I am doubtful of the military mecha genreās capabilities to tell anything other than cynical stories of social defeat despite military victories, and Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is a proponent of that doubt.
Read MoreMechs are not practical tools of war. It seems silly to point that out but there is a reason they look so much like people. They are extensions of our humanity. A humanity that longs to sing, dance, explore, know, love, and break beyond its own limits. The tragedy of mechs is that these colossal people are made to live as a site of conflict; that they are born to die rather than experience every glorious moment in-between.
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