History YMMV / SuperRobotWarsV

** The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Force Impulse Gundam]] feels like it only exists for serving as part of the Destiny's CombinationAttack rather than performing well as a standalone unit, unlike the Infinite Justice which still has good performance even without the Strike Freedom. Its attacks are quite basic for a Gundam unit and while this makes sense in-universe, Lunamaria has the highest cost for using Strike/Bullseye at a staggering 25 SP. It does not help that ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX UX]]'' manages to make a showing of all three Silhouette packs and have a CombinationAttack present.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: For fans that have played ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ SRWZ3 Tengoku-hen]]'', they consider this game to be a vast improvement over the previous one after Z3 left a bad taste in their mouths, and aside from the usual complaints of reused animations, the occassional BlindIdiotTranslation moment and lack of difficulty, consensus is that this game's story, attacks and return of the 3D map is what Z3 should have been.

** [[spoiler:Lacus kidnapped by a long-haired blonde man with a lot of influence and perverse nature, Embryo, happens again in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDFreedom''. Furthermore, ''V'''s canon has the Strike Freedom be inspired by the design of the Villkiss whereas in ''SEED Freedom'', the Mighty Strike Freedom's wings and the Proud Defender's cockpit are reminiscent of the Villkiss's]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** ''Anime/Daitarn3'' was nothing more than a background element for the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' saga, with Banjo Haran saying he already took care of the Meganoids [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome behind the scenes]] by the time he shows up in ''Tengoku-hen''. Furthermore, ''Anime/Zambot3'' received a bigger focus in the trilogy than it had in any ''Super Robot Wars'' game prior. ''V'' would have been the perfect opportunity to feature both stories at once, possibly with Banjo and the ''Zambot 3'' crew taking turns comforting the other during their trying battles. Both shows [[PostScriptSeason already had their plots resolved by the time they show up in the game proper]]; the closest thing ''Daitarn 3'' has to enemy representation is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDzR8DdAUxE Nibergen tanks]] and [[AdaptationSpeciesChange changing]] [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Hokushin]] [[AdaptationSpeciesChange into a Meganoid]].
** More on the [[Anime/ShinMazinger Seven Generals of Mycenae]] would have expanded the ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' elements present in the ''Shin Mazinger'' universe, given they only appear as shadowed silhouettes and have yet to receive any expansion on what they are in ''Shin Mazinger''. Given that Mycenae gets revived in ''V'', fighting the Seven Generals would add a lot more interesting battles and meaningful opponents for Tetsuya specifically.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[Anime/ShinMazinger The Seven Generals of Mycenae]] who were little more than a cameo would have been perfect enemies for Tetsuya to fight. With the appearance of the three Gods of Mycenae, Poseidon having a cameo would have also been interesting to provide more backstory as Hades and Zeus appears.
* [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter They Wasted a Perfectly Good Unit]]:
** [[spoiler:Players can recruit [[Anime/CrossAnge Jill]] as a SecretCharacter, who pilots the [[SuperRobot Raziya]]. Too bad she only has access to its beam and sword attacks, thus making her a watered-down version of Hilda (who uses the Cleopatra) and Salia (pilot of the Theodora). Admittedly, Jill does have access to decent Spirit Commands[[note]]Notably "Foresee", where an allied unit can evade all attacks for one turn, and costs a measly 10 Spirit Points, as opposed to the usual 20-25[[/note]], making her a good support unit. However, some players couldn't help but wonder why her Raziya doesn't have "True Ability Unlock" when all of the other Ragna-mails in ''V'' do and should have been a pilot of a Glaive, while Tusk or Rosalie could be relegated to the Raziya instead]].
** The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Force Impulse Gundam]] does not use its Blast Impulse back except for combo attacks similar to its appearance in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Z2]]''. ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK K]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ L]]'' did a much better showing of the Impulse by retaining the Force Impulse's flight, movement and mobility while retaining the Sword and Blast packs as individual attacks.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: ''Anime/Daitarn3'' was nothing more than a background element for the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' saga, with Banjo Haran saying he already took care of the Meganoids [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome behind the scenes]] by the time he shows up in ''Tengoku-hen''. Furthermore, ''Anime/Zambot3'' received a bigger focus in the trilogy than it had in any ''Super Robot Wars'' game prior. ''V'' would have been the perfect opportunity to feature both stories at once, possibly with Banjo and the ''Zambot 3'' crew taking turns comforting the other during their trying battles. Both shows [[PostScriptSeason already had their plots resolved by the time they show up in the game proper]]; the closest thing ''Daitarn 3'' has to enemy representation is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDzR8DdAUxE Nibergen tanks]] and [[AdaptationSpeciesChange changing]] [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Hokushin]] [[AdaptationSpeciesChange into a Meganoid]].

