JP, NA, or both?

>>7119192
Both, Go. I just want to discuss my favorite vidya.
I would do it in /v/ but their being faggots with their skyrimjob and LoL and Demon Souls or whatever the fuck.

Always loved the appeal of these games but god damn I hate the trial and error design of them.

Just pulled this from the official page on Facebook.
How are you guys digging the new mech style? Certainly looks a bit more brutal/realistic, though I miss the old style of AC's.

>>7119209
No I meant
>Jan 14th

JP and/or NA?

Because I thought there was supposed to be a delay...

>>7119223
Looks like a pile of scrap metal with a big gun attached.

>>7119231
there was a delay, into 2012. I believe NA/Eur, hard to tell when you have google translate for a translator. From Hates us ;_;

>>7119231
JP release was supposed to be end of October or something, was pushed back to Jan 14th a while back.

NA release later in 2012. Thankfully that's enough time for me to finish my major, because ACV will probably ruin my life.

I've been waiting and waiting and it's almost here.

2012 Will be a great year for Mech games

Back in 3 and Silent Line I always made some ridiculously stupid cores with mission specific roles that never actually arise, just fun to do. Like my favorite was a core with long range detection capability, gave it a sniper rifle, and the sniper FCS. Sure it wasn't usable by a long shot in multiplayer, but it had some uses in some of the missions.

>>7119451
In 4answer I was always a fan of dual shotgun builds, it worked out pretty well.

Is V going to have coop missions again?

>Dat Soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FPwjdaOhaw&feature=related

>>7119223

To be perfectly honest, I'm really not. I mean, they're not horrible, but I don't really dig the overstacked with square armor, midget mecha look. I'm sure there'll be ways to customize something cool but they're not my favorite mecha designs to come out of the series by a long shot so far. I agree with making the AC's smaller though.

However, the other features, such as being able to be an operator in online, are all really cool sounding. More than enough to make up for my lukewarm reception for the mecha themselves, although how strong the multiplayer is will probably make a big difference since it probably won't be customizing aesthetically pleasing cores.

>>7119223
I can totally dig the tanks with legs look. But I expect this game to play more like Chromehounds than AC4.

>>7119223
I fucking love iron bricks.

Wikipedia is saying that ACV for NA will be on Feb 2nd.

But that's Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt.

>>7119647

I think I am too. Ever since I saw some of the gameplay and the whole "operator" thing online, it reminded me of Chromehounds. The wall jumping and the boost seems to have made it a bit more fast-paced, though.

A new Armored Core? Are you guys ready for another title that is so awesome on paper and yet so underwhelming in execution?

Well, if they base it off of fA or 4, everything should be okay.

where the hell can i get the reprises soundtrack!?

>>7119223
I'm loving the designs, but I've always been a huge fan of squat, bulky mechs. Front Mission has some of my favorite designs ever.

Also can I get a Nineball reference this time, From? You guys dropped the ball with 4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSoW1RO8bU

>>7119223
I don't like much the new metal boxes design, but if the game is good as it looks like...
plus, we didn't see many non-humanoid legs, so, who knows.
maybe its possible to make a MG-Rex lookalike?

With any luck FromSoft will be a little quicker on the localisation this time around due to Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. Perhaps they can get Bandai/Namco to publish it since I'm pretty sure neither Sega nor Ubisoft will want to go near the franchise again.

did the newer games in the series fix the issue where out of 100 parts only about 4 of them were useful? the last one I played was silent line and no matter how hard I tried anything but laser rifles and missiles was garbage.

>>7120226
In 4anwser I had fun messing around with a ton of different builds that were successful. I was kinda forced too due to the mission setup.

>>7120198
You're a LIIIIIIIIITLE behind the curve. Bamco was announced to be localizing AC5 a bit after the revelation of Dark Souls. It's currently slated to be released internationally the week following the release in Japan.

I have to say I'm not as inclined to import it as I was in January 2010.

>>7120247
Well that's good news. Thank you.

>>7120226
There's viable builds upon viable builds that can even emerge from tweeks in thematic designs in games before the netcode became the enemy.

I can't imagine how you couldn't see the value in machineguns, solid rifles, scatterguns even, EO cores, or grenade launchers. Unless you're talking about counterpicking a particular VS mode meta.

