The game isn't bad at all and the “dash, dash, shoot” gameplay is my kind of thing. After playing it a bit more last night and going through a couple of the missions in story mode and in Ace Pilot, I really enjoy the game.
Hmmm, to sum it all up at this point, it's almost like FvZ gameplay speed from a Rise from the Ashes perspective with waggle. Basically the game is more arcade-like than simulation. I'm rather impressed at how simple and intuitive the control scheme is, although I wish the bounding box was a tad smaller instead of the screen edges. Like I mentioned earlier in the thread, this game basically controls like the advanced controls of MP3 (i.e. free lock on, etc.). Weapons work pretty well, although the beam weaponry could move a little fasterÂ… as beam weaponry should. Using the sniper scope is pretty fun too and you can use it with pretty much any main weapon. Just click any part of the d-pad on the wii-mote to activate it and press it again to deactivate it.
Close combat is pretty much "waggle really fast to do combos." Not really engaging, but eh, it's fun when you start clashing with an enemy. When you win a clash, youÂ’re treated to a generic cutscene of your mobile suit comboing the enemy. It also looks like there's something to the extent of alpha counters in this game as well, as the computer seems to do that all the time as I rush them with my melee attacks. Also, if you don't waggle fast enough, melee attacks become really unresponsive. There seem to be a couple more tricks to melee combat, such as guard breaking and different combos, but I'm sure I'll figure it out as I play more.
The story mode is the typical “see the one year war from another perspective.” You can either choose to join either the Federation SRT Unit or the Zeon Braugher Squadron, which basically consist of small teams like the ones found Rise from the Ashes or 08th MS team. You have two support mecha (although you can choose not to have them at all) and sometimes you’ll have your coordinator. Your team and your load out is based on a numerical value i.e. ???/200 points for example. Different MS and weaponry for each of your mates and yourself cost a certain amount, so you can’t beef up on the best weaponry for each of your units. There are lots of defending missions so far, but nothing seems too complex. I believe you can control your units to man certain positions or defend/attack targets, but I’ve haven’t really used it yet because I just found out about it. I’m sure it would have made some missions easier. You can also grab weapons of defeated enemies and use them in later missions. Sometimes you can pick up multiple weapons in a round, but once you finish, you can only choose 1 to keep in your inventory. You also gain mobile suits and new weaponry by completing levels, although you might have to clear a stage with a certain rank in order to do that (which is probably the case). Pilots also get better in their skills as you continue through the story as well.
The story mode crosses also over in some of the anime storylines, too. Like in the Zeon mode, you have to protect Aina and the Apsalus, in the Feddie story, youÂ’ll encounter Amuro in Jaburo, and youÂ’ll see many other cameos as well.
If you want to do a couple anime storylines, just go on Ace Pilot mode. There, you become one of the lead characters like Amuro, Char, etc. and just blast your way through either one or many missions depending on the character. Beating them unlocks more characters in Ace Pilot and in Survival/Versus/Combination modes.
I wish the game had more polish, especially on the graphical side because there are some random slowdowns, BUT the water textures look better than Ninja Gaiden Sigma's. :lol The MS models are pretty nice, but everything else is pretty assy and they sure do not look better on my Mitsu DLP. Stages range from barren to building filled so the game isnÂ’t a total wasteland like screenshots depict. Other than that, MS Sensen 0079 is pretty decent. ItÂ’s a nice alternative to the other OYW games out there and although it isnÂ’t as deep as it could be, itÂ’s a lot better than most Gundam games out there.
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