![]() Front Mission: Online is the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game and the first third-person shooter (TPS) for the PS2 and PC. Front Mission: Alternative ventures into real-time strategy (RTS). Gun Hazard is a side-scrolling shooter developed by the lead designer of Assault Suits Valken. The series is known for regularly venturing into other genres. Stated to occur after the events of Front Mission 5. Left Alive (2019, PS4/PC) - Third person shooter spinoff developed in house by Square Enix.Front Mission Evolved (2010, PS3/Xbox 360/PC) - Third person shooter spinoff by Double Helix, taking place long after all other games.An abridged version was included in Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness.Front Mission 2089 II (2006, Mobile) - Sequel to Front Mission 2089, bridging the remaining gaps to the first game.A Fan Translation patch for the game exists, however. Unlike 3 and 4, this was only released in Japan. Front Mission 5 (2005, PS2) - An epic opera that serves to close the main story of the franchise and spans from right before the events of the first game, until long after the events of the third.Front Mission: Online (2005, PS2/PC) - MMO spinoff that ran from 2005 to 2008.Re-released as Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness for the Nintendo DS in 2008.Front Mission 2089 (2005, Mobile) - A prequel to the first game.Second in the series to get a localized release. Front Mission 4 (2003, PS2) - A side-quel that runs parallel to the events of the first game.Front Mission: History (2003, PS) - A box set which includes the first three games in the mainline series. ![]() A Video Game Remake on the Nintendo Switch (date unconfirmed).First in the series to get a localized release. Front Mission 3 (1999, PS1) - Sequel to Front Mission 2, but with little connections to the first two games.Front Mission: Alternative (1997, PS1) - An RTS spin-off, taking place long before all other games.A Video Game Remake on the Nintendo Switch to be released on June 12, 2023.Front Mission 2 (1997, PS1) - A direct sequel to Front Mission.Front Mission: Gun Hazard (1996, SFC) - A side-scrolling action spin-off, taking place in an alternative universe.A Video Game Remake on the Nintendo Switch released on November 30, 2022.The DS version was the only one to get a localized release, but has all the features from the PSX version. Re-released as Front Mission: 1st for the PlayStation in 2003, and Nintendo DS in 2007.Front Mission (1995, Super Famicom) (2002, Wonderswan).With regards to the games, the series currently consists of five mainline titles and seven offshoots: Logistics matter, the Wanzers are easily destroyed, winning battles requires teamwork, and the stories are heavily packed with Realpolitik. ![]() Two things set it apart from other mecha games: it is a Turn-Based Strategy (unheard of in 1995 outside of Super Robot Wars), and it applies as much realism as can be expected with giant robots. Square Enix's chief Humongous Mecha franchise, Front Mission throws readers and players into gritty Real Robot stories, in which conglomerate nations from 20 Minutes into the Future fight for power and political control, using armies of Wanzers (short for "Wanderungpanzers" - loosely translated from German for "walking tanks"). More or less the franchise in a nutshell. A marriage between Cool and (relatively) Realistic.
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