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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

FromSoftware

2023•Shooter•PEGI 12•About 62 hours

Taste attributes: actiondisasterscience fictionrobots/ai/spacefastunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, wide-ranging shooter: breakneck and emotionally cool. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

83 / 100

114 ratings

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About This Game

By combining FromSoftware’s longstanding expertise in mech games and their signature robust gameplay, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon will be a new action experience.

Summary: IGDB

Story

A mysterious new substance was discovered on the remote planet, Rubicon 3. As an energy source, this substance was expected to dramatically advance humanity’s technological and communications capabilities. Instead, this substance caused a catastrophe that engulfed the planet and the surrounding stars in flames and storms, forming a Burning Star System. Almost half a century later, the same substance resurfaced on Rubicon 3, a planet now contaminated and sealed off by the catastrophe. Extra-terrestrial corporations and resistance groups fight over control of the substance. The player...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionDisasterScience fictionRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Character customizationMercenariesPvpFuturisticMission basedMultiple endingsPveMecha

Where to play

Details

Developer: FromSoftware
Publishers: Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware
Released: 24 August 2023
Series: Armored Core
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 29h rushed, 62h normally, 117h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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