Review: Assault Gunners HD Edition (Nintendo Switch)

ASSAULT GUNNERS HD EDITION puts you in control of the Peace Keeping Force known as DAT and along with your three allied Battle Mechs, you must attempt to save Earth’s Migrants and the Mars Colonies as a whole from the threat of the ANTS uprising.

Pros:

  • Decent graphics.
  • 678MB Download size.
  • Mech shooter gameplay.
  • Two modes- Missions (Campaign) and Inferno mode (Survival)
  • Report- Stats area that is split across 3 areas, Skill, Play, and combat.
  • Hangar- Manage troops, Edit mechs, names and voices.
  • Full mech creation system. Collect new parts in missions and by collecting pickups.
  • Three difficulties- Easy, Normal and Hard.
  • Opening tutorial missions in mission mode.
  • HUD- Shows buttons assigned to weapons, Health, Minimap and objectives.
  • Team commands- You can set from four commands how your AI teammates act. Their current command is shown on screen for ease of use.
  • Controls are easy enough to grasp.
  • In game cutscenes.
  • Earn EXP, Level up and increase your stats.
  • Variation in levels as some are destroy all troops, Or you could be taking land and holding it or boss battles.

Cons:

  • No touchscreen support.
  • Only one controller layout.
  • Very busy HUD.
  • Doesn’t explain the whole mech creation stuff or how it all works.
  • Slow paced.
  • Bland landscapes, A lot of greys and browns with little architecture.
  • Movement is very slow and clunky.
  • No online play or leaderboards.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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