Dem poison swamps!

still, better than 0 :D

The series doesn't for sure, and the developer's gone on record as saying it won't share the style of the Souls series or Sekiro.

Going off preview shots and gameplay videos of the game, it's looking to be a lot more like a Gundam/mecha game than a traditional mech game. That is to say, it seems to have much more emphasis on aerial combat and fluid aerial movement, and on generally having more mobile and human-like movements overall, as compared to the western style of essentially being very mobile land tanks (ie, as was the case for all preceding Armored Core games).

This might validate the developer's assertions of utilizing their experiences from their recent games, in that the dodge-heavy gameplay of their games may serve as their claim for inspiration to the more dodge-heavy gameplay of Armored Core VI, as mech games traditionally only having short vertical leaps (including backwards and forwards motion) and side-strafe dodges as mobility-based defensive measures. (Just gotta ignore how standard the current game's approach has been for mecha games and mecha-style space shooters for perhaps two decades now. :P)

Which isn't to say the gameplay videos have moved away from that traditional western setup as a foundation (gameplay videos still feature the same core motions), but now they've got the mechs doing such motions back-to-back, rapidly, and without interfering on firing, while also being able to maintain consistent aerial positioning.

That sort of freedom, speed of motion, and ease of fire is historically much more the domain of mecha game than mech games. (From an RPG perspective, mechas could be seen as high-agilty mages that shoot non-stop, targetted beams of energy at enemies, while mechas would then be moderately to heavily armored archers that to some degree have to decide between moving and firing.)

I'm also catching a lot of shump vibes from the flow of the gameplay, as well (I believe the more recent Transformer games had a similar linear, environment heavy gameplay design as well, so that might be a more topical association to make.).There's also a lot of skiing and sliding movements, as with preceding Armored Core games, but there's a higher intensity and fluidity to it, which may give Vanquish or similar vibes, and one could argue the circle-strafing, rapid-fire aerial elements have an Anthem feel.

In short, there's definitely a "we were influenced by popular and/or notable modern games" vibe overall (regardless of which pieces one gives credit to), but not necessarily a "those influences were from Souls-likes games" element to it. :P

Game may eschew traditional mech standards, but it does look good. And I for one am glad they didn't muddle it by trying to restrict any part of it to a souls format.

Only if they're cold. Or maybe when they're cutting hair and/or grass.
Otherwise they go:

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