i was having fun with armored core 6 until i got to balteus. fastest i've ever downloaded a cheat table in my life.
i'm just not very interested at all in playing this as souls style, which is too say spending an hour learning a really hard boss that's gating my progress. particularly in this case, where i really think this boss in particular is playing so hard against the game's core strengths.
i kind of don't get why this boss is even here because up until this point it hasn't been this kind of game at all. it's been a fun make a gundam paint job, stomp about and watch the spectacle kind of game. this weird syke moment feels bad, and like, i caught myself hitting the dark souls heavy attack button after a dodge, because the stylistic shift was so severe.
really, everything about this game's design kinda screams 'hey i should have a difficulty mode setting'.