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“The Jet Gamer” Game Review: Dynasty Warriors Gundam
10 years ago
Another Warriors game in my review section. I hope you guys don’t mind? XD
Dynasty Warriors Gundam
Here we go again with another game in the warriors’ series, and this time it is the Gundam series in the warriors’ franchise. I’ve been into warriors games for a while now and going into another side series of the warriors franchise was a little iffy for me. This was mainly because I’ve had no exposure to the Gundam anime on TV at all, and I was thinking this might be required to play this game. However, I figured I may as well go ahead and grab another warriors’ game to enjoy. Now, the thing is, is this series of warriors’ games worth it? Well, let’s see how Dynasty Warriors Gundam is for ourselves shall we?
Gameplay
If you have played any other warriors’ series game then this game is going to be no different to you. The main difference in this dynasty warriors’ game is that it is giant robots fighting instead of actual people this time. You are going through the normal dynasty warriors’ experience where you are running around on a giant map with your allies as you try and defeat all the enemy officer’s while conquering their bases and trying to keep them from taking yours. There is really no difference here other than the type of characters you are using. There are actually two modes in this game that both have their own unique story modes, so there is actually more than one type of game you can play, though the gameplay is pretty much the same in both. When it comes to the actual missions in each mode, they are essentially the same as explained above as you try and defeat all the officers to end your mission. It is just like any other dynasty warriors game. The main problems you are going to run into when it comes to the gameplay in this game is the AI at times in the game. The AI really needs you babysit them at times, as doing your own thing for too long in the game will result in your number of allies slowly dropping one by one if you aren’t quick or following them around for a constant amount of time. Your allies are also constantly stealing your officer kills right out from under you. You will sit there widdling down a hard officers health and an ally will come in and take the final blow, thus robbing you of the final kill and also not allowing you to get the points you need to level up from making these kills. Your AI isn’t totally worthless as occationally, depending on the ally, they really can take care of themselves and will be great help. This is especially the case when it comes to the last officer of areas as these are pretty tough and they can’t take the final kill away from you. Ganging up four to one can be very handy on some bosses. There are some nice maps in this game, but the biggest problem is there is a great lack of the in the game in total. Both modes combined, I would guess there is only around a dozen maps. The same maps will end up being used over and over again. One mode allows you to play as any one of six officiers while the other allows up to sixteen officers you can play as. The problem here is, that while that sounds like a good number in the second mode, a lot of the officers are similar to each other and they aren’t all original either in terms of the stories they offer. Overall, as you are playing this hack n slash warriors’ game, you will find yourself doing some of the same things over and over again. Still, if you can get over that, there is still some good fun to have here.
Story
This game actually shines in the story department, which honestly isn’t that surprising as warriors’ games tend to really shine when it comes to a good story. You are doing normal hack n slash so much, so you better have an interesting story to give the player to keep them interested for a long period of time. This one is no different and even goes the extra mile when it comes to the story. There is official mode which is you playing any one of six characters and following their story that goes right along with the Gundam anime. This is the mode you play if you want to start learning about the anime and their main characters. However, there aren’t that many characters in this mode that you can use, but that’s where original mode comes into play. Original mode is the games original story that doesn’t follow the anime and throws all the characters from all the series together in an attempt to stop a mysterious planet that has appeared and is on a crash course for Earth. These characters from the ages are all coming together to either stop this or make the planet do what they want for themselves as whoever wins control of the planet can get whatever they want supposedly. You can play as any one of sixteen characters this time, so there are a lot more character stories in this mode and is the mode you will be playing the majority of time in the game. You only start with three characters, but the other thirteen will unlock as you play other characters. Each character’s story is slightly unique and will have unique cut-scenes and endings for each of them, which is your main motivation to keep playing them. However, there is some drawback here in that you will be playing the same set of stories with certain characters. What I mean is that certain characters are always around other characters as you play the game, so every character does not have a fully unique story, as it will be mostly shared by other characters. Each character does have some unique elements to them, but you will be disappointed that some characters aren’t as unique as others out there. Other than that, you will be very impressed by the story, as it is a good introduction to the Gundam series if you aren’t familiar with it at all like I was.
