New Gundam Breaker was… not nice. It was universally panned, and the followers of earlier video games had no love for it both. We feared this can be the top of slightly franchise we liked as intersected followers of Gundams, Gunpla (quick for Gundam plastic mannequin kits), and video video games, however with the announcement of Gundam Breaker 4, we noticed a glimmer of hope. The phrase “New” was nowhere to be discovered, and it seemed prefer it had a base of Gundam Breaker 3 which is the fan favourite entry. I’m VERY completely satisfied to say that we’re EATING GOOD as soon as once more with this one, and it has the legs to turn out to be the brand new definitive entry within the franchise.
Gundam Breaker 4
Developer: CRAFTS & MEISTER
Value: $49.99
Platform: Steam, PS5 (reviewed), PS4 & Change
MonsterVine was equipped with PS5 code for evaluate
Constructing and Battling: The Core of Gundam Breaker 4
Gundam Breaker is a sequence about taking part in an internet recreation the place you get to construct your robotic to regulate from Gunpla and play them in matches in opposition to one another and in opposition to the CPU. It has INSANE customization, that includes nearly each mannequin equipment you can wish to see in a recreation like this, and allows you to smash collectively kits in enjoyable methods, add additional elements to it, shade all the pieces in huge element, add decals and now Gundam Breaker 4 even provides a Diorama Mode permitting you to assemble epic scenes along with your custom-made Gunpla and every kind of different choices to make some significantly cool stuff.
Story and Gameplay: An Partaking Expertise
The story mode is fairly comparable in its bones to earlier ones. You play as an up and coming silent protagonist who occurs upon a ragtag group of individuals and slowly builds it into an in-game “Clan” and rises by the ranks of the sport encountering every kind of intrigue and battle alongside the way in which as a result of it could possibly by no means be simple can it? Alongside the way in which, you’ll undertake quite a lot of totally different missions from preventing again waves of enemies, defending goals, preventing enemy groups of three along with your teammates and even huge large boss fights in opposition to Good Grade mannequin kits that are on a a lot bigger scale than what you begin constructing with and options further mechanics within the struggle.
Fight is improved even additional on the framework supplied by Gundam Breaker 3 by giving us the choice to twin wield weapons additional diversifying the standard mild and heavy combo strings that we had in earlier video games. It is possible for you to to combine and match them to create even crazier strings to make use of than ever. A spotlight for me is the whip weapon sort, a protracted vary melee weapon that may pull enemies in, or out relying on which path you maintain, combine that up with one thing heavy just like the ax and you’ve got a successful combo. It doesn’t finish with shut ranged weapons, there are additionally quite a lot of ranged weapons you could equip in every arm to combine in along with your assault.
This recreation has over 250 kits value of elements, with tons of actual life kits given illustration with their prime quality field artwork as properly. On these elements, you possibly can unlock EX Expertise that use a meter you construct up for BIG DAMAGE assaults, in addition to OP abilities which are smaller assaults utilizing inbuilt weaponry on the elements which are on a time based mostly quiet down. Put collectively an superior robotic again missing some harm? Slap some builder elements on it to unlock EX and OP abilities to make use of, and even simply make them as small as attainable and conceal them in your equipment in the event you don’t need your aesthetic perfection messed with. There may be a lot customizability right here that you will discover your self spending a TON of time in menus engaged on creating superior mecha to regulate, pose, and even hop on-line with.
On-line Play: A Step Ahead
Talking of on-line, this entry options a way more fascinating on-line system than earlier than. You possibly can be a part of lobbies, meet individuals whereas operating round as an avatar of your chosen Gunpla, be a part of Clans, do missions collectively, compete in tournaments, and extra. It’s cool to see an even bigger concentrate on attempting to recreate the atmosphere introduced within the story in addition to a few of the Gundam anime on this universe. I might see this recreation changing into actually huge for me if I discovered this after discovering Gundam at a younger age, and it’s fairly candy to see the hassle made to create one thing like that.
The Closing Phrase
Gundam Breaker 4 is strictly what I wished from this franchise after Gundam Breaker 3, and I’m completely satisfied to say we are able to all overlook the “New” moniker as a result of we’re BACK BABY. Followers of large robots, followers of customization, and followers of video games completely bursting on the seams with content material can all discover one thing to like right here, and I can’t wait to see what this crew brings us subsequent.
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