Behind the scenes in Isaac City, two corporations are embroiled in a vicious fight for control and supremacy over the general populace. During one of the most violent encounters between the corporations, a large number of innocent civilians are caught up in the chaos and perish. One survivor, a young man, loses his entire family. A few months later, the embittered survivor decides to take action and exact revenge; his target is the pilot of an AC. That pilot is simply known as "Hustler One", and he pilots the AC around which events on that tragic day played out. In order to discover more and track down his quarry, the young man seeks out recruitment with the Ravens' Nest. And so, another Raven enters the fold…
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absolutely the peak of ps1 armored core. not perfect, the arena is sorta tedious cause every enemy kinda fights the same way and it's not a very fun way and the final boss is. something. but otherwise i think this game rocked. ost is amazing (the start of kota hoshino's career with fromsoft i believe and it is a really really strong one), the gameplay is just as fun as the other two games, and i actually sorta enjoy the story. i didn't really care for project phantasma's, it was boring and uninteresting and all that, but i think this one worked really well. it feels like a great end to the original game's raven's nest and hustler one stuff and idk i'm just a fan
Even better ost, even more part customization, even more arena mode. Story strikes a nice balance between the intrigue of AC1 and the focus of PP while integrating the arena in. Missions are varied enough too. It is the best of PS1 Armored Core.
Fantastic from beginning to end, not just 1st gen at its best but one of the highlights of the series for sure.
Wow, I would say this expansion is a great ending to AC1 and the PS1 era of the franchise, while it has its campagin it adds a whole lot of emphasis on the arena mode which is great by itself as it becomes standard in future games.
soundtrack is incredible with some breackcore addition, the controls while still slighlty suffers from no analogs, felt satisfying.
Missions got a lot better with the story having more depth, the final boss I would say is the peak of the PS1 era even though it still is a tough fight.
Overall this is a fantastic climax to AC1 and is even a great introduction to the franchise.
8.5/10 waiter waiter more nine-balls please
soundtrack is incredible with some breackcore addition, the controls while still slighlty suffers from no analogs, felt satisfying.
Missions got a lot better with the story having more depth, the final boss I would say is the peak of the PS1 era even though it still is a tough fight.
Overall this is a fantastic climax to AC1 and is even a great introduction to the franchise.
8.5/10 waiter waiter more nine-balls please
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Master of Arena was a mixed bag for me. Starting with the story, we are a pilot who wants revenge on Nine Ball for killing our family. We work with Lana Nielson, a Raven's Nest rep to get us into missions and a sponsor for the arena. Progtech sponsors us, they have us do some emergency missions not authorized by Lana. She gets pissed and basically tells us off and that we're done. It's revealed that Lana and Hustler One are the same, so we fight them three times and then fight Nine Ball Seraph. After we win, Raven's Nest shuts down. I'm confused on when this game takes place, was it before or after the first game? We destroyed the AI in the first one so it's slightly confusing. I am also confused at what Nine Ball said, they said they created the Raven's Nest (which I get) but that they also made AC's and the corps? This doesn't make much sense unless they meant in a figurative sense. While I liked doing arena fights to progress the game it also meant we did less sorties, which really affected playtime. GP is the same as the last two games. The karasawa (my beloved) absolutely destroyed everything and made it relatively easy. Nothing was too hard apart from Nine Ball Seraph. I was worried this would be another AC PP fight but I made my AC absolutely tanked out and blasted with the karasawa (my beloved) and amazingly this worked. I also found it funny that Hustler One would show up randomly, with him just exploding the hacker in the first sorty. But the controls still hold this back immensely, similar to the 1st gen games.
Definitely succeeds at being the pinnacle of Gen1 and damn cool Armored Core in its own right. Arena balancing feels much less bonkers and the main story has a very nice variety and doesn't absolutely obliterate you. The final boss was surprisingly not as bad as some led me to believe.