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8
Very Good
Great Game
posted by JoeyValles (STOCKTON, CA) Mar 24, 2012
Member since Feb 2010
16 out of 18 gamers (89%) found this review helpful
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8
Very Good
Daunting but Rewarding
posted by Fyren (WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA) Mar 21, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
10 out of 12 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
The fan of the series will swear by it regardless of the quality, and AC5 has not suffered. The inane learning curve, the part hunt, the controls, the joy piloting your own mech brings giddiness to the fans. It continues to improve the series.
But, you came to read the reviews because you couldn't tell a mech from a Mac.
Let me list some criterias that may help you decide whether plunge into the series or go off to a game where hand-holding is necessary.
1. Does anybody in your family have any inkling towards engineering? extended family?
2. Do you like Legos? Did you ever play with Legos in any stage of your life? Did you ever build any contraption with the said Lego so you may go on a path of destuction? K'Nex also works.
3. Did you watch any form of media where a robot/mech was involved that involved tons of arsenal?
4. Did those arsenal contain shoulder beams?
5. Do you enjoy twitch based mayhem that doesn't involve a 12 year old kid screaming in your head of his affairs with your mother?
6. Do you enjoy a challenge and the satisfaction of finally "getting it"?
7. Did you throw your controller at any point during the aforementioned games Demons/Dark Soul?
You only need to meet one of those criterias to push the queue button. Nothing to lose but a rental space and possibly come away with a new love.
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6
Above Average
Do not play single player
posted by Mickeyy (BURBANK, CA) Apr 16, 2012
Member since Apr 2012
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
The game play was great and there is a billion different modifications you can do to your mech. After about two hours of getting in the game I realized that it was too repetitive and most the missions were made to be played online. I've heard this game is great online so if you're thinking of adding this on the que. Make sure your aiming to play online rather than single player.
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8
Very Good
Not that Confusing
posted by piggiepie (DALLAS, TX) Mar 23, 2012
Member since Mar 2010
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
First, I am completely new to AC. Never played a mech type game and for some reason picked this up on a whim. While this game appears to be super in depth to begin with, it quickly makes itself user friendly.
The confusing, tough interface people seem to have a problem with actually works well for me. In fact, I was impressed with the ease of communicating, ease of navigating menus/objectives/mech assembly and linking up with my squad mates. I even started my own team and have successfully recruited a dozen other players for our team.
Seriously, if I can figure this game out, get a team up and running while defending our territory, so can anyone of you. True, there is a small learning curve but I found the curve to be enjoyable. Also true, this game is not for everyone, but for me I was pleasantly surprised. I put ME3 down if that helps any. Give it more than 30 minutes, join a half decent team or create and recruit your own. Fun level just elevated to happy level..
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1
Horrible
terrible
posted by parthornax (NEW YORK, NY) Jul 23, 2012
Member since Jun 2012
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
the story makes no sense i hate it its practically a mmo
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10
Perfect
AC fans, this is a MUST HAVE.
posted by Karasawa7 (ALBANY, GA) Mar 23, 2012
Member since Feb 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
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5
Fair
A Great Barrier of Entry
posted by dedalus (LOS ANGELES, CA) Mar 22, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
2 out of 6 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
The interface is very complex, even after going through the tutorial you will probably be confused (unless of course you're already familiar with Armored Core).
The gameplay is decent enough if you are in to mech fighting, but the real reason people play this game is for the competition and upgrade system. You can upgrade your mech with money won from battles, that is if you can figure out how to start one. That, however is really all this game has to offer. The graphics are not at all good. At one point there was a close-up on one of the mechs and I was waiting for texture pop-in, but nope. Nothing popped in, the graphics were just that bad.
Personally I regret putting in my Q; now I am going to have to wait a week for turn around because I'm sending the game back today (the day it came).
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4
Weak
Review From AC Rookie
posted by chuck74 (SAN DIEGO, CA) Mar 21, 2012
Member since Dec 2009
2 out of 11 gamers (18%) found this review helpful
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Full disclosure that I've never played Armored Core before. I play tons of games though so I'm not a gaming newbie in general.
Frankly I found the game interface completely confusing and outdated. It seemed like the developer has never played a modern game and had no grasp of usability.
