SD Gundam Battle Alliance Review - The Final Verdict
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2022
- SD Gundam Battle Alliance is an excellent outing, and a game that holds almost equal appeal to everyone, regardless of how much they are a fan of the property it is based on. Whether you are looking for an ode to all things Gundam, or just a well designed and compelling action RPG, SD Gundam Battle Alliance might be exactly what you are looking for.
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Love the game without minding the story. I've been playing it without any support unit and hell it was harder than expected. The boss fights will really drain you so you gotta really level up to make it easier. Tho I wish it plays like Daemon X Machina or armored core. Lol
The upgrade system is way better then dxm though
you "love" it even though you wish it was another game.. you love wrong.
eh, it wouldn't be refreshing and interesting if it just tried to be an armored core clone. this looks good just the way it is
Gundam Breaker 3 has the customization you’re looking for
I need sd gundam capsules back in my life
Game is phenomenal, couldn't believe how good it is, there's a huge amount of music from all over the gundam universe and a huge amount of suits to unlock, im on D5 and i dont feel anywhere NEAR done. HUGE win and i hope it gets a ton of additional support.
Phenomenal how when the combat system is shallow asf
Gives me that Dynasty warriors gundam feel. Dang this game is amazing.
@@SShaBazzz ikr?! Its the little things too, like the chain combos, reversals, perfect guard/guard counter etc, it all adds up to a very satisfying experience over all, i want another game like this with more mobile suit mechanics and a larger roster, like 130 suits next game maybe and at least one of each type(various TL were inconsistent with that)
@@sellahuncho5595 if you can't appreciate the combat that's fine but dont call it shallow, there's a suprising nuance to it much like i stated above
@@brokenbond2012 I wish they would add the Angel Wing Gundam. They never acknowledge that one.
Them bosses are pretty challenging but im a huge gundam fan so this is definitely in my collection
As someone who grew up on that PS2 game (MS Saga A New Dawn) I LOVE the art style, just waiting to see and know more if its worth the asking price :)
Its a great game. I still like the last Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 more although its 13 years old. I like the direction they are going and there is a lot they can improve on. Would love to see more gundams on the next and maybe even normal sized gundams.
It's a lot of gundams though. It'll be hard to include more.
Dynasty warriors: Gundam three is the goat. Been playing it again recently with my son. Nice seeing it being talked about still.
Fuck this game. They turned an amazing rpg strategic turn based franchise into this run of the mill action/monster hunter travesty. They've betrayed us fans of the Gundam SD franchise. GIVE US BACK OUR TURN BASED RPG
I really enjoy it..its fun, relaxing and demanding at the same time. 1 thing that pisses me of, is that the Camera stays locked on a bit to long on a defeated enemy
I felt the same way. You can turn auto
-lock off in the game system menu. I don’t really use the lock on feature for fodder units as the game already has a “soft” lock on. I suggest to only use the hard lock-on on bosses.
Yeah and one other thing, F**K the bosses in this game sometimes, they hit way WAY to hard. For example, the True Mission "Hunter of Angels" where you fight Hashmal, I am only on NORMAL difficulty, the recommended gundam level is 21 and I was using a level 30 Gundam....and the damn thing kept hitting me like a bloody truck, just what the hell were the game developers thinking? I mean I am all for a challenge but omg this is a bit much for a normal difficulty mission that I was 9 levels over.......
And if it is THIS annoying against bosses on NORMAL difficulty then Chaos difficulty must be utterly dumb. Btw I am by no means a bad player, and even if I was, being a bad player or a good player has no barring on how much damage the enemies do, the attacks they make DO hit like a truck, for no real reason and no amount of skill changes that, yes there is perfect blocking and perfect sidestepping, but again that doesn't mean the attacks bosses do no longer hit unreasonably hard. If this were Chaos difficulty then fine I'd understand, but just....wow this is a bit much for normal difficulty.
I could also do without Mobile Armors all having this annoying AoE attack they do (be it a ground pound or a jump and slam) as they already hit unreasonably hard to begin with on normal difficulty as that makes wanting to melee attack them undesirable and that's kinda unfair to all the Melee focused Mobile Suits....
