Armored Core Nexus Review

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(More customer reviews)Nexus is the latest installment of the Armored Core series, and instead of being an expansion as some AC sequels are, this game has a whole different feel than previous AC games.

Basically in Armored Core, players are pilots of mechanized robots who take mercenary jobs from corporations and governments. In order to succeed in these missions, players must first design their Armored Cores to fit both the mission and their piloting preferences, and Nexus offers a robust lineup, with hundreds of parts from which to make a core.

In addition to simply making a balanced mech, Nexus offers a new "tune-up" feature that allows players to add stats to certain parts(ie more armor for arm parts, or more weight capacity for legs) that adds another dimension to building the perfect mech.

While players can spend hours simply building a mech(and some of us do spend quite a bit of time tweaking), the main part of Nexus is the actual missions. The missions are where players actually pilot their mech and do a specific task that usually involves attacking and destroying rival mechs.

Fortunately, the biggest gripe over the AC series: it's "awkward" controls (though the fan would tend to scoff, it was a valid complaint), is fixed in Nexus. Nexus solves this problem by fully utilizing the analog controls of the Duel Shock and makes controls accessible to both fans and interested players through simple controller options. Personally I love the delicate controls the AC series has, and the tight control Nexus continues when selecting the default controls, but some of my friends who disliked previous AC games because of the controls actually liked playing with the newer controls.The only two problems I had personally with Nexus was the inability to sell off the original parts. Normally I would start customizing my mech immediately by selling most of the stock weapons, but that was not allowed in this game. The second problem I, and many other fans, have is the inability to replay any mission once I have "beaten" the game; instead once the game is beaten, the missions start over, and players have to perform certain ways on specific missions to get to a different branch of missions.

Sound is great as usual, and graphics are polished. Many of the parts look similar to previous AC games, but you should note the stats and try them out in the training mode before assuming they are the same parts.

Granted there is only one difficulty, and it might be a bit too easy for some of us, the balance of the game, as well as the newest feature of Hanger weapons(allowing players to have small backup weapons when they drop their primary weapons) which makes the game much more strategic and in my mind the best improvement in Nexus, and the fact that Nexus has two disks(one being a remake of missions from previous ACs) makes Nexus a great game for both veteran Ravens and interested players who are finally catered to in this release.

A great game.

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Armored Core: Nexus takes you into a post-nuclear future. As the new breed of corporations try to rebuild society, they fight for control of the remaining resources of the world. Fight thier evil plans and try to maintain stability of what's left of the humna race!

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