SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS

SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
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$59.99
Release date
27 November 2019
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Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!

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SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-650 or AMD Phenom II X4 965
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 or Radeon HD 7570
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bizology
bizology

A pretty good strategy game once you get past all of the clunky, melodramatic dialogue (I know, anime, right?). At first I found the controls kinda weird and clunky with a mouse & keyboard, but I got used to them after the first round. Nothing too awful. The battle animations are actually kind of cool with how they can blend a bunch different characters and Gundams together. Again, very anime, but in a good way. Pretty fun over all, so far. A bit a patience is needed if you're not too into some of the characters.

Shineshine
Shineshine

I bgt this game during the pandemic times to play. Now I am still playing it @ my own time. Thats how deep this game is.
If u like gundam series or u collect them as toys or if yr wife or gf dun like you collect yr gundam toys taking up yr home space. Just buy this game @ a discount u can see keep play all u want virtually. Its worth it.

Practically all the gundams can be found in this game.
What more can we ask for. Customizations, skills, points distributions for all yr gundams pilots carriers.

tfkcex
tfkcex

I like this game a lot BUT iit keep crashing and I would lost like a good 30 mins of the game because I didn't save after round.
I end up fall asleep re-play the rounds I lost

ShadowKaisel
ShadowKaisel

these games are great at times, all Gundams are cool and I love Gundams. the story is almost the same as the anime but quite good.
My most favorites are Gundam 00, Freedom, and Barbatos!!.
Oh yes, the movie is still lacking because there is no exciting fight between Gundam...
I want to continue the new game from SD GUNDAM GENERATION whatever version......

patt2129
patt2129

Wow this is a must have for any gundam fan. I almost had to change my shorts after i unlocked the tallgeuse

Kuroha Saiki
Kuroha Saiki

This game is worth playing even for a first Tactical RPG experience even it was to try the game or just because you have love of the G Generation series or Gundam in general. You can get a lot from playing this game and i can say this game isn't as forgiving at times as well as generous at the same time as the previous titles or Super Robot Wars series.

The Good points to this game is that you can practically learn some of the story of the few series they have included as well as there many different routes of the MS development and difficulty is self explanatory as for a beginner it can be quite difficult but you'll get the hang of it. Benefits to using the dispatch when you are not playing the game and can come back to later to see it be complete or just farm skip time tickets which older games did not have. The ability to abuse it will make somethings quite easy especially for Capital which will make it easy to buy units / battleships. Animation is great and the chance to scout actual characters is great too. Especially the unique voice lines.

The only minor issue i had with this game was the save game option as putting other teams on dispatch or starting new mission would clear your previous data as it should keep it unless you cover that save slot but it isn't a big issue unless you don't save often on turns and have to redo the entire mission which is normal. That some Gundams are only obtainable through putting teams in dispatch and getting high percentage and repeat till its 100% if it isn't already rather than including their series or missions based on them. Can be pricey, so waiting for sales is also an option.

Overall it is a great experience and you have a lot of Gundams to get as well as develop into or even exchange into but definitely worth the time if you have either the time or patience to feel the wrath of this game especially knowing that if your units die in battle, they are gone forever until you buy or re develop again which is a start from 0 and Great place to start if you like or want to get into these style of games. I personally enjoyed it, had some moments that died with the unit in battle.

Likewise

"This Hand Of Mine Glows Of Awesome Power To Defeat You"

Must Buy.

KABAL2003
KABAL2003

This game is hot garbage. Plays well and is pretty. Playing other people you will always be under-powered, there is a lot of fishy shit when going one on one . Like most vs games everyone is a Rambo and no one stays together. Some will say cant aim or some other shit like that but that is not the issue .

Zora_Z
Zora_Z

I will be honest I like this game because it has the wing and exia gundam in it but in terms of game play its very similar to other turned based mech games. I will say super robot wars is way better because of the story line they typically offer. It also works pretty good on the steam deck once you enable proton.

ジェポ
ジェポ

I see Mobile Suit Gundam 00 I buy. ezpz.

Cons: MS/MA pool
Story: Straight adaptations from the anime/manga

Ash
Ash

Good solid Gundam game. It should feel familiar to Super Robot Wars players and I recomend it if you find it on sale. I paid $30 not expecting much and played 130 hours

kevinyveltal
kevinyveltal

It's a cool game, though since it's a strategy game it will take your time finishing it, the gundam's look cool.

Mafty Navue Erin
Mafty Navue Erin

If you like strategy and Gundam then you'll love this game. With all the different Mobile Suits to choose and storylines to play through, the game will last you for a while. The game gameplay reminds me of the Fire Emblem Series and XCOM. The ability to have custom pilots is also a nice addition to the game. The only issue with this game I have is that sometimes the mission's drag and it gets boring playing through them. Other than that, I find it enjoyable

Katsu542
Katsu542

The Best Gundam Turn Based Strategy on the market... Hands down...

Wolfer_something_or_another
Wolfer_somethi…

I LOVE this game SO much. I bought this game without knowing about the integrated graphics glitch, at the time only having a potato laptop, but having played G Generation Overworld for PSP, I decided to keep the game until I could get a device capable of playing it, and BOY am I glad I did. The attack animations are fluid, not too long, but (for the most part) not too short, and (get this) the game can actually be challenging! Overall, while I caution you to make sure you know what you're getting into, I HIGHLY recommend this.

