For all it’s faults, ACV would be worth the massive time investment if the gameplay were actually fun. Much to my dismay, it isn’t. While the mechs handle well enough after some practice and can shred enemy forces with ease, the ACs just never feel truly powerful. There’s a mix of reasons why. The weak mech and weapon sounds hurt the game a lot. The lack of vibration when your mech takes steps, uses powerful boosters to blast skyward or dodge gatling fire, or fires its own howitzers sink an already leaking ship.
ACV is a mixed bag. It’s only worth a buy for pretty hardcore mech fans. And, it’s only recommendable then because there really isn’t any competition in the mech combat genre by and large. It’s not a bad game, per say, but it’s far from good. Armored Core V offers a ton of options and content to players… but the best choice may simply be to leave this part in the shop until it’s discounted.
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.