I couldn't get into free play matches.... I joined a team and it said to rendezvous to join the team... I pushed rendezvous with the team and it said it was full.... It was an utterly confusing and frustrating mess.
When you first start up the game it shows some cutscenes and then gives you a tutorial. I played the tutorial and found the graphics to be last gen quality. The gameplay otherwise felt okay. I'm not a big mech fan in general and now completely wished I had skipped this rental altogether.
Pros
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1) I've got nothing....however, if you've played the series you will probably be just fine.
Cons
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1) PS2 quality graphics
2) game interface was written by someone with no sense of usability and a masters degree in obfuscation
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4
Weak
Deceived Maybe?
posted by NordLeadGaming (DELTONA, FL) Dec 2, 2012
Member since Apr 2012
But we would expect a 3rd person Action title like AC V to be BUAH!!! Amazing actiong boom blams fun! Right?. Wrong! the actual game has none next gen graphics my mech looked like a PS2 AC release the movement was blocky and unrealistic compared to Front Mission Evolved mechs which WAS next Gen gameplay and graphics but lacked the customization that ArmCore always provided, the environment all looked the same some with snow and some with less visibility that were more mountainous overall it went from a big dark blur to a big light blur (star wars reference lol) seriously the game was lacking compared to what I would expect from a Next gen game . Never the less i could maybe have over looked the already poorly rated graphics up until I realized there was no STORY! Sigh… so we have poor graphics, poor sound quality, no story, not much to look forward to unless you’re a die hard AC fan.
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3
Bad
Boring and clumsy
posted by FU2GnomeofDeath (DEKALB, IL) Sep 18, 2012
Member since Sep 2012
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1
Horrible
Not the same
posted by Freyjador (CENTRAL SQUARE, NY) Aug 31, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
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10
Perfect
I love this game, and the AC Series
posted by MAS8394 (EASTON, PA) Aug 30, 2012
Member since Jan 2012
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6
Above Average
Armored Core 5
posted by Gavinci215 (NEW YORK, NY) Aug 16, 2012
Member since Nov 2011
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1
Horrible
not great
posted by joshboff (PALM COAST, FL) Aug 7, 2012
Member since Jun 2011
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1
Horrible
not worth it
posted by mrwinkie72 (SANDY, UT) Aug 6, 2012
Member since Aug 2012
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1
Horrible
Lame
posted by add1ct (VENICE, CA) Jun 12, 2012
Member since Aug 2011
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5
Fair
A disservice to Armored Core fans
posted by FascistKarp (SACRAMENTO, CA) Jun 11, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
If you liked working the different weapon manufacturers and choosing from multiple missions to get the best profit/favor, all the while fine tuning your Mech with the latest technology, you should avoid ACV like I wish I did.
The team interface is a huge pain to Singleplayer and completely compulsory. If you have 0 interest in trying to pathetically start your own insignificant team or joining an established one and getting bossed around by ego-tripping nerds online than this game has nothing else to offer you. The SP missions are linear and boring, basically worthless, and the offline gladiator battle arenas are completely gone. And because this is a niche online-style of a niche game in a niche genre, the amount of players is terrible. There's 3 teams that control everything, so joining or starting anything else is a waste of everyone's time. Who even knows 5 people that all play Armored Core anyway? I've met a total of 2 other people that like the series in my 22 years of life.
The story is literally incomprehensible. My Helo pilot was shot down, then 2 seconds later flying around spouting out some nonsense about her dad (I later found out they named the dictator "Father" -_-) and his influence. It's even more impenetrable than Evangelion on your first watch.
Overall, this game is a textbook example of how "Next-gen online connectivity" does not always improve a game and in fact can destroy a perfectly good IP, and I greatly fear we will never see a good armored core game again now they've gone Online-focused.
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8
Very Good
armored core
posted by donsellers (HUNTSVILLE, AL) Jun 5, 2012
Member since Feb 2008
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7
Good
Very good
posted by DR_BENTLEY (NORTH WALES, PA) May 15, 2012
Member since Aug 2011
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10
Perfect
Great game
posted by Deathsteelblade (SHEBOYGAN, WI) Mar 21, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
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10
Perfect
Awesome game!!
posted by NHGUY09 (SOMERSWORTH, NH) Mar 20, 2012
Member since Jul 2010
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