Mobile Suit Storm Gundam: Heroes of the Solar Era

Mobile Suit Storm Gundam: Heroes of the Solar Era is a video game released by Bungie Studios for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 with upcoming releases for the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

Modes of Play
MSSG: Heroes of the Solar Era has several gameplay modes, including Story Mode, Firestrike Mode and Arena Mode (with various sub-modes). Story Mode follows the plot of Mobile Suit Storm Gundam, allowing a player to follow the storyline from either the Eclipse or Peacekeeper (and later the option of Arclight) perspective.

Story Mode
Players progress through multiple stages, playing with a choice of machine and pilot chosen at the beginning of the stage, the unit and character choice is limited to faction choice. Completing the story mode once before unlocks an option for players to choose a unit that may not have been available in that stage beforehand. A second player can also join in co-operative gameplay either on the same console or over an internet connection. At times stages will end in a boss fight with a character/unit from the storyline, finishing these stages will allow the player to progress further as well as granting the player unlocks in Arena Mode.

Firestrike Mode
Firestrike mode is a co-operative mode where players work together to complete special missions, these missions provide rewards to players in Arena Mode. These missions are faction specific and may involve difficulties such as time-trials, survival stages, base defence or boss battles. Players may freely pick any unit and pilot from chosen faction when playing these missions.

Arena Mode
Arena mode encompasses several different forms of gameplay, including Race and PvP. Multiple forms of player versus player forms exist including, Showdown (team or one-on-one combat), Point Capture and Capture the Flag. Players can participate in PvP with any unlocked unit, these units are grouped from Rank A to D, D being the weakest and A being the strongest. This rank system is to help balance the difference of power between different units, lower units have weaker weapons but have shorter respawn time and grant the player more points when used against stronger units. Some matches maybe locked for specific ranks. The player starts with a limited number of units to use and has access to more as they progress through the campaign as well as completing Firestrike Missions.

Hangar
The hangar section allows players to customise unit colours and designs for PvP and Firestrike missions, more options can be unlocked by playing other parts of the game, players can also combine parts of different machines together to make their own custom machines.