History VideoGame / GihrensGreed

* InSpiteOfANail: In the Principality of Zeon campaign, after the Principality defeats the Earth Federation, the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Gryps Conflict]] still plays out on schedule, and the Titans, AEUG, Axis Zeon, and later Neo-Zeon all form as enemies of Gihren Zabi, despite the situation being radically different from the canonical history.

* PeggySue: The games can come off this way, since a ''Gundam'' fan playing the game has knowledge that they couldn't possibly have InUniverse. For example, a Zeon player can choose to pull Ghinias Sahalin off the Apsaras Project before his dementia leads to the entire thing ends in disaster as in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam The 08th MS Team]]''.

* EnemyMine: If you get the bad Zeon ending in Blood of Zeon for the PS1, [[spoiler: Part 2 opens with Gihren joining forces with Revil and the AEUG forming an alliance fighting against the Titans, who has seized control of the Earth Federation and most of Earth through a Coup d'Etat]]

** The Earth Federation campaign's second half asks "What if [[BigGood Johann Revil]] were alive to command the EFF during Axis Zeon's incursion?"

** A max alignment EF player in Axis No Kyoui V can get [[spoiler: Paptimus Scirocco on your side, along with plans for transformable MS]] after defeating the Titans in part 2.

** If you have perfect alignment as an AEUG-allied Revil's Federation, you can have [[spoiler: Paptimus Scirocco deflect from the Titans]] and it may also be possible to prevent [[spoiler: Jerid, Mouar, Lila and even [[BloodKnight Yazan Gable]] ]] from deflecting to the Titans in the first place.

** If you have perfect alignment as an AEUG-allied Revil's Federation, you can have [[spoiler: Paptimus Scirocco deflect from the Titans]] and it may also be possible to prevent [[spoiler: Jerid, Mouar, Lila and even [[BloodKnight YazanGable]] ]] from deflecting to the Titans in the first place.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Averted; any faction can be played as Lawful or Chaotic. Yes, this means that [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gihren Zabi]] can be played as a LawfulGood leader of his people (and gets a special ending for it), though this is much more difficult for the Principality to do than it is for other factions (among other things, it's very difficult for the Principality of Zeon to capture Jaburo without resorting to [[ColonyDrop Operation British II]]). Overall, the game tries to encourage behavior in line with your faction's canonical ethics, but doesn't hold you to them.
** The game dosen't always try to get you to follow your faction's behaviour for the best results--you get [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment heavily penalized in the long run]] if you do low-alignment choices as the Titans from ZetaGundam of all people, while getting a higher alignment is required to get the best pilots and prevent [[spoiler: Scirocco killing you as per anime or joining Haman and Axis]].

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: If you are evil/chaotic enough as the Titans, nuke Jaburo AND kill Blex after setting up the Cyber Newtype research labs to get Four and Rosamia, [[spoiler: you can't stop Scirocco either killing you as per anime or joining Haman and Axis if you avert Jamitov's death in that episode]]. It is ''somewhat'' possible to finish the Augusta and Murasame research labs, but not nuke Jaburo or kill Blex to get the good ending, but still rather difficult.
** Through the game ecougages you to be Chaotic as Gihren's Zeon, if you sink low enough, either Garma or Kycilia might form their own faction, the latter being a HUGE blow as Char and all the Newtype pilots will deflect with Kycilia. Considering this happens almost towards the final turn, it is very hard to be able to move on to part 2 if this happens.

* OddballInTheSeries: ''War for Zeon Independence'' had a lot of creative ideas that didn't really pan out, most notably the create-a-faction and the 3D battle system.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: If you are evil/chaotic enough as the Titans, nuke Jaburo AND kill Blex after setting up the Cyber Newtype research labs to get Four and Rosamia, [[spoiler: you can't stop Scirocco either killing you as per anime or joining Haman and Axis if you avert Jamitov's death in that episode]]. It is possible to finish the Augusta and Murasame research labs, but not nuke Jaburo or kill Blex to get the good ending, but still rather difficult.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: If you are evil/chaotic enough as the Titans, nuke Jaburo AND kill Blex after setting up the Newtype research labs, [[spoiler: you can't stop Scirocco either killing you as per anime or joining Haman and Axis if you avert Jamitov's death in that episode]].

