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Armored Core VI Review Thread (85/100) (opencritic.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Game Information

Game Title: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Platforms:

  • PC (Aug 24, 2023)
  • PlayStation 5 (Aug 25, 2023)
  • Xbox Series X/S (Aug 25, 2023)
  • Xbox One (Aug 25, 2023)

Trailers:

Developer: FromSoftware Inc.

Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 85 average - 91% recommended - 59 reviews

Critic Reviews

Atomix - Alberto Desfassiaux - Spanish - 97 / 100

Attack of the Fanboy - J.R. Waugh - 4 / 5

CGMagazine - Khari Taylor - 8 / 10

COGconnected - Mark Steighner - 95 / 100

Cerealkillerz - Gabriel Bogdan - German - 9 / 10

Checkpoint Gaming - Omi Koulas - 8.5 / 10

Destructoid - Chris Carter - 9 / 10

Digital Trends - Giovanni Colantonio - 3 / 5

Eurogamer - Caelyn Ellis - 5 / 5

Forbes - Ollie Barder - 8 / 10

GAMES.CH - Benjamin Braun - German - 80%

Game Informer - Connor Trinske - 8.3 / 10

GamePro - Dennis Michel - German - 86 / 100

GameSpot - Richard Wakeling - 8 / 10

Gameblog - KiKiToes - French - 6 / 10

Gamefa - mohammad hossein karimi - Persian - 9 / 10

Gamepressure - Krzysiek Kalwasiński - 9 / 10

Gamersky - Chinese - 8.8 / 10

GamesBeat - Mike Minotti - 4.5 / 5

GamesHub - Edmond Tran - 5 / 5

GamesRadar+ - Austin Wood - 4.5 / 5

GamingBolt - Shunal Doke - 9 / 10

GamingTrend - Ron Burke - 90 / 100

Geek Culture - Jake Su - 9.3 / 10

Generación Xbox - David Fernandez - Spanish - 97 / 100

God is a Geek - Chris White - 9 / 10

Hobby Consolas - Bruno Sol - Spanish - 90 / 100

IGN - Mitchell Saltzman - 8 / 10

IGN Italy - Alessandra Borgonovo - Italian - 8.2 / 10

IGN Spain - Guillermo Proupín - Spanish - 9 / 10

INVEN - Kwangseok Park - Korean - 8.8 / 10

Kotaku - Ethan Gach - Unscored

LevelUp - Víctor Rosas - Spanish - 9 / 10

Metro GameCentral - GameCentral - 9 / 10

PC Gamer - Wes Fenlon - 87 / 100

PCGamesN - Andrew Farrell - 8 / 10

PSX Brasil - Luis Guilherme Machado Camargo - Portuguese - 80 / 100

PlayStation Universe - Adam Byrne - 8.5 / 10

Polygon - Michael McWhertor - Unscored

PowerUp! - Adam Mathew - 7.5 / 10

Press Start - James Mitchell - 9 / 10

Push Square - Liam Croft - 7 / 10

Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Jon Bailes - Unscored

Saudi Gamer - Arabic - 7 / 10

Screen Rant - Christopher Teuton - 4.5 / 5

Shacknews - TJ Denzer - 9 / 10

Siliconera - Kazuma Hashimoto - 10 / 10

SomHráč.sk - Karel Šír - Slovak - 80%

Spaziogames - Marcello Paolillo - Italian - 8 / 10

Stevivor - Hamish Lindsay - 8.5 / 10

TechRaptor - Samuel Guglielmo - 8.5 / 10

Unboxholics - Στράτος Χατζηνικολάου - Greek - Worth your time

VG247 - Josh Broadwell - 3 / 5

Wccftech - Kai Tatsumoto - 8.5 / 10

We Got This Covered - David Morgan - 4.5 / 5

WellPlayed - James Wood - 9.5 / 10

Worth Playing - Chris "Atom" DeAngelus - 9 / 10

XboxEra - Jesse Norris - 6.5 / 10

ZTGD - Jae Lee - 9 / 10

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[–] MorgoFett@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the aggregation, OP!

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

In my expert opinion as Some Random Dude who’s Only Seen the Commercial, it looks like a pretty cool game.

Edit: now I’ve seen the trailer, too, which makes me a PhD. I would like to double down on my initial evaluation.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So excited to play it, I just wish it didn't come out at the same time as everything else

[–] there1snospoon@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago

Between BG3, this, and Starfield, I need a 3 month sabbatical and a small bonus.

[–] TheChancePants@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do these games compare to the Souls games? I know nothing about AC, but have gotten way into Souls since Elden Ring came out

[–] NinjaYeti76@mastodon.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@TheChancePants they don't compare at all to the souls games. Armored Core existed alongside King's Field and they were nothing alike. You could relate that to the comparison of the latest Armored Core and Elden Ring. They are by the same developer but completely separate. --edit typo

[–] hogart@feddit.nu 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are both third person games where you kill stuff! But about as similar as Mario and Kirby, also both made by the same developer :)

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Difficulty and weirdness in the story wise? Very similar.

How the game actually feels to play? Totally different. AC is more of a hardcore arcade action game. One part MechWarrior, one part bullet hell shooter. I'm surprised to see it hasn't really changed much from AC2, the last AC I ever played.

Some of the levels are fucking epic as hell. One of the missions I've done so far, you have to take down this massive building sized tank on legs, and it's like the size of a level in and of itself. You're already in a giant mech that dwarfs a human, and this structure made me feel like just a regular dude fighting a skyscraper.

[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

ACG uploaded a short to YouTube covering the bare bones of their review. Their rating for this is a "buy".

[–] Vipsu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When it comes to Armored Core 8/10 is actually 1-2 points higher than the series usually gets.
The game is no Dark souls or Elder ring but not bad for previously rather niche franchaise.