I've Finished Armored Core 6 - The FINAL Review

[@xavior54]

This game, Remnant 2, and BG3 are making this one of the best summers of gaming we've had in a very long time.

[@infernas]

Here's hoping Starfield, Phantom Liberty and Lies of P will be great so we can add them to the list.

[@ChickenCurry-w8s]

​@@infernasStanfield by Bethesda LUL

[@ChickenCurry-w8s]

@@infernas same i own both console but play on PC.

[@stealth89thegreat85]

Real question what do you get first??

[@bikehunter82]

THIS!

[@woodzy6100]

Thanks for the review! In case you have not been told lately, you are doing a fantastic job. Keep it up 👍

[@ForceGamingYT]

Thanks dude! Glad you liked it.

[@Zuntss]

for real I keep finding myself watching his videos for about everything

[@JoaoPedroDamaso]

For the people that will be concerned over game lenght, there is *new* missions and content exclusive to NG+ and NG++, so its heavly incentivised to do more than just 1 playthrough

[@ProjecEnvoy]

He covers that...

[@Skall-ex]

​@@ProjecEnvoyNot so sure he said anything about exclusive content for ng+, though. So that's pretty sweet

[@abeeocta2599]

These days mission based is god send for me Sometimes you just want to replay certain boss or mission again n again

[@pHixiq]

It’s a crime to play a Fromsoft game only once 💀.

[@pHixiq]

@@abeeocta2599couldn’t agree more tbh

[@shizunne]

My favorite mission in, I think armor core 5, was a mission where you had to run a blockade of ships to destroy a vulnerable target behind the blockade. The mission starts with you having giant rockets strapped to your back flying at insane speed dodging incoming fire from the blockade ships. The rockets break away once you reach your target. The best part? You could boost while the rockets are firing to go even faster! So if you refit your mech for max boost you can S rank the mission because you reach the target insanely fast.

[@lesslighter]

Thats 4 as ACV was totally urban warefare and not speed

[@seriousx3021]

Love this game only thing I would change is add boxes with the pilots talking in the corner that change depending on the damage taken and react real time to the action.

[@bromeisterbryce]

Thank you! Finally a review that doesn't assume I know anything about Armored Core. I went from being 50/50 on getting the game to pretty hyped.

[@-sleepy-]

just pirate it

[@RadTony]

Or support a solid company with their good game.

[@sheds]

I'm so excited for this. I played it for literally 10,000+ hours as a kid. I even went to tournaments in hotel meeting rooms back in the Project Phantasma days. I mostly only did the arena though, I was never much of a fan of the missions. I'm really looking forward to this, as well as building my old AC from 25 years ago.

[@Senriam]

People like you are why PvP is so hardcore! The dedication some people have to this series is really something.

[@fillinthevideogameblanks914]

A great video. As an armored core fan since the first game and always loving the mission based design of the games. I always wanted a side game or different series with the game play of Armored Core but open world as well.

[@VoidG7867]

I really miss the days you could play a game. Beat it. Then play it again because it was fun.

[@LiveLuckyGaming]

People still do this, and honestly a lot of people who play From Soft games do this. I think some people just expect all games to be live service nowadays.

[@kevadu]

Tried BG3 yet?

[@carlucioleite]

So you mean every From Software game?

[@jgalvan09]

a lot of people still do this what the hell you talking about dude

[@Chuenz]

You don't need to miss those days anymore, this year we are blessed with good, replayable games :)

[@MvRcscIsM]

A very honest review from a great prospective, thank you my dude.

[@Blaze94-k2e]

Good review Force! Been following ye for a while and im glad that yer soon about to hit 1 million subs, you've been deserving it for quite some time now!

[@kirkshammett94]

Some crazy games this year that I wasn’t even looking out for. Bg3, street fighter 6, remnant 2, and now this. What an amazing year for gaming

[@MizunoShinto]

This is definitely going on my wishlist. It looks great but I've got a bunch of games already I still haven't played. The trials of being a PC gamer.

[@Nammjahtan]

I feel you there. I'm absolutely going to get AC6 but at the moment I'm working on Baldur's Gate 3 and Remnant 2.

[@adit12345678]

​@@Nammjahtanlucky guy. Am still stuck with jagged alliance 3.

