12-12-2022, 10:32 AM
(12-11-2022, 10:37 PM)atdsutm Wrote: I'm thinking of a mix of Elden Ring and extraction shooter like The Cycle or Tarkov. Drop on the map at specific points where you have explored. Do quests and explore the map and extract out of the planet to repair and rearm etc... The more places you have explored, the more drop points you can go into the map again. Drop points are probably the bonfires of the game tbh.
Know what? I was thinking they might do something like an extraction shooter as well. If they're gonna go this route, I'm guessing it's gonna be one enormous, unexplored, and uncovered map like in Elden Ring to keep the depth of mystery. Your checkpoints/bonfires/sites of grace, bring you back to your base/hub akin to Cycle/Tarkov/Hunter's Dream, where you can re-arm, shop, accept missions, etc. If you get destroyed, your AC's scraps and loot and scavenged materials stay where you got knocked out like in Souls, and you can pick them up upon redeployment.
Upon accepting missions, certain areas of the open world are walled off, and scripted events would be setup, but still using the basic overlay of the land. The closest comparison I can think of would be MGSV if they'll follow this pattern.
Then there's the money aspect, and what it would do as far as game mechanics are concerned. Leveling up was never a thing in Armored Core, and it would be a drastic change if they were to introduce a similar mechanic from the Souls games. So, I'm guessing they'll pass it off as upgrades this time? I do wish they'd retain the out-of-the-box weapon stats like in every AC game, but let's see if their system is gonna surprise us.