Also please note I am a *tad* bit biased as an already avid Gundam fan.

JOHN SICK
JOHN SICK

Collected all achievements on 176.8 hours

OTK game , love gundams , XD

Yavimaya
Yavimaya

Gundam.... do I need to say more?

APIN!!!
APIN!!!

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe

---{Gameplay}---
☑Very good
☐ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Just don‘t

---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ Earrape

---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☐ Adults
☐ Human
☐ Lizards

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boiiiiii
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press ‚A‘
☐ Easy
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding

---{Story}---
☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{Bugs}---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

Rinaldus
Rinaldus

Goddamn Mobile-tier garbage gameplay trying to pose as a competent SRPG. Play literally anything else from the genre before spending your money on this.

FallenFenrir21
FallenFenrir21

i played this non stop for 3 hours every second being reminded of my childhood

awakened
awakened

this or genesis both are excellent additions to my libary of gaming

Lynx
Lynx

First Tactical RPG game I've ever played, I love it.

LazyTitan
LazyTitan

Great nostalgia. the story is great, covers a lot of the original anime stories. left the japanese audio on and enjoyed it more, felt like watching the original subbed anime. if you are a fan of any gundam, this is for you.

Wildcat™
Wildcat™

Very enjoyable game play. Gundam was my first Anime as a teen and I'm glad I can go through some of these stories all over again.

Saraizara
Saraizara

a pretty interesting strategy rpg about gundam, but a bit grindy an completing a single stage could take quite a long time
8/10

Anonymous
Anonymous

working on the collection for the series. 1. long hours spent to finish 100% 2. great for gundam or mecha fans
3. dont gotta worry about whales. 4. storyline graphics an all sorts il give a A try it before knocking it

Fantong
Fantong

Love the depth of the game and sense of progression as your units level up and you upgrade your roster. Def recommend.

kewgar
kewgar

The Gundam Astray Blue Frame D debut in the console.

orzpond
orzpond

Alway lost my old save after every new version update

KillMaimDevour7
KillMaimDevour7

This one is especially painful for me, because on the surface this game is genuinely fun to play...

... when it works PROPERLY.

I cannot fully explain what the actual fuck is causing it, but this game refuses to use the Steam Cloud for it's save data, and as a result continuously eats up more and more memory until the game itself begins to CREATE bugs and glitches due to insufficient space. Examples include:

1. Freezing the screen during battle animations without crashing the game, rendering it unplayable without a restart. These freezes only grow more frequent as more data is taken up.
2. Randomly deleting produced mobile suits as a deleterious way of freeing up space (This happened with one of my absolute favorite mobile suits, Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex).
3. Resetting mission progress to make room for more data.
4. Resetting acquired mobile suit DESIGNS so that they must be researched through developing mobile suits AGAIN.
5. Deleting CUSTOM PILOTS TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR MORE DATA.

You can likely see where this is going. The game actively refusing to use cloud storage for save data means that it cannot function properly without literal TERABYTES of memory dedicated solely to just this ONE, SINGLE GAME. And there are a plethora of other issues I didn't mention.

If you value your data storage space, stay far, FAR away until they manage to fix this issue. Though seeing as this data-eating nightmare released quite a while ago, that's an optimistic thought at BEST.

1/10

jamesevans8491
jamesevans8491

Phenomenal if you like mobile suit gundam or even if you don't

IKEA KALLAX
IKEA KALLAX

A great buy for fans of Gundam AU series and turn-based strategy. Features the classic G Generation interface without any of the touchscreen nonsense.

Indra_DG
Indra_DG

i rate this 6.5/10 as a gundam fan. Mediocre game.
The gameplay improvement from SD Gundam Overworld were so liitle, i expect more improvement to be made, The latter stage is always boring because of too many enemy grunts, the core gameplay need huge improvement, like adding new feature like beam saber clash for example.

Typical nowadays games, only prioritize on graphic but so liitle on actual gameplay

くまモン
くまモン

I am Gundam :)

Hits all the right boxes. A classic SD Gundam strategy game, what more can I want (except the missing the UC timeline).

BlaqkShadw
BlaqkShadw

I... WE ARE GUNDAM! GALAXY SATELLITE SWORD!!!

StarzkynHutch
StarzkynHutch

This is the best game in the series by far, I just wish it had the original time line in it but thats fine i guess. I love the amount of suits and customisng thats in this game. Its a very good time sink.

Csteel
Csteel

Fun if you enjoy the gundam franchise, but UI is clunky and does a poor job of showing you how to play had to restart at the begin due to mistakes that would have bin easily avoided with a proper tutorial.

DragoHeart57
DragoHeart57

If you're a fan of strategy RPG's like Fire Emblem and mechs, even if you aren't a Gundam fan before purchasing this game it's definitely worth checking out. You don't have to worry about the admittedly overwhelming and intimidating main Gundam timeline that is the Universal Century since the four key series that are included in the main game sans DLC are isolated from one another. So getting familiar with Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans has never been easier.

Whether you're a newcomer to the franchise or a seasoned vet, I'd highly recommend giving Cross Rays a chance between the easily consumable stories, the animated attack sequences, or just mixing and matching your favorite characters and Mobile Suits, whether or not those happen to be the titular Gundams or mass-produced grunt suits.

