Front Mission

An obscure strategic RPG released by Square back in 1995. It is a great series of games. The idea is that you control a squad of robots, called Wanzers, and complete missions through turn based combat. The game provokes tactical thinking and serious thought as you progress throughout it. Since it is also an RPG, there is some exploring, customising and buying elements that make you have complete choice over what type of wanzers and team tactics you are relying on.

Sadly, due to it's obscurity, there are only a few Front Mission games ready for purchase in Western territories. Front Mission, Front Mission 3 and Front Mission 4 can all be found in the USA with a little luck and research, your best bet is eBay for these games. As for Europe, we sadly only saw release of Front Mission 3, which is arguably the best game in the series anyway. However, if you have a DS, don't hesitate to import the original Front Mission for DS, it is a fantastic purchase if you're looking for an enduring and interesting game on the system.

Loopy_101

I played lot of Squaresoft/Enix games... I have taken a spin on this game on the Nintendo... it really interesting and offers alot... I have to take a spin of the other games.rikhan_z

Go find Front Mission 3 then ;)

It's no hassle for me... I'm ordering it right now the NA right now, i'll let you know how it goes. I'm alittle cautious about the NA, because the Xenosaga Greatest Hits hardly works... my PS2 is unable to read it.

It voids the warraty, for example, if someone wants to go the whole step to mod it, you have to open up you're PS2 (i have the slim version) and I had to modify a few parts... there is a risk of damaging the console... however if an unexperience person was working on it, then there a high chance of it breaking.

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nice

And it works on my PS2... the television is in 50hz thou... I'll play it on my other tv which runs at 60hz when I have time. It's nice to know it works.

Everyone has alot of games... It would be hard to believe that everyone will have 23 memory cards kept in each case... also I think they're saving money. A bit of plastic that worth 2p they're trying to save.

I'm aware that it's easy to place the memroy card back in and take out again when you want to play.

Everyone has alot of games... It would be hard to believe that everyone will have 23 memory cards kept in each case... also I think they're saving money. A bit of plastic that worth 2p they're trying to save.

I'm aware that it's easy to place the memroy card back in and take out again when you want to play.

 

rikhan_z

Hmm...I guess.

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"]I played lot of Squaresoft/Enix games... I have taken a spin on this game on the Nintendo... it really interesting and offers alot... I have to take a spin of the other games.loopy_101

Go find Front Mission 3 then ;)

Must import Front Mission NA version... I have DS now :)

[QUOTE="loopy_101"]

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"]I played lot of Squaresoft/Enix games... I have taken a spin on this game on the Nintendo... it really interesting and offers alot... I have to take a spin of the other games.rikhan_z

Go find Front Mission 3 then ;)

Must import Front Mission NA version... I have DS now :)

Yeah, go ahead. There is also another Front Mission on DS but it was only released in Japan, I'm waiting for an English patch until I hear news of a Western release.

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"][QUOTE="loopy_101"]

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"]I played lot of Squaresoft/Enix games... I have taken a spin on this game on the Nintendo... it really interesting and offers alot... I have to take a spin of the other games.loopy_101

Go find Front Mission 3 then ;)

Must import Front Mission NA version... I have DS now :)

Yeah, go ahead. There is also another Front Mission on DS but it was only released in Japan, I'm waiting for an English patch until I hear news of a Western release.

Are you aware about Front Mission online? I would of really taken a shot of that if I knew about it sooner, as now the servers are offline.

makes me wonder that SquareEnix already had a good line up of MMO games. 

I thought everyone would be hyped up many of SquareEnix game, ever since the impact of Final Fantasy VII, I thought they would of been taken in by it... it annoys me thou, I really think some 'fans' are just idle talking when they say how much they enjoyed FFVII. That's my opinion of it.

[QUOTE="loopy_101"][QUOTE="rikhan_z"][QUOTE="loopy_101"]

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"]I played lot of Squaresoft/Enix games... I have taken a spin on this game on the Nintendo... it really interesting and offers alot... I have to take a spin of the other games.rikhan_z

Go find Front Mission 3 then ;)

Must import Front Mission NA version... I have DS now :)

Yeah, go ahead. There is also another Front Mission on DS but it was only released in Japan, I'm waiting for an English patch until I hear news of a Western release.

Are you aware about Front Mission online? I would of really taken a shot of that if I knew about it sooner, as now the servers are offline.

makes me wonder that SquareEnix already had a good line up of MMO games. 

I thought everyone would be hyped up many of SquareEnix game, ever since the impact of Final Fantasy VII, I thought they would of been taken in by it... it annoys me thou, I really think some 'fans' are just idle talking when they say how much they enjoyed FFVII. That's my opinion of it.

