Best giant mech game in awhile but still needs some work

User Rating: 7.5 | Armored Core 4 X360
Ok to begin out with, this was a hard game to review. Not just because its been a LONG time since I've played it (good memory helps me) but because giant mech games are so hard to review. They are normally just action games with slower movements and quicker action. Until you get flying in these games or you wear some stupid wheels instead of legs. However dont think i hate these games. I'm just saying if you take away the graphics it is a different game experience. But this game didn't take away those graphics.
Anyways the game delievers a powerful experience that you will find hard to forget. the graphics are amazing and the mechs you meet and make will blow you away. You can customize the colors, parts, performance, weapons, and emblems of your mechs. You need to do so to survive this game, no matter how you want to play. That's right, this game doesn't care that you want to use a certain type of weapon, you need to learn to adapt. the game gives you the option to play any mission from previous chapters to gain extra cash for the customizations. Plus you can sell back any part you no longer need for the SAME price as you bought it for, allowing you to buy even more. Also, you are given the option of taking down a certain mech from a menu to earn parts and $$$. You will eventually learn how to make an anti-mech weapon and a tank-like mech to take regular enemies bullets and then crush them (seriously, I was able to take down the #1 mech in the single player mode with almost no damage but was killed in almost 15 seconds by some regular enemies, more on that later).
The difficulty varies between just --right-- and --OH MY @#%%^&*$#%@$ !$%@^ THAT WAS SO ^&**$%^&*@ CHEAP!!!!!-- (you will learn cusswords that don't exist yet not that they will be censored). Yes, even expert players will feel like they won by the skin of their teeth on some missions. Others will know they got by luck alone. All you can do is try to customize to be the best you can be. If there was a better system for wading through endless grunts (with surprisingly good weapons that can rip you apart) this would have earned a better score from me. Still one thing that won me over was the fast paced combat and the booster system that gets you from point A to 5 miles away point B in 3 seconds.
Overall a fun game with a fairly good story of war in the future. A great gift idea for anyone who wants a game where they can take control giant walking death machine we all now and love as a mech.