Armored Core - The First Generation Retrospective | So, How Was It?

1997 marked the release of From Software's fourth game for the original Playstation - Armored Core. AC found critical and financial success and therefore it was greenlit with two sequels, or kind of an expansion packs - Project Phantasma (1997) and Master of Arena (1999). These three games released for the original Playstation form the First Generation of Armored Core. In this video, we're taking a look at this trilogy of games, where everything began. So it's a three-in-one megavideo! NOTE: The video states that Diablo 1 was released in 1997, which is partially true. A fun fact is that some retailers began selling it already 31st of December 1996 in the US. Europeans got Diablo in January 1997. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 08:14 ARMORED CORE (AC) 09:41 A New Raven Spreads its Wings 15:19 Blueprints of an AC 19:51 TO SKIP THE BEGINNER TIPS 20:31 Mercenary Work 29:13 Human Plus 34:34 Consequences 43:15 An Inside Job 50:24 AC Conclusion 1:00:16 PROJECT PHANTASMA (ACPP) 1:03:09 Search & Destroy 1:07:39 Sumika 1:12:16 Confrontation 1:17:23 Enter the Arena 1:20:29 ACPP Conclusion 1:25:56 MASTER OF ARENA (ACMOA) 1:28:13 A Caged Raven 1:34:22 Sponsorship 1:41:19 9 1:51:42 Respect the Strongest 1:56:44 Is the AI Really Cheating? 1:58:47 ACMOA Conclusion 2:03:43 So, How Was It? List of music used in the video: https://pastebin.com/Dist6UNd List of external video footage used in the video: https://pastebin.com/6DyBNyNk Video about Player 2 Compensation by Lynx_Tetsu:    • Armored Core MOA Deep Dive What is P2 Comp...   So, How Was It? Playlist:    • So, How Was It?   Translated Armored Core lore diagrams in the video by Armored Core community member ShatteredSkies. NOTE: This video contains ZERO usage of generative AI. For example, the script, recording, audiovisual post-processing, thumbnail and editing are all done by a human, that is me. This also applies to all the possible mistakes and errors in the video.