“If the idea of piloting a grunt Mobile suit to your certain death sounds appealing to you then boy do I have a game for you!” What, me playing Support on GBO2 when my team crumbles and lets the Raids through? Also Federation Forever!
I pulled a stark Jegan move on the Sazabi using the RGM-79N GM Custom and won and almost downed the Sinanju before tm8s came in and helped I almost died hard tbh to Sinanju
@ChadmasterDante I didn't get left behind I bummed rushed the Sazabi because it was destroying my whole team so I was screw it all or nothing I managed to turn match around because of how I set up my GM Custom using lots of health parts and some a lot of protection parts against beam weapons and just targeted the Sazabi while my team focused the lower skilled players plus it was a general use MS
This is what the more recent Gundam games lack. Being able to play as yourself. A faceless grunt who will most likely die faster than you can say It's a Gundam.
True. And the emulation of being a slow giant robot whose shield can break and have limited dodging. The new Gundam vs games feel like iron man suits fighting eachother. No sense of being giant.
Climax UC does it even better. You can't select the missions on the map thought, only factions what you will fight for. Sadly, it was never translated. Then there is games like Gundam Assault Survive or Gundam Seed Battle Destiny that have even better playable character customization.
@@Rayan-yw2xd Age games on PSP (there is two but it's really the one with two options for additional suits) kinda does it, but only for a short while. Old MS Gundam Online (when we all fought for Australia) is probably the most similar experience to this.
Amuro on the zeon side is terrifying in zeon campaign. Low key turns into a survival horror with mechs 😅 since he can one shot or combo you easily until you get more durable units.
@@Rallzit In the mission on Texas colony I was able to beat amuro only with chars gelgoog. But I had to trap him in the cliff. It takes 30 minutes lol but it's doable.
I remember feeling cocky and taking on the mission to delay the White Base as Zeon retreats into orbit in nothing but a Zaku 1. I felt like it was a real achivement to shoot down the Guncannon and Guntank while playing enough of a game of tag with Amuro to run down the timer. Those were an exhausting 15 minutes.
I always felt like the Federation route was a lot tougher than the Zeon one. Once you lose access to the Ground Gundam and GM, you're pretty hosed for backup suits in Space.
The Federation has a significantly easier early game, while Zeon has it way better on late game. The GM is good but it just becomes inadequate especially when your objective involves taking out a ship.
You really ARE a gunt in this game. Playing on Zeon side, comming across any of the white base crew, especially armuro, meant that you where in serious Danger. Amuro one shots most Zeon MS, and yours is no exception
I loved playing these gundam games in the PS2. I was motivated enough and challenged myself by using the grunt models more than the special mobile suits and with how the suits varies in controls. You do feel like an Ace Pilot simply because you know how to pilot the generic, mass produced ones very well and can take down dozens of suits with them. And that satisfaction taking out a Gundam while using a Zaku, priceless. Especially since you do know how superior that suit was after using it and saying to yourself. "Nah. I feel more comfortable with this one".
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon was one of my favorite games to play on the ps2. I played it all the time. I played both the Zeon & Federation sides but my favorite side was the Zeon because it had a wider selection of MS & my favorite MS was the very one that gave the Federation side a hard time, the Gelgoog, especially the Char's custom version. All hail Zeon!
We are forgetting a few secrets such as RX-78 when it loses it's shield it can now make use of both it's sabers and butcher things within seconds but at the cost of being not protected depending on it's position.
heh. Ive just been doing a feddie campaign of this recently. I forgot how rough some of the "story" missions could be. Noting your camera comments at the 6:30 mark, you do have to remember, this is a port of an arcade game.
I love playing just grunts and nameless soldiers in franchises. So Fed vs Zeon and like the Star Wars Battlefront games fulfils that fantasy for me. Sieg Zeon! For the Empire! EDIT: Ah you mentioned Battlefront. I loved the campaign giving you upgraded suits, I loved the enhanced Zaku I with the Commander Horn. It would be cool if the more modern or a new Gundam Versus entry would have an extensive campaign like FvZ.
Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam woulda been better but it was impossible to find. I still have this game, Zeonic Front and Gundam Battle Assault 1 & 2 on my Gundam shelf. There is a New Game + mode after you beat the game. Earth/Space map turns red and you have a limited number of MS.
Yeah, and it's a shame that ROM sites are starting to get cracked down on, because it's going to make it harder for folks to enjoy games like Gundam vs Zeta that are getting more expensive and harder to find. Maybe it means we will be getting re-masters in the future though.
I remember playing this game on New Years Eve 2002 and having the PS2 unplugged so my family could watch the ball drop. Easily put 100+ hours into the splitscreen with my friends... Getting your first 3-star Zaku and seeing that satisfying helmet fin (in green no less!) was a real treat, same as your first green gundam or your red-white-and-blue Zaku. Blows my mind that Bandai abandoned the Vs. format in favor of Extreme Vs.
Damn!!! I still remember playing this one on the PS2, had a lot of fun with the missions and unlocking suits, I love playing as the grunts, the resupply mechanic is a pain sometimes but it forces you to try out different units that you probably wouldn't have otherwise
All of these ps2 era Gundam games were so awesome. Journey to Jaburo was one of the first games I got on the system, only one I never really got to play was Zeonic Front.
I got this game in my early teens, I played through this game so much its really fun. I played it again a few years ago and its still just as good for a mobile suit gundam game.
Arguably the greatest Gundam game ever. Other names in the hat.... Zeonic front ps2 and 0079 side story dreamcast. Honorable mentions to Gundam battle assault PS1. Wealth and glory to the winner!