[@Nammjahtan]

@@adit12345678 lol. We're all stuck on something.

[@zlr9022]

The gameplay and combat is just so good, feels so good to fly around destroying everything. Its difficult to stop playing

[@jesseperez4185]

yea and the world too, just seeing colossal human structures brings me Awe and wonder

[@squidlord4345]

Man you are about to reach 1M subs, I’ve been a subscriber since your SC2 tutorials 😂 and Force news. Hope you get there at the end of this year. Love your content!

[@JohnSmith-se7pp]

been watching you since middle school starting with kingdoms of amular. I'm not gonna act like i watch every vid but it's cool you're still around doing you

[@jericosha2842]

I miss mission based games. This is a huge plus.

[@inaliFTW]

I loved the game. It's like a love letter to similar 90s playstation esque action titles. There were so many good ones. Really cool mood, lots of missiles and lasers etc.. Like you said it's just fun to play. After my first play through I just found myself replaying missions for extra/secret new parts to play around with. It can go real chill or you can fight a two phase boss with a dagger and pistol.

[@soulinker3895]

Went back here after avoiding all spoilers as much as I could and I'm happy to hear we share the same thoughts. It's a great game and I think they tackled the NG+ system well. There are some story bits that are behind NG+ and they're all great missions!

[@sandymccabe7670]

This game is amazing you can go from gatling tank to speed ninja and anything in between for no other reason but your own sadistic sense of satisfaction

[@borderreaper2833]

Good review, I’ll have to pick it up! Enjoying to see some developers come out with games with no strings attached. BG3 and AC6! Good job devs!

[@kamikaze00007]

Bruh, that tank leg is terrifying af. Back in the day we just made use of range to keep distance away from tank builds while whittling away at their huge armor pools. Now the freaking tank build RUNS YOU OVER WITH ITS HEAVY ARMOR. Like a truck hell-bent on sending you to an isekai somewhere. 😱

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

Wait till you see the even more terrifying ‘leg’ you unlock in the final chapter

[@lT7StevenWingslT7]

Thanks for the great and informative review!

[@jonpro9637]

Manual aiming unlock is gonna make the PvPers happy

[@alfianfahmi5430]

One of the many contributing factors of this game's monetization-free customization is probably the fact that Fromsoft prioritized the single player experience over milking people's money by giving us a properly finished game complete with all of its contents.

[@lesslighter]

Because killing the customization which is what the core fans expect of AC will alienate the fans that helped From Soft afloat to get the souls games out now they have piles of money because of said cycle

[@sixpacksae]

Only played a few hours but so far it’s great. I would love to see multiplayer missions, competitive coop missions, etc… lots of potential for the genre.

[@WGasmss]

@ThatStonedBunnyyeah but he did say genre So who knows I hope maybe a few years down the line we could get an armored core that has missions that you could do co-op

[@WGasmss]

@ThatStonedBunny do too but I’m definitely going to play the online arena hella Catch me and my mech the “IronWaffle” and “The Waffle Maker”

[@edot7266]

​@ThatStonedBunnyeh , from soft also likes peppering on DLC on their titles. Not to mention AC has never gotten this kind of attention. The sheer success off this game may spark a reawakening for the Armored core series

[@via_negativa6183]

Definitely picking this up just not immediately, wish id not wasted timed and money on D4

[@mustafam7758]

Thanks for the review man. I've been watching you since you were making league of legends guides. Keep up the good work brother 💪

[@james_tiberius_kirk73]

I've only just started playing Armored Core VI on account of playing Baldur's Gate 3 first. It's just an incredible game and I'm completely immersed in it, love the challenge and the story isn't half bad either. I'll be playing through this 3 times to S-Rank everything but yeah - it's an instant classic for me. Great review FG.

[@mikeaaronc77]

Been a fan of yours since your podcast days with jessee for diablo 3 before it released. Like you I have really next to none experience with armored core but that game looks great! There is such a shortage in my opinion of great single player games made by really reputable developers.

[@youtousim]

NG+ is definitely part of the core experience. Best entry in the series, and finally approachable to a broad audience with all of the (admittedly charming) jank of old gone.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

I finished the game and did all three endings. amazing game, I hope this sells and I am so happy FromSoft knows it will not sell like Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring yet they still made it.

