Level 5 is known to fumble marketing so MM didn't take off much during release period. If GB4 has an average story with deep combat and part customization, MM has the better story with deeper combat but limited part customization. Both games can exist in your mecha action library. You don't need to watch the tie-in anime, as both seasons are presented in-game.
@@jactstone the ex skills and burst actions in GB4 made me sad because they feel lacking in oomph even compared to GB3, while MMW made me hype just to launch a rocket punch. Even worse the tracking in GB4 seems to have issues depending on your reaction speed stats that a lot of attacks could easily whiff.
Gonna straight few things up... 1. This game actually is a 3rd version, the first is Megaton Musashi released on Nov 2021 for PS4, PS5 and Switch in JP only. Later they released F2P version called Megaton Musashi X (Cross) in Dec 2022. This 3rd version, Megaton Musashi W (Wired) which come out recently on April 2024 adding to not only Steam/PC platform but multi language and cross platform too. 2. The game isn't based on anime, it's a way around. It have 2 season, which cover until Musashi X, because this Musashi W too have new story inside the game which tell the story after Musashi X. Oh and if you know and played Danball Senki series, you can tell this game's mechanic isn't that much different ^^
I still own that game after buying it a couple of years ago randomly because I heard that it was a good light sort of gundam game but with cute little robots. I think I should pop that up again.
If you can read Japanese or don't mind playing in another language, danball senki w, is a sequel for the Japanese version of lbx, but never got translated. Danball senki and danball senki w is also on psp i think.
I thought this game looked familiar! The internal customization is the same basic style as LBX! It's no Armored Core, but honestly what is? I'm gonna have to keep this one on my radar.
Nice to see more and more people discover this game. I got lucky and saw a trailer before release and also remembered it being mentioned in a hidden gems video when it was still only in Japan. Bought it day one and don't regret it. I only stopped playing to let my brother catch up in the story so we can do missions together, but I really love it so far. Apparently there's even a roguelike mode you can do when you reach endgame.
The problem is that there's a great mecha action game buried under a dull and tiring story mode. The way the story is paced you're engaging more with that side of the game than the fun part. It's a really hard sell for most people.
@@adonchristlael6301 The problem is the pacing. The story could have been delivered in actual gameplay, but instead was an awful balance of 90% VN to 10% gameplay for hours and hours. It needed more gameplay padding - the missions are abysmally short, easy and frequently even interrupted. The gameplay is seemingly built for dynasty warriors scale combat, but gives you 5 weak slow boring enemies instead of 500 at a time. It's an action game, and even normal JRPGs have lengthy dungeons in between cutscenes.
As a fan of the Professor Layton games and of Level-5, I remember seeing the reveal trailer one year ago. Didn't pay much attention to it, and almost never heard of the game again. I'm glad to know it's out and it's great, I'm adding it to my wishlist immediately!
@@TheMiddleMan890 Yeah I was on the fence about it, but it's 100% worth it. I just finished Gundam Breaker 4, so I'll be giving some more thoughts on how the two compare.
This popped up in my feed. Thanks for covering it, as I likely would have never come across it. I'm in the Mecha Break waiting room but this might be a good mecha fix
Scaling? I think you mean flattening. That level of build optimization isn't reasonable for someone without a comprehensive XL spreadsheet for a dang build guide.
Wow, this game is deceptively deep and well developed. I wouldn't expect an anime like game like this to have this kind of depth these days. I love anime, but their games are rarely given this kind of passion in recent years. I'm really impressed, this is the real deal.
Also the funny thing is despite not having English audio for the voices they do the english version of the opening song which makes the lyrics feels really cringe lol compared to the japanese version they used in the anime......
Not being able to paint a majority of the parts basically killed all my motivation to play endgame content. I played it for hours on the US launch before hitting this "wall." If they did this to convince us to buy the "exclusive rogues" (that are just recolors), then they shot themselves in the foot.
The most impressive part is Level 5 haven’t given up on this game yet. The first part released 3 years ago with abysmal sales and they are still updating new contents and fixing bugs at the moment of this post.
I played this game on Switch and I enjoyed it a lot. The combat and mech stuff is pretty cool. I definitely wish it less loot to it…like I wouldn’t mind not having to go through so much every single time, but that isn’t really a nit pick. My only big con with this one is that the guy DOES. NOT. SHUT. UP. When you are in the story sections. I once counted I think skipping 17 cutscenes/dialogue moments before it FINALLY gave me controls again. That is actually what made me put it away. There’s just way way way way too much story and cut scenes to it. And it’s not like the story is bad. It’s your fairly stereotypical anime thing, but I just didn’t care when I’m on my 15th dialogue moment and I haven’t touched the good part of the game in 30 minutes.
One thing I'll give the game, there is a LOT of content there for your money. It's effectively 3 full games stuck together and with a unified set of refined gameplay systems for it all.
I forgot this game existed primarily because there was no advertising for it. I only just remembered it popped up because I was watching a random review of it a couple months ago before gundam breaker 4 came out and what I am seeing here is looking well and this game looks awesome but it never got any word of mouth from people nor did I even see a commercial or anything resembling a trailer for it. I mean it's a level 5 game so I know it's gonna be a good one but man does it suck that this didn't get any commercials regarding it or any ADS regarding it but then you go to gundam breaker 4 and you see a whole bunch of commercials for that. I will say this at least GB4 has an english dub which is good but the story I would say this game does it way better because it's not restricted to trying to copy from something that already exist but I'm not gonna spoil it even though there's not really much to spoil. Good job in trying to raise more awareness for this game!
