Originally released only in Japan for the PS Vita, ASSAULT GUNNERS finally gets a release outside of Japan in ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION for the PC and PS4. Aimed at delivering a fun and affordable third person mech shooter, ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION is good for those who like mech based combat but want a simplified version of it. Engage various enemies in a 20-mission story and survive in one of several survival missions. ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION also comes with DLC that was released originally in Japan which means gamers can enjoy the full experience right away. If you love all things mecha then you might enjoy ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION.

ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION is a third person mech based action game from developer SHADE Inc and publisher Marvelous. Players will join a military 4-man team to stop Mars from being overrun by an enemy organization. Equip yourself with various weapons like shotguns and assault rifles while doing battle in a giant robot. Engage in a 20-mission story mode or take on the DLC and or survival missions which are included in ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION. Be prepared for battle in ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION!

Humanity has made great strides to begin colonizing Mars in the future. However, Earth’s residents that have decided to come to Mars and make a new home on the red planet are beginning to face a grave threat. An uprising of mechs under the name ANTS has begun to sweep over the Martian landscape. Earth has unleashed their own mech units known as DATs to counter the ANTS threat. Can the DAT team save Mars and the people who now call this place home? Arm yourself soldier and enter your robot as the battle for Mars begins here in ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION.

Here at Honey’s Anime, we appreciated the PS Vita for what games it offered to gamers. Despite the PS Vita’s lack of sales in the United States of America, we still loved it and equally enjoyed the numerous games it had. Now for some of you reading this and wondering why we’re mentioning the PS Vita with a game that is being review for the PC—in this case, ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION—that’s simple. In Japan, ASSAULT GUNNERS was released on the PS Vita but was never released in the west, meaning we’ve never even tried it for ourselves. Then, publisher Marvelous—known for Senran Kagura series and a slew of other amazing games—decided to allow the HD remastered edition of ASSAULT GUNNERS a chance to be released on both the PC and PS4 here in the states. After playing ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION for ourselves here at Honey’s Anime, we have some thoughts on it and are going to share those with you now. Here is our review of ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION for the PC!

ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION is a simple game to explain. Players assume the role of a nameless—though you can name him or her—commander of a small squadron of elite robot pilots. Your job is to stop a recent uprising of enemy forces that threaten humanity. You’ll be fighting on various areas of Mars destroying rogue robots, tanks, ships and some beefy mechs all with your team in tow. Simple enough right? Though that is where ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION begins to dive into a torrent of mediocrity. Let us explain what we mean by talking about the gameplay first.

In ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION, you’ll be piloting a mech from a third person perspective using weapons like assault rifles, shotguns, laser guns and various missiles. ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION offers quite a nice variety of weapons to use and that is one of the stronger elements of the game as a whole, its customization. While ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION isn’t even close to more complex mecha games like Armored Core for example, it does give the player a wide berth of how to best make their robot more powerful. The problem here though is that when you actually begin to go into ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION’s 20 missions—there are DLC missions and survival missions, too—you won’t care what your mech can do.

Combat in ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION boils down to one of several mission variants. Players will occasionally have to kill all the enemy units, reach a specific area on the map before time runs out, activate various areas on a map and kill bosses. ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION will never change this format; if anything, missions will just stack objectives on top of each other to make them longer. None of the mission types in ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION will ever be enjoyable aside from the boss fights which are actually tough and fun. Regular enemies are mindless just like your AI counterparts who will most often die while you never get hit once. While you can command your team to be defensive or hold position, they will die even if you max out their equipment. ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION is boring 90% of the time and that’s a shame seeing as how you are in control of a machine that shouldn’t ever be considered boring.

We mentioned briefly that there are is DLC missions and survival missions. These aren’t any different than the base 20 missions to go through in ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION but do offer a strong increase in difficulty. While you can play the DLC missions right away, if you’re lacking in armor/equipment to use, don’t expect to live long. The same is applied with survival missions which are waves of increasing enemy numbers that will in turn also get stronger. ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION isn’t an easy game all the time—though most of the main missions are simple—which means you will need to obtain better gear from the development system before you can even survive in these modes.

Graphically, ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION doesn’t do much better. Environments are bland and even the enemy mechs look terrible. Your mechs however look fine and given that ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION was once a PS Vita game we forgive the weak visuals as a whole. In terms of music though, ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION sounds great. We loved the various music that made some of the blander moments significantly more enjoyable. The voice acting is also solid enough despite no subtitles for what your units are saying.

ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION isn’t a horrible game, let’s be clear about that. The customization options, the numerous weapons that can be used and the fact that this was a PS Vita title originally makes us understand why ASSAULT GUNNERS HD isn’t going to be an amazing title on the PC or the PS4. However, we here at Honey’s Anime have seen better robot titles like Damascus Gear or even Gundam Breaker on the PS Vita so we can only imagine that ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION wasn’t that spectacular even when it was on the portable system. If you like simple mecha games that don’t require hours of fine tuning a robot to get into the heat of combat then you’ll enjoy ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION especially for the price of only $9.99 or the complete version for $11.99. Though if you’re looking for a stronger mecha game to enjoy, you might want to really consider finding another title to dig into.

ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION could have been a lot better. Maybe because we’re spoiled with tons of mecha games that we here at Honey’s Anime desire other mecha titles like ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION to do something close in design but we know that many of you will have issues with it regardless of how many games like ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION you’ve played. We’ll ask you now, what do you think about ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION? Are you going to pick it up seeing that it’s quite cheaply priced or will you wait for another mecha game? Tell us in the comments below and remember to keep coming back to our hive for more game reviews and news here at Honey’s Anime!