Bandai Namco continues to expand the Gundam universe video games with a new installment of the Gundam Breaker franchise. Gundam Breaker is based on the extensive model kits available across the world, which thousands enjoy, called Gunpla. The game allows players to build and customize their favorite machines and fight against other machines of increasing difficulty. Since the franchise's debut, several titles have been released, including recently a mobile game.
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Gundam Breaker 4 has finally been released after much anticipation from the fanbase. The game returns to the roots of the original series while tuning the mechanics to be more accessible for newcomers. Gundam Breaker 4 is a perfect blend of fun and creativity, with an extensive design aspect allowing for extremely unique builds in whatever fashion players can think of. Before diving into the new world of Gundam Breaker 4, here are some tips to aid players in building and breaking.
7 Missions Display What Parts Will Appear
Easily Keep Track Of Desired Units
While progressing through Gundam Breaker 4's campaign, players will encounter random models of the hundreds of available kits included in the base game. Players will receive pieces from these kits as they destroy them in battle and add them to their collection.
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It is most common to want specific parts from specific mobile suits and anime series to complete perfect builds for the player's ideal style of play. These particular parts can be easily searched for after completing the mission, the mobile suits featured will become visible in a list, making them easy to locate. On some missions, like the special quest missions, the game features and the mobile suits available are already listed in the mission info. Missions can be farmed in Gundam Breaker 4, which makes focusing on a particular part easier.
6 Adjust The Controls
Make Sure Actions Feel Comfortable And Responsive
Gundam Breaker 4 gives players complete control over how they pilot their build in the game. However, once loaded in and on the battlefield, players may want to tweak and change the default settings of the controls. To do this, they can interact with the settings menu once they've loaded the game by pressing the start button and scrolling down to the gear symbol, which reads "Config".
The game provides three pre-generated controller setups that allow for varying play styles. Additionally, Gundam Breaker 4 provides a custom feature for players to tune their controls just how they want. Button layouts are vital to how player machines will perform in the game and how well their abilities will work together. Players should take their time and look over the controls before progressing too far in the game, so they can get used to them before the challenge ramps up.
5 Break Combo Increases Part Drop Chance
This Feature Makes Obtaining Rare Parts Easier
The critical component of Gundam Breaker 4 is that players will need parts from other mobile suits in order to make their own custom machine more powerful and more versatile on the battlefield. Parts can be obtained easily enough by attacking enemies until they are destroyed. After their destruction, parts will drop from the appropriate kit and be added to the players' collection.
However, the game has an added combo feature that benefits the player when trying to gain specific parts in bulk. With the destruction of every unit, the player's break count will rise along with special buffs that will increase the number of parts that drop from enemies. This is an important feature that players should keep in mind in order to get the exact pieces they want from the units they're fighting.
4 All Parts Can Be Upgraded
Take Any Part In The Game All The Way To The End
As players progress through the game, starting parts and parts that drop will have a base level that will rise with each mission completed. Part levels decide part stats and battle power in terms of dealing damage and taking damage. It's essential to have the appropriate level of gear to be able to survive and deal damage in missions at higher difficulties.
Thankfully, players will not have to endlessly farm for gear they might not like just because it's a higher level. Once progressing far enough in the game, players will be able to obtain upgrade materials called Plastic in order to level up the gear they already have and enjoy using.
3 Parts Can Drop With Unique EX Abilities
EX Abilities Increase The Overall Power Of Units
A long-standing feature in Gundam Breaker games is utilizing special abilities pulled directly from the anime and manga. For example, the Strike Freedom Gundam is known for its laser barrage in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny.
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The Strike Freedom uses all barrels of its funnels and its equipped beam weaponry to fire a direct burst at single or multiple targets. Players may obtain this ability in the game by finding the appropriately attached part and equipping the ability in the EX skill slot for use. The abilities that parts can provide vary, and may even come in pairs. Players should keep an eye out for EX skills that may give them an edge in battle.
2 Parts Can Also Be Bought In The Shop
Bypass RNG With The Shop Vendor
Players who are having trouble searching for a specific part or encountering a specific unit in the game have multiple options to track down their location. In the main lobby of Gundam Breaker 4, on the first level, there is a shop vendor that sells an assortment of items.
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Among the items available are complete kits of suits the player encounters in missions. Players may use Ace Points to purchase the model kits, complete their collection, and obtain parts that are hard to find otherwise without using Break Boosters. In addition to unit parts, the shop vendor also sells builders' parts that have been unlocked by progressing in the game's story.
1 Creativity Is Key
Let The Creative Juices Flow
The crown jewel in Gundam Breaker 4 is the level of freedom that players are given when thrown into the game and handed their own machine, which is lacking in most other robot games. Players can construct, equip, and customize their units however they see fit. From basic grunt suits all the way to mobile armors, there is no limit to how much power the player can forge.
Players should spend as much time as they can in the assembly section of their room to find the perfect combination of abilities, parts, and style to unleash a true mobile weapon. Creating something original will set players apart from other units, but upgrading and modifying an existing unit will also do the trick. Gundam Breaker 4 provides the perfect canvas for players to express their wildest mech ideas.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 76 /100 Critics Rec: 55%
- Released
- August 29, 2024
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Fantasy Violence
- Developer(s)
- Crafts & Meister
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Franchise
- Gundam Breaker
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Hack and Slash