Gundam Breaker 4 – Game Review

Gundam Breaker 4 – When mentioning the name GUNDAMsurely no one feels strange anymore, whether they are an “addict” of this “plastic drug” genre or just an indifferent person. Not merely an anime franchise, but GUNDAM has long had a profound influence both in terms of popular culture, as well as being a historical image in the entertainment industry – no wonder that in the masterpiece Ready Player One Every year, paying tribute to countless outstanding movie/game characters, spent more than two minutes of extremely eye-catching combat at the end of the movie to honor RX-78, the “great-grandfather”. GUNDAM first in history.

Understanding this point, some lines appear from time to time GUNDAM relatively softer, such as Build Fighter talks about an “e-sports” battle, when young boys and girls “modify” Gunpla models and compete.

Based on this point, Bandai Namco has launched a quite special game line called Gundam Breakerwhere the mobile suit machines are just assembled models, and players can freely “punch” each other to collect parts and “modify” the most satisfactory machine, both in terms of function and function. ability and appearance.

Latest version Gundam Breaker 4 Just released on multiple platforms (Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4/PS5) has received very good reviews from the majority of players – this can be considered a good sign when the previous version was good, but Now it’s even better – something extremely rare in long-term “follow-up” game series like this.

So, what factors make up this attraction of Gundam Breaker 4? We invite readers to join RVGamePC to find out through the following review.

YOU WILL LIKE

Concise, attractive gameplay!

Still has the characteristics of the game series Gundam Breaker, Gundam Breaker 4 revolves around the main gameplay flow: fighting > collecting > assembling > familiar upgrades. Players will “start out” with the legendary “great-grandfather” model RX-78, and when participating in a number of tutorial missions, with parts collected from defeated enemies, players will assemble Pair them to get a more powerful machine.

Single player part of Gundam Breaker 4 appears to be invested more deeply than previous versions, as the game world revolves around Gunpla Battle Blaze: Beyond Borders – an online game that simulates a virtual world, in which the player is a “tester” participating in the Closed Beta testing period.

Here, each player will have an avatar that is a Gunpla model that they personally “made” – and the main Story missions will lead players through battles with enemies. My clan and enthusiastic friends are passionate about fighting with Gunpla models.

Internal battle array Gundam Breaker 4 Relatively simple, with two melee attack buttons assigned to two different types of weapons equipped on the left/right hand (with fists and dual-handed swords, both hands are assigned to a single weapon). ), two types of long-range guns are assigned to two other buttons. The remaining operations such as surfing quickly and jumping high will be assigned to another button. In addition, players can also perform a few actions such as blocking with a shield, moving quickly to avoid…

Internal move system Gundam Breaker 4 divided into two skill branches: OP (has a cooldown, does not depend on energy) and EX (depends on energy accumulated through combat and kills).

They can be direct attacks (laser slash, rocket fire, funnel drop…) or auxiliary attacks (super speed, shield creation…) depending on the equipment the player attaches to his Gunpla. When accumulating enough energy, players can also activate Awaken mode – putting their Gunpla into a super-enhanced state (increasing damage/defense/speed or weakening all enemies depending on the Awaken form). I choose) for a short time.

With collecting parts from slain enemies at the heart of the gameplay, Gundam Breaker 4 gives players a huge collection (1500+ Gunpla models including Gundams, enemies, bosses…) to freely hunt and assemble.

The parts are also divided into many types, from head/body/left arm/right arm/legs/back/melee weapons 1, 2/ranged weapons 1, 2/auxiliary accessories. The parts are also classified based on two factors: Level determines basic stats such as health, attack power… and Rarity determines the number of support lines (1 > 8). depending on Rarity) on one item.

With collecting parts from slain enemies at the heart of the gameplay, Gundam Breaker 4 brings players a huge collection

In addition, with the nature of a world revolving around Gunpla models, the Gundam Breaker 4 giving players the freedom to be creative with their Gunplas with features such as painting (extremely detailed and rich), building dioramas, posing models, taking multi-angle photos… creating extremely high playing value when in addition to the drunken moments of punching and smashing, players can also “chill” with models that if played in real life would cost a lot of money and time.

Great fighting mechanics!

Whatever you say, a game with the theme of GUNDAM The combat part cannot be missing – because after all, whether it’s a real mobile suit or a toy, the purpose of these machines is always to prove: “Whoever’s fist is stronger is the one who has the strongest fist.” speak correctly”. And also the parts Gundam Breaker First, the combat mechanics of Gundam Breaker 4 Very well done – optimized and much superior to its predecessors.

