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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
By combining FromSoftware’s longstanding expertise in mech games and their signature robust gameplay, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon will be a new action experience.
Details
- Released
- August 23, 2023
- Developer
- FromSoftware
- Publisher
- FromSoftware, Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Platforms
- PC · PS4 · Xbox One · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
How it plays
Time to beat · 4 player times (IGDB)
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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is a captivating mech combat simulation that will engage you with its immensely enjoyable gameplay while also frustrating you with its challenging difficulty and frequent deaths.
ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON is a perfect package for those who seek a mech game with a brilliant battle system combined with an immersive story, giving you the ultimate gaming experience. With an enhanced enemy AI, every combat skirmishes can turn into nightmares if you fail to prepare thoroughly, so it's best to buckle up before piloting the badass mechs in the game.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon manages to succesfully bring back and cultivate an experience reminiscent of the old games for newer audiences without losing sight of what made the previous games so good. While it's still relentlessly challenging and the story can be a bit drab, Fires of Rubicon is yet another success for FromSoftware with it's satisfying and fast paced combat.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon marks the triumphant return of what was once FromSoftware's flagship series. Only a studio such as this could make a niche mech action game appealing to a huge audience. While I may have some nitpicks, almost everything I would want out of an Armored Core game is present here. Armored Core VI is easily one of the best action games I've had the pleasure of experiencing this year and is further proof that FromSoftware is one of the best game studios around.
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is an absolutely thrilling game, providing a hefty amount of challenge and the tools needed to grow and overcome any threats. Take up this call from Handler Walter - he’s got a new job for you.
If you’re still hankering for more metal-on-metal action, then you’ve got competitive multiplayer to keep you sated, along with the Arena mode. Here you’ll be able to fight against virtual representations of fallen armored core pilots that become increasingly more difficult. This mode is a great way to get practice against future boss fights or even multiplayer since (while you won’t face an Arena pilot in the campaign), it’s good practice against a wide variety of armored core types that force you to think strategically about how you’re tackling a fight. It also has the benefit of not requiri...
FromSoftware games are an event and this one is no exception. Great fun, chaotic until tamed and thoroughly moreish. You'll find a lot to like if you're into high-quality action.
Armored Core VI revives an old series and takes it to brand new heights, creating an addictive gameplay loop that will keep me playing to NG++ and beyond.
Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon is FromSofware's latest installment in one of its longest-running series, Armored Core. It's been quite a while since the
Over the past ten years, no game developer has impressed me more than FromSoftware. Dark Souls was released in 2011, and whilst it was a masterpiece, it did have some issues. Namely, around the technical and polishing side, whilst excelling at tough, well-designed gameplay. Ever since then, their games have significantly improved, with Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, and Sekiro all being incredibly strong games, that pushed the genre to its limits. This all lead up to the release of Elden Ring, whi...
I've been enjoying ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON a great deal so it's time that I share my thoughts about this epic mech game.
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