>>7120226
dude, actually its the reverse. since they introduced the whole tuninig shit, and all that other crap like the reload time afterxshots, people started to stick to basic...no, mindless tactics, like rushing straight to the target shooting all the guns, hoping to resist more than the opponent. SL was the last were you had to valutate your fighting style, and choose parts and equipment accordingly.
it depends on you. I liked to use laser rifles, they're pretty useful for me.I know a guy who never misses with no-lock weapons, but can't figure out how to use overboost...learning what's easiest to use for you is part of the fun, I guess
also, I'm curious what you consider the only useful parts. two internet bucks on the Karasawa and the MG-1000

oh, I forgot.
addendum to>>7120269
yes, AC3 missiles ARE garbage, there's something wrong in the targetting system. in AC3SL they work pretty well.

>my face when over 100 layers available in the decal system

>>7120296
...are you serious?

>>7120296
I just want a pen tool. I don't want to have to learn Photoshop-esque layers and compilation into vectors more inclined to produce animations and after spending all of middleschool becoming adept at MSpaint.

>>7120296
This is lovely

So is the transforming super weapon bullshit still in the game?

http://youtu.be/WtQzak9dOd0

>>7120312

Dude, the 360 is really really cheap now, it's not too late, the PS3 also droped in price and there is guarenteed to be sales well after Xmas.

>>7120314
They've said yes Overweapons are in still. But they are yet to show any footage of them after the revamp.

I didn't really enjoy Armored Core 4. It felt really too fast paced (yes I know I suck). The last Armored Core game I enjoyed was Armored Core: Master of Arena.

So what are all of you guys going to play this on? I'm getting it for 360.

Man I cannot wait to bro it up with /m/ in the online mode.

>>7120170
I don't get the obsession with Nine Ball that I'm informed I'm supposed to because I've been a rabid Armored Core fan. I've never been a fan of the designs, the name doesn't really click with me, I didn't find the fights with him so terribly more difficult than the comparable ACs or superweapons in other games.

Am I just not getting something?

>>7120352
PSTriple.

Took this from the ACV Facebook page:

"80 short missions are available in Order Mission!
In ACV, there are 2 single player misions called Story Missions and Order Missions.
Order Missions are taking place after timeline of Story Missions.
Base atomosphere between these 2 modes are same and there will be some common characters as well.

In Order Missions, although each missions are shorter, many variations and contents are prepared.

On the other hand, Story Missions are long missions. Gameplay time for each mission is long and objective of the missions will be frequently changed based on the situation on battlefield.

So, ACV has newly evolved story based missions in Story Missions and traditional armored core experience in Orde Missions. Those 2 single player modes include huge volume.

Also, those single player missions are compatible with 2 players online as well.

It is actually up to players to clear all missions, or to enjoy between team missions."

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.245160592214846.61365.135940349803538&type=1

Has a bunch of screenshots from November too.

>>7120362
So Order Missions are like Spec ops mission in COD: Modern Warfare 2 and 3?

>>7120352

360 here also, I'm trying to get my friends to atleast try it out, they were fans of chromehounds so I think they might like it.

>>7120352
PS3

>>7120362
I"m glad that too see that coop missions are back in.

>>7120365
It would seem that way which is since bro-oping MW2's spec-ops was pretty much the best part of the game for me.

>>7120370
>>7120368
>>7120362
I do hope the story missions that you can coop for are much, much, much longer I never got a chance for that in Another Age. I remember the Consort and "Associated" ACs in missions getting really deep and well long closer to Silent Line. And I just imagined how working with another player for those missions would go.

I was so disappointed when I actually played coop in For Answer. All the missions were basically 1 hop long, in open fields, so my decade's worth of daydreams for tactical coordination bypassing bunker's defenses, and pushing towards the same goal hit flat.

>>7120410
Apparently some of the story missions can be up to an hour long, although that may simply be marketing hot air.

I see it available for pre-order in Amazon.co.uk. But I don't know why the Xbox version is cheaper than the PS3 version.

shit guys...I hope my ps3 will be fully fixed when this come out. I want to coop with /m/ and shoot missiles beetween tripfags asscheecks...
I hope Boxer will play this. I'm gonna paint pink an AC and call it "Armored Rider Madoka" just to piss him off

>>7120435
Either get it fixed, buy a used one, or do what I did and buy a new slim.

>>7120360
hey, that's my favourite all-purpose head/core/arms for AC3/AC3SL.

