First of all, let me say that I am a genuine AC nut. I absolutely love AC. But with that said, let me say that I am very unhappy with LR.
As some of you may already know, I am relatively new to the world of LR although I did play Nexus and everything that came before it.
Let's analyze the good things that came about with the Nexus series:
(everything to follow is based only on my)
- Actual variety in boosters, generators, and radiators...
- Accurate EOs
- Hanger concept
- A lot more parts
- SUPPOSED part balancing
- Tuning
- More part stats to add depth
- New Analog Control Scheme
The bad things (based on what I've seen this first week that I started playing LR, and from problems that have remained since NX):
- In NX, I did see a good variety of Booster/Gen/Rad combos... but in LR, the variety seems a lot less especially since they've toned down heat. Nowadays, ANANDA will be enough for most Booster/Gen combos...
- The supposed part-balancing was totally messed up. Parts that were already good (e.g. UA Core, Lemur2) were buffed even more, while parts that seemed underpowered since Nexus (e.g. Dragon, Hollow) still suck.
- Sure there are now more parts than there ever was in any AC game. However, the number of usable parts this time around is just the same as, or maybe even less than that of older AC games. For example, IMO with arms, there are probably only 4-5 of them that are actually good. For the head, core, and legs (per class), there are probably also only 4 good parts for each... Kasi parang kahit mag try ako gumawa ng bagong AC, I still end up picking most of the same parts from the frame. Hirap gumawa ng variety.
- Even the weapons suffer... a rough average of only 1-2 weapons in each class seems decent. Some weapon classes don't even seem effective in general...
- May bagong hanger feature nga. Puro broken naman yung weapons na pwedeng ilagay...
- A lot more broken parts than any other AC game I can think of (both underpowered and overpowered).
- Weird weapon velocities and dodging/tracking properties (e.g. Caelyn of ACG posted a video he made. In the video, using a GL, he locked onto an opponent that was perfectly still. He shot the GL and though it was locked, the projectile still missed the stationary opponent! wtf)
- Major nerfing of Overboost... I agree that OB needed balancing... but maybe not in the way that they did it.
- And many other apparent problems
Sorry for ranting pero frustrating lang talaga kasi. I remember kasi sa SL, although some parts did stand out, everything else was still relatively usable in some way. Back then, originality could still be rewarding. Eh like Grimoire said, sa LR, originality usually feels like giving away a win. :meh:
Sana PC game nalang ang Armored Core para pwedeng lagyan ng patch updates... para magkaroon naman ng balance. Grr.
AC4 better be good.
P.S. If your opinions are opposed to mine, go ahead and tell me your side. I'll probably appreciate it since I'm kinda desperate for reasons to like Last Raven (other than for the fact that it's the AC game that most Ravens nowadays are playing).
2011 Edit: The game's deficiencies still kinda irk me, but I've learned to love it anyway. It's got its own good points going for it.
As some of you may already know, I am relatively new to the world of LR although I did play Nexus and everything that came before it.
Let's analyze the good things that came about with the Nexus series:
(everything to follow is based only on my)
- Actual variety in boosters, generators, and radiators...
- Accurate EOs
- Hanger concept
- A lot more parts
- SUPPOSED part balancing
- Tuning
- More part stats to add depth
- New Analog Control Scheme
The bad things (based on what I've seen this first week that I started playing LR, and from problems that have remained since NX):
- In NX, I did see a good variety of Booster/Gen/Rad combos... but in LR, the variety seems a lot less especially since they've toned down heat. Nowadays, ANANDA will be enough for most Booster/Gen combos...
- The supposed part-balancing was totally messed up. Parts that were already good (e.g. UA Core, Lemur2) were buffed even more, while parts that seemed underpowered since Nexus (e.g. Dragon, Hollow) still suck.
- Sure there are now more parts than there ever was in any AC game. However, the number of usable parts this time around is just the same as, or maybe even less than that of older AC games. For example, IMO with arms, there are probably only 4-5 of them that are actually good. For the head, core, and legs (per class), there are probably also only 4 good parts for each... Kasi parang kahit mag try ako gumawa ng bagong AC, I still end up picking most of the same parts from the frame. Hirap gumawa ng variety.
- Even the weapons suffer... a rough average of only 1-2 weapons in each class seems decent. Some weapon classes don't even seem effective in general...
- May bagong hanger feature nga. Puro broken naman yung weapons na pwedeng ilagay...
- A lot more broken parts than any other AC game I can think of (both underpowered and overpowered).
- Weird weapon velocities and dodging/tracking properties (e.g. Caelyn of ACG posted a video he made. In the video, using a GL, he locked onto an opponent that was perfectly still. He shot the GL and though it was locked, the projectile still missed the stationary opponent! wtf)
- Major nerfing of Overboost... I agree that OB needed balancing... but maybe not in the way that they did it.
- And many other apparent problems
Sorry for ranting pero frustrating lang talaga kasi. I remember kasi sa SL, although some parts did stand out, everything else was still relatively usable in some way. Back then, originality could still be rewarding. Eh like Grimoire said, sa LR, originality usually feels like giving away a win. :meh:
Sana PC game nalang ang Armored Core para pwedeng lagyan ng patch updates... para magkaroon naman ng balance. Grr.
AC4 better be good.
P.S. If your opinions are opposed to mine, go ahead and tell me your side. I'll probably appreciate it since I'm kinda desperate for reasons to like Last Raven (other than for the fact that it's the AC game that most Ravens nowadays are playing).
2011 Edit: The game's deficiencies still kinda irk me, but I've learned to love it anyway. It's got its own good points going for it.
