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Gundam Evolution
Released On: Sep 21, 2022
72
4.9
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
72
56% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
72
56% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
As a massive fan of the Gundam franchise, Gundam Evolution is off to a fantastic start. Each of the initial batch of mobile suits all fill different roles on the battlefield; and none of felt like it didn’t have a sufficient counter to it. Sadly, some of the best counter picks are locked behind the pay wall, but players can grind out the currency if they want to save some money. I do wish the grind to unlock new suits and the in game currency wasn’t so slow, and the game is in desperate need of some new maps but even with those issues surprisingly the best Gundam game out right now is the free to play Gundam Evolution, and while I am waiting on the console version to REALLY dig in. Those who play on PC should absolutely check it out, especially if you are a fan of games like Overwatch or Paladins. (Does anyone still play Paladins, for that matter does anyone even REMEMBER Paladins?!)
Like most hero shooters, the key to Gundam Evolution’s success is going to be how well Bandai Namco supports the game, and whether post-launch content can keep up a steady cadence of adding interesting new content. Still, Gundam Evolution has gotten the most important piece of the Overwatch formula right, making each hero feel distinct and providing interesting interactions between them. What that means is that Evolution should appeal to any fans of the genre, even those without any knowledge of Gundam whatsoever.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 27 User Ratings
4.9
33% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
11% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
56% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 27 User Ratings
4.9
33% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
11% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
56% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
Game hands down is the best quick and gritty team based shooter out there. There is no real support class any class will do. Every class has its merits.
Lets start off with laughing together about the bad reviews because people are salty about region locking? They are upset that their region has crappy internet and it will bog down other regions so they come here with their little warrior fingers and leave a bad review. There are also reviews saying its play to win, its not. The starting classes you get are just fine and do exactly what you need them to do.
I play a good amount and I can see where people would get upset that they feel useless. The player base in the US is not that big and the people who do play, play a lot and we get pretty good with head shots. Just put in the time and you will have a blast. Iv met a lot of cool people playing this game and even the discord channel for it had a lot of neat people who just know whats up.
This game has fantastic maps, game modes, and all the suits in it are fantastic and fun. Everything has its purpose so far. I really have no complaints.
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Fun multiplayer shooter with a strong Overwatch influence, yet runs out
of breath over time.
There’s a good game here to sink your time into, and I look forward to doing so. I just wish Bandai Namco had poured a little bit more special sauce onto it to differentiate it from the pack. There’s a ton of potential with a property as massive as Gundam, and I can’t help yearning for a game that did little more than just meeting my expectations.
I really like the overall style of Gundam Evolution. The maps are neat and the mobile suits are a decent starting lineup, even if I don’t like some of the omissions from throughout the franchise in both the roster and cosmetic options. There’s also the fact that some of these mobile suits just feel straight-up overpowered compared to certain other niche options in team comp. That said, as a live-service free-to-play game, I’ve never had an issue finding a match in Gundam Evolution and it looks like the groundwork is here for some good improvements, additions, and balancing over time. I also really enjoyed matches where my team worked together well, win or lose. If you like Gundam and you like Overwatch, there’s no reason to pass Gundam Evolution by. Just be mindful that you might get demolished in the early running as Bandai Namco balances and adds to the game.
At the heart of Gundam Evolution lies an idea with a lot of potential that, for the moment, is trapped in some dated and frustrating game design choices.
Ultimately, Gundam Evolution fulfills the promise of letting you impersonate one of the many Mobile Suits that have been showcased across the decades, and fans of the beloved series will have the time of their lives, at least for a bit. But in doing so, it just presents another attempt to emulate the Overwatch formula that doesn’t quite hit the mark.