* ToughActToFollow: ''V'' was lauded for its work in the narrative department, but the story-telling quality of its sucessor ''X'' is [[BrokenBase/SuperRobotWars divided]], mostly regarding whether one believes the LighterAndSofter elements in that game made it inferior to ''V'' or not.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Whereas the animations for the 00 [=Qan[T]=], Raphael and Harute largely remained the same, [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Zabanya]] was uncharacteristically sluggish compared to its ''Third Z'' counterpart, looking incredibly lacking and static.

** ''Literature/MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash'' is based on the novel adaptation of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' called "Beltorchika's Children". Since the latter was displaced by the film in Universal Century {{Continuity}}, people were surprised B.B. Studio included a novel series that's non-{{Canon}} (although some fans tend to include ''Hathaway's Flash'' as part of Universal Century).

* LowTierLetdown: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny The Eternal]] finds itself as one of the weaker battleships in a game where there is no shortage of battleships with up to ''eight'' available. Lacus does not have a "Commander" aura [[note]]Increases surrounding units accuracy and evasion that are within a range of the unit[[/note]] which are almost a staple for battleship pilots and while her spirit commands are quite good for support, they are all very costly. Waltfeld has all the commands the player would want to use instead but he cannot have pilot skills or parts to decrease SP usage as he is a sub-pilot. Unlike ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Super Robot Wars J]]'', Waltfeld is unable to be swapped as the main pilot and the Eternal cannot be used to repair or resupply units. As a unit and not the pilots, the Eternal's only advantages are a weak post-movement attack[[note]]a rarity among battleships, even in ''V''[[/note]] to make Lacus an ace faster and giving the Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice access to their METEOR attacks. For players who do not use the Strike Freedom or Infinite Justice, the Eternal is largely a relatively weak and costly battleship where better options are available.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The game, as a whole, looks amazing, but the ''Yamato'' stands out in particular - its attacks are depicted using a combination of the animation style used for other units and the 3D CGI that stands alongside [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 the anime]] is a feast for the eyes.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: For fans that have played ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ SRWZ3 Tengoku-hen]]'', they consider this game to be a vast improvement over the previous one after Z3 left a bad taste in their mouths, and aside from the usual complaints of reused animations, BlindIdiotTranslation and lack of difficulty, consensus is that this game's story, attacks and return of the 3D map is what Z3 should have been.

* ItsEasySoItSucks: Modern installments have never been very taxing tactically, but ''V'' is one of the easiest ''Super Robot Wars'' titles. There are a bevy of useful pilots and units, with plenty of evasive {{Real Robot}}s used by pilots with high stats that they can dodge anything enemies throw at them and deliver a near-guaranteed counterattack[[note]]Simultaneously, the universal pilot skill "[[CriticalStatusBuff Prevail]]" received a buff in ''V'', meaning real robot pilots will still have trouble dealing with enemy bosses as the game progress[[/note]]. Meanwhile, allied {{Super Robot}}s are difficult to destroy due to a combination of having high armor and {{Hit Point}}s or a multitude of pilots with good "Spirit Commands" at their disposal or, in some cases, both. That's not even getting into the titular Yamato, THE GameBreaker in ''V'', and universally agreed to be the best battleship ever seen in a ''Super Robot Wars'' installment since the [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment''. This is all compounded by a lack of difficult enemies to deal with throughout the game - players find themselves facing enemies with poor abilities and statistics, while allied units can take anything thrown at them. Furthermore, the ability for players to use Spirit Commands ''after attacking'' and '''''during the enemy turn'''''[[note]]The latter was previously available in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsNEO'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOE''[[/note]] makes unintentionally losing units more of a challenge than the actual game itself. A lot of the returning series in ''V'' use the units that appear as the final unit in their home series[[note]]00 Qan[T], Strike Freedom, Nu Gundam, ZZ Gundam[[/note]] while the debuting series have extremely powerful units such as the Villkiss ([[spoiler:after receiving all its upgrades]]), Great Mightgaine, Shin Getter Robo, [[spoiler:Mazin Emperor G and '''especially''' Mazinger ZERO]].

