Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

After conquering the world, FromSoftware returns to its roots in a passion project manages to elevate Armored Core's original concepts through its newfound technical mastery without ever diluting the game's classic formula.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is a delightful departure from the norm in a gaming world filled with sprawling open worlds and never-ending quests. It beckons you into a linear, mission-driven experience, respecting your time and offering a well-needed break from open-world fatigue. But don’t let its simplicity fool you; this game packs a punch. The hangar is your creative canvas for your playstyle, allowing you to craft a mech that suits your style and needs, demanding you create whatever build you need to overcome the obstacles you face.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is another step in the right direction for From Software as a developer. Top class combat and with great final bosses.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon will amaze you from start to finish. Its combat system is challenging and requires learning to handle an Armored Core far from a perfect machine. The dramatic narrative goes hand in hand with the game's missions. Visually, it could be better. However, it must be a solid title that mecha fans should play.

Armored Core VI is a solid return for one of From Software’s long-dormant franchises. It still carries many of the mech genre’s old contrivances, like its generic mission structure and predictable plot. However, it modernizes mech action meaningfully to introduce it to a new generation. While legacy fans may have some complaints about the “casualization” of Armored Core, I am ultimately glad the series is back and firing on all cylinders.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon has excellent gameplay and with numerous possibilities to assemble your mecha and style of play. However, it is also a title that does not fulfill its potential with the story, with the online and it has a series of decisions that could make the experience more enjoyable. It's certainly a great game, but it could have reached a much higher level of excellence.

The post-Elden Ring era was going to be difficult, that much was certain. FromSoftware's work on Armored Core 6 is bound to be compared to that of GOTY 2021, and unfortunately it pales into insignificance. At no point do you get a sense of the studio's maturity or expertise. Armored Core 6 could have been anyone's game. A messy title, not very pretty and very repetitive. A game with an archaic, old-fashioned structure that leaves no room for immersion and doesn't even seem to want to draw the player into its world. Fortunately, the gameplay is fun, the sensations are pretty good and some sequences stand out from the crowd. Not to mention the incredible customisation of our mechas, which is sure to delight fans and the big kids in all of us. But does that really justify throwing yourself into the game? I'm not sure. =

Very good game, the art style fits the theme of the game, it's a really nice change of pace from the regular souls like experience. Best thing about the game is definitely the gameplay.

It is a fun time, but super unbalanced. Sometimes it feels like it has to be that one specific built, to be able to have a chance to finish an enemy, but the way to find that one combination of mech parts is pretty much trial and error busy work. Also, story is presented pretty lazy, mission structure is pretty retro and no difficulty option (for people who have a life besides gaming and taxes to pay) is still obscene - give people the option to play a game on their terms! Graphics, sound and cosmetic customisation of the mech are very nice. Hopefully the game design and structure will be rethinked in the next installment. An open world would be pretty exciting - moving fast, looking for new rare parts for the mech, getting loot for quests.

Introduced me to the AC franchise, and it was quite hooking the first 10 hours or so. Then the hype i had suddenly dies, and the game felt kind of repetitive, with the all the arena battles feeling the same and the main quests kind of boring at given points. I won't say its a bad no boring game, but i expected a bit more coming from From Software

Most of the game is really easy and then some bosses are nearly impossible. Why have this tremendous armory of weapons and builds to choose from if the bosses are META and forcing you to act a certain way to get past them... ? The locking mechanism also is poor, you can use the aim assist but it never keeps the lock on the enemy and don't switch the view of the mecha to follow it past the screen. Its really annoying. No difficulty settings? I really think that when reviewers online say that 95% of players wont even complete the 1st chapter it tells a lot about your decisions process in making this game. I'm not really a fan of mecha games and wanted to try this thinking I would add a new genre to my repertoire seeing it was a From Soft game but no, this ain't it. This is for the hardcore fans only. What a waste.

This game is very average. Regular missions are so basic. Lets break it down shall we. The story is terrible. You will no connection whatsoever. It feels like arcade game story line. The missions is basically go to this point and steam roll through some basic mechs that you can one shot. But when you fight a boss they are bullet sponges because you have to get down their stagger bar before you do real damage. While you are doing that you are basically dodging a parade of missiles and lasers. So boss fights are okay but then there are a certain few that will make you want to punch a baby until you figure out the puzzle combination of mech gear you need to steam roll the boss. Your character will be called a variety of names. 621, G13, Raven and my favorite annoying one you will hear later in the game is Tourist. Like really. Then you have arena combat which is almost all of the boss mechs you face in the game except for the super annoying ones or the puzzle mech gear ones. They give you all this gear faking it like you really have options but you don't. Your play style will have to fit in a version they want you to play. You boost around but you have to constantly be aware of your energy. Now there is one level where you all of a sudden have unlimited energy to fight in the sky and take out a fleet which was cool but short lived. They could of built the game around that but NOPE. This game is really nothing but a arena mech fighter with plan missions to make it look like a full story game. Its not worth full price at all. Wait for a sale at best. If you want to play a mech game with a story and real progression check out Zone of the Enders 2. For all of the From Soft fanboys saying you need skill. Its a damn lie. I only finished this game so its not a complete waste of my money (which it was) and I am mad i brought it digital. Hell. Titan Fall 2 was more fun with mechs and that was a FPS. This game was not fun. Its a chore. After completing the game I didn't feel good. I just felt relief that the chore was completed. The game looks like a PS3 game. So disappointing. For all of the From Soft fannies out there hyping this game up you should be ashamed of yourselves. This game is average at best.