This game is great, the people who are complaining are probably salty overwatch fans. After how bad overwatch has got with its sequel. It is so refreshing to play this, its fast, its intense and runs so smoothly, unlike where overwatch feels choppy and unbalances. This game is an absolute blast so if you are a fan of any team shooters and like huge robot mechas I highly recommend this
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Gundam Evolution is a game I wanted to like so badly, I constantly saw glimmers of what this game could be, yet those glimmers were always followed by a big slap in the face showing me that from the beginning this game was doomed to fail. This game succeeds in creating a memorable roster of both iconic and niche characters all with varying roles and mechanics that each character feels extremely unique from one another. There are your clearly defined roles such as tank, healer, and assault, but then there are your oddball picks such as melee based only gundams and jack-of-all trades gundams who aren't necessarily the best at one thing but adequate at everything. These aren't characters you can immediately pick up either and dominate, there are of course your introductory characters that anyone can use, but some of the other gundams require a major time investment to properly figure out how to play them and while I've never reached that time investment I've seen what is capable as a single player who knows what they're doing can absolutely steam roll an entire team. That also brings up an issue however, as while it's important that each player feels as if they're contributing to the overall goal, a lot of these gundams are improperly balanced to the point where it is blatantly unfair to use them. That's not to mention that a decent chunk of these characters are locked behind in-game currency. While you might be able to buy roughly two-three with currency you own, that requires a ton of grinding and a majority of players are going to have to dish out money if they want to play these characters. Having to pay for things with real world money is a common theme across this game as you get next to nothing for leveling up and it feels absolutely awful to fight through a tough match where you come out on top yet only get XP, and the XP gains are super low too. Once you start this game you are given beginner challenges that gives you enough credits to buy I believe one new gundam and they even give you some lootboxes as well so you can hopefully get some cool cosmetics too. But once you complete all of those, you're essentially left high and dry with almost no way to earn anything through gameplay. The only times you can earn something is when a limited time event rolls away and that's it. You want to get that cool skin for your gundam, sorry you need an absurd amount of credits to unlock that, why don't you just outright buy it from our overpriced store. Oh, we don't have it in the store, well why don't you gamble away at our lootboxes with terrible drop rates and just pray that you get it, it should only cost you roughly 100 dollars, that seems fair doesn't it. Around every corner the game is trying to nickel and dime you for something, it's almost actively trying to dissuade you from playing their game. The worst part is half the cosmetics don't even look good, they're so boring as they're just color changes that in the 1/1000 chance I get something cool from the lootboxes, I don't care at all. It feels awful writing that too as the game is actually really fun to play. Sure it's just a riff on Overwatch, but it cranks everything up to 11 making the gameplay feel a lot more fast paced and action packed that even with all the they throw at you, I still would rather play it over Overwatch. The gunplay feels good, the movement is fast and fluid, all the maps for the most part feel properly designed besides a few sections, there was very rarely a moment where I felt like the outcome of a match wasn't in my control. But the monetization really just ruins the game for me, and I can't even recommend playing through it because it's shutting down. I had three achievements prior to writing this review that I wanted to go back and try and unlock, one of those being reach gold in rank. I was fairly decent at the multiplayer so this isn't a monumental task, but I couldn't even do that as the player base is so dead that it was impossible to find a ranked match, everyone driven away from the decision to lock everything behind a paywall. Let me make it clear too, I don't blame the developers for this, I blame the higher ups who made the call to do this as they ruined a genuinely fun game. In order to unlock those three missing achievements, I had to do a work around because there was legitimately no other way, and while I try to do everything legit I just couldn't this time. I really wish this game was served a better fate, because at it's core it was pretty fun to play, but those higher up executives destroyed it, and that's the biggest shame of them all; a game cannibalizing itself.
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Gundam Evolution provides the baseline for a fast paced team shooter. While it avoids some pitfalls established by Blizzard's Overwatch, it trips and falls into other issues causing the experience to get muddled. Definitely keep an eye out for this game to see if the developers address the issues and make up with additional content and a friendlier game environment in their in game shop.
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it looks good but it's not, such mess, no need for ideas, just copy Overwatch and mix it with music from the series. Horrible gameplay design, you can play tank and die under a second 1v1, hideous guns, abilities, terrible sound, lack of settings, technical issues, sensitivity speeds up and slows down, servers disconnect, unstable graphics performance, you name it, and above all that it only works in certain ereas. ****.
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Summary GUNDAM EVOLUTION is an online free-to-play FPS title in which players take control of Mobile Suits from the hit Gundam anime and challenge other players online in six-versus-six objective based battles. Featuring fast-paced action and immersive controls, players can switch between many different Mobile Suit Units to suit the ever changi...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date: Sep 21, 2022
Developer:
- Bandai Namco Games
Publisher: Bandai Namco Games
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