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[Arsic]

Got a job interview tomorrow and Friday that I will probably shit the bed on, but man this game will make up for the stress of both days.

Diving in hard tomorrow.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

Armored Core has always been about building your way to victory - rather than powering thru with sheer skill (which is still possible too).
Trying new builds from mission to mission is what makes the series so re-playable.

Emphasis on this part.

I remember busting my ass on missions and arena battles in MOA to finally get that one upgrade that would provide a tactical advantage.

This is gonna be great. I haven't played an AC game since PS2.

 

[T-0800]

If only they couldve done that for Elden Ring ...game feels bad to play on ps5

Elden Ring runs at a locked 60 on PS5. If you play the PS4 version.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

My premium edition just had the shipping label created for it with a 7-10 day shipping estimate. Looks like mine's going to be late as shit.

 

[Salz01]

Anybody know if you can adjust / turn off the hud?

 

[phaedrus]

dicking around the garage well-beyond necessity.

That's like in every AC game, its part of the appeal of the entire series.
What were these reviewers expecting?

 

[phaedrus]

Let's gooooo!

This is such an appropriate gif, as the Macross series was created by the GOAT Shoji Kawamori, who was also the mecha designer for all the past AC games.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

 

[phaedrus]

Increasing difficulty curves after I prefer melee in AC and the game destroys me

git gud parts.

 

[AutumnLeaves]

Any information on performance?

 

[YukiOnna]

Famitsu's review lays out couple of stuff to see if it is or isn't for you and you're struggling to understand the gameplay loop:
- Mission variety: large fields to battle enemies, dungeon-like stages of factors and buildings to explore & survey, light missions that have you annihilate your opponents, and ones that even allow avoidance of combat
- Replay value: Aiming for S rank, hidden parts & archives to hunt, Battle Log (receiving parts as it accumulates), replaying to fulfill other conditions for rewards
- Stages can be quite big and hidden elements are contained to explore and find, but not listed on the replay mission menu screen
- Retry Missions instantly with everything replenished and restored easily if you fail

 

[Fbh]

Question to help me decide if I should get this: How does defeat work? Like are there checkpoints during missions? Or if I die at a boss do I get to retry instantly or is it "mission over" and I have to play the whole mission again to get to the boss?.

I'm always up for a challenge but I hate when dying feels like it's making me waste time (for example one of the best improvements of newer souls games is that they have cut back on the whole "having to run back to the boss each time you die" thing)

 

[Danjin44]

Question to help me decide if I should get this: How does defeat work? Like are there checkpoints during missions? Or if I die at a boss do I get to retry instantly or is it "mission over" and I have to play the whole mission again to get to the boss?.

I'm always up for a challenge but I hate when dying feels like it's making me waste time (for example one of the best improvements of newer souls games is that they have cut back on the whole "having to run back to the boss each time you die" thing)

They are actually check points in ACVI, in fact after you died you can change up build before retrying the boss.

I don’t know if this is true or not but I heard the way ranking works if you use the check points to retry fights you won’t able to get S rank.

 

[killatopak]

Any reviews from AC fans?

Like I already know AC. I just wanna know what Fromsoft brought in for AC6.

 

[SABRE220]

Not cool man you could have chosen any other souls character not best sun boi.

 

[SABRE220]

Wow FROM can do no wrong this gen, looks like a brilliant take on the mecha genre sigh another game to add to my buy list.

 

[Mephisto40]

Question to help me decide if I should get this: How does defeat work? Like are there checkpoints during missions? Or if I die at a boss do I get to retry instantly or is it "mission over" and I have to play the whole mission again to get to the boss?.

I'm always up for a challenge but I hate when dying feels like it's making me waste time (for example one of the best improvements of newer souls games is that they have cut back on the whole "having to run back to the boss each time you die" thing)

There are checkpoints throughout the missions, if you die, you go back to the last checkpoint

Every time you start from a checkpoint, you are given the option to re spec, so if you have gone into a boss fight with completely the wrong loadout, you can change it and try the boss again

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Not cool man you could have chosen any other souls character not best sun boi.

I didn't make it, but I agree with it lol. I was an AC fan before I was a Souls fan. White Glint > everything



Though I do regret never playing Verdict Day.

 

[SantaC]

Back to Souls games we go.

This is a pass for me.

 

[SJRB]

Im not doing any boss for 10 hours. Fuck that.

Honestly wouldn't put much stock into these kind of claims, let alone completely dismissing the game over it. Some people are legit terrible at playing videogames (see that leaked Starfield gameplay, for example).

 

[MMaRsu]

Im not doing any boss for 10 hours. Fuck that.

Journalists..

 

[Mephisto40]

Any mention of how difficulty works in this? sounds like it doesn't have a difficulty setting at all, I'm hoping it's not some level scaling bullshit and I can just grind past any difficulty bumps.

You don't "level up", you just unlock new parts for your mech

The difficulty is finding a build that works, and once you do, the missions become easier to finish

This is made more simple by the fact that you can download other players builds, I'm sure people will be uploading builds designed to beat certain bosses

 

[GrayChild]

Journalists..

I'd pay good money to see this guy trying to tackle some of the more difficult AC6 bosses.

 

[geary]

When is gonna be release on steam? At what hour?

