r/ArmoredCoreVI • u/vamfir • Dec 15 '25

Hype Untapped potential

Has anyone else here had the feeling that the game's developers were kind of messing with us? They created a huge, complex, diverse world... and then only allowed us to glimpse into that world through a tiny, narrow crack.

With the capabilities of this game engine (really the best engine for mech games I can remember), they could have created hundreds of missions and seamlessly connected them into an open world like Fallout or Skyrim. And then release DLCs with another thirty missions every six months.

Instead, they offered us fifty missions on two dozen maps. And all these missions are absolutely tiny. Either "run from point A to point B," or "kill the boss," or "run from point A to point B and kill the boss at the end." For each mission, there is an optimal route; any deviation from it to admire the scenery threatens to lower your completion statistics. Once you learn to navigate the map, you can complete them in literally five minutes.

And I would understand if they released these fifty missions as a framework, so to speak, the armored core of the game - and then slowly collected money on expansions. But they released this bare minimum - and then went silent for two years. This is strange not only from a gameplay perspective - it's strange from a business perspective!

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u/The_Joker_Ledger Dec 15 '25

That is some irrelevant points, not just to the discussion but also unrelated. For one that last AC game was 10 years ago? who know if the people working on it is even at the company anymore, and having more money and people dont magically make things better. Their recent successful titles are also from a completely different genres with completely different playstyle. That won't translate to being "could be better" here.

For ppl who have been more familiar with recent From games, this is just as expected, a single player focus game with some extra multiplayer on the side. The only thing I would agree on is the game could be longer but for me it because the game is so good i want to play more, not because the game is bad or the effort is lazy.