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AC2 Game Rating, Review, and General Discussion


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ACU Community Rating for Armored Core 2  

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This Rating, Review, and General Discussion topic is focused on Armored Core 2.

 

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To help add a touch of personalization to the ACU Wiki articles covering each AC game, I have decided to add a section in their infoboxes that showcases what the ACU community feels about each game. This section is a rating of the games quality and approval by the ACU community and it is titled "ACU Rating". This rating is based off of a five point scale, ranging from one (a horrible game) to five (an incredible game). Only votes cast using the poll will be counted towards the Wiki's rating system. I will periodically check these topics and update the ACU Rating section for each game. The rating for a game will be the average of all of the votes cast for that game, rounded to the nearest integer.

 

The other important feature of this topic is to give us a source for the content that will go on each games main article page. This means everyone should write some form of review for whatever part of the game in question they feel like writing for. Even a few sentences giving your view on the games mechanics, story, or part balance can be highly helpful. We need as many viewpoints as possible to help insure the articles accurately reflect community views on the AC games. Also, this helps give us extra material to work with when filling in the main article pages for the AC games.

 

Of course, you're free to rate and review the games on whatever categories you can think of. If you can't think of anything, I have provided a list at the bottom of this post that can help you with picking things to rate the games on. There are quite a few categories to pick from. You do not have to rate the games using all of these categories, though.

 

You're free to be as biased as you like and discussion of the AC game in question is highly encouraged.

 

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Rating & Review Category List

  • Overall Game Difficulty - How hard was it to do everything you wanted to do in the game?
  • Default Controls - Did you like or dislike the default controls? Could you customize them?
  • Gameplay Mechanics - Did the way the game handled and the way things interacted in the game appeal to you?
  • New Features - Anything new to the series that you enjoyed or disliked in this game?
  • Bugs & Glitches - Were there any incredibly useful, useless, annoying, or funny bugs or glitches in the game?
  • Storyline Quality - Was the story coherent or entertaining? Were there any memorable moments?
  • Mission Quality - Were the missions fun, entertaining, repetitive, or just downright dull?
  • Arena (If Applicable) - How did the AI handle? Were the fights memorable?
  • Part Balance - Did you feel like the part balance was disappointing?
  • Part Diversity - Was there a satisfying variety of parts, regardless of or in regards to balance?
  • CG Art & Video - How do you feel about the games CG cutscenes and special movie scenes?
  • In-Game Graphics - Did you feel like the graphics and picture quality were sub-par or great?
  • Voice Acting - Were there any memorable voices in the game or voices that really fit their character well?
  • Sound Effects - How were the sound effects? Were they impressive or dull?
  • Background Music - Were there any tracks that played during the game you particularly enjoyed?
  • Multiplayer Mode - Was the multiplayer mode well-done or difficulty to utilize?
  • Other Stuff - Do you have anything else you want to mention about the game?

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Overall DifficultyThis game is challenging. 4/5

Default ControlsControl scheme is pretty bad. 2/5

MechanicsGreat fundamental mechanics, a lot of quirks. 4/5

New FeaturesOverboost! 5/5

Bugs+GlitchesNone really. 5/5

StoryProbably the most memorable story of all AC games. 4/5

Mission QualityThe missions are nice. 4/5

ArenaMemorable arena. 5/5

Part BalancePart balance is decent. 3/5

Part DiversityLet's just say that AC2:AA is the game to go for this. 3/5

CG Art+VideoPretty neat stuff. 4/5

Voice ActingIt has voice acting? Emauraude guy is funn tho. 2/5

SoundsLaser rifles scream like wildcats! 3/5

MusicDecent soundtrack with a couple memorable songs here and there. 3/5

MultiplayerAgain, Another Age is the place to go. 2/5

 

4/5 :P

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Difficulty: A nice curve, some of the obscure missions can add spice too. 5/5

Controls: Same as AC1 5/5

Mechanics: Solid 4/5

New features: Overboost and Extensions, Well done 5/5

Bugs: I couldn't find any, and I tried 5/5

Story: Probably the best out of all the AC games. 5/5

Missions: You can use the same AC for every mission in the game provided its decently built but there is a nice selection to pick from 5/5

Arena: Long with a decent difficulty curve, you couldn't underestimate your opponent or stop moving against some of the better ones 5/5

Part Balance: Ok, Sawa and missiles are nuts, but you had interceptors and the sawa can be dodged, sometimes 4/5

Part Diversity: Nothing that I couldn't find a use for 5/5

Video and Art: For its time it was great 5/5

Voice Acting: I think they used different people for all the voices 3/5

Music: Very nice 5/5

Multiplayer: I would have liked more maps but it works nicely 5/5

 

Overall 5/5 One of the best of the series, Last Raven and Silent Line make good choices are well

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* Overall Difficulty

Pretty okay since I was a newb then. 4/5

* Default Controls

Great! And I've stuck with them since. 5/5

* Mechanics

Pretty sweet if you ask me. But now and then it had flaws. 4/5

* New Features

Overboost indeed! Gonna side with TM on this portion. 5/5

* Bugs + Glitches

Funniest part of the whole game was when I glitched out of the final level and ended up flying out of nowhere. Also, Limiter Release was pretty fun. I don't know if it's technically a glitch or not.

* Story

IMMA CRUSH YOU WITH THE MOON. D:< 4/5

* Mission Quality (Single Player)

Pretty good. I loved all the plot twists, like Strung. Damn traitor. 4/5

* Arena (If Applicable)

A perfect example of how AC arenas should be. 5/5

* Part Balance

Not alot of balance in parts, since the SAWA was basically a button that said "press me to win the game". Oh, and machine guns were too weak to be applicable. Still had loads of fun with the blade and shields though. 4/5

* Part Diversity

Again, not alot here. They really needed more weapon types. It was their first foray into the PS2 though, so I could let it slide since they made the parts so fun to mix and match. 4/5

* CG Art + Video

I saw several CG vids through the game. Not the highest quality, but it was fun to see Klein in the blue AC blowing the hell out of Emeraude in the beginning. 4/5

* Graphics

Improvement from the PS1 AC games, and a big step up from any other games I had ever played. However, there was wasted potential since the game felt empty. 4/5

* Voice Acting

Come on Nell Aulter. I almost got blown up on the moon and I just saved EVERY ASS ON MARS. Can you be a little more sympathetic?! On the other hand, EMERAUDE GUY. 4/5

* Sounds

SAWA redeemed the game here. As did machine gun fire. It's just a shame you couldn't use those weapons until late in the game. 3/5

* Music

Catastrophe's theme (desert mission) was my favorite theme all the way through AC2 and AA, until I heard Nineball's. 4/5

* Multiplayer

Never got into it. And no online, which sucked. But there was an option to play splitscreen and another to hook up 2 PS2's if I'm correct. It was better than nothing, but also had some sweet maps, like the guy above me said. 4/5

 

The very first AC game I ever played. And boy, I was not disappointed. It might be the nostalgia talking though, but they definitely improved with later games. I'd buy this again if I had the chance. 4/5

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