YMMV / Gundam 0079: The War for Earth

• Accidental Innuendo: Kai gets cut off while saying "cockpit", resulting in the gem "Try taking out the cock-!"
• Enjoy the Story, Skip the Game: The cutscenes are generally considered fun to watch (albeit for the wrong reasons), but the gameplay itself is regarded as a chore.
• Fashion-Victim Villain: Char's iconic mask and helmet do not translate well into live action. His mask in particular looks laughable, appearing less like a piece of equipment designed to protect his eyes and more like a piece of gray paper with holes for the eyes.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The game had a gray Gouf almost a year before Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team introduced the Gouf Flight Type.
• It's Hard, So It Sucks!: Fans have joked that this game requires Newtype powers to complete on a first run, as there is a huge amount of Trial-and-Error Gameplay involved.
• Memetic Mutation: Japanese fans have latched onto Char's large cleft chin, calling him "Chin Comet". The appearance of Char with such a chin was even referenced in Gundam Build Divers.
• Narm: The live-action cutscenes in general are hilariously-bad.
  • "Zeon" is translated as "Jion". Sure, it's in line with the Japanese audio track, but let's face it, everyone's saying "john."
  • The actor playing Char has a large cleft chin that looks odd compared to his sleek helmet, but then he wears a mask that looks like a piece of paper and it becomes hysterical.
  • The acting in general is rather wooden, but it becomes even funnier in the Japanese release, where everyone has their original voice actors giving it their all. There's something hilarious about the dopey, big-chinned version of Char having Shūichi Ikeda's butter-smooth voice coming out of his mouth, especially because his lips don't even match up.
  • The game got played for RTA in Japan 2019; the audience breaks into laughter every single time the 'ole Chin Comet is onscreen, and is especially amused by the Gundam punching Char's Zaku in the face.
  • The Game Over animations become this for anyone who's watched the anime thanks to how flimsy the Gundam is in this game. In the anime a part of its infamy was how durable it was whereas in this game, everything from a Zaku machinegun burst to a Magella Attack to even common landmines can easily destroy it without effort.
• The Problem with Licensed Games: Besides the laughably bad cutscenes, the gameplay is regarded as frustrating with too much Trial-and-Error Gameplay.
• Questionable Casting: The game is mainly remembered for the actor playing Char, who not only looks far older and pudgier than the character should be, but has a large cleft chin.
• So Bad, It's Good: The cutscenes. Between the wooden acting in the live action scenes to the Gundam apparently being made out of paper, there is a lot of laughter to be had.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: While the animations can be stiff, the mobile suit models themselves don't look too bad for the time. The Gundam and Zaku are pretty faithful recreations of their then-recent Master Grade model kits.