Gundam Battle Chronicle is the third in the Gundam “Battle” series of games for the PSP system (the other two being Tactics and Royale). Chronicles is a throw back to the older PS2 games like Federation vs. Zeon, and to a certain extent the extra mode in Journey to Jaburo. It’s a fast paced action game with a BOAT-LOAD of characters and many, many unlockables. Read on to find out more of this awesome game.

Graphically, the game is one of the best I’ve seen on the PSP. The character models are excellent, and the larger enemies simply look great. One of the best things about the game is the environments. Although there are only a few places to battle in, they all look great. There are a few city levels, some mountainous levels, space levels (including the space around Solomon), and even some ground-based space battles. The HUD is also very nice. It really looks like what you would imagine a mobile suit having. Most of the in-battle dialog is dubbed (although completely in Japanese), and it sounds great. The music is okay, but most of the time, you’re going to go “there’s music?”.

The game lasts a long time, actually. I can’t give an exact number, but I know I’ve spent at least 35 hours on this game. Probably more, and I’ll most likely spend a lot more time with it. The amount of unlockables in this game is ridiculous. There must be some where around 150 playable characters, maybe 20 pilots, somewhere in the vicinity of 30 unlockable BGMs and an outrageous 150+ loading screen pics. There is so much to do here, it’s almost unbelievable. You’ll be back for more each time you put it away.

Gundam Battle Chronicle is definitely the best Gundam game I have ever played, and its also one of the best PSP games currently on the market. The language barrier isn’t really something to worry about, there’s not a lot of reading to be done anyway. Get this game if you’re a Gundam fan, you’ll thank me later.