Why Gundam's Hero Shooter Died So Quickly
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
- Gundam Evolution was a 6v6 games that had both the hero shooter fans and the Gundam fans hooked on getting the chance to play on an Overwatch style game, but there was so much that went wrong with Gundam Evolution that unfortunately slowed down all its momentum and left the game completely abandoned
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The reason: They hype players with new stuff only for players to not have access until they pay and grind the battlepass (I blame the Overwatch business model). And you also cannot try out new suits in practice mode until after 5 seasons.
Don't forget region locking. And even not selling outright in certain regions.
Yep, the awful monetization system kills the hype. Also, Bandai
Honestly not solely what killed it in my opinion, I wouldn't have a problem with the grind system they had if not for the fact that you just didn't get a lot of in game currency with each season.
For me in hindsight it felt like mid way through the games life (I feel like mainly around the release of dynames) they just knew the game wasn't gonna last cause every season felt like it had less and less to it. Like the guy says in the video there was no real incentive to play the game. For me the main reason it flopped was because they just got complacent with development, the balancing was so out of touch and you could tell it was purely based on in game k/d stats. They made zero move to actually improve the game itself with no new maps for 3 seasons, and bugs and connection issues were rampant throughout the games life span. Combine that with the looming launch of GBO2 it's days were numbered.
P.S. it was so funny to me that everyone was like "gbo2 is so much better than evo we're finally gonna get a real Gundam Game on steam!!"
Then GBO2 actually releases and it's now one of the worst rated steam games ever lmao
ah Bandai
How can you blame the ow business model when the game is free, you could unlock hero freely and you spend money only on cosmetics
There were two major issues:
1. New and Returning players got a ton of free stuff while active players were shafted. I used to grind out the battle pass for the first couple seasons, but there wasn't an incentive to keep playing.
2. Lack of post launch advertising. After the initial boom, it declined more and more.
I'm still salty since they added my favorite Mobile Suit (Zeta Gundam) right before the end of the game. Playing the Zeta Gundam was the most fun I've ever had in any hero shooter and it was taken from me 😢
@@lyricalsnowfall and region lock. Due to some copyright issues, some countries couldnt play the game at all
Serious gundam gamer here, loved this game, it's a crime they cut it. Thank god it's being revived by a fan project.
hate how crap it felt though bo2 was more fun than this. sucks bandai dont wanna ruin the cash cow of boost. so we gotta emu it on pc to just play xboost rn
I sadly smell a cease and desist
@@najlitarvan921 Doesn't seem very logical but wouldn't surprise me
Fan project?
I personally really liked this game im not a huge fan of the hole slow control thing and I know that's like the point it's a hard sell to me to commit to that and also get my friends to play with me.
Wish the game had better management because the gameplay was pretty fun.
Problems that caused the low player numbers:
01) Almost no advertisements outside of Twitter. (Super lazy in the advertising department)
02) Playable MS roster is so few and not the MS everyone wanted.
03) GBO2 snatched majority of the PC players away. (Not surprising)
04) The old DAILY & WEEKLY missions was so tedious or too much of a hassle, it didn't appeal to casual players since it doesn't respect their time.(Had to play specific MS to complete mission)
05) HQ Mode made people get fed up due to the unnecessary long match times.
06) HQ Mode has a huge snowball effect, effectively demoralizing players on the losing side.
07) Matchmaking is stupid to the point you get teamed up with lower ranks despite being way waaaaaaaay higher than them.
08) Not much incentive to make old and newcomers to play longer. (No capital gain & no acct level up rewards)
09) Skins of MS and weapons are so generic and lackluster. (Just add stripes or only single/two color pallete swap)
10) Too many region locked Countries can't play the game.
11) Few maps. (Repetition in same old maps)
12) Voice lines only in EN Dub. (No options to choose other language dubs)
13) There's no representative MS for ZZ, X, V, G and etc.
14) MS abilities & mechanics doesn't make sense lorewise to most Gundam fans. (Exia acting like Genji, throwing GN Daggers instead of using GN Rifle)
15) Unable to rejoin match when you suddenly got disconnected.
16) You barely feel the damage until you check your HP.
