Early attempts in the 2000s were partial: menus, a few pilot names, but no plot. You could play , but you couldn’t understand why Amuro was yelling at Char or why the Ideon was about to explode (again).

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If you grew up on Fire Emblem , Shining Force , or Final Fantasy Tactics , but loved giant robots, you’ve heard the whisper: “You haven’t truly played SRW until you’ve played the classic games.”