Take everything good about Original Generations on the PS2 and just multiply fucking everything tenfold. The series makes the massive jump to the PS3 in quite possibly the flashiest way imaginable, breaking through with a shit ton of beams, bullets, missiles, energy balls, sword slashes, about five unique cut-ins, and a dynamic kill to top it all off. The already solid gameplay systems of the PS2 OG titles are refined even further, with new features such as ability parts and pre-deployment pair sorting allowing you to actually field most of your roster - a problem that was quite apparent in the later stages of the PS2 games, where you'd get way too many units with extremely limited deployment slots. It goes without saying that the animations are the best they've ever been, this game still continues to be the absolute peak of the series in terms of choreography and style. Even outside of battle, the presentation in this game just levels up completely, with dynamically animated map events and CGs. The music fucking bangs too, the only real disappointment is every track that returns from the PS2 games are ported as they are - not that they're bad, they're in fact very, very, good. It'd just be nice to hear a new take on some of the same exact songs we've been hearing the past 15 years. What really impresses me the most though is just how much goddamn content and story they've managed to pack into the game - Alpha 2, MX, D, EX, 4/F/Final, Real Robot Regiment, a bit of Alpha 3, and even completely new original OGs as if they couldn't jam more shit into this. The stakes are higher than ever, everything's going to shit, the fucking Earth disappears, a fucking eldritch horror popped out of the cross-gate, everything is fucking exploding and dear fucking lord it could not be anymore hype. This game just fucking blows every expectation for the series' PS3 debut out of the water, it's just a shame nothing else has quite come close to it ever since. Best fucking SRW ever. それも私だ.

Our best efforts, truly all of our resolve has been in vain. Countless lives and valuable pieces of equipment have been lost.

However... look around you. Look at how our home is being reborn, just as the cherry blossoms at the main gate bloom proudly, even on this dying land. Look at your comrades by your side. Look at the passion still burning bright in their eyes despite our plight. What is it that drives us on?

What makes us rise back up when our whole bodies are battered and bruised? It is the fact that devoting our whole bodies and souls to fighting despair is the duty given to those of us still alive, and the fact that doing so is the one and only way to honor those who have given their lives for humanity's victory.

Listen to the voices of those sleeping in the Earth.

Listen to the voices of those who met their end in the sea.

Listen to the voices of those lost to the sky.

....The time has come for their dying wishes to be fulfilled.

And now, these young soldiers are about to set off. They will carry on their backs the wishes of us, and of those long gone, as they depart to face the enemy alone and without backup.

Whether history chooses to glorify them or not... we will remember them.

We will engrave into our hearts the noble deeds of those who are not permitted to reveal even their names.

Departing young ones...

Do not forgive us for being unable to teach you anything but fighting.

Do not forgive our inability to avoid sending you onto the battlefield.

I pray that your act of bravery will form the cornerstone of a world where we no longer send such young men and women into battle.