>>7120418
I've never seen a FROM SOFTWARE ad, nor tried to keep up with news of upcoming AC games before the generation jump. So I don't know exactly what their track record is on grandiose promises.

I however HOPE what this means is threefold. First that some to most of the missions WILL be lengthier and some sufficiently complex. Maybe not to the point they're all confused with trials of endurance... but enough that an AC poorly equipped for that mission can possibly run out of ammo. Second; that there will be fewer missions that are straight skirmishes with another AC will be limited. Because that's easily facilitated through arena matches and online play. Third that at least some of the missions are designed to be played coop. So there's less directly pushing forward to a linear point or series of points, and breaking off to have each one concentrate on two ACs. Instead more well just viable stratagems. Whether it's aggroing the AC guard away from the objective to give your partner the opening to attack/infiltrate/hack/sabatoge it, intercepting reinforcements to your ally's position, or proceeding quicker through the facility to destroy the turrets' targeting computer so your partner can advance unmolested.

I won't demand they owe me a game that is a direct representation of my dreams. But I know they can do so much better than the coop in AC4A.

Can I get these games on PC? Also if I can would anyone have a link

>>7120485
well looks like if this is on 360 I'll be able to play it
what platform are all the other games on, I've wanted to get into these games for a while but I never got around to it

I thought ACV was launching on the 26th?

>>7120490
>>7120485
The first 11 games are on Playstation systems only. AC1, Master of the Arena, and Project Phantasma on the PS1. AC2, AC2 Another Age, AC3, AC Silent Line, Nexus, and Last Raven are on the PS2, Formula Front in several incarnations on the PSP, with 3, Silent Line and Last Raven getting PSP ports.

Aside from the upcoming AC5; Only 4, and 4 Answer have been released on the 360, and those have mixed opinions among Zealots.

>>7120418
There were a couple I can remember in the PS2 games that had loadingscreens interrupting the missions because they were so long. I recall one that had two loading screens and had a resupply truck along with you.

I can't remember the names of those missions, or even which game that was in. But I think I trust From with "The missions are gonna be long". Even if I have my doubts about the precision of the statement.

>>7120481
... Did they confirm an arena?

>>7120429
That happens sometimes, but most of the time they end up being the same price at release.

>>7120546
>arena
I would assume that's a given for an AC game by this point, but who knows? Before it was viable because you were squaring off against other Ravens/Lynx who were part of one organisation. This doesn't seem like there is Nest/Cortex/Collared that houses the world's best mercs for you to beat on.

That said pulling out an arena mode altogether would be an odd move.

>>7120546
>>7120566
I'm pretty sure the only Armored Core game to not feature a dedicated arena was Another Age. So the odds are in favor of it having one.

I wonder how popular the Operator position is going to be...

>>7120584
There are lots Lelouch wannabes out there.

>>7120584
I.... .... Can't recall one in AC1. But I never owned that game, so I may not have fully explored it.

>>7120591

The first game definitely didn't have an arena. As it was only introduced in the second PSone game, Project Phantasma.

>>7120584
Hi.

Pardon me for this I usually don't intrude.

You see I'm very shy and I don't usually say things like this.

But are you wearing a default 360 headset?

>>7120584
>how popular the Operator position is going to be...
you already resolved part of the enigma. if they add cute girls somewhere, everybody will be eager to chill out in the operator lounge, while pilots launch controllers around their room and swear at eachother in the headset, like true dogs of war...

>>7120637
>>7120588
>>7120584
I'd like to know how operator selection goes. I mean Dark Souls has that noice "XXXX Successful Coops" crystal, and something like that could probably be added to the pregame lobby.

But I'm just recalling some of the faction teasers that seem to suggest that players should fast make a clique with 1 tactician and 4 pilots. But also that as players cycle offline assume the other's roles and hire out mercs.

I wonder... will that allow for a mercenary tacticians?

>>7120609
It can't be. The felt hasn't fallen off.

>>7120662
I'm betting when you do mercenary work you just get hired as a player and from there you can choose what role you play.

But that does make me curious if there's a way to communicate your playstyle preference through the hiring/recruiting screen.

>>7120702 hired
ONE MORE THING is it just random match making; or do you put out contracts, see the takers, then pick them? So you can select how much to Pay up front/Pay on completion?