SilverSkillet
SilverSkillet

fun turn based strategy game where if your units die they die.

Zenikaru
Zenikaru

I got black screen glitches all the time. Eventho i already search for the solution of this Issue, the solution isn't helpfull at all. In the end of the day i can't even play it, such a waste of money

Yuu
Yuu

Game have glitch freeze screen sometime but it's still a good game

Mitth'raw'nuruodo
Mitth'raw'nuruodo

+ Goes without saying this is a must have for Gundam fans, or mech fans in general. There are not many options.
+ Nearly overwhelming number of mobile suits and armor, and characters despite covering only the non-UC Gundam stories. All have unique detailed animations and dialogue, including special dialogue if you put a pilot in a machine that belonged to them in the stories.
+ The map weapons are a lot of fun to set up and use.
+ You can create your own characters in the game.
+ Unlocking machines and characters through design and development mechanic is highly addictive.
+ The "raid" groups that can be added to missions without a carrier mothership are a nice touch which match nicely with several Gundam stories like Wing and some missions of 00.
+ There are plenty of UI improvements over the previous game G Generation Genesis - such as being able to quickly view the profile (i.e. sort of like a wiki) for characters and machines from the stats page, English localization for all dialogue, easily finding unmoved units on the map etc.
+ Weapon based variations of mechs are now considered as the same mech with different loadout options. This removes some clutter.

- Having different versions of the same character does not make sense to me. Instead these should have been part of leveling up.
- The turn based tactics part is not very compelling. Most missions are either too easy or too hard based on which groups you are adding as sorties and what difficulty you are selecting. There is no metric to compare their relative strengths. It is mostly like a puzzle game about stringing together extra moves, support attacks balanced with energy, with the focus being on the animated actions of the various mechs and their various weapons.
- Some nuances of the Gundams and other mechs are lost in the generic way non-map weapons are implemented.
- Missions can sometimes have a crazy number of enemies and feel like a chore.
- A bit overpriced.
- The graphics of the map gameplay is due for an upgrade.

Eraldo
Eraldo

it is a dream come true, ive played SD GGeneration since 1998 on a ps one, did learn to play just figuring out what comands are, and ever wander if someday ban day publish english version of it.
Perhaps it's almost perfect, just want to know why isnt there the classic series, one year war(gundam 1st generation) sidestories like my beloved stardust memoryes?

LATEIR0S
LATEIR0S

( Graphics )
☐ Am I having a dream?
☐ Gorgeous
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ My eye hurts
☐ Am I blind?

( Gameplay )
☐ I'm addicted
☐ Good
☑ Meh
☐ I sleep zzz
☐ I would rather die

( Audio )
☐ Jesus singing
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Meh
☐ Bad
☐ Being deaf is better

( PC Requirements )
☐ You can't run file explorer
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Sonic PC
☐ NASA uses your PC

( Difficulty )
☐ Blindfolded
☑ Easy
☐ Low skill floor & High skill ceiling
☐ Just right for everyone
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

( Story )
☐ No Story
☐ Skip everything
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ Better than Shakespeare's masterpeice

( Game Time )
☐ Just a blink
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ Next life I'll finish it

( Price )
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ Become free and then I will play it
☐ NFTs

( ? / 100 )
80 / 100

Hornet
Hornet

It's a fun gundam game ngl
but damn, the amount of times you have to press buttons and no way to fastforward the actions are just so annoying. I have sore thumbs by spamming space buttons and C non stop.
Worth-ish on sale, this game has replay values and let you level up your gundams or pilots to a super high level but I just don't see myself playing more than however many hours I have now. I am not patient enough to try to finish the achievements either.

flare
flare

very fun game. very creative and the combat scenese are awesome

Vangran
Vangran

Besides the game freezing during battle animations sometimes, it is a lot of fun, and reading the manga with color is great too. By which I mean how the manga is animated.

Kira
Kira

The game can feel overwhelming at first due to the UI/UX and everything being available from the start. It doesn't have a step by step tutorial but you can easily get the hang once you start playing just by trying stuff in the beginning. The game doesn't have it's own storyline or complex gameplay, it relies heavily on franchise IP. Great for fans of the franchise.

Grand Admiral Sakuya Moonshade
Grand Admiral …

Liked the game so far, the only downside is that is missing alot of cool MS

Pyro Arden
Pyro Arden

well first off if your a gundam fan of the alternate eras besides mainline u.c., it has story line for wing, seed, 00, ibo etc. and if you like turn based strategy games with awesome animation attacks with good battle sounds its really fun and if you want more you can go look up youtube vids of the game to get more perspective before you decides to get the game.

ZigFB
ZigFB

I'll be real. This one isn't great, especially for the price tag. It's not BAD, but the stories they focused on aren't the best. No Turn A, no X, no G, basically none of the fun ones. If you're a fan of Seed, then this is the game for you. If you're a fan of Wing, you get to see the alternate timeline units from Endless Waltz.

Basically, I'd recommend going for Super Robot Wars 30 instead or get a copy of G Generation Genesis on PS4/VITA. If you're REALLY interested, wait for a sale.

Chad Aznable
Chad Aznable

If you are a fan of strategy RPGS and expanded universe Gundam series, then this game is for you.

钦原
钦原

the grind never stop.... until it finally did...

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also, felt like they rushed the story for iron bloody orphan - no cool :(

but... still a good time killer...