When I found out about this game I had to choose between it and GB4, and I chose GB4(sorry). It is now on the wishlist though so I don't forget about it! Looks fun, I like the designs and combat so far.
My biggest issues with MM are the customization and the player base. Customization becomes a HUGE chore and even on a multiplyer day the parts yield is still abyssmal. Worse still, some of the best parts are on Megaton 2 mode, but you'd be a godsend if you could solo it! The worst however is the player base beacause it's on life support; you'd be lucky to have a god player help you on Megaton 2 but if no one's active, you're f'ed! Colosseum mode, forget it it's dead; I know, I tried to connect to an arena, but I get nothing. MM could have been promising, but with Level 5 doing Level 5 things, it just makes the game forgetable. With all the flaws it has, does it make it a bad game? No. Does it hold up to GB4? No. Should you get it on sale? Probably. Can it co-exist with GB4 and any other game with similar features? Absolutely!
Yeah, the only co-op missions I've pulled off was with a friend who got the game alongside me. I think once a random jumped in one of our missions. I've occasionally seen other players online since then, but when they're at Megaton 2 levels, they'll close the lobby if you set foot in there.
I just found out this video at random and just played all the quests and story for gundam breaker 4, I will be really interested in seeing you make a comparison with this game, I'm really curious. Thank you for the video
I remember seeing the game in the Japanese Nintendo Direct a while back and immidiately becoming extremely jealous, since all we got instead was some kind of kiddie game. Then I never heard about it again until this video.
1:45, the anime is based off the game which the end of the anime's run, it tells you to check out this game which is thankfully released internationally for all to see. 1:58 and a bit of Megazone 23 for those who love that classic too. 2:56, damn right, man. 3:47, I recalled the episode of Ryugo. His mom now wasn't his actual mom but his real mom was such a bitch. Poor guy loved his fake mom regardless of the fake memories because he felt like a real son with a real loving mom. 10:11, good to hear you enjoy it, ma man!
Lv5 did zero marketing on this. It is true that some very well made products have been shadow dropped and enjoyed, the fact that this is a 3rd release, they have done very little to explain how this is different, and leaving up to the public to get the qrong information based on previous releases.
for mech customization, you guys should try Cosmic Break. its an old game from Japan but its that good that mecha lover couldn't move on from it. now its on steam with a bit upgraded graphic.
when I saw the anime and saw "LEVEL 5" in the credits I sayed to myself "this thing have a game 100%" (LEVEL 5 is a game studio, knowed for making inazuma eleven games, professor layton games and some dragon quests games)
Megaton Musashi and GB4 have OVERWHELMING customization options. MM is $55 and GB4 is $65 on the PS4 PSN. I would spend more time looking at parts and creating different robot designs for ether game. Since I already have a bunch of PS2 Gundam and mech games and Ps3 Gundam games, I will probably get Megaton Musashi since it combines gundam with a power rangers since power rangers use robots to kill aliens. I have both Zone of enders , Gundam in space, gundam vs federation, Gundam never ending tomorow, Gundam Another Century episode R, gundam Vs, Gundam extreme vs, gundam Maxi versus boost, Gundam Fairy operations, War Tech, hard core mecha, LBX, giga bash.
Would've love to try, but game is abysmal regional pricing for Indian and many Asian countries. Game is 108% more expensive than standard regional pricing for $49.99 game.
I knew about it since launch but the sheer flood of DLC on lauch immediately repulsed me when I saw the page, and knowing it still has micro-transactions and live service stuff in it really scared me away further. I love mechs, have a good history with Level 5 mech games because of LBX, and the Mazinger Z collab got me excited, but I don't wanna risk an addiction like that.
The game is reaaaally good, but i have my gripes with it: 1. During story mode you HAVE to pilot 3 mechs with their own individual parts. So if Robot B and C (You are Robot A) dont have the same kind of power build you have.... they are one shotted and or underpowered. 2. The build system is overly complicated. 3. The skill tree is overwhelmingly flooded with things you might or might not even use later down the road depending on your build. Other than that the combat is flourishing and the story is mildly entertaining. If the 3 things above dont bother you than i say pick it up!
Sorry Mw5 Clans, I might have to play this game first :O The customization looks great, and the motherboard thing reminds me of the navicust system in battle network.
Damn it was on sale? I've had the game in my steam wishlist for a while now and got no notice of that. I've been pretty interested, and after seeing this, I'm definitely getting it. Thanks for the info. If anyone here is up for it. I'm definitely down to play co-op.
Did 300 hours. First hundred were the basic progression. Second 100 was grinding trying to get my foot in the door of end game progression. Third 100 was sunk cost fallacy of grinding the end game. Stop somewhere in the first 100 hours is my recommendation. You'll think you want to see the end game parts, but they're really not different even ignoring that 90% of them are literally just tiered up versions of earlier parts. It's just annoying bigger numbers and somehow worse grinding because the bonus stats on the higher tier parts is significantly worse to get the rolls you'd want instead of stupidly niche specific bonuses.