[@kobrraful]

to touch on that NG+ aspect towards the end, this game was meant to be played in NG+ as more missions open up, from what I've heard as far back at NG+5, idk if this includes additional bosses, but more missions overall open up each tier it seems. if its like Elden Ring, it'll stop at or around +7 (I believe the previous souls titles from them also stopped at 7?). something to keep in mind for anyone who was wondering if there was a point to doing NG+ after beating the story

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

Yeah there’s some great moments in NG+. Like in the mission before wall climber with the red guns, you have the option to murder them instead lmao

[@lesslighter]

You basically have to NG+3 the game to get all endings but due to the entire mission structure you will have to revisit 1 ending for a couple of times but by then you should be more than prepared to steam roll the game to get to the branching point granted it isnt like Last Raven....

[@fffx2]

We need MORE mech and scifi games

[@GTXXXTG]

WE DO

[@plipplop728]

*GOOD mech and scifi games

[@cutterg3198]

lost me at the description of boss fights. I still haven't gotten over my pstd from Melina. Thanks for confirming I need to avoid this title too. :p great job on the review as always!!!

[@DrierHyperion21]

I love this game so much. I wish there was more chests though and hidden items throughout the levels

[@Tonedriver]

Environments matter in these boss fights, such as Sea Spider. Also length of attack time as well as possibly a fixed length of attack distance, leap or area. Often times with Sea Spider, I was hitting one of his blades before one of his slam attacks were completing. So proper area positioning for being able to fully clear the full length of an attack matters.

[@paulodiaz5774]

This game has a lot of replayability potential in the future. For example a PvP mode Destiny style, online mission co-op mode just like Mass Effect 3 (base defense till extraction or convoy mode), capturw the flag Halo Style, 8nvading your mission on behalf of the enwmy force Elden Ring style, opposing Corp mission online, or a Raid boss online co-op mode.

[@micheljolicoeur6094]

The visuals look awesome, another win from From.

[@S3RAVA3LM]

Looks like returnal - just started this game and wow. I feel much obligated to support AC6 game because of the FromSoftware. Getting it soon. Best dev team and vision.

[@makdonalds]

Good review but forgot to mention multiple different endings and new missions with NG2 and NG3

[@sator_project]

In a year of GOTYs Fromsoft decided to just play with robots instead, and I couldn't be more excited.

[@xXbaker115Xx]

Ive wanted a good mech game since watching code gease anime. Id kill for a game in that universe

[@equious8413]

Apparently NG+ adds whole new missions, equipment and content... And get this, so does NG++

[@lesslighter]

Some corvids also speak of the double Karasawas only available in those respective cycles

[@mrdappernature8861]

Im not even a souls person but this game is fun as hell. The boss fights will definitely challenge you but just remembering their move set and getting your AC build the way you want it can definitely get interesting.

[@huggyshaggles]

How many moves / boss would you guess are there?

[@dtmyco1044]

This game is not a souls like so doesn't matter if you're a souls gamer or not lol.

[@mrdappernature8861]

@@dtmyco1044 Have you fought any of the bosses in this game yet?

[@mrdappernature8861]

@@huggyshaggles its kind of hard to predict. I only fought two bosses so far. The first one caught me off gaurd which is the Heli Boss cause you start off with just basic armor and a weapon.

[@Bulsara777]

@@mrdappernature8861 I have fought a few, they are challenging and menacing, not as difficult as most souls bosses From Software has done but they offer a proper challenge, but that's just how a proper boss fight should be in any game, when dtmyco1044 said it wasn't an souls like, it's because it doesn't play like it, hard bosses aren't what makes a game souls like. You can hate any souls game FS have made and still enjoy Armored Core, they are separate things.

[@OzzyFan80]

Thanks for the in depth review . I was on the fence on this game and finally decided it is not for me .

[@lionelwhiskerknot]

So many good games coming out while other games like No Mans Sky getting even more updates. Where to spend my time? Baldurs Gate, Armored Core, No Mans Sky, Fortnite, Remnant 2, and soon Starfield.

[@BioShrog]

Great review, I might pick this one up. Thanks.