CantOutRunADuck
CantOutRunADuck

This game is surprisingly good.

Pros:
- Missions are long (usually over an hour) and feel satisfying when completed.
- Tons of characters from the series and all of the Gundams to go with them.
- Character creation. You can create a whole team of your own characters.
- Every gundam has a list of unique attacks, each with their own battle animation.
- Battle animations play like you're watching the anime, complete with cuts to the characters yelling out their catchphrases from the cockpit.
- Battle animations and overall gameplay speed are/is heavily customizeable.
- The story missions have unique game play elements that are fun. (example: a mission may have a war happening on the ground and in the air, and you toggle between the two, and can transfer units with the required abilities between the two)
- Endless squad customization and strategy possibilities. Every gundam has its own level, stats, and abilities, as does every pilot and you can pair any pilot with any gundam. You have a ton of freedom when it comes to creating your teams.

Cons:
- It's the chibi Gundams instead of the regular ones. (this is the only thing that actually bothers me at all lol)
- You spend a lot of time clicking through menus. Every unit, every move, every turn, its all a menu with several clicks for each action. I know clicking the mouse doesn't sound like a big deal, but these are 1-2 hour long battles with 20 vs. 50+ unit matches, as well as all the time spent organizing and prepping your teams for the mission. Its not the end of the world, but its noticeable.

I'm not even a fan of the series (nothing against it, just never got into it) and this gives me what I assume is the same excitement fans of the show get from watching it. It's a great game overall. Its not just fire emblem with Gundam, Its Fire Emblem with Gundam but they made everything better somehow. They really nailed it with this one.

L. Camillus
L. Camillus

One of the weakest if not THE weakest of all the SDGGEN games out there; i know what i should've expected when i bought this game on sale yet i remain disappointed.

If you want a good GGEN game, go get Overworld instead; it still is the best GGEN game even after more than a decade.

I enjoy Cross Rays, but i feel like this is a vast downgrade in comparison to it's decade old predecessor.

I'll probably get Genesis on PS4 if i do bother, but for now this game has left a relatively sour taste in my mouth despite scratching my itch for GGEN Gundam.

proto_call
proto_call

I'm a huge fan of Gundam, ever since 98 when the movie Endless Waltz came out.
This game is amazing, it does take time to play through the stages but it is worth it.

Zenith
Zenith

better than the burrito I had the other day, 7/7 colours of the rainbow

ຣ༏∂ℯ∱✗
ຣ༏∂ℯ∱✗

Had an itch to play a tactical RPG, saw SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays, like Gundam very much, saved up a little money to purchase game, thoroughly enjoying myself. Not a game for everyone but if you like Tactical RPG's and Gundam then you would like this. I did my research and knew what I was getting into. I am very content with my experience. Cheers!

Kēki
Kēki

Come on It is a Gundam game on PC and It is actually one of the good one, what can a man ask more

thatguyentceo
thatguyentceo

I have enjoyed this game to the fullest. It is awesome to see some of my favorite characters spout of funny new lines when they use MS from other Gundam series! I Love this game.

In the words of Setsuna F Seiei: "I am Gundam!"

NZH :3
NZH :3

ermm...
pro
if u like gundams, you will like the game however,
con
repetitive use of same background
non skippable action time... took forever for a round to end

But overall ill give 7/10 for the game

The Dynamic Joe
The Dynamic Joe

A great game for any Gundam Fan

GhostJudicator
GhostJudicator

This is a good game, people have talked alot of smack, but regardless this is great if you love Gundam games.

vex
vex

Really think this is a big improvement over G Generation Genesis, though the idle elements do remove any challenge. If you're a Gundam fan, particularly of non-UC entries, this game is great fan service. I prefer the 3D rendered animations over the 2D SRW animations, though I think I'm in the minority on that.

There are a few technical glitches that can ruin the fun. Occasionally the battle animation screen will not transition back to the map after an attack, requiring a restart of the game with some possible loss of progress.

Other than that though this game is solid. If you want an easy-ish SRPG along the vein of Super Robot Wars or Fire Emblem, this game is for you. Though if you're not familiar at all with the Gundam franchise, you might want to pass on this.

Thundermoose
Thundermoose

It's an SD G Gen game, at this point you probably already know if you'll like it or not.
If you're a Gundam fan who's unsure, wait for a sale or *Legally acquire* an older G Gen game to try

BioIron
BioIron

It's Gundam.
If you like Gundam, just buy the game already.
If you moderately like Gundam, buy the game at a moderate discount.
If you don't like Gundam, don't buy the game.

I would tell you about graphics (they are nice), sounds/music (they are cool) and story (same as anime).
But this is a Gundam game. If you like Gundam, none of the above will matter to you, and if you dislike it, this game won't change your opinion about the franchise.
Kind of grindy, but it's a Gundam game, so it doesn't matter.

Recommended for me and anyone who is like me.

michaelrgnipon
michaelrgnipon

Best Gundam game, if you like strategy.

Sagara
Sagara

This is sadly alas a mandatory thumbs up. There are a stupidly low amount of Gundam games here and worse yet most gundam games only have the shitty gundams instead of the good ones from the much better vastly superior story lines for the most part.

