Ac6 was a great upgrade and refinement of Fromsoft's formula. This is like demonizing Demon Souls for evolving its formula from the Kingsfield series

@kaltsssit there was no refinement at all in the gameplay. Its all graphical. FFS, VI doesn't even have any real physics, it was literally built off of elden ring, hell even the PS1 games are better! Even back then your AC had mass. You start bosting and stop, your AC keeps going, while in VI? You start boosting and stop? Your AC immediately comes to a halt, doesn't matter if you're going the games maximum speed, you'll still stop instantly. And thats not even going on the severe lack of parts. Fromsoft severely dumbed it down so it so the souls players could play.

@thomasleonard8550 ? Souls and Armored Core have been connected in engine from the very start. Kingsfield from 1, all the way to the Ancient City had the same obtuse control scheme as old AC, using the bumpers and triggers to navigate. Saying they're built off the same framework isn't a complaint: it's a statement that's been accurate since the very start of both series. I will say the lesser parts/categories have dumbed it down and streamlined it, but the gameplay has undoubtedly never been better. It was good enough to revive the entire series from a decade long death. The older games have their strengths over 6, but as a complete package 6 is an amazing entry into the series. Don't forget For Answer was beloved for precisely the same thing: disregarding the traditional AC formula, and going for more experimental gameplay and mechanics. It resulted in a cult following with FA, and it resulted in a cult following with 6 as well.

@kaltsssit Kings field and AC may have had "similar" controls (and thats a stretch), but they are completely different. They always have been. until elden ring an ACVI where it actually is the same engine. And yeah, that is a bad thing. It's like putting a Lamborghini body on a Volkswagen beetle. Sure, it looks the part, but does it perform as it should? God no. It's why movement in VI is fubar. You're locked on the horizontal axis while quick boosting (just like souls games), completely removing turn rate and adding a detached camera (just like souls games) you cant cut your boosters to free fall to lose altitude to dodge, you can only glide down. As i said earlier, your AC has no momentum behind its movements. The only hint of physics is having your boost speed lowered due to heavy parts. It doesn't make you fall faster. it doesn't make it harder to change directions, just slower boost speed. And the fourth and fifth gen games may have completely changed the formula, but they still made it feel like you were piloting a mech. Which is something you can't really do using an engine where you control a person. The beautiful graphics, fresh yet familiar mechanical designs, the best painting we've ever had, new world and story are all nice, but those still dont hide the fact that everything about the AC controls is all sorts of wrong. Only things fun about gameplay is how you stop the assault boost like downshifting and the attitude control system.

@@thomasleonard8550 Actually, you can freefall. Just let go of the left analog stick while you're in the air; if you're not moving in any directions it'll cut your boosters off. I'd also argue that V/VD are much more locked to the horizontal axis than 6. If you didn't have a wall to kick, you'd never get more than a jump off the ground. I think you're really underestimating the capabilities of an engine. We've seen Unity stretched into a million different directions; do you think Fromsoft's engine only works with one genre of games? And saying it doesn't feel like you're piloting a mech is completely your opinion. I loved the new direction; it makes sense being able to control your mech so smoothly with a coral interface. It shows a clear progression in AC technology from the hands-on controls of the early gens, to the huge advantage coral-addicted pilots had over standard. And it definitely still feels like I'm piloting a mech. I'd say that 6 doesn't have the weightiest mechs. But to say they're not mech-like at all doesn't really fit right imo. I'd say it's definitely weightier than FA. And despite being more lightweight, FA is still peak. I can't really argue that something in the middle of the heavy/light spectrum is less dedicated than either extreme. One thing I will say is a legitimate complaint is the soundtrack. Most of the tracks are terribly uninspired; Contact With You's the only one I ever really remember.

Energy at 30%

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This narrative is dumb. 5th gen AC's aren't piles of scrap. The C03 Malicious's the Lone Mercenary piloted are all made of completely new parts. Not to mention he canonically counterpicked J.

Compared to the NEXT it's a pile of scrap, the point is more so it's not nearly as strong, they are new parts but I believe compared to even third or second gen AC’s the fifth games AC’s are worse (cough cough, energy at 30%)

Aww. Didn't realzie they went down. Good thing I played the hell out of it with some friends last year

Not necessarily. More like a patchwork NEXT based off of White Glint. Maybe a schematic design or two that was salvaged.

@@VictorIV0310 100% the head and legs, thats near 1:1 with WG from 4A

@@VictorIV0310 Ehhhhhh it's likely either WG or the replacement craft Fiona talked about.

Could be snail's previous distant relative? 🤔

It's not a scrap Normal.

AC5/VD's entire schtick is that it's effectively a dark age following the collapse of every megacorporate structure post-Economic War in 4/FA, and most of the frameworks of the time in 5/VD use components older than most humans at that point? hell, that's evident in Dark Glint's model; LAHIRE core, White Glint Arms and Head with what look like something between LAHIRE, 03-AALIYAH, and White Glint Legs. it's the aftermath of a world-consuming war, one which sank cities and smothered the atmosphere in kojima particle contamination, and it's all vault-dwellers scavenging the wasteland. and then proceeding to not learn that mechanized warfare on this scale is what got us there in the first place. so in other words, it's the average Armored Core backdrop. the only other time that an AC has had this sort of energy management problem is in two circumstances; either you don't have enough EN Load freed up for faster in-combat recovery, or you're playing AC2/Another Age, where Radiators were a major part that can lead to instant death if it gets broken.

CPU voice DLCs.

AC4, not FA. Also, no confirmed time between ORCA end and V.

Addendum: actually yes 300 years, but why did you call Anatolia's Mercenary Joshua O'Brien.

@@AnatoliasAce3341 because I made a mistake.

@@justabreadguy7688 ah, i see

Which one? J or Isaac?

@AnatoliasAce3341 none igauzu kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2OWgouHg7l1qJIsi=NAigfsq7B7O89E6V also in phase 2 looks familiar 4:11

@@kevingame3198 You were talking about the AC?

@@AnatoliasAce3341 yes

@@kevingame3198 Oh.

Not a Normal.

@@AnatoliasAce3341 It's effectively a normal.

​@@yourmother7052Not really the ACs from V and Verdict Day are actually inferior than normals as they're literally build with scrap

@@devilbringer1102 Regardless, fighting a NEXT in a junker sounds excruciating.

@@devilbringer1102 Not Verdict Day. Although V AC's were dug out. But they weren't originally made with scrap, outside the junk AC's.