Is Armored Core 6 a Soulslike? We Explain in Great Detail

Timo Writes: "Armored Core 6 will most likely turn out to be a massive hit, even in a year that seems to have a Game of the Year contender releasing at least once a month.

But Armored Core is a series that has been hibernating for the better part of 10 years. Most gamers familiar with FromSoftware's output don't know much about the series that put them on the map in the first place."

[Flakegriffin]

I’m so excited for this game 🙌🏼

[DarthZoolu]

It is absolutely nothing like souls, there is no point in all of these silly articles, because there are literally like 7 armored core games before this one. Plenty of gameplay on the Internet.

[Rocketisleague]

Is souls armored core like then? Just curious as I haven't played armored core before. Are they somewhat similar or completely different?

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Both are quite difficult games where you need certain strategies or a lot of preperation to win, otherwise they don't have anything in common (just two very different games). If anything, I'd say they loosely based Souls games on Armored Core, both games can have a lot of preparation leading up to a fight, and both can take a lot of skill to beat certain enemies or missions (although you have some freedom on how you choose to do it).

[jznrpg]

@FinalFantasyFanatic Souls games are based off of Shadow Tower and Kings Field having played those many years ago.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@jznrpg,
I've never played those, I've never heard of them either, so this is news to me.

[MrBaskerville]

Souls games are more an evolution of FromSoftwares Kingsfield and Shadow Tower series. AC is something entirely different. It's more of an action game with a huge focus on mech customization. You read a mission briefing and create a suitable mech for the job.

[BrainSyphoned]

So if I play FF1-10 I know exactly what FF 11-16 play like? I don't know what the game will play like structurally and therefore have zero care to buy it outside of FromSoft's name. At first blush to me I think "shitty Gundam multiplayer arena game" and

[lucian229]

You can literally read that this is the number 6th game, therefore you can look at gameplay of older games and see. Grow up lol

[StoriedGamer]

This mentality is literally like expecting Overwatch 2 to be a fantasy RPG like World of Warcraft since they're made by the same company. As for first glance, I can at least understand where you're coming from with the Gundam comment, but jumping to conclusions and assuming it's a multiplayer arena game I cannot fathom. Make assumptions all you like, but you're exemplifying the phrase of why we shouldn't assume things...

[MrBaskerville]

15 games to be a little more precise.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

The only reason this keeps getting brought up is because new people are paying attention to it. But you don't even have to dig very deep to answer the question yourself.

[geekmandem]

People ask questions, so people provide the answer. Sounds about right. Of course new people are going to discover AC6, the developer has just come off the back of a massive global hit game.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Uh yeah that's my point. People think it's a Soulslike game JUST because it's made by From software. Stop looking at their massive hit game. This one has a 6 in the title. The series has been around for years, and like I said, you can look at one video and see what it isn't.

[geekmandem]

Fair, but people are searching it... that's why we wrote the article. I don't see the issue :S

[StoriedGamer]

The reason this keeps getting brought up is modern journalism can't be arsed to actually do research and just wants the most clickbait centric titles so that they can continue to profit off of mediocre writing.

[TriniOutsider]

Lol, everything is Souls-like now huh? These Souls fans are gonna discover that AC is nothing like the Souls games. They're simply gonna buy the game because it's Fromsoft.

[Seraphim]

nothing wrong with that. It just gives FromSoft more funds to keep banging out quality games/hits. If these people are pissed they bought a game they don't like because their expectations were misplaced, that's on them.

[mastershredder]

Souls fans need to crawl back under their rinse and repeat rock.

[jznrpg]

This is Armored Core 6 though. They don’t come out as frequently but still the 6th game. I enjoy both series

[GameBoyColor]

Feel like a lot of souls fans gonna review this harshly for... not being souls like lol

[Charlieboy333]

Armored Core existed ages before Demon's/Dark Souls.....so duh, it cannot be 'Soulslike'. If you are trying to say they are similar then, if anything, it would mean the 'Souls' games are 'Armoredlike' since that came first. But you and all of us know that is not the case.....they have nothing in common besides being made by the same developer. Is it because they are both 'difficult'?....does a game being difficult mean it is 'Soulslike' now? The whole 'Souls' jerk-off is so amusing to me.....go complete Ninja Gaiden II on max difficulty. Then you can say you have skill.....not just memorising when every enemy will be jumping out to ambush you the exact same way, till you get it right. Or the epic roll, shield block, strike, roll, repeat combat. Gripping stuff.

[MrBaskerville]

Didn't Kingsfield come first? The OG Dark Souls.

Can't wait until Fromsoftware returns to the survival horror genre or the adventure game, people are gonna be so confused.

Souls fans and Ac fans wouldn't know what to do with Cookie and Cream 2.

[Nacho_Z]

I don't think they're similar at all. It's interesting because every game they make in the 'Souls' genre (Demons, Dark, Bloodborne, Elden) has a lot in common but they are obviously capable of ditching all that and doing something completely different.