The interesting thing about the line Breaker From the beginning, it gives players the impression that these are toy models – so the fact that they have a “plastic” shape and are too flexible for a metal machine weighing tens of tons is… very normal. This makes creating agile, responsive movements… for Gundam Breaker 4 without trying to make it as heavy and sluggish as a real machine, thereby greatly enhancing the playing experience!

However, despite being flexible and agile, punching, kicking and shooting are clear Gundam Breaker 4 still proves to be very “powerful”, especially with many different types of weapons from beam swords, metal swords, daggers, battle axes, electromagnetic whips… each type has its range, speed, and level. Different force feedback.

This is what the game series Gundam Musou Tried to do it but still failed – because essentially it’s still a “brainless” hack and slash game Dynasty Warriorsthe only difference is that cutting into hundreds of human enemies, even if they lack power, it won’t have any effect – but cutting into machines that weigh tens of tons but still “light as cotton” is… terrible. Luckily Gundam Breaker 4 did this task well, because it can be said that 80% of the time players spend in the game is in combat.

Inner tasks Gundam Breaker 4 Not too diverse, but still rich enough that even if it’s repetitive it won’t be too boring.

They can roughly be divided into the following types: Suppression (destroy all enemies in the level), Target (destroy the main target that has just passed the level), Coach (protect the rescue ship until the end of time), Monolith (destroy destroy towers protected by enemies) and Bosses (fight “super huge” bosses).

Speaking specifically about the “boss” part, it can be said this time Gundam Breaker 4 was quite successful in conveying a very special feeling of “Monster Hunter” comes to the player, as the bosses are very large in size (mostly PG size 1/60 or even 1/48) while the player’s Gunpla is HG 1/144 or even smaller if the player chooses. SD.

With many parts of the body that can be locked and destroyed, players need to demonstrate good skills in moving, dodging, and judging which parts to destroy to weaken the boss or limit the boss. Avoid using wide-area all-kill moves.

combat mechanics of Gundam Breaker 4 Very well done – optimized and much superior to its predecessors

YOU WILL HATE

Many annoying little “grit”!

That’s great, but Gundam Breaker 4 There are still quite a few shortcomings that cannot be avoided – although not too heavy to make players hate them, but also not so small that they can be “fun” to ignore.

First, the game interface is quite confusing and “itchy” during combat.

For some reason, the main screen frame that should be very open for a hack and slash action game, with lots of effects – is blocked by two gun bullet indicator bars (left/right) for each type. This makes vision always confusing and uncomfortable, especially when on narrow roads where there are too many enemies. What’s even more frustrating is that there is no option to enable/disable or adjust the size of these bars.

Next, there is the matter of not understanding whether it is accidental or intentional, but clear Gundam Breaker 4 Jumping and accelerating actions are assigned to the same button.

This makes the movement “jerky” and not smooth. If you press the move button (WASD) and press the jump button (Spacebar), Gunpla will accelerate in the direction of movement you are choosing. To jump, the player must release the movement buttons and press the Spacebar separately. This makes it extremely difficult to perform flying dodges and quick counterattacks, leading to a much less “smooth” playing experience!

Next is work Gundam Breaker 4 Even though it is a packaged game, the game still hides a form of “In-Game Purchase”, which is Breaker tickets.

Before starting a mission, players have the option to activate Breaker tickets or not – however, the difference between having a Breaker ticket and not is huge, as with Breakers both the drop rate and the quality of the items are different. All products have improved significantly!

Breaker tickets can be earned in the game, but are extremely limited in number and are assigned to the main Story quest branch. Therefore, for those who want quick and large results, having to spend a few more “Biden” (USD) to buy 100 or even 500 Breaker tickets is very obvious.

In the end, it’s the job Gundam Breaker 4 It takes a lot of time to load the game, even more terrible than the length of the game Starfield just passed! Go to the main interface? Load the curtain. After editing, want to exit the interface? Load the curtain. Talk to NPC to receive quest? Load the curtain. Scene transition into the mission? Load the curtain.

Is it over? Not yet.

Switch “wave” in mission? Load the curtain. From the reward screen back to the Lobby? Load the curtain. Screen loading time can be random from 10 – 30 seconds, depending on the player’s computer configuration, but it is truly a very annoying thing, especially for a game with not too great graphics in 2024. This.

It makes the playing experience Gundam Breaker 4 is “crushed”, and greatly affects the player’s “enthusiasm” – especially when there is not much time to play.

Gundam Breaker 4 It takes a lot of time to load the game, even more terrible than the length of the game Starfield just passed!