finally getting around to playing armored core. its pretty damn neat! The controls definitely are pretty stiff and confusing at first (took me like 3 hours to feel even remotely comfortable with them and even then I barely use the triggers), and at times the game can be pretty brutal, but it holds up surprisingly well.
Honestly i'm trying to decide what the most frustrating thing is right now, the camera or the unfortunate fact that the game runs at 20 fps. The camera is only annoying sometimes, like when you jump, but the framerate is a constant, and when you're moving as fast as you are it can be very hard to keep up. At least in Ocarina of Time you don't move at 80mph, so 20fps works out a bit better.