This game gets practically everything right. As a new Armored Core game it took me back to playing multiplayer AC3 in a way the later games never did. The variety of weapons and the agility potential of your AC make this the best feeling robot game I’ve played, even as I ended up gravitating towards becoming a floating death fortress. And as you’d expect from modern From, it takes strong characterisation and makes that into a compelling plot that gets you through three full plays.
Sure, it’s not perfect - the post-game runs almost feel too easy with a couple of exceptions, and it’s very easy to fall into a preferred play style once you get good - but I don’t think that’s a major issue and stomping those two infamous bosses using better weapons was very gratifying.
Steam Deck report - Runs at 40 most of the time in medium settings. Bits of slowdown here and there, usually when things are exploding really dramatically so personally I’d go for 40 with drops rather than a more solid 30. Very acceptable, I did the end of my first playthrough and most of the second entirely on Deck as I was out of town and I never felt like I was being held back by the hardware.
Sure, it’s not perfect - the post-game runs almost feel too easy with a couple of exceptions, and it’s very easy to fall into a preferred play style once you get good - but I don’t think that’s a major issue and stomping those two infamous bosses using better weapons was very gratifying.
Steam Deck report - Runs at 40 most of the time in medium settings. Bits of slowdown here and there, usually when things are exploding really dramatically so personally I’d go for 40 with drops rather than a more solid 30. Very acceptable, I did the end of my first playthrough and most of the second entirely on Deck as I was out of town and I never felt like I was being held back by the hardware.