What the fuck went wrong?

How did we go from this,

It got better

>>716241189
to this?

>>716241040 (OP)
turns out the second they stop making souls games they stop making money

>>716241040 (OP)
>the juxtaposition of the fucking spinning at the end

>>716241040 (OP)
You did buy the tank controls successor, right?

>>716241040 (OP)
I'd rather they just port the the older games to PC and have online support.

Dark Souls irreparably damaged gaming

>>716241646
I uh... got it from the back of a truck.

>>716241789
just emulate them, just about everyone uses netplay or system link

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Harry Partridge with new Misinterpretive Pornstar!
Is what I'd say if this weren't literally Secret Wars.
What went wrong with Armored Core, to be on topic for once, could be that the game is designed and I say this having only happily sampled Silent Line to be rather easy up until you fight the Zaku Ace with a Bazooka and suddenly you feel like little girl adventure anime is a healthy way to eat an entire box of ice cream sandwiches. True story on the history channel.

>>716241040 (OP)
AC6 is kino however, best FS game in a long while.

Continuing here because last mecha-adjacent bread died while I was typing.
>>716240139
Please be patient, they're all severely autistic.
But there's hope somewhere deep down, and that's nice.
>>716240154
I'm still going through it and I'm loving it so far. Just got through the three main levels and unlocked the elevator.
To be honest I was sold when I was told it was mechamusume with traditional mech controls and an emphasis on exploration. Not a fan of loli either but learning you could make your robot girl chubby sealed the deal for me.
The music is also great, and the parts of the story and background I've been able to piece together are pretty cool too. I just wish some weapons (particularly the back weapons) had more explicit use cases; it's quite often you find a sick new weapon and turns out it can't even deal with the most basic of mobs and wastes half your ammo reserves while at it.
Bosses could stand to be tougher too. I've only fought one that was challenging so far and mostly because of how long it took to kill. I've had much more trouble handling mobs than bosses in general.

>>716241040 (OP)
They simplified and casualised it for their Dark Souls audience since that's what FromSoftware is ever known for now.
The SOULSLIKE experience, the DARK SOULS of GAMING, the people BEHIND DARK SOULS, the CREATORS of dark souls. The pioneers of invincibility frame dodging.
They weren't confident in Armored Core 6 in well they decided to do what they did.
>repair kits
>staggers
>hard lockon
If it played more like the older games, the game would still do well and their company name alone would carry the game's sales. But they simply weren't confident enough.

As a newbaby to the series 6 was pretty fun, don't care much for dark souls (only played elden ring for ~14 hours before uninstalling) and It's a fine game, honestly one of my favorites of the last 5 years
I can't tell if I like it more then MoA or 3, but seeing as how im still playing 3 I have a lot of time to finalize my thoughts
Oh and the model kits are pretty cool, I like them a lot

>>716242445
I only ended up going as far to defeat the first boss. Haven't picked the game up since due to just being busier with other crap.
>learning you could make your robot girl chubby sealed the deal
Interesting take, Mr. Brosnan.
>the parts of the story and background I've been able to piece together are pretty cool too
I actually quite like that too, you're kinda just dropped in but it's apparent you're to become some part of a bigger prophecy.
>>716243924
I need more (sm)Allmind.

>its okay for mech to go mach 2 but not to be able to pivot on the spot

>>716244085
fatass allmind plush my beloved

>>716244215

>>716244348

>>716244454
I don't know the japs call it besides OL (office lady) but the small slits in the pencil skirt, coupled with the pantyhose and the outline of the crotch and thighs is sending me.
Allmind is a source of both laughs and erections.

>>716244190
A jet going mach 2 can't turn on a dime, retard.

>>716241273
This is better

I wanted mech that wasn't just DBZ fighting and had mech customization. Got suggested old AC games and mech warrior5 with mods.
I went with picrel, and it's been fantastic. I just slapped 6 flamers on a cicada and it's zoomy and flamey. Or I just got an awesome, and I put particle cannons and a bunch of missles on it, and it's slow ass fuuuuuick.

>>716244643
It's illegal how sexo this DORK is

>>716245159
Truly. But aren't girls the cutest when they're almost retarded?

>>716245317

>>716245159
she read every pilots data to create the perfect form

>>716245359
>>716245372
She's not very smart, my man.

>>716245424
shes smart but not logic smart

>>716245424
Wrong pic but whatever.

>>716245489

>>716244085
I'd strongly recommend you come back to it once you're not as busy. It's genuinely great.
>Interesting take, Mr. Brosnan.
Ha, guilty as charged.
As I said that aspect did tip the scales in my decision to buy it. Very few games give you this option and even fewer do it tastefully.
>you're kinda just dropped in but it's apparent you're to become some part of a bigger prophecy
Mhm, I love that. Putting pieces of the puzzle together feels great too.
Cute Allmind by the by.

>>716246264
I'll definitely put some time into it when I'm free enough and not too tired.
>Cute Allmind
Thanks.

>>716241646

I bought it on sale.
I actually got lost.

