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Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2
Released On: Oct 1, 2019
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
5.0
All Platforms
As clunky as it is, Gundam Battle Operation 2 is the most realistic and faithful adaptation of Mobile Suit combat.
I want to like Battle Operation 2, I really do. I like the flow of matches, the gameplay is great, and I adore the large roster of mobile suits. However, every system surrounding that solid foundation seems to undermine it at every step. Maybe future updates can salvage Battle Operation 2's myriad problems. But, they've all these issues have probably been present since the game launched in Japan over a year ago; that doesn't bode well for anything getting fixed. As is, the state of Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 is inexcusable, especially for a sequel.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 User Ratings
5.0
42% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
13% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
45% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 User Ratings
5.0
42% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
13% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
45% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
Not sure why this game is mixed. It's a free to play Mobile Suit game with a decent reward curve.
This game attempts to shine a more realistic light to mobile suit combat that was popular in the 80s and 90s handling far from the more arcady and beatem up style (Gundam VS.) This game seems more for Gamers who enjoys 'grounded in reality' game play and a strong passion for Gundams. This game perfectly balances those two aspects in an over all enjoyable experience.
If you like mobile suits and the hate overly Arcade style gimmicks other gundam games offers - give this game a try.
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PlayStation 4
one of the best gundam games i have ever played
9/10 graphics
10/10 sound
7/10 for match making
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PlayStation 4
I have been playing the Japanese Release since launch so a bit different than most new players. But I noticed I am definitely not alone. This should hold me over until Mechwarrior 5. The game runs so smooth and the combat's pace is deliberate and well paced. There are so many ways to win and the combat modes have something for everyone. It is free 2 play and it doesn't have a harsh grind. Just logon everday and you'll get premium coin for just that. The daily missions are not too hard to complete and even the non premium currency gets you suits and upgrades. The map variety is slowly growing even since the Japanese Launch. Tons of suits and weapons that are canon. There is something for everyone and the controls are intuitive once you realize how they work. There is a lot going on so you have get used to them but they make sense once you get the swing of Suit and humanoid combat
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PlayStation 4
It may not be the most technically polished free shooter out there, its the best giant robot shooter I've come across to date. Many of its issues stem from the peer to peer multiplayer and players that don't seem to understand teamwork. While they do employ gatcha mechanics you can earn an amount of currency just by playing that is entirely reasonable in my eyes, roughly 100 coins a month which will net you 3 ten drops or 4 if you wait for the half off your first 10 draw somewhere around the third week of any month.
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PlayStation 4
Update: After playing this for the past few months I felt the need to update my review of it. Improvements have definitely been made to the match maker, and I no longer find myself continually pulling up youtube on my phone to make the wait more bearable, though there are still occasional technical issues. Combat is still the same and is definitely this games saving grace, though they could do to add more maps. The community is a bit of an issue as players demonstrate a certain amount of elitism (I'll get to that momentarily) and will continually dog pile a damaged enemy simply to get a kill, even if it means costing their team points towards winning the match. As mentioned with the community, rank seems to be everything to most outspoken players, you advance in rank by winning battles and can lose it from a loss (graded D to A). While this greatly encourages group play and for players to form/join guilds, it ruins the game for the single player who now relies on luck with reguard to weather they will increase or decrease in rank with their next match for as I've witnessed so far, a bad played could bring down a good team but a good player doesn't elevate a bad team. If you want to avoid this anxiety inducing issue all together I suggest you just hop into the quick play list, enjoy yourself, and avoid interacting with the toxic community. Furthermore this game falls into the freemium category. While balanced just enough that I wouldn't call it a pay to play/win it would more or less fall under pay to not get bored. This is aggravated in that you could pay $25.00 for a 10-pack loot box and get what amounts to nothing. While you do earn the tokens used to buy the loot boxes, this is at the rate of three per a day assuming you're completing all the daily missions, and kind of impractical. All this being said I really love the actual combat, so I'll give it a solid 7, great game play with loot boxes and a toxic community.
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PlayStation 4
Let me say that I am a huge Gundam fan. My father introduced this Mecha series when I was a kid. I collected their figures and owned some of their series.
Now, I’m just going to be blunt about this game. It is a very pay to win type of game. Don’t listen to those who say “work hard, get rewarded.” This game barely rewards you with DP (currency), and EXP. Unless someone activates a booster or you come out on top, you will barely get anything. Also, the Gacha in here is extremely poor. 30 coins for a 10 pull that may or may not give you a rare Gundam. You may have to spend money in order to get what you want, and even then that’s still a slim chance. You’ll usually get low or mid tier mobile suits, parts, or weapons. 8 out of 10 you might get duplicates. You can purchase some of them in the shop, but they are expensive as hell. For example, a three tier mobile suit is between 60k to 100k. If they are going to lock high tier product behind level caps, they should at least make them less expensive.