[@Nil2none]

Weve had balders gate 3. Remnant 2. Armored core 6. And soon Lords of the fallen will be dropping. That game is gonna be amazing. Not to mention assassin's creed mirage going back to its roots. Payday 3, lies of P, spiderman 2, starfield, cyberpunk releasing one of the biggest dlcs ever and changing the overall game with it and the new 2.0 patch coming with it. Madden for you football fans. Were getting flooded with amazing games this next 2 months. Im all for it

[@Nil2none]

Armored core 6 is amazing. It looks great runs great and its chalk full of action. Pvp wasnt available for review copies. And its not supposed to be a elden ring open world game. Its okay that ac6 is its own game people. The levels are pretty big sometime huge. Its a mission based game. Thats what it is. Its not supposed to be elden ring with mechs. Cant stand when people expect a dark souls game just because its fromsoftware. Belive it or not armored core was its first real big hit franchise. They know what their doing. The game is exactly what it should be. Expect the average play thru to be 50+ hours. Along with pvp and arena mode and dint forget to play the training missions. You get free mech parts for doing them. More ate added as you play thru the game with most coming in chapter 1 and 2. And explore the maps cause there is hidden mini bosses and hidden mech parts. So use your scanners alot to locate them. Hope to see you all in the battlefields.. and if i see you in pvp....good luck Ravens!

[@Traveman]

ill watch this after i play it x) been pretty successfull at going in blind but i came here for the discription cause i trust your opinions hahah

[@MvRcscIsM]

It will fully blossom with multiple playthroughs and pvp.

[@legionk]

Welcome back, Ravens.

[@vitsavicky]

At first it's a lot to take in. But once the controls and movement clicks... there is no going back after that. It just feels so good playing.

[@ifeawosika966]

Jehuty, I'm coming!

[@zelha5528]

Took three hours on the Sea spider, meanwhile it took me like 30mins on the 3 finale bosses, fuck the sea spider.

[@Lluerbmet]

With 45 right hand weapons, 58 left hand weapons, 38 right shoulder weapons (plus 44 right hand options on the shoulder), 45 left shoulder weapons (plus 57 left hand options on the shoulder), there are 21.8 million different weapon loadouts.

[@nahuelkid]

BG3, Remnant 2, Blasphemous 2 and AC 6 back to back are gonna destroy my life. Can't complain.

[@bauboshelis]

looks great, but damn i would love it would hAve co op in it

[@abeaucha]

I’m not a big fan of the mech aesthetic but gameplay looks fluid af

[@kvartz]

I spent 6 hours in the menu last night... didn't even realize it until I saw the "time played" in Steam

[@Bulsara777]

I wish that this brings back new mech games, not only by From Soft, but other studios, and if FS continues to develop new ACs, hope in ACVII we have the ability to do mission in coop, assemble a lobby in the mission selector, and go in together, maybe they even add this to the game. It will make some boss fights easier, yeah, but this was never a problem in the souls games, shouldn't be a problem here either, the amount of fun would be a lot.

[@lesslighter]

The fact they scrapped Co-op from ACfA and ACV-VD was most likely a compromise, they want new blood in a very old franchise so they had to "stick" with the most legacy of mechanics baked in the franchise basically they made 9 years worth of soulsborne games and 1 AC game (ACVD is nearly 10 years old) just to get peoples eyes glued on them for the game the company was known for mech games (ACE, Frame Gride, Armored Core, Murakumo, MWC, Gundam Unicorn, Steel Battalion 2 yes yes.... I know it sucks, Chromehounds) And a spiritual successor in the form of Daemon x Machina the fact the second game is also announced means yes...

[@Dan-mc7xg]

what you just had to ruin it for me, 3 hours early. Thanks, Force!

[@NaldzHobbySide]

the Short and Easy mission's is by Design., not an issue, it's there since the OG one 👌👌

[@atlasblast2082]

You nailed it with Armored core/ Elden Ring. I think that's what most of the base expected, but it is a very fun game with not a whole lot of replayability. Nice contained playthrough. Move on

[@BustinCider8]

it has tons of replayability. It has multiple new game plus levels that offer new missions and unlocks

[@edot7266]

Not to mention you get full pay from replaying missions. One of the final missions gives you a whopping 500,000 and you csn literally just replay that whenever you need a bump for more parts. Plus i imagine with AC6s sucess DLC and additional customization is bound to come along now.

