Aesthetics are really important to me. I love games where the protagonist unlocks latent abilities that allow for the summoning of a badass suit of armor. Are there any games that let you control a character that uses a gun while in armor?
Some games that really scratched that itch for me were Prototype 1 and Dark Sector.
Honorable mentions include Warframe (a little too arcadey), Skyrim's Dragon Armor shout (no gunplay, but fixable with mods), Resident Evil 4 Remake (cool tactical outfits and combat but no armor), Helldivers 1 (cool combat but not as cool armor) and the Dead Space franchise.
Some games that really did NOT scratch itch include Helldivers 2 (no cool armors) and Prototype 2 (too bulky characters.)
Here are some references for what I have in mind:
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Vanquish
Not sure if you’ve tried, but destiny 2 might scratch that ouch if you’re into armor.
One of the community memes of that game is that fashion is the real endgame
Crysis
Doom, Halo
Stellar blade
Basically my recommendation is anything that’s Warhammer 40k related. Big new example would be Space Marine 2 and its sequel. Short and sweet campaign, dozens of hours in a PvE and a few more in their PvP server.
On that same vein, Warhammer Vermentide is also a favourite of mine.
For the memes, I’d say Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has some gunplay but it’s very minor as it’s a late-medieval game.
Maybe the new DemonxMachina?
Probably not exactly what you’re looking for but Xenoblade Chronicles X has some pretty cool armour sets and gun focussed classes.
Vanquish might be up your alley.
Skyrim with mods.
There are ways to summon armor and shields around your character. There are shouts that manifest your character’s powsr outward like an ethereal dragonhide shell. It’s the first thing coming to mind.
Warframe has a lot of these two.
Rhino can harden its outer surface into a crazy durable alloy.
Revenant can create layered defenses able to shrug off a number of hits.
A lot of warframes have damage reduction effects too, like Mesa (who becomes basically bulletproof) or Zephyr (who uses wind currents around itself to redirect incoming projectiles) or Gauss (using kinetics and thermodynamics to absorb incoming hits harmlessly).