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More info?)
Yes, I have played Armored Core games before too, but the PSP one is
different.
They had a preview in the January Official Playstation Magazine, I'm pretty
sure they said it didn't have combat, just combat video clips.
"Fuzzy Logic" <bob@arc.ab.caREMOVETHIS> wrote in message
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> "Neil Bolt" <nbolt@nospam.nl.rogers.com> wrote in
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>> Shows what you know, I've actually seen a demo of the game too and I've
>> read all about it, it has no combat that the player controls, you
>> customize your mech then you see a short video clip of simulated combat,
>> the palyer never controls the mech.
>
> Having played many incarnations of Armored Core I can tell you that you do
> get to control the Mechs. A big part of the game is customizing them but
> there are also many missions to play.
>
> Here is a review of the most recent PS2 incarnation:
>
>
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/554/554859p1.html
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>> "Kenner Costen" <kenner.costen@cox.net> wrote in message
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>>> The demo I watched had combat. And I pray its not Armor Core, even
>>> though everyone likes it I find it lacking as a "Mech" game.
>>>
>>> Yes, Japan has games that are a different flavor then the US, based on
>>> cultural differences, an example is, they have video games where all
>>> you do is run around and talk to people. No combat, no nothing. They
>>> also have games with extreme adult themes. I think "video game" porn
>>> would sell like hot cakes in the US but it has been avoided like the
>>> plague. But in the US if you can splatter somethings brains or wreck
>>> it, it doesnt seem to sell well
>>>
>>> "Neil Bolt" <nbolt@nospam.nl.rogers.com> wrote in message
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>>>> It is Armored Core, but its not really a game. All you can do it
>>>> design and create mechs and then look and them in various sceneries
>>>> and take snapshots of them. You don't actually play anything that is
>>>> combat related like other mech games. Aparrently this type of game is
>>>> huge in Japan, I doubt it'll do well in the Americas. However, some
>>>> people will probabaly buy it expecting a combat based mech game and be
>>>> disapointed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Kenner Costen" <kenner.costen@cox.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>I saw on a preview of games out on the PSP that they had a mech
>>>>>warrior'ish game for it, anyone know the title? Possibly an import?