⠀⠀♫ Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – Opening Theme 1 ♫⠀⠀⠀⠀
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82HM0z6qd20

Reminder for myself: Don't re-install this.

The premise is exciting, and the actual amount of content is genuinely worth the price tag, even excluding DLCs that I completely ignored. The idea of using some of my favorite Gundams, like the Harute and Strike Freedom, in a tactics game sounds- and honestly is- very fun.

But man, there's a LOT of issues that bring this experience down. Maps are enormous, long, and bursting with fodder enemies. Combat Animations are delightful and extremely cool, and some I liked seeing even all the way through their introductory missions. But they get old and stale very quickly, given how often you're going to see them, though tolerances may vary of course. But those are the exciting parts; actually playing through the turns gets incredibly tedious very quickly.

And in the main menu, out of combat missions? The UI is surprisingly atrocious. It gets the job done, once you start learning to navigate it, but things as simple as setting up Groups and even Units feels... weirdly antiquated? It's not like quality of life options and ease-of-use didn't exist in 2019, I'm not sure what happened with this game's menus.

But the most prominent factor that keeps me from recommending it is the Grind. I'm a big fan of long grinds myself. I love seeing small numbers get bigger, makes me happy. But I just don't have the time as much anymore, and I could certainly have more fun and engaging grinds than this game is asking for.

It's a serviceable game with an ocean of knee-deep content, all Gundam shaped. That'll be enough for a lot of people, but I'm looking for something more rewarding for diving deeper.

Great game love the Gundam serie.

This is a pretty addicting game if you're into collecting stuff. Develop and collect mechs like mobile suits/armors and watch them do fancy attacks. If you like alternative timelines in the Gundam franchise, like After Colony (Wing) or Post Disaster (Iron Blooded Orphans) and turn-based tactics games as well, give this a spin.

There's a lot of grind in the game though, especially if you're into that aforementioned collecting stuff.