Ironically, I saw the steam page for this 3 weeks ago when my sibling was pre-ordering GB4. I was on the iff side since Steam reviews gave it 6/10 for the combat and boss battles. But seems to be very engrossing regardless.
As others mentioned level 5 made lbx but did you know that level 5 made a Gundam game specifically Gundam age that had a kinda similar story to megaton mushashi anime as in game first anime next
I played this one sandwiched between Gundam Breaker 3 and 4 and im still asking to myself how did they fkd up Gundam breaker 4 camera system and gameplay variety so much.
While I feel like there's a lot to be said about this game with it's presentation and good it is its low are the most severe and aggravated kick to the shins I've ever had the dis/pleasure of playing. There is exact 5 melee combat styles. Sword and Shield, Twin Swords, Great Sword, Spear and Knuckles with one or two extra unlockable attack/combo strikes added. The combat is INSANELY Shallow. with no actual combos beyond a full string of square or mash for light weapons and a hold for heavy. To put this into a more DMC style translation, you don't have stinger, or a toss up (beyond knuckles CHARGED UPPERCUT THAT DOESN'T COMBO) you lack any real timing for hits and I'll break down the issues as I go. While you have three equipable melee slots you can't hotswap mid combo, so linking weapon attacks together isn't possible, which is further compounded with the addition of elemental and damage type damage weaknesses. Combine that with how this game has tons of tutorials and somehow STILL won't tell you things is a testimony to how awkward this game is. Best example is with S-Adapters, you earn this through doing Stronghold missions after the appropriate plot point occurs the game goes out of its way to tell you how to earn them and upgrade them but never ACTUALLY TELLS YOU HOW TO EQUIP THEM. And if you dig into the subreddit you learn where all of this falls into the biggest problem this game has, Megaton 2 difficulty is where the bone of this really well made steak. The problem is this bone is made from concrete and you are expected to bite it full stop at least once and this is such an unfair and unexpected difficulty "picks up the table to bash your skull in with it" this unless you like Korean grinder MMO's will competely kill the game for you. The level of optimization you NEED to even Start Megaton 2 difficulty is borderline abuseive. And you'd think, oh it's just optional postgame stuff what's the problem, well there is actual content Locked behind that difficulty that you can't obtain or interact with without it. Like know this was a one point a freemium game in japan but holy hell it felt like Megaton 2 was designed to only be played by people who sunk 30,000$ into the most hate filled gatcha imaginable. I mean this with all my heart, this game was a solid 8.5 for me, but the sheer asinine powerjump from megaton to megaton 2 knocked this down to a 6. I actually makes me sad.
Game is great until you reach the higher difficulty ....very grindy and a lot of dps check, but a lot of high lvl player will help you on those lvl to get gear . Until this moment it s really fun. Run great on steamdeck as well.
I've been eyeing this one for a while but I have been wondering if the Mazinger Z and Getter Robo parts are DLC or if they show in the base game, would love to go trough story mode as getter Robo
all the collab robos are in base game for free, the last one is Grendizer. Their sidequest will be available only once, and then you'll steadily get them as random drops. Their main caveat though their super moves are only doable if you use them as full set(Mazinger's rocket punch and breast fire only works with full Mazinger set for example). But since you can change the appearance of every parts to look like something else, that might not be much of an issue.
HAHAHAHA No wonder no one's heard of this game, it's from Level-5 They take a decade to localize/translate a game and their marketing is godawful when they don't have Bandai publishing their games. Look what happened to Yokai Watch XD
Basically, I'm hearing that I have absolutely neglected to play a masterpiece and should be incredibly disappointed in myself, perhaps even more than my parents already are.
I bought the game for full price after all review vids I watched called it a hidden gem - but I stopped playing after a little over eight hours. While the base gameplay mechanics are good and functioning, the mech upgrade system is a little convoluted and the early missions are little more than linear tubes which get cordoned off at regular intervals to defeat generic enemy waves until a boss appears. Not to mention that the side quests in town exploration mode are terribly tedious. The worst offenders to my mind, however, are the story, characters and world building. The hero is the most bog-standard "strong delinquent with a heart of gold" stereotype, most characters surrounding him are also tired anime tropes, the premise of the world is ridiculously implausible and the unfolding plot clumsily tries to mix shonen action, romance and sci-fi mecha soap opera fan service. Overall, I think grinding through the bits outside the main game action isn't worth it unless you're a die-hard mecha and Level5 fan with a high threshold against bad anime cliché writing.
Regarding your point about the worst offenders being story, characters, and world building: Yes, the main character fits into that stereotype and the story can seem to drag on, especially in the beginning. But I found it to be... alright. It seemed to peak around the middle of the game for me and I thought some of the characters and their motives were actually pretty interesting. It's just that that interesting stuff is buried under hours of dialogue. The story didn't change my life, that's for sure, but I vastly preferred it over GB4's, which I'm reviewing now. I think the game would benefit massively from having a way to either skip the story completely, or having some other game mode that lets you just get straight into the action with all the games mechanics unlocked. Some are pretty big and you don't get them until your pretty damn far into the story. Still standby my statement though that it's a good buy at 24.99, ESPECIALLY after playing through GB4.
