Armored Core 6 is the sort of messy and exhausting game FromSoftware stopped making years ago

Fires of Rubicon is the first Armored Core game in over a decade. This puts it in the awkward position of attempting to appeal to series fans who’ve been starved for any sign of their favourite mech shooter returning, all while FromSoftware made everyone believe that it abandoned it in favour of its more lucrative – and critically-acclaimed – Souls games. But because it’s been so long, the FromSoftware that made Armored Core 6 is also quite different from the one that created the origina...