You play the role of a Raven mercenary, piloting a powerful Mech called Armored Core . You only work for profit, as the money you make goes towards upgrades and repairs to your mech.
Multi-national companies are lined up at your door, paying you to complete certain objectives, which mainly include the destruction of a target or another mech. The more you complete, the better the pay and job offers, therefore allowing you to build the ultimate Armored Core .
The game features both single player and multiplayer modes. In the single player campaign, you'll embark on missions to take down targets and destroy enemy mechs. In multiplayer mode, you can battle against a friend in a large war area, controlling your own mech as you try to outmaneuver and defeat each other.