Armored Core 4 (PS3)

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a b Steinberg, Steve (October 9, 2002). "Armored Core 3 (PS2)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 17, 2005 . Retrieved December 17, 2018. Since its first release, the Armored Core games have featured multiplayer options in some form. In the original PlayStation era, local split-screen multiplayer modes were the primary method, generally featuring head-to-head battles. [21] A PlayStation Link Cable feature, allowing for the connection of two PlayStation consoles, was included in all three original Armored Core titles. [22] Returning after a removal in Another Age, the Arena is a free-form game mode that allows players to fight other pilots to rise in rank. [9] Winning Arena matches can provide players with credits and parts that can be used on their Armored Core unit. [11] Armored Core 2 is the fourth game in the Armored Core series. It released in 2000 and brought the series to the PlayStation 2. Armored Core 2 featured the same mission-style campaign as the original trilogy and the Arena mode established in Master of Arena. The most notable changes came with the gameplay, as the mechs not only moved slower but had to account for the potential of weapons to overheat during combat, as well.

Like its earlier counterparts, Armored Core 3 hosts a local multiplayer mode that allows players to fight their friends via split screen or console linking with a Sony I-Link Fire Wire cable. As a new feature, the Fire Wire cable allows for up to 4 players to connect their consoles rather than the previous maximum of 2 players. [10] An offline bot mode for fighting computer opponents is included. [11]Xbox 360]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018 . Retrieved December 22, 2018. Main articles: Armored Core 3, Silent Line: Armored Core, Armored Core: Nexus, and Armored Core: Last Raven

Villoria, Gerald (May 17, 2006). "Armored Core 2: Another Age Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 16, 2018.Clements, Ryan (September 22, 2008). "Armored Core for Answer Review". IGN . Retrieved April 15, 2020.

A few years after protagonist Leos Klein attempts a coup, the Earth once again faces a power struggle between three large corporations and a revolutionary group attempting to establish a new government. It’s this tense premise that lets Armored Core 2: Another Age mark the end of the original timeline of Armored Core and it definitely tries to go all out. While there’s no presence of Arena Mode, the game has more than 100 missions to keep players entertained for quite a long time. Mueller, Greg (June 23, 2006). "Armored Core: Last Raven Review". GameSpot . Retrieved March 13, 2020. Miller, Greg (March 20, 2007). "Armored Core 4 Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018 . Retrieved December 22, 2018.A stand-alone expansion, Silent Line: Armored Core, was released on January 23, 2003, and was a direct sequel to Armored Core 3. [43] Like other expansions in the franchise, players could import their progress from Armored Core 3 into Silent Line, retaining their parts and credits from the earlier game. [20] Silent Line introduced new gameplay mechanics, including computer-controlled companions and a first person mode. [44] [45] Taking place around a decade after Armored Core 4, the story of Armored Core: For Answer follows the trend of Last Raven and features multiple endings. In it, players take the role of an agent called a Lynx and their journey around a war in a polluted-ruined world. Of all the games in the franchise, For Answer perhaps added the best gameplay improvements. Fortunately, there are several legal alternatives to get Armored Core: Verdict Day relatively cheaply: Unlike the first game, Project Phantasma only has 17 missions, a far cry from the first title which has 50. However, while Project Phantasma offers a neat cross-save option from the first game, the more linear approach does make it a fast and loose experience. Claim To Fame: Armored Core: Project Phantasma a b Burner, Rice (2005-02-04). "Armored Core: Nexus Review for PS2". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 4, 2005 . Retrieved 2020-03-13.

Our sequel retains the third-person perspective, reminiscent of Armored Core 4, but amplifies the arena to an unprecedented scale: 20 square kilometers of sprawling territory for the player to move freely. Introducing a formidable foe to the fray, Arms Forts resemble gargantuan spaceships, armed to the teeth and standing seven kilometers in length. These colossal behemoths can obliterate your mech instantly, but a wise pilot will use boosters to dart swiftly around the leviathan, methodically inflicting damage. NEW MODELS FOR THE MECH CONNOISSEUR Pay attention to your mission objective, only focus on that. Listen to ALL of the mission briefings at least once. Don't focus on destroying every enemy in the level. That's a great way to run out of ammo, get killed, or lower your mission rank. Plus, the game just becomes tedious and boring if you do that. A curiosity about the game is that, according to the producer Toshifumi Nabeshima, the player should hold the controller (PS3 and Xbox 360) in a special way as the ideal to effectively control ACs. According to information from the game itself, this way of playing is called “densetsu no AC mochi” (伝説のAC持ち) in Japanese, which means the “legendary Armored Core grip”. [2] Compared to other games in the series, Armored Core: Nexus begins with a rather interesting twist - a new corporation named Navis has been investigating ancient technology, putting other corporations in high tensions that lead to all-out war. Players, as part of the Raven’s Ark, work with ACs to earn money. Second-hand stores: Second-hand stores are also an excellent option, as they usually have a video game area where you can find games and consoles that you thought would be impossible to get. Besides, it is very likely that you have one near your home.Armored Core was initially released in Japan for the Sony PlayStation on July 10, 1997. [11] FromSoftware partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment and released a North American version on October 25 the same year, while a European version was released on June 1, 1998. [12]