#gundam

While Bandai Namco has been neglecting their playerbase with the lack of Gundam Extreme Versus console port (last one was Maxi Boost On, released for PS4), a Chinese developer came with an idea in 2024; create an EXVS clone but rather than robots fighting each others, it's all waifus. Enter Starward, a GvG-like game that focuses on skill-based PvP. Early release was alright, but since it was developed by an indie studio, they had to cut a lot of corners. Easiest tell tale sign was with the character illustrations made with AI. Eventually, as the game grew bigger thanks to the JP community embracing "EXVS at home", the developer got enough leverage to hire actual character designers and artists. How is it doing now? For a gacha game that heavily runs on PvP and the misinformation calling the game outright P2W (it's not), it's been regarded highly by the Japanese EXVS players looking for an alternatives. If you're living in Asia, you'll definitely get matches in under 10 seconds. NA & EU? Good luck with that, you'd be lucky to get a match in less than 5 minutes. It's an underappreciated gem, and if you like Gundam fighting games (Extreme Versus) you'll definitely enjoy this one. The game is generous enough that you can always get any characters you want every patch. Older characters are added permanently to a separate gacha banner. Balancing? While obviously new characters have high chances to soar into meta tier, all characters are still viable in every ranks, even top players still use standard characters (including SR ones) and they can dominate just fine. It's mainly 80% skills 20% character. #StarWard #gacha #gundam