Randomly saw this game at Hollywood video when I was younger, and had only seen Wing and G on Toonami. When they closed down, I made sure to buy it(and Zeonic Front), and I put hundreds of hours into them both for years. THIS is what I want in a Gundam game, not the newer VS style
I played this game and Gundam VS Zeta Gundam and Gundam VS Gundam on PSP as well back in the day. The controls are what frustrated me the most and having to lock on to certain targets especially during the more difficult missions was annoying to me. Thanks for making another great video!
While I love this game for as you said the ability to be a grunt mobile suit pilot during the One Year War and the ability to use captured enemy mobile suits, something that I wished Zeonic Front had, I actually preferred the Gundam vs Zeta Gundam game instead of this one at times. As it had some decent "what if" mission which does change things with the main story. Like one memorable mission you can play where you as a AEUG pilot end up fighting against Titan-colored Nemo mobile suits which was quite interesting. You can also "save" some of the killed characters from both the original series and Zeta Gundam. Like saving Lalah during the end of the original series or keeping Emma Sheen alive at the end of Zeta. Such things will result in an aternative line of missions which really does change things with the game and its story. Though I don't remember if Gundam vs Zeta Gundam had that using captured enemy mobile suit gimmick that this game sported. Sigh.
The first console I ever had growing up was the PS2 and my Dad happened to have Gundam vs Zeta Gundam. I absolutely loved that game. I have so many memories of playing it with my Dad. The selection of different suits is probably my most favorite part.
Love the game, so much fun, played is so many time. I had the goal of taking down every instances that Amuro's gundam was in the mission, even if he was supposed to be unbeatable and the only one I never managed to get him in the Texas Colony mission, despite being a hair breath of getting him with Gyan. God he is a nightmare to beat and I can get why the Zeon rightly feared the Gundam. It was fun doing various VS combo with getting both sides MS and AM available and do the most uneven tables like beating three Gundam's in the Ball or Zaku1; you grow to appreciate a well timed crack grenades' throw very quickly. Weirdly enough Agguy was particularly dangerous and useful if you overlooked the slow waddling, take the time to practice with it; man was it's head Vulcans useful, and the arm cannon had quite a punk if you timed it right, and it's CqC could seriously shreed you. This game was ENDLESS fun, and G VS ZG was just as fun.
@@SuperDarkSamurai1 The Gelgoog, even Char's, is just not fast enough to respond to the fully buffed up Gundan with an easy escape. I got way better results with the Gyan which is the only MS who is as fast at the Gundam and it's shield can take more then one or two direct hits, along with two weapons which could stun and knock out well in the middle of CqC but not actually knockout the Gundam, which was it's recovery invulnerability which made it maddeningly impossible to actually. The best strategy that I found was to corner him in the cesium, but it's also it's rout of escape, and I never could see to be able to steer it away from that area of the map. Still respect to anyone who actually managed that on hard
Yeah I did this with Char and the only stage I could ever really reliably really kill him on was the Jaburo one where he shows up in the interior and trying to trap him by the buildings as the stage won't progress until he's defeated and he keeps trying to move to a specific part of the stage to leave rather than leaving at any border like the Aces do on most stages. Most other stages either were timed and he just had too much health for it to really be feasible or he was teamed up with Lalah and avoiding her while taking him down is just impossible.
Honestly I really liked this game. The AI partner assisting you in some missions was pretty damn good. Many times I struggled to get the last kill before them. And if you're playing on the Federation side, then when you go into space combat, take a captured Zaku II with you, and arm it with leg missile launchers. You would be pleasantly surprised how well this works when partnered up with a Fe3deration MS. The Zaku's missiles keep the enemy at bay while you shoot them down with a beam rifle. Completely worth it to bring the Zaku II. And on the ground, if you have a captured Dom or Z'gock, used that as your partner on a Federation team and the results are amazing. The Z'Gock just steamrolls it's way through, and the Dom moves fast enough that the enemies struggle to hit it while you shoot them down.
I loved playing as a Zeon pilot and getting my hands on a RX-78-2 it was fun to use it when fighting Amuro . Now I want to pull out my old trusty PS2 and fire Fed vs Zeon up or Zeonic Front.
Awesome game, was everything that I wanted from a Gundam game back in the day. I own a copy of Gundam vs ZZGundam, which I hear most people say is the superior game but honestly I think I prefer Federation vs Zeon despite the smaller roster.
I loved playing this game. Used to duel my friends and run scenarios in versus. I liked to challenge myself to try and alter history by destroying an enemy before they killed someone important and doing 0 death or X only playthroughs. Loved how Zeta Gundam scratched my itch of wanting to alter history. Which got an even more insane amount of playtime out of me as I wanted to unlock them all!
Love this game. I played it a lot as both Fed and Zeon, but mostly Zeon. I would cringe and my hands would be sweaty whenever I had to face Amuro and the Gundam, just doing my utmost to stay alive while still fighting him. Still is a great game to play.
This Game Was My Introduction To Mobile Suit Gundam. Ever Since Then, Ive Watched Every Gundam Series/Movies And Played Almost Every Gundam Game Released. This Game Is One Of My Top 3 Favorite Games Needless To Say, I Love Gundam!
I sunk an insane amount of hours into this game when it came out. BandaiNamco has no idea how much a game like this would be appreciated again minus the fighting game aspect the VS series has become. There is a Gundam SEED variant called Federation VS ZAFT, unfortunately it's a Japanese only release.
