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Super Robot Wars V

Super Robot Wars V is a tactical role-playing game developed by B.B. Studio and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. Released as part of Super Robot Wars' 25th…

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Super Robot Wars V is a role-playing (rpg) developed by B.B. Studio, released 23 February 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Super Robot Wars V is

Super Robot Wars V is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by B.B. Studio and released in 2017. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Super Robot Wars V is a tactical role-playing game developed by B.B. Studio and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. Released as part of Super Robot Wars' 25th anniversary, it is the eighth standalone entry to the series since Super Robot Wars NEO, with the game's continued focus on the massive crossover between different mecha anime series released in Japan. It is released in Asia on February 23, 2017.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Super Robot Wars series

Super Robot Wars V is the 77th of 83 entries we hold in the Super Robot Wars series. It arrived 8 months after Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers. The next entry was Super Robot Wars X in 2018. Its critic score of 75 is 7 points above the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 at 80.

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How it was received

Super Robot Wars V holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Super Robot Wars V launched on 23 February 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata and Hollow Knight. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight.

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When did Super Robot Wars V come out?
Super Robot Wars V was released on 23 February 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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