Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon exists in two worlds, awkwardly jostling against each other. One is the big stompy robot mercenary fantasy. The other, tough boss fights that require agility and skill to get through, straight out of Fromsoft’s more recent works.
These worlds don’t quite mesh together. It’s easy to enjoy the bit where you tool around in a heavily armed mech, obliterating whoever your paymaster tells you to do in short missions. This will feel like Armored Core to series fans who have been waiting since 2013 for a new entry in the series. The customization is pleasingly nerdy, the different parts available all feel interesting and if you want to strap a bazooka to each arm and a huge cannon on each shoulder and refer to yourself as Bazooka Steve, you can do so. Just remember that I did it first.