[@mintberry6014]

But seriously tho… armored ring would be amazing!

[@ocruz9797]

For reals. Elden Core would be 🔥

[@mintberry6014]

@@ocruz9797 I’ve been wanting a co-op mech game ever since Anthem doused all my hopes and dreams in gasoline and BioWare tossed in a lit match

[@iliilliliiliilliliiliillil9137]

Thanks bro. I'll be sure to pick this up

[@jb-dn5fy]

Looks like zone of enders! New to this! Cant wait

[@B_Machine]

Developers are going off this year!

[@birdsoup777]

It is fun and Awesome. Hedged on buying because Stanfield. I'm happy I bought it. Took 35 attempts to beat the helicopter. Almost tossed myself and controller out the window, but need both working to keep trying. Only Mech game i tried that I like. I heard you can repeat levels and find hidden chest

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

Hidden chests only start appearing in chapter 2. The euphoria of overcoming a boss is insane

[@DrBreezeAir]

Thanks for giving this gem the proper attention it clearly deserves. It cannot offer flopping dicks like BG3 does, so obviously GOTY cannot be challenged. But to me it's no question, nothing comes close to AC6. I've S-Ranked 53 out of 59 missions and I'm taking my time with those that are left. I don't want to be done with this game. The subsequent playthroughs give so much more insight and alternative missions are a ton of fun. In addition to all you've said, I must add that the music, the ideas, the story, and the characters are on an absolutely amazing level. Walter is by far my favorite Fromsoft character.

[@Phlfwlr]

Been needing a new mech game to dive into. I miss Titanfall so much

[@cdman90]

Bruh...I feel that

[@DrierHyperion21]

This games going to be much more challenging than Titanfall 😂

[@Phlfwlr]

@@DrierHyperion21 it’s not really comparable in anyway. I was just saying that’s the last Mech esc game I’ve enjoyed

[@darkknightx0992]

From what I've seen the game is very polished but has a very narrow scope. It looks they spend most of the development time refining and perfecting the feel of the combat. Thus leaving very little time to construct the content. So they went with an early 2000 on rails very structured mission system. Games like this benefit greatly from post launch content expansions.

[@Plus_Escapee]

I think the graphics needed to be the way they are to offer bigger mission areas and more action. More missiles can take flight, with more targets to shoot, and more destructible objects in the environment, all with no frame drop, slow down, or stutter. It runs smooth on older computers, it runs perfect on newer ones, and the action is total madness during some boss fights. Some are criticizing Monster Hunter Wild trailers for looking like an older engine, but nobody commented on the huge herds of monsters in the game or how smooth it ran. The irony here is that only the only ones complaining are the ones who bought a 4090.

[@cd0vi]

gotta be the best looking HUD ive ever seen

[@editname3502]

I love it I’ve waited for so long , my only complaint is the mechs don’t read as that big the cars , trees and ect feel like model or toys not that the mech is huge I wish that scale feeling was better , but I’m nit picking

[@triplea657aaa]

AC6 probably has the best gameplay of any game I've seen. Absolutely stunning. It doesn't really show well in videos though

[@EnriqueDaSilva-d8i]

Just bought it. Just beat the helicopter boss. Tough. I admit. I come back from ps1 ac. And yeah, this game is not for those who like predictable like... souls for example. Truth. Not for feint hearted. Bravo on the vid bro

[@FrosteryGaming]

The game looks really fun. I can't wait to play it when I save enough money

[@ocruz9797]

Get this man to 1mil subs already. Im tired of checking the count 😂

[@kurtisbiggins4594]

Just doing my part to help you to 1million subs 😎

[@devonforsure260]

If you're an armored core fan. This is possibly one of the best titles in the last 5 years And as for the replays the fun part is fighting all the alternative acs and making game changing decisions. From software killed it

[@mbk337]

Fantastic review. Thanks

[@MythicMagus]

I'd be down for an open world AC game. Sounds like PRIME expansion fodder imo. Thanks for talking about the performance of the PC version. Glad to hear it's not a problem.

[@ImTrans-Former]

I never thought I’d buy this game but all the reviews are REALLY making me change my mind.

[@Nammjahtan]

As a veteran Armored Core player I hope you join the fold Raven.

