Front Mission 1 & 2: Remake (NSW) - 2022

[6souls]

Developed by Forever Entertainment SA (Panzer Dragoon Remake)

In the year 2090, the world's conflicts are fought using giant war machines called Wanzers. Huffman Island, the only place where the Oceania Cooperative Union (O.C.U.) and the Unified Continental States (U.C.S.) share a land border is a hotbed of conflict.

An O.C.U. reconnaissance platoon led by Captain Royd Clive is assigned to investigate a U.C.S. munitions plant. They are ambushed by U.C.S. Wanzers, triggering a series of events that plunges the whole island into war. Royd's fiancée, Lieutenant Karen Meure, goes missing in action.

Discharged from the military, Royd sets out to investigate what happened to Karen. His quest leads him closer and closer to the conspiracy behind the incident and the powers that orchestrated it.

With dozens of characters to meet, its mature story, and non-Manichean protagonists, Front Mission is the classic of a tactical Japanese RPG genre, finally available worldwide.

FRONT MISSION 2: Remake will also launch on Nintendo Switch in the future.

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detai...remake-switch/
https://forever-entertainment.com/

[Rulke]

FUCK. YES. This series is one of my favorite, though I've only ever been able to get my hands on #3 and #4. There was a big fan project to make #5 playable but it always seemed like too much work for me to attempt to get into.

[Lucavi]

Another round of combat against Hell's Wall?

Count me in.

[Ayn]

3 was the only one I ever finished and I thoroughly enjoyed it at the time.

Tried to get into..4? 5? Whichever one was on PS2, but just never got far.

[Rulke]

Front Mission 1st coming Nov 2022
https://www.nintendo.com/store/produ...remake-switch/

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1587798272311054336

[Rulke]

Pfft, well I may as well wait for Christmas now. Gameplay footage will be welcome though!

[Lucavi]

Wait, is it switch only? I mean, it ain't a problem cuz I WILL get it for the switch if so, but damn.

[Andalusian girls]

Switch exclusive ye, 0 word on porting over to other platforms so far but like everything else imagine it'll come. just not anytime soon

[Kaisha]

This works for me since turn-based shit plays so god damn well in portable form, at least for the first game. I presume 2 will be 2 proper and not the sidescroller.

Spoiler: show

PC players can probably emulate it day-1 anyways

[Lucavi]

Yeah... I think this'll work for me on the Switch... It can certainly handle the engine, haha.

I need to see the character portraits again, though. Need to see how much Amano anorexia and frostbite still exists on the pictures.

[Rulke]

[Lucavi]

Trailer wasn't impressive at all for those who aren't already fans, but its enough for me. Can't wait to beat the shit out of people in the arena again.

[Rulke]

I wonder how the ai will be. I remember really getting down strategy and blowing through missions save the few where you are clearly outgunned. That and the occasional defend mission where the moron runs out to the center of the map immediately

[Lucavi]

Yeah, Hells Wall was the only really tough fight.

[Kaisha]

Oof, those environment textures on the combat close-ups aren't too hot looking, although perfectly fine from the gameplay view. Hoping it's just a case of garbage compression on the trailer smudging details.

[Rulke]

Hookay so I am at mission 10 or so. I like the game a lot. Probably because I come from the era of emulating games that never got released in the USA from Square/SquareSoft I don't mind the simplicity of the "remake". It still plays like a game from that era so I guess if you are coming into the series from a new gaming history it might seem shallow and simple. All the hidden and vague thing you have to really strain your brain to find out (or hit up gamefaq ) bring back some good memories from a bygone era of gaming for me. Looking forward to #2 and hoping for a port of #5 someday!

[Rulke]

no release date yet

[Rulke]

Release date 6-12-2023

[coldreactive]

I'll have to wait for it to come on other platforms, since I'm not willing to get a Switch right now. But I'm glad this series is getting some love again. I only really got to play Front Mission 3 on the PSOne.