Graphics
The graphics for this game are pretty good considering it is a very early PS3 game. The cutscenes, and anime like characters you see throughout the car are pretty good. You see plenty of mouth movement and the little windows you see when characters are talking does seem convincing. While it isn’t perfect, it does get you into it and does give you a good sense about what is going on around you. The only problems I can see for the most part is that the landscapes are a bit on the bare side. You won’t exactly have wonderful environments to look out, but most of these battles take place out in the middle of nowhere. The few populated areas that do appear look nice, but other than that, you really aren’t going to be paying that much attention to your surroundings. You don’t really see any graphic glitches and clipping is very rare and only visible at very specific angles. Unless you are just trying to find these kinds of glitches, you will never encounter them in normal gameplay. Slowdown is actually very rare as well. Being that this is a warriors’ game, slowdown is sometimes to be expect with how many enemies are on the screen at the same time. You will be happy to know that this is very minimal, as I only encountered slow down a small handful of times the entire time I played this game, and that was for over fifty hours in total. Still, the graphics do their job for the type of game it is, even it is a bit bare in some areas.
Sound
You likely have a thought in your head about what kind of music would be in a warriors’ game and this one is no exception. For the most part it is rock music and tension music to expression tense situations, which are also slightly rock based. However, that’s about it. The music isn’t that memorable and you are likely to zone it out most of the time you are playing the game. The music you listen to isn’t bad by any means, but it is just generic rock music that you come to expect from a warriors’ game. There are some warriors series games that are better than other, but for the most part, I would say the music is just average really. The sound effects are what you expect as well. It is just the sounds of hacking and slashing of attacking other metal robots and the sounds and grunts of people as they are fighting in these gundam mechs. Nothing too impressive here at all.
Control
The controls are actually pretty solid in this warriors game, but when you are hacking and slashing and pressing the buttons so much in these types of games, it had better be. If the controls weren’t as responsive as they were, the enemy AI would tear you to pieces, which luckily isn’t the case, at least when it comes to the controls. When you press the buttons, your character will respond with the wanted commands and in an immediately fashion. You aren’t going to be complaining about hitting buttons and nothing happening or not happening fast enough here. Really the only complaint I could have here is that not all the buttons seem to be used that much and you don’t really use most buttons other than the main attack button really. There is just no reason as the strong attack in the game isn’t that useful this time around. Other than that, the controls are tight and responsive like they should be.
Replay Value
Normally, I would rate a warriors’ games pretty highly in the replayability department, but this one I would say it is just average at best. The main reason I say this is the severe lack of maps in the game. When there are only around a dozen maps to play and most of those maps aren’t exactly high strategy maps, really, you play them a few times and that’s it. You will have the gist of what is going to work and not work on them. There is also the fact that I stated above that some characters are very similar to each other and the fact that many of their stories merge with each other instead of all having a lot of unique aspects to them. When each story is only a little bit different than another one, with only small variations depending on the character you are playing, there isn’t a great amount of motivation to play all the characters or to come back to them all again in the future, unless you really want to. You will still get some enjoyment coming back to his game one day, but really, only so much in my opinion.
Overall, I would say Dynasty Warriors Gundam is a good entry into the warriors’ franchise and one that you should give a try if you like Gundam or want an easy first time exposure to the Gundam series. You won’t get as much as you would by trying to watch the shows, but the history in the game and the few levels that explain some of the main story points of the series, I think you will get a good lesson on Gundam. There are definitely better warriors’ games out there, but this one I would say it pretty good and one you should check out if you like other warriors’ games or hack n slash like games such as this.
