Poll of the Day > Armored Core VI topic

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Game is pretty dope so far.

I don't think I'll be able to S-rank any of these levels lol best I've done is an A-rank on the easiest mission although I haven't been really trying for S-ranks yet. Mostly scoring Ds and Cs

Been playing around with paint schemes there's a ton of customization. Trying to make a buzz lightyear skin for my youngest I'll share a photo later when I play again but if anyone wants to share their AC go for it

I'm only like 30 minutes in, is there more customization later on? The missions have been kinda bland.

You can unlock a bunch of different parts but the paint and decal options make customization nearly limitless

Yeah the story is pretty lame so far that's definitely the weakest point for me but once you make it past the introductory missions some of the levels are really great

Make sure you play the training missions and stuff you can unlock parts by completing those

Ok cool I'm just in the introductory missions then.

I'm waiting to see what people say about it before I pick it up, but I am very curious to play it, I've never played an Armored Core game before.

I binged the entire series (aside from the two side games and Gen V) before 6 launched so I'm both an experienced vet and a pretty new fan at the same time.

This is just about the most story that an Armored Core has ever had. The games have a particular atmosphere and themes but until the PS3/360 generation they basically didn't have characters or story. So far 6 does a good job of having characters and a story without veering wildly away from what the series is like. I mean, this is pretty similar to Sekiro and Souls stuff in terms of how detailed and clear (as in, not) the presentation is.

I'm at the second named non-pilot boss and I've got like a dozen arm weapons, half a dozen back weapons, and 4-5 options for each body part. Comparatively quite sparse for what will be available later but so far everything seems either actually good or at least properly usable. In older AC games a lot of weapons are basically duplicates and/or trash or only useful for very specific fight optimizations. I've mostly been sticking to rifle > sword > shield > 4 shot missiles because I haven't been forced to rebuild yet but the options are appealing.

If you're looking for a Soulslike it's not that. They did not try to shoehorn the Souls formula into AC, for better or worse. It is more forgiving than older AC titles mostly due to how they've made the game play so well on a controller. Very fluid and easy to learn

It reminds me a lot of Ace Combat how it's structured with missions/levels. In between missions you can purchase new parts and reconfigure your AC, and you can replay missions as much as you like to earn higher ranks and money/parts

It's not terribly difficult beyond some difficulty spikes mostly involving boss encounters. I've been tearing through most missions until I come across a boss... There's some tough enemies you'll come across that are optional to the mission objectives and therefore wholly unnecessary to fight, though they may be required to defeat for S-ranks I dunno yet

I've found the game rewards aggressive, close quarters combat and is more difficult to play at range, though that may be due to my load out. Might be possible to build a mech that is lethal at range but I haven't figured that out.

Not saying there isn't a plethora of hard-hitting ranged weapons, only that from what I've seen the tougher enemies are easier to dispatch up-close. The riff raff are easy to dispatch at range or up-close

The game isn't much like Souls but there is a looot of Sekiro in it. Posture and rewarding aggressive attacking being the most considerable parts.

Agree with that, which is why I haven't swapped out the sword yet either. Thing hits like a truck

The sword god damn slaps. My current build is sword and some sort of rifle, and then rocket shoulders to break poise.
I'm sure this is only good early on, but it works so I'm not complaining.

I'm poor!

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This is my first pass at Buzz Lightyear. Tough working with the limitations of where you can apply paint. Gonna take another stab at it when I unlock more parts

I had a realization that AC is just custom robo arena.

shadowsword87 posted...

I had a realization that AC is just custom robo arena.

AC1 is from 1997. The sequel had a literal custom robot arena mode too.

AC3 was almost unplayable, your turning speed was soooooo slooooooow

there's too many titles out now and soon that i honestly don't think i could give ac6 the time it deserves

but also i want to buy it cheaper since it's not even a proper armored core game.

Shrek posted...

there's too many titles out now and soon

Dude tell me about it... Starfield, Lies of P, Sea of Stars, Immortals of Aveum, The Crew: Motorfest, Blasphemous 2, Everspace 2, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Atlas Fallen, Wayfinder, Mortal Kombat 1, etc etc

And that's just current games and looking into September... The holiday season is stacked too

Normally I buy any game I have even a passing interest in, but I don't have time to play them so I'm only buying ones I really want to play. My brother has bought a few of the games I haven't and thank goodness because Atlas Fallen makes me snooze

I never thought id see the day where so many people gave a fuck about armored core
its beautiful
and fucking pikmin too, at this point I just need medabots to come back

From has for years now delivered consistently good - some would say great - games and has a reputation of delivering a high-quality experience while avoiding many of the pitfalls of modern gaming (MTX, live-service, FTP, poorly-implemented DLC, etc), so it's not surprising that Armored Core would get a bump given their track record.

This is probably the weakest game they've delivered in over a decade and it's still better than prob 70% of the games out there