I love the graphics, the mecha in this game looks METAL!! 🤖unlike gundam games which always look no different than than ps2 games. Why can't gundam mech looks metal & have fantasy waterslide decal we gunpla addict always drool about? They have to look exactly or even worse than the model kit. Why bandai y?
I had more time in a week of GB4 than I had in months of MM. Both have meh stories but GB4 is far superior for mech customisation and the story parts at least don't take you out of the fight for as long. MM really gets the balance between story and action horribly wrong but if MM had more mechs to chose parts from it could have been a lot closer.
@@Sideswipe79 I think individual part customization is superior in GB4, but I really prefer the gameplay feel of MM. It would have benefited from condensing the story, 100% agree with you in the story seeming to drag, especially in the beginning. Working on my GB4 review now!
Not getting digital games until deep sales anymore so I have not touched either this or breaker yet (I live in Europe so we didn’t get physical breaker4)
It's various tracks from the OSTs of several games. Ace Combat 4, No Man's Sky, Journey to Jaburo, Armored Core... maybe some more LOL. I'll get it to you later today. Some of my favs!
The story js pretty bad, but the game has a really fun, breezy progression/build curve... Right until you hit the endgame. Up until then you usually always have a new mission or challenge to take on and you can temporarily ignore anything you arent enjoying. Endgame flattens all of that. There are no stages or enemy horde fights anymore, the only thing left to do is DPS check boss fights with strict time limits. Skill is secondary to stats at this point and if you get burnt out grinding the same boss for rank, too bad. You can jump into the fortress mega-dungeon which does have rewards worth chasing, but it will be a brainless cakewalk because it doesnt have a megaton 2 difficulty option. Fun game, terrible endgame.
Am I the only person who sees a low level unique or legendary and holds on to it? Apparently the norm is not being able to sell or dismantle it fast enough. Everyone is like, " I am going to do the pro gamer move of destroying this 0.00000001% chance drop weapon that shoots missiles that shoot lasers for a paperclip and 5 milliliters of alien butt sweat."
Level 5 is known to fumble marketing so MM didn't take off much during release period. If GB4 has an average story with deep combat and part customization, MM has the better story with deeper combat but limited part customization. Both games can exist in your mecha action library. You don't need to watch the tie-in anime, as both seasons are presented in-game.
That's why I'm playing both XD
I guess your a No One like me since you clearly knew about the Game prior to watching this Video.
@@jactstone the ex skills and burst actions in GB4 made me sad because they feel lacking in oomph even compared to GB3, while MMW made me hype just to launch a rocket punch. Even worse the tracking in GB4 seems to have issues depending on your reaction speed stats that a lot of attacks could easily whiff.
This, I don't think I've ever known Level 5 to market anything at all well
No physical release doesn't really help either.
Gonna straight few things up...
1. This game actually is a 3rd version, the first is Megaton Musashi released on Nov 2021 for PS4, PS5 and Switch in JP only. Later they released F2P version called Megaton Musashi X (Cross) in Dec 2022. This 3rd version, Megaton Musashi W (Wired) which come out recently on April 2024 adding to not only Steam/PC platform but multi language and cross platform too.
2. The game isn't based on anime, it's a way around. It have 2 season, which cover until Musashi X, because this Musashi W too have new story inside the game which tell the story after Musashi X.
Oh and if you know and played Danball Senki series, you can tell this game's mechanic isn't that much different ^^
Actually the gameplay is also not different to Gundam Age made by Level 5
@@muhammadwibisonojanuar7793 I mean...that still same developer....XD
And there is Gundam Age game? First time hearing that XD
You should take a look at LBX:Little Battlers Experience for 3DS, also a game by Level 5. Very underrated. Very Gundam and Metabots esq.
I still own that game after buying it a couple of years ago randomly because I heard that it was a good light sort of gundam game but with cute little robots. I think I should pop that up again.
If you can read Japanese or don't mind playing in another language, danball senki w, is a sequel for the Japanese version of lbx, but never got translated. Danball senki and danball senki w is also on psp i think.
Still playing LBX! That little game is actually one of the most fun mecha experiences on the entire DS platform
I really like lbx, I tried playing mm...but it didn't fill the itch I wanted like lbx unfortunately.
I thought this game looked familiar! The internal customization is the same basic style as LBX! It's no Armored Core, but honestly what is? I'm gonna have to keep this one on my radar.
Nice to see more and more people discover this game. I got lucky and saw a trailer before release and also remembered it being mentioned in a hidden gems video when it was still only in Japan. Bought it day one and don't regret it. I only stopped playing to let my brother catch up in the story so we can do missions together, but I really love it so far. Apparently there's even a roguelike mode you can do when you reach endgame.
That OG Gundam music is pure gold 💯👌🏽
Tried to get so many of my friends into this game. No one would even give it a chance.
This looks nuts, and also, the NMS ost in the background was a nice touch.
The problem is that there's a great mecha action game buried under a dull and tiring story mode. The way the story is paced you're engaging more with that side of the game than the fun part.
It's a really hard sell for most people.
@@RicochetForce Appreciate the input, and yeah, I can see that, especially in the beginning.
