I've only played a few Gundam games in my life but this is definitely the worst.  I'll start with the positives.  The story is true to the anime and the missions almost mirror the battles perfectly.  The graphics are fairly decent for it's time and are good enough.  The features are pretty good and the difficulty level is tough but not impossible.

  Now for the bad parts.  The game has a FAKE difficulty, by this I mean the controls are horrible and you will miss far more than you will hit anything unless your timing is perfect and you've mastered the "claw" controller grip.  Playing on a regular dualshock 2 is enough to cramp your wrist after an hour.  The AI is also horrendous and your allies will do next to nothing besides run in circles taking pot-shots at flying enemies and they might have an accuracy rating of 10% at best.

  The sad thing is that yours will be no better than 30% unless you are very talented at video games and beyond that of your average online shooter player.

  Imagine yourself in the middle of a war and your given a gun that is fingerprint locked with 4 safeties and has to prime itself for a few seconds after every single shot and takes 5+ shots to kill anything.  Then add enemies that fly in wide patterns and will rarely miss you, they also travel three times as fast as you to top it off.

  Your basically a dyslexic turtle being attacked by bats.

  I did manage to beat the game eventually but it certainly took more tries than I'd care to admit.  The first mission is the easiest thing ever but by the second you'll be yelling at the screen.
I've only played a few Gundam games in my life but this is definitely the worst. I'll start with the positives. The story is true to the anime and the missions almost mirror the battles perfectly. The graphics are fairly decent for it's time and are good enough. The features are pretty good and the difficulty level is tough but not impossible. Now for the bad parts. The game has a FAKE difficulty, by this I mean the controls are horrible and you will miss far more than you will hit anything unless your timing is perfect and you've mastered the "claw" controller grip. Playing on a regular dualshock 2 is enough to cramp your wrist after an hour. The AI is also horrendous and your allies will do next to nothing besides run in circles taking pot-shots at flying enemies and they might have an accuracy rating of 10% at best. The sad thing is that yours will be no better than 30% unless you are very talented at video games and beyond that of your average online shooter player. Imagine yourself in the middle of a war and your given a gun that is fingerprint locked with 4 safeties and has to prime itself for a few seconds after every single shot and takes 5+ shots to kill anything. Then add enemies that fly in wide patterns and will rarely miss you, they also travel three times as fast as you to top it off. Your basically a dyslexic turtle being attacked by bats. I did manage to beat the game eventually but it certainly took more tries than I'd care to admit. The first mission is the easiest thing ever but by the second you'll be yelling at the screen.