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Armored Core V Still Has Big Robotmen

First person to say "um.... they're mecha" is getting punched in the throat!

Mar. 20 2012

Posted by: Jeff

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Armored Core V

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Um.... they're mecha

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Oddly interested in this, idk why.

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@Maystack said:

Um.... they're mecha

Please punch him Jeff! Punch him in his silly throat!

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Can't fucking wait.

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I've never watched a single trailer for this game and now that I have, I still don't know a damn thing about it.

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I loved Armored Core on the PS2. Such a fun game, at least as I remember it.

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@Atary77 said:

@Maystack said:

Um.... they're mecha

Please punch him Jeff! Punch him in his silly throat!

I would have expected punches to the genital triangle.

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Entirely forgot about Armoured Core, could never figure that game out on the Playstation back in the day.

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@Wandrecanada: Jeff didn't mention the genitals in his description. His threat only mentions a punch to the throat. Either way, a punch is the consequence if you use the specified phrase.

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Fuck Armored Core. Where the fuck is Chromehounds 2?

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Um...they're Core Muscle Tracers.

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they are mecha. get at me. also Jeff when you guys do the podcast remember W - Ceeeeee Beeeeee SSSSSSSS (kind of like Stern doing WNBC in Private parts)

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Guys you gotta come HEAVY or don't come at all. THat's the way the giant robotladies like it.

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They are mecha. Embrace your inner weeaboo Jeff.

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"All we want to do is build a sweet ride...."

Did Xzibit make this game?

Is it possible to "Pimp" my Mecha?

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Thy look fucking stupid but that's Japan I guess.

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I always come heavy. awwww yeah

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Hope there's a Quick Look of this.

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@Maystack: Do you pronounce that "mee-chah?"

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@ludorverr said:

They are mecha. Embrace your inner weeaboo Jeff.

The irony is the distinction between Robots and Mechs, the former being autonomous and the latter being piloted, is a very western distinction.  In Japan, the categories are Real Robots and Super Robots, both falling under the mecha genre.
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Did anyone else let out a snort and a laugh when "From The Makes of Dark Souls" came up?

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They can slather on all the splashy video effects and artifacting they want, but the blandness of those environments still don't inspire a lot of confidence.

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NEEDS MORE FILM EFFECTS

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Played Armored Core V, I love it!

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The fact that it is from the Dark Souls guys is the only thing that made me interested enough to watch the trailer..... halfway through..

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@RenMcKormack said:

they are mecha. get at me. also Jeff when you guys do the podcast remember W - Ceeeeee Beeeeee SSSSSSSS (kind of like Stern doing WNBC in Private parts)

That's K - Ceeeeee Beeeeee SSSSSSSS for the west coast!

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Wow, That's a weird trailer. It has all the things movie trailers use to create an idea of a great movie. Mentioning a completely unrelated product that is tied to a company, non-descriptive quotes from articles, fast cuts of action moments and even a music track that somehow combines the requiem for a dream score with a Lord of the Rings one. I hope the game is good but this trailer is pretty bad.

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Graphically, this game kind of looks like shit.

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Oh he got da Mango Sentinel in that trailer

(In before FROM makes a patch to it's health)

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I might get this just to support From. The Souls games are one of the best things to happen to this industry this generation.

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@Maystack said:

Um.... they're mecha

I love that you used the exact right (wrong?) number of ellipses.
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Don't know if I should chip away at my iPad budget to get this game.

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Dude, those are mechmen.

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I believed they are to referred to as "Cores" in the game.

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They already had me at From the developers of DARK SOULS.

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@ludorverr said:

weeaboo

Anyone who would use this term deserves to get punched in the throat for real.

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From the developers of Dark Souls???!!?!?!?!??! WHATTTT

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@Catarrhal said:

@ludorverr said:

weeaboo

Anyone who would use this term deserves to get punched in the throat for real.

Why?

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I can't come heavy that day, so am I really not allowed to come at all?

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@Catarrhal said:

@ludorverr said:

weeaboo

Anyone who would use this term deserves to get punched in the throat for real.

I would never want to live in the shithole that is Japan and yet I've seen over 300 anime. I think I've earned the right to use that word, jerkwad.

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@ludorverr: Urgh, 300 anime? Weaaboo alert!

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@antoniothedeadly: I hope you're being ironic.

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Hurry up and arrive through my letterbox.

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@Catarrhal said:

@ludorverr said:

weeaboo

Anyone who would use this term deserves to get punched in the throat for real.

I thought it was more of a paddling thats deserved? http://www.pbfcomics.com/71/

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@Turambar:

I came in to say the exact same thing.

Also, I hadn't seen any media for this game since the debut trailer, and it's not quite what I was expecting. I would have enjoyed seeing a more "near-future" take on the franchise.

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these robots aren't scrappy enough. i think that's the main reason i think hawken looks better. their robots looks dirty and rough. these robots look too clean. same with reign of thunder or whatever. these robots need more hard edges. mechs shouldn't have curves, they made of metal, they need to be structurally sound.

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"The action never let up." - GameSpot

Hopefully the Giantbomb crew can give the GameSpot editors some grammer tips.

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@AxleFGK: Hawken mainly looks better because of the visually extremely impressive level design. ACV looks like a touched up PS2 game. But looks aren't everyhing, I'm mildly interted in this game.

Alos, next Souls game, please!

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Hurrrrgh. Can't wait until I have the money to pick this up.

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With Namco-Bandai publishing this, I only have one question. How do I Gundam?