anyone play this on switch?

[Bro_Dirt]

curious how well the co op is done, is it something i can recommend to friends to play together?

[Vivian Emoro]

Co op works fine with very little lag in my experience. The only times I've had negative experiences were with randoms since we had no reliable communication methods. Missions against large bosses are very fun with roles for a teammate to fit into and the new dungeons added to the game encourage players to split up to cover more ground quickly. If your friends are looking for a fun mech game with a low learning curve, this may be the game.

[Captain_Kaiju]

It's my first and favorite switch game, and as a longtime Armored Core fan....♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this was something I've been missing for what feels like ages.


Co-op is a blast too, you can jump into it anytime regardless of story progress. There's co-op against stronger versions of the Story bosses, as well as unique bosses or variants unique to co-op. They also have a chance to drop special parts/weapons exclusive to the mode.

There's also co-op against factions from the story; Western VII, Innocence, and the like. You basically go up against the whole squad (size varies on each faction) which is useful for if you didn't get a specific part from a specific character in story that you wanted (can't replay story missions until you beat the story once) as well for if you wanted a specific character's voice from taking them down.


Then there's the recent addition; Exploration. Basically you get a randomly generated dungeon to run through using the Underground Labyrinth map as a basis. Each room and layout is different each run, as well as the bosses and drops. You get a short run for it, or a larger map run with chances at rarer stuff. Exploration also added new mech parts/weapons that are exclusive to this mode. It's also handy for stocking up on stuff you don't even have unlocked yet if you're early in the story.



All of this can be played online, or offline with AI bots that you can pick out from.

[Captain_Kaiju]

Only negative is no ingame mics, so communication can be hit/miss between randoms as stated above. And the loading times for Exploration used to have a bug where it'd load forever or for a looooooong time. BUT that seems to have been fixed in the latest patch.

[obliviondoll]

Originally posted by Captain_Kaiju:

Only negative is no ingame mics, so communication can be hit/miss between randoms as stated above.

And on PC with Skype/Discord/Teamspeak/etc. this is much less of a concern than it is for Switch players. So that's probably not going to hold people back as much on PC as it does on the original version.

[Captain_Kaiju]

Originally posted by obliviondoll:

Originally posted by Captain_Kaiju:

Only negative is no ingame mics, so communication can be hit/miss between randoms as stated above.

And on PC with Skype/Discord/Teamspeak/etc. this is much less of a concern than it is for Switch players. So that's probably not going to hold people back as much on PC as it does on the original version.

You're very correct, but it's still something that can detract the game for some folks especially Switch players.

The frustration of being downed and having to manually type out on the Switch keypad "REVIVE ME ALREADY" multiple times while the team runs circles around you blatantly ignoring you....isn't the best feeling lol. But again, that's mainly just an issue with that specific version

[obliviondoll]

I'm definitely not arguing against you there. Not what I was trying to do at all. I was just saying that, while it is still a negative on PC, it's less severe a negative here than it was for the Switch version because of the prevalence of alternative solutions for this platform.

[Captain_Kaiju]

Originally posted by obliviondoll:

I'm definitely not arguing against you there. Not what I was trying to do at all. I was just saying that, while it is still a negative on PC, it's less severe a negative here than it was for the Switch version because of the prevalence of alternative solutions for this platform.

Yeah wasn't trying to argue either, sorry if it came across that way.

[Maruzana]

This game was good, only wish I had was higher fps then 30 or lower.