Yes! Omg I thought I was practically the only person to have ever played this. Still my favorite Gundam game of all time. The game quite literally boils down to how well you can pilot the suits you have available, and the poorer you do the less health you’ll have in the next mission. Freaking epic. I remember roping my friends into playing local multiplayer and using a Zaku-I against their favorite suits to see who won 🤩
Oh man, I remember playing that in High School. I beat both the Federation and Zeon campaigns, but MAN there were some missions that were so painful. Space Missions in particular when you're fighting enemies with rocket launchers was guaranteed to have me gnashing my teeth. But getting a Gelgoog and seeing the havoc you could do with their beam rifles was SO satisfying.
I feel like something worth noting is that these quite slow and deliberate games, Federation Vs. Zeon and Gundam Vs. Zeta Gundam, would eventually evolve into the Gundam Extreme Vs. series... gameplay-wise, at least. In terms of presentation, 20 years of change has moved the tone from a grounded story-based game to a shooter/fighting game where iconic Gundam characters spout voicelines at a frequency not seen anywhere else that Bandai Namco refuses to release outside of Japanese arcades.
One of my favorites I still have my copy from when I was younger and I have it on the retroid pocket 3. I love the campaign wish they did the same for gvszg
I genuinely enjoy the "Grunt Experience" in a lot of games. I remember playing Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes on the Dreamcast and wondered if you can cover that game too
Played this game sooooo much back in the day. I loved it. Even got my brother into it, who isn't a Gundam fan. Never got to a chance to buy Gundam Vs. Zeta Gundam, which I always regretted.
This is my all time favorite Gundam game. This is what the VS games should of continued evolving as a formula instead of into a 3d fighting game. Full story modes covering all the various Gundam universes and stories playing as grunts. This game and Journey To Jaburo was how I learned about the One Year War as a kid. When people ask what I want in a modern Gundam Game. It's this.
I remember playing this as a kid and getting locked into a death spiral where I lost my best gundam on a mission, then continued failing that mission with worse and worse suits until I just gave up. I should revisit it as an adult.
I used to love this game. Back in the day Gundam games were rock hard to find, when I found this I was so happy. It was an absolute solid game though and really frustrating. Seem to remember being knocked around a lot in a Ball in space because I got all my good suits destroyed. Got fairly good in the old G-Ball though lol. I remember another one for PS3, think I've still got it somewhere which was also a pretty good grunt game.
I own this game and have played it for years. i also have zeta gundam and some other gundam fighting games. To me, Federation Vs Zeon felt a bit plodding but i did love the suit m anagement and loved that you can use captured enemy suits too. I loved the fact that when you get targeted with an attack, there are arrows that warn you and give you a chance to feel like a newtype when dodging the shots.
I played this game more than any other game on PS2... Then Gundam vs Zeta Gundam came out and I was in Awe. Found my copies of them a few months ago in my closet at my parents house
I miss the days of sifting through undisirable ps2 discs at gamestop, I remember going a city over just to get this disc only for 3 dollars 😢 I still own it. The only regret I have in my lifetime tho, is not getting the sequel that was 14 bucks. I was like 13 at the time, my parents wanted me to grow up and take a break from video games... I wasn't really that obsessive over games, it was more the deal and scarcity is what appealed to me 😅 And I'm proven right to this day lol
Extra mode was so hard and man it sucked to lose a high star/quality good suit. I did try to cheese it a bit and use the goofy suits as shields and kept my good ones for the last half. Rolling in an upgraded RX78 and being able to one shot Doms and Gelgoogs is a great time.
God, this game is SO under-rated for gameplay. I kinda wish I could find an old copy of this to put on for Discord Stream evenings. Cause this game is SO iconic...
God i miss this game...i found it at a gamestop for 20 bucks so many years ago when the PS2 was still the large vcr box....so many hours just unlocking stuff for arcade mode...
Gundam Federation Vs. Zeon is so good, and it's sequel, Gundam VS Zeta Gundam also goes hard. These were my first experiences with the franchise, along with the currently at the time airring Gundam 00. I still think this game, and VS Zeta have the best control vibes for a Gundam Game, just so weighty and the way the Mobile Suits, especially the grunts or older models seem to shudder with each movement like how I'd expect something that tanky to walk around. A Far cry from later titles that often seem to overexaggerate the boost, making things seem far more floaty and quicker paced, with less of that punch every movement and attack has in this title. Really Really great stuff.
i was trying to remember the name of this game for the longest time, thanks for posting this 😅😭 i couldnt figure out which Gundam game i played as a kid
This feeling You describe right here is why I would really love to have a modern OYW game. Imagine a first person Mecha Sim, similar to that of Mechwarrior, but Taking place in the one year war. Mobile suits are still fairly slow and stompy on the ground, and if space combat exists in this theoretical game, It would be disorienting by design. A genuine feeling of being a nobody soldier in the middle of one of the most brutal wars of the universal century, where surviving a mission Is worth commending, Even if your MS is limping and missing its head and an arm. Plus, with all the sides stories that exist, You might be one of the unfortunate mooks To stumble into something like a Fenrir Corps raid or the Blue Destiny going berserk. Meanwhile, you are piloting A low end GM/Zaku While this is going down.
It feels like you can never quite win. MechWarrior 5 is pretty good mechanically, but the devs aren't great at presenting the story thematics while Gundam is usually pretty good at delivering the Gundam aesthetics, but the games themselves usually are not Gundam-feeling like Gundam Evolution or feel like cheap or shoddy.
