The Raven Republic is a long-standing Armored Core community based in the Philippines, and now has members all around the world.
What is Armored Core? It’s a game series made by FromSoftware revolving around modular giant robots blowing stuff up. Yes, before they hit it big with the Souls series, they made mecha games.
Whether it’s the customization, the action, the strategy, or the feeling of sitting (physically or virtually) next to your opponent as you pound their robotic avatar into oblivion, something in this game captures our imaginations and gives us a shared interest and a common ground – even when separated by geography.
Fox stumbled upon a little known game called Armored Core in early 1998 but the disc was so heavily scratched that he gave it away instead. He then found out about Project Phantasma later in the year and has since then been playing all the AC games he could find. He also builds AC model kits and can be usually found in the Plamo section of the forums.
Email | YouTube | Grim first started playing AC way back in the days of Project Phantasma. Disgruntled with the fact that Filipino players didn't have a place that they could call home, he decided to create the Raven Republic back in August 13, 2006. He likes rainbows and unicorns.
YouTube | Born and raised beside a game controller, he's been playing video games for much of his life. Mecha games, especially Armored Core, are his favorites.
Email | YouTube | NiX became a fan of AC when he first played it on the PlayStation demo disc. He was active in various AC communities during the Silent Line era. And in 2006, with the founding of Raven Republic, he finally found a home online.
