Armored Core V turns away from a conventional solo to bet on team-versus-team territory warfare. Demanding piloting and deep customisation, but a dour campaign and empty servers. Still fascinating for genre die-hards.
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Semi-open world mecha action presenting a reimagined Armored Core, more tactical and built around teamwork. Published by Namco Bandai and developed by From Software, released in January 2012 in Asia, Europe, Japan and the United States. Deep customisation, territorial competitive multiplayer, operator missions. Worldwide multilingual edition.
A reworking of Armored Core oriented toward online team clashes and territory conquest, a clear turn from the previous solo campaigns. Its Asian pressing draws the faithful seeking to complete the series on PS3 in all its versions, the title relying partly on an online infrastructure now extinct. Its interest owes to this regional scarcity and to the status of an entry with an owned-up stance.