! reader

Not Allowed — Lorsan (AFK Journey/Arena) x gn! reader

The Show Goes On — Berial (AFK Journey) x gn! reader

Headcanons

More Than Friends — Rhys (AFK Journey) x gn! reader

[daughterofsarenrae]

Holy shit this is the furthest ive ever gone in the crk arena. I'm in the top 30%

[passingmeby]

[jj-gold-falcon]

Some Wacky semi abstract Armored Core Sketches of Nine Ball, Leos Klein / Zeo Matrix AC, and Nine Ball Seraph.

(I did two of these drunk btw lol)

[solidtakra]

[tennessoui]

in the hunger games au, i'm a little confused as to why anakin would volunteer at the reaping, out of spite?

good question!!! It’s not out of spite, it’s more like….out of protectiveness

When the handler goes to the victors and asks that one of them pick between the two names she accidentally drew, Anakin knows that Obi-wan will a) not look away/back down from doing this and he will not pass the weight of the decision to one of the other victors. But he also knows b) that obi-wan will be devastated by choosing. He’ll feel guilty as hell for the rest of his life because he personally chose the boy’s name. He isn’t just a forced participant in the Games or a forced spectator anymore, for that kid he would be dooming him to die (/maybe to become a Victor but those odds aren’t good) and Anakin knows that Obi-Wan wouldn’t be able to bear it, that it would make his infinite sadness get wayyyyyy more infinite etc etc

so there’s only one thing he can do which is to volunteer - obi-wan chose one of the names the handler presented to him and Anakin said “nvm you don’t get a choice, it’s going to be me and I’m making that choice”, trying to halve the guilt he’ll feel, trying to make it better and protect him

the hatred he feels towards obi-wan at the end is just like. Impotent rage at the situation. At that obi-wan couldn’t just let himself deny the handler, couldn’t let another victor choose one of the names. because he couldn’t, anakin is going into the arena. And that’s because anakin couldn’t just stand by and watch obi-wan take on more grief when he could step in

[symskellet]

Armored core Master of arena is a very hard game

[scarletlotus182]

Video games used to be so fucking cool. What do you mean I can just load my Armored Core 1 save when starting up Armored Phantasm it lets me carry over all my parts and money? That fucking rules.

[w1tchybusiness]

i could write a 100 page essay about what a fucking masterpiece warframe is. i will write many words in the tags. please readem if you want my 'tism.