It is JRPG after all, so of course the story and dialogue side will take up a lot of hours
@@adonchristlael6301 The problem is the pacing. The story could have been delivered in actual gameplay, but instead was an awful balance of 90% VN to 10% gameplay for hours and hours. It needed more gameplay padding - the missions are abysmally short, easy and frequently even interrupted. The gameplay is seemingly built for dynasty warriors scale combat, but gives you 5 weak slow boring enemies instead of 500 at a time.
It's an action game, and even normal JRPGs have lengthy dungeons in between cutscenes.
As a fan of the Professor Layton games and of Level-5, I remember seeing the reveal trailer one year ago. Didn't pay much attention to it, and almost never heard of the game again. I'm glad to know it's out and it's great, I'm adding it to my wishlist immediately!
been looking at picking this up for a minute, great to see you covering this!
@@TheMiddleMan890 Yeah I was on the fence about it, but it's 100% worth it.
I just finished Gundam Breaker 4, so I'll be giving some more thoughts on how the two compare.
This popped up in my feed. Thanks for covering it, as I likely would have never come across it. I'm in the Mecha Break waiting room but this might be a good mecha fix
Can confirm after 200+ hours, its a good game. Just end game kinda falls flat due to scaling.
Scaling? I think you mean flattening. That level of build optimization isn't reasonable for someone without a comprehensive XL spreadsheet for a dang build guide.
This is the only review I've seen of this game that makes me actually want to play it! Nice job.
Wow, this game is deceptively deep and well developed. I wouldn't expect an anime like game like this to have this kind of depth these days. I love anime, but their games are rarely given this kind of passion in recent years. I'm really impressed, this is the real deal.
I have been hearing about this game, but this is the first time I’ve seen a full review. I’m definitely going to see if I can buy it. 👍
Absolutely love this game. Around 80+ hours in. It’s fun.
I played it lots before Gundam Breaker 4 came out, I can say that it was way better as a game, just falls at customizations.
@@hrgaming4plebs570 Yeah I have to agree with you there
Also the funny thing is despite not having English audio for the voices they do the english version of the opening song which makes the lyrics feels really cringe lol compared to the japanese version they used in the anime......
It is not better at all
For the most part, yeah. Think I may come back to this after I've made a few builds in GB4. Still have a lot to do from the Dreadnought Missions.
Not being able to paint a majority of the parts basically killed all my motivation to play endgame content. I played it for hours on the US launch before hitting this "wall."
If they did this to convince us to buy the "exclusive rogues" (that are just recolors), then they shot themselves in the foot.
Daemon ex Machina.
It's "almost" Xenogears meets Armored Core.
The most impressive part is Level 5 haven’t given up on this game yet. The first part released 3 years ago with abysmal sales and they are still updating new contents and fixing bugs at the moment of this post.
this was a great video, and this soundtrack is from a fever dream lol.
I played this game on Switch and I enjoyed it a lot. The combat and mech stuff is pretty cool. I definitely wish it less loot to it…like I wouldn’t mind not having to go through so much every single time, but that isn’t really a nit pick.
My only big con with this one is that the guy DOES. NOT. SHUT. UP. When you are in the story sections. I once counted I think skipping 17 cutscenes/dialogue moments before it FINALLY gave me controls again. That is actually what made me put it away. There’s just way way way way too much story and cut scenes to it. And it’s not like the story is bad. It’s your fairly stereotypical anime thing, but I just didn’t care when I’m on my 15th dialogue moment and I haven’t touched the good part of the game in 30 minutes.
Got this day 1. it is a GEM and cool story. TONS of options and systems.
Ace combat 4 OST noticed 👀
Goated ost tbh
Yeah, immediately noticed that. Classic stuff.
One thing I'll give the game, there is a LOT of content there for your money. It's effectively 3 full games stuck together and with a unified set of refined gameplay systems for it all.
I forgot this game existed primarily because there was no advertising for it. I only just remembered it popped up because I was watching a random review of it a couple months ago before gundam breaker 4 came out and what I am seeing here is looking well and this game looks awesome but it never got any word of mouth from people nor did I even see a commercial or anything resembling a trailer for it. I mean it's a level 5 game so I know it's gonna be a good one but man does it suck that this didn't get any commercials regarding it or any ADS regarding it but then you go to gundam breaker 4 and you see a whole bunch of commercials for that. I will say this at least GB4 has an english dub which is good but the story I would say this game does it way better because it's not restricted to trying to copy from something that already exist but I'm not gonna spoil it even though there's not really much to spoil. Good job in trying to raise more awareness for this game!
When I found out about this game I had to choose between it and GB4, and I chose GB4(sorry). It is now on the wishlist though so I don't forget about it! Looks fun, I like the designs and combat so far.
I accidentally learnt about this game while looking for another game.
So more on multiplayer later.... in the next video? Or there is none?
My biggest issues with MM are the customization and the player base. Customization becomes a HUGE chore and even on a multiplyer day the parts yield is still abyssmal. Worse still, some of the best parts are on Megaton 2 mode, but you'd be a godsend if you could solo it! The worst however is the player base beacause it's on life support; you'd be lucky to have a god player help you on Megaton 2 but if no one's active, you're f'ed! Colosseum mode, forget it it's dead; I know, I tried to connect to an arena, but I get nothing.
