Gamers want to know if the long-awaited Armored Core 6 is open-world. The Armored Core franchise is a mecha-based vehicular combat series that’s more well-known for its mission layout and robot designs rather than being open-world. However, Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is the first title released for the series in ten years. The gaming landscape has changed, with open-world games becoming more and more common. The Armored Core developers at FromSoftware had tremendous success with Elden Ring in 2022. Will Armored Core 6 follow the trend and push the franchise into new territory and become open-world?
Is Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon an Open World Game?
The primary setting of Armored Core 6 takes place in a futuristic universe where humanity has established interstellar travel and settled on other worlds. The main planet of Fires of Rubicon is Rubicon 3, where a substance known as Coral exists. Fires decimated the world, engulfing the entire surface. Mercenaries and corporations returned to the planet to find any remaining Coral 50 years after the fires.
Should you expect to travel the planet of Rubicon 3 as one giant open level just like the Lands Between in Elden Ring? The team at FromSoftware confirmed that Armored Core 6 will not be an open-world game. The title will center on a mission-based single-player mode, focusing on individual levels rather than having gamers travel the planet.
The linear, single-player, level-based system is more aligned with the previous titles in the Armored Core series. Players can upgrade their mecha in between missions, adding new weapons and modifications to their machine before heading out.
The debt system from the previous Armored Core titles doesn’t return in Fires of Rubicon. The debt system made players lose money anytime a task failed in the mission. With the system gone in Armored Core 6, you can retry missions as many times as you want without losing your money.
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Armored Core 6 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
