Happy 30th anniversary, Front Mission! A game that Square only reluctantly published after G-Craft fought to get them to grasp the concept and push against 'No robots!'. Front Mission successfully blended politics, intrigue, RPG mechanics, and mecha-strategy and is still enjoyable today. - ThreadSky

sharkabytes.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Happy 30th anniversary, Front Mission!

A game that Square only reluctantly published after G-Craft fought to get them to grasp the concept and push against 'No robots!'.

Front Mission successfully blended politics, intrigue, RPG mechanics, and mecha-strategy and is still enjoyable today.

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pantslessendeavor.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've only ever played 3 on the PSX but loved it! I have the remasters so far!

sharkabytes.bsky.social•3 days ago

FM3 is something special, yeah. I enjoyed digging around in the world-building future internet as much as the battles themselves, aha.

pantslessendeavor.bsky.social•3 days ago

YES! I'm correct that the remake of 3 is still being done, right?!

sharkabytes.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think so. They last showed off footage at TGS last year which didn't look all that good, tbh. So hopefully they throw some more budget at its production.

pantslessendeavor.bsky.social•3 days ago

OOooooh,oof. I hope they do too.

sharkabytes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeahhh. The remakes 'underperformed' in Square Enix's eyes, a familiar statement, so think it's being done on a shoestring budget now which yeah, is only going to hurt it's success.

kumimono.bsky.social•3 days ago

That, is an excellent game. Great soundtrack, too.

sharkabytes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Front Mission was one of the first games I played through fan translation and ZSNES. I'd only heard about the series before that, but thankfully, Front Mission 3 would get a PAL release too soon after which I still absolutely adore.

Sniff, the nostalgia that some fan translations well up in me.

mike.and.cat•3 days ago

This was also my first fan translation! I was so excited for a mech RPG. Still love this game, though going through the remake reminded me how much of this game is just menus 🤣

wilagames.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mine was either Star Ocean or Sieken Densetsu 3.

comchia.bsky.social•3 days ago

Between the turn-based combat, RPG mechanics, and super cool mechs, I'm getting a bit of a Battletech vibe from seeing this game. I think my brother likes this one a lot.

boomsticktastic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Beautiful shots, is that from a CRT or a Retrotink or similar?

sharkabytes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Crt! My favourite one, an early 2000s 4:3 flatscreen. Has such a lovely image even under composite. (though the below image is under RGB SCART)

jegriva.bsky.social•3 days ago

The DS version is the port of the enhanced PS1 version.

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