Armored Core 2: Another Age Cheats and Unlockables (PS2)

The expansion to Armored Core 2 runs on the same game engine as its predecessor but features a number of changes in the way the game is played. There is no trial mission in Another Age that kicks the game off, the player is simply thrown into the world with their AC and their first job offer right there waiting for them. The Arena, which played a significant role in Armored Core 2 has been scaled back a bit, but a fair number of the game's missions involve one-on-one combat with other Ravens in a set-up not unlike Armored Core 2's Arena. Another Age has no expressed plot; it is more a portrait of the life of a mercenary, always bouncing about from place to place and not getting tied down to any particular cause. Occasionally recurring elements pop up from time to time as the game progresses, but there is no defined storyline to the game. While there is no storyline there are over 100 separate missions that make up the mass of the game, the largest Armored Core title to date and each mission plays out in a specific area of the world map screen that would reappear in following AC titles down the road. Another Age is also noted for its cameo appearances. Past enemies from previous Armored Core games Stinger and Nineball appear as bosses in several special missions that are unlocked once you clear all 100 of the game's missions.

CHEATS

Continue from Armored Core 2

Load the saved data from Armored Core 2 in the one player scenario. You will start out with all previously obtained weapons and money.

Limiter release

Hold R1 + R2 + L1 + L2 and press R3 + L3. The limiter release allows you to use as much energy as desired without the bar decreasing. You will have one minute of limitless energy use, followed by one minute of no energy at all.

Extra boost

To get an extra boost press either R3 or L3.

UNLOCKABLES

Bonus missions

Successfully complete the game, save your data, then load it again at the title screen. You can now access three new high-paying missions where you face Stinger in his AC (from Armored Core: Project Phantasma), Phantasma (who Stinger had merged with), and Final Nine-Ball (from Armored Core: Master of Arena). Fortunately, you can go overweight for all these missions. All are very tough. After defeating all three, you will get some very fast hover legs, and an "Inside" orbit cannon.

Overweight AC

Successfully complete the game and save your data. Load the saved data, and you may play missions with your AC overweight.

Once you completed the main set of missions in Another Age, a new area became accessible. Called the Lost Field it offered three new missions against foes from the PSone games: