Excerpt: "Fans of the series will notice that the speed at which Armored Core games have played has been greatly reduced. Fear not, as thrusters and being highly maneuverable are still at the forefront here. It is also equally important to take cover behind buildings to be covert and stealthy when possible to acoid taking unnecessary damage. There are no more prolonged high flying sequences, as you are predominately earth-bound. You’ll be able to climb buildings for high-altitude attacks to catch an enemy off guard or destroy a mounted sniper mech that’s been taking pot shots at you across the map. You can even consume large amounts of energy to perform thruster jumps that will keep you in the air for a short time. Controlling these massive beasts is nearly effortless as you always feel in control of what you’re doing and where you’re going. The mistakes that get you killed are of your own volition and no one else’s."
John GodGames Emus has released some new videos, showing Haze, Afro Samurai, Armored Core V and Clash of the Titans running in 4K on the PC thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.
Whatever happened to Afro Samurai 2? After they took it off the digital store I thought they’d come back with an improved product
Haze was nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be. I actually really liked it.
It was just released at a bad time when Sony and the PS3 could do no right. The developers and Sony over hyped it and it fell on its own sword.
The framerate and rending were more of the concern over resolution for me, and I can see they are making solid strides. Haze runs pretty well and doesn't seem to have many graphical or audio glitches (one cannot say the same for Ghost Recon lol). Given Sony hasn't provided any real backwards compatibility options, this is something I might consider. I still have my PS3 hooked up if I have a hankering for some last gen goodness, but I also wouldn't mind playing those games with either increased resolution or frame rate, whenever the emulator gets to that point :-)
Sometimes, regular old firepower just isn’t enough, and you have to dip into that high-powered futuristic technology to get the job done.
The Armored Core V server is going to be shut down later this month worldwide, From Software and Bandai Namco have recently announced.
