THE GOOD: The same excellent Armored Core setup in this installment. Some people complain about this fact, but the reason it is never really changed is because it is so awesome to begin with.
The framerate has been improved over AC2, meaning that you'll never experience slowdown, even in the most intense barrages of fire. The graphics engine is much the same, but some minor upgrades have been implemented.
The sound is the same as always, which is good but not great.
THE BAD:
This game lacks a proper storyline, unfortunately. I figured if they were going to take out the arena they should at least put some kind of plot into the missions, but it was not to be.
Again, the removal of the Arena was a serious blow to this game. And even though there are 100 missions the game does not take long to complete. Most missions take no more than 5 minutes. And they start to get very repetitive after a...