I will sound like a crazy person that may need to get shot, but I would like a gundam game where its strictly first person, IE style of mech warrior where you are "looking out of your cock pit", of course if your head gets destroyed you are forced to expose yourself. That is just me, the idea of Gundam being grounded, be it anime or game seems to be a concept that is terrifying.
2002? God I miss this game. I played this game so often. Especially the campaign. Love using the ground combat Gundam. I want an avatar editor so you can see your character get promoted.
TBH, in regular mode I would use the captured Zaku a lot. The GM is not that great. I would also use the captured Z'Gok. Slower, but it does more damage. I actually prefer Char's Gelgoog to the Gundam. Way more agile. But if you want easier game play, choose Zeon. You get beam weapons much earlier. You aren't having to try to shoot Doms, which are harder to hit. Same for Gelgoogs. And the secret to hitting your target isn't just the red reticle. Look for a suit's rhythmic pause. This is BEST the time to shoot. Also, never use bazookas or missile launchers. It ruins your accuracy stats. EVERY missile & rocket counts as TWO shots. If you kill all your enemies without missing you will still get a 50% accuracy rating. When you have to fight the Big Zam, use the Char's Zaku you should've already captured & use it's Machine Gun. Beams will just bounce off of it's force field. The rhythmic pause works in space too. It's just a lot harder. And the missile/rocket rule apples to your Gun Cannon & Gun Tanks Cannons. Then when you bear the game, go into EX Mode. The game will be harder, bit you have ALL mobile suits. You can use Char's Gelgoog or Gundam on your second mission. The only time you can't pick a suit is when a level decides the suit or you are forced to use an aquatic suit. But besides that any suit whenever you like. No land/aquatic suits in space, nor the Big Zam, which is way too hard to pilot. Downside to EX mode, when a suit takes too much damage, you lose it forever. And again fighting on Zeon's side is much easier as you don't have to shoot at Doms & Gelgoogs. BTW, the game looks amazing to this day. Showed my cousin this game around 2005. He asked was it brand new. I told him it was from 2001.
I wish I had this game and The second game when I was younger because I would have had so much fun with these 2 titles but now they're just really expensive and hard to find. I know I could just emulate them but I don't have a powerful enough computer to actually emulate them and even if I did there's something magical about playing a physical game in your hands.
❤❤❤❤❤ dude play that game none stop hoping that I cud play as Amuro from the white base. Even vs zeta . But the one that I play a 100 time I conquered it was zeonic front also hoping to get to play as federation too . Sigh good memories those days when those who did the game's did them for fun. Now it for money. Thanks for a blast from the past man👍😎
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“If the idea of piloting a grunt Mobile suit to your certain death sounds appealing to you then boy do I have a game for you!” What, me playing Support on GBO2 when my team crumbles and lets the Raids through? Also Federation Forever!
Sieg Zeon.
I pulled a stark Jegan move on the Sazabi using the RGM-79N GM Custom and won and almost downed the Sinanju before tm8s came in and helped I almost died hard tbh to Sinanju
Fellow support who gets left alone to fend for himself against half the enemy team! 😭
@ChadmasterDante I didn't get left behind I bummed rushed the Sazabi because it was destroying my whole team so I was screw it all or nothing I managed to turn match around because of how I set up my GM Custom using lots of health parts and some a lot of protection parts against beam weapons and just targeted the Sazabi while my team focused the lower skilled players plus it was a general use MS
Thats my mutual!
One of the weirdest moments for federation vs zeon for me was that char let a random grunt live as he killed garma zabi
Lovin' that pfp, Zechs Margeese 😅
Imagine His Shock when he finds out *said* grunt was an agent of Kycilia Zabi.
This is what the more recent Gundam games lack. Being able to play as yourself. A faceless grunt who will most likely die faster than you can say It's a Gundam.
True. And the emulation of being a slow giant robot whose shield can break and have limited dodging. The new Gundam vs games feel like iron man suits fighting eachother. No sense of being giant.
kinda want a Hogwarts-like gundam game. where you train as a pilot and become a ace
@@Rayan-yw2xd That would actually be cool.
Climax UC does it even better. You can't select the missions on the map thought, only factions what you will fight for. Sadly, it was never translated.
Then there is games like Gundam Assault Survive or Gundam Seed Battle Destiny that have even better playable character customization.
@@Rayan-yw2xd Age games on PSP (there is two but it's really the one with two options for additional suits) kinda does it, but only for a short while.
Old MS Gundam Online (when we all fought for Australia) is probably the most similar experience to this.
Amuro on the zeon side is terrifying in zeon campaign. Low key turns into a survival horror with mechs 😅 since he can one shot or combo you easily until you get more durable units.
Heck, not even the tankies one can handle Amuro. Had to cheese on the last fight with zeong
@@Rallzit In the mission on Texas colony I was able to beat amuro only with chars gelgoog. But I had to trap him in the cliff. It takes 30 minutes lol but it's doable.
@@Swindle428 Do you get anything for that?
@@Rallzit no lol but the developers didn't count on me doing that so I guess that's all I get 😂.
I remember feeling cocky and taking on the mission to delay the White Base as Zeon retreats into orbit in nothing but a Zaku 1. I felt like it was a real achivement to shoot down the Guncannon and Guntank while playing enough of a game of tag with Amuro to run down the timer. Those were an exhausting 15 minutes.
It’s almost surreal looking at this game when you think about later titles in the series like Extreme Vs.
For real. It feels like a completely different game at times and I can still appreciate it for that.
ex vs. is my favorite video game series, but i love revisiting these older vs titles, humble beginnings as you might call em.
I always felt like the Federation route was a lot tougher than the Zeon one. Once you lose access to the Ground Gundam and GM, you're pretty hosed for backup suits in Space.
