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Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the first game of the AC series I got and it took me about an hour to figure out the controls and everything but it was worth it. I admit it took me awhile to completely figure out what weapons would be most effective and what type of mech would allow me to use those weapons to their full extent. It took me about 5 tries to finally figure out the perfect mech and what parts were required. In the end I was at the top of the list on the arena rankings even beat the new guys that are suppose to be like the all powerful mechs and I was also able to beat the game and every mission. It may have been challenging at first but once you get use to it it becomes a blast and fun to try out all the different types of mechs and figuring out what type of mech is good for certain missions and opponents. The reason being is because you have to think about what will happen and what might happen because you have to be prepared to take on 1 other raven and then after beating it having to take on another 1 and then 2 at the same time so you have to make sure you have enough AP and some good weapons to take opponents out fast with minimal damage taken. So all in all its a great game that will keep you guessing about what will happen next.

Armored Core:Silent Line

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not a bad game, a littile harder then AC3 (no where near as hard as last raven though) about the same length in missions, you get payed less each missions then in the last one (25-60k norm, but buget each shot, ammo normaly will run 17k-20k) and there is a AI arena, were you make/teach a AI to fight like you (tip fight agaisnt the AC ranked D7 when tranning your AI, it has no lock on other then the orbits) and you can use that ai bot for VS mode or TeamArena, or you can just fight agaisnt it if you want, oh yea and dont get hit too much in arena (your weapons can blow up like in last raven)

Get ready for a headache.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you haven't played Silent Line - don't. You'd simply be wasting your time. If you do want to play it, just rent the game. You won't get much else out of it. Compared to all other AC games, this one's difficulty is set on "Absolutely as close to impossible without quite being impossible." You won't have any fun playing this game. Almost all of the missions are defend this, defend that, protect this, protect that. Get the idea? You won't do anything interesting. For most of the missions, I estimate you'll have to try them at least 5 times. I've played all the previous AC games, and didn't have problems with any of them. This one is different.

As I said, the missions are difficult. Not only that, if you DO complete missions, you either A) Will barely make ANY credits, or B) Will lose credits. That's right, some of the most difficult missions in this game are only worth 30,000 credits on average. This isn't like old AC games where you could make money. So, if you have AC 3, I recommend converting the file to Silent Line so that you can have your old AC and credits. Otherwise, you won't go very far.

On a positive note, the graphics look cleaner, and the cockpit view is pretty cool, although I don't use it. It would take a lot of getting used to. The book that comes with the game is quite helpful, there's a lot of information in there that you hardly find in the little guides that come with the game. But, if you've already played AC games, you probably won't need it.

The arena is pretty fun, too. It's amazing how the arena is extremely easy, compared to the storyline mode, where it is extremely hard. Other AC games seemed to find a pretty good balance between the two, this one doesn't.

Maybe the source of all the trouble I'm having is the OP-INTESIFY optional part. I never liked it, I thought it was a cheap cop-out. If you have that part from AC 3 and have gotten all of the little benefits from getting it, you probably will have an easier time. I don't use it, I don't like it. I haven't played Nexus yet, but I read that they took that part out of the game. So, I'm looking forward to playing that.

So, with all that being said, what do you have from this game? A massive headache, with decent graphics, good music, an easy arena, and an almost impossible difficulty level. If you need help completing missions, God help you. The strategy guides and walkthroughs I've read don't help. You're on your own. I recommend playing something else.

#1 mech lover game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Any one who likes the Armoredcore series will love this one. Theres 200+ parts,better graphics,better controls and completely better game play than all the others made. Overall this is the best game for any mech lover.

Inexcusably bad controls and load times ruin it.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 20
Date: March 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has nice graphics and very cool mech designs.Creating your own custom mech is especially neat.Unfortunitly the controls and load times in this game are crap!

For controls:Instead of useing the left analog stick for moving/strafeing and useing the right analog stick for looking/aiming,the way it is in other mech games and FPS shooters.In Armored Core the left analog stick is used to move,the right analog stick goes tottally unused and you must press shoulder buttons just to look/aim up or down.Having to press shoulder buttons just to aim up or down is absurd.While the missions themselves are challeging on their own,the bad controls make the game 7-10 times harder! Almost unplayable at times.

The Load times:While the load times themselves are'nt THAT bad,unfortunitly its the style in which the game loads which is terribley frustrating.For example in the arena battles if you lose a fight and wish to replay it,instead of instantly begining the match,the game feels the need to load the whole thing up again! Hello the match is already loaded! Just restart it!!!! The mission levels are even worse.After loseing you don't have the option to instantly restart,instead the game sends you all the way back to the menu screen and you have to re-select the mission,skip the briefing and wait for the mission to load....ALL....OVER....AGAIN!

You'd think with the way the load times are a bit high,that the developers would have taken the time to make things as convienent as possible.There is no excuse for such sloppy programing.

Overall the horrible controls and terrible loading completly ruin this game and make for quite a frustrateing experience.Somehow i also get the feeling that the makers of this game don't want you to play it either.

The best of the AC series!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who love the Armored Core games, this is the best game out so far yet. Its way better than Armored Core 3. this game has new arena opponents to battle as well as new battle grounds to choose from. The AC garage is better that the origional AC Garage. It has more weapons and equipment to mount onto your AC and the paint shop gives a new feature, such as giving your AC camoflauge and gives you the option of using a first-person view mode. They also have new emblems to chose from. If you loved playing Armored Core 3, then you have to get this game. Trust me, it's worth it.

A Fun and Frustrating Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was really looking forward to owning Silent Line: Armored Core but was a little let down after playing through the first couple of missions.

If you're the type who likes big bad mechs with plenty of customization options, this may game will be of interest to you. If you only have a passing interest in this genre (as I do) then this game may frustrate you too much to enjoy.

Several of the missions are EXTREMELY difficult and MUCH practice is needed which often involves playing the same mission over and over.

The graphics are ok as is the sound but the gameplay is a little on the clumsy side.

As I hinted at above, this game's real strong point is in the customization options. It's really alot of fun putting together you mech from a large variety of parts including arms, legs, heads, cores, weapons, back units, radiators, boosters, etc... Then of course you have to choose on a color scheme which is also quite fun.

All in all this game is alright but I wouldn't go forking out the cash for this title if you're not a big fan of big robots.

An ok game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: November 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is sort of pointless since you cant get past the 4th level but if your into AI and putting combat machines togher this is the game for you!!! The thing I liked about it was its storyline yet the weird thing is the weopons follow some of the other earlyer Armored Core games.

Best Armored Core in Years

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: August 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This Armored Core is an Expansion to Armored Core 3, and boy what an expansion, you can now go into your mechs cockpit and see from the "Ravens" point of view. Plus SL also includes new parts like dual laser rifles and different cores to use on your AC. The music and sound is great(it gets better in the last level), the graphics have also been upgraded a hair more than in AC3.This one also includes AI training, you can make and customize an AI that you can teach tactics but beware it will pick up your good and bad habits. This game was easier to beat though.

10 Stars

Beter than AC3? Lets Play......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well, well, well i love this game! I suggest to get this game. Yet very hard the game gives you an AI arena, more Arena opponents, more missions and better part selection. This game is still ongoing for me because I have all A and S ranks but only at 97% completed. My AI(new in SL:AC)is an A rank. Check out the the games last mission, so easy. I recommend the OP-Intensify which is a big help for the last couple of missions. Also new Game shark codes are out but i don't see anyone wanting to go that far! So buy the game if you have AC3. Best of the Armored Core series sence PSone is my only opinion.

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