>>716241040 (OP)
From software just makes souls games now. They're the souls dev. That's all they make. Hey if it sells it sells but they're very much like a Call of Duty dev now.

>>716241040 (OP)
AC used to have tank controls

>>716241273
why is the turning the one thing you autistically focus on? do you have no other serious complaints to make?

>>716241040 (OP)
The 360 controller and its consequences have been a disaster for gaming.
>Even if it were accurate, you can't even claw it, so camera control needs to be able to accommodate sporadic, heavily assisted use
>>716246828
Tank controls are the only control scheme that makes sense for single or dual analog gameplay.
All of this movement relative to the camera stuff should be reserved for true mouselook with an actual mouse.
I don't care if sub-80 IQ normalfags don't have the spatial reasoning required to divine which way is forward.

>>716246476
Just like Gen 1 AC? Based.

>>716244906
Mechwarrior 5 is fun. My biggest issue with it is how end-game you just want to take as many assaults as possible instead of considering using lighter mechs for specific roles. You can get away with doing that if you're playing co-op though and actually strategizing.

What Gen has best AC part design?

>>716241518
The spinning at the end is just them rotating the camera

>>716244647
Do you even fucking Macross you goddamn casual? Thrust vectoring rules the skies!

>>716250223
Overall? Without a doubt V. My favorite parts? 4. I love the recovered parts aesthetic from V, and the look of over-weapons messing up your UI. The short segments of them field testing the ACs is hard. But 4 has some cool designs too, Sobrero gives me Ace Combat 3 vibes. Best looking AC in the series.

>>716241646
>wandering aimlessly and getting lost all the time
>not really satisfied with any weapons
>randomly find weird egg a quarter of the way through it
>twin smiths want it
>get nippon steel folded one thousand times out of the trade
>spend rest of the game doing drive by judgement cuts on mechs and bosses
I feel like I was playing wrong by not using any weapons I found after that point but most of them were disappointing or were too heavy for the zippy mech I was using.

>>716241789
Did the PS5 ports had online multiplayer to begin with?

>>716249367
Shame.
Before I started playing. I was daydreaming and going through possible game design with a friend. Involving the player only controlling 1 mech and their not being allied npc teams.
I was absolutely struggling to find a way to make low cost mechs more viable
My friend said that I was just describing path of exile, but a mech game, and thr solution was to give low cost mechs unique items and abilities only b they could use.

>>716244190
this nigger didn't play the games >>716250782
hence the quick turn extension parts that were in every game in gen 2 and 3

>>716250223
They all have amazing part design except gen 5. Gen 5 ACs are all obese with asymmetrical legs, disgusting

>>716251560
the only reason mech weight classes work in the tabletop game is because going fast/jumping let's you kite assaults and stay out of the line of fire the problem.
But MechWarrior gameplay is fucking archaic and hasn't changed since the second game so mechs can't go prone or make precise jumps like they can in the tabletop, the spider for example is supposed to be able to do mid air dodges and vectoring to avoid fire but in game its just a shitty light mech with the same dogshit jump jet mechanics as every other mech.

>>716241040 (OP)
>it's fine for mecha to be able to rocket boost to mach 2 but they can't turn any faster than 1 rpm
I don't understand this autism.

>>716251982
that's the problem*

>>716251995
bait used to be believable

>>716251982
Yeah, in mech warrior it seems to just devolves down into "it weighs less".
I'm still having fun, but I'm still in early game and having a ton of fun.
What you described with the spider actually being able to air dodge kinda sounds like the "unique thing" that could be put on smaller mechs to up their value while keeping them small.
Going prone on a mech or having transformations or different forms sounds sick.

>>716251818
You just don't see the vision.

>>716252325
The games are still fun but there's really no reason to play anything other than MechWarrior 5 Mercs with the YAML and clan mods because that's probably the most mechanical complexity you can squeeze out of the current formula, unfortunately Piranha Games doesn't seem to be interested in actually iterating on the gameplay at all despite the tech being available

>>716241646
>Blacksmith is a big retarded baby
Did they cook?

>>716251982
>the only reason mech weight classes work in the tabletop game is because going fast/jumping let's you kite assaults and stay out of the line of fire the problem.
The tabletop game is also a wargame with units being fielded based on a point value system. You could field ~7 Fleas for the same value as a single Atlas. On the other hand literally every videogame based on the IP uses a slot system, either player or NPC ally slots, with every mech being worth the exact same 1 slot. There's literally no reason to spend 1 slot on 1 flea when you could spend it on 1 Atlas instead.

>>716241646
I'm enjoying this for the most part, but all of the weapons feel like dogshit due to the low damage and fire rate. I also noticed in the early game area with the flying drones that shoulder weapons don't lead your target like arm weapons do so they're fucking useless against anything that isn't huge or standing still. Even the homing missiles are guaranteed to miss anything that's moving even slightly more than not at all, making the homing feature pointless.

AC6 is fun
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i remember playing one for the 360 and the speed was unreal, i didn't feel like the new one delivered the same sense of speed.

I'm not a fan of the series so feel free to disregard my opinion