G-Saviour (PlayStation 2)

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IMPORT: The game seems to have lost its focus and ends up somewhere between the "free run" Armored Core type of mech action game and the "free floating" Omega Boost type.

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Reviewed by: Ike Sato
Reviewed on: 10/04/2000
Updated on: 05/17/2006
Released on: 09/14/2000

Gundam is still growing in popularity outside of Japan. The franchise is now in its 20th year, spawning numerous anime series, video games, and other merchandise. G-Saviour was a project developed as a TV movie using a mix of live action and computer-generated graphics. Although the production has not been aired in Japan yet, Japanese software developers Sunrise Interactive and Atelier Sai decided to introduce it as a mech action game on the PlayStation 2.

The TV movie looks like a cheesy sci-fi TV series you'd see on UPN, and unfortunately that has translated to the game as well. The game tries hard to incorporate the plot and setting from the motion picture, but with the bad voice acting and corny dialogue, you can forget about the story elements of the game. The loading time for the long, arduous drama is unnecessarily long, and you'll be pressing tons of buttons even before you start the game. The soundtrack, however, actually fits perfectly with the setting and the atmosphere of the game.

Graphics are vital in mech games, and G-Saviour manages to cover only a bit of that. The mechs in the game are designed and presented well, but the 3D environment could use a lot of work. The game virtually has no height element, so you'll be fighting enemy mechs and stationary cannons on the same level. Objects in the environment are, for the most part, slightly taller than the mech, but don't expect to see any tall skyscrapers or giant-sized mechs in the game. The gap between the 3D-rendered environment and the 2D still background is so obvious that the environment does not look realistic at all. Furthermore, some of the stages are simply rehashed from one to the next with slightly altered patterns.

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