17) Guntank almost always gets you the MVP of the match at the end, if you're decent enough.
18) Balancing is so stupid that you'd think that they're not listening to the players, effectively making some MS to be useless overall and not being picked by players.
They should've released MSGO (Mobile Suit Gundam Online) Worldwide instead.
Way better due to the 50 vs 50 matches.
I've heard of Online and seen a few videos of it, was it good?
@@Noname-zq1rt
Really good since it's a 50 vs 50 Gundam game. (Could go 52 vs 52)
Lots of videos shows how fun & chaotic it is.
Sadly the servers available are only from Japan and Taiwan.
Region Lock in Japan.
Taiwan server, you couldn't understand anything and registration is very picky with the email service provider you use.
That or Gundam supreme battle in mobile, I'd recommend the taiwan or korean version in Qooapp. Though idk if it's worth playing for you guys or not
@@Noname-zq1rt You would of hated MSGO. Unit acquisition was gacha (literally) and also silver/gold rated so you needed the gold one to get the "real" version of the character with better weapons and stats.
GBO wasn't out on steam at the time of EVO and it didn't review well either once it did come out.
Or just resurrect Battle Operation Next. But this would easily drive away all the players of the Extreme VS, yet they sparingly release the Extreme VS line to the wider world so I don't see the reason why can't they just bring GBO Next back from the dead?
I have no faith with Bandai Namco when it comes to multiplayer games. They're a money hungry corporation who focuses only on the monetization of games rather than the quality of the games themselves
exactly. Sad too since the game played very well but died because namco cannot run a game like this to save its life. At least modded community servers exist
Yea...think they should use the Franchise and go back to a larger Single player campaign style.....Allow players to play though the actual series. IE Gundam Crossfire.......that game I love.
>an impressive lineup of video games
>shows GBO2
We're off to a good start.
Hey, it did outlive Gundam Evolution on PC. It's doing something right.
@@jackaholic6050 Outlasting Gundam Evolution is not an indication that you're doing something right. It's an indication that you've done less wrong.
Honestly when I think of an 'impressive lineup', titles like Zeonic Front and Lost War Chronicles are what come to mind.
GBO2 IS great though, largely suffered from a terrible launch too though, and some match can feel pretty frustrating. Also, at least you can unlock at least 80% of the suits without problems.
@zombieplus1423 Then there is a ton of 'less wrong' that Gbo2 is doing. Even despite the bad launch and mismanagement, there's still at least 2000 players playing during peak hours. Having interesting mechanics and a more solid mecha gameplay did wonders to keep this game alive until now. It's also significantly more f2p friendly than Gundam Evo, though you have to be willing to grind.
only one that good is lately is the versus series. exvs2 xboost is fun although you got to do some bs to play it on pc.
The reason why Gundam fans didn't like Evolution isn't the fluidity, despite being giant mechs, in the lore Mobile Suits are fast and agile as hell, that's why they almost completely replaced fighter jets and tanks.
The reason why fans didn't like Evo is the lack of immersion, Evo matches don't feel like battles in the Gundam universe, the maps are too small, and there are no zero gravity space maps. Not to mention that a Gundam game requires a story driven single player campaign.
Considering all the potential interesting Gundam settings out there, the fact they went with completely generic maps was weird. Like woooooOOOoooh its PORT CITY!! Why couldn't that have been Torrington Base or something with the wreckage of the Shamblo somewhere as a cool set piece?
Eh it depends, I personally like Gevo more than GBO2
The 3 main reasons why Gundam Evolution failed.
1: Not enough advertisement for the game to draw in new players.
2: Lack of management to keep the game interesting balanced.
3: Developers made to shift priorities on the Gundam Metaverse project. You know, the VR beta that had everything Bandai had been working on leaked to the public via hackers that found an open door through the VR project?
Suffice to say, the game had failed even before it hit the ground running.
Oh, and keep in mind that the people who complained that the Mobile Suits moved too fast are the same people who played Gundam Battle Operation 2, where every Mobile Suit moves too slow. Actually, I think I'd put their speed on par with how every unit moves so slow in New Gundam Breaker.
