one many army?

[Paleto]

i saw a few 1 minute or less gameplay. feels like a one man army that rambos everything with a dark soul difficulty. am i correct or there will be ai allies?

[✰N0ni✰]

In the past there have been allied ACs in missions and in Hard mode on the same missions they were either dead when you got there or fight you instead of helping (White Glint in AC4). Essentially you will be, as with all AC games, a one man army until seen otherwise.

[Techsuport]

AI allies will probably be relevant to the mission rather than part of a party you have influence over. But yeah, armored core always tries to deliver on the power fantasy part of games, in the best way, Mechs

[Piderman]

There is no "Dark Souls difficulty", there is just the typical Fromsoft Design philosophy.

[Xaelon]

Some missions have allies in them. I'm going to guess you'll be by yourself most of the time though. Maybe not. Hopefully someone else will be able to supply info about earlier AC titles.

This gameplay demo has a section near the middle that shows a mission with allies:
https://youtu.be/DcDjyestr4Y?si=ehc2Ca-fXKB5NDhu

Difficulty wise though it's different than Dark Souls.

The bosses are kinda similar since they have multiple phases and complicated attack patterns that you need to learn but AC doesn't have a dodge with iframes. You need to use the game's boost feature to physically get out of the way.

Missions have multiple check points that activate automatically instead of bonfires. Additionally if you die you can either respawn at the last checkpoint or visit the garage to adjust your mech's loadout. If your missile launchers aren't cutting it you can swap them out for something completely different like laser cannons or grenade launchers (assuming you purchased them before starting the mission).

To explain things in Dark Souls/Elden Ring terms you could swap from a strength melee build into a full caster without needing to visit somewhere to respec. AC6 expects and encourages you to adjust your build on the fly and gives you the freedom to do so.

[REhorror]

There will be AI allies, some are going with the missions.

Would be nice if you can hire them too, with additional cost.

[Roan]

Armored Core has always been about that one man army tone. AC's are like gundams. A league of their own against the typical mechs you will encounter in missions untill you run into the AC merc of their own they hired to protect or attack your mission.

[ImHelping]

For all the actually hard ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in the franchise. The very first proper missions in armored core 1 was "Would you like to murder squatters for lowering our property values, or murder construction workers for wanting to form a union?"

Some games offer guest stars or 'pay a lot for a tag alone' semi frequently, some basically never.

All the important missions you have either no help. or they basically exist to die to show off how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it is to be dealing with the mission you are in (Hi old king. bye old king). And most of the games where hiring a tag along is optional, they often locked unique parts behind going it alone anyways.

All that said. One bit from the preview of chapter 1 footage really does sum up the attitude of people about you being a one man show, or "Came with friends, they ran away".

In gundam everyone screams "Aw ♥♥♥♥, it is a gundam!" even when the gundam gets shot in the back and flops through orbit basically unharmed. Because wow, they killed that one nameless fodder pilot real hard.

In Armored Core 6 as you breach the walls of a base infamous for never being invaded. As you are cutting apart an entire army on your way to fight the superweapon waiting for you at the end. As you are in the middle of cutting a mass produced mech twice your size in half... You will hear "They sent only one AC? Are they insulting us? One AC is a baby!"

In Last Raven. As you stand over the remains of suicide bomber skynet. Literally every other AC pilot in the world is dead... Except for the one kicking open the door shouting "Bet it was luck, idiot! I'm the best!" and does not admit you were actually good at your job until 2 seconds before the credits roll after you kill them too.

Nobody ever thinks you are dangerous to fight until they see the end credits looming.

[REhorror]

Also, PROVIDED you can hire NPC allies, their cost would be deducted into the payment.