Today FromSoftware is one of the most popular game developers in the world—and yet the entire run of one of its foundational series is not easily accessible today. The first Armored Core released on the PlayStation in July 1997—it's taken 26 years for one of these games to arrive on PC, and not a single game in the series is available digitally on consoles. As a result, I expect a whole lot of people who love From Software's blockbuster Dark Souls series have never played Armored Core, and are curious whether their enjoyment will carry over.
We're confident that it will—we gave Armored Core 6 an 87/100 in our review—but this primer is for first-time pilots who aren't quite sure Armored Core is for them. If you still have lingering questions before signing the lease agreement on that fancy new mech, we've got answers.
