Decently fun frankenstein's monster of a game. The story mode is a hoot if you're a fan of Gundam: ostensibly set in Wing's universe, Heero Yuy (in his choice of mobile suit) must bring about peace by destroying every other mobile suit - which he does by fighting a parade of Universal Century Gundam characters from a wide variety of eras who talk about the things they do in their series as if this is the Universal Century. Basically this game is a reskin of the Japanese game Gundam The Battle Master 2, which was set in its own universe with its own characters who all happened to pilot UC mobile suits. For Battle Assault, the AU stuff was all dropped in favor of the original series' pilots and Gundam Wing stuff was slapped on top since it was popular in the US. Virtually all the other assets remain tho, so you get some weird backgrounds from The Battle Master that don't really fit either the Wing or Universal Century timelines. The gameplay is pretty frenetic, you start with a full stock of ammo and three super charges and once you're out you're out so fights tend to be over pretty fast. It's pretty unbalanced tho, with some suits clearly being miles better and enemy AI that flip flops between dumb as a brick and kind of bullshit. There's a decent amount of unlockable suits, but beyond that this is a pretty barebones package. Still, a fun way to kill a few hours.

Reviewed on Jan 19, 2024


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