So exactly how hard is this game??

[ShadowxShinobi15]

I do like a good challenge but I am NOT a Soulslike cbt enjoyer. i play games for fun. Most of the time . . .

[JONNY ROCK]

It's generally harder than all the 'Soulslike' games. If you play games regularly you can beat it if you just put a bit of effort in.

[potato]

hard

it's also a different kind of hard than souls

[ShadowxShinobi15]

Originally posted by potato:

hard

it's also a different kind of hard than souls

interesting, any chance you could expand on that? I'm no stranger to difficult games, or playing games on harder difficulties. i just don't like the way a typical souls style game is usually designed. They aren't really as difficult as they are just straight up unfair. Just trying to decide if it's worth the $70 dollars or not

[Scapegoat]

As someone who has played Armored Core since the ps1 days, I'd say yes it's worth it. If I were completely new the the series I'd wait for the game to go on sale. That said, overall I'd say the game is less difficult than a souls game, but it is less forgiving of mistakes. To put it another way, once you know how to fight the bosses they'll be easier than a souls boss, but learning the fight and learning what works for you and your build against that particular boss can be a steeper difficulty curve than souls games.

[REhorror]

Like all games, it's hard until you understand the mechanics.

[ShadowxShinobi15]

Originally posted by Scapegoat:

As someone who has played Armored Core since the ps1 days, I'd say yes it's worth it. If I were completely new the the series I'd wait for the game to go on sale. That said, overall I'd say the game is less difficult than a souls game, but it is less forgiving of mistakes. To put it another way, once you know how to fight the bosses they'll be easier than a souls boss, but learning the fight and learning what works for you and your build against that particular boss can be a steeper difficulty curve than souls games.

alright thanks! that explanation i think gave me a bigger picture of what to expect. Yeah i'm totally new to this series, but it looks cool so I'll probably pick it up in a couple days

[Detective Costeau]

It's the best kind of hard, in my opinion- the kind that rewards you for paying attention and learning what you're doing. Just started a fresh save the other day, and I'm doing so much better than my first run through the game even without all the unlocked parts and upgrades, simply because I actually know what I'm doing and how to build a good AC now.
Hope you have fun with it!

[Scapegoat]

Originally posted by ShadowxShinobi15:

alright thanks! that explanation i think gave me a bigger picture of what to expect. Yeah i'm totally new to this series, but it looks cool so I'll probably pick it up in a couple days

Glad I could help you, and I hope you enjoy your time in Rubicon.

[Belmont]

>Opening mission
>holy crap I almost died on arrival
>wow you can glide around and multilock
>iamtheenemygundam.gif
>this cannon fodder is literal cannon fodder
>commit identity theft
>witness warcrimes
>be warcrimes
>scale city while realizing your mech is seceral stories high and is still dwarfed the sheer scale of the level design
>Eva launcher
>steal the best identity before large ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ helicopter arrives on scene
>machine guns and missiles delete 2 repair kits
>i miss 5 minutes ago when i was almost one hit killing things
>fight for my life x 12
>pass the filter abd realize this game bouta put me through a process

[dsagent]

The game is easy. It is just people don't realize how broken assault boosting is.

[Demonos3]

About half as hard as I get when viewing my favorite lewds... not a good metric? Uh, hm.... ever play a 20yo JRPG you've never played before without a walkthrough or strategy guide? About that hard I guess.

[Kain]

The focus on boss fights is a bit souls like and they are the only filter the game provideds, the missions themselves are pathetically easy.

So if you disliked the hard bosses, on the souls games, this game is similar to that, but that's mostly it, everything else is it's own thing. i don't think it's the hardest From game though, at least compared to Sekiro or Elden Ring.

[nora]

only the bosses are really hard i'd say, especially if you dont play hard games that much, but the gameplay is fun enough to make learning them worth it

[C-zom]

The regular by-and-by missions are ultra EZ mode, a good half dozen are over in 30-45 seconds too even if you're a slow mech. End chapter bosses and a few scattered missions can be skillchecks or build checks, but the game is equally forgiving with those since they'll have checkpoints.

If a boss is stomping you out, you can just reload the checkpoint right before the fight and even redo your entire mech before loading back in if you want to try out a new build.

[Blackmage]

The game is both easy and hard for various reasons. AC6 is designed for onboarding new players, so it's a good place to begin your trek down the Armored Core rabbit hole.
However, do not allow your experience with AC6 serve as your foundation for all the franchise has to offer. AC6 is as bare bones as Armored Core gets. Thus, it is far from being my favorite in the whole series. In fact, I think it's the second or third worst of all the titles I've played, which is all but two of them, counting Formula Front. The difference, to me, is that AC6 is an action title with customization slapped in, while classic titles were about customization and the action served as your stress test. But despite my generally negative opinion of AC6, it is still a superior game compared to most of the mainstream tripe available today.

If you've never played another game that gives you 3 dimensions of movement with a great variation of speeds (souls let you move in 2 dimensions, Mario effectively has 1 dimension, both at one speed) it will take some getting used to. That is barrier 1.

Barrier 2 is becoming accustom to the long list of parts and their stats. I hope you like reading and surfing menus to compare numbers in your video games.

Most missions themselves are pathetically easy. You will be living high on a power fantasy. The difficulty spikes at varying magnitudes when you get into a boss fight. This is one of the game's biggest flaws: its jarring pacing. You will get stuck on a boss at some point after a streak of easy missions. When that happens, that is your cue to change up your approach.

The game will punish you hard when you make mistakes, like not paying attention to your energy gauge. But it's very lenient and forgiving by attaching training wheels to your training wheels in the form of hardlock, checkpoints, repair kits, and an easily abused stagger system. You will never feel like you're at risk of failing anything at any time. You can retry missions infinitely at no cost to you. Ammo and repair costs are negligible, they are there because of tradition. You will be rolling in so much money that by the end of NG++ you will have millions of credits and nothing to spend them on.