Game is straight up f*cking awful in a lot of ways.
-gundams look f*cking ugly
-for next point WS warships have or dont have ability for space/atmosphere/water/ground...
some full on paint and glue huffing morons thought it would be a good idea to lock the modification that lets you use a warship where you want until you for all intents almost 100% the game... effin stupid... so instead you get every damn player forced to use a select few ships (only a select few can go to earth and space) and mostly only one cause just for the inane reason of stats there is no reason to use any other ship other then on a lark or favoritism
-the concept of a gallery feature for single 2D images....
-a toggle expression button that does not let you stay with what image you prefer
-game is aggravatingly slow because of the stupid explosion shit happening every, damn, time, for every god damned enemy! AND there is no way to remove the dumb slow shit
Only and only damn thing I wanna see more then once are the fight animations which are what makes the game take so much space, but if I did I wouldnt be able to play the damn game cause it would take to freaking long
-game feels so unresponsive with how I can press every button several times before it does anything especially when a stage ends

At least about 40 hours are from afk'ing

Who's Nero's Mom?
Who's Nero's Mom?

This game is very fun i would highly suggest that you buy this game like i cant stress how fun this was a i long time gundam fan

NickNation_18
NickNation_18

as a gundam fan and a fan of tactic style games i would say its a great game to play between games but its not a game i would recommend first for either of those genres but would still say play if you like both those things

Cephandrius
Cephandrius

This game reawakens my Gunpla buying addiction

Thanks Bamco

Lauritz1709
Lauritz1709

Please release genesis on steam

BloopZZ
BloopZZ

If ya like Gundam, ya got a good number of Gundams.

If ya like giant robots doing cool stuff ya, ya got a lot giant robots doing cool stuff.

The grind is real, the time is lost, and I am only left satisfied.

Cenovita
Cenovita

Not my kind of game, clearly I mistaken this for something else.
In case you are looking for a big robot fighting game like the captures show, no, this is a tile strategy game (I just recently learnt that).
You basically are playing a table top game with cutscenes.

Actene
Actene

Cross Rays Generations is a decent turn-based strategy game with the potential to be something truly special for dedicated Gundam nerds. A player who isn't already emotionally invested in one or two of the series on display here may be put off by the early grind, especially if they don't have favorite suits or characters to work towards. Individual battles also drag on far too long given the kind of game this is--I had a level recently that took over two hours to clear, which becomes a barrier to pushing through and investing more time in the game.

With that being said, I have a lot of fun with this game. Putting together dream teams, pairing up characters from different series, and experimenting with different mobile suits is a nerdy pleasure. I especially enjoy the option of powering up lower-tier jobber suits (looking at you, Leo) to keep up with the higher models. It's probably not the optimal way to play but I get bored fielding nothing but OP Gundams. This game is a great way for fans of various shows to experience manga side stories like IBO Gekko or Dual Story: G-Unit. There's a huge amount of content here, though long cutscenes/levels and the grind to get various suits slows things down considerably.

I've attempted to play the previous game in this series on the Switch and can say with absolute certainty that Generation Cross Rays is the better game. It's a shame that all the great Universal Century content isn't here (unless you count Turn A or Reconguista from the DLC), but Generation has so many QOL improvements that reduce grind and make collecting suits and characters so much less tedious. The dispatch missions are a decent alternative to endlessly grinding story missions to level up suits and get money. If some gargantuan sequel game comes along that brings more of the UC content to Steam, here's hoping that it takes its cues from Generation. In the meantime, I'll be spending plenty more hours screwing around in the group formation menus.

Asyachi
Asyachi

One of my favorite SD gundam world series, barbatos is so powerfull here

Captain Murphy
Captain Murphy

Perfect game for perfect gundam. Seriously my like 3 favorite gundams and now I have somehow lost my hate entirely for SEED. Probably because I have matured or just cause perfect strike is freaking beautiful!!! A beautiful rpg gundam throw down!!!! got like 8 versions of char in here!

b13
b13

tf is there time gated dispatch mechanic on a pc game

GunplaMaster94
GunplaMaster94

been craving a tactics game. especially one with my favorite mecha franchise.

zelo
zelo

Its simple, if you're a HUGE FAN of GUNDAM and really love the SD Gundam G Generation series before, just go for it like why not?!! Let me tell you, the experience is so amazing af, definitely huge difference gap from previous title! Since Im a huge fan of Gundam 00 series, it really make me more excited to play this game, grinding and farming so hard to unlock every single MS and Character from Gundam 00 series! THIS GAME IS WORTH EVERY SINGLE PENNY! Cuz I've been playing SD Gundam G Generation series since their game on PS2, starting with Spirit series and then move on to PSP, which is the latest one on that platform is Overworld and I skipped Genesis on PS4 cuz Im not a fan of UC Universe lol. Tbh what I can say, spending my money on this game is worth af cuz of the changing and a lot of improvement/new features has bring to this game. Its really make the experience playing this game 200% better!

valkyriepilot
valkyriepilot

One of the best Gundam games out there. The SRW-esque gameplay makes this very familiar to most mecha anime fans, and the graphics and music add a lot of life to the game.

cranky_messiah
cranky_messiah

There are big robots that shoot stuff.
You can build a bunch of other big robots to shoot stuff.
There are a bunch of moody anime teens.
There are Gundam storylines.
What more could you ask for? Why are you even reading this? Why haven't you bought this already?