That all being said, I do enjoy the game, just they really need to dial back the damage boss enemies do. Incidentally it is always the Mobile Armors that are dumb like this.
Like I could deal with the excessive damage that bosses do, if Blocking and Sidestepping were more effective without having to be a god and perfect block/sidestep every time.
if a camera is pissing you off you arent ACTUALLY enjoying the game.
@@megaflux7144 it pisses me off BECAUSE i actually enjoy it. hey i love to be controversial
A true gundam fan would know what SD Gundam means.
Sperg Damnation
Does it mean?; seed destiny?.
@@Mellowmike111 super deformation
Or Superior Defender depending
Large head and normal body hence SD. Bobble head type design.
Are the SD Gundam just Squat Mechs with pilots inside, or are they autonomous robots like in that one cg Anime?
I have enjoyed the demo so far on The Switch. The only thing holding me off from getting the full version is a lack of couch co-op. I like to play Musou style games split screen with my kiddos.
A big loss there should've at least been 2 player
Im loving it tbh. I really wish we could get a game similar to the ps2 game from ages ago
Ms saga ☺️👌
I'm loving it so far! It's like a mix of the Dynasty Gundam games and the Versus/Max On series. I've already put a good 40hrs in it. Highly recommend for any mech fans and we still have another Gund game coming soon!
What a time to be alive games are getting good again
@@jamalhughes8325 I know! Or at least more games that I will play instead of a handful 😂. Still can't get a PS5 sadly, but been thinking of getting me a Switch for the time being.
Or u can buy on steam for pc
@@uddalakdas1875 don't have one
Absolutely, tho i pray bandai wont abandon this game once evolution is out as they have a habit of doing, this is a big hit theyve got on their hands and alot of players are really enjoying it so they shouldn't cut it off early just to work on another game.
On gamepass today so worth a try
Yup
Ya know what? You sold me on this. I played the demo, and thought it was ok, and I'd probably get it at $20. I used to be into anime in the 80s and early 90s, but never cared for Gundam (outside of the awesome designs).
Having said that, this video sells the game. It does look compelling and worth a buy.
Games like this make me wish a bit that I didn’t have so many responsibilities. I would love to be able to get this and dive in for dozens of hours at a time and just get lost in the gameplay loop.
Unfortunately I’m really stuck playing games in 15 minute segments if at all. I’m lucky if I get an hour in at the end of the day! So I’ll probably have to pass on this but it looks great
youll find the time one day
Make some time bro
@@luvtay8804 it’s not worth it with everything else I could be/should be doing
@@thomasbryans6547 well than why are u here 😂
You literally said nothing 🤔🤣
This reminds me of a game I played for the GameCube probably 15 years ago that was Gundam based.. I remember being addicted to it
Custom Robo?
@@PointlessEarl yes I had that game
I do love the game too, but my biggest issue is the mobile armours, and around chapter 3 and 4, the difficulty does seem to spike a bit too heavily. I still can' beat Hasmr or whatever it is called on normal.
Did you try fighting the boss with a different mobile suit? Sometimes if I come across an enemy that I can't beat with my main mobile suit come on and I've tried to mission at least 10 times and still lose then I switch to a different Mobile suit. Sometimes it's that your current Mobile suit isn't well suited to fight the boss, or your team composition. Don't be afraid to experiment!
Ah sd gundam good times.
I've neen waiting for this since I first saw that anime with mini gundums.
i wish they did the robots design more real in terms of size and look this looks more like Toy Robots for Kids. Hope someone do some day a action rpg syle robot game where we can upgrade and tune our Robots research weapons and so on.
Just play Daemon X Machina then. Or Armor Core.
This is on my to play list as it’s sitting on my console
So, is this a new SD line game series or is this taking SD Gundam G Generation series place?
They finally brought back a good Gundam game. This looks amazing
I love the chibi style and a big Gundam fan so this is a perfect fit. It's a really fun game for me
Thing is Chibi Gunpla's are insanely popular in JP and this caters specificly to JP market with a barebones translation for worldwide port
all i care about is the combat. im a sucker for seeing robots fight each other. thats the main reason i downloaded the game
i enjoy it alot i think one of the best gundams so far is the f92? i think it is called the very fast boi that can heal itself (twice 1 going in speed mode 1 going out) whit its hyper, but that psycho zaku or whatever it is called is hella fun too
Mine has to be barbatos 6th form I named mine angry boi
"If you are a Gundam fan, which is being normal" 😆 Nicely said!
