First off, if you can't read Japanese then WAIT for the English release. Even if you are an Armored Core veteran, you will need to understand written Japanese in order handle all the AI tweakage (read: the bulk of the game).
Despite the horrendous language barrier, it's still very very good though. You create AI controlled AC's to fight in an Arena to work yourself up in the league. You have a team of AC's which all use the same garage of parts (so no duplicate parts basically).
All the parts from Ninebreaker (plus a few new ones) are available from the start. If you have played Nexus or Ninebreaker you will have a headstart on knowing how to setup a decent AC, but it's by no means necessary.
The big thing about Formula Front is the AI setup. Your AC's head is customised to have a "character" and has a certain number of attribute points which you can assign accordingly. You then have time sensitive programs that the AC can use.
The important thing to realise is that once a match is running you cannot modify anything. You just sit and watch.
If you are an AC fan then this may be something a tad strange to experience, but it's still a lot of fun to build an AC, tweak its AI and set it off against another opponent. The camera views are cool too.
All in all, a lot of game here but not for the linguistically faint of heart (which is obviously unfortunate).
Despite the horrendous language barrier, it's still very very good though. You create AI controlled AC's to fight in an Arena to work yourself up in the league. You have a team of AC's which all use the same garage of parts (so no duplicate parts basically).
All the parts from Ninebreaker (plus a few new ones) are available from the start. If you have played Nexus or Ninebreaker you will have a headstart on knowing how to setup a decent AC, but it's by no means necessary.
The big thing about Formula Front is the AI setup. Your AC's head is customised to have a "character" and has a certain number of attribute points which you can assign accordingly. You then have time sensitive programs that the AC can use.
The important thing to realise is that once a match is running you cannot modify anything. You just sit and watch.
If you are an AC fan then this may be something a tad strange to experience, but it's still a lot of fun to build an AC, tweak its AI and set it off against another opponent. The camera views are cool too.
All in all, a lot of game here but not for the linguistically faint of heart (which is obviously unfortunate).
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