Overall, in my opinion at least, I give Dynasty Warriors Gundam a seven point five out of ten
Gameplay: 7
Story: 9
Graphics: 8
Sound: 6
Control: 9
Replay Value: 6
Overall: 7.5
Dynasty Warriors Gundam
Here we go again with another game in the warriors’ series, and this time it is the Gundam series in the warriors’ franchise. I’ve been into warriors games for a while now and going into another side series of the warriors franchise was a little iffy for me. This was mainly because I’ve had no exposure to the Gundam anime on TV at all, and I was thinking this might be required to play this game. However, I figured I may as well go ahead and grab another warriors’ game to enjoy. Now, the thing is, is this series of warriors’ games worth it? Well, let’s see how Dynasty Warriors Gundam is for ourselves shall we?
Gameplay
If you have played any other warriors’ series game then this game is going to be no different to you. The main difference in this dynasty warriors’ game is that it is giant robots fighting instead of actual people this time. You are going through the normal dynasty warriors’ experience where you are running around on a giant map with your allies as you try and defeat all the enemy officer’s while conquering their bases and trying to keep them from taking yours. There is really no difference here other than the type of characters you are using. There are actually two modes in this game that both have their own unique story modes, so there is actually more than one type of game you can play, though the gameplay is pretty much the same in both. When it comes to the actual missions in each mode, they are essentially the same as explained above as you try and defeat all the officers to end your mission. It is just like any other dynasty warriors game. The main problems you are going to run into when it comes to the gameplay in this game is the AI at times in the game. The AI really needs you babysit them at times, as doing your own thing for too long in the game will result in your number of allies slowly dropping one by one if you aren’t quick or following them around for a constant amount of time. Your allies are also constantly stealing your officer kills right out from under you. You will sit there widdling down a hard officers health and an ally will come in and take the final blow, thus robbing you of the final kill and also not allowing you to get the points you need to level up from making these kills. Your AI isn’t totally worthless as occationally, depending on the ally, they really can take care of themselves and will be great help. This is especially the case when it comes to the last officer of areas as these are pretty tough and they can’t take the final kill away from you. Ganging up four to one can be very handy on some bosses. There are some nice maps in this game, but the biggest problem is there is a great lack of the in the game in total. Both modes combined, I would guess there is only around a dozen maps. The same maps will end up being used over and over again. One mode allows you to play as any one of six officiers while the other allows up to sixteen officers you can play as. The problem here is, that while that sounds like a good number in the second mode, a lot of the officers are similar to each other and they aren’t all original either in terms of the stories they offer. Overall, as you are playing this hack n slash warriors’ game, you will find yourself doing some of the same things over and over again. Still, if you can get over that, there is still some good fun to have here.
Story
This game actually shines in the story department, which honestly isn’t that surprising as warriors’ games tend to really shine when it comes to a good story. You are doing normal hack n slash so much, so you better have an interesting story to give the player to keep them interested for a long period of time. This one is no different and even goes the extra mile when it comes to the story. There is official mode which is you playing any one of six characters and following their story that goes right along with the Gundam anime. This is the mode you play if you want to start learning about the anime and their main characters. However, there aren’t that many characters in this mode that you can use, but that’s where original mode comes into play. Original mode is the games original story that doesn’t follow the anime and throws all the characters from all the series together in an attempt to stop a mysterious planet that has appeared and is on a crash course for Earth. These characters from the ages are all coming together to either stop this or make the planet do what they want for themselves as whoever wins control of the planet can get whatever they want supposedly. You can play as any one of sixteen characters this time, so there are a lot more character stories in this mode and is the mode you will be playing the majority of time in the game. You only start with three characters, but the other thirteen will unlock as you play other characters. Each character’s story is slightly unique and will have unique cut-scenes and endings for each of them, which is your main motivation to keep playing them. However, there is some drawback here in that you will be playing the same set of stories with certain characters. What I mean is that certain characters are always around other characters as you play the game, so every character does not have a fully unique story, as it will be mostly shared by other characters. Each character does have some unique elements to them, but you will be disappointed that some characters aren’t as unique as others out there. Other than that, you will be very impressed by the story, as it is a good introduction to the Gundam series if you aren’t familiar with it at all like I was.
