Ubisoft jumps in with the new and impressive look to Armoured Core from AC4 taking it back to its control roots.
I see what you're saying about blase landscapes but it's supposed to be a wasteland. Shanghai is rich with the ocean graphics and the buildings are in just the right places to keep it fun just like the PS-Armoured Core: city.
The controls are a hundredfold better than AC4 and that in itself gives it a huge leg over it's predecessor.
The story is not a Tom Clancy novel but then again we don't play AC for the immersive story. It could have more of a news front instead of just some FMV's. Low-res movies you could access that can give you background from the missions like your e-mail back when it was the ravens nest.
The Bad
Have to play all the missions through story mode to get all the parts. I liked the old setup of finish the game and we let you access all the missions.
Not enough players online. I fail to see however how you're going to have a deduction on the quality of the game for that.
Unnecessary parts. While the stabilizers are cool LOOKING they are a waste of parts sifting. In the same complaint I would like to see more leg variants and maybe they can have some secondary boost functionality.
I think the primal armour attack is a little ridiculous.
Note in my bad that everything there is things that would make the game even better. I am nit-picking. It's not like Halo 3 which is same s*** new story.
This game is truly the next level of gaming with full 3D movement a ton of weapons and variations galore.
I am online as rethis. On tuesdays bring the pain!!