McTeddy
McTeddy

If you're looking for a strong tactical RPG with meaningful choices and strong strategic thought this isn't it. It's wearing fancy looking strategy coat, maybe some cool tactical shades but there's no real substance to the look. Where this game succeeds is pure, uncut fan service injected straight into the veins. This is nothing more than a toybox for fanboys and even a dabbler such as myself can see the appeal.

The complex development systems, the dispatching and the strategic play are all a vehicle to deliver the player new unlocked mechs, pilots, and vehicles. The satisfaction doesn't come from overcoming the challenge, but from earning more toys that you can mix and match into crazy combinations.
- You want to know how your favorite mech pilot will do as the captain of a warship? You can do that.
- You want bridge bunnies to turn into fighter pilots? You have my Group 04.
- You want mortal enemies to team up into an upstoppable monster tank squad? EZ PZ
- You want an entire player created army? Not a problem

I've barely scratched the surface on the unlocks and I find myself loving every minute of squad building, training and experimenting with different teams. The more useless the team is... the more accurate it is to the lore. You aren't SUPPOSED to create an unstoppable army, and instead do something I've never seen before.

Each chapter of the game has you playing through the various Gundam storylines. We follow the stories of these anime Heroes in their ridiculously OP mechs as they do hero stuff and destroy all their enemies. Do enough cool stuff as this "Guest" pilot and they'll get unlocked for your own army.

The player's custom army takes on the role of the nameless NPCs that happened to be around. Anything they destroy takes away from the heroes kills... and your ability to unlock anything. Instead, it becomes a battle to make the Stars of the show shine. You don't want to destroy targets, but to soften them up enough so that Heero can get some epic combos and replicate iconic scenes from the show for even more unlocks.

(It's worth noting that killing an enemy rewards and additional action and this is an extremely fun puzzle)

Everything is balanced so that the NPCs are powerful enough to handle the majority of the threats. As such, all of the custom army building becomes far less important. Even a joke army can run support in most cases and well-designed and equipped army is likely to slow the actual objectives of unlocking the heroes.

Missions themselves tend to greatly outstay their welcome. A single stage often consists of a long cutscene, a battle, another cutscene, a separate larger battle that can have multiple maps and surprise changes. followed by more cutscenes. On average a single mission lasts between 1 and 2 hours for me.

The shallow depth and low strategy would be far better paced in a more casual fashion. It's feel much better to split each stage into 2-3 smaller ones to better fit the experience. But at the end of the day, I still enjoy the time I've put into this and could see it easily being 80 hours by the time the core content is complete.

This is why I'm recommending this as a Toy Box but not as a strategy game. There's alot of joy to be found, but its not what I would have expected from the genre.

スペースキャット
スペースキャット

I like gundam series but i'm feel brainless for this game and too late for refund ;D

dragonfruitZ
dragonfruitZ

No thing else to say. It's a great gundam game!!!

ABsoLuTE
ABsoLuTE

Game is a decent strategy RPG. Most of the fun for me came from collecting all of the mobile suits and watching the special attacks. Some of the missions can be difficult or monotonous, but over all it holds up across the entire experience. Prepare to grind a lot and most things in the game aren't explained very well. As far as guides on the internet it's pretty slim pickings.

hanbut
hanbut

This game is a great way to chill when you have nothing important to do or you just have hours on hand to play. Overall the game is made to be fun with the stellar animations and anime level voice acting.This is intensified even more for gundam fans who are struggling to find any game that fill their gundam desire.

TLDR... great if you have time and INSANELY fun for gundam fans regardless of whether your favorite series is in the game.

monstergirlfan
monstergirlfan

it has a good line up for any gundam fan only downside i had is that custom characters are weak compared to others and dont have any preset abiltys like other pilots would be nice to able to have some more detail in that area and maybe increasing their starting stats as they start on the low to mid for pilots.

yohanesgultom
yohanesgultom

+ Good graphics
+ Fun gameplay
+ Awesome replayability (character/unit development)
+ Entertaining story mode

Setsuka 説化
Setsuka 説化

i need zoids version of this suuuuuuuuugooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

zodiaclibra
zodiaclibra

its a Gundam tactics game kind of like fire emblem or final fantasy tactics and it has mechs, the rendering for the combat cut scenes is great a really well polished game

GoalieZero
GoalieZero

Great turn based RTS, for Gundam fans and non-initiated fans alike!

PS_ionic_StorM
PS_ionic_StorM

Recommend if you can get discount price since there already new SD gundam on its way so just save your money and go buy a new one and if you are a fan of the feature series in the game 00/seed/wing/IBO

as for the game
- its a port to PC so expected console graphic
- battle cinematic does look cool
- battle map look kinda eh on PC because its was design for handheld like switch so when its display on 24 inch+ monitor its not gonna look good
- lot of mobile suit to unlock from each series but the unlock system is kinda weird since you need to have "X" mobile suit first so you can know what your current mobile suit can be develop into for example i have Gundam Exia it can be develop into 4 choice of mobile suit but you have no idea what is the next unlock of each choice is so you kinda have to guess which if its a gundam you can guess easily if you know or watch that series but if its not a gundam well good luck finding out which can be develop into which

AlthekA
AlthekA

ไม่ใช่แฟนเดนตาย = ไม่แนะนำให้เล่น

Cheng Gui
Cheng Gui

SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays is a huge game that has a number of series represented as well as tons of action to enjoy. It's a game worth playing if you are even the slightest bit interested in Gundam, even if there are some instances where it doesn't quite succeed.