Owned by Bandai, it was bound to fail no matter how well they did
And the fact that you can't melee for non melee specialized units like, the Gundam and GM literally had beam sabers sticking out of their backs.
Good summarization of its downfall, Bandai really screwed up big with this, it has the potential to be one of the best hero shooter on the market but sadly ruined by corporate decisions.
Launching it weeks before Overwatch 2 is already a red flag, not to mention that no global launch in the beginning but region by region, till the end of its line some region still couldn't play it.
Problem with balancing units, tried to follow Overwatch's style of balancing but let just say it didn't go well, take the Nu for example, it was severely underpowered since launch, they buff it slightly better only to then nerf it again which make it worse than before, meanwhile units like Barbatos remains broken till the end
Predatory monetization, pretty much explained in the video, units were locked behind a paywall with no way of earning currencies other than grinding BP or spend real money on it, meaning if you are F2P you will only have enough to buy 1 each season, oh and don't forget about loot boxes and skins as well, people spend hundreds just to get Char's Zaku II skin for Zaku 2 Ranged.
GBO2 launched like 6 months later on Steam did took a toll of its playerbase, even though GBO2 was plagued by issues far worse than G.Evo it somehow able to retain more players compared to G.Evo, G.Evo had like hundred or two daily meanwhile GBO2 had 2-3K players at peak and somehow GBO2 able to last longer than G.Evo.
Rest in Peace G.Evo, you will be remembered
There was a calculation done for a “guaranteed chance/amount of points” to get from boxes to afford the unique skins, it was estimated at maximum to be 400 USD and minimum to be 100 USD… Take that as you will.
Man, i wish they brought this back, but done better
Like, I bought ABSOLUTELY nothing, but I played this game for almost 2 months straight
its still playable in the side 7 modded community servers
@@isaacargesmith8217 I'm on console
@@EntombedToast70there’s a rumor from a known “reliable” leaker that apparently they’re making something similar, to toss into their meta verse project in the gaming section.
@@Ko-165 ??? What is throw? Meta verse???????
I'm not Japanese, I'm no Gundam guy. But this game looked kinda interesting and I kept it in the back of my head.
There are still modded community server if you still want to try it
play older gundam games
@@yokai1235 I will not
Been a while since I tuned in great video. I had played the game near launch and towards the end of its lifespan. My bastion of hope is Mecha break as for a good hero/mech game looking forward to it's launch.
I give Bandai enough money without buying digital versions of things I own in plastic. I also got random disconnected during launch so many times that I ate a 24 hour soft ban.
God man, I just want to live in a timeline where this and Ghost In The Shell: First Assault are alive and well
Never even got the chance to play since Namco decided some region should be locked out of the game.
7:25 I think about fluid fast paced dynamic movements is not the issue. In japan, gundam got game called "Gundam Extreme Versus" and its all about battle in style. The difference between Evolution and versus is in versus game, you can see what your robot doing when you playing it because it using 3rd person perspective
Should be noted there are still community modded servers keeping the game playable by fans. THe game itself is amazing to play and is currently in a weirdly balanced state all things considered. Namco bandai made a game that plays very well then just managed it in the worst possible way, and they keep doin this with their live service games its insane. That and the game is coded really sloppily apparently.
The best 43 Killstreak i got was with Sazabi shotgunning back to back while holding point.
But i could tell the microtransactions was gonna suck.
To me it feels like they have no pride over their games and are mainly concerned with making as much money off their games until it dies.
While monetization was a problem, region locking the game was their biggest issue, cutting out regions that would have brought in thousands of players. Quality wise it was really polished compared to the other online Gundam games, but it was extremely hard to access the game, and then when it was more available, players were faced with having to catch up to other players who had been playing for longer, had more suits available and experience. I don't blame the game or the developers, they did an amazing job recreating the fantasy of Gundam. But delivery was a mess, and now we are back to Battle Operation 2, that has some really cool ideas, but doesn't feel as good to play.
What why do all the mechs seem to be like person-sized? Was that intentional?