Mobile suits are based off of cost. 100-500, where higher tiers are in the 400’s and above. If you do matches that have specific level cost, make sure you have a good mobile suit. Otherwise, you will be stuck with a weak tier mobile suit, and get demolished. My advice is to do either 100 or 200 cost matches with 300-400 being a maybe. The controls in here are atrocious. I understand they are trying to make it “realistic”. But with no sensitivity option, you are not going to land your shots or react in time. You need to be extremely patient, guess their direction, or lucky if your opponent is dumb enough to let themselves get hit. A module that enhances your movement speed for your mobile suit and aiming does exist. But that requires for you to reach a rank called corporal have 50k DP points to purchase it. I find that really unacceptable.
In order to get Gundams of higher level, you need to be a certain rank. Not competitive rank, I’m talking about level rank. So, if you want that Gundam Thunderbolt or Gundam Alex, you need to be higher than a Corporal. Like I said, exp is scarce, so you need to play everyday, longer than just an hour, and pray you win.
Now, this game relies heavily on team cooperation. Just like Siege and Overwatch, you need teamwork to win. Unfortunately, with no mic enable, you will be stuck with brain dead teammates. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been jumped by two or three enemy players while my teammates are rushing in to die or ignoring me. It is essential to stick together at all time, even if your teammates are terrible. But my advice is to play with friends. I learned my lesson when it comes to solo queuing.
The servers are terrible. Sometimes you might lag, disconnect, or won’t be able to connect. There will be times you have to close the application and restart it when it starts acting up. Hardwire or not, you will have problems. Namco is notorious when it comes to poor servers. JoJo Bizzare adventure games suffer this same thing with their servers. Hopefully they fix it. Oh, also, if someone is the host of said room leaves after losing, you and everyone else playing in that match will be kicked out. You won’t lose points, but if you won and they pull that rage quit on you, you won’t gain any of the points. Namco needs to reward those who didn’t quit the match. Those who lost and some idiot leaves before the match ends shouldn’t lose their points.
The penalty in this game ****. Let’s say it’s raining where you live. Your net is acting up. If you get disconnected twice, you will be penalize for five hours. That means, you can’t play at all. After that penalty is gone, you need to play matches in order to remove the other penalty. The second penalty cuts your rewards in half and will not be remove until you complete a set of matches.
Now, matchmaking is somewhat unfair. There is times where you will be matched with low tier players on your team while your opponent have higher tier players. It says it matches you with those of your level. Very rarely you will get good players. Also, unless you pay money to get better mobile suits, you will be matched with those who do. You will get demolish. Keep that in mind if you play. Another thing to keep in mind, the Japanese and USA servers are connected. So you will meet Japanese players.
Overall, this game needs extreme help in many of the stuff I mention. If it wasn’t for my friends, I wouldn’t be playing this game.
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PlayStation 4
(Warning: contain insults).
Really wanna love it, but it's a toxic "relationship": original GBO is way better than GBO2;
it has the potential for a great game everyone gonna love, but ruined beyond hope by poor or nearly none development, that wanna made a strictly canonic Gundam UC game without respect the specifics from the canonic sources (maybe Bandai, for cost reduction, hired in developers team people with some kind of disability and are not able to read or understand);
peer-to-peer with all kind of problems related to a random choice for game host, if you lag better than your enemy you has better chance to win;
lack of a decent interface;
space mode I 've no words to explain how much it ****;
penality system is insane: if you quit twice cause of bad squad or bad internet no matter, a game will disqualified you for play regular missions (can play only custom match made from others) 30 hours of penalties starting from the next access, if you insist on quitting even in customs match, 30 hours of penality become a week, a week become a month and so on;
misconduct report system is a fake;
developers read only Japanese (or maybe Bandai hire people can't read at all so can pay less and saving some more money).
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PlayStation 4
Summary The battlefield extends into space. Defeat the enemy with your MS or launch surprise attacks as infantry… Grasp the shifting tides of battle, and let loose your victory cry! Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2 allows you to fight alongside your friends (basic play free). Complete countless battles and missions, and become an ace pilot.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- PC
Initial Release Date: Oct 1, 2019
Developer:
- Bandai Namco Games
Publisher: Bandai Namco Games
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