Pushing Play writes: "Right off the bat, the opening cut scene blew me away. I know I'm only supposed to review an hour of strict gameplay, but damn did it get me excited to blow shit up. Unfortunately, that excitement was to be short lived. Before you start your campaign, the game puts you through a mandatory training sequence, which is fine. However, I immediately noticed that the graphics were considerably lacking. My mech itself looked excellent, but the ground was basically a texture map, and the buildings looked like they were constructed from Lego blocks. As with Gears of War and Resistance, everything is gray, the only primary colors you see are from explosions, which looked VERY last-gen. At the time, I thought this was because I was in a training mission, but even after playing the main game, these graphical trends continued. Everything besides your own mech looks lifeless and boring.
The Armored Core fans will tell you that the game looks this way because of the story, in which humanity has polluted the earth to the point where life on the surface is impossible. This is supposed to explain why there isn't a single tree in the whole game, and why all the surfaces you play on are either water, sand, or concrete. However, to me the story came across as an excuse to not design more visually compelling levels. Bleh."
After several months of waiting, FromSoftware finally revealed the Japanese release date for Armored Core's massive CD Box.
"FromSoftware Announces Release Date for Armored Core's Massive 20th . . ."
Ooooo *clicks article*
". . . Anniversary Soundtrack"
It might show up differently on phones or whatever, but on my phone those last two words are cut out when seeing the article on the front page, and only show up when you click on it and see the full title, lol.
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In all honesty, some games would be better off left on the whiteboard at the design meeting. Whether they're too ambitious, too expensive or simply too good to be true, gamers are frequently led to imagine great things only to have our expectations dashed when the game finally arrives. How could these games be so good on paper yet underwhelm so spectacularly?
its not even a bad game but thats what i thought automatically.
i think it was because of the e3 gaming media attention. i think those fckers gassed me up.
for those that didnt play farcry 2 its a good game I just dont think its worth $60 dollars unless youre committed to planned attacks that dont work most of the time. there is no multiplayer. well there is mutlitplayer but youre not gonna want to play it.
given enough time farcry 2 could be 1 of your favortie games. play with the settings on your tv and it can look really good.
PALGN writes: "Mech games have been around for years, though, for some reason, they don't always seem to make it to PAL territories. It's a bit odd really – giant robots shooting each other a lot seems like it would have universal appeal. Anyway, the Armored Core series has been around for over a decade now, with games appearing on the PlayStation, PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360, among others. The newest game to the series is the bizarrely titled For Answer, which builds on 2007's Armored Core 4. However, to be honest, not much as changed – if you liked the last game, then you're going to like this one. If you, for whatever reason, didn't like AC4, this isn't going to change your mind".
...why they insist on peddling this fecal matter as playable games. The videos of the game intro I've seen look amazing, the gameplay videos makes lil baby infant Jesus colicky.