SD Gundam Battle Alliance feels more ambitious than other recent Gundam games, and anyone familiar with the history of the franchise should find a lot to love. Some have been outstanding adaptations of the beloved anime and manga series, while others have been less remarakable. 1.Gundam has seen dozens of video-game adaptations over the years, ranging from live-service shooters to tactical RPGs.
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“Gundam Evolution” is currently free to play on Steam and will be available on consoles Dec. A fast and fun free-to-play shooter I strongly recommend, especially if you have some old “Overwatch” buddies who wish for an alternative to “Overwatch 2.” While the microtransactions are disappointing but expected in the freeware, “Gundam Evolution” also offers more fun than I’ve had in years with a multiplayer game. Loot boxes of course, make an appearance to unlock icons, skins and other cosmetics within the game. Or if you want to grind faster, you may purchase the season pass, which gives you more frequent rewards and progression. Some in-game currency is able to be purchased for real world money, pricing $10 for a single character if you don’t wish to grind. Five of the seventeen characters currently available require in-game currency to unlock and play, but currency finds are few and far between and would take a bit of grinding to accomplish. The progression was a bit slow after four hours I barely made it up to the fifth of sixty tiers, which then only awarded me an icon. At the end of the day it’s a free-to-play game, which inevitably leads to some weird monetization. Many game modes are available within this 6v6 hero shooter, all of which lightning-fast paced allowing exciting moments in the field. In one of the earlier matches I played, I ended up getting about 12 kills within only a few minutes from the sheer speed of encounters in the game. Most weapons can kill within seconds of a confrontation, abilities recharge almost immediately and respawns are immediate, creating a frantic and breakneck pace within every match.
What makes “Gundam” different from “Overwatch,” however, is the lightning-fast pace of its combat. Blizzard’s hero shooter’s influence is obvious. Those familiar with “Overwatch” will find this game easy to jump into, featuring an almost identical user interface, game modes and abilities across the heroes. Though due to the graphics, the scale makes you feel less like you’re piloting a mech and more like you’re a model in a diorama, or you’re wearing some kind of Gundam-themed suit about to fight in a cardboard model of a town, though personally I find that rather charming. Buildings, lamp posts and trees are a much smaller size, evoking the feeling of piloting a robot the size of a five-story building.
There’s little atmosphere and the only piece of the game’s world given any major personality is within the environment itself.
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This legacy is well preserved within “Gundam Evolution.” The mechs are gorgeously rendered to the finest detail, with a somewhat wide selection from the more popular original series and “Zeta,” to more underrated picks like “Turn A Gundam.” It also features a range of skins to customize your favorite mechs, and while they are mostly just color palette swaps, the skins still bring a small feeling of individuality on the battlefield.Įxcluding the mechs, the graphics are a little bit basic. Gundam is a franchise that needs very little introduction the war-torn solar system and beyond began in 1979 with a series by Yoshiyuki Tomino and has evolved into a juggernaut in anime, games and model kits. “Gundam Evolution” is the alternative, set in one of my favorite fictional worlds, with a much faster pace and a free-to-play model. Since “Overwatch,” there haven’t been many alternatives out there, and now that the servers are shutting down for the release of “Overwatch 2,” not even a sequel will provide a different venue for its style of gameplay. For hours we would try to climb the ranks in the game’s competitive mode, go nuts when one of us hit a perfect use of an ability, or just mindlessly talk about whatever was ailing us at 2 a.m. Many years ago my friends and I would stay up all night playing “Overwatch” on Xbox party chat.
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