I think they didn't release Front Mission Online over here due to the bad press from Final Fantasy XI. I bet Front Mission Online's a good game though, I would've liked to try it

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"][QUOTE="loopy_101"][QUOTE="rikhan_z"][QUOTE="loopy_101"]

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"]I played lot of Squaresoft/Enix games... I have taken a spin on this game on the Nintendo... it really interesting and offers alot... I have to take a spin of the other games.loopy_101

Go find Front Mission 3 then ;)

Must import Front Mission NA version... I have DS now :)

Yeah, go ahead. There is also another Front Mission on DS but it was only released in Japan, I'm waiting for an English patch until I hear news of a Western release.

Are you aware about Front Mission online? I would of really taken a shot of that if I knew about it sooner, as now the servers are offline.

makes me wonder that SquareEnix already had a good line up of MMO games. 

I thought everyone would be hyped up many of SquareEnix game, ever since the impact of Final Fantasy VII, I thought they would of been taken in by it... it annoys me thou, I really think some 'fans' are just idle talking when they say how much they enjoyed FFVII. That's my opinion of it.

I think they didn't release Front Mission Online over here due to the bad press from Final Fantasy XI. I bet Front Mission Online's a good game though, I would've liked to try it

The bad press of FFXII is new to me, what happened?

[QUOTE="loopy_101"][QUOTE="rikhan_z"][QUOTE="loopy_101"][QUOTE="rikhan_z"][QUOTE="loopy_101"]

[QUOTE="rikhan_z"]I played lot of Squaresoft/Enix games... I have taken a spin on this game on the Nintendo... it really interesting and offers alot... I have to take a spin of the other games.rikhan_z

Go find Front Mission 3 then ;)

Must import Front Mission NA version... I have DS now :)

Yeah, go ahead. There is also another Front Mission on DS but it was only released in Japan, I'm waiting for an English patch until I hear news of a Western release.

Are you aware about Front Mission online? I would of really taken a shot of that if I knew about it sooner, as now the servers are offline.

makes me wonder that SquareEnix already had a good line up of MMO games. 

I thought everyone would be hyped up many of SquareEnix game, ever since the impact of Final Fantasy VII, I thought they would of been taken in by it... it annoys me thou, I really think some 'fans' are just idle talking when they say how much they enjoyed FFVII. That's my opinion of it.

I think they didn't release Front Mission Online over here due to the bad press from Final Fantasy XI. I bet Front Mission Online's a good game though, I would've liked to try it

The bad press of FFXII is new to me, what happened?

It didn't do very well and the Xbox 360 version was slammed by some critics.

Do you mean Final Fantasy XI? The online one as XII is the PS2 game?Garfield360UK

Yes, thats what I said. It seems Rikhan has accidently added another I

Oh well :P

[QUOTE="Garfield360UK"]Do you mean Final Fantasy XI? The online one as XII is the PS2 game?loopy_101

Yes, thats what I said. It seems Rikhan has accidently added another I

Oh well :P

those roman numberials are confusing

[QUOTE="loopy_101"]

[QUOTE="Garfield360UK"]Do you mean Final Fantasy XI? The online one as XII is the PS2 game?rikhan_z

Yes, thats what I said. It seems Rikhan has accidently added another I

Oh well :P

those roman numberials are confusing

Indeed they are lol.

I've only played the front mission port for the DS. I really hope they make the sequels for the DS too as I really like that game, and front mission online? Wow that game would've been fun.nealsdaman

They released Front Mission 3 and 4 in North America so you might want to look out for those games on Playstation and Playstation 2.

[QUOTE="nealsdaman"]I've only played the front mission port for the DS. I really hope they make the sequels for the DS too as I really like that game, and front mission online? Wow that game would've been fun.loopy_101

They released Front Mission 3 and 4 in North America so you might want to look out for those games on Playstation and Playstation 2.

Front Mission 4 is worth it, I ever had so much fun out of the game and the visuals are amazing.

Don't have my old playstation anymore :( but I could pick up front mission 4, but is it really that good? Some people say that it wasn't as good as the other three.nealsdaman

It doesn't matter, Psone games work on PS2. Front Mission 4 is supposed to be quite good. Just pick up both of them anyway.

I wish I still had Front Mission 3 on Playstation. Maybe I'll go look for it in the future, and perhaps I should also pick up Front Mission 2 while I'm at it.loopy_101

I heard that the third game is 150 hours 0_0... other then being a fun game

I've seen Front Mission on the DS in a Forbidden Planet in Nottingham but didn't buy it because I was stupid. Front Mission 3 - did anyone ever fully complete that game with its multiple endings or indeed see all of the mechs/ get all of the weapons?

Best mech in that game (jokingly) was the pink mech with a mohican.