[@teresmajor7956]

Dont buy into reviews. They are only positive because its FromSoft. Their audience is extremely biased and streamers are afraid to criticise a FromSoft game even though it looks like a basic arcade game with 2018 graphics. This game would not get half the score if it was any other studio.

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

Ignore the comment above me, this game is arguably Fromsofts best. Finished it today, was genuinely incredible, with some extremely cinematic moments

[@cravex06]

You have a Transformers avatar, how is this game not a perfect match? lol

[@borislavmihailov320]

Thanks for the review!

[@ZeepZerp]

I described Armored Core VI to a friend as a "game-ass game". It's a strange thing to have a game you can drop in and out of with ease these days. So many games seem to demand your attention and time. I have plenty of both but it's nice that there's a game I can just hop into, run a mission, hop out. Even if you fail the mission, it's still a lot of fun. It feels like a game from a bygone era. The easiest way I can describe this is Super Mario Bros. on the NES. You can pop that on, race through a level and then... go play frisbee. Equally you can stay up well past your bedtime trying to perfect a boss fight. And the game punishes you not a jot. I can't think of a game that was this easy going. From delivered a game and said, "here's a toy, play with it."

[@ue9348]

gameplay look remind me of Exteel. but then again im sure Exteel were probably inspired by ArmorCore games..

[@vahnn0]

I just wanna play PvP, but I'm guessing I'll have to play through the single player to unlock parts and whatnot. Kind of a bummer, but I guess we'll see.

[@draknon6662]

I never cared for the missions in AC games. I've always loved the Arena fights and coming up with interesting AC builds. I hope there's enough to the Arena to make it worthwhile. It'd be awesome if they added a PVP Arena mode.

[@Bulsara777]

It has PVP up to 3v3 players

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

The arena is great, and there is PVP which basically acts like an arena

[@lesslighter]

Its already in the game but you need to reach mid way of the story to unlock it

[@lesslighter]

Dont worry as far as everything is concerned VD's servers are still up 10 years later however the american servers are effectively "dead" as everyone decided to migrate to the JP servers hosted by From Soft. There may not be an official tourney circuit now unlike back in the day but MAYBE just MAYBE From Soft might redabble back into hosting AC tourneys like they did back in late 2000s with Last Raven

[@kerch6071]

the emblem creation system is going to be monitored and there is even a report system in place if you see something you don't like

[@PapaDalbec]

That's gay

[@meddlingmage23]

3:00 you forgot to mention to the folks who haven't played the AC series before - u have to do all this while piloting the mech competently.

[@Dyxis_v]

Love to hear it.

[@olsen3127]

The first boss is so hard already, game feels like ultra hard 💀

[@DragonWarrior63]

you have to get him with your melee........ so melee retreat behind cover, then wait for an opening and melee him again, rinse repeat. It took me like 8 tries to realize I needed to come at him a specific way.

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

If that was hard you are gonna find the chapter 4 final boss literal hell lmao

[@lesslighter]

Remember to USE ALL YOUR WEAPONS at your disposal you have 3 weapons at the start USE THEM ALL blade, shoot and missile

[@inrptn]

great review!!

[@GrippeeTV]

Man GOTY is going to be a bloodbath this year

[@alenfishman9365]

I know people are tired of them. But, I'd really like to see this as a BR. Seems like with how modular everything is, could be fun.

[@Bulsara777]

hmm don't think a battle royale would fit the theme because battle royale is supposed to be random, everyone flying to the map to get loot and arm themselves, an extraction mode like Tarkov or Hunt Showdown would be better, since these modes you prepare your party beforehand and go in against other teams with similar objectives. ACVI already has factions and a resource these factions are fighting for. If we don't see this done by FromSoftware, you can bet your ass someone will do it now that the mech genre is starting to pick up steam again.

[@alenfishman9365]

@@Bulsara777 ehhh, tarkov would be hard. Cuz it would be interesting to see how they would ballance someone just spending a shit ton on a good mech then just wiping groups. Or, if it's balanced, no matter how strong your mech is, a 2v1 or 3v1 wins. But I would love to see it. I think for simplicity, a BR would be fun, just find random gear and go with it.

[@Mgranadosv]

As a PS player, I want this, but I want BG3 more, so this will have to wait til november or so.

[@Bulsara777]

don't forget Spider-man 2 in October