▁Ott os on ▁pra ised ▁the ▁Arena ▁f ights , ▁writing , ▁" the ▁action ▁is ▁more ▁inten se ▁when ▁you ▁square ▁off ▁against ▁other ▁AC ▁pil ots ▁at ▁your ▁own ▁level ." ▁Game ▁Inform er ' s ▁Erik ▁Re ppen ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁Ar enas ▁were ▁" pl ent iful ▁and ▁great ." ▁The ▁Rank er ▁M K ▁feature ▁was ▁pra ised ▁by ▁several ▁review ers . ▁Game ▁Revolution ' s ▁Rad akov ic ▁called ▁it ▁" the ▁greatest ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁game ▁of ▁all ▁time ". ▁Game ▁Inform er ' s ▁Re ppen ▁wrote ▁that ▁" the ▁option ▁to ▁design ▁your ▁own ▁AC ▁oppon ents ▁for ▁parts ▁and ▁A I ▁ag gress iveness ▁added ▁a ▁lot ▁to ▁the ▁single ▁player ▁experience ." ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁directed ▁at ▁the ▁game ' s ▁under develop ed ▁story , ▁ag ing ▁visual s , ▁difficult ▁control ▁scheme , ▁and ▁a ▁bug ▁that ▁pl ag ued ▁the ▁local ▁multi player ▁mode . ▁The ▁lack ▁of ▁an ▁eng aging ▁story ▁was ▁commented ▁on ▁by ▁Game ▁Inform er ' s ▁Andy ▁Mc N am ara , ▁who ▁said ▁" it ▁just ▁can ' t ▁keep ▁my ▁interest ." ▁Game Pro ' s ▁The ▁F resh man ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁controls , ▁which ▁remained ▁un changed ▁from ▁the ▁video ▁game ▁and ▁noted ▁that ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁game ▁coming ▁out ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁D ual S ho ck ▁controller ' s ▁release , ▁Master ▁of ▁Arena ▁didn ' t ▁take ▁advantage ▁of ▁more