Let’s say you owned a time machine, and had nothing better to do with it other than to go back to 2007 and ask a random gamer which titles From Software makes. The answer you’d most likely hear would be: “From Software makes theArmored Coregames.”
And they’d be right, as three years ago the interesting titles that helped lift From back into the spotlight – namelyDemon’s Soulsand3D Dot Game Heroes– did not yet exist, their title lineup dominated byeightinstallments in theArmored Corefranchise (six on the PS2 alone).
Fans of giant stompy robots shouldn’t despair though, as From has not abandoned their oldest baby, theGran Turismoof giant stompy robot games. Instead, they plan to freshen up the formula forArmored Core 5, infusing the missions with more detail and the story with more drama.
And according to Famitsu’s countdown-spoiling story, that necessitates making the giant robots a little less…giant. Yes,Armored Core 5‘s robots are half-sized, standing a “puny” five meters tall, down from ten meters. Keep in mind though, five meters is still aboutseventeen feet.
That said, if losing scale is what it takes to makeArmored Core 5as dramatic as, say,the last game‘s CG intro (check it below), it’s a tiny price to pay.
