History VideoGame / ArmoredCoreForAnswer

-->''Pray for Answer''\\
- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBwq1n6vsXU Opening cinematic]]''

''Armored Core for Answer'' (2008) is the 13th installment of the [[MechaGame mecha combat game]] series ''[[VideoGame/ArmoredCore Armored Core]]''. It is a direct sequel to ''Armored Core 4'' developed by [[Creator/FromSoftware From Software]] and published on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360 by itself (in Japan) and Creator/{{Ubisoft}} (North America and Europe). The game utilize the old game engines, but with a new storyline and many customization options to play with.

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'''''Armored Core For Answer''''' (2008) is the 13th installment of the [[MechaGame mecha combat game]] series ''[[VideoGame/ArmoredCore Armored Core]]''. It is a direct sequel to ''Armored Core 4'' developed by [[Creator/FromSoftware From Software]] and published on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/XBox360 by itself (in Japan) and Ubisoft (North America and Europe). The game utilize the old game engines, but with a new storyline and many customization options to play with.

* TheDogBitesBack / MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: ORCA was formed by several [=Lynxes=] that were left behind on the surface. They seek to carry out the Closed Plan, defying Collared and by extension the League. [[spoiler:However, some in The League are intentionally feeding them help before stabbing them in the back, to set an example.]]

* CutsceneIncompetence: Amusingly with White Glint in the intro. Within seconds of landing on Motherwill, he gets heavily damaged and knocked off balance by Normals, loses one of his rifles, and then he deploys Assault Armor despite being nowhere near Motherwill.

Still, something is always moving on the surface. The League of Corporations has left their Lynx behind. Now answering to League-run organization Collared, they use almighty [[HumongousMecha NEXTs]] to secure resources for Cradle. The mercenaries, alongside corporations' gigantic [[BaseOnWheels Arms Forts]], maintain corporate grip and crush any remaining dissidents on the surface. Such is the status quo that [[PlayerCharacter you are the weapon arms of]]. Still, such a condition wouldn't last long. And all it takes is for someone to ask a right question...

'''''Armored Core For Answer''''' (2008) is the 13th installment of the [[MechaGame mecha combat game]] series [[VideoGame/ArmoredCore Armored Core]]. It is a direct sequel to ''Armored Core 4'' developed by [[Creator/FromSoftware From Software]] and published on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/XBox360 by itself (in Japan) and Ubisoft (North America and Europe). The game utilize the old game engines, but with a new storyline and many customization options to play with.

''For Answer'' uses the same features as ''Armored Core 4'', but the game speed has been increased significantly and it also added ''Assault Armor'', a last-resort attack that drains Kojima Particles from Primal Armor to create a massive explosion, on top of many new [=NEXT=] parts and schematics. The game has both a single-player campaign with [[MultipleEndings branching paths]] and [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] multiplayer.

* AlmightyJanitor: White Glint. He's only rank 9, but [[OneManArmy he's also pretty much the only reason Line Ark is still intact]], and nobody is willing to go against him solo (both missions featuring him are either 2-on-2 or 2-on-1). Even Otsdarva (rank 1) will almost always fall to him in battle.
* AmazonBrigade: Interior Union's affiliated Lynx are all women, two are veterans of the Lynx war, and one is ranked 3rd overall.

* ATeamFiring: Arms Forts seem to have trouble hitting anything; in "Defeat Arms Fort Cabracan," an allied Giga Base Arms Fort in visual range can't land consecutive hits on the immobilized Cabracan, a vehicle the size of a city block and as tall as an aircraft carrier stood on end.

* MookHorrorShow: The first mission has you fighting (read: [[CurbStompBattle slaughtering]]) [[LaResistance Line Ark's]] Normal forces, who can be heard over the radio panicking at the appearance of an enemy NEXT. It becomes [[MoralMyopia a little awkward]] later on if you choose to support Line Ark, since those were technically [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters the good guys]] that [[PunchClockVillain you]] [[VillainProtagonist killed,]] but it's [[ButThouMust not like you had a choice.]]

