A solid title on it's own, Armored Core 4 rockets above many of its previous predecessors...
User Rating: 7.9 | Armored Core 4 PS3
The 12th installment of the Armored Core franchise, it delivers where many other Armored Core games have fallen short. Filled with customizable parts and a simplified control scheme and building process, it has made itself a bit more accessible to the more casual gamer than others of the series. As always, it is difficult to describe such a customizable game in a single term. The combat can be quick-paced and frantic, calm and collected long-range sniping, or it could be an all out slugfest with heavy weapons and armor depending on how you build your AC. The mission are challenging, if a bit short. Several of the rough, awkwardly worked aspects of the previous games have been either tweaked or removed entirely, and the rest have been polished well. Armored Core 4 has at last delivered the graphical update its fans have been asking about for many years, and the level of detail is astounding, particulary in the department of lighting. From the shadows cast by your death machine to the small illumination of your boosters, the lighting is well done. Armored Core 4 is a well-built, solid addition to the genre and is worth playing through for any fans of mech games. 