>>7120709
As far as I know they haven't said how contract fees are set, but I do believe people pick from a list.

I think it would make the most sense to have it set your price automatically. Based on win/lost ratio, k/d, player feedback, or some mix of those. Because players setting their own fees would likely end with a bunch of people charging 1c just to get hired a lot.

Bandai needs to get their act together and advertise this game in the west. Release some info. Or at least acknowledge it... SOMETHING!

>>7120730
I can't help but try to blame the press. I recall watching Bandai's game day coverage and EVERYONE hounding the FROM representatives on Dark Souls details. I haven't seen that was reporting on AC5 that wasn't dittoing the official release statement.

>>7119223

That look reminds me of the wanzers of the first Front Mission game. They looked really bulky with huge guns

>>7120637
I don't think that's likely. I mean so hate molding human faces in AC games. Oh all right full disclosure; I'm under the prejudice From Software as a unit is excessively gay, as Enchanted Arms hasn't been erased from the universe.

>>7120566
>>7120546
>>7120584
>>7120600
>>7120591
Hey guys...

Oh shit.

What about...

My god listen to this..

What if... using the rating systems in AC4 and Answer

This is going to blow your squishy mind.

Are used to dynamically sample a Leaderboard from the combat records of various ACs from the players that populate the online leaderboards? I mean dedicate a bit of the leaderboard's server to proxy data for the schematics, and BAM.

>>7120546
Do AC models actually have LEDs for their eyes/cameras?

>>7121299
No, but it isn't too hard to add custom.

>>7120662
Must....know...which....Fire Emblem...

>>7122478
7... the installment receiving the title "Fire Emblem" in English.

>>7120459
The fact that it's nearly a heavy biped design I've been using throughout the series is easily why I like Jack-O more than Evangel.

Also Crow was pretty cool too.

>>7120352
I'll be getting it on the PS3. I'm SURE somehow the D-Pad will be required with all the 4X mode's required inputs.

>>7119709

4 and 4A were pieces of garbage though. I mean, I couldn't even get through the first few missions without getting bored the fuck out of my mind.

>>7126100
Well let's just hope there's a demo.

I'm pretty hyped for this, but I'm so bad at armored core.

Do we have a pre-launch player's chart?

It's January 26th for Japan, February 2nd for US, March 2nd for EU.

>>7123854
Is there a place on the internet I can go to download a bunch of these renders of ACs? They're just the kind of sexy for me.

Target Verified. Commencing Hostilities

>>7126100
I don't know about 4, but 4A is CRAAAAZY. Some missions can be a bit dull because normals are shit. But THEM Arm Forts and Nexts battles...FFFFFF.

I just got it (in preparation for AC5) and I was yesterday all night trying to destroy the AF with Kojima Funnels... I got my ass handed over and over, but I kept playing till I finally win with an A rank.

>>7127382
*won (I just woke up)

>>7127382
Y'see my problem with 4A is that Arms Forts are big hulking jokes that don't have a punchline, and I have to say that NEXT battles dominate so much of the sorties I forgot they were special.

Motherwill and I guess Caprican were alright at least comparable to the rest. But they were far from the institutionalized Pulverizers I was impressed that Arms Forts would be. As an extension I'm ever so upset I'll never get to fight Extreme Hard Motherwill.

>>7127361
Remind me why Nineball isn't Yellow? And try to avoid memes please?

>>7127473

You brought this upon yourself.

>>7127523
I take comfort in the fact I have a chance to kill you in two month's time.

>>7127473
best guess, a bright yellow robot wouldn't be threatening for a ever present bad ass?

>>7127582 ever present
Nineball and his seraph are in like... 3 games.

>>7127473
Don't know the real reason, but it's a good bet that From Software just thought it sounded cool.

>>7119670
Damn right I am. I will refuse to learn from my experience with 4 Answer.

>>7119670
>>7127661
CAN'T HEAR YOU BASEBUILDING!!!!!!!!!!

I really wanted Armored Core 4: Chapter 3.

Post AC4/ACFA.

But instead, we get this huge step backwards in terms of speed and mobility and player empowerment and the robots are now absoloutely horrendous to look at.

Dropped.

>>7127824

>Liking 4/4A's 2FAST2FURIOUS Gundam-style gameplay instead of the original clunky gameplay style

Get the fuck out.

>>7127824
You so funny.

