Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon now has an unofficial straightforward mode on PC, courtesy of a modder who made mech design and gameplay extra forgiving and rewards extra beneficiant.
As reported by Eurogamer, the aptly named EZ-Core mod posted to the NexusMods web site adjustments key elements of Armored Core 6’s mech design course of, which ordinarily locations important restrictions on what components you should use primarily based on their weight and power necessities.
The EZ-Core mod lessens this burden by lowering these power and weight masses by half, thus making it simpler for struggling gamers to construct a comparatively overpowered AC. It additionally will increase the quantity of beginning ammunition for every weapon by 300 %.
The efficient vary of weapons has additionally been elevated by 300 %, which suggests the rounds fired out of your weapons and people of your enemies are far much less more likely to ricochet harmlessly away. The mod additionally will increase the quantity of credit earned for efficiently finishing each normal missions and enviornment battles by 200 %, and provides new digital camera choices, together with the flexibility to make manoeuvring round with boosters extra power environment friendly.
Nonetheless, the mod’s creator has warned gamers towards utilizing the unofficial model of the sport in multiplayer out of concern it might lead to a ban. Whereas Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is a wholly completely different beast in comparison with different FromSoftware titles similar to Elden Ring, it nonetheless options the identical arduous as nails gameplay gamers have come to anticipate from the Hidetaka Miyazaki-led studio.
The frenetic nature of the gameplay plus the shortage of invincibility frames has led many gamers to have a tough time towards early bosses, together with Chapter 1’s Balteus, who’s able to firing off a kaleidoscope of missiles that may initially really feel inconceivable to keep away from. From there, issues solely get extra intense, which is able to make the mod a welcoming prospect for gamers who want a serving to hand to progress additional into Armored Core 6’s dystopian world.
In IGN’s 8/10 evaluation we mentioned each sortie in Armored Core 6 “is a satisfying fight puzzle to resolve because of improbable mission design, intense boss encounters, an especially broad assortment of weapons and components”, which stored our consideration all through the 15-hour marketing campaign, and past.
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