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: For fans that have played ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ SRWZ3 Tengoku-hen]]'', they consider this game to be a vast improvement over the previous one after Z3 left a bad taste in their mouths, and aside from the usual complaints of reused animations and lack of difficulty, consensus is that this game's story, attacks and return of the 3D map is what Z3 should have been.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some are not happy that map attacks no longer have unique overworld animations for the player and are only shown when an enemy uses a map attack. From ''V'' onwards, map attack animations are just recycled shorter versions of the animation from the standard version of the attacks, replacing the latter half of the animation where the enemy is hit with the generic transition as though animations were turned off.

* [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter They Wasted a Perfectly Good Unit]]: [[spoiler:Players can recruit [[Anime/CrossAnge Jill]] as a SecretCharacter, who pilots the [[SuperRobot Raziya]]. Too bad she only has access to its beam and sword attacks, thus making her a watered-down version of Hilda (who uses the Cleopatra) and Salia (pilot of the Theodora). Admittedly, Jill does have access to decent Spirit Commands[[note]]Notably "Foresee", where an allied unit can evade all attacks for one turn, and costs a measly 10 Spirit Points, as opposed to the usual 20-25[[/note]], making her a good support unit. However, some players couldn't help but wonder why her Raziya doesn't have "True Ability Unlock" when all of the other Ragna-mails in ''V'' do and should have been a pilot of a Glaive, while Tusk or Rosalie could be relegated to the Raziya instead]].

** [[spoiler:Lacus kidnapped by a long-haired blonde man with a lot of influence and perverse nature, Embryo, happens again in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDFreedom'']].

* ItsEasySoItSucks: Modern installments have never been very taxing tactically, but ''V'' is one of the easiest ''Super Robot Wars'' titles. There are a bevy of useful pilots and units, with plenty of evasive {{Real Robot}}s used by pilots with high stats that they can dodge anything enemies throw at them and deliver a near-guaranteed counterattack[[note]]Simultaneously, the universal pilot skill "[[CriticalStatusBuff Prevail]]" received a buff in ''V'', meaning real robot pilots will still have trouble dealing with enemy bosses as the game progress[[/note]]. Meanwhile, allied {{Super Robot}}s are difficult to destroy due to a combination of having high armor and {{Hit Point}}s or a multitude of pilots with good "Spirit Commands" at their disposal or, in some cases, both. That's not even getting into the titular Yamato, THE GameBreaker in ''V'', and universally agreed to be the best battleship ever seen in a ''Super Robot Wars'' installment since the [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Nadesico]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment''. This is all compounded by a lack of difficult enemies to deal with throughout the game - players find themselves facing enemies with poor abilities and statistics, while allied units can take anything thrown at them. Furthermore, the ability for players to use Spirit Commands ''after attacking'' and '''''during the enemy turn'''''[[note]]The latter was previously available in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsNEO'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOE''[[/note]] makes unintentionally losing units more of a challenge than the actual game itself.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: For fans that have played ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ SRWZ3 Tengoku-hen]]'', they consider this game to be a vast improvement over the previous one after Z3 left a bad taste in their mouths, and aside from the ususual complaints of reused animations and lack of difficulty, consensus is that this game’s story, attacks and return of the 3D map is what Z3 should have been.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: For fans that have played ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ SRWZ3 Tengoku-hen]]'', they consider this game to be a vast improvement over the previous one after Z3 left a bad taste in their mouths, and consensus is that this game’s story, attacks and return of the 3D map is what Z3 should have been.

** ''Literature/MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash'' is based on the novel adaptation of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' called "Beltorchika's Children". Since the latter was displaced by the film in Universal Century {{Continuity}}, people were surprised B.B. Studio included a novel series that's non-{{Canon}} (even though fans tend to include ''Hathaway's Flash'' as part of Universal Century).

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: For fans that have played [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ SRWZ3 Tengoku-hen]], they consider this game to be a vast improvement over the previous one after Z3 left a bad taste in their mouths, and consensus is that this game’s story, attacks and return of the 3D map is what Z3 should have been.

* {{Squick}}: Embryo hitting on any female pilot who attacks him is creepy enough. It's ''extra'' creepy when he does it to ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Elpeo Ple]]''.