
Got this today, finally, and have caned it quite a bit. The short of it is that it is a good game but it may be difficult for some to get to grips with. Much like the original Armored Core's idiosynchratic use of the bloody shoulder buttons to look up and down, ACE has a similar state of affairs to gain and lose altitude. Admittedly, many of the Bandai PSone Gundam action games had a similar state of affairs (so it's not exactly new to me) but a fair few peeps may (justifiably mind) have the initial urge to throw the controller on the floor in frustration.
However, like Armored Core, investing time in how the game controls will reap wondrous benefits as you fly in silky smooth arcs of death spewing l33tage. Each of the mecha are ****ing great to use too and all can be improved throught the acquistion of "ACE points".
The only real problem I have encountered thus far is that sometimes it not entirely clear what the hell your compatriots want, consequently making some of the mission objectives a tad hard to complete. Admittedly, this might be me misinterpreting what is going but a few Japanese fan sites have commented similarly.
Anyway, here be some eyecandy (it looks lush in action I should add):
http://down.videogamerx.net/news/20050109/ace.wmv
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