It's funny looking back at some of my own (obsolete) ideas from almost 14 years ago. We finally have a lot of the online play features (through emulation and vpn) that we only dreamed about back then. And online communication through voice chat and video calling and instant messaging, like on Discord, has advanced enough that geographical boundaries aren't as damning to forming a community anymore.
And many of my opinions on games like AC4 and FA and the series as a whole have definitely changed with time. Nowadays, I'm honestly really glad to see a highly active FA scene online. It's not my favorite, but it's still Armored Core, and I'm just glad that people are interested. If I can find some copies to borrow, I might actually fire up the ol' PS3 to give those games another fair shot. And for as short-lived as ACV and VD were for me, they were still lots of fun while they lasted. And many new friends were made along the way. *cheese*
Now actually feels like a good time to write a sequel for this. That's if I ever muster up the will for it. =P
And many of my opinions on games like AC4 and FA and the series as a whole have definitely changed with time. Nowadays, I'm honestly really glad to see a highly active FA scene online. It's not my favorite, but it's still Armored Core, and I'm just glad that people are interested. If I can find some copies to borrow, I might actually fire up the ol' PS3 to give those games another fair shot. And for as short-lived as ACV and VD were for me, they were still lots of fun while they lasted. And many new friends were made along the way. *cheese*
Now actually feels like a good time to write a sequel for this. That's if I ever muster up the will for it. =P
