I had never played a mecha game before, but I decided to try this since I have thousands of hours in FromSoftware's games, in which I have done SL1, no death and other challenges. I found that this didn't matter and AC6 was a new challenge, having to learn to play in 3D, 4 weapons and without iframes.
I find it more similar to Nioh than recent FromSoftware's games.

In general I like the game and it's great that it's different and I look forward to similar things in the future.
I both like and dislike that you can replay missions in order to get more money. This means you can buy everything if you spend enough time, instead of getting good at the sorties.

I like:
- There is a high skill ceiling. Of course missions can be trivialized with certain setups, but that is common in RPGs.
- The simplicity and complexity of the AC assembly.
- Checkpoints and supply points in missions.
- You can buy and sell items as many times as you want without taxes. This helps a lot for build experimentation since you don't have to upgrade weapons (you get all the OS parts in NG+).
- Pretty cool mechs, environment and missions.
- The graphics and performance are a step up for FromSoftware.
- Tutorials, combat simulation and weapon previews.
- Harder and unique missions after NG.

I don't like:
- The explanations of several gear mechanics. If I have to search the web in order to understand them then they are no descriptive enough.
- There is an issue with flickering increasing the longer you play, it looks like the refresh frequency gets desynced. I spend an afternoon trying to fix it to no avail. I can still play but it makes it annoying.
- I find the plot to be mostly generic nonsense and repetitive. I do like the premise and the faction conflict but I think the execution is bad.
- As a noob it looks to me like some gear choices are way too strong. Like some weapons are supposed to be better against certain types of enemies but they are still not even close to the weapons that are good against everything.
- You only get ranks from re-playing a mission, even if you would have got an S rank on your first time.
- It's a bit short and re-playing misisons doesn't make up for it.
- 1 of the 3 endings is only possible in NG++.

I had never played a mecha game before, but I decided to try this since I have thousands of hours in FromSoftware's games, in which I have done SL1, no death and other challenges. I found that this didn't matter and AC6 was a new challenge, having to learn to play in 3D, 4 weapons and without iframes. I find it more similar to Nioh than recent FromSoftware's games. In general I like the game and it's great that it's different and I look forward to similar things in the future. I both like and dislike that you can replay missions in order to get more money. This means you can buy everything if you spend enough time, instead of getting good at the sorties. I like: - There is a high skill ceiling. Of course missions can be trivialized with certain setups, but that is common in RPGs. - The simplicity and complexity of the AC assembly. - Checkpoints and supply points in missions. - You can buy and sell items as many times as you want without taxes. This helps a lot for build experimentation since you don't have to upgrade weapons (you get all the OS parts in NG+). - Pretty cool mechs, environment and missions. - The graphics and performance are a step up for FromSoftware. - Tutorials, combat simulation and weapon previews. - Harder and unique missions after NG. I don't like: - The explanations of several gear mechanics. If I have to search the web in order to understand them then they are no descriptive enough. - There is an issue with flickering increasing the longer you play, it looks like the refresh frequency gets desynced. I spend an afternoon trying to fix it to no avail. I can still play but it makes it annoying. - I find the plot to be mostly generic nonsense and repetitive. I do like the premise and the faction conflict but I think the execution is bad. - As a noob it looks to me like some gear choices are way too strong. Like some weapons are supposed to be better against certain types of enemies but they are still not even close to the weapons that are good against everything. - You only get ranks from re-playing a mission, even if you would have got an S rank on your first time. - It's a bit short and re-playing misisons doesn't make up for it. - 1 of the 3 endings is only possible in NG++.