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Another Century's Episode 2 - Special Vocal Version

Another Century's Episode 2: Special Vocal Version stages a crossover mecha campaign with fast flight, lock-on shooting, melee combat, many machines, and restored licensed theme songs. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.

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Another Century's Episode 2: Special Vocal Version stages a crossover mecha campaign with fast flight, lock-on shooting, melee combat, many machines, and restored licensed theme songs. High-speed air-ground battles, machine switching, and a broad crossover cast strongly reward fans, while vocal songs improve major mission atmosphere. Camera, lock-on, and crowded readability can break down, objectives and enemy groups repeat, and Japanese or franchise knowledge create high barriers. This description covers the original ps2 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.

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8.3 / 10PlayStation 2

Another Century's Episode 2: Special Vocal Version stages a crossover mecha campaign with fast flight, lock-on shooting, melee combat, many machines, and restored licensed theme songs.

High-speed air-ground battles, machine switching, and a broad crossover cast strongly reward fans, while vocal songs improve major mission atmosphere. Camera, lock-on, and crowded readability can break down, objectives and enemy groups repeat, and Japanese or franchise knowledge create high barriers. Overall, its main strengths are Fast air-ground combat, switching, and crossover breadth; Licensed vocal songs strengthen missions. Its material limitations are Camera, lock-on, and crowd readability can fail; Repeated missions with high context and Japanese barriers. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.

Strengths

  • Fast air-ground combat, switching, and crossover breadth
  • Licensed vocal songs strengthen missions

Weaknesses

  • Camera, lock-on, and crowd readability can fail
  • Repeated missions with high context and Japanese barriers

Who it is for: Players who value fast air-ground combat, switching, and crossover breadth and can accept the original release's limits.

Play notes: Before playing, expect camera, lock-on, and crowd readability can fail and repeated missions with high context and japanese barriers; this assessment covers the recorded original-platform release.

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Licensed vocal songs strengthen missions; Repeated missions with high context and Japanese barriers.

Reviewed8.0 / 10Not provided
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Fast air-ground combat, switching, and crossover breadth; Camera, lock-on, and crowd readability can fail.

Reviewed8.7 / 10Not provided
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Licensed vocal songs strengthen missions; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone.

Reviewed9.0 / 10Not provided
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Judged on the original ps2 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Camera, lock-on, and crowd readability can fail.

Reviewed6.8 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
FromSoftware
Publisher
Banpresto
Release date
2007
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Tags
ShootingMelee CombatThird PersonStory-drivenFast-pacedSolo-friendly3D GraphicsMechs
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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