FromSoftware program has spoken at size in regards to the premise and expectations for Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, the subsequent sequel within the mech fight collection. It’s not open world or a Soulsborne-type game, and the main focus is on extensively customizing your mech. Players may anticipate a single-player-focused marketing campaign, however what does that imply for multiplayer?
Previous Armored Core titles have been extra targeted on aggressive multiplayer, so will that be going away in Armored Core 6? Thankfully, no. Director Masaru Yamamura stated that Versus Mode would return whereas promising extra particulars later. Speaking to IGN Japan (translation by way of DeepL), he confirmed that “players will be able to show off their unit and have fun competing against each other.”
However, there received’t be any co-op help for the marketing campaign. “On the other hand, in the story mode, which is the main part of the game, we have chosen not to include cooperative play because we want to emphasize the dynamic action, the free-running of your unit, and the active changes you can make during missions. We are focusing on the intense experience that can only be realized in single-player mode.”
It’s an fascinating selection, however not the primary time the developer has gone this route. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice didn’t have co-op, and was nonetheless a enjoyable expertise. From a aggressive perspective, it stays to be seen if there can be separate balancing for PvE and PvP.
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is out in 2023 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