That's what made Evo feel off. No sense of scale. It just felt like we were playing people cosplaying Gundam.
players wanted a gundam game, not overwatch with a gundam skin
I really miss this game. I bought the pass once you got enough to get the next one, and enough for 1.5 amount for another ms. The gameplay was so fun
Bandia also does the tales of franchise and those games are some of the best and intense and storytelling I have ever seen with amazing convoluted side quests that leads to amazing results and they treat them like they're the unwanted stepchild.
They kneecapped the game from the start with poor marketing. I knew people who were into both Gundam and hero shooters who simply didn't know it existed.
This has been the only hero shooter I ever played.
I loved the game, and created a bunch of videos on it. That being said, the monetization was very terrible and it had its share of bugs but they were working on them.
I do play the fan server here and there still, but not as much as I used to.
After their season 3 patch I couldn't even play it anymore (wouldn't launch whatsoever despite troubleshooting). It was the final straw for me since I was looking forward to using the Heavy Arms. Its sad it went down the way it did.
Bandai Namco really mishandled this game given that Overwatch 2 was actually disliked upon release and should have been an opportunity to attract players.
Although getting disconnected is a common issue, having the entire client force a shutdown on disconnection is extremely annoying as it does take a while for the full game to launch from the steam library to the splash screen and finally the lobby. Worst aspect was it will not let you rejoin the match (aside the abandonment penalty) and whoever was left on your team will have an empty slot with no option to add players as a backfill. This will go on until there is around 2~3 persons left then the match will end in a win for the opposing side.
Unit and skill /toolkits are also a bit messed up. Most Mobile Suit usually has a melee weapon aside it's other ranged weapons however some units here do not implement them properly. Case in point -- the GM Sniper II comes with 2 sets of beam saber but no way to use them.
Customization was extremely limited as some Gundam games will allow recoloring specific parts but G-Evo locks everything as a preset in the form of skins. For comparison with the defunct Gundam Capsule Fighters, most units has 5 ~ 6 different common parts you can apply a paintjob creating your own custom colored unit.
GBO2 while present was not exactly stable as it was closed for most part of the time G-EVO was running and took a while before they reopened the servers.
Ended up skipping GBO2 given BN might close this game soon too.
Man I remember when they would actually have cool skins in the game, like the GM Sniper II White Dingo skin, but you could only get it through 3,000 of the currency you'd get from dupe skins from loot boxes. On average you'd get maybe 10-20 of that currency per box and the skins were limited time so good luck getting it. I think at some points they did give away the currency a couple times but it was only like 300 of it.
Online games that are not rage-quit friendly will always die.
Tried it a few months ago. Couldn't even get a match in casual.
I've always chocked it up to the abysmal launch, it had a ton of players but it just fell off very quickly. They fixed alot of things later on, but it was too little too late.
The game didn't even launch om my country soon enough for me to play, such a shame.
I had so much fun mastering the zaku :(
Another thing that factored in Gundam Evo's downfall is the lack of marketing. They didn't promote it that well, if at all.
And hell, during Gundam witch's airing, the season that brought a whole new wave of Gundam fans. The only G-witch thing in the game were some profile icons. They never put aerial in the game, thus there were no attempts to redirect the Gundam witch fans to Gundam evo. Even the COD collab skins have at aerial. Along with the original Gundam.
It was so funny seeing Kamfer being the last suit, like sure it’s a sick-ass design, but a year later and there was zero intention of adding aerial? Really?
Its a shame, because this game was really really really fun
I did hate how many of the cosmetic’s were simple recolors. I liked the flashier ones that would radically recolor or even slightly change the appearance of the Mobile suit like the Prototype Gundam skin, the Pale Rider Space type skin
The real reason was we wanted a gritty mech shooter. Instead, it was a Overwatch ripoff with dodging (probably the only unique thing that destroyed by the need to add extremely oppressive units that can one shot like GM Sniper or do a two hit stun combo that kills you in one second).
I think part of it not being released in Australia till like a year or 2 after its first release
You mean in the huge crater that once was Sidney?