-->''[[HopeSpot Pray for Answer]]''\\

* LegendaryInTheSequel: Played straight with White Glint, the protagonist of the previous game.
** Also with the Lynx who managed to make it through the Lynx War, who call themselves "Originals".

* AffectionateNickname: "Lapdog" for you and Old King. It's clear that he sees you as a genuine friend in the Destruction Path.
* AlmightyJanitor: White Glint (Anatolia's Mercenary from [[ArmoredCore4 AC4]]). He's only rank 9, but [[OneManArmy he's also pretty much the only reason Line Ark is still intact]], and nobody is willing to go against him solo (both missions featuring him are either 2-on-2 or 2-on-1). Even Otsdarva (rank 1) will almost always fall to him in battle.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Cube, piloting the fastest AC in the game and equipped with PA-eating machine guns. It doesn't help that he is capable of quick boosting so rapidly that just keeping him in front of you long enough to take a shot with most weapons is hard, to say nothing of actually landing a hit. You would never expect such an infuriating enemy to be ranked 18th out of 30.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: While you are flying at it in a mostly straight line, the Spirit of Motherwill's main guns are apparently accurate enough to shoot at a VOD-assisted NEXT with a reasonable chance of hitting it.

* FightsLikeANormal: Don Colonel does this [[{{Pun}} quite literally.]] He's a former Normal pilot (basically what Ravens were in pre-4 ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' games), and this is [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration reflected in how he pilots Wonderful Body;]] occasionally holding off the boosters and walking to conserve energy. Unfortunately, this means [[DeconstructedTrope he doesn't get the most out of his NEXT]] and is a [[WarmUpBoss sitting duck]] for newer pilots like the player.

''For Answer'' uses the same features as ''Armored Core 4'', but the game speed has been increased significantly and it also added ''Assault Armor'', a last-resort attack that drains Kojima Particles from Primal Armor to create a massive explosion, on top of many new [=NEXT=] parts and schematics. The game has both a single-player campaign with [[MultipleEndings branching paths]] and {{PvP}} multiplayer.

** Stigro is built around this principle. It's [[MultiTrackDrifting incredibly fast for an Arms Fort,]] and if [[BullfightBoss it catches you in the wake of its massive hydrofoil,]] it will [[OneHitKill kill you instantly.]] However, it has very little armor or [[PointDefenseless point defense]], so if you manage to board it safely, a few hits from an energy blade will [[CripplingOverspecialization do it in just as quickly]].

* FragileSpeedster: Fragile. It's the fastest enemy by far, but most of its armor was sacrificed for that, so it's got pitiful defenses and terrible AP.

* AmazonBrigade: Interior Union's group Lynx are all women, two are veterans of the Lynx war, and one is ranked 3rd overall.

GuideDangIt: Its not immediately aapparent how you access the ORCA and Destruction paths. You have to play through the game once, then [[spoiler: You have to play through the game as you would until chapter 2, where you can take the "Defend Megalis" to unlock the Line Ark/ORCA path. In chapter 3, you either make the choice to join ORCA by taking the "Destroy Arteria Ulna" mission, or wait until Chapter 4 and take "Destroy Cradle 03" to start the destruction path.]]

[[VideoGame/ArmoredCore4 The Lynx War has become the past.]] ''Pax Economica'', the system that promised to bring peace to the world is long gone. The surviving corporations are forced to move in wake of massive Kojima Particle contamination unleashed during the corporate warfare. Massive floating platforms called Cradles are built, each housing 20 million civilians. They soar at 7,000 meters above the ground, where the air is still clean and safe.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Neither [[CorruptCorporateExecutive The League]] nor [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist ORCA]] agree with Old King's methods. It gets to the point that League and [[spoiler:ORCA]] Lynx will join forces in the Destruction Path just to stop Old King [[spoiler:and you, Old King's lapdog]].