Why did it have to be an Arena Shooter?

[jungle.james]

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[utilityzero]

I don't know about OP, but I've been waiting for a shooter or sim of Gundam that isn't like, PS1 clunky, or a strategy game that isn't SD Gundam.

I miss the PS2 days, Journey to Jaburo was rough but fun, Gundam vs. Zeta was so slow and such a slog but it had it's charm. Battles in Space was great at the time, though, I think with all of these I'm remembering it all with nostalgia. They all had their faults. But even the PS3 Crossfire was fun in it's way. Anyone remember how much of a pain it was to control your guys in Zeonic Front?

But I'd love a game that doesn't make you feel like you're piloting a robot with built in lag, with controls so bad you have to use an auto-aim just to hit anything, that still fits into the story some how. Instead it's Gundam Battle Operation, which combines all the things I hate about the old games, clunky controls, slow pace, with the grind, loot mechanics and in game currency nonsense. EA would be proud. Literally the best Gundam game to come out in recent memory is the One Year War mod for HOI4.

I love Gundam, have for years, but this does nothing for me.

That being said, this game isn't meant for me, or the OP, and I know it. It's not a Gundam game made to appeal to shooter fans, it's an esport shooter made to hopefully draw in Gundam fans.

Gundam still doesn't have a mass appeal as far as I can tell. A lot of my nerdiest friends have no idea what Gundam is or is about. For so long it was just the shows, the models and games you had to love Gundam to put up with. I think they are hoping a shooter that mimics popular esports games will draw off some of their casual player base and bring them into Gundam, rather than trying to appeal to fans of the traditional media.

Maybe one day we'll get a remake, and translated Giren's Greed, but I think we're in for a lot more of this.

[Reu]

cyäegha a écrit :

Reu a écrit :

There's about a ton of other Gundam games of almost every genre, I don't see why people act like THIS one can't exist

most of the consternation towards evolution in the PC ecosphere is because the only other gundam games that have had a PC release in the last few years were the worst breaker game, and an SD gundam game, which has zero appeal if you don't like super-deformed gundam in general

it's not as though evolution doesn't have the right to exist, as is what you're implying the general sentiment towards it is

But even then, if you REALLY wanted to play Gundam on PC you don't need to wait for steam to release them, you easily could have played MSGO(which at one point was even in english), you could have played SDGO(even now you still can as it has private servers), you can emulate freely all the old games on PC. GBO2 is literally coming out on PC since it has a esrb rating. There's nothing wrong with Evolution inherently, people are exaggerating just how inaccurate this game is.

Honestly my biggest issue with reception to this game is that people don't even read the dev blogs, or look at later gameplay outside of a trailer before they call it ♥♥♥♥

[🎧𝙅𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙊💽]

Reu a écrit :

cyäegha a écrit :

most of the consternation towards evolution in the PC ecosphere is because the only other gundam games that have had a PC release in the last few years were the worst breaker game, and an SD gundam game, which has zero appeal if you don't like super-deformed gundam in general

it's not as though evolution doesn't have the right to exist, as is what you're implying the general sentiment towards it is

But even then, if you REALLY wanted to play Gundam on PC you don't need to wait for steam to release them, you easily could have played MSGO(which at one point was even in english), you could have played SDGO(even now you still can as it has private servers), you can emulate freely all the old games on PC. GBO2 is literally coming out on PC since it has a esrb rating. There's nothing wrong with Evolution inherently, people are exaggerating just how inaccurate this game is.

Honestly my biggest issue with reception to this game is that people don't even read the dev blogs, or look at later gameplay outside of a trailer before they call it ♥♥♥♥

well MSGO is gonna get shut down in 13 days. And yeah theres nothing wrong with Gundam being a hero shooter especially how EXVS is really popular, which is a fast pace game too.

[Grape Ape]

This is NOT a Troll Post... I think honestly, the Maps need to be, I dunno, Long but not overly wide? so its objective Based maps? Like Defend These Targets, or Destroy/Capture these places... Gotta work as a Force to ensure a big Mobile Suit Battles like in the Animes?

[Cuervo Celestial]

This is full of trolls

[Aya]

I wouldn't be surprised if the people dissatisfied with this product instead want an EXVS game to be on PC. As someone who has dealt with the superstitions attached to the Japanese PC gaming scene since 2013, I can confirm that there's really only one way for that to happen

[jungle.james]

ElTableroSSRB a écrit :

This is full of trolls

I'm sorry you feel that way, but critique is not trolling.

[Razah Bazookah]

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[Laughing kookaburra]

well Apex Legends is super popular within Japan so Bandai tried to make something to compete with it...

[jungle.james]

Laughing kookaburra a écrit :

well Apex Legends is super popular within Japan so Bandai tried to make something to compete with it...

Formula =/= success. Let's all just meditate on Metal Gear Survive for a little.

[Reu]

Laughing kookaburra a écrit :

well Apex Legends is super popular within Japan so Bandai tried to make something to compete with it...

This game is made for the west not Japan though, this is one of the games they want to use to spread Gundam, hence it being advertised in places like New York right now

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Reu a écrit :

Laughing kookaburra a écrit :

well Apex Legends is super popular within Japan so Bandai tried to make something to compete with it...

This game is made for the west not Japan though, this is one of the games they want to use to spread Gundam, hence it being advertised in places like New York right now

oh yeah I saw that yesterday, I was honestly pretty surprised that it was up there. I wasnt expecting them to do it.

[MechaDeka]

jungle.james a écrit :

Well yeah, they're amalgams of one another not direct copies.

Some guns/characters in different shoot games do some similar things and have comparable gameplay roles?
You're blowing my mind here.

[MARS]

I kinda have to agree that this style of shooter doesn't really make sense. Something more like Shattered Horizon would've been much more fitting, more interesting, more distinct.

[jungle.james]

MARS a écrit :

I kinda have to agree that this style of shooter doesn't really make sense. Something more like Shattered Horizon would've been much more fitting, more interesting, more distinct.

I forgot about that one, but yeah, even something akin to Star Wars: Squadrons with ground battles would have been better than corridors.