Gundam Breaker 4
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| Developers | |
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| Crafts & Meister | |
| Publishers | |
| Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 29, 2024 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 82 |
| OpenCritic | 75 |
| IGDB | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Microtransactions | Boost, Finite spend |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action |
| Vehicles | Robot |
| Art styles | Anime, Stylized |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
| Series | Gundam Breaker, Gundam |
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| Gundam Breaker | |
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| Subseries of Gundam | |
| New Gundam Breaker | 2018 |
| Gundam Breaker 4 | 2024 |
Gundam Breaker 4[Note 2] is a singleplayer and multiplayer action game developed by Crafts & Meister and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is part of the Gundam series and the sixth overall entry in the Gundam Breaker series.[Note 3]
It was released on August 29, 2024.
General Information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Japanese official site (Japanese)
- North America official site
- Europe official site
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Publisher website | |
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |
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| GamersGate | |
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |
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Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes the base game with Season Pass.
- The Ultimate Edition includes the base game with Season Pass and the Diorama Pack Sets.
- Both Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition includes the early unlock of 15 Gunpla kits.
- Pre-ordering any version will include Pre-Order Bonus with early unlock of the HG RX-78-2 Gundam (Recirculation Color) kit and 6 builder parts.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| DLC | Additional story content, Gunpla kits, accessories and diorama items are available for purchase to be used in-game. A Season Pass that combines the Story Mission DLC into one package and a Diorama Pack DLC that combines the Diorama DLC into one package are also available for purchase. |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
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| Boost | The game has the Breaker Booster item, which, when used, can increase the amount of parts drops in the mission. Two Breaker Booster bundles of 100 and 500 pieces can be purchased as DLC. The game also has the Parts Enhance and Parts Evolve materials for upgrading Gunpla parts, and two DLCs, the Power-up Booster Bundle and Builder and Power-Up Set, grants player the additional amounts of those materials. Do note that the Breaker Booster can be also obtained in-game by achieving an S-rank in a mission, while Parts Enhance and Parts Evolve can be also obtained in-game as after mission rewards. |
| Finite spend | Just like the regular DLCs, the Breaker Booster, Power-up Booster Bundle and Builder and Power-Up Set are one-time purchase only per account. |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Season Pass | Contains a collection of five Story Missions. A set of parts for the "Gunbarrel Strike Gundam (Gundam Breaker Ver.)" Gunpla kit is included as a bonus. Included with Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition. |
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| Diorama Pack Set | Contains a collection of four Diorama Packs. Six easel posters from the Gundam Breaker series is included as a bonus. Included with Ultimate Edition. |
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| Story Mission DLC 1 - GO! RESTART!! | Contain 4 Gunpla kits, 3 story missions and 1 quest mission. Included with Season Pass. |
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| Story Mission DLC 2 - BRAVE DIVE | Contain 7 Gunpla kits, 2 story missions and 1 quest mission. Included with Season Pass. |
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| Story Mission DLC 3 - BATTLE TOURNAMENT | Contain 7 Gunpla kits, 2 story missions and 1 quest mission. Included with Season Pass. |
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| Story Mission DLC 4 - BATTLE FIERCELY | Contain 5 Gunpla kits, 2 story missions and 1 quest mission. Included with Season Pass. |
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| Story Mission DLC 5 - BEYOND BORDERS | Contain 7 Gunpla kits, 2 story missions and 1 quest mission. Included with Season Pass. |
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| Diorama Pack 1 - Colony Set | Contain two backgrounds, 10 objects and 15 posters for use in Diorama Mode. Included with Diorama Pack Set. |
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| Diorama Pack 2 - Mobile Weapon & Colony Laser Inner Wall | Contain 1 background, 4 objects, 7 mobile weapons and 13 posters for use in Diorama Mode. Included with Diorama Pack Set. |
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| Diorama Pack 3 - Class Room Set & Haro | Contain 1 background, 20 objects, 6 Haro set and 20 posters for use in Diorama Mode. Included with Diorama Pack Set. |
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| Diorama Pack 4 - Beach Set & Effect | Contain 2 backgrounds, 19 objects, 20 effect sets and 12 posters for use in Diorama Mode. Included with Diorama Pack Set. |
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| Breaker Booster x 100 | Contains 100 Breaker Boosters. Only one can be purchased per account. | |
| Breaker Booster x 500 | Contains 500 Breaker Boosters. Only one can be purchased per account. | |
| Builder and Power-Up Set | Contains both the Builders' Vault Bundle and Power-up Booster Bundle DLCs. | |
| Power-up Booster Bundle | Contains Parts Enhance IV, V, and VI and Parts Evolve III and IV, with 200 each. Only one can be purchased per account. Included with Builder and Power-Up Set. |
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| Builder and Power-Up Set | Contains additional builder parts, emblems, diorama items (diorama base, diorama objects and diorama Gunpla), plus Parts Enhance I, II and III and Parts Evolve I and II, with 200 each. Only one can be purchased per account. Included with Builder and Power-Up Set. |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\GB4\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1672500/pfx/[Note 4] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\GB4\Saved\SaveGames |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1672500/pfx/[Note 4] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
