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Rumor: New Armored Core 6 Under Development At ‘From Software’
https://www.brokenjoysticks.net/2016/09 ... -software/

The original DualShockers article is no longer online, so I don't know what's up with that. I hope it's not a bullshit rumor because there haven't been any notable mecha games at all this gen, I think. At least if you don't count the Transformers ones, which I don't.

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https://www.bandainamcoent.com/games/ar ... of-rubicon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888 ... OF_RUBICON

Gameplay Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlSfr6W ... XVyolQO3wj



They've upped the ante in terms of the scope of the environments. And there seems to be at least a little bit of a story in there.

Looks pretty good. I would have preferred a ZOE 3, but I'll take this.

August 25.

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https://steamcommunity.com/id/jakebreak ... ed/1888160

they managed to capture the dullness of V and verdict day and reskined it as IV/for answer. its not bad but its not as fun as the previous installments

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Pantsusar ... ed/1888160

Idk what to say, first boss was a mess.
It really is just another soulslike, I dont feel like I'm piloting a mech, I feel like I'm playing sekiro on ice.
Stagger mechanic is annoying cause the whole combat loop revolves purely around getting in a stagger so you can actually damage anything other than the basic enemies.
Camera can behave really awkward too, but that's something that's probably fixable in one way or another.
Idk man, if you wanted cool shooty mechs, this aint it. If you like the other souls games and want some cool bossfights, this is it. Dont expect too much from the basic gameplay loop though.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/765 ... ed/1888160

So I'm on the fence on this game. I absolutely love the way the mechs feel and look, but enemies come in two varieties, either weak AF or god mode nigh unkillable unless you do the perfect strategy. Armored core never had Dark Soulesk bosses so why the ♥♥♥♥ are they in this game?! There's not even a difficulty adjuster so I can just adjust this crap just like Dark Souls. Past games had different difficulties with unlocks for doing missions at higher difficulties. The fact of the matter is FromSoft blended their DarkSouls formula into their Armored Core formula and came out with a very lack luster game where the minions can be beat with your eyes closed and bosses have darksouls movement and combat mechanics. Just look that the older armored Core bosses. They weren't like this.....Put Armored Core 4 on Steam please. It is the last "good" Armored Core.

PS: It sucks as an Armored Core fan I feel like I HAVE to buy this because if I don't FromSoft will forget this IP for another decade again. I DON'T ENJOY DARK SOULS, FROMSOFT.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/cyanotica ... ed/1888160

I'm a long time AC fan, i played AC1 all the way through Last Raven, but stopped there because of the new design direction they took the series. my initial impressions are that this is Armored Souls, not a true Armored Core game. the first boss on the initial mission is way overtuned, even for an AC series, leading to a really sour first experience.

The control and camera scheme really make this feel like Dark Souls rather than Armored Core, in AC games the camera is locked to the FCS and turn rate dictated by your parts and the FCS was generally straight in light with the core. this meant that anything you were generally locked on to, you could fire. AC6 disconnects the camera and targeting from the AC leading to moments where you want to fire your weapons but your AC isn't facing your enemy, leading to a clunky unrefined feeling.

I'll probably change my opinion later, but right now im disappointed that once again they failed to capture the feeling of the original series.

There are positive impressions too, but they're swamped by breathless praise and I aint gonna spend the time to go through that to find decent commentary, so the negative ones are all you'll get for now.