I used to play the absolute hell out of SD Gundam back in the day. Potentially way too much time.
Love it so far!
Finished tue Story today and unlocked hard mode.
Now I wish for a new Gundam Breaker game with that gameplay (as it is similar to GB3).
How long is the story persee and is Hard a new Game + where you go over story with all current upgrades to get even more? Just wondering how MUCH of playtime you’d actually get out of it. For $60 I’m hesitant to play a game that I beat and then sort of forget until I have to invest more on DLC’s
@@Lithlius Story has 7 chapters with around 6 Missions each. Took me 24 hours total including a bit of farming for Mobile Suit parts.
Hard Mode is just a new difficulty, so you can play every Mission again with stronger enemies and better loot (good for farming money to Level up your Mobile Suits).
Still is very fun as it gets really hard. The very first Mission in Hard Mode is for Level 50+. That Level goes higher for each Mission.
Also you can only get items to limit break your Mobile Suits a 3rd time in hard mode, so they can go beyond Level 50, which is the Level Cap in normal Mode.
its not incoherent, it just seems that way because all the important dialogue for both g universe story and anime stories is in the briefing section of the library under cutscene replays exclusively
Just give me a Gundam Dynasty Warriors remake of all 3 games. All i want.
It has been too long since they came out with a good Gundam with this style of combat that isn't Chibi. I just bought this on sale though. I intend to spend my next two days off grinding in a Gundam game. That alone sounds appealing.
This feels like that one psp gundam game that I used to play at a kid, except this one is in Chibi mode. Sure I’m gonna love this one
Can you make your own suit to play through the game?
So far it’s a fun game with some hard bosses
That blue mf with the grappling hook was beating my ass
It's the best single player Gundam game in a long time. But it's a tad expensive for what's offered.
I'm a diehard Gundam fan so I'm willing to pay the $20 fan tax. But for everyone else, get this on sale.
i an the direct opposite to you. i care nothing for the franchise. the only thing i care about it is seeing giant robots kick the holy hell out of each other
XGP now
It doesn't "adopt" the chibi style that's just factually wrong the SD literally stands for "Super deformation or Superior Defender "and it has been a series for 10+ years with several games
I feel like this game is actually design for the switch or steam deck. The mission takes you less than 10 mins to finish and if you're a fan of gundam, its fun seeing your MS kicking ass.
Some are 20 and the pause doesn't pause the game in single player
Hope they fix it and the weapon hope they can do something to costuming it
I saw that the Burning Gundam is unlockable!
Awesome!!!!!
This looks very fun!
I hope they remake zoids after this
They did. The last zoid game was 2 years ago on switch. It was sub par.
@@ashmanchester2611 probably why they didnt try it again
I heard that the gundams/mobile suits from the wing series is not in the game except for wing zero. I really want to play with heavyarms .
Hehehe that's what SD Gundam is about. They're supposed to be chibi style and I bet no one is gonna complain about it. Get battle operations if you want a wicked looking Gundam.
I love this game so much!
This kinda reminds me of an old gundam game I played growing up on ps2
This game is really fun. However I'm still annoyed they lack gundams from wing and waltz. Also the camera lock on defeated enemies lingers longer than it should sometimes
I hope they will add them in
its okay to call a game trash.. even if YOU paid for it. seems to me a lot of people REFUSE to admit to ever buying a shitty game in their lives, and that is just a plain old lie.
@@megaflux7144 lol save that talk for some one else
@@JoshSmith-jq9tw save your bullshit for someone else, you cant be having "fun" with the game if youre bitching about the lock sticking and it lacking content you were expecting/hoping for. to have those kinds of complaints and still pretend its "fun" makes you a liar.
@@megaflux7144 Kind of harsh tbh...
This games great. It’s just I’m not the biggest SD fan. It would’ve been even better if we could have regular and SD suits
The game looks amazing. I’m excited about a game finally lol
The menu preparation and such are the only close enough comparisons for Monster Hunter and this game. This is an arcady mission-based game with a full story where you fight enemies on a set path that leads to a boss where Monster Hunter has you hunt monster bosses and harvest their materials to repeat the process of hunting stronger monster bosses.