Having to use the Ball is a nightmare
The Federation has a significantly easier early game, while Zeon has it way better on late game.
The GM is good but it just becomes inadequate especially when your objective involves taking out a ship.
This is actually the first game in the Gundam Versus series. I played this on Dreamcast all the time, that version didnt have story mode though.
You really ARE a gunt in this game. Playing on Zeon side, comming across any of the white base crew, especially armuro, meant that you where in serious Danger. Amuro one shots most Zeon MS, and yours is no exception
I loved playing these gundam games in the PS2. I was motivated enough and challenged myself by using the grunt models more than the special mobile suits and with how the suits varies in controls. You do feel like an Ace Pilot simply because you know how to pilot the generic, mass produced ones very well and can take down dozens of suits with them. And that satisfaction taking out a Gundam while using a Zaku, priceless. Especially since you do know how superior that suit was after using it and saying to yourself. "Nah. I feel more comfortable with this one".
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon was one of my favorite games to play on the ps2. I played it all the time. I played both the Zeon & Federation sides but my favorite side was the Zeon because it had a wider selection of MS & my favorite MS was the very one that gave the Federation side a hard time, the Gelgoog, especially the Char's custom version. All hail Zeon!
That Zaku 2 with the rocket pods on the legs was my all time favorite. I still have my PS2 and all my Gundam games for it. Hail Zeon!!!
Dont forget you can dodge the attacks by double tapping the direction pad, and also fire any artillery equipped suit indirectly by holding O
We are forgetting a few secrets such as RX-78 when it loses it's shield it can now make use of both it's sabers and butcher things within seconds but at the cost of being not protected depending on it's position.
heh. Ive just been doing a feddie campaign of this recently. I forgot how rough some of the "story" missions could be. Noting your camera comments at the 6:30 mark, you do have to remember, this is a port of an arcade game.
I love playing just grunts and nameless soldiers in franchises. So Fed vs Zeon and like the Star Wars Battlefront games fulfils that fantasy for me. Sieg Zeon! For the Empire!
EDIT: Ah you mentioned Battlefront.
I loved the campaign giving you upgraded suits, I loved the enhanced Zaku I with the Commander Horn. It would be cool if the more modern or a new Gundam Versus entry would have an extensive campaign like FvZ.
There was a mode in old dynasty extreme games were you began as a customized 3 hits spear grunt, unlocning fighting skills, clothes and all
The only thing I liked more in GVZ was the alternate paths in the campaign mode. Otherwise, I prefer this simply due to the One Year War setting
I can respect that
Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam woulda been better but it was impossible to find. I still have this game, Zeonic Front and Gundam Battle Assault 1 & 2 on my Gundam shelf. There is a New Game + mode after you beat the game. Earth/Space map turns red and you have a limited number of MS.
Yeah, and it's a shame that ROM sites are starting to get cracked down on, because it's going to make it harder for folks to enjoy games like Gundam vs Zeta that are getting more expensive and harder to find.
Maybe it means we will be getting re-masters in the future though.
The problem with Gundam Vs Zeta Gundam is the horrendous slow down the game has. Still Fed Vs Zeon and Gundam Vs Zeta are two of my goats.
@@buckroger6456emulated it doesn’t slowdown on most modern PCs. It’s very nice.
I remember playing this game on New Years Eve 2002 and having the PS2 unplugged so my family could watch the ball drop. Easily put 100+ hours into the splitscreen with my friends...
Getting your first 3-star Zaku and seeing that satisfying helmet fin (in green no less!) was a real treat, same as your first green gundam or your red-white-and-blue Zaku. Blows my mind that Bandai abandoned the Vs. format in favor of Extreme Vs.
Damn!!! I still remember playing this one on the PS2, had a lot of fun with the missions and unlocking suits, I love playing as the grunts, the resupply mechanic is a pain sometimes but it forces you to try out different units that you probably wouldn't have otherwise
This is one of the best Gundam games ever.
Finally the goat of all gundam games
One of the few games I'm enough motivated to setup the ps2 emulator etc to play it again once in a while
All of these ps2 era Gundam games were so awesome. Journey to Jaburo was one of the first games I got on the system, only one I never really got to play was Zeonic Front.
I remember coming home from school and turning on the PS2 to play this game, overall my Favorite game
I got this game in my early teens, I played through this game so much its really fun. I played it again a few years ago and its still just as good for a mobile suit gundam game.
Arguably the greatest Gundam game ever. Other names in the hat.... Zeonic front ps2 and 0079 side story dreamcast. Honorable mentions to Gundam battle assault PS1. Wealth and glory to the winner!
Randomly saw this game at Hollywood video when I was younger, and had only seen Wing and G on Toonami. When they closed down, I made sure to buy it(and Zeonic Front), and I put hundreds of hours into them both for years. THIS is what I want in a Gundam game, not the newer VS style
federation vs. zeon was a arcade port to ps2 which is why the controls are the way they are
Is it sad GBO2 controls the same way over 20 years later but slower and clunkier?
@@yoloman3607 GBO2 controls nothing like FVZ the cool down for the melee weapons and the slow turning is the most annoying thing ever
I played this game and Gundam VS Zeta Gundam and Gundam VS Gundam on PSP as well back in the day. The controls are what frustrated me the most and having to lock on to certain targets especially during the more difficult missions was annoying to me. Thanks for making another great video!
Gundam Crossfire will give you a good idea of how it feels to pilot a ball even if the thing youre using isnt a Ball.
