Armored Core VI - Rubicon of Mango - The Bear and Badger

stormyskiesahead

drumbeg wrote:

Balteus is down

Congrats! That guy is still the toughest boss I've faced so far.

drumbeg wrote:

I'm going to have to take some time to fully understand the stats though as I swap parts and get confused by "overburdened", "EN shortfall" etc. Some of the bars (weight for example) seem a little counterintuitive.

Totally agree about some of those bars being unintuitive, especially when trying to manage your energy load and total load. It'll click soon enough though.

drumbeg

Has the soundtrack been mentioned yet? It is off the charts amazing. I've turned the SFX down and put music to max. Example...

https://youtu.be/Dpxw2RGgfa4?si=pet70u4_CJs-nmGG

Tempy

I can't wait to play it cos the OST from the initial trailer was the thing that got me the most excited.

Cupatay

Kernowgaz wrote:

Wookienopants wrote:

Kernowgaz wrote:

Scout wrote:

I've never had a Rubicon.

It’s probably shit

It's top tier, alongside Rio

They’re no Lilt, I’m guessing (never had Rio either)

Caribbean crush retired Lilt ages ago. Stick some rum in it and get drunk without tasting alcohol.

Rev

This is coming as a rental to me either tomorrow or monday and I'm quite excited to play it.

Paul the sparky

Where are you going for rentals these days?

drumbeg

Tried 3 vs 3 multi-player before. Was just an absolute frenzy for 3 minutes. Was like being on the Waltzers.

One tip: you don't need to move the camera around to gain a missile lock on multiple targets. You just need to have all targets within missile range and within your field of view. Initially I was moving the reticule about trying to capture all targets. No need.

Moot_Geeza

Didn't know this had mp.

Moot_Geeza

Didn't know this had mp.

acemuzzy

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Didn't know this had mp.

You've got an awful memory then

Moot_Geeza

drumbeg

I like this build. Boxy. Not sure if it's any good, but it reminds me of one of the Decepticons.

Shotgun + Pilebunker in hand. Missle launcher x 10 + the old boom boom Songbird on shoulders.

Rev

Paul the sparky wrote:

Where are you going for rentals these days?

Boomerang Rentals. Really fast service.

Rev

It is here and I'm very excited as I've never played an AC game.

Skerret

It's mech ballet

drumbeg

Another tip. When using assault boost, if you press jump to cancel it rather than L stick down, you maintain momentum and it leaves you less prone to attack.

There are so many weapons and parts I've not tried yet. Might play around with the weapon swapping stuff and do a double melee build.

Edit: There's a lot this game doesn't tell you! Just discovered that you can share builds using codes that other players can input into the AC Data menu.

Rev

First boss was dreadful. Right up to the point where you realise you've been taught about jumping and actually all you should be doing is jumping. Yeah. I can see why people like this.

drumbeg

Rev wrote:

First boss was dreadful. Right up to the point where you realise you've been taught about jumping and actually all you should be doing is jumping. Yeah. I can see why people like this.

The tutorial boss? I think initially I was trying to hide behind stuff for ages. Now I just charge straight at it all guns blazing and mash him with the laser sword.

Skerret

That's yer man Balteus done and dusted. Shoulder mounted lasers, plasma cannon and bazooka made pretty short work of him, though it came down to 1908 AP and I barely scraped through. By gosh it was stylish though, it's every zippymech game refined.

drumbeg

I must have attempted that fight like 20 times. Once I beat him, I went back and tried again after a while and beat him first time. Classic From!

drumbeg

Initial play through done. The run-time went on a little longer than I was expecting, probably because I replayed some missions a few times. I still reckon this is a solid 8/10 (I'd go with 85% in old money). Regardless of load out, combat is one-note throughout, although it is a very strong note. At times it's a little too frenetic for me, especially when facing off against a strong AC that constantly flanks off screen. Still, it's all high quality stuff and super tense.

Could have been called Mechiro.

stormyskiesahead

Good stuff, and yeah that pretty much echoes my feelings about it so far. Not finished yet as I got distracted with other things, but I do love how easy it is to dip in and out of when you are time limited. Play for an entire afternoon or just dip in for 5 or 10 mins for a couple of quick mission replays or arenas. S'all good.

Skerret

I've replayed a heap of missions to try out different configs, really helps

Rev

I do wish there was a way to have the camera pan out further. It's a issue with some bosses in souls and it's a bit of an issue here. Far too close to be able to tactically decide what I'm meant to be dong that demands certain tictacs. It is wonderful and i'll keep playing it for sure.

drumbeg

I played a few missions in NG+. Worth trying, as they don't bump the difficulty using stats in the usual way. Instead, there are differences in the narrative and changes to the structure of some missions 2nd time around.

Skerret

Apparently there are new narrative paths into the third playthrough as well.

Was getting repeatedly harangued by the Sea Spider until I switched to a tank build (twin shoulder-mounted double-barrel launchers, twin chainguns) and annihilated him.

Tank build with heavy everything is seductive.

drumbeg

Just finished Chapter 1 on NG+. No spoilers, but there is enough new content there to make it feel like the game is far from done. The missions are highly repayable anyway, but throw in the new stuff and it's really extending the play-time.

Trust From to stick loads of content in a game that most players will probably never see!

Edit : Played some more and NG+ is something else. Loads of new content and rocking some really cool weapons (loving the "delivery boy").

drumbeg

Just unlocked the Pulse Scudder, which is a bit like one of the great shields in a DS game. Can basically turtle it with the shield up using L1, whilst firing with both R1 and R2. I have my new laser slicer equipped in L2 - best melee weapon so far, absolute Darth Maul stuff. I just need more fingers.

I think this is the first game I've ever played where I am enjoying the 2nd play through more than the first. I get the impression others have bounced off it a bit. Persevere guys, it just keeps getting better.

stormyskiesahead

I'm still plugging away when I can! Think I'm approaching the end of act 3 and it's still brilliant. Really good to hear about NG+, I feel like I've played the game multiple times already due to all the mission replays I've done, and having a bunch of new stuff to do when I get to NG+ is great news.

Skerret

I'm still on it, just life intervening. I hear there's a bunch of new parts and weapons that only unlock by the third playthrough too, rich in content it is.

I have amassed a mini-armada and am laying waste to AC scum from my little tanke platform

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