From Software achieved impressive critical success with the follow-up to their sadistic death-simulator Demon’s Souls, with Dark Souls appealing to niche gamers looking for a challenge. The latest in the Armored Core mech-simulator franchise has From Software’s fingerprints evident in many aspects, including an example of boundary-pushing online experimentation such as that seen in Dark Souls’ asynchronous ghosts of the dead. Armored Core, now in its fourteenth instalment, switches out some aspects but keeps a few key components as it moves toward a more rounded online experience.
John GodGames Emus has released some new videos, showing Haze, Afro Samurai, Armored Core V and Clash of the Titans running in 4K on the PC thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.
Whatever happened to Afro Samurai 2? After they took it off the digital store I thought they’d come back with an improved product
The framerate and rending were more of the concern over resolution for me, and I can see they are making solid strides. Haze runs pretty well and doesn't seem to have many graphical or audio glitches (one cannot say the same for Ghost Recon lol). Given Sony hasn't provided any real backwards compatibility options, this is something I might consider. I still have my PS3 hooked up if I have a hankering for some last gen goodness, but I also wouldn't mind playing those games with either increased resolution or frame rate, whenever the emulator gets to that point :-)
Sometimes, regular old firepower just isn’t enough, and you have to dip into that high-powered futuristic technology to get the job done.
The Armored Core V server is going to be shut down later this month worldwide, From Software and Bandai Namco have recently announced.