Armored Core: For Answer [BLUS30187]

COMPATIBILITY REPORT
rpcs3-v0.0.5-7645-a4f67ccb_win64 [2018-12-31]

Intel® Core™ i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz | 4 Threads | 15.95 GiB RAM | AVX+ | TSX
·! 0:00:00.000000 RSX: Found vulkan-compatible GPU: 'GeForce GTX 1070' running on driver 417.35.0.0
  PPU Decoder: Recompiler (LLVM)
  PPU Threads: 2
  PPU Debug: false
  Save LLVM logs: false
  Use LLVM CPU: ""
  Max LLVM Compile Threads: 0
  Enable thread scheduler: false
  Set DAZ and FTZ: false
  SPU Decoder: Recompiler (LLVM)
  Lower SPU thread priority: true
  SPU Debug: false
  Preferred SPU Threads: 1
  SPU delay penalty: 3
  SPU loop detection: true
  SPU Shared Runtime: true
  SPU Block Size: Mega
  Accurate GETLLAR: false
  Accurate PUTLLUC: false
  SPU Verification: true
  SPU Cache: true
  Enable TSX: Enabled
  Accurate xfloat: false
  Approximate xfloat: true
  Lib Loader: Load liblv2.sprx only
  Hook static functions: false
  HLE lwmutex: false

The intro video does not play but can be skipped with button presses. However, if you are using LLVM SPU, you must have SPU Block Size set to Mega or the application soft-locks and will need to be terminated. Additionally, Write Color Buffers makes the menus easier to navigate without relying on setting a Framelimit. Other settings changed didn't seem to make any difference, though because OpenGL vs Vulcan is a focus right now, I will say for what little is accessible, OpenGL was the better choice.

The GIF below illustrates the problem with the first few seconds of gameplay, and why you can't progress any further: