Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire feels a bit rushed but it is not a bad game at all. It is worth a rent, at least.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire is a PS3 game that is set in Universal Century 0079 when the One Year War was continuing on. This game is a side story of sorts and lets you play as either the Earth Federation (good guys) or the Principality of Zeon (bad guys). You pilot humanoid robots known as mobile suits in your quest to end way the way your faction intends to. Crossfire is classified as a mech shooter.
Graphics:
I honestly feel that Gamespot was biased in the graphics department. A 4, you are nuts! The graphics are an 8. 8 is good for PS3 launch graphics. The mobile suit (robot) graphics are extremely detailed. The weapons are detailed. The buildings, background and most external objects are bland but colors and texture are good enough to not make it horrible. The suits awesome graphics will stand out a lot compared to the backgrounds and such but it is not bad at all.
Audio:
The sound is not Bandai-Namco quality. The music here is average at best. The weapon and walking noises are on par but the music is not good at all. The music feels like it was stolen from bad action movies.
Gameplay:
The gameplay here is a mixed bag. Most of the time MSG Crossfire is an extremely fun game but there are some headaches. The framerate issue is not as bad as it may seem. Sometimes during close combat battles, the framerates shift a little bit. It is not a "moving slideshow" like how Gamespot said it was. The controls for the gameplay aren't bad at all, sometimes you press a button accidently or your mobile suit moves in the wrong direction but controls are not a concern. The bad thing about the gameplay itself is sometimes you are locked on but your mobile suit looks frustrated and misses targets easily when the attack is apparent. Oh yeah, the AI is horrible. The Ai, individually are not good at all but in groups they look fierece sometimes. All the AI in the game are mostly after you and your teammate is secondary. You can lock-on with L1, boost with X, shoot with Square, Subweapon is R1, and there are extra moves for shields and such as well. The Boost in the game is not that good, it is very inconsistant and the flying up in the air rate is short but you can boostrun for awhile.
Game Modes:
Campaign Mode is basically a bunch of missions for each faction, Zeon or Earth Federation. You have the ability to upgrade attack, weapon, or defense and the upgrades are also possible for climate colors on your mobile suit. Like a jungle, desert, marine, etc.. color scheme for your suit which also changes its attributes. Every upgrade takes at least one day in the game world to complete. The missions themselves are self explanatory, just kill a bunch of suits in different ways. The bad thing about that is there is no clear path to victory at all and sometimes you have to guess on how to complete your objective. After you complete all your missions, the result of the war will display. The voice actors are laughable because they are horrible. Japanese audio is an option for japanese audio freaks. Versus Mode is basic 1 vs. 1 human competitive fighting with mobile suits. There are options mode and all the other basic modes of non-gameplay. The thing is with the options is that I haven't found a way to change the Axis thumbstick controls for a second controller, I think the controls are either for player one or for both, but I am not sure on that.
Overall, Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire is a game that needed more time in the shop to complete but it is still fun in lots of situations. For non Gundam fans, its a rent. For Gundam fans, its either or.
I give Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire a 7.7 out of 10.