Sprinted through Armored Core 1 with save states. Game is definitely a trial and error test in patience mostly because the weapons aren't balanced, it's pretty easy to run out of ammo, and you don't know what you're up against until you see it. It's an awesome game though. There are so many more in the series I want to try so I might drop it even though I haven't gone back to try out the other missions or most of the weapons. Maybe I'll look up some OP builds tomorrow and go try them out at least.