Armored Core 2 - Ground-Based Attack

You begin the mission on the south end of the bridge, flanked by allied MTs and both the gate and gun batteries behind you. The idea is to destroy all enemy units in the combat area and not let them reach the gate. All ground units come in waves ranging from two to four units, and you might find them more durable and powerful than you may at first suspect.

In all, there are around five waves of ground targets, with aerial units (vulnerable to area-of-effect weapons) preceding the final wave.

Your allied MTs, while good support, will be ineffective at stopping the attackers before reaching the gate. Either take a risk and go on the offensive yourself, or keep behind them and allow them to absorb the bulk of the attack. Repeat as needed.

In the latter case, it's a good idea to take care of the enemies on the left and right sides of the bridge so that your allies can focus their attacks on the middle units.

On the other hand, two of the gun batteries are grenade cannons or plasma cannons, and will fire at any enemy within range--when they tell you to move, do so, as you don't want to be caught in the blast radius.

There is a noticeable delay between the second and third waves of enemies, during which is a prime opportunity to collect the hidden AC part (mentioned in the Trivia section).

Armored Core 2 is a 2000 third-person shooter mecha video game developed by FromSoftware for the PlayStation 2. It is the fourth entry in the Armored Core series and an indirect sequel to Armored Core: Master of Arena. In North America, Armored Core 2 was a launch title for the PlayStation 2. A direct sequel, Armored Core 2: Another Age, was released in 2001 for the PlayStation 2.

The story takes place almost 70 years after Master of Arena. Following the colonization of Mars, a powerful organization called the Frighteners overthrows the government at the behest of their leader, the enigmatic Leos Klein. The player is a mercenary who is tasked with dismantling the Frighteners and defeating Klein.

Armored Core 2's gameplay is largely similar to that of its predecessors. Players take control of powerful machines called Armored Cores and engage in dangerous missions or fight in the Arena against other pilots. Like earlier games, Armored Core 2 features a local multiplayer mode that includes a console linking feature and allows two players to fight each other with their own custom Armored Core.