While I love this game for as you said the ability to be a grunt mobile suit pilot during the One Year War and the ability to use captured enemy mobile suits, something that I wished Zeonic Front had, I actually preferred the Gundam vs Zeta Gundam game instead of this one at times. As it had some decent "what if" mission which does change things with the main story. Like one memorable mission you can play where you as a AEUG pilot end up fighting against Titan-colored Nemo mobile suits which was quite interesting. You can also "save" some of the killed characters from both the original series and Zeta Gundam. Like saving Lalah during the end of the original series or keeping Emma Sheen alive at the end of Zeta. Such things will result in an aternative line of missions which really does change things with the game and its story. Though I don't remember if Gundam vs Zeta Gundam had that using captured enemy mobile suit gimmick that this game sported. Sigh.
I actually am considering doing a series of videos based on all those what ifs in the future, stay tuned!
The favorite part is that when you play as Titan characters, you can go back to One Year War point to experience them as a Federation pilot.
@@talos1279 Those that were Federation Pilots during the One Year War anyways.
I actually loved this game back in the day, in retrospect it kinda feels like the Dark Souls of Gundam.
The first console I ever had growing up was the PS2 and my Dad happened to have Gundam vs Zeta Gundam. I absolutely loved that game. I have so many memories of playing it with my Dad. The selection of different suits is probably my most favorite part.
I played this game sooo much on my PS2! It's the closest to my dream Gundam game!
Love the game, so much fun, played is so many time. I had the goal of taking down every instances that Amuro's gundam was in the mission, even if he was supposed to be unbeatable and the only one I never managed to get him in the Texas Colony mission, despite being a hair breath of getting him with Gyan. God he is a nightmare to beat and I can get why the Zeon rightly feared the Gundam. It was fun doing various VS combo with getting both sides MS and AM available and do the most uneven tables like beating three Gundam's in the Ball or Zaku1; you grow to appreciate a well timed crack grenades' throw very quickly. Weirdly enough Agguy was particularly dangerous and useful if you overlooked the slow waddling, take the time to practice with it; man was it's head Vulcans useful, and the arm cannon had quite a punk if you timed it right, and it's CqC could seriously shreed you. This game was ENDLESS fun, and G VS ZG was just as fun.
Yeah Texas Colony was the only mission where I was able to take out Amuro/Gundam as well. I would use Char's Gelgoog on that mission.
@@SuperDarkSamurai1 The Gelgoog, even Char's, is just not fast enough to respond to the fully buffed up Gundan with an easy escape. I got way better results with the Gyan which is the only MS who is as fast at the Gundam and it's shield can take more then one or two direct hits, along with two weapons which could stun and knock out well in the middle of CqC but not actually knockout the Gundam, which was it's recovery invulnerability which made it maddeningly impossible to actually. The best strategy that I found was to corner him in the cesium, but it's also it's rout of escape, and I never could see to be able to steer it away from that area of the map. Still respect to anyone who actually managed that on hard
Yeah I did this with Char and the only stage I could ever really reliably really kill him on was the Jaburo one where he shows up in the interior and trying to trap him by the buildings as the stage won't progress until he's defeated and he keeps trying to move to a specific part of the stage to leave rather than leaving at any border like the Aces do on most stages. Most other stages either were timed and he just had too much health for it to really be feasible or he was teamed up with Lalah and avoiding her while taking him down is just impossible.
Legitimately one of my favorite games as a kid.
Honestly I really liked this game. The AI partner assisting you in some missions was pretty damn good. Many times I struggled to get the last kill before them. And if you're playing on the Federation side, then when you go into space combat, take a captured Zaku II with you, and arm it with leg missile launchers. You would be pleasantly surprised how well this works when partnered up with a Fe3deration MS. The Zaku's missiles keep the enemy at bay while you shoot them down with a beam rifle. Completely worth it to bring the Zaku II. And on the ground, if you have a captured Dom or Z'gock, used that as your partner on a Federation team and the results are amazing. The Z'Gock just steamrolls it's way through, and the Dom moves fast enough that the enemies struggle to hit it while you shoot them down.
I loved playing as a Zeon pilot and getting my hands on a RX-78-2 it was fun to use it when fighting Amuro . Now I want to pull out my old trusty PS2 and fire Fed vs Zeon up or Zeonic Front.
Awesome game, was everything that I wanted from a Gundam game back in the day. I own a copy of Gundam vs ZZGundam, which I hear most people say is the superior game but honestly I think I prefer Federation vs Zeon despite the smaller roster.
I loved playing this game. Used to duel my friends and run scenarios in versus. I liked to challenge myself to try and alter history by destroying an enemy before they killed someone important and doing 0 death or X only playthroughs.
Loved how Zeta Gundam scratched my itch of wanting to alter history. Which got an even more insane amount of playtime out of me as I wanted to unlock them all!
The game controls great man. The lack of camera panning a real non issue. The lock on makes it easy.
Yeah its not bad at all ❤️
Ah, good ol New Yark
Love this game. I played it a lot as both Fed and Zeon, but mostly Zeon. I would cringe and my hands would be sweaty whenever I had to face Amuro and the Gundam, just doing my utmost to stay alive while still fighting him. Still is a great game to play.
This Game Was My Introduction To Mobile Suit Gundam. Ever Since Then, Ive Watched Every Gundam Series/Movies And Played Almost Every Gundam Game Released. This Game Is One Of My Top 3 Favorite Games
Needless To Say, I Love Gundam!
