No splitscreen mode. Okay, everything is online based. Whatever. Then your online better be the best goddamn online ever.
Nah. You get 8 player lobbies, but as far as I can tell, you can't play while other people are fighting, nor spectate. That's if you can find someone to play with, because the game might come with region locked matchmaking. What's a good way to kill a game that's already niche as shit and coming to the consoles for the first time in a while? Locking them away from each other yayyy!
There's a tutorial mode, I think, but the only actual training mode is like playing on MAME where you set the CPU to Stop and put their health to infinite and practice that way. It'll make things like figuring out how to counter anti-tracking moves (which prevent you from locking onto and sometimes hitting them, but you can punish them with certain moves after it runs out). Better hope your friend is home so you can try shit out on them like it's the SNES days.
Suits are from the first portions of the Gundam series. Meaning, like for 00s it's S1 and not S1 AND S2 like the older games. A lotta grunt units too, but whatever.
Also, the online seems super barebones compared to Tekken. Where's the tournament mode? They have stuff like 3v3 and VS CPU Bosses or whatever, but on a competitive level it just seems dry. Additionally, it's going to take 4 setups to run one game at a local. This game will be a pain in the ass to port around and convince people to try.
I want more Gundam VS games to hit consoles, and they want to be esports with this game, but it's going to be damn difficult when the online portion lacks a bunch of features. Shit, there isn't even LAN.
SOME of this stuff might change. Some might get corrected since they plan to keep the game patched. That's nice. But it'd be nicer to have a meaty online game right out of the gate if they wanna run that route.
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