What to be said about Armored Core 2: Another Age. Yippie!! I get to get more stuff to cause oh so much more damage to my friends.

Armored Core 2: Another Age gives you over 100 new missions and over 20 new weapons to find. I've already beaten the game but the ability to now play Vs. Missions is a great new feature. You can run into the missions with a friend in cooperative play. Games that have always added this feature have been hours of fun for my friends and I. Sure there is no arena, but I never really had fun in the arena anyway. The arena is a place where you go and hone your skills and learn to pilot the mechs. One on One AC battles is more fun when you're pitted against another player. As for the new missions that have come into this game, they're longer, harder and even when you get the ending credits... there are three more missions for you to play. And don't think that they're easy... just remember that you can build an overwieght mech after you see the credits... and for all the complaints that I have always read about a mech not being able to turn fast enough, well... learn how to pilot the AC before making a comment like that... strafe/boosting is one way to turn and hell... why even turn... you have jets that'll allow you to fly backwards and behind you for whatever is shooting you in the back... and if a bipedal mech is too slow, try purchasing some quad-pedal legs... As for those of you who compare it to Z.O.E., yeah that was a great game but way too easy... And really the only reason I bought that game was for the Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo disc. AC2 should be more of a simulator than a shoot 'em up. There's a lot more to AC2 than your everyday shoot em ups. Being able to customize your mech and to have to devise a strategy of passing the missions with whatever parts will get you through with a mission complete. As for replayability, you can go back to all of the previous missions and see what you missed. Or try to better your ending score of that mission... some missions you get new weapons for beating them faster or more efficently. And some other parts you get for blasting a box you didn't even know had something in it.

If you've never played any of the Armored Core games be prepared to be dissapointed with your skills in the beginning. Pick up AC2 before you pick this one up so that you can hone your skills . When you pick up AC2: Another Age, your playing it for more missions and the opportunity to enhace your mech for what ever becomes the sequel to this one. But once you get good at this one, you'll try and pick up the ones before it and after. I guarntee it because it's that good.

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In the top  Jul 27, 2001 By rebel
Armored core 2:Another age, Said to have over 100 missions (plan long gaming days, don't forget the bring sodas and pizzas), new parts and weapons (expect to see your old AC from Armored Core 2 to undergo a new look. If you got a copy of Armored Core 2). A must for the mecha fan (Well thats what I call them, mecha instead of mech). I plan to buy this because I got addicted to the Armored Core series and love Mecha fighting. . . P.S. If you want the human plus abilites, and overweight override, get Armored Core 2 and a code book.

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Not quite as good as the original Armored Core 2.  Aug 31, 2001
After playing Armored Core 2 constantly for months, I found out about the second game in the series for PS2. Armored Core 2: Another Age is basically an expansion to Armored Core 2. It has around 100 missions. I'm not sure how many exactly because I haven't beaten it yet. The missions are even more diverse than on the first game. You are required to save fortresses, attack airborne transports, and even assassinate other Ravens. The AI is much better too. Although that may seem all good, it's not. It gets somewhat annoying having to do missions after mission after mission. The arena is completely gone. The only remnant is a mission where you have a somewhat friendly fight with another Raven. The mission replay value is zero. There are no hidden parts to go back and find. You get them by simply finishing a certain mission. Don't expect too much in the way of new parts though. I've gotten about ten and I'm at 91% completeion. About half of them are variants of other parts(i.e. lightweight chaingun and lightweight grenade launcher). Some missions can be extremely difficult. A later assignment forces you to assassinate a Raven and two of his buddies for selling secrets. You get the pleasure of getting the crap kicked out of your AC from three directions at once. They rarely split up and are hard to kill. You will most likely run out of ammunition before you win. The graphics in the game look the same as in the first one which was slightly disappointing. Not that the graphics were bad, but they should have been improved. The only improvements are the versus mission where you play missions against your friends and online play. You get to control your mech with the left analog stick but I think it's too sensitive to target well. It's a good game but only recommended for dedicated Armored Core fans.

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The Ravens are back!!  Jul 18, 2001
This is going to be a great expansion game with 100 New Missions and Powerful New Weapons to build up your AC!!!! Armored Core 2 is lots of fun to play (I got the game over 2 months ago and still play it daily). Armored Core 2 lets you build your AC the way you want limited by the money you earned and weight rating of your AC. You can fight the AI ACs in the arena, go on missions and best of all go head-to-head in the split screen 2-player death matches. If you enjoyed Armored Core 2 then this game will be a MUST BUY!

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