I sunk an insane amount of hours into this game when it came out. BandaiNamco has no idea how much a game like this would be appreciated again minus the fighting game aspect the VS series has become. There is a Gundam SEED variant called Federation VS ZAFT, unfortunately it's a Japanese only release.
Yes! Omg I thought I was practically the only person to have ever played this. Still my favorite Gundam game of all time. The game quite literally boils down to how well you can pilot the suits you have available, and the poorer you do the less health you’ll have in the next mission. Freaking epic. I remember roping my friends into playing local multiplayer and using a Zaku-I against their favorite suits to see who won 🤩
Hands down these where the best games during that time
Oh man, I remember playing that in High School. I beat both the Federation and Zeon campaigns, but MAN there were some missions that were so painful. Space Missions in particular when you're fighting enemies with rocket launchers was guaranteed to have me gnashing my teeth. But getting a Gelgoog and seeing the havoc you could do with their beam rifles was SO satisfying.
The day after I find your channel it turns out you upload a video on my favorite Gundam game, the algorithm worked wonders for once.
Wow, it was my very first Gundam game on the PS2 so it's kind of nostalgic to see it reviewed. Thanks man.
1:16 HE'S ROLLIN' ROLLIN' ROLLIN'!
i still remember getting my PS2 for christmas and my parents got this game with it you never get rid of your first game for a console
Man talk about a blast from the past had a lot of fun playing Gundam games as a kid, Just wish they would make gundam games like this today
[G] Gundams run cycle always got a chuckle out of me. Looked like it was skipping through a field of flowers. Lol
I feel like something worth noting is that these quite slow and deliberate games, Federation Vs. Zeon and Gundam Vs. Zeta Gundam, would eventually evolve into the Gundam Extreme Vs. series... gameplay-wise, at least. In terms of presentation, 20 years of change has moved the tone from a grounded story-based game to a shooter/fighting game where iconic Gundam characters spout voicelines at a frequency not seen anywhere else that Bandai Namco refuses to release outside of Japanese arcades.
I've played this game in an arcade, people were often playing Vs mode, perhaps as it was cheap, very cool to see it acknowledged
One of my favorites I still have my copy from when I was younger and I have it on the retroid pocket 3. I love the campaign wish they did the same for gvszg
I genuinely enjoy the "Grunt Experience" in a lot of games. I remember playing Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes on the Dreamcast and wondered if you can cover that game too
One of the games I spent hours on when younger. But Zeonic Front was better. Always wanted to get the Zeta Gundam one.
This was my favorite gundam game next to zeonic front. Thank you for your video.
what a blast from the past. thanks for posting
Man, I loved MSG:FvZ so much. I still have it and my old PS2. I still play it from time to time.
Played this game sooooo much back in the day. I loved it. Even got my brother into it, who isn't a Gundam fan. Never got to a chance to buy Gundam Vs. Zeta Gundam, which I always regretted.
This is my all time favorite Gundam game. This is what the VS games should of continued evolving as a formula instead of into a 3d fighting game. Full story modes covering all the various Gundam universes and stories playing as grunts. This game and Journey To Jaburo was how I learned about the One Year War as a kid. When people ask what I want in a modern Gundam Game. It's this.
This game was fucking nuts and I enjoyed it heavily
I remember playing this as a kid and getting locked into a death spiral where I lost my best gundam on a mission, then continued failing that mission with worse and worse suits until I just gave up.
I should revisit it as an adult.
I used to love this game. Back in the day Gundam games were rock hard to find, when I found this I was so happy. It was an absolute solid game though and really frustrating. Seem to remember being knocked around a lot in a Ball in space because I got all my good suits destroyed. Got fairly good in the old G-Ball though lol.
I remember another one for PS3, think I've still got it somewhere which was also a pretty good grunt game.
I own this game and have played it for years. i also have zeta gundam and some other gundam fighting games. To me, Federation Vs Zeon felt a bit plodding but i did love the suit m anagement and loved that you can use captured enemy suits too. I loved the fact that when you get targeted with an attack, there are arrows that warn you and give you a chance to feel like a newtype when dodging the shots.
I played this game more than any other game on PS2... Then Gundam vs Zeta Gundam came out and I was in Awe. Found my copies of them a few months ago in my closet at my parents house
One year war for life. Sieg Zeon.
I really enjoyed the Encounters In Space game
I miss the days of sifting through undisirable ps2 discs at gamestop, I remember going a city over just to get this disc only for 3 dollars 😢 I still own it. The only regret I have in my lifetime tho, is not getting the sequel that was 14 bucks. I was like 13 at the time, my parents wanted me to grow up and take a break from video games... I wasn't really that obsessive over games, it was more the deal and scarcity is what appealed to me 😅 And I'm proven right to this day lol
Hey if that's your biggest regret, you're doing alright 😂😂 still a big L though lol
@JarboeGaming But but my ps2 game mummy....yea u right lol 🤣
I read your channel as "jaburo gaming"
Extra mode was so hard and man it sucked to lose a high star/quality good suit. I did try to cheese it a bit and use the goofy suits as shields and kept my good ones for the last half.
Rolling in an upgraded RX78 and being able to one shot Doms and Gelgoogs is a great time.
Oh man, I totally missed out! I really wish I knew about this game when I was a kid, cause I had Zeonic Front and loved it.
Loved this game so much
Gods, my second favorite game of all time. Pinned up on a shining platter.
God, this game is SO under-rated for gameplay. I kinda wish I could find an old copy of this to put on for Discord Stream evenings. Cause this game is SO iconic...
insane to me that this is what started gundam vs, goated ass series
god i wish this got a remake
Loved this game! Must have beaten it a dozen times. Great memories
I loved this game, regret not buying my own copy back in the day when I could.
