Mobile suit Gundam Silver Phantom REVIEW Quest 3

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00:00What a guy, I'm banging on the street. What a guy, I'm loose on the beat.

00:11Stop!

00:19Welcome back, you're all alone again.

00:22No I'm not.

00:23This is Mobile Suit Gundam Silver Phantom by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Atlas V and Albion.

00:32And it was released 3rd October 2024.

00:36The movie.

00:38Even though I live in Japan, I'm not into any anime at all.

00:42So when I bought this, my mind was a clean slate. No expectations.

00:47I wasn't really sure how to review this because it's like a movie and a game.

00:51But here goes.

00:53The movie seems like a typical hero love movie that the Japanese love doing.

00:58And it looks fantastic.

01:00The VR moments are just superb.

01:03And I was just fixated on the characters and the inside of the robot suits.

01:08And just how great they looked.

01:10There is also a few cut scenes where it's in 360.

01:14But it still looks fantastic.

01:16The camera keeps jumping around to different shots for different points of view.

01:19So you won't have to move your head around so much.

01:22But you will probably find you will still look around because it just looks so good.

01:27Now, it also has interactive parts to it.

01:30Mainly sword fights.

01:32But there is some shooting to be done.

01:34Dodging by moving your head to a fixated point.

01:37Clearing debris.

01:39It gets you involved, but not too heavily.

01:42Game menus.

01:44Game menus are all very basic.

01:45Settings that offer you two types of voices.

01:48A language select.

01:50Language text.

01:52And subtitles on or off.

01:54And then there's chapter select.

01:56And some other stuff like interactive games.

01:58And a view the suits.

02:00Also, I found it annoying that if I had to stop and restart the movie.

02:04It wouldn't just pick up from where I left off.

02:06You had to re-watch from the start of a particular chapter.

02:10And whilst looking in the chapter select.

02:12There's no way of knowing where you are.

02:15Size.

02:17So you are getting around a 90 minute movie.

02:20And most of it being set in space.

02:22And from inside the Gundam suit.

02:24There are glimpses of other scenes like on the ship and around a planet.

02:29But most of the 360 cut scenes take place in new settings.

02:33And those are kind of things I'd have liked to have seen in the virtual reality as well.

02:39It's because the anime looks so good that you want to see more of it.

02:43Controls.

02:45Controls should have been better.

02:47Instead of having to push and pull levers beside you.

02:50To control shields.

02:52And to swipe your sword.

02:54They could have made it so you use your actual quest controllers.

02:58But otherwise, the controls on everything else is just fine.

03:02Mechanics.

03:04The movie looks great in VR.

03:06And also whilst in 360.

03:08I'm not a huge fan of having so many loading screens though.

03:12I think there was just a little too many.

03:15But the story was clear and easy.

03:18The interactive parts worked well.

03:20Though sometimes a little tricky when using the levers in the suit.

03:24The mixed reality game is perfect.

03:27But I will say that the movie did crash twice whilst I was watching it.

03:33Playable characters.

03:35So whilst playing the mixed reality game.

03:38You get to play through a lot of Gundam suits and figures.

03:42Weapons.

03:43So weapons you will get to use throughout this game.

03:47And the movie.

03:49It will be a hand pistol, laser gun, sword, shield.

03:53Secondary weapon which is a rocket.

03:56And then a special weapon which is like a barrage of rockets.

04:00Mixed reality.

04:02I love the mixed reality game in this.

04:04You have three acts.

04:06Each act consisting of three levels.

04:09And then there's a grand finale.

04:11For each level you get to use a different Gundam figure.

04:16Battling off waves of attacks.

04:18You hold your Gundam figure like a child would.

04:21Waving it about through the air.

04:23Dodging bullets and rockets.

04:25All whilst squeezing your trigger button to shoot the enemies.

04:29Or push up on your gun stick to load up the sword attack.

04:33Then you can use A button to launch your secondary weapon.

04:36And also B button to launch your special weapon.

04:39You also have ammo and shields to collect to aid you to that win.

04:44My thoughts.

04:46I do really like what they have attempted to do here.

04:49But for me personally.

04:51I would rather the movie just be a movie.

04:54Without the interactive stuff.

04:56Keep that separate and make a few mini games instead.

04:59Like they did with the mixed reality game.

05:02They could have made it so you can actually view the suits.

05:06Like they have actually done.

05:07But then made it so you can actually get into the suits.

05:11View the insides of them.

05:13And walk around in them.

05:15Maybe fire off some of the weapons in a gun range or something.

05:19I think this would have really appealed to a lot of the fans of the series.

05:23And still appeal to non-fans.

05:26So do you have to be a hardcore Gundam fan to enjoy this?

05:30No. I don't believe so.

05:32I think fans might appreciate it more.

05:34But I think even if you are not a fan.

05:37You will still enjoy the experience.

05:40I would have liked to have seen way more VR in the movie.

05:44And definitely more locations.

05:46But in general.

05:48This is a great idea.

05:50I quite enjoy watching the short 5-10 minute VR cartoons on my headset.

05:55So a full movie is just a fantastic attempt.

05:59I really do hope to see many more anime movies come to VR in the near future.

06:04So with that.

06:06I mark Mobile Suit Gundam an 8.4 stars.

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06:21Thanks guys. And happy gaming.

06:23Guess the show is over.

06:26I got it. Good job.

06:34Bye.

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