Having no background or history in the Gundam series except for a few shows on Cartoon Network, I decided to import the game Gundam Battle Tactics for PSP. I've played other Gundam series for PSX and PS2 before in the past at a relatives house but was not satisfied as much as I expected to be.

Taking a glimpse of the game cover it is obvious that this game is probably a battle between two different forces. There are four menus that can be chosen at the menu screen,

• Mission[New Game, Load Game]
  
• VS Mode[1P Battle, Net Work]
  
• Gallery[MS Viewer, War Record, Museum]
  
• Option[BGM Level, Voice Level, SE Level, Controller]

The Mission Mode starts off in the east coast around Shanghai. The player starts out as a rookie that pilots a mobile suit for the specific race the player choose to side on. Having started Mission Mode allows the player to create a
character being male or female. Once name and sex has been decided the player can then choose which Force to side with, Zeon or E.F.S.F. (Images Below).

At the start, there are only two units to choose from, Zaku I or Zaku II(F).
Once having selected a mission to carry out and the mobile to pilot, the player is sent off to destroy the enemies. From the time the player completes the missions to how many enemies are defeated will produce a score on how well the mission went.

The control system in Gundam Battle Tactics is a little bit awkward. It will not take very long to master but is annoying when first playing. To walk, one would use the D-Pad as usual. To view and spectate around without moving one would use the analog. The right-trigger will make the unit auto target an enemy, if no enemy is in front then it will make the camera angle facing the way the unit is facing. The left-trigger is to bring out your shield. Holding X-buttong will allow the unit to temporary lift up into the sky for a short period of time. The Square-button allows the user to use secondary attacks, ie: Grenades or Taiser like cable. The O-Button allows the user to shoot from his or her gun. The gun choice can be chosen at the start of the mission. The Triangle-Button allows the player to bring out a melee weapon. When desperatly in need of traveling faster, simply press the X-Button to float in the air and tap the Triangle button to Dash in mid-air. The Select-Button allows to play first-person mode.