Man, in 2023, it's really hard to get heard through all of the macho "git gud" guff but as a fan of Armored Core since its inception: this game is not what I was expecting. I am disappointed....
Seems like you’re ultimately annoyed that you can’t faceroll the game with simply bigger numbers in certain stats.
That's not it at all. What I want is the freedom to approach the game using the mechanics of the stats, the way the game had worked for decades before. If that means "faceroll[ing] the game", then so be it. I thought the final boss of Verdict Day (among many others across the series) was incredibly difficult but I didn't have a problem with it because the game let me respond to that difficulty with building my mech rather than requiring me to be dexterous and having intimate knowledge of action game mechanics. AC6 just doesn't play like the mech sim I expect the series to be. It plays like an action game and demands I master the action. It feels less MechWarrior, more Titanfall. I know that's a reductive analogy and all three games are fairly different but hopefully my point gets across.
And you also seemingly have a hate boner for Dark Souls.
Then you've misread. I adore the Souls series. That doesn't mean I want my From games to be homogenized in to it.
You’re also gonna have a pretty unsuccessful time chasing the gameplay of your childhood too. I firmly think if you got the AC you think you wanted, it wouldn’t reach those expectations at all.
I disagree. For what it's worth, I wasn't a child when Armored Core first released on the PSX; so, I'm not really chasing childhood nostalgia. Regardless, I thought Verdict Day was brilliant. Granted, it was ten years ago but it was nearly fifteen years after the original AC.
As a long time Armored Core fan, I am disappointed with Armored Core VI.
Man, in 2023, it's really hard to get heard through all of the macho "git gud" guff but as a fan of Armored Core since its inception: this game is not what I was expecting. I am disappointed....
What are your favourite classic fighting games?
Looking for fourth to sixth generation console games, and old arcade and X68000 games. Saturn is out though....