Titles such as this are great for recapping shows that have been missed or reliving the best moments. The player can also mix and match their favorite characters with the best mecha in the game, allowing them to go hog wild.

While SD Gundam G Generation Cross Days may not be for everyone, I would recommend it to fans of the series and those who enjoy turn-based tactics. In addition to the numerous series and side stories available to play, the sheer number of units available means that there is more than enough content to keep you busy for a long time. Season passes are available for this game, and it looks like there are Gundams with cool abilities, but it's optional, so get it if you want. Ratings: 7.5/10.

jenicia9351
jenicia9351

enjoy playing the story scenarios from some of my favorite shows

gonj183
gonj183

You spend 90% of your time grinding for money and for new Gundams.

FirmanCross
FirmanCross

dayum..... its remind me of my NDS game, SD Gundam G Generations Cross Drive.
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other than name, in those title... we learn RAID type Attack on those title....

Roodog
Roodog

Much more fun then the last G Generation SD Gundam game that was released for the UC Gundam series a couple years age. I highly recommend this game to any Gundam fan!

Vampire
Vampire

How can a developer read my mind?

developer choose gundam series that i love the most of gundam make this game.

1.Gundam seed and seed destiny. (Love the most because character design feel like fafner. (LOL) )
2.Gundam OO (Character design is good)
3.Gundam iron blood orphan (Story is good for me even bad ending. the choose is not correct or wrong. The winner is the author of history who decide correct or wrong.)

about gundam wing i don't feel anything about story just so-so for me

And I'm not a big fan of gundam series for me not fun with gundam U.C. series not ever watch anime gundam U.C. too

I play game gundam and read story about it but not fun, drama love is very much of annoying.

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Playing this game is like reviewing the story again and I learned about Gundam story that I didn't read in manga.

I hope DLC Gundam Exia Repair IV of Graham Aker.

dunshootme
dunshootme

Bought if at a discounted price.

If you like GUNDAM, this is the game.

If you want to stay enjoyable in the game, don't skip any stages/stage flow to get better MS or warship. Just play along.

Why? once you have a better MS and Warship, you can basically finish the stage in 1 or 2 turns if not because of the condition. It's repetitive after that. You don't even have to move all your MS to finish the stage.

Jimmy2Shoes
Jimmy2Shoes

its gundam, alas no char aznable burger or gouf however gundam tho

NeonRunner
NeonRunner

This game is absolutely enormous - the sheer number of suits, ships, pilots, upgrades, and stages is staggering, and that's not even counting the DLC packs. The gameplay loop seems a little complicated at first but it becomes pretty simple as you settle into it, and you can chain together some pretty fun combos and group attacks using allied suits or warships.

The game can get a bit repetitive though, since most of the missions are relatively similar and retell the anime storylines pretty closely, so you have to sit through a lot of dialogue. Most of the fun probably comes from the ability to mix and match the different suits and pilots (you can beat the crap out of Ali Al-Saachez using Orga Itsuka in the Strike Freedom Gundam, for example), and watch them fight each other in some pretty slick animations that play between attacks. Not a perfect game by any means, but a lot of fun if you're a fan of Gundam and want something with a lot of content to sink your teeth into.

Tamura-chan
Tamura-chan

This game isn't for everyone, hell I'd say it's mostly for the hardcore Gundam fans but I'd still recommend it to others regardless.
The gameplay is not your usual action packed fast paced game where you blaze through stages in 10 minutes tops, at least in the early game. It's slow and you have to plan out your movements and units attacks accordingly to optimise your strategy to fit the situation. You also have to manage a ton of units on the field at once.
The game is surprisingly indepth for what you can do such as developing units, the proper stats and pilot/unit combinations and all that but after a few hours you'll get the hang of it.
It's a fun strategy game which If you love those and Gundam, you'd probably get a kick out of this game

LMAOZehDong
LMAOZehDong

This is an aggressively mediocre turn based RPG with chibi Gundam skins thrown in to appeal to kids that would otherwise pass it over. The combat is incredibly repetitive and tedious, the energy system does little to improve gameplay and the stages are unbearably long. I've seen other people praise the writing, but it all reads pretty cringe to me.

This is the game for you if:

-Are married to a Japanese body pillow
-Love poorly written dialogue
-Like your turn based games to be an absolute grind

If none of the above screams "That is so me", then I'd avoid it for anything over 20 bucks. Like, I paid 15 and I'm still iffy on if I'd have derived more joy from crying into a burger than punishing myself with this game.

Geekman
Geekman

Yet again, I'm not totally dissatisfied with the game, but since Valve is not giving me an option of standing on a neutral ground, I'll have to say Not Recommended.

TLDR:
Pro:
1) High resolution graphics,

2) Probably 3D rendered battle animation, (I suspect it is rendered in 3D, but they are always displayed in fixed, on-rail animation, so, well...)

3) Finally, in languages I fully understand, can enjoy the stories. (I have limited understanding in Japanese)

That's it.

Con:
1) EXTREMELY EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFULLY COUNTER INTUITIVE MOUSE CONTROL. Only morons will program it like this in year 202x. Bandai Namco's programmers must have been programming this game using gamepad with soft keyboard. Yeah, the one they used in the consoles to allow players input My Characters name of this game.

