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Armored Core 6’s story trailer has barely any story, plenty of cool-looking mechs, explosions and Souls-like mysteryI have no idea what’s going on here, but it looks great!
I have no idea what’s going on here, but it looks great!
Image credit:FromSoftware
Image credit:FromSoftware
CallingArmored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon’s latest snippet of video a ‘story trailer’ is maybe a bit generous on FromSoftware’s part. There are dashes of story setup here in enigmatic dialogue between a mysterious Handler Walter and their even more mysterious anonymous boss. But let’s be real: you’re here for mechs rendered in gloriously gritty CG. On that front at least, Fires of Rubicon’s latest look doesn’t disappoint.
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON — Story TrailerWatch on YouTube
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON — Story Trailer
The trailer cuts to moodily panning over a pilot hooked up to medical equipment in a bed - presumably the player character - who’s referred to only as “it” and then “621”, implying a connection to the other numbered pilots (617, 619, 620) shown being blasted and burned as they assault a heavily defended fortress-like installation equipped with a gigantic laser-like turret.
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“621… I’ll give you a reason to exist. Let’s get to work,” the trailer ends, ominously, over a soundtrack of pulsing synths.
I’ll be damned if I have a clue what’s going on between the small drips of dialogue and hints at a dystopian world of people-as-numbers forced to do battle in big robot suits. So far, so Armored Core. What I do know is it’s looking cool as hell.
