Armored Core 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

David Hodgson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prima's Official Strategy Guide | Publication Date: October 26, 2000

Strike evil at its core.

Armored Core 2 for the PlayStation2 takes the series to a new height of fun and pure AC robot combat. With Armored Core 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima gives you the inside scoop on everything you need to know, including:

• Expert tips for building an unbeatable Mech
• Exhaustive lists of all weapons, items, and upgrades
• Coverage of single- and two-player arena mode
• Details all 169 Mech types–including 12 secret Mechs
• Full descriptions of all 49 opponents and the tactics to beat them
• Complete walkthroughs of all 36 missions

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Strike evil at its core.

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Strike evil at its core.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (October 26, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761532870
• ISBN-13: 978-0761532873
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #656,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Originally hailing from the English city of Manchester, David began his video game career in 1995, writing for numerous classic British gaming magazines from a rusting, condemned, dry-docked German fishing trawler floating on the River Thames. Fleeing the United Kingdom, he joined the crew at the part-fraternity, part-sanitarium known as GameFan magazine. David helped launch GameFan Books and form Gamers' Republic, and was partly responsible for the wildly unsuccessful incite Video Gaming and Gamers.com. He wrote his first guide in 1996, but began authoring guides for Prima in 2000. He has written over 70 guides including: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Assassin's Creed; Half-Life: Orange Box; Mario Kart Wii; Halo 3: ODST; and Fallout 3. He lives in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, with his wife and an eight-foot statue of Great Cthulhu.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Guide with everything, November 14, 2000

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"arombough" (Lawrence, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Armored Core 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

Well, if you've played Armored Core 2, you know that simply beating the missions and arena challenges in the quickest and most deliberate way is not that enjoyable. The official Prima guide is great for anybody who gets stuck in a mission, or is trying to find all those pesky hidden AC parts. It offers top-notch Arena strategy, and has wonderful information on how best to equip your own AC to be the most effective in the missions.... You do not have to have this guide to get through the game, but I do reccommend it if you want to enjoy Armored Core 2 to the fullest.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book ... needs more color, May 21, 2001

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William Smith (Fontana, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armored Core 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

I just picked this book up and must say there are plenty of Armored Core "parts" I didn't pick up along the way. Unfortunately, I am on sortie 20 and cannot go back to the parts I missed, one that I can go back and get is in the "AC test area". If you shoot the ceiling out it says there is a part up there! See how in depth this book/game is? You didn't know it was there did you? Time you buy this book.

Although, like the title says, every page is in B/W. I didn't really mind until I scanned through ALL the other books (Bouncer, Dark Legacy, SSX) and noticed they were ALL in full color... all except this one! Color artwork would have made the pics clearer and the areas more recognizable, and just prettier. Take a bunch of very small black & white screen shots and throw in HUGE explosions and it becomes difficult to see what's what. However, there is full text on what to do and I guess that's the important thing.

Also a POSTER would have been a nice touch. This is my fave game on PS2 and it would be cool to have a huge pull out poster to look up to.