It lasted less than a year lol, but I heard its only available in Australia last few months of its lifespan
@@StalkRay I played it for like a week when I found out it came out, then people were saying the game was closing
I have a question
I miss this game, For being made for the west it was abandoned way too soon to be able to promote growth beyond the niche player base composed of gundam fandom fans and veteran overwatch players. The lootbox system was cursed although the cosmetics by the end of its life were the best. Alot of QOL things came on the final shooting the last half season before its shutdown. Loved the competitive gameplay with each suit having its place on both old suits and new suits. Met a friend whose main was Barbatos his gamertag was Barbie, he had a foul mouth sure but rocked with that mace countering entire pushes and objective grabs. Im glad to have met him for the time we had with g evo and gbo2. Rip Barbie miss talking to you man, see you in the next world
I loved the barbatos. What id give to play one more match with him...
Those lobbies should've filled up every time someone left in casual playlists.
I was pretty sad that this game met the same fate as the Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex game. They were both fun games to play, but in the end poor execution lead to their demise. I wanted to spend money on this game, but the fact that I could not even play competitive mode in NA was a huge red flag.
I spent 20$ on this game to later that night recive their server shutdown announcement
Heavyarms was so much fun to play as
I think it primarily came down to Bandai Namco just not giving this team either the funding or the time needed to really get this game going, something they have a long history of doing when it comes to this ip. Even GBO2, as modestly successful as it seems to be, obviously is getting by on a shoestring budget judging from the sheer number of issues that still plague the game.
I think there was other factors though. Despite it being touted as an Overwatch replacement, which it could have been, it also came at a time where I felt the first person hero arena game like Overwatch or Paladins was really starting to wane. Even similar games coming out like Marvel Rivals (which literally is taking everything including Overwatch's text format cause why not.) and most notably Mecha Break have opted for a 3rd person perspective, which lets you not only see the character but opens up a different gameplay flavor that I think might have benefitted Gundam Evolution better than the 1st person perspective (because obviously, it's cool to see the MS in action.). Personality means a lot in a game like this and I think it needed to exude more of that. Also I think it might have taken a bit too much inspiration from Overwatch's heavy emphasis on team composition and defined roles, probably one of the biggest issues with playing the game casually solo.
People have brought up that the mecha feels too "unmech-like", like they can't tell they're using a giant robot because they're too fast etc but I don't think that would have mattered too much because look at a game like the Ex-Versus series. What I do think might have mattered though is the stage design was pretty lackluster. Mechanical corridors and such, it all just sort of blended together and none of it really gave at least a scale of the mobile suits themselves which I think is why so many felt a strange dissonance with the MS' size. I definitely think better stage design would have helped.
Overall though I think it had the potential to be something, at least on paper but it was pretty evident that Bamco was not going to give Evo's team much time and money, considering how quickly they announced its scheduled end...even before the team was finished adding iconic MS like Nu Gundam and Zeta. Maybe if they hadn't thrown away so much money into Metaverse...
The grind and constant monetization is what got old quick for me.
It sucks cause I genuinely ENJOYED playing this game before I just stopped completely.
As a gundam fan, what trully got me off the game was not the monetization or the connection issues, but how the mobile suits were portraited into the game and wich ones got into the game. Like seriously, a GM-sniper, a standard Gundam and a Doom trooper makes sense, but do i need 4 diferent versions of ZAKU ? Whe the game got announced i thought cool, wanna se how the likes of Ryzel or other support types units would be translated into the game and i have to say i ended up disappointed
Y'know; while i think it may never happen, I would be down for a 40$ price Gundam Evolution with all the suits,Micro transactions,etc be unlocked as you play. maybe in a far off future i can see the possibility.
I really miss this game had so much fun with barbatos this game pulled me into gundam a little
u could play with others on custom servers
I actually loved this game, I had 300 hours in this game but it was just treated so poorly. It felt good but god it really sucked that this game was treated with the back hand
The only time my PSN account ever got hacked through all online systems that required an account came literally while playing this game. Twice. That didn't help my play time with the game. No issues after stopping. Coincidence or not, I decided to not chance it again.
I loved this game in beta and when it dropped 1.0, but man, it fell off fast and hard. So sad.
I really wish we had a Mechwarrior type game for gundam, something other than this game or gbo
DAMN RIP GUNDAM EVO 🕊️
Why there is not a game like world of tanks but with gundam mobile suits instead of thanks
I miss it so much
Bring back Gundam evolution, I was hoping playing this game
I'm pissed that they completely removed this game, I know it was free to play, but myself and other people spent money on this game, and now it's just gone.
