The game really didn't age well, and wasn't so different from the others generations, but besides that, it can be pretty fun (this is not a in-deph review, but I try to cover what I feel like talking.)

The gameplay is ok, but this is just for me, and I understand its flaws and why people hate it. The controllers don't work well in this gen, the game is slower than Master of Arena, and with this slower, you can expect to be pretty mad at some missions. The arena is iconic, and every character has its variations in gameplay, and act pretty straight to the description the game provides you. The Arena can be pretty strategic depending on wich map you choose tbh, unfortunately you don't see it many times in Story missions tho.

The soundtrack slaps, pure rave. Can be repetitive sometimes, sadly.

Story is simple, and just like other Armored Core games, "le big corporations... are controlling da world...?!", what differs is really Leos Klein, I find pretty sad its ending, and I may be putting too many thoughts in it (there's moments in the story that things just happens, like when suddenly there's another planet and Leos is going for it bla bla bla ancient civillization), but the fact that Klein ideals was deeply to free Ravens, felt like... You just killed the only person that had good reasons for your sake, and unfortunately got to the other side in the way of achieving this goal, it leaves you empty as you see that Ravens are just dogs, and seeing that your last mission would give freedom to you... You, the Raven, knew that was just a lie. Maybe Armored Core 2, full of flaws, tried to deliver this realistic fate of Ravens again, but unfortunately tripped in the way of delivering that turkey, leaving us with only the basic rice that we ate last thanksgiving.

The game is special to me because of the fun I had in arena and Leos Klein, probably because of its potential too.