Gaming Bolt (or Elitist Bolt), continuing to pick on those who don't align with their ideals by calling people who like Gundam "normal" for example while being completely incapable of focusing on the review only without ghost attacking others, one video at a time. Been happening many times, but I still watch them for the review only. It actually depends on the reviewer though because a lot of Gaming Bolt's videos are still good.
The chibi style is the only thing that drew me to this. Since I never bothered with the series as a whole I'm not familiar with any of the Gundams or pilots. The game is solid though and I love it so far.
nice review!
If only it weren't SD gundam id buy it
If you're familiar with gundam as a whole the SD style isn't really that odd a choice. There's an entire universe that's SD. I got used to the style playing ms saga on ps2.
Thank you. This is yet another fair review of SDGBA. People who don't like reading, Japanese dialogues & grinding are simply not the target players of this RPG game, but doesn't mean that the game itself is bad. It's very good for the SD title, the franchise & the genre.
I’d love to know how anybody is supposed to effectively read the subs and play the game at the same time.
@@bekkfxst Frankly, you get better at doing both over time, especially if you're an experienced anime Sub watcher. But if you're new to reading Sub, and really want to follow the dialogue, you might want to stay or back up to avoid enemy at first to let the dialogues play out. They will run out of dialogues after a certain time. If you just wanna do the action then you don't have to read them. After all, you will repeat some of these missions through grinding so you can always read the dialogues next time. There's also the Library menu in case you want to exclusively follow the story.
@Francisco Camacho Fair critique on what?
@Francisco Camacho And? Are you going to say that people who don't like reading, Japanese dialogue & grinding are the perfect target players for this game?
@Francisco Camacho Where in my comment did I ever say that people who complained about the lack of English Dub in this game don't like to read? I only said that people who don't like to read is not the target player coz this game has a lot of reading to do 🙄.
I enjoyed the old Gundam Wing series with Heero and all his friends. Rolena was some prominent girl.
This would be like a 30$ game if it wasn't for the gundam name.
I don't see the 8 score given by anyone that doesn't fanboy over Gundam.
Cross Generation or Genesis gives way more value for your money.
It's already 30 quid, it's definitely worth
@Trevor pape have you actually played this game ahahah
buying it tomorrow - I'm almost shocked at how gorgeously animated the suits are, given the fact that they're SD.
im pretty sure sdgo came out before monster hunter
Not enough Mobile suits in the game.
Apparently
What do you mean? Is that another way of saying phone cases?
came to gamepass! been wanting to play this forever nice review!
Looks like fun. But I just can't get over the art style; especially at this price point....
At this point, I see “SD” on a Gundam game title, I’m buying it cause it’s probably good
Thanks to this video, I discover I am "normal" LOL
Like how actual gameplay wasn't used but used trailer footage instead.
No he used gameplay??? What are you talking about
@@markspc1285 all the footage was from the trailers for the game. There was no footage of him playing the game himself.
@@ashmanchester2611 he showed parts throughout, majority was trailers though
@@markspc1285 No, double checked. All of it is trailers.
Game blocks video recording lol
I am on the fence with this game….Feel like I should wait for a sale but that could be awhile
I'll happen bamco wants this game to do well
@@Matanumi bamco?
I Really dont like the SD line, should have never been a thing. But im such a fan and i have been witting for a new Gundam game forever so ill take what i get long as i get more Gundam games lol good enough for me. I build a lot of models I would love to see maybe a more normal Gundam game. I'm looking forward to the OverWatch like game coming out. I would like to see maybe a Gundam Breaker game that's actually good or maybe something along the line of tekken. but hey we have a Gundam game hope for the future there's more
GOOD REVIEW
Thank you
They gameplay reminds me the dynasty warrior gundum game
The problem with story is that a lot of dialogue/homages happen while you're fighting. And unless you're fluent in Japanese, you're gonna be focused more on fighting rather than reading subs.
exactly. thats y when i watch Anime i always go for dubs. as for this game i had to turn down the sound cause of the voices despite me actually grooving to the music
Ima get this physical on playasia I wish the price was dropped a bit I just got splatoon 3
Nintendo is for losers
They should team up with that other game thar made action figure shooter and make a gunpla shooting game.