2) Units are still presented with pre-rendered still image in gallery and information screen. Opportunity missed

3) Using a very ancient and very dislike-able system. I can't recall which version it is, but it must have been very old, like PS1 or PS2 era that used this very painful system and later got ditched in newer versions, for reasons we all know why.

Full review (Or, full rant):
I have been a huge fan of the SDGGG series, and have been playing this game since the PS1 versions. However The one I liked most is the SDGGG World/Over World, so I'll be comparing this game to that.

Instead of using the tested and proven SDGGG World/Over World system, for reasons I couldn't fathom, the developers of this game chose to use this system. It is very confusing in the leveling-up of units and it is very painful to grind for levels to get more MS. Over World has already have a very mature and fully evolved system, I just can't understand why they want to make this PC version so painful to play.

The Mouse Control.... I was thrilled to learn that this game has full mouse control. It's a PC game after all... However, 10 seconds in in my first play of stage 1, I started to feel very uneasy about the mouse control.

First of all When you click to select a unit, the screen will center on the unit, this is fine, but the problem is, you WILL HAVE TO CLICK ON IT AGAIN TOO BRING UP THE MENU. So when the screen centered on a unit, your mouse is not pointing on the unit anymore!! If you do a double click to try bring up the menu, you will be clicking wildly on another space and the game will try to center on that space, and so on. This is especially painful when selecting a Warship, since it takes up multiple space and unless you always click on the EXACT CENTER of the ship when it is in dead center of screen, you will never be able to call up the ship's menu. And since the space you clicked on the ship, while the game will highlight the square, it is covered by the ship itself. So a pure mouse user will be very frustrated in this game.

The reason of this is the developer is just too lazy to program a proper mouse control for the PC. They just take the console's gamepad control, mapped them to mouse clicks and that's it.

WAKE UP CALL TO BANDAI NAMCO programmers: PC Games, especially with MOUSE CONTROL, do not work like gamepad controls. At least test play your game in Keyboard/Mouse control, since you are releasing it on PC.

Why not program it as a proper mouse controlled game: When player clicked on a unit, screen centering is fine, as long as you show the menu a the mouse click event, not requiring another click to make the menu show up. I understand it is from the console control scheme, where you press the L/R button while holding Square button (I'm referring to PSP controls here), then press the Circle button to call up the menu.

But simply mapping a click on a unit as Square+L/R and then another click to match the Circle button to call up menu is just very counter intuitive for a PC game.

And all that I have just described so lengthy, is just one single aspect of the cumbersome mouse control, it presents in many other mouse control due to lazy mapping of the gamepad button.

Also, since the game already have all the 3D models of the MS/Warships, why oh why do people at Bandai Namco still presents the MS/Warships gallery with still images? I really hope I can view all the MS/Units in full 3D, i.e. I can look at them at any angle to admire the full mechanical designs. I believe a 3D model, even fully textured (not that I'd say the MS in the battle animations have very detailed texture, they looked like mostly comprised of flat polygons), would still be smaller than a high resolution still picture, no? At least you don't have to include a 3D model + texture and also a high resolution still image for the gallery, and you could cut the work of needing to render the still images and stuffed them in the game files.

The only reason why I haven't refunded the game is, I just want to know what the story is about and to fully understand what the characters have been yapping about, all the time, in all the SDGGG games I have played.

Before anyone jump in and yell: GO WATCH THE ANIME, I'm not very interested in watching anime. All I'm interested in is Gunpla, and SDGGG games. Gunpla has been becoming too expensive for me, so I'd expect to be able to admire the MS in this game.

And, no, I'm not playing this game with a gamepad. Not until I'm totally desperate (When the extremely peas poor mouse control finally defeated me)...

wuyulun98
wuyulun98

Hopefully I am wrong. I believe this is the second last game of the SD GUNDAM G GENERATION series. Bandai Namco has announced Gundam strategy game SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL for iOS and Android, which will be free-to-play with in-app purchases. You know, gacha game, maximized profit. SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL can be the end of this series, as there will no longer be financial incentive for Bandai to develop a game like SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS. It is just sad. So sad.

Koon Ran
Koon Ran

Worth of purchase If you like gundam .

Chrome Dome Daddy
Chrome Dome Daddy

big fan of gundam and have dabbled in rts the game in itself isnt bad but the controls feel a little clunky not to my taste but may be good for someone else

mrabud
mrabud

i love this game, can you help me plz ?
i cant use my xbox one controller

悲 | BennyLiquid
悲 | BennyLiquid

It's a Gundam game, play it if you like gundams and RTS.
Having a good time grinding for suits and operators i like.

The Big Cheef
The Big Cheef

if you like Gundams and turn based strategy then you will probably like this game

Dai_Suki
Dai_Suki

Fast paced SDGundam,
Instead of the usual 2 team grind. it's possible to have other team grind on dispatch with real time..
pilot skill (like cordinator or mechanic etc) now become an item
there's SFS (hover board like) to help you fav unit in case they have bad terrain
they have lots of unit line up

now the down side..
they have 0 UC era unit (Original Gundam timeline)
The variety of Warship is straight bad.. due to most Series in the game don't have Warship... the good one (have 2 team slot and can be used on both space or earth) can be counted on the fingers