Armored Core: Master of Arena (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Armored Core: Master of Arena

Armored Core: Master of Arena is a standalone sequel released for the PlayStation in 1999. It centres on a large, structured Arena mode where players progress by defeating ranked pilots. The game expands mech…

63 4 February 1999

What Armored Core: Master of Arena is

Armored Core: Master of Arena is a shooter game developed by FromSoftware and released in 1999. It was published by Agetec. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Behind the scenes in Isaac City, two corporations are embroiled in a vicious fight for control and supremacy over the general populace. During one of the most violent encounters between the corporations, a large number of innocent civilians are caught up in the chaos and perish. One survivor, a young man, loses his entire family. A few months later, the embittered survivor decides to take action and exact revenge; his target is the pilot of an AC. That pilot is simply known as "Hustler One", and he pilots the AC around which events on that tragic day played out. In order to discover more and track down his quarry, the young man seeks out recruitment with the Ravens' Nest. And so, another…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Armored Core: Master of Arena holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 26% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Armored Core: Master of Arena launched on 4 February 1999, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill, Super Smash Bros. and Syphon Filter. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VIII, Silent Hill, Super Smash Bros., Syphon Filter.

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