 

[rofif]

Seems that the game is harder than Sekiro

Ugh. I hate this. It’s so stupid that from software games have to be hard to be liked.
I don’t play a game for a frustrating challenge.

 

[BbMajor7th]

Appears to be worth the price of entry. I'm in - see if it brutalises me worse than Sekiro did.

 

[Danjin44]

Back to Souls games we go.

This is a pass for me.

Did people really expecting this game to play like Souls game?

 

[Zheph]

I want to get it but I have so much on my plate at the moment

Looking good tho

 

[gaming_again]

Ugh. I hate this. It’s so stupid that from software games have to be hard to be liked.
I don’t play a game for a frustrating challenge.

But other people do.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Did people really expecting this game to play like Souls game?

Only newbie FromSoft fans who've never heard of Armored Core. Armored Core should not play like Souls games.

This is Armored Core

 

[YukiOnna]

We'll do this whole song & dance again when AC7 releases, don't worry

 

[Granty666uk]

Does this unlock at midnight New Zealand time on Xbox ???

 

[SJRB]

We'll do this whole song & dance again when AC7 releases, don't worry

Developer of notoriously hard but fair videogames: releases hard but fair videogame
Some reviewers and gamers: I can't believe this game is hard, they should add an easy mode!

 

[rofif]

But other people do.

And they ruin gaming for everyone.
I game my whole life and sekiro last boss ruined the game for me

 

[Con-Z-epT]

Does this unlock at midnight New Zealand time on Xbox ???

Time zone	Console launch time	PC launch time
PT	Aug. 24, 9:00 p.m.	Aug. 24, 3:00 p.m.
MT	Aug. 24, 10:00 p.m.	Aug. 24, 4:00 p.m.
CST	Aug. 24, 10:00 p.m.	Aug. 24, 4:00 p.m.
CT	Aug. 24, 11:00 p.m.	Aug. 24, 5:00 p.m.
COT	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 24, 5:00 p.m.
ET	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 24, 6:00 p.m.
BRT	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 24, 7:00 p.m.
BST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 24, 11:00 p.m.
CEST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.
SAST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.
EEST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 1:00 a.m.
AST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 1:00 a.m.
GST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 2:00 a.m.
UTC+8	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 6:00 a.m.
SGT	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 6:00 a.m.
KST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 7:00 a.m.
JST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 7:00 a.m.
AEST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 8:00 a.m.
NZST	Aug. 25, 12:00 a.m.	Aug. 25, 10:00 a.m.

 

[gaming_again]

And they ruin gaming for everyone.
I game my whole life and sekiro last boss ruined the game for me

But they don’t. Entering a boss room and knowing I’ve got hours of learning attack patterns in front of me is a delicious feeling for me.

 

[Zheph]

And they ruin gaming for everyone.
I game my whole life and sekiro last boss ruined the game for me

Such a weird statement man
The feeling when I beat him was so good

 

[TheRyzzl]

But they don’t. Entering a boss room and knowing I’ve got hours of learning attack patterns in front of me is a delicious feeling for me.

Me too. I had a blast learning the isshin fight. After a while I could do the first few phases blind-folded. Then getting the kill finally was so satisfying.

 

[Zathalus]

And they ruin gaming for everyone.
I game my whole life and sekiro last boss ruined the game for me

If you play it on PC you can always use a trainer for the sections that suck.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Got a job interview tomorrow and Friday that I will probably shit the bed on, but man this game will make up for the stress of both days.

Diving in hard tomorrow.

You got this, man, let us know how it went.

You're gonna do well on the interview too.

 

[Bartski]

Seems that the game is harder than Sekiro

wow he said he took him 10 hours to beat a boss, and 150 tries

 

[Flutta]

Seems that the game is harder than Sekiro

Oh shit…. Easy mode threads incoming

 

[Naked Lunch]

Ugh. I hate this. It’s so stupid that from software games have to be hard to be liked.
I don’t play a game for a frustrating challenge.

On the flipside - I find a 'frustrating challenge' to be the only reason to play games anymore.
Easy games feel pointless and boring.

While they used to be plentiful, actual difficult games are tough to come by these days.
And im not talking about fake baked in difficulty with 'easy medium hard' sliders - a difficult game designed from the jump.
Its why bullethell shmups are pretty much the main gaming genre I consistently follow any more.

 

[Flutta]

Only issue i have with AC6 is that it’s too short…. 15h? Cmon FROM where’s the meat. Smh

 

[Kings Field]

GIVE ME THE FUCKING GAME ALREADY

 

[SJRB]

PRE-ORDER CANCELED!

 

[John Bilbo]

PRE-ORDER CANCELED!

 

[Shubh_C63]

the hell..it releases tomorrow.

Where did all the time went ?

 

[j0hnnix]

Antonline code received yesterday didn't think I would be able to play it but here I am. Series X performance mode is good, noticed minor stutters on first boss while everything on screen, nothing to cry about. Resolution mode does look to drop 30fps outside, inside corridors does seem to be a bit higher.

 

[GrayChild]

PRE-ORDER CANCELED!

Have they actually consulted real robots when making the game? Omitting their input when depicting how every AC functions would be extremely problematic. Not to mention affecting the diversity of robot models and inclusivity of underrepresented AC builds.