Armored Core 4 (Playstation 3, 2007)

Its a great game for a mech fan. Although it doesnt have as many parts as the previous game, it quickly makes up for it with the detail, graphics, full customization, and new features such as the quick boost. Also it has online capabilities, so you can prove your superiority amongst other pilots. The game itself is relatively short, with a great many missions not lasting to long if your a great player. Newcomers will love the controls, the weapons, the designs, mission, and ofcourse, your own self made mech, which you can customize again anytime (outside of missions). You can have a tank mech with heavy weapons like grenade launchers, or a lightweight mech with machine guns, many possibilities with almost no restricition, with the only restriction being that when customizing an ac, beware that the mech isnt to heavy loaded with guns with the wrong type of legs, or your mech will slow down. To much energy consumption will make your mech generator charge fill up more slowly. The game is known for its realism, obviously if you have a lightweight mech, and you have too many heavy weapons, your going to slow down. Stabilizers have also been added to adjust the weight of your mech, since using a heavy left shoulder weapon would make your mech turn or boost faster to the left, the stabilizers add counter weight, so you can boost around normally, without an advantage on one side and disadvantage on another, or you can add more weight and make your boosting to one side a great advantage (Although eventually you may find that this may be a weakness.)

For control, weapon schemes, parts, customization, and realism, its a great game to try out and play , if your not a mech fan, this game may get you into the genre. Its absolutely worth renting, I found it worth buying, and if you give the game a test spin, you may like it very much as well.