History VideoGame / GundamEvolution

''Gundam Evolution'' (stylized as ''[[CapsLock GUNDAM EVOLUTION]]'') is a 6v6 team based multiplayer HeroShooter from Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment, based on the {{Franchise/Gundam}} franchise. It had a Closed Network Test in April 2022 which had only Ranked mode, and officially releases on September 22, 2022 on PC, and December 1, 2022 for consoles.

* AttackItsWeakpoint: Called "Critical Hits" in this game, most commonly occurs when a mobile suit is struck in it head. Crits do double damage, Sniper crits deal 2.5x damage, and Sazabi crits deal 1.4x damage.

** Both Methuss and Asshimar can only stay transformed in mobile armor mode for three seconds, despite being able to do it indefinitely in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''.

** The description for Sazabi's Enemy Search--"Detects enemies through any obstacle for a short time, revealing their position."--is ''very'' misleading. It makes it sound like you can activate it to detect enemies current hidden from view. It actually only affects enemies ''in sight'' (and in range) of you when the ability activates, marking them so they'll be visible through walls afterward for a few seconds. Also unmentioned is what makes the ability useful: scanned enemies become visible to ''your entire team'' through obstacles, letting your teammates get the jump on them.

* TheComputerIsALyingBastard: Exia's specs says the [[FlechetteStorm GN Beam Daggers]] are "Effective up to medium range." Bizarrely coming from a melee-focused suit, the daggers actually fly perfectly [[NoArcInArchery straight]] and true, with no damage falloff at any distance. [[PainfullySlowProjectile Their travel low speed]] and fire rate makes outright sniping impractical, but they can still be quite a nasty surprise to slowed down or clustered together enemies in the distance.

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The different game modes are '''Point Capture'''- a simple Attack/Defend mode where the attacking team must capture 2 points on the map while the defenders try to stop them, '''Destruction'''- an Attack/Defend mode where attackers must plant [[StuffBlowingUp Megacharges]] on certain environmental positions while the defenders try to stop them or disarm the charge, '''Domination'''- a King of the Hill styled match where the point moves periodically, and '''Headquarters'''- a hybrid mode where the teams fight for a fixed point and the winner each round get attack the enemy's generator to take additional points.

** Mahiroo's Ren-Do grenades a trail along their whole path, even as they bounce around.

The different game modes are '''Point Capture'''- a simple Attack/Defend mode where the attacking team must capture 2 points on the map while the defenders try to stop them, '''Destruction'''- an Attack/Defend mode where attackers must plant [[StuffBlowingUp Megacharges]] on certain environmental positions while the defenders try to stop them or disarm the charge, '''Domination'''- a King of the Hill styled match where the point moves periodically, and '''Headquarters''' a mix of King of the Hill and Attack/Defend where the team that takes a point at round attempt to get additional points by attacking the generator in the enemy's base.

The different game modes are '''Point Capture'''- a simple Attack/Defend mode where the attacking team must capture 2 points on the map while the defenders try to stop them, '''Destruction'''- an Attack/Defend mode where attackers must plant [[StuffBlowingUp Megacharges]] on certain environmental positions while the defenders try to stop them or disarm the charge, and '''Domination'''- a King of the Hill styled match where the point moves periodically.

* EveryBulletIsATracer: Shots from the GM Sniper leaves a white trail and makes a loud noise to make it easier to know where you're being shot at.

* AdaptedOut: Most of the mobile suits have fewer weapons than they had in the source material. Perhaps the most notable is the near-complete absence of [[LaserBlade Beam Sabers]]. Over half of the featured mobile suits canonically carry a beam melee weapon of some sort, but the only ones in the game are Marasai (UC)'s Beam Blade and Gundam Exia's GN Beam Daggers and GN Beam Swords (the latter being available only during [[SuperMode Trans-Am]]). Gundam, Pale Rider, Dom Trooper, and Nu Gundam use beam sabers only in their surprise MVP animations while Methuss uses a beam saber in one of its MVP animations.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Sazabi, Gundam, GM, and Hyperion Gundam each have a shield that protects them and allies behind them. DOM Trooper holds one during its G-maneuver and in one of its MVP animations, and Nu Gundam shows off one in an MVP animation, but does not use one in gameplay.

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* PlayEveryDay: There are daily missions that grants players more Battle Pass progression.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Sazabi, Gundam, and GM each have a shield that protects them and allies behind them. DOM Trooper holds one during its G-maneuver and in one of its MVP animations, and Nu Gundam shows off one in an MVP animation, but does not use one in gameplay.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: In the first half of the Colony Trading Post map, there are giant TV screens on the
buildings broadcasting events happening in other maps, such as Thermal Plant and Harbor City.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: In the first half of the Colony Trading Post map, there are giant TV screens on the buildings broadcasting events happening in other maps, such as Thermal Plant and Harbor City.

* VideoGameSettings
** AbandonedMine: Quarry
** EternalEngine: Thermal Plant, Colony Trading Post (second half)
** MetropolisLevel: Harbor City (first half), Colony Trading Post (first half)
** PortTown: Harbor City
** ShipLevel: Harbor City (second half)
** TripToTheMoonPlot: Lunar Comm Station, Missile Base, Ministry of Defense
** UndergroundLevel: Underground Command Center

* BackToBackBadasses: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7TxFyBf62A The "Season 3: Ignition" trailer]] shows off the capabilities of Gundam Heavyarms Custom, who is raining death from above with its quad-barrel [[GatlingGood miniguns]]. Asshimar tries to sneak up on it, but Guntank charges out of nowhere to knock it aside, and the two pepper the battlefield with bullets while covering the other's back.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Sazabi, Gundam, and GM each have a shield that protects them and allies behind them. Nu Gundam and DOM Trooper have one in some of their MVP animations, but does not use one in gameplay.

-->'''Voice E:''' I ''really'' do not enjoy the dying...

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Sazabi, Gundam, and GM each have a shield that protects them and allies behind them. Nu Gundam has one in its MVP animations but does not use one in gameplay.

* UnblockableAttack: Besides Marasai's regular Sea Snake, every skill that stuns the target bypasses shields and forces them to drop for the duration. Fire damage bypasses enemy shields entirely because their protection is directionally-limited and fire attacks all have an AreaOfEffect.