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    Dynasty Warriors: Gundam

    Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Aug 28, 2007

    Dynasty Warriors meets Gundam in a spin-off of the Dynasty Warriors franchise. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam brings two popular franchises into one game with characters and mobile suits from series ranging from the original Mobile Suit Gundam to G Gundam.

    pufferfiz's Gundam Musou (PlayStation 3) review

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    Two great series finally come together

    When i heard about this game i was so excited. Two of my most favorite franchises were coming together. But i didn't really seeing this so well in the US or would it come out anytime soon so i went ahead and imported a copy. As i expected it was really straight forward. got your attack, charged attack and the good old musou attack. Story mode or "official mode" is nice. You play as one of six characters going through their story based on the Anime/manga. That being said there are still only 6 characters. But with each completion you unlock that character in Original mode as well as another character to play in official mode(3 to start 3 to unlock). So the story is good. You got 5 stages to do and they transition well between stages. If you are familiar with the anime then you can recognize whats going on, and even if you don't you can still know whats going on.
        Now on to original mode. Like how its called this mode's story is all made up and mostly consist of a evil plot by the Musha Gundam to destroy you( there are some which involve more around Master Asia). these too involve 5 stages of play. A noticeable difference is there are now 16 unlockable characters. Also the stories mix up the characters as they wouldn't in the original story. so Amuro would be fight along side Char for example. This is nice and interesting, so it will does increase overall game play time. And after you beat the game with that character you unlock him/her so now you could choose what mobile suite you would want to play with.
        With each character you can level him/her up as well as level up his/her mobile suite. Each level increases the attributes of the character or suite. By level 30(10 for the suit) you will be almost unstoppable. But it is not a overwhelming advantage so game can still be challenging. Then you have skills, these just help even more. They are nothing special. better beam saber or higher musou attack. Skills are unlocked by playing. so even if you are 30/10 you will not have all the skills. Another thing are items. Items are picked up from the battle field after you kill another main npc(not the generic suits). And can be used increase the attributes of the mobile suit. These can also  be combined with other items to increase the strength of the effect. Still returning are power ups, so by killing something you get a chance to find a attack/defense/speed power up. these can really come in handy in tight situations.
        Overall this game is quite decent. So there are some good things about it. its got a good camera, it can be controlled with the right stick and can be centered with L2 so the camera can quickly changed. It plays well, it can be challenging at times but i think it really balances things out. though there are times where you will have to fight someone one on one and you find you self low on health and going back and forth out of combat to use your Musou attack that is slowly recharging. The graphics are better than any PS2 Musou game that is out there. But it is sure lacking. Most things in the world i can tell have been upscaled to reach 720. So at times there are those jagged edges everywhere. And over all this way not up to par with even the launch titles for the ps3. I feel like this more of a PS2.5 game. The lands can be quite barren at times. this can be over looked by the fact they are trying to push 50 units on screen at once. But, it is still there. The music is classic. Playing through you will find all your old favorites from the old animes redone for this game. The voices are similar to their anime partners ( some even being the same) so that is a plus. Though i still prefer the Japanese voices. And the voice you hear after a charged attack can get annoying really fast. Unless you want the achievements or just want to get to 100% complete there is not much replay value after you complete so many characters. After a while you realize you playing the same story just with a different perspective. But the game is till a load of fun. If you like button mashing and killing hundreds of guys or just a fan of the 2 series then this game is right for you. But for others they just wont see much in this.

    Other reviews for Gundam Musou (PlayStation 3)

      5% Dynasty Warriors, 75% Gundam, 20% Wasted Potential 0

      Dynasty Warriors has always been one of those games where you either like it or you don’t. Ever since my first experience with the series, Dynasty Warriors 3, I have always enjoyed getting a friend of mine together and thrashing some Yellow Turbans. The game has never been especially impressive but it has always maintained itself in my collection all these years. The most recent iteration, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, holds true to what you would expect, for the most part. It isn’t exactly strong i...

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