>>7127840
>>7127837
If you're bitter because you couldn't keep up, shame on you, retard. I like the excitement of going fast. What it needed as the icing on the cake was a ZOE style close-combat engine, then the gameplay would really match the kind of thing we see in Japanese mecha shows.

A mecha would never be about tanking hits. Something with so many joints is far too fragile.
You could simplify the hell out of a mecha still have a machine that would do exactly the same stuff.

The only reason it would be so humanoid is to adjust its center of balance like we do.
Why would it need to do that?

Because it evades instead of getting hit.

>>7127824
Which suits American tastes a helluva lot.

>>7127856
Mecha can't take hit or be fast, that why they aren't real.

>>7127856
pal, try playing a maxed out speed build in a old AC.
that is speed. cotrolling it is terribly hard. if you use it in mission, the minimal error will throw you down a ravine or out of area.
avoiding dozens of missiles, with something not builded to doso, that is exciting.
AC4-like speed is too safe...

>>7128036 pal, try playing a maxed out speed build in a old AC.
that is speed. cotrolling it is terribly hard. if you use it in mission, the minimal error will throw you down a ravine or out of area.
avoiding dozens of missiles, with something not builded to doso, that is exciting.
AC4-like speed is too safe...

I like Quickboost and I like the stability. What I think it needed was a detection dynamic where the faster you moved, the bigger sensor profile you made, especially using Quickboost.

If you fell under your enemy's detection rate, you'd be stealthed until you fired.

Bonus points if tanks can fire back and front weapons simultaniously.

>>7128074
>>7128074
acyually, I'm really curious to know if a quad close combat is effective. in the old ones...well, you know.
devastating an heavy ac in two assaults is quite satisfing.

>>7128095
In ACFA, they're devastating but a little clumsy. If you can hit, its usually an instant kill since every leg-class changes the slash-type.

I was wondering what FROM was talking about for having a semi persistent mulpilayer environment with Singleplayer tied into it. Then I started playing Dark Souls and it hit me.

Playing around in a mission. Blowing up objectives
RAVEN NAMESAKE IS APPROACHING

>>7127856
Honestly I hated the super speed direction. In the 3 universe I think they got the balance of speed and clunkyness perfect. It made me feel like I was piloting a robot, and it made me feel like a badass pilot. In FA I felt like a dude in a suit. and it got borring.
And before you say things like LAWL YOU JUST SUCKED. I made a NEXT SPECIFFICALLY for anti-blading. It's weight was distributed to only go side to side and quick turn. With machineguns it was a beast, they'd charge I'd dodge, they'd die. But never felt badass, or even like a pilot.

Honestly I just miss 3's whole universe. It went from Utopian post apocalytic mecha, to Utopian Mecha, to Dystopian, to Dystopian post apocalyptic. Now THAT is story progression.

>>7128165
That's what I liked. I don't like slow reaction times on a mecha. Its absolutely infuriating.

A robot is obviously going to be much more like a fighter than a tank. I hate the western values of mecha, that slow clunkiness. I like the agility, the speed and the weaving and ducking.

It was awesome and unique.

Now AC's turning into Front Mission and there aren't any high speed mecha games on the market anymore aside from ACFA and ZOE. Its fucking dull.

>>7128185

Um, dude, gameplay demonstrations of ACV have showed us that the new Cores are not as sluggish as molasses.

>>7128185
>slow
>wall-jumping off the side of buildings
Sure.

I personally prefer the old style becaus AC4/fA was just 'go fast'. I could be fun but that's all I was doing. And it wasn't hard to do.

While I think speedy mech games are fine (like ZoE) I'd prefer it not to be in Armored Core.

>>7128185
Like I said Armored core 3 got it right. When I put on new boosters It was amazing, if I times it right I could evade missiles, bullets. Then overboost made me feel insanly speedy.

ACFA it was.... usless. pointles.... and meaningless I remeber my first time using OB in AC2 and going HOLE SHIT THE BEST 2 SECONDS OF MY LIFE!
FA I could over boost forever and it became a game of " Why can I go faster? ugh this transportation is dull"

It wasn't armored core....

Right, but I'm not going to get those airborne dogfights over huge areas in mecha anymore like something out of Gundam.

Feh.

>>7128291
LegAC taught me that the OB function is absolutely worthless... at least early on in the game when you likely lack the funds needed to construct something that doesn't chew through energy like it's going out of style...

