But alas, all good things must come to an end, and so, too, did Gundam Wing. But I didn’t stop there. I also consumed G Gudam and Gundam SEED before moving away from the series with the advent of high school and college. I knew there was a lot I still hadn’t seen, but I felt pretty confident that I had an idea of what was what when I popped Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn into my PS3 for the first time. As it turns out, I could not have been more wrong.

"Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn largely plays the same way as other games in the franchise regardless of the mode you choose. Your mech is dropped onto a large map and tasked with plowing through hordes of enemies on your way to capturing an objective, protecting a fixed point, or defeating a boss character."

The game’s story mode, known as Official Mode in the game, sticks mostly to the Universal Century timeline, covering the events of Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack, and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, though it does throw in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny for good measure. This decision makes sense, considering their popularity in Japan, but it’s kind of a bummer for those of us who aren’t familiar with that part of the franchise.

That doesn’t mean that things like Gundam Wing, Gundam 00, and G Gundam, or the other parts of the franchise aren’t represented. In fact, almost all of them are. They just have to be unlocked in Ultimate Mode, which consists of a series of vignettes involving heroes and villains from across the various iterations of the series.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn largely plays the same way as other games in the franchise regardless of the mode you choose. Your mech is dropped onto a large map and tasked with plowing through hordes of enemies on your way to capturing an objective, protecting a fixed point, or defeating  a boss character. You only have access to a few very simple combos and a couple of shooting attacks, but everything looks cool, and it’s pretty satisfying to watch Zakus, Rick Doms, and GMs get sliced up by your laser swords or vaporized by one of your guns.

"The combat isn’t about complexity so much as it is about massacring the enemies that are milling around, patiently waiting their turn to die, and doing it with some degree of style."

The combat isn’t about complexity so much as it is about massacring the enemies that are milling around, patiently waiting their turn to die, and doing it with some degree of style. If you’re feeling particularly flashy (or are just bored of looking at the hundreds of enemies bearing down on you), you can unleash more powerful SP or burst attacks to clear out hundreds of mechs at once. Your pilots will level up as you play, and you can upgrade your Mobile Suits with plans that increase your stats, but this never really changes the way you approach any given situation.

Official and Ultimate are the only two modes the game offers, but they are fairly meaty affairs in their own right: each storyline in Official Mode will take you about two hours. There’s also a ton of content to unlock for those willing to put in the time, as well as an offline co-op mode. That said, however, the game doesn’t do much to change up the traditional Dynasty Warriors formula, though there are some minor changes that fans of the series will probably want to know about.

The most noticeable change is a visual one, as Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn has dropped the cell-shaded look from Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 in favor of a more realistic approach. The Gundams and characters look great (aside from the rather limited animations on the part of the characters), and it’s clear that great care has been taken to capture the look of each series, both during gameplay and in cutscenes. The same level of care, however, has not been taken in the environments, which are exceptionally bland and forgettable.

"At its best, it’s a fun game that allows you to jump into the cockpit of a giant mech and slice through hundreds of enemies. At its worst, it’s an endless waltz through hundreds of unlocks, bland environments, and dumb enemies."

The same can, regrettably, be said for the localization. There is no option for English voice acting this time around, and the translation is rife with misspellings and other errors. This isn’t something that will seriously detract from the game for most people as it’s more funny than anything else (and the story modes are so truncated that the writing is little more than flavor text, at best), but it does point to the game being something of a rush job.

The final major change is the removal of four player online co-op that has been something of a series staple. This time around, the game features SOS signals which can be sent out on maps in Ultimate Mode, allowing you to ask for assistance and join other players on the level in question. It’s a nice idea, in theory, but it rarely works well in practice, as you’ll rarely find someone to answer your SOS calls, and the ones that you do come across with often be either unavailable or expired.

These little flaws add up, but the game is quite fun in small doses. At its best, it’s a fun game that allows you to jump into the cockpit of a giant mech and slice through hundreds of enemies. At its worst, it’s an endless waltz through hundreds of unlocks, bland environments, and dumb enemies. If you like Gundam and Dynasty Warriors, you’ll probably have a good time. Just don’t go into it expecting to see too much of Heero, Domon and Sutsuna.

This game was reviewed on the PlayStation 3.

Game Overview:

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn was originally released in Japan as Gundam Musou. In the game players will experience their favorite moments from the Gundam franchise. The game features 37 areas in the game’s official mode and the Ultimate mode features more than 150 scenarios.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn is developed by Koei and Omega Force, and published by Namco Bandai. The game is now available for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

Check out the video walkthrough of Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn below and let us know if you have any questions in the comments section below.

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Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn, the collaboaration between Tecmo Koei and Bandai Namco, which sees the former’s Dynasty Warriors IP mingle with the latter’s Gundam license, got a new trailer and it looks as crazy as you would think, showing us giant ass mecha robots in space engaging in some agile and frenetic fast paced combat, both ranged and close range melee.

The game is allegedly the culmination of all things Dynasty Warriors Gundam, being the fourth game in the series; it sees the return of space battles, for instance, and it has over 120 units to battle with. It also adds in a slew of other features. Released in Japan last year to a positive reception from fans, fans of this style of game and/or the licensed property should also find themselves enjoying the title.

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn is due out on PS3 and PS Vita over the PSN Store later this month in Europe, and July 1 in North America.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn is the latest Dynasty Warriors game coming up, and this one is based on the Gundam fracnhise, celebrating 30 years of Gundam history across all forms of media, including video games, anime, and manga. The game is due out in Europe on June 27, 2014, and ahead of its rapidly approaching release, Tecmo Koei have revealed the pre-order bonus content for the title.

Fittingly enough, the pre-order bonus content will all also be celebrating Gundam’s legacy- players who pre-order will receive a variation of mobile suit MSM-04 Acguy, the GPB-04B Beargguy (originally from Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G). This particular suit  has the form of a bear and it carries a back-pack full of powerful guns. Its other weapons include a particle gun and extendable claws.

In addition to this, individual retailers will also be offering an additional scenario, which will see the player called to combat and defeat two of the most famous characters in the Gundam series, The Red Comet and the Crimson Lightning.

Stay tuned to GamingBolt for further coverage of the title.

Tecmo Koei have detailed Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn, the new mashup game that is set in an era called the “Universal Century”, and which sees giant mechas known as Mobile Suits used to wage war across land, sea,air,and space. Featuring characters and Mobile Suits from the legendary Gundam franchise, the new upcoming game promises a new take on the traditional Musou action delivered by the Dynasty Warrior games.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn will let players play through scenes right out of the Gundam universe, including Mobile Suit Gundam (Movie), Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Movie), Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counter Attack, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn is due out excusively on the PlayStation 3 some time over this summer in Europe; it will have support for local and online multiplayer, and promises players the largest Dynasty Warriors Gundam game yet. Stay tuned for more coverage.