In a review I would like to see the full UI and how easy that is to navigate, the crafting you mentioned, the in-between parts which are not combat focused. This review was largly useless to showing what the game is in all its parts.
The chibi style has been a deterrent for me up until now but the gameplay looks so good i think i need to try.
It upsetting that bandai namco keep trying to make western releases of the gundam IP and we never bite. Gundam Evolution sadly didnt last long. Hopefully they give up on us.
1 thing that botters me is the small sise of the gundams but after this review i have put that aside game looks pretty cool
The big thing I wanna know is there any spoilers ?
everyone dies in the end
Wow maybe if i stream this some of my clips might copyrighted i guess
Huge Gundam fan but like you said I can't get into the midget robots fighting I'm going to skip this one and just stick to Maxi boost for right now
I originally was disappointed but just play gundam battle operations 2 if you want full scale gundam and this for more, it's really fun!!
I think we can all agree when we think about it deep down in our heart of hearts...
The Principality of Zeon did nothing wrong.
Guess I'm not normal. Game does look cool though.
Good gundam game but want full size gameplay
The AI partners are stupid as hell and they get down so easily they can't heal them selfs and every time I heal them they get half health back they should get full health back and they should use a heal pack to revive themselves or use it when they're really hurt bad Bandia needs to fix that problem
I don’t know why they went with the sort of Funko Pop toddlers toy aesthetic but I do know this, if I catch a plane and go slap them for it they’ll say I’M the crazy one and throw ME in jail.
It’s a crazy, topsy-turvy work-a-day world I guess.
But seriously WHY??
Is it because the idea of piloting a 30 story mobile gundam suit in to battle against equally humongous opponents isn’t fun?
Did they change what ‘fun’ means?
Did the pitch meeting end with “Ok guys that is great stuff! Fantastic! But just one adjustment appearance-wise, before we ship just take all the awesome out, ok?”
Cool
After having experience playing dynasty warriors Gundam, this game lacks a lot of stuff for a next gen game 😅
wish we could get something like this without the SD theme... 😞
Thats basically gundam breaker isnt it?
Looks very similar in terms of gameplay except this game seems like less of a chaotic fuster cluck
@@ApenBaard pretty much what I meant
@@Wolves437 if you meant that you are a cluster fuck then i agree
Him explaining some Gundam fans might be disappointed in the chibi style shows he doesn't know what his talking bout.
I'm a gundam fan but this isn't for me. The grinding feels meaningless when there's no story or character building behind it, and I personally prefer the original characters to the new faceless protagonist from gvg too. It doesn't feel AAA, but is AAA pricy, too. If I buy a gundam game it'd be for the gaming equivalent of going brrrr and smacking all my toys together.
I even put this game on my wishlist, wishing it'd be free after its release but eh. Guess I'd be waiting for that other free game instead.
You know nothing of monster hunter if you think these are similar..
Never really cared for the anime. I always skipped it until dragon ball z came on the tv. But this game is so fun. Just finished playing the demo and im definitely buying a hard copy.
loser for buying physical
Is the hard copy better than the easy copy?
Not a bad game but not worth $60 for what’s on offer
I’ve been playing the demo and, while I like it so far, it isn’t perfect and IMO isn’t worth $60. To keep it relatively short, probably my biggest problem with the game is the lack of an English dub. Normally all Japanese would be fine, but the main story characters talk throughout the missions (full on conversations, not just quips) and reading all the subs and playing the game well at the same time is very difficult, if not impossible. So you’re likely going to end up missing some story, directions, and sense of what’s happening other than “fight robots”.
He really said ass-thetic
The combat is just straight up fun. Unlocking new gundams with various different fighting styles keeps it fresh.
Free on game pass, definitely get it.
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gundam games in short: besides the graphic, nothing had improved.
Am I the only one who sees the graphics as hazey?haze? It looks really bad on my TV
So, story wise it sounds kind of like Dragonball XenoVerse. Just an excuse to put characters, in this case mobile suits, that don't belong.
I don't get the monster hunter comparison at all.
so its a xenoverse story copy