Armored Core IV: For Answer | All Bosses

Armored Core IV: For Answer | All Bosses

More than ten years have passed since the National Dismantlement War. A League of Corporations has taken control of the world. To escape the pollution that poisons the surface of the planet, they have built massive floating platforms called Cradles. Only there, 7000 meters above the ground, is the air clean and safe. Already, half of mankind lives in the skies. The planet's surface has become a battlefield, where armies fight to control the resource plants that feed the Cradles. As the war came to a close, giant humanoid weapons called Armored Core NEXTs enabled the League to firmly establish their rule of the planet. Their pilots are called Lynx. Fearing the power and independence of these NEXTs, the League left them behind on the surface. The Lynx now work as mercenaries for an organization called Collared. While the League armies derive their power from massive Arms Forts, the once-mighty NEXTs are consigned to the poisoned Earth, serving as foot soldiers in the never-ending Economic War.

A collection of all the boss encounters (Arms Fortresses' & NEXT's) from the game Armored Core IV: For Answer using regulation 1.40 (except for the fight against White Glint where I used regulation 1.00 for maximum authenticity). The game is emulated on the RPCS3 emulator as I no longer have access to my Xbox 360 and my physical copy. The purpose of this video is to showcase the games bosses themselves for those who enjoy boss encounters without ‘cheese’ tactics that trivialize an encounter. For that purpose I opted not to use any melee weapons despite the fact they would drastically speed up some fights.

❖ Weapons:
• 051 ANNR (Rifle)
• MR-R102 (Assault Rifle)
• 03-Motorcobra (Machine Gun)
• GAN01-SS—WBP (Bazooka)
• GAN01-SS-WGP (Gatling Gun)

❖ Back Units:
• ACB-0710 (Add Main Booster)
• CP-51 (Rocket)
• ARSENIKON (Kojima Cannon)

❖ Frame:
• Head: SOLUH-Head
• Core: WHITE-GLINT/Core
• Arms: WHITE-GLINT/Arms
• Legs: L01-TELLUS

❖ Inner:
• FCS: Inblue, Yellowstone03, FS-LAHIRE
• Generator: 03-AALIYAH/G

❖ Boosters:
• Main Booster: CB-JUDITH
• Back Booster: EKHAZAR-LEGB
• Side Booster: AB-HOLOFERNES
• Overed Booster: KRB-PALLAS

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❖ Timestamps
◆ Chapter I
Intro - 0:00
1. Arms Fort Land Crab (Sphere) – 3:22
2. Arms Fort Land Crab (Richland Agricultural Plant) – 4:52
3. Arms Fort Giga Base (Northwest Sea) – 5:53
4. WONDERFUL BODY / Don Colonel – 7:23
5. Arms Fort Giga Base (Former Chinese Shanghai) – 8:27
6. Arms Fort Cabracan – 9:20
7. Arms Fort Spirit of Motherwill & KILLDOZER / Champion Champs – 12:32

◆ Chapter II
8. Interior Union Arms Fort Land Crab (Loro Desert) - 16:44
9. MOROZ / Ibris Ornstein – 18:30
10. Arms Fort Stigro (Former Chinese Shanghai) – 20:10
11. NO COUNT / Patch the Good Luck, BIG BARREL / Buppa Zu Gan & YOROI MOGURA / PQ – 21:28
12. FERRUM SOLIDUS / Luster 18 - 23:11
13. RAI-DEN / Takafumi Arisawa & Arms Fort Great Wall – 24:27
14. Arms Fort Eclipse – 27:21
15. WHITE GLINT / Anatolia’s Raven – 28:40
16. STASIS / Otsdarva & FRAGILE / CUBE – 31:42

◆ Chapter III
17. STARKA / Do Su & RED RUM / Shamir RaviRavi – 34:12
18. Arms Fort Sol Dios Orbit – 36:35
19. Arms Fort Stigro (North West Sea) – 37:53
20. SCARLET FOX / Wis & EMERALD RACOON / Yei – 39:05
21. ASTERISM / Julius Emery & GRAY GLOOM / Totient – 40:20
22. NOBLESSE OBLIGE / Gerald Gendlin & TRANSCEND / Dario Empio – 42:04

◆ Chapter IV – Defend Arteria Carnium (League Path)
23. LISA / Old King – 44:43
24. ORCA Arms Fort Jet – 45:51
25. GACHIRIN / Neo Nidus – 47:59
26. 00-ARETHA – 49:12
27. OPENING / Malzel & GLEDITSIA / Vaoh – 50:00
28. UNSUNG / Maximillian Thermidor & SPLIT MOON / Shinkai – 51:53

◆ Chapter IV – Attack on Arteria Cranium (ORCA Path)
29. AMBIENT / Lilium Wolcott, STRIX QUADRUPED / Wong Shao Lung & Arms Fort Eclipse – 55:13
30. Arms Fort Answerer – 56:51
31. REITERPALLASCH / Wynne D. Fanchon, MY BLISS / Roy Saaland & STASIS / Otsdarva – 59:07

◆ Chapter IV – Occupation of Arteria Carpals (Destruction Path)
32. STASIS / Otsdarva, AMBIENT / Lilium Wolcoot, REITERPALLASCH / Wynne D. Fanchon, FEEDBACK / Roadie & CILIEGIO / Kasumi Sumika – 1:01:33
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Armored Core IV: For Answer is a brilliant addition to the series and I can see why even with Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon being released well over a decade later it still remains one of the favourites. It takes some time to get used to the combat and doesn't feel good until you unlock equipment to allow sufficient aerial time, but when you do the game feels great. The story was great as well, tying into the original Armored Core IV nicely. Finally I note, that similar to the ending in Armored Core VI, the best ending is to follow the ORCA path. Fight me.