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:
- ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON — Gameplay Trailer
- ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON — Reveal Trailer
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
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
I find it funny how many reviewers complained about the story, it’s a From game. It is the equivalent of complaining about dialogue in porn.
I don’t see why a specific studio gets a pass for story criticisms just because they are notorious for being lacking.
Because at this point it is their stylistic choice, same as Ace Combat or like asking Kojima not to make a convoluted vomit of a narrative. You kind of know what you are getting into. And with how much long cutscenes and exposition takes you out if the game (I’m looking at you FFXVI) I like this approach to pure action games.
Ace Combat and Kojima games do get criticism for their plots, though.
If you include a narrative, it’s fair game.
Would y’all be lenient on mediocre mechanics of a “cinematic, narrative” game if it had a great story because “you know what you’re getting into”? From my experience, most of a certain type of gamer wouldn’t be.
85 average and 8/10 scores are hardly big knocks, either.
Of course you can, but I prefer judging a game on what it focuses on. Kind of like judging undertale on its graphics, it’s not the main point. AC is all about the combat and customization, and anything that gets in the way of that is what I would judge harshly.
If the story or it’s presentation is lacking then it’s something a lot of players may want to know before buying the game.
Now how much it should affect the actual score depends on the reviewer.
Because that’s not the focus of their game. That’s why. Witcher 3 chose to focus on the story and the combat is bland and boring. Dragon’s Dogma has great combat and a lacking story. Your point makes no sense.
Did you really just say the Witcher 3 combat was boring? Am I hearing this right? What was boring about it to you I am genuinely curious.
Yes. It was boring. Not sure how to misinterpret that lol. It’s bland. I’ve tried to finish the game twice and no matter how good the story is I can’t finish it because it’s a drag to play.
Witcher 3 didn’t get a pass from me, I gave it up because it was getting repetitive.
It’s a completely valid criticism.
From games have tried to branch out into a different genre and didn’t quite pull it off. If a racing car game dev made an RPG and it was just a game where you raced cars would you also say it doesn’t matter? Makes no sense.
It shows they’re not quite as versatile as their fanboys make them out to be.
What do you mean by branch out? They set out to do an action game like they did 10 years ago where the story is entirely secondary to the gameplay and mechanics. If anything having a super cutscene heavy character development drama would be branching out from what the series is all about.
Well that’s the point right? It’s been 10 years. A lot has changed in games and people expect more. That’s reflected in why the game has reviewed ok, but for a FromSoftware game it’s kinda done pretty poorly. This isn’t going to win any game of the year awards and they’re demonstrating that they can’t just take any game and make it great.
As respectfully as I can say this, so what? I don’t care about it trying to be a mass appeal GOTY art piece that pushes boundaries. I want an AC game with the stupid silly robots blowing shit up. Anything that tales me out building said robots or blowing said shit up is a negative for me. If anything having more bloat with cutscenes and dialogue and exposition detracts from the experience.
That’s great for you then!
My comment is just a reply to the original comment that someone said it was laughable that reviewers complained about the lack of story which I think is just oblivious/attempts to excuse the developer for making a certain type of game. Again, the industry has evolved to expect certain things so when it’s not there it’s a valid complaint and reason why this game doesn’t live up to expectations.
But it’s completely valid for people to just want an action game or movie without a story so if that floats your boat then great.
Didn’t live up to your unrealistic expectations. It’s an action game with multiplayer based around mechs.
For this type of game the industry evolved to shoving loot crates, skins, and battle passes down our throats, not a “great story”. This game has none of that. Which I’m sure most people are happy about.
The “story” in Armored Core exists to give you a reason to play their mech action game. Mech action being the focal point. It gives you a reason to play the game, get used to the controls, and then maybe play some multiplayer.
Not just my expectations, it has a metacritic score of 87. That’s good, but it’s only in the top 50 games this year.
Again, I don’t really care, I don’t actually plan on playing it. Just saying why it’s completely justifiable that reviewers downgrade the score because it’s not doing anything new/has no story.
Just fyi - but I’d rate games with microtransactions as below this. I just have learnt to enjoy action games with story. Otherwise it’s just another action game. If you play a hundred action games then they start all being the same unless you start doing more. Mech combat is not that exciting or new for me.
But great that you and others enjoy it.
Elden Ring is their best attempt at story telling imo. I could follow most of the NPC storylines without much effort in the first playthrough. It wasn’t really obtuse like their previous titles. There is a bit of hope they can improve.