Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon came out to receive massive critical acclaim. That’s neat but nowadays even a great game will only enjoy long-lasting success if it has the backing of an equally great community. Luckily, not even a full week after its release, the mechs we’ve seen from the Armored Core 6 community has already proven that it’s filled to the brim with talent and the will to come up with, uh, very “innovative” AC designs.
You know damn well that as soon as you announce a mech game with great character customization options, the entire anime fan community will get it just to create Gundam and EVA units. This should come as no surprise.
What’s especially cool and unique about this one is that there are fans out there telling you exactly what to do if you want to make your own EVA 01 AV unit.
Your first reaction might be “What the hell is Venom doing in space?” But I’d like to remind you that Venom does come from space, so let’s judge less and enjoy more.
What’s great about this design by Reddit user moyu2099 that you can get here is that it doesn’t just make great use of Venom’s black and white signature colors—it really does look like a possible sci-fi iteration of Venom. Great stuff.
Okay, this one might require some context for younger readers and players. I do not condone the use of shameless ads in video games, but this beautifully weird approach to Armored Core 6 mechs is not an attempt to get people to buy dark bubbly water. It is an attempt to get older players to remember Pepsiman, one of the most baffling video game tie-ins of all time.
It is a pretty great strategy, I must admit; that of trying to stagger your PVP opponent not by staggering them in the game, but by breaking their mind via
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