Improvement on 4
posted by divine7942 (LEXINGTON, KY) Dec 30, 2011
Member since May 2011
A good entry in the series. It improves on AC4 in every way, though the core of the game is the same.
Mechs are endlessly customizable. The controls are difficult to master, but quite responsive. The music is pretty good in this installment as well. Once you get the hang of the controls, gameplay is entertaining, and there is a decent amount of variation in enemies and environment.
Graphics are thoroughly mediocre and nothing to write home about.
Unfortunately, the story still borders on nonsense. I'm not sure how much of this is due to translation, but the story frequently just throws characters at you that you've never seen before and expects you to care about them, and much of the dialogue is stilted.
I'm also still waiting on this series to deliver better storyline missions. Most are simple search and destroy, and none will take more than a few minutes if you know what you're doing. I'd much prefer having half the number of missions you're given in this game, if only they were longer, with reload/checkpoints, and a more open and diverse world. The giant arms fort battles are a nice touch, but they're also sometimes marked by crippling slowdown, at least in my experience on the ps3.
Overall if you're a fan of the series this is a good to great game. If not your mileage may vary significantly.
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