Peffse Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) Apparently Armored Core 3 is a candidate for the Smithsonian video game art exibit debuting soon. You can vote on various games to be in the exibit at www.artofvideogames.orgIt's under Era 5, Playstation 2, Combat/Strategy (the last genre). EDIT: Whoopsie, miss-clicked the wrong generation. Sorry about that. Edited February 16, 2011 by Peffse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragon Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Oh, I am DEFINITELY voting for Armored Core 3. Though simplistic, it's a good representative of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffon Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I voted for it. MGS2 is going to be one hell of an obstacle though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomrah Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I went ahead and voted AC3 as well, although they should really put better pictures for the games.Where is Silent Hill 2? Ranger X got my vote, I was pleased to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakuhatsu Pengin Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 so, did armored core make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peffse Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Voting was extended until the 17th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peffse Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Yuck, Halo 2 won an award.I've just lost all respect for the Smithsonian Institute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragon Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 I just got word of it. AC3 didn't win any awards. I hate the Smithsonian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niji Superfan Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Oh, I am DEFINITELY voting for Armored Core 3. Though simplistic, it's a good representative of the series. AC3 has the ugliest part design, the weakest variety of parts and the absolute most boring single player of all the games in the franchise. But sure, it's a good representation of the series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffon Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 AC3 has the ugliest part design, the weakest variety of parts and the absolute most boring single player of all the games in the franchise. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/GriffonsScythe/Jokernotamused.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niji Superfan Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/GriffonsScythe/Jokernotamused.jpg Well, really, can you tell me I'm wrong? AC3's saving grace is that it has a combination of a decent number of missions (albeit tedious and boring ones) and a pretty solid arena. Other than that, you have a bunch of shit parts ripped straight from Another Age but nowhere near as cool or interesting. The only markedly new and interesting feature in AC3 was the inclusion of left-arm howitzers and the (completely pointless) left-arm flamethrower. Honestly, my biggest issue with is that everything looks really, really stupid and it does nothing to make up for this. You can call me vain if you like, but then, I said this of ACFA and I was still looking forward to it on the basis that it had promise. Granted, ACFA was a fucking farce and hopelessly squandered any potential it had over a period of five shitty regulations, but I digress. The big issue with AC3 is that the plot (and by extension, a lot of the missions) is shamelessly recycled from AC1, but nowhere near as cool. About the only standout quality in AC3 is the degree of interactivity, in that you have the option to kill somewhere from 15 to 20 ACs across all the missions, but that's really not enough to save it. The fact that the final boss fight is two generic ACs really doesn't help it to stand out either. AA really bitched out about this as well, but then, AA also had three bonus fights with superbosses from the PSX games, and still had more than its share of unique boss fights. AC3 had... Three, one of whom you can stand on top of and blade to death. Sweet man. Factor the comparatively shallow multiplayer experience into all this, and you're left with a game that feels pretty underwhelming even by the standards of AC2 or AA. I don't think AC3 is a bad game, but uh... It's not an especially good game, either. As far as I'm concerned, it's a warmup for Silent Line. Edited May 18, 2011 by Altaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Talentless Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 and the (completely pointless) left-arm flamethrower. My brother, who sucked at AC in general, beat the top rankers of the arena with a flame-thrower. In fact, it was the only way he could do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffon Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Well, really, can you tell me I'm wrong? AC3's saving grace is that it has a combination of a decent number of missions (albeit tedious and boring ones) and a pretty solid arena. Other than that, you have a bunch of shit parts ripped straight from Another Age but nowhere near as cool or interesting. The only markedly new and interesting feature in AC3 was the inclusion of left-arm howitzers and the (completely pointless) left-arm flamethrower. http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/6893/picture1de.png I think that AC3 was a huge improvement over AA. Sure it may not have had the number of arts that AA did but it was starting a whole new series, that always happens. But there was more part variety and the parts were a lot better balanced than they were in AA, I mean what was banned in AC3? The CROW, and that's about it? And I don't know how you're getting that the parts are blander and less interesting. Comparing some of the few parts that did make it from game to game, the SKYEYE and RE/005 look much cooler and more interesting than the NIGHTEYE and EGRET. Sure, the SAWA may not have had its trademark look but it still looked suitably dangerous and there's no way you're gonna argue that the "bullet" itself wasn't the best its ever been. The graphics themselves looked much more polished, the game was faster, the music was better, the balance was a bit better, etc. I'm not saying AA was a bad game, far from it. Just that from an outsiders perspective, AC3 is a much better representation of the series as a whole. Edited May 18, 2011 by Griffon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechadon Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 I heard about this through the Doom community. I voted for Doom...and I didn't look at any of the other era games. If I had known, I definitely would have voted for AC3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argroh Valdios Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Halo 2 at Smithsonian? America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakuhatsu Pengin Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 so uhh did AC make it or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirtless Crackhead Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 My money is on no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmboy28 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nope, it got beat by MGS2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORTOKtheSTRONG Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Well, really, can you tell me I'm wrong? AC3's saving grace is that it has a left-arm flamethrower. That flamethrower was the shit, yeah. P.S. Alter is a fag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 That's too bad. I like Altair. AC3 was a pretty neat game, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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