4/4A was more "remind me again: why do I need this function? QB is a better mechanic, boost wise..."

>>7128309
ACV is centered around using the landscape for tactical ends.

AC4A had some cool air combat, if you used the right setups.

I'm liking this whole "newVSold" thread. guess that AC5 will be a great opportunity to put the two generations togheter.
with new kinds of fight styles. a ECM build will be finally useful, in conjunction with base building...
or also some kind of stealthy playstyle.

>>7128309
If you want to zip around like a Gundam then go play Dynasty Warriors Gundam or Gundam vs Gundam.

Typically Armored Core hasn't been what was in AC4/fA and a lot of fans would like a return to how the series was before, or at least some kind of middle ground.

>>7128354
ZOE 3 with mechbuilding and online play when? WHEN?!

>>7128363
Never. Yu ge mo' Metarr Geah Soridoru.

>>7128363
When Metal Gear stops printing money.
i.e. Never.

>>7128416
>>7128415
FFFFFFFFF
I'm gonna Karasawa your asses

>>7128345
Don't forget ''support weapons'' actually being able to use for actual supporting players

>>7128354 If you want to zip around like a Gundam then go play Dynasty Warriors Gundam or Gundam vs Gundam.
They're both too slow and the feel over the machines is fucking AWFUL.

>>Typically Armored Core hasn't been what was in AC4/fA and a lot of fans would like a return to how the series was before, or at least some kind of middle ground.
Feh. Middle ground, sure, but I'm really going to miss ACFA's speed and lack of punishment for ground-boosting.
Seriously, running out of EN for skating? Ridiculous.

>>7128354
Gundam VS Gundam is so arcadish... I want a high-speed mecha-sim, not a lobotomized crapshoot of Virtual On that doesn't even have the control scheme that made half the game because the lockon system is invasive to make up for the god awful controls.

Same goes for ACE. The gameplay itself is jerky and there's no metric between your actions or any kind of response the game decides to give at any given moment. It advertises itself as swordfighting in ancient Europe and delivers an experience much closer to using a table-saw in woodshop. Nice.

>>7128772
>>7128851
Agreed. The autolock lobotomizes the games, especially at range (ruining gunfights) and the lack of any tactile feel like inertia and lack of any manual boost mechanics really hurt the feel of the game, making it very boring very quickly and extremely clumsy compared to say ZOE or ACFA. I feel like I'm waving around a figurine, not controlling a robot. I love mecha but oh god ACE:R is so boring to play and GvG doesn't even have the speed to make up for it.

>>4/4A was more "remind me again: why do I need this function? QB is a better mechanic, boost wise..."

OB was much cheaper over time and was a great way to avoid missiles. For example, if someone uses Vertical Launch Missiles, you OB directly at/under them aggressively and the missiles hit the ground because their turning arc isn't good enough.

>>7128416 When Metal Gear stops printing money.
>>i.e. Never.
Irony is I haven't brought any of the MGS games since ZOE came out. I like them but I'm kind of angry and I want ZOE more than I want MGS.

Worse, the MGS story is basically over with 4 yet he's still trying to push it down our throats, as if we still care.

>>7128929
Kojima delegating responsibility for Rising means he HAS to be doing something else.

>>7127523

ACV is out on the 26th January, not the 14th.

ACV is out on the 26th January in Japan only, not foreign release dates have been announced yet.

>>7130985
Well Bandai managed to get Dark Souls released abroad only a week or so after its Japanese launch.

Though admittedly that was a much more in demand title. And all of the voice acting was already in English.

Though I have a feeling this could still be the fastest we ever see an Armored Core title get localized.

http://youtu.be/e3QsFFA0iFs
>>7131044
Alot of the menu is already in English, if there is a delay I doubt it will be long.

I'm more worried about long delays localizing the patches.

>>7131155
god help me I never get tired of seeing that image. A flying tank with the Oigami cannon, it practically brings a tear to the eye with its magnificence

>>7131044
>Well Bandai managed to get Dark Souls released abroad only a week or so after its Japanese launch.
It was also a rush job with numerous errors.

>>7131234
But will this be the case since AC5 has been delayed?

Have we seen any vids with quadrupeds? Are they back to being their own leg type and not a mash of them and hover legs?