MM could have been promising, but with Level 5 doing Level 5 things, it just makes the game forgetable. With all the flaws it has, does it make it a bad game? No. Does it hold up to GB4? No. Should you get it on sale? Probably. Can it co-exist with GB4 and any other game with similar features? Absolutely!
Yeah, the only co-op missions I've pulled off was with a friend who got the game alongside me. I think once a random jumped in one of our missions. I've occasionally seen other players online since then, but when they're at Megaton 2 levels, they'll close the lobby if you set foot in there.
I just found out this video at random and just played all the quests and story for gundam breaker 4, I will be really interested in seeing you make a comparison with this game, I'm really curious. Thank you for the video
For a second the vid started I thought it'd be the Mazinger game.
I remember seeing the game in the Japanese Nintendo Direct a while back and immidiately becoming extremely jealous, since all we got instead was some kind of kiddie game. Then I never heard about it again until this video.
1:45, the anime is based off the game which the end of the anime's run, it tells you to check out this game which is thankfully released internationally for all to see.
1:58 and a bit of Megazone 23 for those who love that classic too.
2:56, damn right, man.
3:47, I recalled the episode of Ryugo. His mom now wasn't his actual mom but his real mom was such a bitch. Poor guy loved his fake mom regardless of the fake memories because he felt like a real son with a real loving mom.
10:11, good to hear you enjoy it, ma man!
Lv5 did zero marketing on this.
It is true that some very well made products have been shadow dropped and enjoyed, the fact that this is a 3rd release, they have done very little to explain how this is different, and leaving up to the public to get the qrong information based on previous releases.
for mech customization, you guys should try Cosmic Break. its an old game from Japan but its that good that mecha lover couldn't move on from it. now its on steam with a bit upgraded graphic.
wished listed the game. Hope your channel continues to grow.
Thank you for the kind words ❤
when I saw the anime and saw "LEVEL 5" in the credits I sayed to myself "this thing have a game 100%" (LEVEL 5 is a game studio, knowed for making inazuma eleven games, professor layton games and some dragon quests games)
They also made kinda subpart Gundam Age, both animation and game
Megaton Musashi and GB4 have OVERWHELMING customization options. MM is $55 and GB4 is $65 on the PS4 PSN. I would spend more time looking at parts and creating different robot designs for ether game. Since I already have a bunch of PS2 Gundam and mech games and Ps3 Gundam games, I will probably get Megaton Musashi since it combines gundam with a power rangers since power rangers use robots to kill aliens. I have both Zone of enders , Gundam in space, gundam vs federation, Gundam never ending tomorow, Gundam Another Century episode R, gundam Vs, Gundam extreme vs, gundam Maxi versus boost, Gundam Fairy operations, War Tech, hard core mecha, LBX, giga bash.
I need a space game like elite dangerous with this art style
That Mazinger Z torso @ 6:49 gave me a whiplash.
Mazinger, Getter, and Grendizer added as extra characters so far. Hoping for more, I'd love to see Gai King, Voltes V, Combatra etc too.
@@BeenNoticing Voltes V and Combattler V are already in the game.
@@BeenNoticing combattler V*
Level 5 is the best friend you want to win and succeed it just hurts how they make the bad choices T..T
Yep, Finished this game and it was awesome!
Would've love to try, but game is abysmal regional pricing for Indian and many Asian countries.
Game is 108% more expensive than standard regional pricing for $49.99 game.
Wow that's outrageous what the hell
It was weird this $49.99 game become way more expensive than $59.99 Gundam Breaker 4 in some Asian Countries
I knew about it since launch but the sheer flood of DLC on lauch immediately repulsed me when I saw the page, and knowing it still has micro-transactions and live service stuff in it really scared me away further. I love mechs, have a good history with Level 5 mech games because of LBX, and the Mazinger Z collab got me excited, but I don't wanna risk an addiction like that.
The plotline sounds *remarkably* similar to the ending of Custom Robo on the Gamecube...
wait the menus when adding the legs are the same as the armored core series like armored core 2-3 nice !
Yeah I know this game since it had a collab with hololive lol.
The Mech looks like Baymax "Fighting Mode" (Big Hero 6)
Szanuję za muzykę z Ace Combat 4. Widać że człowiek kultury
Been playing gundam breaker 4 on ps5 , have this game on wishlist imma try buy this game giant robots I dig.
I heard about it via model kits / figures online portals.
If this game were $40, it would've done much better. For $50, you might as well add $10 and buy Gundam Breaker 4.
Or just get it because it isn't gundam for once
The game is reaaaally good, but i have my gripes with it:
1. During story mode you HAVE to pilot 3 mechs with their own individual parts. So if Robot B and C (You are Robot A) dont have the same kind of power build you have.... they are one shotted and or underpowered.
2. The build system is overly complicated.
3. The skill tree is overwhelmingly flooded with things you might or might not even use later down the road depending on your build.
Other than that the combat is flourishing and the story is mildly entertaining. If the 3 things above dont bother you than i say pick it up!
On the other hand, I cannot repaint classic robots like Mazinger Z and Voltes V
Hey, it has Korone and others in it.
Jesus! That skill tree is massive! Might be one to pick up at some point! I wonder if it has a physical copy?