** The game dosen't always try to do that--you get [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment heavily penalized in the long run]] if you do low-alignment choices as the Titans from ZetaGundam of all people, while getting a higher alignment is required to get the best pilots and prevent [[spoiler: Scirocco killing you as per anime or joining Haman and Axis]].

** The game dosen't always try to do that--you get heavily penalized if you do low-alignment choices as the Titans from ZetaGundam of all people, while getting a higher alignment is required to get the best pilots and prevent [[spoiler: Scirocco killing you as per anime or joining Haman and Axis]].

''Gihren no Yabou'' (''Gihren's Ambition''), commonly known as ''Gihren's Greed'', is a turn-based strategy game set in the Universal Century timeline of the ''{{Gundam}}'' franchise. It is based political and military management to the One Year War (and in later games, beyond). In a way, it is like ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' and ''HeartsOfIron'', but simpler to manage, and more difficult. This series is quite popular on 4chan's /m/board, with threads popping up every now and then.

The first game, ''Gihren's Ambition'', was released in 1998 for the Sega Saturn, the game follows the path of either [[TheFederation The Earth Federation]] or Principality of Zeon throughout the [[MobileSuitGundam One Year War]]. The player has 150 turns to defeat the opposing side with either a scenario victory or a complete victory. If you meet certain requirements, you can unlock factions such as the [[ZetaGundam Titans]] and [[CharsCounterattack Char's Neo Zeon]] (though they do not have access to post-OYW units for obvious reasons) as well as Kycilia's "Legitimate Zeon". A remake was released on the PSP in 2011, including among others updated attack scenes, a new anime opening and characters from ''GundamUnicorn.''

The fourth and most recent game, ''Gihren's Greed: The Menace of Axis'', restores many of the features missing in the last game and returns the battles to 2D, instead of 3D. The timeline is stretched to include the events of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'' and ''CharsCounterattack,'' Factions featured in "Blood of Zeon" also make an reappearance. However it removes the ability to create your own faction AS well as the diplomacy system, replacing it with the [[KarmaMeter Alignment System]]. This game contained EVERY single Gundam protagonist and antagonist, that piloted a mobile suit or was on a warship. Units from ''Char's Counterattack'', ''MsIgloo'', ''Hathaway's Flash'' and many more are included--there are said to be roughly 400 MS/MA featured in this version of the video game. A major feature that was taken out were Event scenes, having animation: instead there are more than 400 still scenes created in collaboration with Sunrise to represent important events as portrayed in previous titles.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Averted; any faction can be played as Lawful or Chaotic. Yes, this means that [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gihren Zabi]] can be played as a LawfulGood leader of his people (and gets a special ending for it), though this is much more difficult for the Principality to do than it is for other factions, (among other things, it's very difficult for the Principality of Zeon to capture Jaburo without resorting to [[ColonyDrop Operation British II]]). Overall, the game tries to encourage behavior in line with your faction's canonical ethics, but doesn't hold you to them.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Averted; any faction can be played as Lawful or Chaotic. Yes, this means that [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gihren Zabi]] can be played as a LawfulGood leader of his people (and gets a special ending for it), though this is much more difficult for the Principality to do than it is for other factions. Overall, the game tries to encourage behavior in line with your faction's canonical ethics, but doesn't hold you to them.

* MythologyGag: A ''lot'' for the Universal Century, by the very nature of the series. One example refers to the [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn Gundam]] originally being made for [[spoiler:Amuro]] in mind. Depending on how the game unfolds, ''that's'' actually possible.

** And to those who are hoping for a fan translation...........well you're out of luck, since the game has lots of menus and stuff to translate, it would take a REALLY LONG TIME and a lot of commitment, far more than most indie or fan projects to be successful.

** Played with in the Earth Federation campaign. The Titans and AEUG both form, but that's the point; "WhatIf Johann Revil was alive and available to command the Earth Federation Forces during the time period of the Gryps Conflict?"

** Indeed, the survival (or deaths) of certain characters can result in opening up new factions. Among the possibilities are New Zeon, led by Garma and Dozle Zabi, and Kycilia's Legitimate Zeon.

* NoCampaignFortheWicked: Averted in that you can play as either Federation or Zeon. However, Char Aznable's Neo-Zeon, Scirocco's Titans, and most other factions are unlockable and do not have full campaigns.