Bandai Namco: Elden Ring success will "truly widen" Armored Core 6's audience

3 years ago by nanoUFO to c/games

Elden Ring's success has paved the way for Armored Core 6 to launch on a "much bigger scale," Bandai Namco has told Gam…

Call_Me_Maple 22 points 3 years ago

The real reason why they dedicated so much time and effort into making ER one of the best RPGs this decade... To elevate their beloved AC. Truly a noble pursuit.

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Russianranger 11 points 3 years ago

I’m inclined to agree. Many folks saw Elden Ring and its hype/critical acclaim, and they’ll look to AC6 next. Of course, I’m already seeing folks that are playing it and saying its not for them via Steam Reviews. So double edged sword I guess. It’ll bring new players in, but some may have bought solely on the hype, expecting something like Elden Ring but sci fi. Personally, I just like Armored Core and mechs.

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benignintervention 14 points 3 years ago

I had zero expectations going into AC6, having never played one before and only discovering FromSoft in the past 3 years, but I love this game. I feel like I'm 13 years old playing PS2 Gundam games again

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DreamySweet 2 points 3 years ago

If you're enjoying it, I would recommend checking out the rest of the series too. They all emulate well enough, except the PS2 games but they have PSP ports that emulate almost perfectly. The PS3 games might still be purchasable.

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Varyag 2 points 3 years ago

Honestly the PS1 and PS2 games emulate pretty well on Duckstation and the Nightly builds of PCSX2 (except for AC2, that needs the Stable)
You'll just need to get used to the clunky tank controls.

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Unicode13051 1 point 3 years ago

You can customize them through the emulator (or Steam) to make the controls a bit more modern. I found a community layout for AC2 when I played in on my Steam Deck that made it feel much more like how AC6 plays.

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Pxtl 1 point 3 years ago

Honestly while the aiming and moving controls in the old game were bonkers, imho the jumping and firing controls were better. Only 4 buttons -- fire, switch weapon, sword, and jump (which is lateral boost if you do it while walking) fit the game into a standard PS1 pad. Playing ac6 I'm annoyed how much my right thumb has to jump back and forth between the aim stick and the face buttons -- if they didn't have 4 attack actions and 3 boost actions they could've fit more on the shoulders and l3/r3 actions.

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hogart 4 points 3 years ago

Yeah we need to become better to calm ourselves on new game releases and ask ourselves if it's for me. Hype only serves publishers, hence they are so good at creating it.

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