@@FriendsAndGamingYT Sadly I don't think it does
It doesn't
Might have to pick this up.
Dang I wanted to wait for an ENG phyiscal, but you got me. I'll just buy it digitally 😅
My friend got me it when it came out cause it seemed like a hidden gem!
SO. Basically... This is Path of Excile but Anime Mechs. Sounds great to me.
I like to think the centaur mech design is a homage to little battler
In the game there's a rogue called Arthur riser, that thing is literally Achilles
Sorry Mw5 Clans, I might have to play this game first :O
The customization looks great, and the motherboard thing reminds me of the navicust system in battle network.
Is UFO Robot Grendaizer on your radar at all? It looks to have similar combat to this from videos, but I have yet to play either tbh
@@barry-allenthe-flash8396 It is now, will look more into it for sure!
Damn it was on sale? I've had the game in my steam wishlist for a while now and got no notice of that. I've been pretty interested, and after seeing this, I'm definitely getting it. Thanks for the info. If anyone here is up for it. I'm definitely down to play co-op.
I'll play it if it gets a steam release, the dead multiplayer because of epic is a deal breaker.
Did 300 hours. First hundred were the basic progression. Second 100 was grinding trying to get my foot in the door of end game progression. Third 100 was sunk cost fallacy of grinding the end game. Stop somewhere in the first 100 hours is my recommendation. You'll think you want to see the end game parts, but they're really not different even ignoring that 90% of them are literally just tiered up versions of earlier parts. It's just annoying bigger numbers and somehow worse grinding because the bonus stats on the higher tier parts is significantly worse to get the rolls you'd want instead of stupidly niche specific bonuses.
Ironically, I saw the steam page for this 3 weeks ago when my sibling was pre-ordering GB4.
I was on the iff side since Steam reviews gave it 6/10 for the combat and boss battles. But seems to be very engrossing regardless.
@@evankam28 I honestly think it has better combat than GB4.
Working on that video now
As others mentioned level 5 made lbx but did you know that level 5 made a Gundam game specifically Gundam age that had a kinda similar story to megaton mushashi anime as in game first anime next
They were two Gundam Age games.
@@nekrumzero8117 but they're pretty much the same game since they were a dual release strategy
no marketing, crazy
I played this one sandwiched between Gundam Breaker 3 and 4 and im still asking to myself how did they fkd up Gundam breaker 4 camera system and gameplay variety so much.
this looks really similar to their older Danball Senki games
reminds me the gundam SD alliance but with more depth
While I feel like there's a lot to be said about this game with it's presentation and good it is its low are the most severe and aggravated kick to the shins I've ever had the dis/pleasure of playing.
There is exact 5 melee combat styles. Sword and Shield, Twin Swords, Great Sword, Spear and Knuckles with one or two extra unlockable attack/combo strikes added. The combat is INSANELY Shallow. with no actual combos beyond a full string of square or mash for light weapons and a hold for heavy.
To put this into a more DMC style translation, you don't have stinger, or a toss up (beyond knuckles CHARGED UPPERCUT THAT DOESN'T COMBO) you lack any real timing for hits and I'll break down the issues as I go.
While you have three equipable melee slots you can't hotswap mid combo, so linking weapon attacks together isn't possible, which is further compounded with the addition of elemental and damage type damage weaknesses. Combine that with how this game has tons of tutorials and somehow STILL won't tell you things is a testimony to how awkward this game is.
Best example is with S-Adapters, you earn this through doing Stronghold missions after the appropriate plot point occurs the game goes out of its way to tell you how to earn them and upgrade them but never ACTUALLY TELLS YOU HOW TO EQUIP THEM.
And if you dig into the subreddit you learn where all of this falls into the biggest problem this game has, Megaton 2 difficulty is where the bone of this really well made steak. The problem is this bone is made from concrete and you are expected to bite it full stop at least once and this is such an unfair and unexpected difficulty "picks up the table to bash your skull in with it" this unless you like Korean grinder MMO's will competely kill the game for you.
The level of optimization you NEED to even Start Megaton 2 difficulty is borderline abuseive.
And you'd think, oh it's just optional postgame stuff what's the problem, well there is actual content Locked behind that difficulty that you can't obtain or interact with without it.
Like know this was a one point a freemium game in japan but holy hell it felt like Megaton 2 was designed to only be played by people who sunk 30,000$ into the most hate filled gatcha imaginable.
I mean this with all my heart, this game was a solid 8.5 for me, but the sheer asinine powerjump from megaton to megaton 2 knocked this down to a 6. I actually makes me sad.
Game is great until you reach the higher difficulty ....very grindy and a lot of dps check, but a lot of high lvl player will help you on those lvl to get gear . Until this moment it s really fun. Run great on steamdeck as well.
I've been eyeing this one for a while but I have been wondering if the Mazinger Z and Getter Robo parts are DLC or if they show in the base game, would love to go trough story mode as getter Robo
They are in the base game, you unlock it around the end of x iirc
@@kiramainep ohhh thank you for letting me know
all the collab robos are in base game for free, the last one is Grendizer. Their sidequest will be available only once, and then you'll steadily get them as random drops.
