SD Gundam Battle Alliance
Developers | |
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Artdink | |
Publishers | |
Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 24, 2022 |
Reception | |
OpenCritic | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC, One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | Time-limited |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | ARPG |
Vehicles | Robot |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Gundam |
SD Gundam Battle Alliance is a real-time third-person ARPG in the Gundam series, developed by Artdink and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
The game focuses on a group of pilots in a virtual world called "G: Universe" piloting super-deformed versions of various Mobile Suits in an attempt to correct disruptions in the Gundam timeline, known as Historical Breaks.
The game was formally announced on February 9, 2022, alongside a trailer, promising a 2022 release date.[1] On May 26, 2022, an in-depth trailer was released during Bandai Namco's Gundam Game Fest that revealed that the game will be released on August 25, 2022.[2][3]
SD Gundam Battle Alliance was released on Steam on August 24, 2022.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Publisher website | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
GamersGate | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Deluxe Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | Additional units, missions and enhancements are available for purchase to be used in-game. A Season Pass that combines all the game's DLC into one package is also available for purchase. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | Contains a collection of additional scenario missions, playable units, and a Limit Break Material. Included with "Deluxe Edition". |
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Unit & Scenario Pack 1 | Contains two scenario missions and two playable units. Included with "Season Pass" and "Deluxe Edition". |
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Unit & Scenario Pack 2 | Contains two scenario missions and two playable units. Included with "Season Pass" and "Deluxe Edition". |
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Unit & Scenario Pack 3 | Contains two scenario missions and three playable units. Included with "Season Pass" and "Deluxe Edition". |
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Unit Limit Break Material Combo Pack 1 | Contains limit break materials to enhance playable units. Exclusive to "Season Pass" and included with "Deluxe Edition". |
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Early Unlock: Command Gundam | Allows early access to the Command Gundam unit. Exclusive to "Deluxe Edition". |
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SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden Pack | Adds Liu Bei Unicorn, Sun Quan Astray, and Cao Cao Wing from the "SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden" series as playable units. Exclusive to pre-orders. |
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Mobile Suit Launch Support: Start Dash Pack | Contains a 5,000 Capital Ticket, and an expansion part. Exclusive to pre-orders. |
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Early Unlock: Gundam | Allows early access to the Gundam unit. Exclusive to pre-orders. |
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Early Unlock: Knight Gundam | Allows early access to the Knight Gundam unit. Exclusive to pre-orders. |
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Early Unlock: Musha Gundam | Allows early access to the Musha Gundam unit. Exclusive to pre-orders. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Time-limited | Players who pre-ordered the game were able to unlock the Gundam, Knight Gundam, and Musha Gundam units immediately, instead of over the course of the game, as well as obtain a 5,000 Capital Ticket for enhancing units. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\SDGundamBA\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/824550/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Bandai Namco Entertainment\SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE\Saved\SaveGames\<user-id>\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/824550/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Game sets itself to the monitor's native resolution when in Fullscreen or Borderless Windowed mode. | ||
Multi-monitor | The game is pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio by default. The Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker can be used to achieve true multimonitor support. However, FMV cutscenes will be pillarboxed to 16:9, some UI elements will be will be either pillarboxed to 16:9 or appear misaligned outside of the aspect ratio, and Vert- will be applied in-game.[4] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio by default. The Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker can be used to achieve ultrawide support. However, FMV cutscenes will be pillarboxed to 16:9, some UI elements will be will be either pillarboxed to 16:9 or appear misaligned outside of the aspect ratio, and Vert- will be applied in-game.[5] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV) or use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Referred to as "Texture Filter". Three presets are available, "Low" (None), "Medium" (2x), and "High" (8x).[6] See Anisotropic filtering (AF) or use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker for additional options. |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | Options for TAA, FXAA and up to 2x SSAA are available. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS by default. See Frame rate (FPS) or use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker for a workaround. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Ray tracing (RT) |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Multi-Button Actions and menu controls cannot be rebinded. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Referred to as "Camera Controls (Horizontal/Vertical)". Separate sliders are available for both options. |
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Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Referred to as "Vertical Camera Rotation". A separate option for "Horizontal Camera Rotation" is also available. |
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Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | A keyboard and mouse is required to input player's name and directory for custom music folder. | |
Controller remapping | Multi-Button Actions and menu controls cannot be remapped. | |
Controller sensitivity | Referred to as "Camera Controls (Horizontal/Vertical)". Separate sliders are available for both options. |
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Controller Y-axis inversion | Referred to as "Vertical Camera Rotation". A separate option for "Horizontal Camera Rotation" is also available. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | DualShock 4 and DualSense controllers are natively supported. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | , Wireless (Bluetooth) |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | [7] |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for Music, Voice, and Sound Effects. | |
Surround sound | Plays up to 5.1.[8] | |
Subtitles | Text boxes, accompanied with voice acting during key scenes, are utilized. Subtitles during cutscenes are forced on and cannot be disabled. |
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Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Thai |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 3 | Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Lobbies can be created. | |
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | SpeedTree | [9] |
Audio | Criware | [9] |
Cutscenes | Criware | [9] |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-6300 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
Intel Core i5-10600K |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB [10] | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/824550/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (824550) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ SD Gundam Battle Alliance - Announcement Trailer - Coming 2022 - YouTube
- ↑ Gundam Game Fest - YouTube
- ↑ SD Gundam Battle Alliance – Release Date Announcement Trailer - YouTube
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-08-24
- Tested by playing the game with a multi-monitor setup at a 3840x2160 resolution, and then using the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-08-24
- Tested by playing the game with a 2560x1080 resolution, and then attempting to play the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker. The Unlocker set the game to a true ultrawide resolution upon injection.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-08-24
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking each anisotropic setting with the command
r.MaxAnisotropy
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- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking each anisotropic setting with the command
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-08-24
- Tested by inputting a direction on my Xbox Series controller and inputting another direction on my keyboard at the same time.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-08-24
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-08-13
- As seen during splash screens upon boot-up.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2022-08-24
- Actual install size is 22.85 GB.