Armored Core VI Review Thread (85/100)
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:
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 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 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.
Agreed