Graphics
The graphics for this game are pretty good considering it is a very early PS3 game. The cutscenes, and anime like characters you see throughout the car are pretty good. You see plenty of mouth movement and the little windows you see when characters are talking does seem convincing. While it isn’t perfect, it does get you into it and does give you a good sense about what is going on around you. The only problems I can see for the most part is that the landscapes are a bit on the bare side. You won’t exactly have wonderful environments to look out, but most of these battles take place out in the middle of nowhere. The few populated areas that do appear look nice, but other than that, you really aren’t going to be paying that much attention to your surroundings. You don’t really see any graphic glitches and clipping is very rare and only visible at very specific angles. Unless you are just trying to find these kinds of glitches, you will never encounter them in normal gameplay. Slowdown is actually very rare as well. Being that this is a warriors’ game, slowdown is sometimes to be expect with how many enemies are on the screen at the same time. You will be happy to know that this is very minimal, as I only encountered slow down a small handful of times the entire time I played this game, and that was for over fifty hours in total. Still, the graphics do their job for the type of game it is, even it is a bit bare in some areas.
Sound
You likely have a thought in your head about what kind of music would be in a warriors’ game and this one is no exception. For the most part it is rock music and tension music to expression tense situations, which are also slightly rock based. However, that’s about it. The music isn’t that memorable and you are likely to zone it out most of the time you are playing the game. The music you listen to isn’t bad by any means, but it is just generic rock music that you come to expect from a warriors’ game. There are some warriors series games that are better than other, but for the most part, I would say the music is just average really. The sound effects are what you expect as well. It is just the sounds of hacking and slashing of attacking other metal robots and the sounds and grunts of people as they are fighting in these gundam mechs. Nothing too impressive here at all.
Control
The controls are actually pretty solid in this warriors game, but when you are hacking and slashing and pressing the buttons so much in these types of games, it had better be. If the controls weren’t as responsive as they were, the enemy AI would tear you to pieces, which luckily isn’t the case, at least when it comes to the controls. When you press the buttons, your character will respond with the wanted commands and in an immediately fashion. You aren’t going to be complaining about hitting buttons and nothing happening or not happening fast enough here. Really the only complaint I could have here is that not all the buttons seem to be used that much and you don’t really use most buttons other than the main attack button really. There is just no reason as the strong attack in the game isn’t that useful this time around. Other than that, the controls are tight and responsive like they should be.
Replay Value
Normally, I would rate a warriors’ games pretty highly in the replayability department, but this one I would say it is just average at best. The main reason I say this is the severe lack of maps in the game. When there are only around a dozen maps to play and most of those maps aren’t exactly high strategy maps, really, you play them a few times and that’s it. You will have the gist of what is going to work and not work on them. There is also the fact that I stated above that some characters are very similar to each other and the fact that many of their stories merge with each other instead of all having a lot of unique aspects to them. When each story is only a little bit different than another one, with only small variations depending on the character you are playing, there isn’t a great amount of motivation to play all the characters or to come back to them all again in the future, unless you really want to. You will still get some enjoyment coming back to his game one day, but really, only so much in my opinion.
Overall, I would say Dynasty Warriors Gundam is a good entry into the warriors’ franchise and one that you should give a try if you like Gundam or want an easy first time exposure to the Gundam series. You won’t get as much as you would by trying to watch the shows, but the history in the game and the few levels that explain some of the main story points of the series, I think you will get a good lesson on Gundam. There are definitely better warriors’ games out there, but this one I would say it pretty good and one you should check out if you like other warriors’ games or hack n slash like games such as this.
Overall, in my opinion at least, I give Dynasty Warriors Gundam a seven point five out of ten
Gameplay: 7
Story: 9
Graphics: 8
Sound: 6
Control: 9
Replay Value: 6
Overall: 7.5
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