1990s Critics Review Armored Core, Project Phantasma & Master of Arena (PlayStation Plus)

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Published on March 28, 2025 4:31:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao_2Nm26v_c

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You would think that it would be impossible to miss a giant mech the size of a skyscraper, but that’s exactly what happened. While I was busy looking at those Koei strategy games on Nintendo Switch Online, I completely missed that three Armored Core games from the PlayStation-era were uploaded to PS Plus. I’m talking about the 1997 original, Project Phantasma and Master of Arena. That is genuinely cool news, but are any of these games worth playing? To answer that question, I decided to flip through the pages of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Game Fan, Incite Video Gaming and more classic magazines to see what the critics said back when these games first came out. Strap in, because this is going to be a slow and lumbering episode of PlayStation Plus Review Crew.

0:00 – Introduction
1:03 – Armored Core (PlayStation)
5:49 – Armored Core: Project Phantasma (PlayStation)
9:37 – Armored Core: Master of Arena (PlayStation)
14:13 – Question of the Day

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