Display and graphics settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | FMV cutscenes are stretched, some menus are pillarboxed to 16:9, and Vert- will be applied in-game.[2] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | [3] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | Labeled as Distance. Sliders are available for Lock-On Mode and Player Mode. |
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| Windowed | Labeled as Window on Screen Mode in Graphics Config. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Labeled as Borderless Screen on Screen Mode in Graphics Config. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Labeled as Texture. Four presets are available: Low (off), Medium (2x), High (4x), and Best (8x).[4] |
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| Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA only. Four presets are available: Low (off), Medium (2x), High (3x), and Best (4x).[5] |
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| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Frame generation | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Options for 10 predefined framerate limiters are available.[Note 5] Can also run at an uncapped framerate, referred to as Unlimited. |
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| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- 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 bindings
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Gamepad settings (Xbox One layout)
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Separate sliders for both vertical and horizontal sensitivity are available. Additional sensitivity sliders are also available for Player Mode, Shooting Mode, Lock-On Mode (Free Look) and Lobby. |
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| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Both X-axis and Y-axis can be inverted. Option is shared with controllers. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | A keyboard is required to enter the player's name. | |
| Controller remapping | The game offers three pre-defined presets: Type A, Type B and Type C. The fourth preset, Custom, offers full remapping capability. | |
| Controller sensitivity | Camera only. Separate sliders for both vertical and horizontal sensitivity are available for Player Mode, Shooting Mode, Lock-On Mode (Free Look) and Lobby. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion | Both X-axis and Y-axis can be inverted. Option is shared with mouse. |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers | DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge Requires Steam Input to be enabled. |
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| PlayStation button prompts | DualShock and DualSense button prompts. | |
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) | |
| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) | ||
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| Additional button prompts | Natively supports Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Inputs for face buttons are inverted by default (for example, the game will display B to confirm, but A will perform the action instead).[6] Requires Steam Input to be enabled. |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | Hotswapping between XInput controllers and non-XInput controllers (that utilizes Steam Input) requires restarting the game.[7] | |
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | Labeled as Vibration in-game. | |
| Digital movement support | Keyboard only. | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Between controller and keyboard/mouse. |
General gameplay settings
Gamepad settings (DualShock 4 layout)
Gamepad settings (DualSense layout)
Gamepad settings (Nintendo Switch layout)
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Audio
Audio and language settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Sliders for BGM, SE and Voice. | |
| Surround sound | Plays up to 7.1.[8] | |
| Subtitles | Text boxes, accompanied with voice acting during key scenes, are utilized. Subtitles during FMV cutscenes are forced on and cannot be disabled. |
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| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio | A licensed song, "ReBreak" by Back-On and Anna Suzuki, plays during the ending credits. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Indonesian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Thai |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 3 | Co-op |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11.4 | [9] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | PhysX | |
| Multiplayer | Steamworks |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Target | 1080p @ 60fps, Low | 1080p @ 60fps, High | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10 (1809) | 11 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2400 AMD FX-6300 | Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 14 GB[10] | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon RX 280 Intel Arc A380 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 580 Intel Arc A770 |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0[1]
- ↑ Japanese: ガンダムブレイカー４
- ↑ After the mobile-only Gundam Breaker Mobile.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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>/1672500/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1672500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ Available framerates:
• 30 FPS
• 60 FPS
• 120 FPS
• 144 FPS
• 160 FPS
• 165 FPS
• 180 FPS
• 200 FPS
• 240 FPS
• 360 FPS
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Yuuyatails on 2024-08-29
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-02
- Tested by playing the game with a 2560x1080 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-02
- Tested by playing the game at 3840x2160 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-04
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anisotropic filtering setting with the command
r.MaxAnisotropy.
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anisotropic filtering setting with the command
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-04
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anti-aliasing setting with the commands
r.PostProcessAAQualityandr.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing.
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anti-aliasing setting with the commands
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-03
- ↑ Verified by User:Yuuyatails on 2024-08-28
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-04
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-04
- Tested by viewing the Active Render API in the Special K Control Panel. The Active Render API displayed the Direct3D version as 11.4.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2024-09-04
- Actual install size is 9.94 GB.