Dizzy Games

Set in the distant future Earths population has been mostly wiped out by a war known as the Great Destruction, those remaining live underground due to the harsh conditions above ground. The world is ruled by 2 major companies, Chrome and Murakumo. You play a Raven, a mercenary who pilots an Armored Core (AC), basically a giant robot with lots of big guns. Throughout the game you take on missions from Ravens Nest, these missions are usually for the major corporations Chrome and Murakumo but there are a few missions for random people every now and again. As you go along in the game you learn more about Chrome and Murakumo and at one stage you will have to chose to do a mission to take down one of those companies.

Most of the missions involve killing certain targets or guarding objects. Occasionally there will be missions which are a little trickier and involve a bit more than just killing, such as one where you have to destroy some little robots in a power plant but if you destroy and generators you lose money and eventually if you destroy enough you fail the mission (I didn't read mission text and went in guns blazing first shot). Occasionally you will find parts for your AC throughout maps (one of the best guns in the game is found this way as well as an awesome generator) all you need to do is look around and sometimes trash the scenery.

There are a few little tricks in the game that get you neat stuff, if you play the game a certain way and become whats known as Human Plus (sort of enhanced humans) you can get an awesome move that sends a wave of energy at your enemy and does a lot of damage. There are a few other nifty little tricks but I'm too lazy to put them in here.

I give Armored Core an 8/10. It is an awesome game and even though it was made in 1997 I think it still holds its own against other games.