They couldn't even let us play bots or do peer to peer multiplayer? They just take it away from us completely? That's so fucked.
I remember my hype when Gundam Evolution first release.I go straight to town buying Ps5 just to play it and when I want to download it and the system says not AVAILABLE IN YOUR COUNTRY..... What a joke~
I'm a huge Gundam fan and I have huge collection of Gunpla. I made Diamond in GE and spent $100 in the game.
The things I believe what's wrong GE
Heavy Micro transaction
Nothing to really grind for
Lack of fan service
Disconnect constantly and unable to rejoin
Wait 30 to 1 hr wait for a 15 min match
Toxic community
Loved this game, shame management couldn't figure out how to keep people interested. Another problem was the battlepass, i literally paid $10 once and since you got in game credits in the pass that would equate to enough to buy the next season's pass my friends and I would basically just keep getting the new characters for free so they were bleeding money there too. The combat and aiming felt great and snappy. I really liked the movement cause it did feel unique compared to other games. Also disabling all chat killed the game cause you completely lost any sort of community feel after that update. It's like it was built to fail.
I would argue against that base roster was really good. They were pretty good throughout the entire life span though obviously buffs and nerfs would happen. But ashirmar, zaku 2, pale rider, methus(got worse towards the end of the game), were all fun and viable units
I wanted to play this game so badly.
Latency is trash in S.E.A.
Also, game looks just a bit too floaty.
WDYM. We love that the guntank is moving at Mach 10 😂
Very sad to see Gundam Evolution fall so hard 😔😔
Unfortunately there wasn't anything beyond the battlepass that you could earn. There was no in game currency you could earn, there was no real kind of rewards for a leveling system. It just felt like there wasn't any kind of recognition for how well you played. Aasimar and Dom just fucking owned, they were such fun suits to play. It's a travesty that Bandai fumbled this so bad on launch and then they fucking *doubled down* like assholes and treated the community like we were idiots
well its back with side 7 custom lobbies
BandaiNamco we love creating live service games and immediately abandoning it.😂
1:48 what about TF2
Don’t forget that there was barely any communication with players and especially with the western fanbase. The east fanbase had the most votes for suits to be added along with unit adjustments and game modes.
If they had made the movement more like armored core and actually did some balancing I feel like it would still be super popular
ı miss my zaku ranged and barbatos
Personally I enjoyed the game, I didn’t know much about gundam but was looking for a FTP game. Was definitely fun while it lasted and the game convinced me to buy some gunpla
I never tried this game because I never liked hero shooters lol I just want a Gundam themed RTS
This game died because it was an actual copy of overwatch. Several of the playable mobile suits were literal reskins of overwarch characters. Gundam Exia= Genji, Zaku II = tracer, GM sniper = widowmaker etc. but the problem was if someone wanted to play overwatch then they would just go play that instead. Plus this game dropped a month before overwatch 2 launched. It never stood a chance.
The games ttk was awful too, hard for new people to join....and the matchmaker blew, I had 16 loses in a row and only won 1 before I stopped for a couple months
Also not to mention the poor balancing for some of the Suits. Like Barbados could insta kill you with no effort and And escape with little punishment, Unicorn was basically a really hard to kill tank, Nu's abilities tracked you Aggressively Heavy gundam could shredd you easily, Zaku Malee could 1v2. These are just some off the top of my head
Zaku melee was so dogshit. Exia was miles better and I was actually top 20 in the world with him 😭. The only unbalanced unit was unicorn tbh. Nu gundam was also pretty dogshit untill it got Ult
No? Most of the suits were relatively well balanced. Barbatos, the one you mentioned, was pretty easy to counter. The suit was loud which means that teams and players could easily pick it out. The suit had no ranged offensives whatsoever, which means that players could effectively just dash away from a Barb player and gain the advantage of having a literal gun. Unicorn wasn't tanky at all, it had 800hp which was the lowest amount for a suit to have and it's passive ability of healing barely helped that. Nu's funnels were pretty bad when they got buffed but they were pretty alright before the game ended, you just had to keep moving. Heavy arms was just keeping distance and knowing that he's easy af to headshot when he was double firing and Zaku Melee just needs people who could walk/dash back to easily counter him.
