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Go to Mars for spring break with Armored Core 2 for Playstation2By Jeff Denmon - Video Game Review -
In single player mode, there are over 50 missions as well as an arena where players can participate in one-on-one battles against computer-controlled opponents The player takes the role of a Raven, a mercenary who pilots a giant robot capable of mass destruction and general disarray.A visually breathtaking game, “Armored Core 2” takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where the people of Earth have literally destroyed the planet with war and pollution. Although most of the player’s time is spent in buildings, underground caverns and deserted military bases, what the Raven does see is detailed textures of the rocks, water and metal. The three major corporations that have taken hold of the governments from Earth have now moved their aspirations of power to the planet Mars.The three corporations offer jobs and send the Raven to several exotic locations in order to trump the other corporations. However, the game loses its edge as the player slowly begins to upgrade his or her machine with the over 100 optional parts that can be bought from the shop. The control scheme, which can be set to the player’s own preferences, will at first be reminiscent of the older “mech” platformers with strafing buttons on the shoulders.Once or twice in the game the player is presented with a mission that he or she must take for no pay at all. In that mission the player is given little or no information on how to complete it. Players spend hours on end trying to figure out that they still have no clue as to what to do. Fortunately, there is an “abort mission” function.“Armored Core 2” is a solid, inexpensive and addictive gem of a game that will keep the RPG/mech combat fan busy all spring break. |
Players can find a beautiful bargain bin gem of role-playing game elements, mech (giant robot) combat simulation and pure carnage in Agetec’s “Armored Core 2.”