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Armored Core 6 tops Steam chart, overtakes BG3, “thanks to Elden Ring” (www.pcgamesn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by inclementimmigrant to c/pcgaming

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Never underestimate the insatiable appetite gamers have for giant robot battles. That appetite has propelled Armored Core 6 to the top spot on Steam’s global sales charts more than a decade after the last numbered entry in the series was released, knocking Baldur’s Gate 3 off the top spot.

In a summer filled with huge releases, few could have predicted that Armored Core 6 would be able to find such a large audience. The phenomenal success of last year’s Elden Ring certainly didn’t hurt. Speaking to GameIndustry.biz, Bandai Namco Europe CEO Arnaud Muller explained that Elden Ring has given FromSoftware a “guarantee of quality” among fans.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Guarantee of quality"... every time I read something like that now I have to think about the state that Cyberpunk was released in...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Has FromSoft ever released a bad game? Legitimate question.

[–] Jordos 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ninja Blade is hilariously terrible, watch some gameplay on YouTube for a good time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Michigan report from hell meets god of war. What an absolute game. Truly a piece of media.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The first time they do will be the first one they release.

...my point is it doesn't really matter, don't preorder because you run the risk of supporting that first one. You can support good games after it's clear that they're good.

[–] pastcoma 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, most if not all studios have released at least one stinker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Seems like their PC ports are usually pretty rough on launch, but I've been playing since Demon's Souls and they haven't released a game I don't like.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Dark souls 2 was their cyberpunk 2077.

People were expecting better graphics, level design, and boss design on release.

[–] marsmooncow 1 points 1 year ago

Unpopular opinion obviously but I loved ds2, except for the poison spitting goddam statues and the level that was so dark you couldn't even see the goddam poison spitting statue before it spit goddam poison at you in the dark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

DS2 is also a fantastic example why just because something is by a certain studio doesn't necessarily mean much as it was made almost entirely by the B-team while the core developers were busy making Bloodborne. So while it is by FromSoft, the people working on it were mostly the ones responsible for the A.C.E series IIRC.

The same thing is what happened with Mass Effect: Andromeda as the OG trilogy team was busy making up the mess called Anthem.

[–] pastcoma -1 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, cynicism ad nauseam