FromSoftware’s iconic Moonlight Greatsword weapon from the likes of Darkish Souls and Elden Ring additionally makes an look in Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon.
The sword, which in most video games takes the type of an enormous blade that glows an eery inexperienced and blasts beams of sunshine, seems within the large mech battler Armored Core 6 because the IA-C01W2: MOONLIGHT, often known as the Mild Wave Blade.
Its single, double, and horizontal slash assaults all fireplace waves of inexperienced gentle, harking back to the Moonlight Greatsword’s talents in earlier FromSoftware video games.
Although now related to the Darkish Souls collection and comparable titles (like FromSoftware itself), the blade first appeared in 1994’s King’s Area because the Moonlight Sword. It is since appeared in nearly each FromSoftware title together with the Armored Core franchise.
Demon’s Souls options the Giant Sword of Moonlight, for instance, whereas Bloodborne has the Holy Moonlight Sword. Solely Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which did not characteristic any interchangeable weapons, does not characteristic some model of the sword, although some followers consider an enormous, glowing inexperienced blade held by a late-game boss is meant to symbolize the Moonlight Greatsword.
Armored Core 6 gamers can try the place to seek out this sport’s model of the Moonlight Greatsword in IGN’s information or by watching the video above. The long-awaited sequel is off to a sizzling begin after taking pictures to the highest of Steam’s finest promoting video games chart throughout its launch weekend, briefly dethroning the critically-acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3.
In our 8/10 assessment, IGN stated: “Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon’s stellar customization choices feed into its wonderful mecha fight, and the result’s difficult fight puzzles that stored my consideration right through its 15-hour marketing campaign and past. It’s let down by a boring story, however lands direct hits the place it counts.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