>>7128772
>Seriously, running out of EN for skating? Ridiculous.

It's called resource management. You had to keep an eye on how you were pushing the machine and the risk/reward of your actions.

Did you ever play the older games? I'm not bagging on you if AC4/fA was your introduction, but it's an important question.

>>7131256
http://youtu.be/_ML5sf0C-_g

So the whole tactical aspect of the game. Does that mean there will FINALLY be a rational reason to equip radar in weapon-slots?

>>7131283

Not him, but it caused maneuvering to consist of "boost hop" and more boost hop, with the occasional fast forward.

Actually, I think that could be fine, if they'd just make walking actually useful in AC, perhaps by toning down boost speed a little so running isn't so incredibly useless.

hey /m/, posting some ACV gameplay that looked awesome. it seems you can "Scan" for enemies that you can't see normally.

>>7131514 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWviyx2fk3I
I really hate the look of the FLOATY ASS lossless descent mode. Makes it look like the wall jumping isn't really going to be such a wise move.

But I do think I can deal with like how it doesn't look like chainquickboosting... assuming nothing in here is just a debug grace.

>>7119534
According to the Facebook page; all the "Story" missions are going to have optional coop. There's going to be set of exhibition missions that haven't been commented to have coop.

>>7131647
Oh hey a AC5 closed beta, I didn't know one existed.

>>7131647
I do too. God I wish they'd just made it slightly more like the old games and not gone back with the 4 Answer route so blatantly.

I can't be the only one that dislikes how much this one is going to be geared to dual wielding weapons, am I?

I want to like what I see of ACV, but everything looks like they integrated different pieces of AC games completely wrong. I dislike the AC aesthetic, hate that there's no back weapons, don't like the half-assed quick-boost-floating... It's not like I think this is the worst game ever, but this is turning out to be almost entirely the AC game I don't want. I loved For Answer, mind you, but this... Just looks awkward to me. Still going to get it, and I'm sure I'll still get some pretty good times out of it (At least the online mode is spot on) but man, it's disappointing the Hell out of me.

>>7131514
It would be nice if you actually made long strides with the AC instead of just fast-walking. Actual sprinting, you know?

Shit like no-en-cost dives or special moves would improve walking too. I think AC should definitely focus on upping the physical capabilities of the robots. I'm not against infinite flight, either, but there should be clear pros and cons to either. Something that flies for ever probably shouldn't really be that agile while it's flying, frankly, and also probably not take that many hits, for instance...

>>7131843
Thing is; I do like how fast the energy gauge exhausts. Just... that running out of energy really doesn't seem to limit the second tier of mobility. I guess for something that really looks the part of an 8 ton war machine; I don't like how it isn't dropping like a stone.

Obviously players favor mobility, and it MAY be that the player is actually giving a minimal depression on the boost button to control his fall, and from what I can tell this AC is using solid ammo. And it may be that a bit of the air mobility is being beta'd out, or various regulations to throttle it down could be released.

But I'm just as apprehensive. If only because I wanted this game, with all the emphasis on urban environments, to rely on ground-based cover a bit more than that beta tester is.

>>7131647
words cant express the sheer want I have for this game after watching that video.

>>7131944
>>7131843

As for the *floaty* complaints, if you look at when the boosters actually disengage the AC does drop out of the air quickly. The player is using quick gun and run tactics very much like in the original series.

>>7131861

As for walking and running faster, get the legs that fit the bill. I don't doubt that if you want some nimble quick legs, they will be there but you'll take a small but noticeable energy consumption hit. That has always been the case.

>>7131687
>no "L" in Evangel's name
lol

>pick up PSP, return to Project Phantasma
>that feel when you're sitting on a pile of cash and have a good understanding of effective AC assembly

>THAT FEEL WHEN THE HOPPING AROUND STRATEGY FINALLY CREATES A NET PROFIT ENERGY-WISE.

FINALLY.
I CAN MOVE FREELY.

Hey guys, ACV Armored Cores are 5 meters in height, right?

Not only that, but the acquisition of a lot of tech used on them seems to be dug up rather than built.

