GamersGameplay: Being a fan of the Armored Core series it's always good to hear that they are making another one. There aren't enough games these days about giant robots with giant weapons destroying each other. Armored Core 5 from what I've seen is looking really good. It's adding a lot of dramatic changes to the series, and I think for the better.
John GodGames Emus has released some new videos, showing Haze, Afro Samurai, Armored Core V and Clash of the Titans running in 4K on the PC thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.
Whatever happened to Afro Samurai 2? After they took it off the digital store I thought they’d come back with an improved product
Haze was nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be. I actually really liked it.
It was just released at a bad time when Sony and the PS3 could do no right. The developers and Sony over hyped it and it fell on its own sword.
The framerate and rending were more of the concern over resolution for me, and I can see they are making solid strides. Haze runs pretty well and doesn't seem to have many graphical or audio glitches (one cannot say the same for Ghost Recon lol). Given Sony hasn't provided any real backwards compatibility options, this is something I might consider. I still have my PS3 hooked up if I have a hankering for some last gen goodness, but I also wouldn't mind playing those games with either increased resolution or frame rate, whenever the emulator gets to that point :-)
Sometimes, regular old firepower just isn’t enough, and you have to dip into that high-powered futuristic technology to get the job done.
The Armored Core V server is going to be shut down later this month worldwide, From Software and Bandai Namco have recently announced.
Although honestly, I disagree with him when he says For Answer is the best in the series. It's a good step in the right direction, indeed, but no AC game until now has surpassed Last Raven.
That, and when he mentions AC5 is going to be faster, well...they actually said they'd be going down to the older AC mechanics with -very- limited EN and slower-paced.
Honestly, I'm exited about it too, and I hope we see an overseas release next year.
why do they always REFUSE to build any sort of environment that surpasses the level of detail in a ps1 game
its just years of development down the drain...
Would rather have another Chromehounds
I didn't enjoy AC4/AC:For Answer nearly as much as I did with the earlier games.
AC1, AC2, AC2:AA, AC3 are all much better than AC4 in my opinion. Not saying AC4 is a bad game, but I really do prefer the older style of the games. I am glad that AC5 is going back to the classic style.
Never played Silent Line and Nexus, so I can't comment on them.
AC4 is a good game, but it just didn't seem like Armored Core to me.
Never realized it before now, but they did need to tone down the scale. Aside from the more arcade feel, the only direction they were going is where you only could fight instillations.