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years have pbaded since Yoshiyuki Tomino created Gundam for the Japanese animation studio Sunrise. And since then, we know that beyond the clashes between Mechas what really matters in the series is the behavior of the human being in an atmosphere of war and politics . These are precisely the reasons that led Mobile Suit Gundam to be on the air for nearly four decades

But this franchise does not only make money through anime . It is also very profitable with its line of plastimodelismo figures, which are produced by Bandai for Japan and some countries of Asia. These models are known as Gunpla (ガ ン プ ラ), an acronym for "Gundam Plastic Model". Although this term refers more to the construction activity of the models than to the figures as such.

The popularity of Gunpla is so great that since 2013 began to consolidate free of anime and manga, independent of the normal series of the universe of Gundam . In addition, in the same year created the first Gundam Breaker for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, which enjoyed a good acceptance by fans and critics in Japan. This is thanks to his predecessors, and Gundam Versus that with New Gundam Breaker Bandai Namco decided to opt for a global launch. Although the result is a product with good ideas, but with a terrible performance.

Up to Gundam Age has a better history

History, the weakest point of the title Bandai Namco robot. That's because they opted for a script full of anime cliches – the new boy comes to the institute dedicated to his hobby and his friends are: a shy girl , the clbad delegate, a friend of childhood … – in a pseudo graphic novel format. Give game decisions that lead nowhere and give the player the horrible feeling of being in front of a dating simulation game, as if it were a memorial Tokimeki. And that's something that, generally, a fan of Tomino's work does not look for.

The story mode, in its first missions, serves as a tutorial and help jump to Gunpla's battles. But it does not take long for this modality to become boring and repetitive. And as we have already said, history does not encourage or surprise us.

This brings us to the gameplay, which is deep and complex. This sometimes tends to look like Gundam Versus, only with a wider variety of attacks. Unlike basic attacks, they are called "EX skills". This variety is not bad at all, but the big problem is that we will have to accumulate energy throughout the fight for these attacks to be unlocked. Rhythm of rest fighting and emotion fighting. It should be noted that if we take over parts of the scene and join our unit, the EX skills will change. Without a doubt, this increases the learning curve because attack or defense strategies need to be modified to adapt to the capabilities of the "Mobile Suit".

Once you have basic motion control and you adjust the camera's sensitivity, because the predetermined value makes the movement heavy (our fit was 70%), it's time to move on to our next evil of head.

Battles of New Gundam Breaker are chaos

In this game, our main goal will not be to shoot down the enemy unit. The fights of New Gundam Breaker are developed in pairs or in groups of three "Mobile Suits", which will have random objectives during the duration of the match. These tasks give a score to the team that executes them first and win the group with the most points at the end of the game.

Here some of the tasks we must perform: destroying containers, destroying a number of enemy units, destroying ships or gigantic units, destroying a specific unit or collecting a special part of a "mobile combination". The latter can be complicated if the person behind the control is not aware of the animated series of the franchise, since the game only gives the name of the unit and not knowing how it can be lost among the other objectives. 19659015] Up to now, it's easy to think that everything is very well structured. Unfortunately, the performance of the combat system in the title of Bandai Namco is disastrous, since chaos reigns because the goals appear simultaneously. This added to the size of some cards, the horrible and confusing vision system and the little information that the game gives – to accomplish some of the tasks – significantly complicates the performance of the objectives.

Graphics and Multiplayer

One of the big flags of the game's advertising campaign was the use of Unreal Engine 4, which gives robots a nice finish. In addition, it creates dust and rust effects very similar to those used in Gunpla that users modify in real life. But it also generates a big problem of stability, since the title presents abyssal drops of frames . In some moments, the game is paralyzed for a few seconds, because of the graphics load. And that for an AAA product is unforgivable.

Thanks to these failures and a terrible pairing system, it is almost impossible, at least for us in Colombia, to have a pretty decent multiplayer experience. A real shame because the game's combat system lends itself to communication and team synergy

However, not everything is bad for New Gundam circuit breaker . Its sound section, which is vast, has the licenses of the animated series. These help to create a more pleasant environment for already tedious battles. Finally, we have a robust unit customization system, which gives us a reason to collect coins if we want to build our favorite Gundam. These are two strengths to give the game a chance, but not crucial to save it.

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Review made with a digital copy of New Gundam Breaker for PlayStation 4 provided by Bandai Namco Latin America.