![]() Equally surprising and delightful, Fires of Rubicon plays just like Armored Core games have played in the past. It’s a great relief that everything else has been fantastically put together. ![]() PRE-ORDER NOW AT AMAZON FOR $89 WITH FREE SHIPPING I recognise that’s how Armored Core was years ago, but today, Fires of Rubicon feels dry in this department because of it. Characters speak, but you never see them, and there’s not much visual stimuli. This is further exacerbated by the game’s minimalist presentation. While this story is bound to appeal to some, especially with FromSoftware’s characteristic hands-off approach, it was humdrum for me. Every game in the series has had some commentary on the effects of late-stage capitalism and both the horrors of war and the abuse of natural resources. As a pilot and a mercenary, you’re stuck in the middle of the war between these corporations.Įven though several years have passed since the last Armored Core, admittedly, there’s not a whole lot different narratively here. Rubicon itself isn’t in a good place – burned by countless corporations pursuing a naturally occurring energy source called Coral. You play as a scientifically modified pilot named Raven, joined by their handler Walter and an AI named ALLMIND to help Raven while deployed on missions. Humanity has found a cradle in the form of the planet of Rubicon, a new Earth of sorts. ![]() Like the previous games, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon takes place in a world where civilisation has fallen. And while there was so much room for messing it up, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon never loses sight of its predecessors while still feeling as modern as ever. But now, FromSoftware is returning to what was arguably its biggest franchise prior Armored Core. I wouldn’t have blamed them for never looking back, especially given that they’ve established an entire subset of the genre – the Soulslike. To think that FromSoftware has published no less than five action RPGs in that time is similarly astonishing. To think that the last Armored Core was almost a decade ago is nothing short of baffling. ![]()
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