Which Super Robot Wars is the best in your opinion and why?

[MegaZero456]

Alright, new question I got to ask since Super Robot Wars Y was announced and I want to know what my fellow retro dwellers believe is the best Super Robot Wars game, keep in note I've only played a good chunk of J, W, and a bit of X and V.

 

[RageBurner]

I haven't played many, truth be told (the ones I really want to play aren't translated). But from the ones that I did play, I found the most enjoyment in J.

A Portable is also worth playing because it is great on the PSP over the ugly GBA original.

In J's case, the reason is simple: it looks and animates the best on the hardware besides OG1 and OG2 and has a very cool machine roster, and Portable A is just the definitive version of the very first GBA SRW game.

 

[Bonkers225]

OG2 by far.

 

[HikaruKitsune]

X was the first one where I felt like I wasn't getting destroyed from the beginning.

The game dropping Masaki and Cybaster into your lap to give you an extra body for enemies to aim at makes all the difference.

 

[MetalSharkPlayer]

Real Robot Battle Line is the best one, not part of the Super Robot Wars saga but plays exactly the same and its not super deformed mechas. You got a lot of different routes and there is a vast amount of secret characters you can recruit.

Its for the Playstation 1 and its pretty underrated. The loading times and framerate is not good in the original console, but if you play it through POPstarter (disc reading speed is faster) or in a emulator like Duckstation and overclock it and set read speed to 2x or 4x its much more playable.

Sad that its not uploaded in The Repo yet, its a hidden gem.

 

[UnDubious]

I beat two of of them. The first was Super Robot Wars Gaiden: Masō Kishin – The Lord of Elemental, which I picked because it's a spin-off with an all-original cast (I'm not into mecha anime and wouldn't know all the references) and better presentation than usual. The game was much better than I expected, with a fun battle system that revolved mostly around setting up the most powerful hits you can, which was always satisfying. I thought it was pretty great. Since it's partly a sequel to SRW EX I beat that one after, and while it's not quite on the same level it's good too. I'd play more Masou Kishin especially, the mainline games I don't care about as much.

 

[Izzy]

Well if you can't tell by my avatar, it's the last one that came out before Y. I started with the much earlier ones myself in this order: IV, R, D, OG1,2, J, A, W, Masou Kishin, Endless Frontier, the VTX trilogy, OGs, and 30. And out of them, I've beaten, D, OG1&2, J, A, Endless Frontier 1&2, and the VTX trilogy. I also have the side games of Eiyu Senki, Compati Hero, Battle Soccer and even SRW Pinball. I even played the SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays but crapped out soon as I test ran it.
I'm actually enjoying playing through V, X and 30 as I'm doing all three in tandem before Y comes out all on my YouTube channel. I don't have a best choice per se but 30 stands out for having the strongest message any of the series ever had and it's a motto we all should live by.
Not to mention, getting a metric ton of units from other units not many forget actual exists from other games and franchises.
And that motto is this:

 

[Action_Hank]

Idk, I'd always rather play Gundam games.