User Rating: 9.5 | Armored Core 3: Silent Line PS2
For years now reviewers have complained about the controls of AC. The fact is that these pepole were bred to play mouse and keyboard or tomb raider style of games. However there are a select few who either gravitated towards the AC style gameplay or learned that even though they like the aformentioned styles this too was a unique and fun way to approach gameplay. What is at the heart of any AC game is the replayability and difficulty. From Software make their games hard, espacially Kings Field and Armored Core. The AI in their games also continues to improve with only the top notch PC titles being their rival. In AC SL, the player has all of the old features that for some reason reviewers seem to think is a bad thing, and along with those is new AI features that when fully taken advantage of turns your AC into a galidiator you can pit against friends and your self alike. The degree of customization improved so much in this release that any player can find not only somthing they are good with but also can build that bizzare and great meccha seen only in Japanese animation and the like. For all mecha fans out there this is a must have, the more you play and delve into this , the better it gets. And if it were not really that good the game would not have 10 sequels. Long Live Armored Core!
