Armored Core: Difference between revisions

* [[Gun Porn]] - The new Overed Weapons in ACV all have an elaborate setup sequence in which parts fold and unfold into their ready forms.

* [[Guide Dang It]] - Good luck trying to find and/or unlock the secret parts in the 1-3 era games and in 5 or the {{spoiler|the hidden Zodiac fights}} in 5 without one.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - Fiona Jarnefeldt is voiced by [[Maaya Sakamoto]], who also voiced Sumika Juutilainen all the way back in ''Project Phantasma''. In English, she's voiced by [[Kari Wahlgren]], best known to gamers as [[Final Fantasy XII|Princess Ashe]].

** And Serene Haze is voiced by none other than [[Atsuko Tanaka|Major Kusanagi]]. Really, that low-pitched voice should have been a giveaway.

** This trope may be the reason most Missile Boats use vert-fire missiles instead of head-on or sideswipe missiles. Doesn't help much against enemies with good air time, but you can forget about shooting down the missiles if you can't stay off the ground.

** VTF Missiles are meant to subvert this as they do proximity detonation, but a fast and agile enough AC can still dodge it.

* [[100% Completion]]- After beating the games, it's possible to go back and select any mission you like. Getting 100% completion means doing every mission and finding every hidden part. In universe some Raven and LYNX have a 100% mission rating.

* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]] / [[Restraining Bolt]] - In ''Armored Core 2'', it was possible to do something known as 'Limiter Release,' which gave your mech infinite energy for about 30 seconds, followed by an extremely long recharge time.

** In universe White Glint is this due to the name coming from how fast he moves so all you see is a "white glint". Also have a completely custom NEXT parts (until you get your own) helps as well.

** Two [[Bonus Boss|bonus bosses]] of V are red even better, one of them is an upgraded version of the final boss.

* [[Leitmotif]] - Nineball's ''9'', Spirit of Motherwill's theme of the same name.

* [[Lethal Joke Item|Lethal Joke Weapon]] - Technocrat Company's FSS-53 Shock Rocket. Described in-game as "A dummy rocket that doesn't explode". The stats however says something else: it has ''the highest Primal Armor-reducing capability of any weapon'', meaning one lucky hit and say goodbye to your usually very tough [[Force Field]]. To put things in perspective, weapons that usually do reduce PA does it by continuous hits, by large explosions, or the [[Awesome but Impractical]] Kojima weapons. This being a rocket shoulder weapon, not only you can spam it without needing to free a weapon slot, a good hit means that you can immediately follow up with weapons that deals most damage to PA-less targets. [[Oh Crap|Like grenade launchers, for example]].

* [[More Dakka]] - Ever-present in the form of Chain Guns, but applies doubly to any Arms Fort, which is essentially a mobile gun made out of other guns.

** ACV one-ups the great tradition by offering Autocannons. Essentially as strong as regular cannons, with 3 to four barrels, and an extremely astounding fire rate. While all ACs require kneeling to use this, tanks don't, and in addition can dual wield it for even more dakka.

** Last Raven also has this. The [[Fanon|"canonically" accepted one]] is there one where {{spoiler|every [[Incredibly Lame Pun|last raven]] but you is killed and both sides of the war are devastated by the Pulverizers}}. The other endings are just one of two variations: {{spoiler|Alliance wins}}, {{spoiler|Vertex wins}}.

* [[Mythology Gag]] - Given all the different continuities there all over the place. Some examples are:

** The way Wonderful Body moves in for Answer is in a simmlar way you pilot Armored Cores in pre Armored Core 4 games.

** [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Classic Pallets in 4/4A are color schemes from older games.]]

** The Moonlight due to it being in every game [[From Software]] makes.

** ''Armored Core: Nexus'' and the Revolution disk.

* [[Neglectful Precursors]] - in Armored Core 2 {{spoiler|It is implied that all of the [[Lost Technology]] was left behind by a long dead alien race.}}

* [[New Game+]]- It's possible to upload your data from previous games in the series. In an interesting example, in the first and second games, getting 50,000 credits in debt resulted in your character being made "Human+ ," and starting over from the beginning with some bonuses, such as a better radar, double energy, and the ability to fire large weapons without kneeling.

{{quote|{{spoiler|Angie}}: "Damage critical. Mission failed, #3/#8."

{{spoiler|Zodiac #3/#8}}: "This is some kind of a sick joke, right {{spoiler|Angie}}? [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|We turned ourselves into puppets]] for this?! ''I don't even remember why!'' }}

* [[Walking Wasteland]] - Any NEXT is this due to the ubiquitous use of Kojima Particles in their Primal Armor and possibly weapons.

* [[Wall Jump]] - Added in 5