Forget the number in the title. Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon may be a return to FromSoftware's mech combat series, but it's also a new beginning, on a new planet, with a new story.
However, this game is a complete reboot of the series. It takes place on the planet of Rubicon following a cosmic catastrophe that engulfed the planet in a fiery apocalypse. Years later, Rubicon is encased in a huge constructed shell where multiple factions and corporations fight for control over Coral, a rare material found only on this planet.
Ogura says its return was inevitable."We've obviously been cultivating staff members and our development process and our design philosophies over the past ten years and we've had various staff members across different titles, including myself and [studio president, Hidetaka] Miyazaki, who have always wanted to make another Armored Core. So there really wasn't any question of whether it was going to be made or not, it was just a question of when.
"People think of our titles in recent years when they think of these elements but these are really things that have been present in our company philosophy and in our games for a long time previous to that," says Yamamura."With Armored Core 6 we're trying to incorporate these elements in a way that does not taint the original qualities of what makes Armored Core what it is.
Another big addition to this game are giant, towering bosses, which reflects FromSoftware's penchant for impressive and challenging battles. These will act as the ultimate test to see if players can adapt their mech appropriately and learn attack patterns through repetition. The latest gameplay trailer shows some, quite frankly, terrifying looking colossal robots to battle, tying into the game's unprecedented sense of scale.
The team has eschewed some elements from previous games as part of this fresh start for the series. For instance, the first game included a debt system whereby players would lose money each time a mission was failed; more recently, Armored Core 5 experimented with an online world. For Armored Core 6, both of these are out.
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