Likewise, Front Mission sports a briefing feature that details basic information about the composition of enemy forces for the upcoming mission. The Arena is a unique feature in which the player can fight AI-controlled enemy combatants to earn monetary rewards. Lastly, shields can be equipped on wanzers to absorb some of the damage taken from incoming attacks.įront Mission has other notable features incorporated into the game. Missile launchers are examples of support fire weapons. Support fire weapons are indirect fire weapons they can never be counterattacked, but have limited ammunition supply and minimum firing ranges. Bazookas are examples of long-range weapons. Long-range weapons are weapons that have long firing ranges and are ideal for avoiding counterattacks. Machine guns and shotguns are examples of short-range weapons. Short-range weapons are weapons used at close range and deal damage to all parts of a target. Tonfas and rods are examples of melee weapons. Melee weapons are weapons used at melee range and have a tendency to strike the body part of its target. There are four classes of weapons: melee weapons, short-range weapons, long-range weapons, and support fire weapons. Auxiliary backpacks serve to give a wanzer special features during combat they allow a wanzer to carry support items such as ammunition reloads and increase the power output of the unit, allowing it to carry heavier gear. Auxiliary backpacks and weapons are not mandatory equipment to use wanzers, but are crucial in order to progress through the games. Computers improve the accuracy of the weapons equipped on the wanzer. Parts with built-in weapons in the body or arm sections can also be equipped on a wanzer. To field a wanzer in battle, it must have a complete frame of parts: body, left arm, right arm, and legs.
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The player has full control over customizing their wanzers and can do so as long as its total weight value does not exceed its given power output. In the customization aspect of Front Mission, wanzers can be customized with a variety of parts, computers, auxiliary backpacks, and weapons. These enemy units generally have only one part, the body, and are much stronger than wanzers themselves.
While the player fights mostly wanzers, vehicles and aircraft, mobile weapon platforms are also featured. Destruction of arm and leg parts does not remove the wanzer from play, but it severely cripples its performance. In the event the body is destroyed, the wanzer is removed from play completely. The legs parts enable movement and evasion, the arm parts are necessary to use hand and shoulder weapons, and the body part maintains the wanzer's operability. Each part has a specific function and its own health bar. A wanzer differs from the typical combat unit in that it has four modular parts: body, left arm, right arm, and legs. In Front Mission, players use playable units called wanzers, a term for mecha derived from the German word Wanderpanzer, or "walking tank". Overhead view of world map during a mission It was released as a PSOne Classic in Japan on November 12, 2008.Ī remake of Front Mission has been announced for Nintendo Switch and is set to release sometime in 2022. This release marked the third time that a Front Mission title was localized and published outside Japan. Only the Nintendo DS port, renamed as Front Mission, was released in North America on October 23, 2007. The PlayStation version was then ported to the Nintendo DS with more additional content and was released in Japan on March 22, 2007. It included new content and offered a new USN scenario to play through. was released for the PlayStation in Japan on October 23, 2003, titled Front Mission First. A direct port of the game was released for the WonderSwan Color in Japan on July 12, 2002.Ī port of the game developed by Square Enix Co., Ltd. Front Mission is part of a serialized storyline that follows the stories of various characters and their struggles involving mecha known as wanzers. Front Mission is the first main entry and the first entry overall in the Front Mission series. Front Mission is a tactical role-playing game developed by G-Craft and published by Squaresoft, and was released in Japan on Februfor the Super Famicom.
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