When I first learned about Gundam Evolution, I was immediately excited to pilot a Gundam against other Gundams while shooting at them and be able to live, laugh and love my Gundam summer forever. I am deeply saddened to confirm that to believe that imagination was an act of folly and an infant’s dream.
Gundam Evolution starts with a very easy tutorial that introduces all the mechanics you’ll encounter in the game, where you can quickly get a fair understanding of how the shooting controls, dynamics and environments work in it. After that brief introduction, you’re ready to go looking for your first match against other players in a six-vs-six team battle, where you can choose to play as fan favorites like Barbatos from MSG:Iron- Blooded Orphans, or the classic RX-78-2 from the original Mobile Suit Gundam series.
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However, once the initial allure is over, I can’t help but draw a clear comparison between similar examples of this game and (yes, you guessed it) Overwatch. Where the latter exudes its charm and overall vibes through the characters introduced in it, their backgrounds, and how they differ from each other in personality, you don’t have a chance to see it here. Since the characters here are just mobile suits in which the pilots only occasionally appear in voice-over lines, you can’t connect with them unless you’re already a fan of several Gundam anime series. Mission maps are also weirdly military bases where you’ll see cars the size of dogs and street lights as your knees, but while it can be hilarious for the time being, it quickly dawns on you that they How dull, colorless and boring they are.
Shooting and movement feel lively, not downright precise or slow, just unmistakably average, and many of the Gundam-tied gadgets of your choice manage to continue and diversify the fun during combat when compared to the main firearms. However, this is not to say that all Gundams are merely copies of the same character. Differences exist between mobile suits that can transform into airships, heal teammates, or set up land mines or turrets, letting them fulfill a role. Or that’s what I would expect, if there were real, defined roles in play.
Look, I get it. Bandai wanted you to choose fashion over function, I’m all for playing for the vibes, and focusing on playing with your favorite mecha sounds like the right move, in theory. But in the game’s current form, you can’t make the right calls when you try to build a skilled party as a result of the lack of categorization among the many playable characters. There are many situations where the team lacks balance too much, and you end up having to go back to base or kill yourself so you can quickly switch to a better-suited unit, and that’s just slow and annoying.
Ultimately, Gundam Evolution fulfills the promise of letting you impersonate one of the many mobile suits that have been on display over the decades, and fans of the beloved series will have the time of their lives, at least for the time being. But in doing so, it presents another attempt to emulate the Overwatch formula that doesn’t quite take a hit.
Score: 2.5/5.
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