Game mash-up fails to hit the mark

When two of the best franchises of video games and geekdom merge, greatness is the expected outcome. However, sadly for Shin Gundam Musou, that is not the case.

The Dynasty Warriors franchise is a game series that is phenomenally popular in Asia. Taking famous characters from China's Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280) era and throwing them into battle against hordes upon hordes of bad guys is a formula that has worked for game developers Koei since the first Dynasty Warrior in 1997.

Add a Japanese giant robot sensation to the mix, and you have created the blockbuster Dynasty Warriors Gundam. Giant robots from the popular science fiction Japanese animation Gundam take the place of characters like Cao Cao and Zhang Fei.