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AC4 Game Rating, Review, and General Discussion


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ACU Community Rating for Armored Core 4  

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  1. 1. On a scale of one to five stars, what would you rate AC4? (Read Topic Before Voting)

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This Rating, Review, and General Discussion topic is focused on Armored Core 4.

 

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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 can be played by a 2 year old. 1/5

Default ControlsControl scheme for newer AC games is pretty good. 4/5

MechanicsGood fundamental mechanics, but poorly implemented lockon and dodging game. 3/5

New Featuresquick boost, cannons while flying and primal armor are all bad chioces. graphics look good. 2/5

Bugs+GlitchesThis game's bugginess when online is retarded. 1/5

StoryIt has a story? 1/5

Mission QualityIt has missions? Well it does, but they're random as per usual. 2/5

ArenaIt has an arena? 1/5

Part BalancePart balance is very good. 4/5

Part Diversity The game has limited parts, but good diversity for those parts. Same can't be said for playstyle tho. 3/5

CG Art+VideoPretty neat stuff. 4/5

Voice ActingIt has voice acting? 1/5

SoundsShotguns sound so dope. 3/5

MusicWtf is this cliche epic music shit? 2/5

MultiplayerWell FROM SOFTWARE brought true online to the game, but it lags real bad. 3/5

 

 

2/5 :P

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Difficulty: Not too difficult but at least the AI isn't completely retarded. 3/5

Controls: They work well 5/5

Mechanics: Can be tricky to get used to the game 3/5

New Features: I love the ability to fire cannons while moving, allows for new AC builds. Quick boost is just fine AC4, Primal Armor is ok 4/5

Bugs: What TM said 1/5

Story: It could have done more, but we're playing AC to blow stuff up 3/5

Missions: A few are just dumb while others will have you beating your TV in frustration 4/5

Arena: It would be more difficult if the Heavy builds didn't try to charge you like the Light ones 2/5

Part balance: Very nice, dual rifles are the dominate weapons but thats to be expected 5/5

Part Diversity: FA has a far better parts list, I would really have like to see more. It was like AC1 in terms of parts 2/5

Video and Art: Very nice 4/5

Voice acting: Meh, nothing special 2/5

Sounds: Again noting specail 2/5

Music: love it 5/5

Multiplayer: Lag lag lag, if you can let go of that the game can be fun. However everyone tends to run similar builds. 3/5

 

Overall 4/5

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* Overall Difficulty

Pretty difficult at some spots, but it's finishable to veteran and new players alike. 4/5

* Default Controls

I had to change them actually because I just couldn't stand them, though I gave them a shot beforehand and they weren't bad. 3/5

* Mechanics

Definitely introduced a new level of awesome to the series, though ACFA perfected it. 4/5

* New Features

Quick Boosting gave me motion sickness. That's not a bad thing however. 4/5

* Bugs + Glitches

Not many, except for when my legs fly on their own for no reason. :/ 4/5

* Story

Pretty par for the course, but at least it kept me going through the story. 4/5

* Mission Quality (Single Player)

I love half the missions. It's just a pity there weren't more. 4/5

* Arena (If Applicable)

I don't think I actually saw an arena in this game. It's a pity, since ACFA pulled one off nicely. N/A

* Part Balance

The balance was meh, but at least FROM gave us patches. That shows they care. 4/5

* Part Diversity

A whole buttload of parts. Pretty nice, but again, FA expanded better. 4/5

* CG Art + Video

I loved all of it. Really hyped me for the game and made me awe at the new graphics at the time. They should've made more to be honest. 4/5

* Graphics

AGHHHH!! BLOOM AND SHINY GRAPHICS EVERYWHERE! MY EYES!!!! DX Blind/5

* Voice Acting

I loved the operator's voice. She was a little more enthusiastic compared to Nell Aulter or Laine Meyers or most other AI I worked with. 4/5

* Sounds

Delicious soundbites of the shotguns and rifles going off far outweigh any other sounds that might've brought me down. 4/5

* Music

I don't understand the hate here. I loved some of the tracks they pulled out. It was a decent change of pace, though I do want to see a resurgence to some of the techno beats of yesteryear. 4/5

* Multiplayer

Truly something I've waited for for years, now made a reality. There was lag at times, but they still tried, which is all that matters since I had fun in the end. Kinda wish we had more maps though. 4/5

 

Over all, a 4/5. They were really trying to make this game as good as they could and it shows. I don't fault them too much for the times when it fell flat, but it's not perfect.

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