![]() As you will discover across each faction's 15 missions that make up the game's campaign, neither side in the conflict is inherently good or bad, and both have their own motivations behind the war. You begin the game by choosing a side-either the Federation (the folks who are protecting Earth from invasion), or the Principality of Zeon (a group who declared independence from Earth's rule, migrated to outer space, and are now hell-bent on overthrowing the Federation rule on their home planet). Instead, when playing Crossfire, you're cast as a lone soldier recruited to fight on either side of the war. Though fans might recognize the names of certain characters from the anime series in the game, there won't be long cutscenes of canon-specific minutiae to wade through. Those who are into the Gundam fiction continuum might be surprised to learn that Crossfire will have a slightly different spin on the world, as compared to older Gundam games. He's probably compensating for something. For good reason too, because as we discovered during our hands-on time with an updated build of the game, the appeal of giant robots blowing stuff up knows no borders. Fortunately, that hasn't stopped the folks at Namco from making Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire a launch title for Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 console. Certainly there is a hardcore contingent of US fans who are familiar with Gundam lore and history but, when compared to Japan-where the Gundam series has been described as that country's Star Wars-it seems as though the series will have an uphill battle in the US market. In some ways, any Mobile Suit Gundam game is going to have a tough time of it in America. ![]()
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