Traditional mech games are, for the most part, a min-maxer’s paradise. Build a giant robot, equip it with whichever parts are going to make it function the way a player desires, and then take it into battle to watch all the hard work and number crunching pay off. In the same way that JRPGs can often be a spreadsheet painted over with a fantasy setting, mech games are formula upon formula of cold, hard math condensed into one battle-hardened machine wiping out its enemies with brutal efficiency, something that New Gundam Breaker looks to continue.
New Gundam Breaker is a very traditional mech game in that sense, albeit one that has the benefit of one of the most iconic mecha licenses in the world. The Gundam games have long been a staple of the genre, but typically vary wildly in quality. After a recent string of successes, however, New Gundam Breaker has sent the franchise spiralling back down to Earth like the Gundanium alloy that caused a revolution in Gundam Wing. Instead of hitting the ground gracefully and ushering in a new age, though, this game instead takes two giant robot-sized steps backward, and despite a robust offering of options, never fails to disappoint in its execution of any of them.
Do It For the Waifus
One of the most shocking elements of New Gundam Breaker is that its story is actually pretty serviceable. Because a lot of games in the franchise try to incorporate mobile suits from different entries in the Gundam series, the result is usua...