This one has one of the worst, cringiest, most cliché dialogues and nonsensical story in the history of anime plots. And I'm not even exaggerating.
It's a pretty fun brain-dead shooter though.
Just don't expect it to be a complex mecha builder, since most stats are not properly explained and do absolutely nothing.
And certainly don't expect any good story here - the MC is a mute piece of cardboard, 95% of the game has no story at all and the rest 5% is a hilarious exposition ultra-dump so concentrated it melts your brain.

It starts out quite interesting and fun but quickly devolves into tedium when every mission becomes essentially the same thing.

The robot customizing looks like it has some depth but really just equip the things that make number go up and you'll beat every mission no problem. The game presents various options for combat but lacks any real depth as even the games toughest enemies that come at you in their own mechs can be beaten by just shooting them with rifles and spamming homing rockets. In some cases I didn't even have to move to kill the boss enemies even in the games final few missions. Speaking of the final few missions, without spoiling anything, are copy pasted FOUR times and result in a feeling of tedium rather than an exciting climax

The cast of characters is also far too big and none of them are fleshed out particularly well so the game will try to do big emotional moments with certain people but you'll be sat there going "who was that?" rather than engaging with the events on screen.

Unless you got it for free from Epic Game Store when it was available I suggest looking elsewhere for your mecha fix

there's no reason to play this now that armored core 6 has released and is getting updated.

I shouldn't have to play something for 50 hours in order for it to get slightly better. The gameplay is extremely shallow and it has no reason to be on pc since there's no added mechanics to benefit the 200 fps cap.

The gameplay looks nothing like the trailers, navigating the mech feels awful, Boring map design, and the story and dialogue is cringeworthy.

Not sure why this got so many good reviews when it came out it doesn't scratch the armored core itch. Max I could give this is 2 stars, it isn't fun at all.

Bought this like 2 years ago and only really started it a year ago. Was not expecting it to be as long as it was and kept getting sidetracked by other games.

Do not go into this expecting Zone of the Enders (I did cause I'm fucking stupid), this is basically Armored Core meets Monster Hunter story/mission/grind structure for better or worse. The most "feels good as fuck to play, but with dogshit story" game I've played in a hot minute, but that's okay what really matters with video games is that it's fun foremost and a good story can come after. Will probably still be playing this for a few more weeks or even months after learning of all the post campaign/co-op mission content available.

Anyways, banger OST and mark me down as excited for a sequel that further improves on the already stellar combat and perhaps delivers on a better told story.