God i miss this game...i found it at a gamestop for 20 bucks so many years ago when the PS2 was still the large vcr box....so many hours just unlocking stuff for arcade mode...
Climax U.C. allows you at one of its modes to create characters for different U.C. years and fight either in usual MSs or special and even MA.
Gundam Federation Vs. Zeon is so good, and it's sequel, Gundam VS Zeta Gundam also goes hard. These were my first experiences with the franchise, along with the currently at the time airring Gundam 00. I still think this game, and VS Zeta have the best control vibes for a Gundam Game, just so weighty and the way the Mobile Suits, especially the grunts or older models seem to shudder with each movement like how I'd expect something that tanky to walk around. A Far cry from later titles that often seem to overexaggerate the boost, making things seem far more floaty and quicker paced, with less of that punch every movement and attack has in this title. Really Really great stuff.
i was trying to remember the name of this game for the longest time, thanks for posting this 😅😭 i couldnt figure out which Gundam game i played as a kid
This feeling You describe right here is why I would really love to have a modern OYW game.
Imagine a first person Mecha Sim, similar to that of Mechwarrior, but Taking place in the one year war. Mobile suits are still fairly slow and stompy on the ground, and if space combat exists in this theoretical game, It would be disorienting by design. A genuine feeling of being a nobody soldier in the middle of one of the most brutal wars of the universal century, where surviving a mission Is worth commending, Even if your MS is limping and missing its head and an arm.
Plus, with all the sides stories that exist, You might be one of the unfortunate mooks To stumble into something like a Fenrir Corps raid or the Blue Destiny going berserk. Meanwhile, you are piloting A low end GM/Zaku While this is going down.
It feels like you can never quite win.
MechWarrior 5 is pretty good mechanically, but the devs aren't great at presenting the story thematics while Gundam is usually pretty good at delivering the Gundam aesthetics, but the games themselves usually are not Gundam-feeling like Gundam Evolution or feel like cheap or shoddy.
The nostalgia with this game!
I will sound like a crazy person that may need to get shot, but I would like a gundam game where its strictly first person, IE style of mech warrior where you are "looking out of your cock pit", of course if your head gets destroyed you are forced to expose yourself.
That is just me, the idea of Gundam being grounded, be it anime or game seems to be a concept that is terrifying.
damn... the bgm sound really nostalgic. i played zeonic front gundam back in my childhood and theres a dynasty warrior gundam too
Gelgoogs.....a nightmare to be reckoned with.. oh the memories
This one was awesome. I found a copy at my local retro game store and had to scoop it up.
To me this was the best Gundam game I was able to play. Insanely fun
2002? God I miss this game. I played this game so often. Especially the campaign. Love using the ground combat Gundam. I want an avatar editor so you can see your character get promoted.
Hated the downtime of used MS after each mission..
If my brother and I did not set the versus timer to infinite, we would always end up in a draw somehow
Absolutely wonderful game
Great now I have the itch to dig this out for another playthrough. Thanks. Lol
...I played the death out of this as a kid and i never knew it had a sequel
TBH, in regular mode I would use the captured Zaku a lot. The GM is not that great. I would also use the captured Z'Gok. Slower, but it does more damage. I actually prefer Char's Gelgoog to the Gundam. Way more agile. But if you want easier game play, choose Zeon. You get beam weapons much earlier. You aren't having to try to shoot Doms, which are harder to hit. Same for Gelgoogs. And the secret to hitting your target isn't just the red reticle. Look for a suit's rhythmic pause. This is BEST the time to shoot. Also, never use bazookas or missile launchers. It ruins your accuracy stats. EVERY missile & rocket counts as TWO shots. If you kill all your enemies without missing you will still get a 50% accuracy rating. When you have to fight the Big Zam, use the Char's Zaku you should've already captured & use it's Machine Gun. Beams will just bounce off of it's force field. The rhythmic
pause works in space too. It's just a lot harder. And the missile/rocket rule apples to your Gun Cannon & Gun Tanks Cannons. Then when you bear the game, go into EX Mode. The game will be harder, bit you have ALL mobile suits. You can use Char's Gelgoog or Gundam on your second mission. The only time you can't pick a suit is when a level decides the suit or you are forced to use an aquatic suit. But besides that any suit whenever you like. No land/aquatic suits in space, nor the Big Zam, which is way too hard to pilot. Downside to EX mode, when a suit takes too much damage, you lose it forever. And again fighting on Zeon's side is much easier as you don't have to shoot at Doms & Gelgoogs. BTW, the game looks amazing to this day. Showed my cousin this game around 2005. He asked was it brand new. I told him it was from 2001.
I wish I had this game and The second game when I was younger because I would have had so much fun with these 2 titles but now they're just really expensive and hard to find. I know I could just emulate them but I don't have a powerful enough computer to actually emulate them and even if I did there's something magical about playing a physical game in your hands.
The games are mad fun, but definitely much more so when played co-op. You need a second player cause the Ai backup you get is just trash.
This is one those games I like to find others and have tournaments. The Zaku 2 with rocket pods on the legs is my favorite to play with. Sieg Zeon!!!
Love the ground Gundam with the 180mm cannon and it's elbow to the face attack.
❤❤❤❤❤ dude play that game none stop hoping that I cud play as Amuro from the white base. Even vs zeta . But the one that I play a 100 time I conquered it was zeonic front also hoping to get to play as federation too . Sigh good memories those days when those who did the game's did them for fun. Now it for money. Thanks for a blast from the past man👍😎