Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon

Got 2 hours of game time in this morning. Movement and controls feel good, a little slow at times but I'm still experimenting with builds. One thing that I hate is that the boost turns off if you standstill for too long. My L3 is dodgy on my controller (2000+ hours of rocket league will do that) so assualt boosting is hard. Not being able to assault boost properly could be causing me some issues. We will see how it goes.

Still getting used to being able to properly utilising the vertical movement of the game, but that will come with time. It can be challenging figuring out the correct way to dodge certain attacks and there are no I-frames in this game. I am liking it so far and looking forward to getting more mech parts and how they change up the game.
The right weapons and build really do make a difference. I was doing the mission with the giant mining platform with the laser eye (you would have seen it in the preview footage of the game). During the final fight I kept dying switched out my "primary" gun and I just smoked in it in the first attempt.

I redid a mission because I ignored the optional boss and I wanted to have a crack at it. When I completed it, I thought I did well. I got a c rank (you seem to only get mission ranks when redoing missions). There has been a lot of talk about S-ranking all missions, that is going to be hard.

From what I've read online, it seems this game is similar to Nier automata, in that to get the full experience you need to complete the game multiple times. For those who don't know, in Nier Automata you needed to complete the game 5 times to get the true ending.

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Since missions aren't ranked the first time you complete them, you can explore. I found out while watching a video that there was an optional boss I had missed because I was bee-lining from one way point to the next.

As soon as you unlock the training missions. Do all of them. They give you mech parts
 
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montymint said:
Man I really want to try this out, but with starfield only a week away I'd end up shelving this :/
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Or you might end up shelving starfield ;):D.

I did have the same concern, I decided it was best to start with the shorter game. Starfield is going to be long game, so it can wait.
 
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Metalface Mark said:
Also getting locked 120 fps @4k with everything set to max, it runs really nicely. Im finding the first boss fight quite difficult.
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Same, it was really difficult but once you get the knack of the controls boosting around to dodge its not so bad. I'm really enjoying this, replaying some of the earlier missions to get some credits to upgrade trying to increase my rank. Have yet to achieve a Rank B or above in anything yet lol.
 
Chuk_Chuk said:
Got 2 hours of game time in this morning. Movement and controls feel good, a little slow at times but I'm still experimenting with builds. One thing that I hate is that the boost turns off if you standstill for too long. My L3 is dodgy on my controller (2000+ hours of rocket league will do that) so assualt boosting is hard. Not being able to assault boost properly could be causing me some issues. We will see how it goes.

Still getting used to being able to properly utilising the vertical movement of the game, but that will come with time. It can be challenging figuring out the correct way to dodge certain attacks and there are no I-frames in this game. I am liking it so far and looking forward to getting more mech parts and how they change up the game.
The right weapons and build really do make a difference. I was doing the mission with the giant mining platform with the laser eye (you would have seen it in the preview footage of the game). During the final fight I kept dying switched out my "primary" gun and I just smoked in it in the first attempt.

I redid a mission because I ignored the optional boss and I wanted to have a crack at it. When I completed it, I thought I did well. I got a c rank (you seem to only get mission ranks when redoing missions). There has been a lot of talk about S-ranking all missions, that is going to be hard.

From what I've read online, it seems this game is similar to Nier automata, in that to get the full experience you need to complete the game multiple times. For those who don't know, in Nier Automata you needed to complete the game 5 times to get the true ending.

Edit:

Since missions aren't ranked the first time you complete them, you can explore. I found out while watching a video that there was an optional boss I had missed because I was bee-lining from one way point to the next.

As soon as you unlock the training missions. Do all of them. They give you mech parts
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I think the slowness is more down to the components you have installed, i upgraded my boosters and it made a hell of a difference straight away. Was able to dodge a lot easier!
 
Having never played an armored core game or really any mecha game at all, going to give this a go and see how it is.

Still playing BG3 as well as Starfield on the way, but don't mind playing a couple of different games at once here :)
 
Finally got my first rank A! Goddamn that was tense! Trying not to take damage while trying to do it quickly is the key for a high rank.
 
Controller felt a bit weird to use given the deadzone issue at the moment, I've gone keyboard and mouse which after a couple of missions actually feels pretty good. The auto lock is a bit odd at first but I think it only benefits the mouse more with how quick you can switch between targets and maintain some form of fluid camera control, miles quicker than a controller would be able to. I'd also remapped my shoulder weapon keys (Q,E) to the thumb buttons on the mouse, massive improvement straight away as now I don't need to take a finger off WASD when moving and shooting.

Feels like this is going to be a really great experience so far.
 
Finally a game that works flawlessly on a Samsung G9 super ultrawide without any tinkering and it looks stunning in HDR and runs perfectly smooth on day 1...

Am I dreaming??? Just killed Heli boss.. tried mouse keyboard but feels so much more natural on a Xbox elite 2 controller
 
Use the pillars to bring it to you then use assault boost, jump and melee it, stay under neath it and unload rockets etc until it moves regen ya boost and repeat.. don't fight it from range its AOE will wreck you.
 
any one else getting screen borders at the top and bottom?

running 2560x1440p on a gigabyte m32q monitor.

edit: it seems to of fixed itself when i started the next mission :)
 
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