Their main caveat though their super moves are only doable if you use them as full set(Mazinger's rocket punch and breast fire only works with full Mazinger set for example). But since you can change the appearance of every parts to look like something else, that might not be much of an issue.
HAHAHAHA No wonder no one's heard of this game, it's from Level-5
They take a decade to localize/translate a game and their marketing is godawful when they don't have Bandai publishing their games.
Look what happened to Yokai Watch XD
Please play LBX/danball senki, it's the predecessor of this game,they have model kits too if you're interested collecting them
Basically, I'm hearing that I have absolutely neglected to play a masterpiece and should be incredibly disappointed in myself, perhaps even more than my parents already are.
This is what M.A.S.S. Builder wishes it was
I actually preordered it
Gameplay certainly has got me interested. GB4's melee combat is so prone to whiffing.
@@xaechireon Gameplay is much better than GB4 imo although GB4 takes the win in customization, especially if you're into Gundam.
Just got to halfway in the video just saw mazinger z and getter robo in thisw game!!! Definately gonna buy in the fuuture
Tbh I became interested in this game because of the anime
I played the game day 1 and it was damn good
I bought the game for full price after all review vids I watched called it a hidden gem - but I stopped playing after a little over eight hours. While the base gameplay mechanics are good and functioning, the mech upgrade system is a little convoluted and the early missions are little more than linear tubes which get cordoned off at regular intervals to defeat generic enemy waves until a boss appears. Not to mention that the side quests in town exploration mode are terribly tedious.
The worst offenders to my mind, however, are the story, characters and world building. The hero is the most bog-standard "strong delinquent with a heart of gold" stereotype, most characters surrounding him are also tired anime tropes, the premise of the world is ridiculously implausible and the unfolding plot clumsily tries to mix shonen action, romance and sci-fi mecha soap opera fan service.
Overall, I think grinding through the bits outside the main game action isn't worth it unless you're a die-hard mecha and Level5 fan with a high threshold against bad anime cliché writing.
Regarding your point about the worst offenders being story, characters, and world building:
Yes, the main character fits into that stereotype and the story can seem to drag on, especially in the beginning. But I found it to be... alright. It seemed to peak around the middle of the game for me and I thought some of the characters and their motives were actually pretty interesting. It's just that that interesting stuff is buried under hours of dialogue.
The story didn't change my life, that's for sure, but I vastly preferred it over GB4's, which I'm reviewing now.
I think the game would benefit massively from having a way to either skip the story completely, or having some other game mode that lets you just get straight into the action with all the games mechanics unlocked. Some are pretty big and you don't get them until your pretty damn far into the story.
Still standby my statement though that it's a good buy at 24.99, ESPECIALLY after playing through GB4.
I love the graphics, the mecha in this game looks METAL!! 🤖unlike gundam games which always look no different than than ps2 games. Why can't gundam mech looks metal & have fantasy waterslide decal we gunpla addict always drool about? They have to look exactly or even worse than the model kit. Why bandai y?
I had more time in a week of GB4 than I had in months of MM. Both have meh stories but GB4 is far superior for mech customisation and the story parts at least don't take you out of the fight for as long. MM really gets the balance between story and action horribly wrong but if MM had more mechs to chose parts from it could have been a lot closer.
@@Sideswipe79 I think individual part customization is superior in GB4, but I really prefer the gameplay feel of MM.
It would have benefited from condensing the story, 100% agree with you in the story seeming to drag, especially in the beginning.
Working on my GB4 review now!
whats the soundtrack in 1:10?
Love this game !!!!
Not getting digital games until deep sales anymore so I have not touched either this or breaker yet (I live in Europe so we didn’t get physical breaker4)
Tracklist? The music in this video is straight fire.
It's various tracks from the OSTs of several games.
Ace Combat 4, No Man's Sky, Journey to Jaburo, Armored Core... maybe some more LOL.
I'll get it to you later today. Some of my favs!
i prefer playing.this.rather than GB4
Dude I gotta get this game
its mecha borderlands!
The story js pretty bad, but the game has a really fun, breezy progression/build curve... Right until you hit the endgame. Up until then you usually always have a new mission or challenge to take on and you can temporarily ignore anything you arent enjoying.
Endgame flattens all of that. There are no stages or enemy horde fights anymore, the only thing left to do is DPS check boss fights with strict time limits. Skill is secondary to stats at this point and if you get burnt out grinding the same boss for rank, too bad. You can jump into the fortress mega-dungeon which does have rewards worth chasing, but it will be a brainless cakewalk because it doesnt have a megaton 2 difficulty option.
Fun game, terrible endgame.
It seems like it's only available digitally. For Asia that makes it worse because physical ones are only Japanese versions for PS4
idc what anyone says, the armored core series are still the best mecha games
Am I the only person who sees a low level unique or legendary and holds on to it? Apparently the norm is not being able to sell or dismantle it fast enough.
Everyone is like, " I am going to do the pro gamer move of destroying this 0.00000001% chance drop weapon that shoots missiles that shoot lasers for a paperclip and
5 milliliters of alien butt sweat."
Expensive game.
What bothers me is what happened after chapter 25
Did arshem leave earth to fix their planet or does she mean “rebuild xidol” on earth?
I heard of it, and I wanted to get it on nintendo Switch Case 😮💨😔