Silent Line: Armored Core Critic Reviews

An utterly superb game.

Despite all these incremental improvements and new features not much has changed with the AC series. Silent Line: Armored Core looks and plays nearly the same as it did three years and two versions ago.

Mechanized simulation fans are going to go nuts with the freedom and myriad options that Silent Line offers its players.

If the whole Japanese-mech scene is yours, however, it's a good bet that the Armored Core series will appeal, and that the numerous customization options will offer you more than the typical "expansion kit" could ever hope for.

I'd most liken this title to Armored Core: Project Phantasma, as although most AC games have a small mystery going on in their backstory, this one is quite nasty, and well, like Phantasma.

If you loved "Armored Core 3," you're going to have a field day with this.

The most interesting addition is the ability to create your own AI in Arena mode.

This is obviously a niche game, but it's a damn good niche game.

Not all of the missions are more difficult than subsequent ones, but in general the game's level of difficulty does increase exponentially when amortized over the 30-plus missions.

The visuals, sound and overall presentation may have remained mostly unchanged, but the 32 additional missions, coupled with more than 200 new parts makes this a must for the hardcore fans.

As solid as ever, but unlikely to win new converts, Silent Line: Armored Core preaches to the choir and no one else.

The innumerable customization options are enjoyable enough, but the overly difficult game play and poor controls keep the game from being much fun for casual mech fans or anyone new to the series.

Silent Line’s claim to fame is the new first-person view, which looks very cool but ups the practice requirements, too.

It has a bunch of new mech parts and a few new knickknakcs, but this is essentially "Armored Core 3" with different levels.

A solid addition to the Armored Core series with its bevy of cool new options and upgrades, but it still only caters to those well-versed in the esoteric world of AC geekdom.

Silent Line has made me a partial believer; if they'd simplified the controls some, I'd be completely sold.

The game's difficulty curve is totally thrown off balance. I can only assume the intent was to provide a greater challenge than player-friendly Armored Core 3, and not outright sadism.

An acquired taste of mechanized action warfare that thrives on narrowcasting its offerings to the select few that buy every installment, Silent Line is ultimately more bark (i.e. rental worth) than bite (i.e. purchase consideration).

If you're willing to overlook the clumsy controls and the dated look, then Silent Line might be worth your while, but otherwise, there are much better giant-robot games on the market.

The effort in style and ideas are evident, but working on the same engine, and just building on it just doesn’t do the series justice. Give the game a face-lift please.