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Armored Core 3
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Agetec
Developer: From Software
Genre(s): Action
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: September 9, 2002
Summary
It's been 20 years since the Earth Government and the Corporations battled for supremacy. The majority of humanity lives beneath the surface of the planet, relatively safe from the continuing struggle. A new and mysterious entity has entered the picutre, however, snapping up all the available Ravens for intense missions that only their custom-built Armored Core Units can handle. As a Raven, you know there's always another mission waiting for you - does it really matter who, or what, hires you? For all the new parts and weapons out there for you to earn in battle - we didn't think so. But just the same, keep your back covered, Raven. [Agetec]
Also On Metacritic
GAMES: Armored Core 2 Armored Core 2: Another Age Armored Core: Nexus Armored Core: Nine Breaker Silent Line: Armored Core
Cheat Codes & Hints: Cheat Code Central Game Revolution IGN
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GamingTrend
A very entertaining mech combat title with lots of options and missions to keep you going for many a night.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
The tough control won't convert the blasphemers and the look needs a facelift, but the action, longevity, depth and style still make this the Liege Lord of mech games on the Playstation and Playstation 2.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
The game hasn't changed drastically since its leap to the PS2, but two years of minor tweaking has made this the most accessible title of the franchise.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Outside of a few peripheral additions, AC3 plays exactly like its predecessors. [Sept 2002, p.80]
Yahoo! Games
While it's very much an evolution of the preceding Armored Core games, it's certainly an improvement, and there's enough new here that players of the older games won't feel ripped off.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
May not be the easiest game to learn but taking the challenge will pay great dividends.
GameZone
A specialized game that fulfills the obsessive compulsive need for options in us all.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
A solid and entertaining mech game with an unprecedented customization system that mech-fanatics will totally get off on.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
The game's unspectacular presentation and its dated design do interfere with its success, though.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
Fans of the series won't be disappointed, unless they're expecting online play - it isn't in it. [Oct 2002, p.179]
Gaming Age
There’s more of everything that you’ve come to expect from the series, but nothing revolutionary.
Read Full Review >IGN
I just wish the series would commit to more than gradual improvement. At this pace, it looks like I'll be able to give an unqualified thumbs-up round about "Armored Core 5" -- say, four or five years from now.
Read Full Review >Adrenaline Vault
Everything that surrounds the gameplay is strongly polished, but when you're battling, everything beyond your bot will be visually disappointing.
Read Full Review >PSX Nation
One of the best PS2 mech titles in the market today, one that stand head-and-shoulders above better-publicized competitors like TDK Mediactive’s “Robotech: Battlecry” and Bandai’s “Gundam: Federation Vs. Zeon."
Read Full Review >netjak
The Armored Core franchise will never be something for the casual gamer. It simply requires more thought and creativity than most people want to employ for a videogame.
Read Full Review >GamePro
This isn’t a reinvention of Agetec’s half-arcade/half-hardcore mech battlin’ series, it’s just another step…and a rather small one at that.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
The best Armored Core yet. [Oct 2002, p.142]
PSM Magazine
It's very similar to its predecessors in both strengths and weaknesses. [Oct 2002, p.30]
TotalGames.net
With no improvement of note this one is for hard (armored) core fans only.
Read Full Review >Cinescape
Rather than something new (I’m really yearning for mechs that are a bit easier to control) it’s just the same thing again. Fans of the original will love it, but it’s not really reaching out to a new audience at all. I’m not seeing a lot of innovation.
Read Full Review >GameCritics
The series that once had me completely addicted has now become so stale that it barely even registers as enjoyment.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
It keeps most of the basic gameplay elements intact, but a little bit of polish (along with a few additional features) could have made this a spectacular title, rather than a merely solid one.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
The sense of scale is also slightly lacking, with cars and tanks actually looking like teeny tiny cars and tanks instead of making your mech look huge.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 23 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Melvin C. gave it a 10:
This game is one of the best. i hope they make a vr type.
Shadow Raven gave it a 10:
This game is cool! It combines stratergy with brute strength to boost it to it's deserved level of superiority.
Buff White gave it a 9:
AC only gets better and better. there are always gonna be a few little quirks, but overall, the gameplay, sound, graphics, and customization features rule over all else.
Billy Bob gave it a 9:
Loved this game, great graphics, and the constant ability to customize an AC gives lots of replay value to it.
Ryan W. gave it a 10:
It's awesome.
[Anonymous] gave it a 10:
Great game that challenges but does not overwhelm you, suprisingly addictive.
John-Michael L. gave it a 10:
Spectacular! The best Mech Game on the market. A title everyone should own. BUY IT NOW!!!!
