New Front Mission Evolved Screens Brings the Mech-On-Mech Action

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Dan Webb

Square Enix's Front Mission franchise is nearly as old as me... okay then, that was a slight exaggeration, but it's been around 15 years which is an impressive feat for any franchise these days.

New screenshots of the heavy-on-the-mech shooter show, you guessed it, mechs... and of course, you can't show one mech off without it fighting another one. It's customary... well, according to my physics professor it was. Although, I suspect he was a bit of an eccentric and what he was doing talking about mechs, I'll never know.

My trite life experiences aside, there are 10 new screens in the gallery, so if you're looking to satisfy that mech urge, head across to check them out.

Front Mission Evolved should be touching down sometime in the "spring." Which should be any month now. Or so they say.

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  • Looks good, i just wish they stuck with the Tactics style game play..
  • Dont look that bad. I would like to play this game it has been awhile since I have played a good mech game.
  • *cries* What's with the companies nowadays... noone seems to want to bet their money on good 'ol strategy games... I sure hope they stick with the awesome customization at least.
  • 50/50 on this one.
  • Looks good, but that doesn't mean it plays good. I will wait for the review, but I have to admit, I am interested.
  • Anyone else reminded of Transformers when they see these screenshots? lol
  • @6 I was thinking armored core.
  • @6 or Chromehounds. Prolly picking this up.
  • I'm with #1, hate how they're changing it up. Not saying the game will be bad, I just really want a good old strategy FM.
  • I do love me my mech games. Still upset the shut down the Chromehounds servers; it was such a gem. They should release a Steel Batalion like controller for this though. Would be awesome...expensive and completely unessacary, but awesome.
  • Man, I miss playing Front Mission 3 on my PS1. One of the best games I ever got my hands on. It even had its own internet built into the game (a fake internet, but it had dozens of websites you could find with everything from government mech advertisements, to a highschool prom voting station, to a hacker warez hub).
  • @11-Front Misiion 3--------U r so true there.
  • Seconded, Front Mission 3 was legendary.
  • @ #11 Heck yeah! It had a great story, too, or maybe I should say it had two great stories. Finding the secret wanzer armor was great, too. I still have and play FM4 for the PS2. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this game but am concerned about the change in gameplay. Just have to wait and see.
  • @6, 7, 8 Or Heavy Gear :p On-foot sections for a Mech game, really? (c.f. screenshots) Why the hell would someone do that...
  • Cool, I liked Front Mission 4. Hope this is good too.
  • sweet kinda sweet iv never played anyone of front mission except for the demo of one i might have to give this a try
  • Same with #1 and others, they should've stuck with turn based tactics system. FM3 had 2 ending, and finding codes within the game to get laser weapon was awesome. Spent hours on that. Didn't play FM4 much...So I'm unsure about this one. Probably rental or when it hits a good deal I'll try.
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