@@Bazskua
Before the Nerf, Dozzle's Zaku was way better than Exia.
To the point you'd wipe the enemy team more often than Exia.
After the Nerf it became useless.
Don't forget the God among all mobile suits: the Guntank
I could raw dog a whole team with my boy the Guntank and just keep getting away with it with all those dashes
Barbatos is a newb stomper. He ruins low skill lobbies but is VERY hard to play at all the better the player you're fightin is. He's not that good vs better players
I miss playing exia and zaku
you can join the side 7 community mod servers if you want to play again
It's just an overwatch with Gundam skin.
I literally, since the first time it is revealed even to now, never get what's so good about it.
And I fucking love Gundam and mech in general.
Who ask for this game?
What's more, I find funnier that the game shutdown in favor for Armored Core VI, it's all calculated lol
i had the feeling that gundam evolution had nothing that stands out in terms of gameplay.
update not frequence enough
maybe u can do a vid for GBO2 as well, the game is dying.
honestly the few default units that's free is better than the newer ones
0:59 I think this is true to almost EVERY franchise that is not shonen big selling.
For instance Digimon while sure it has to share stuff with Toei, it always ends up with games being close 2-3 years after completition or closing studios working on games. For gundam feels the same, SDGO all the way back in 2009/2012 was a pretty good game that could have evolve but no, they just left it on a corner.
One thing i hate companies for is launching games next to well established series people rather play instead. Gundam evolution should've never been a hero shooter. It should've had it as a game mode but it shouldve been like ace combat infinity. As simply as that. The multiplayer shouldve been more like titanfall/Battlefront/battlefield. It shouldve been the game that was bat shit crazy and fot people who would want to play as iconic gundams/suits and or play iconic plot points in the series. The only reason i played evo is to get the new type rank. To bad nobody played ranked...
big problem was also that gunevo was relead on beta start form overwatch 2. it couldnt compete as a hero shooter :c
The gameplay was really fun, and the devs really wanted to make a good game too.... But Bandai did what Bandai does.
I also want to mention that the game was not available globally. I'm from Latin America and you could not play the game. Hell, even big countries like Mexico were not allowed. I don't think the game would have survive longer if it was available in those places, but it couldn't have hurt its lifetime any more than 16 months.
I didn’t even know the game had some sort of progression season thing. Sucked even more in Xbox since the aiming would drift almost constantly. No it wasn’t controller drift, I checked.
Bandai Namco Horrible business model, no advertisement nor international servers and cheaters everywhere in a nutshell.
I think the devs and publisher did not expect it to be a hit....kinda like the DBZ games they churn out just an IP cash grab, it launched over preformed but they didn't have the resources or scope to follow through. It was never ment to be successful.....good news is I bet you they are working on a legit follow up this time they will add scope to actually make a game that can hold a community and build.
To be honest, the point of the mechas moving too fast for being 18m+ mechas is really stupid (not saying it to you but those "fans") because they move fast to begin with especially when there is Mobile Suits like Exia or Unicorn who move really quick in their shows.
Sure, there is a point to be made that some Mobile Suits like the RX-78-2, the Zakus and the GMs should move slower because they didn't move that fast in their source material but it isn't to be in any way "realistic" like GBO2 in the first place.
Also, a reason you didn't exactly point out is that the game had barely any advertising which played a part in the downfall especially that WFM was airing at the time the game was still active. However, they barely did anything aside from minor cosmetics and keep in mind that Gundam Aerial was a guest character in UC Engage which is a UC only Gundam mobile game.
I only heard about that game after the shutdown of the servers was announced. It's really a waste. The game was good, and had potential but many mistakes were made, the worst one in my opinion being the lack of communication and advertisement
Am I the only one that didn’t gaf about the cosmetics? I loved the gameplay, art style and maps. New characters and abilities behind paywalls do suck but the core mechs were amazing.
they should have allowed players to create their ms and gundams.
the fucking region lock
When i played i kept getting killed by gm sniper campers
I miss GBM