how this game compares to ac4?

[ynstynct]

is it better or worse

[Dawido]

Isn't AC4 like more than decade old game? You comparing product from 2000s to one from 2023

[[TSC] TheHolyDarkness]

I know right? AC4 was fantastic though. Who could forget the blue sky calling you home? Your rivalry with Yellow Thirteen as ya set sail as a pirate looking for treasure before blowing up the megalith by sailing straight into the heart of the nuke and blowing it up with your broadside cannons!

YAR be the Mobius Crew!

Yeah, AC4 was cool.

[ynstynct]

ac4 is the last armoured core i played and i enjoyed it. i played armoured core 2 growing up i am asking a question to someone who has played both to give me a comparison? what are you on about you can compare games in a series to one another i.e example borderlands 2 to borderlands 3.

[BKo]

AC4 is the worst in the series so not a high bar to beat.

[Key]

Originally posted by BKo:

AC4 is the worst in the series so not a high bar to beat.

I see your AC4 and I raise you Veredict Day.

[Jagdtiger]

Much better than AC4 but still not as good as FA. Probably second best in the series overall

[amon.the.arcadian]

I think it's better. And worse.
It's the better game overall,
But the worse armored core.
If that makes any sense...

[Loop_Stratos]

Much, much better than AC2 or 4, personally somewhat equal to LR or FA but I'm also not too big on Gen 4, although I did enjoy it enough.

The game is about as well balanced as 2 was (which is to say, not very well), but I hate 2 and 4 so it's probably better to hear someone else's opinion if you like those two.

[nubi]

S+ Tier: AC6
S Tier: Last Raven, 4Answer, Silent Line, Another Age
A Tier: Nine Breaker, Master of Arena, AC3, AC1, AC4
B Tier: Nexus, AC2, Project Phantasma
C Tier: Formula Front, VDay
D Tier: ACV

[kevin]

there is a lot less variety in useful parts compared to ac4 and acfa. much preferred the atmosphere/speed in those. ac6 is slower, less parts, has soulsy bosses you need to focus on dodging big attacks and attacking during stagger. stagger(like sekiro posture break) is the largest difference, gameplay usually needs to be based around that.

[nubi]

Originally posted by kevin:

there is a lot less variety in useful parts compared to ac4

No there isnt, AC6 has much more parts and weapons than vanilla 4

[BigCatRob]

Originally posted by ynstynct:

is it better or worse

In some parts better, in others worse.

Armored Core 4 and For Answer had you pilot NEXTs (literal next generation ACs following the National Dismantlement War). In both those games you take out "Normals", or traditional ACs, instead of MTs. Larger mechs, larger arsenals, and faster speeds.

Armored Core 6 is good but some parts are definitely lacking and feel they could have been expanded on more. The idea of a shoulder weapon bay to swap weapons out of hands is nice, but it shouldn't have fully replaced things like shoulder mounted miniguns or shotguns (although I've noticed energy weapons still got a decent selection of shoulder weapons to pick from, kinetic shoulder weaponry is severely lacking IMO)

[nubi]

Because people keep trying to spread misinformation here is a comparison of AC4 and AC6 parts

AC4 total head parts = 11
AC6 total head parts = 22

AC4 total core parts = 6
AC6 total core parts = 16

AC4 total arm parts = 10 (14 with weapon arms)
AC6 total arm parts = 18

AC4 total gun arm weapons = 32
AC6 total gun arm weapons = 45

AC4 total blade/melee arm weapons = 5
AC6 total blade/melee arm weapons = 13

AC4 total back weapons (gun/cannon) = 13
AC6 total back weapons (gun/cannon) = 15

AC4 total back weapons (missile) = 16
AC6 total back weapons (missile) = 23

Edit: there was also only 2 "kinetic" shoulder weapons in AC4, chainguns and slug guns didn't get added till 4Answer.

[L'Ost]

I played AC1, AC1 Project Phantasma (both 100% them, on the original PS1, and back in the days in the 2000'sbwhen they were really good games), AC4Answer (very recently on an emulator because I couldn't wait for AC6) and this one and I think this is my prefered of the 4 games because 4 was too fast for my taste.

I'll be definitly glad if they go on with the franchise.

Its multiplayer is meh though (imho, it's lacking some playing modes other than duels and tdm. For instance, a battle royale, scavenging mech parts on the map and opponents then rebuild during the game could have been very very cool).

Local / split screen multiplayer was great on PS1, I liked it a lot in the 2000's.

[ZTL-Altima]

More or less the same, which is unfortunate. They should have progressed the series further. It ended up just another AC. Enjoyable, but far below modern From Software standards.