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Originally Posted by 4Tran

It is; but it's only slightly more realistic than its Super Robot predecessors, and that's not saying a whole lot.

Well, it's enough to make a distinction for most people, just like the difference between MSG and Wing is enough to make a dinstinction for a lot of people.

How realistic an engagement is and whether people accept an unrealistic element are different things. While the latter is a purely subjective measure, the former isn't. In fact, provided we apply the same metric to the shows, it's quite possible to objectively assess how realistic it is.

well, like I said, objectively, two legged giant robots piloted by humans are already nothing realistic. So we have to accept a certain degree of unrealistic stuff based on personal preferences anyway, or just say that there's no realism in robot anime at all. The fact is, MSG is indeed more realistic than Wing, however whether that makes the difference, that's highly subjective. For you maybe 3 vs. 100 easy fight is just a slight difference from 5 vs. 15 hard fight, while the use of melee weapon makes a hugh difference, but others can reasonably have different opinions.

Perhaps. However, that doesn't mean that it's reasonable to do so.

The reason is there, since we all agree there are differences, but when do the differences make the qualitative distinction, that depends on personal preferences. Some draw a line at two legged giant robot, some draw a line at the use of melee weapons, and some draw a line at "godly" Gundam fighting 3 vs. 100 no sweat. It's all reasonable, just different people with their different preferences and suspension of disbelief.

In any case, I was commenting on how a nuclear weapon is vastly more effective in the strategic sense. Basically, an enemy equipped with nuclear weapons has to be dealt with completely differently than one that doesn't have them.

well, a couple of "godly" Gundams are apparently more strategically effective than nukes in GSD