Common Sense Media Review
By Mark Raby
,
based on child development research. How do we rate?
Sci-fi mech battles provide limited but well-made gameplay.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Play
Videos and Photos
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
DYNASTY WARRIORS: GUNDAM REBORN puts players in the position of needing to save the planet -- and beyond -- as they pilot their own giant mechanized robot, known as a "Mobile Suit," in outer-space battles against similar machines. There's a rogue group using their Mobile Suits to bring about destruction to anything that comes in their way, and players must destroy the rogues before being destroyed themselves. There also are several side stories among characters, which play out during cut scenes in-between the fast-paced combat. The story is presented with Japanese dialogue and English subtitles.
Is It Any Good?
What Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn has going for it is a lot of action and well-rendered backgrounds, environments, and character models. For those who can appreciate the genre, there's an acute futuristic appeal to piloting a huge mechanized robot in space while taking out hordes of enemy mechs. The gameplay is good, from the well-configured controls to the smooth animations of attack and destruction through the hours of combat, even though it ends up feeling like the same kind of action over and over again. There are also several upgrade and customization options to slightly break up the monotony. In other words, this game really hits just one note, but it does so in a very well-executed manner.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about whether the violent content in Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn is mitigated by the depiction of robot-vs.-robot violence instead of human-vs.-human. Is it OK that the game has violence if you never see humans getting hurt?
This game was originally released in Japan before being released in America. Why do you think the developers didn't translate the voice-over dialogue into English?
Game Details
- Platform : PlayStation 3
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Namco Bandai
- Release date : July 1, 2014
- Genre : Arcade
- Topics : Robots
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
Did we miss something on diversity?
Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. You can help us help kids by
Suggest an Update
Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.
See how we rate