![]() While it’s told in a piecemeal fashion and demands players pay attention to everything from level design to boss names and item descriptions, the Souls games do have a richly evocative narrative that covers far more thematic depth than is immediately apparent.Īs I wrote in my review of Elden Ring, for example: “The Pilgrim’s Progress is obviously preachy, but if you can get past that, it’s actually an incredible story about a journey and, while Elden Ring isn’t preachy, the parallels here are incredible. ![]() What have the Souls games been renowned for? Firstly, the narrative. I know it’s beyond a parody to compare things to the Souls games, but in FromSoftware’s case, it’s worth at least a passing comparison since it is a “genre” that the company literally invented. Related reading: Perhaps FromSoftware could look at bringing Lost Kingdoms back next? It’s a quality that I do not see in Armored Core VI. Perhaps that’s a bit much to ask of FromSoftware, but for more than a decade now, since Dark Souls itself in 2011, FromSoftware has grown to become renowned for a certain quality in its work. ![]() ![]() I wasn’t expecting Armored Core VI to be a Soulslike, but I was expecting some kind of transformative experience. ![]()
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