Dynasty warriors gundam 3 story mode upgrade#

The trade-off was the fact that it lacked Nu Gundam’s firepower and armor. Switching to a Suit called ‘Gundam’ to complete a mission I immediately noticed how much nimbler it was.

My personal favourite, Nu Gundam, is a fairly large Suit that moves at a middling pace. The Gundam Suits all behave differently, too. If you get close up to your partner you can also link up (no, not like that) and perform a brutal flurry of attacks. You’ll also gain access to a powerful special attack, which refills at a reasonable pace, and a ‘Partner Strike’, which calls in your partner for a devastating one-hit attack. Effectively combining these is the key to success. You can also hover for a short while, which opens up some additional attacks. Each has a melee attack, various shot attacks and a boost which can be used to charge through enemies or quickly get out of the way. Keeping in line with the anime, the Gundam Suits you pilot are very powerful indeed. Your Home base is the most important field, as if this falls then so do you. If these fall under enemy control they will become a thorn in your side. A couple of examples are that taking control of the catapult field will allow you to quickly propel yourself to other parts of the map and, if you have control of the missile base it will periodically launch missiles at other parts of the map. Scattered throughout are key fields which can turn the tide of any battle. Rather than run about aimlessly, it pays for you to study the map before starting. The idea is to take control of these fields, weakening the enemy and forcing their most skilled pilot to appear for an ass-kicking. Most maps you enter are split into several fields some under your control, which are marked in blue some under enemy control, which are marked in red, and some neutral. I’m pretty sure that now, after 650 words, is a good time to actually talk about the gameplay in DW: G3. After you fulfill certain criteria, though, you are given the option to buy the Suit’s license, meaning it can be piloted by anyone. The Mobile Suits you collect, Gundam or otherwise, can originally only be piloted by a certain character. Once again you are limited to the number you can use, so choosing well is essential. As you level up you will also unlock special items to equip to your suit, for a price. You can either keep both plans, or sell the weaker one. Occasionally you’ll come across plans for a suit already in your library, but it will have better stats. For example, if a Suit has only two slots you will only be able to increase its stats in two areas (out of several).

Dynasty warriors gundam 3 story mode upgrade#

Each Suit has its own set of stats, as well as a limited number of upgrade slots. What started as a hack and slash, with an RPG element, turns into Pokemon as you really want to catch them all! Defeating certain Suits in battle will see you collect their ‘plans’, which are added to your library. So…many…Suits! The official press release claims over 70, from all corners of the Gundam universe. There are five tiers when dealing with friendship, with a different effect or power being unlocked for you to utilise at each one. Befriending these characters works in your favour, meaning you can unlock them as a character to play through, or team up with them at a later date.

Due to the interaction with other Gundam pilots, you can work on your relationship with them. This adds some much needed focus to the game, as there is an actual goal to be achieved by ploughing through wave after wave of enemies. Good guys, bad guys, and those who are simply neutral you’ll get the chance to step into all of their shoes.Īs with an RPG, you can level up fairly quickly during the early stages, but by the time you get to levels 30+ you really have to grind to progress. Rather than follow the antics of just one character, every new character you unlock has their own version of events to play through. For those of you who may have stumbled into this review by accident (oh God, your mind is going to explode), a ‘Gundam’ is a powerful mech and the tool of destruction used in the Gundam animes… of which there are many.ĭW: G3’s story is set in the future, although it’s not the easiest to get to grips with. “There are missions in the game where the player’s specific aim is to kill 1000 enemies every five to ten minutes.” This little tidbit of information, kindly provided by our friend over at Tecmo Koei, sums up fairly well what you can expect from Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3.Īt its heart, the game is in the hack and slash genre (albeit with a heap of added extras), taking gameplay elements from the popular Dynasty Warriors franchise and inserting them into the Gundam universe.