Thursday, April 21, 2011

Armored Core - Game Review

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_Core - (List of every single Armored Core game made)

This is going to be a general review since in my opinion the game never really changes too much.

How many of you have played this game or remember playing this game? This game brings back many memories for me since this is one of the first games I played on the original PlayStation (PsOne or PS1, my first console as well)

Basically you play as a kind of mercenary (in some of the other ones I believe you work for corporations) that pilots a robot (Armored Core) and have to do various missions. In a few of the later games there are Arenas that you can play in that are like PvP (player versus Player) matches against the computer. There are also 2 player versus modes and in later games for the Playstation 2 you were allowed to play online I think (I never payed online or had an interest to do so). 

A quick note for those of you that have an Xbox360 or a PSP, there are Armored Core games for those consoles as well. (The PSP one is a big let down in my opinion).

The graphics of the game got better with each new game released and the gameplay and story line did as well, they even added in extra aspects such as heating problems of the Armored Core and an extra fast speed boost (overboost? or overdrive) and also extensions (more than the "optional parts" feature). For me all this added features and aspects took away from the simplicity of the game and with it my interest in continuing the collection of the series.

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To buy, rent, or leave on the shelf?

I say its a buy if you like Gundam or Third-Person shooters and want the added spin of a mech aspect.

The games vary in price and after doing a quick search it seems that the older versions of the game (Armored Core for PS1) has become something like a collectible going for around $60 on amazon.com but some other sites are selling it for less than $10 (don't know if these sites are trusted or not).

If anything you can go to Walmart or Gamestop (they should have a bunch) and look for the older games or used copies of the newer ones for PS2 and PS3.

22 comments:

  1. I'll have to plug in my old ps2 then if i want to play this :D
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  2. I'll have to check this out. I love third-person shooters.

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  3. Never played them but your review made the game sound good.

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  4. I remember this game from a while back, loved it back then. Hope still do now.

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  5. I've always hated mecha video games, or mecha anything, especially anime. But this was review was interesting, following. :D

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  6. Played it on PS1 it is worth a play or two.

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  7. I've heard of this game but never played it myself

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  8. i remember this game, i had the demo for it, ive always had a thing for mechs

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  9. prolly just rent for me, not many games right now keep me happy

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  10. dont really like 3ps. but nice review!

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  13. the older games were awesome, but the new games not so much

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  15. I love the Armoured Core series.

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  16. if you can get it cheap it's definitely worth it. i have ocassionaly played armored core games starting from ps1 and they don't disappoint.

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