Gundam Musou 2 Comments by Dave McCarthy

Cool,nice score I preordered it on thursday for PS3 and I can't wait for this game.

wtf, really? wasn't expecting an 8. Oh, well...

I always feel a little silly playing a licensed game when I know nothing about the license, which is what puts me off these games.

You did mention in the review that if you don't care about Gundam you can just play it for the action, but you're clearly quite into Gundam, which means you aren't really qualified to make that judgement.

Since I see Gundam wherever I go, the franchise starts to grow on me. Ive been interested in this for a while, but id like to try a demo..

Havnt played a KOEI game since PSX-era, and I cant say it was a extraordinary experience.

Well there's a demo for DW Gundam 1 Krelle,don't think there is going to be one for number 2

For some reason, I never really got on with the first game. I love the Warriors games generally, and sticking giant robots in one seemed like it should be a brilliant idea, but it never quite clicked for me. I think I found it just slightly too tough compared to the other games. The missions seemed a bit more fiddly and scripted, with more scope to lose if you weren't in the right place at the right time. That said, I generally prefer the Empires branch of the series, where the missions are simply about capturing bases, with no other objectives getting in the way.

The Warriors series is an odd one. The games get better and better, but the review scores (outside of EG) seem to get progressively worse. I guess the sheer number of games they release doesn't help as, although consumers are unlikely to buy every single one, the reviewers are forced to play them all and probably get sick of them. They remind me a bit of EDF 2017, in that you could probably come up with a huge list of individual things that are "wrong" with them yet, as a package, they're just amazingly good fun.

I did think the idea of combining 'Warriors' with 'Gundam' was a fantastic idea but I have to say I really wasn't that enamoured of the first game. It just seemed to be missing something but I'm not sure what. Personally I think the series was best around the time of DW3.

good score ps3 purchase i reckon over the 360 one due to pad.

Ar. Ill grab this..

/preorders.

Whether Turn A was better than Wing? Well, it had a better story but suffered from poor animation and the titular Turn A Gundam having a handlebar moustache. You are kind of comparing 2 of the series lows there though.

When is this getting an english release, out of interest? I quite enjoyed the first one and this will be a definite purchase for me.

Ranger_Ryu
really? I looked for that some time ago but didnt find anything. Admittedly, I may have just searched the japanese PSN.

Anyway, thanks for the heads-up! (y)

I saw this game in Tesco ( PS3 ) For £24-95 Last night . I didnt see the 360 version . (doh). I didn't know it was even comming out . wonder why the review is an import . I THINK I MIGHT BE WRONG SORRY .

Sure it wasn't the first one you saw? This one's not out in Europe or the US until the end of March.

Cancell that . I just looked at Box shots on gameplay aand now I am not sure . so its probably my dyslexia that strikes again .

Resistance is an odd example to use in the originiality argument, considering there have only been two games in the franchise which were pretty different to each other.

I loved the first one and this will be a definite buy for me. As a huge fan of both Dynasty Warrios and Gundam, this series is like the ultimate nerdgasm.

"Personally I think the series was best around the time of DW3." Number 3 was excellent. Think it was the art style and the closer camera that really made it better. All the characters in the latest ones seem so small.

as good as MGS4 then

Yes chris, as good as MGS4.

Now fuck off.

NegativeZero
It'll be out 27th March in Europe

I'm so glad they didn't allow Ellie Gibson anywhere near to this game for review.

@Aretak

Guess because Halo was also (rightly) mentioned, he didn't want to piss off the fanboys too much and dropped a PS3 exclusive in there too.

I'm just glad that Mr Pearson doesn't put too much stock in originality. It always annoys me when reviewers mark games down because they 'don't bring anything new to genre'. Always seems like an excuse to criticise a game when they can't find anything else.

Is the Asian release English friendly?

napalm68
check play-asia, its usually written if its in english or not

Exactly how stompy are these robots? I need to know specifics.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 (Gundam Musou 2) is the best Gundam game ever!

@Azazel

Stompier than Zone of the Enders, not as as stompy as Transformers or Giant Robo.

Does that help?

Yes. ZoE was not at all stompy.

Why has the main pic reversed so the bot now looks left instead of right?

Subliminal commie propaganda.

I've not really played any of the Dynasty series yet. But colour me impressed. I just wish it came out on ps2, yeah i'm old school, baby. I think it's time to pick up the old dynasty warriors then...

It's on PS2 in Japan. Not sure if they're releasing that version in Europe though.

I reckon the first game missed what this one does too, gundam was and is as much about shooting as slashing and dynasty warriors gundam feels wrong because most of the time your slashing not using the weapons you should.

Now even though i haven't really enjoyed the gundam i've watched the best of all the anime i've seen, Id still love a game that captured the acrobatic mech combat with guns and swords, knives etc. As such this seems shoehorned, a cynical dynasty warriors to cash in in japan and the west.

The PS2 version's not coming out in Europe,it is in the US though.

So no news if the Japanese one is English friendly? Play Asia isn't any help.

I never got Gundam Musou 1 as I thought it seemed too much like an unbalanced slash fest, as opposed to the PSP Gundam Battle series where you had to actually fight. I can't tell from the review if the sequel is like that also.

Nice to finally read an actual review of a Warriors game, instead of the same old line about all Warriors games being basically the same as the last one. And REALLY nice to see the review make the point that the same criticism could be made of almost every game franchise out there :-)

Apart from laughs, it's hard to see the point of all the snarky reviews that the Warriors games usually get - I mean, if a reviewer wouldn't go near the game out of choice then their opinion of that game is arguably worthless. Ideally, a game review should only ever be written by someone who's genuinely up for the game, or already likes the series - someone who would be in the market to buy the game with their own money, like me.

In short, this was probably the first useful review of a Warriors game I've ever read - cheers!