I accidentally deleted my armored core 3 data so I had to restart (again). And i'm doing much, much better the third time, especially once I got over my fear of selling the starter parts, which are garbage. I've got a super fast lightweight build and i stomped the arena so now i'm stacked on cash which is good because it feels like the early missions dont give you much. I've also gotten better at using the controls and it's very rewarding. Old gen is clunky as hell until you learn to move smoothly by not landing hard and not killing your booster on the ground. I love it.

I've also been playing armored core 6 multiplayer again and to be honest, after coming back from old gen I actually kind of hate the stagger mechanic (at least in multiplayer)