Armored Core 2: Another Age

by Tommo

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• ASIN: B00005MNRZ
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 21, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,827 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Five years have passed in the Armored Core story line. The government of earth is rebuilding after the destruction it suffered during the coup led by Leos Klain, Martian rebel. Heavy casualties have resulted in a brain drain, leaving technology and science to languish. Clearly vulnerable, the government mounts an armament campaign.

In an environment such as this, an underground of mercenary factions flourishes. Enter the Ravens, the pilot wing of the Armored Core. They battle in government skirmishes, as well as public arenas, for profits, much like Rome's gladiators. If you can become a high-ranking Raven, your influence will reach beyond the public to affect the fate of the planet. Your mission then is to rise through the Raven ranks and chart a destiny for earth.

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This is the game Armored Core 2: Another Age for the Playstation 2. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, September 1, 2001

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Guy L. Fielder (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Armored Core 2: Another Age (Video Game)

This game is amazing! I've only played it for a few hours and I'm addicted! There's seemingly no end to the missions and the weaponry! There must be hundreds of customizeble parts, each one different and useful in it's own way! Gattling guns to take care of multiple or quick targets, Giant rifles to take care of slow, tough ones, and big missles just for fun! Coupled with great graphics and 4 multiplayer modes, this game has thousands upon thousands of possibilities! Armored Core 2: Another Age is a must-have, even for those who have never played Armored Core (like me!)

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tommo does it again., October 1, 2001

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Alex Aponte (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Armored Core 2: Another Age (Video Game)

Mech combat. We've seen it in Japanese Anime, and the fact that the US military now has bids out for bipedal armor, it's growing in interest. Since I was a little kid playing with transformers and watching Robotech on Sunday morning catoons, I've been in love with the idea. Started playing Mech Warrior as a board game. Customizing mechs to pit them up in missions with friends back in grade school... going out and buying little lead figures and painting them in color schemes to make them look battle fatigued... then when I bought my fist PC and picking up Mech Warrior. It was the first time I could conceive of the concept of piloting a child hood dream. Talk about slow turning, try that game... Then I bought my Playstation, always wondering if they would come up with something for the game platforms. Visiting Six Flags Great America, I found Virtual On by Sega. Again I fell in love. I went to my local game store and they introduced me to something 100 times better... Armored Core. And if you know this history, you'll acknowledge of the trip that we took. Armored Core: Project Phantasma and Armored Core: Masters of the Arena followed suit soon after. The reason that I bought my PS2 as soon as it was released was just to be able to play the game AC2. Sad but true, I had the game before I even had my PS2... That's how much of a die hard AC fan that I am... now with Armored Core 2: Another Age.

What to be said about Armored Core 2: Another Age. Yippie!! I get to get more stuff to cause oh so much more damage to my friends.

Armored Core 2: Another Age gives you over 100 new missions and over 20 new weapons to find. I've already beaten the game but the ability to now play Vs. Missions is a great new feature. You can run into the missions with a friend in cooperative play. Games that have always added this feature have been hours of fun for my friends and I. Sure there is no arena, but I never really had fun in the arena anyway. The arena is a place where you go and hone your skills and learn to pilot the mechs. One on One AC battles is more fun when you're pitted against another player. As for the new missions that have come into this game, they're longer, harder and even when you get the ending credits... there are three more missions for you to play. And don't think that they're easy... just remember that you can build an overwieght mech after you see the credits... and for all the complaints that I have always read about a mech not being able to turn fast enough, well... learn how to pilot the AC before making a comment like that... strafe/boosting is one way to turn and hell... why even turn... you have jets that'll allow you to fly backwards and behind you for whatever is shooting you in the back... and if a bipedal mech is too slow, try purchasing some quad-pedal legs... As for those of you who compare it to Z.O.E., yeah that was a great game but way too easy... And really the only reason I bought that game was for the Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo disc. AC2 should be more of a simulator than a shoot 'em up. There's a lot more to AC2 than your everyday shoot em ups. Being able to customize your mech and to have to devise a strategy of passing the missions with whatever parts will get you through with a mission complete. As for replayability, you can go back to all of the previous missions and see what you missed. Or try to better your ending score of that mission... some missions you get new weapons for beating them faster or more efficently. And some other parts you get for blasting a box you didn't even know had something in it.

If you've never played any of the Armored Core games be prepared to be dissapointed with your skills in the beginning. Pick up AC2 before you pick this one up so that you can hone your skills . When you pick up AC2: Another Age, your playing it for more missions and the opportunity to enhace your mech for what ever becomes the sequel to this one. But once you get good at this one, you'll try and pick up the ones before it and after. I guarntee it because it's that good.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the top, July 26, 2001

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rebel (Chicago, Illonis, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Armored Core 2: Another Age (Video Game)

Armored core 2:Another age, Said to have over 100 missions (plan long gaming days, don't forget the bring sodas and pizzas), new parts and weapons (expect to see your old AC from Armored Core 2 to undergo a new look. If you got a copy of Armored Core 2). A must for the mecha fan (Well thats what I call them, mecha instead of mech). I plan to buy this because I got addicted to the Armored Core series and love Mecha fighting. . . P.S. If you want the human plus abilites, and overweight override, get Armored Core 2 and a code book.