Armored Core general

Well, I don't think we've heard anything new about V recently, but I'm going through Master Of Arena right now and enjoying it quite a bit. It's a bit easier than some of the later installments, in part due to rather derpy AI (protip)

, but I don't really mind. Wasn't expecting Moonlight and Karasawa to actually be affordable in their first appearance, or for every single Arena Raven not packing weapon arms to mount the former, considering I never really got far enough to equip them in the later installments (then again I am terrible at the PS 2 games for some reason).

So, strategies, favorite AC configurations, Nine Ball horror stories, speculation about the setting of V, anything goes.

edited 7th Apr '11 6:49:46 AM by NoraOfTheFields

One particular Nine Ball horror story that came up to my mind: I was in a high Armored AC, armed with a Pistol, a sword, and some Missiles. When Nine Ball Seraph showed up, I keep on evading it's attacks, swerving left and right. At one point, I was at Close Range with Nine Ball Seraph, and it killed me by spamming it's blade attack at me.

The moral of the story: DO NOT ENGAGE NINE BALL SERAPH IN CLOSE COMBAT.

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Okay, just finished the main plot of Master Of Arena.

All I can say is this: The Karasawa is broken. Broken broken broken broken.

Man it has been a while. The last AC game I played was vanilla 3.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.

I've only really played 2 and 3, and didn't beat either one.

I honestly spent more time coloring and designing the emblem for my mech than I did playing the actual missions.

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Bleh.... Armored Core could've and would've been so much better in PS 2 at the start. But first thing's first, from 2 to 3, there's no analog support. They actually goofed up about studying the devkit. Then there's the whole thing about part mixing and balancing that runs on a formula that doesn't work properly (a mix of numbers instead of formulas)

Finally, there's always this big slab of beef : AI able to do things you won't be able to : using heavy weapons on backs without kneeling. Particularly on two feet. It doesn't get much better in 4 and 4A from what I've seen. They would take what they already did in the later PS 2 games, and put them Up To Eleven , like the very disadvantageous 1 AC / Next against many situation, extended cuts and more. It's what number mechanics suck in, they sap away the fun factor and appeal at the same time

Overall, I can't say Armored Core series has a bright future unless someone shoves the PS 1 game spirit right back

edited 9th Apr '11 8:47:02 AM by Cassie

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To be honest, I don't see why analog support is such a big deal. The games play just fine with the D-pad.

In fact I recall playing one that did allow analog support. I found it uncomfortable as hell and switched right back to the D-pads.

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If I recall correctly, Nexus has analog support.

However, I prefer Master of Arena over Nexus, even though that Nexus is a good game, and it'll remain at my heart for being the first Armored Core game I own.

edited 12th Apr '11 1:34:00 PM by AttObl

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This. To be honest, I thought it was actually harder to play when they added analogue support than when I was doing all my aiming with the L and R buttons.

Well, I'm an FPS kind of person then. My thumbs couldn't have been more relaxed if I stick to the old D-pad scheme. The buttons rubbing on my thumb would just pain me too much to concentrate

edited 9th Apr '11 3:03:39 PM by Cassie

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That might be it. I tend to do my FPSing on PCs rather than consoles.

Though, a part of it is that the Armored Core controls are similar to those of Mega Man Legends and King's Field, which are some of my favorite 3D games.

EDIT: Actually, there was another issue as well. I seem to recall the one analog-enabled AC game I played, if you selected the analog scheme, had the commands all mapped in a weird way that didn't make any sense, whereas the D-Pad way had them where you'd expect them to be. That, honestly, was more of a deal breaker (maybe even a nine deal breaker?) than the analog sticks themselves.

edited 10th Apr '11 11:43:15 AM by MoeDantes

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