Think about it guys. Say a group of miners dig up this huge ass robot that's easily four times the size of your average ACV-verse Armored Core. Shortly after the machine was unearthed, contact with said group was lost, and your employer sends you and a few other pilots with you to investigate. After traveling through a system of tunnels and elevators large enough to accommodate your group's ACs, you finally enter the interior of some run-down arena. In the center is SOMETHING, but it's too damn dark to see just what it is. The lights then turn back on, revealing all kinda of carnage, ranging from wrecked ACs, to destroyed mining equipment, and even the bloody remains of the miners, Standing in the center of it all is the tallest AC you've ever laid your eyes on, it's body as red as the blood staining the ground.

The machine turns to face your group, it's optics flash, and your blood runs cold as a synthesized male voice emanates from the behemoth.

"TARGETS VERIFIED. COMMENCING HOSTILITIES."

Cue a boss battle against a twenty meter tall Nineball Seraph, or a machine that is eerily similar, versus your group of five meter tall ACs.

>>7132809

>>7132829
Hey shrimp

>>7132809
dear god.... i would love every second of my quick and ruthless death.

in other news...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxLU_5_Su8&
feature=related
enjoy

>>7133113
Goddamn I cannot wait.

>>7127837
>gundam-style gameplay
the fuck?
if a gundam game played like any AC's, i'd be happy, but none do

>>7133113

Is it me or is the music a remix of that drum and bass track from the first AC's that had the break that went "FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER..."

>>7132809
I am both frightened and aroused at the same time.

...

Is this normal, or should I see a shrink?

Lost Field, motherfuckers.

>>7132829
I'm not saying that your chart isn't to scale.

But a cat is not a meter tall.

>>7132715
What I'm REALLY on about is that he gains and maintains 100% energy while maintaining airtime.

I'm not saying I want to go back to PS2 era boost dropping to avoid fire. I'm not saying I demand a particular maximum throttle. But the ease of energy management, how easy it looks to to stay airborne; really makes the dropship insertion look like an aesthetic choice.

>>7134088
>>7132809
I'd love to see a fistful of heavy hitters return.

Find out Nineball, Dual-Face, Rim Fire, Painkiller, Stinger, Daemon, then I guess some Some AI controllers, Big Whites, Pulverizers or a next or two all got buried in time capsules.

I want to see some other multiplayer maps. I'm really curious how varied they will be and if they will have different intro scenes.

>>7134225
>Dual-Face, Rim Fire, Painkiller, Daemon

All of those faggots sucked, especially Genobee. I don't even know who Painkiller is supposed to be.

>>7132789
I'm amazed when Japanese fannart spels anything wright.

>>7134225
Oh dear god, can you imagine fighting stinger and Big Whites again? Jesus christ how horrifying

>>7134225
What about Jack-O and Evangel?

And Final Form Zinaida?

>>7136353
I think Silent Line proxies, would fit stupendously for the whole "plot" of AC5. Also I'm under the impression the IMMA NEED BOTH HANDS FOR THIS ONE cannon is the closest the series came to over-weapons before now.

>>7136371
That'd make it a Last Raven Reunion Tour.
.
Do I just insert the dollar into the floppy drive?

>>7136379
>floppy drive

Gangsta.

Looks great. I'm not too optimistic, but I hope the EU localisation isn't more than a couple of months away. I'd like to get stuck into it before my second term of my final university year really goes into overdrive.

I just want FROM to tell me they love me, me personally and implement a Hammer... or in this case I guess a Sword of Moonlight kit.

>>7134495
Pretty sure that's Exile's AC. After searching; I've determined I was wrong about having a picture of the thing.

So /m/, has From commented on this big fucker from that early trailer? It's pretty safe to assume it's just a boss but I crave information because information is ammunition

I'll just leave this here.

>>7139342
they showed a short clip of it during one of the streams. you fight it in an "extra mission" and it looks like it's supposed to be a challenging boss fight

>>7139611
Better be about 30 times harder than Arms Forts that's all I got to say.

The only AC I've ever played was For Answer on my friend's PS3, but the frame rate was terrible with more than a couple of mechs on screen. Is the 360 version better? It's only a few euro nowadays. And how different is it from AC4?

>>7139344
>gets owned by itano circus or bladed in the leg joints and falls over useless..

>>7139344
Y'see, that pretty much exemplifies everything that can go wrong with mech design.

I can break it down but it wouldn't fit on one post.

>>7139677
The 360 version if a little better, I think

If you do pick it up make use a custom control scheme, the default is terrible.

>>7139344
>MW mech's are mere MTs in Armored Core