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Mosquiton

706th Post

Red Carpet Regular Member

"Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 10:51

Check out the story here.

Of course nobody is obligated to believe me, but when I saw the news up at Gameforms.com that mentioned Square-Enix was looking for people to work on a new simulation RPG who had knowledge of mechanics and weaponry I immediately thought Front Mission Online.

Of course up until now that would have just been plain old speculation... now it's somewhat warranted speculation.

That would rock so hard, I'd go on for pages about my expectations and hopes... but best to be cautiously optimistic eh?

FM3 didn't really do it for me, as cool as it looked. Since you got shitty grades if you tried to mix things up I ended up having everyone in the exact same role using the exact same tactics until I got bored and picked up another game.

They needed more cool stuff like hijacking helicopters and varying objectives and what not. But man, how could Front Mission not be cool online as a sim RPG.

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whitesword

1297th Post

Red Carpet Executive Member

"Re(1):Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 11:34

quote:

FM3 didn't really do it for me, as cool as it looked. Since you got shitty grades if you tried to mix things up I ended up having everyone in the exact same role using the exact same tactics until I got bored and picked up another game.

I never really cared about the grades, but annoying, spoony Kazuki almost made me stop playing the game!

...I'd prefer an online SRW

Neppuu! Shippuu! CYBUSTER!

war
19th Post

New Customer

"Re(2):Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 12:06

That would be okay.....AS LONG as they have weapon naming scheme similar to Front Mission Alternatives. Nothing would be better then nailing a (non-AI) bogey with your Blue Veiner rifle.

quote:

...I'd prefer an online SRW

In hypothesis, the community for an online SRW would be horrible, doncha think? Gunpla nuts, senile yuusha otaku, Tomino zealots, Wing boys, etc. all yelling at each other to end your damn turn already.

Grave

284th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(1):Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 14:01

Personally, I'd like another Front Mission Gun Hazard game! I have the first FM and GH, and as much as I thought FM was a brilliant strategy game, GH was a very fun action game. Of course, there's a lot of competition now, with stuff like Armored Core and Gungriffon Blaze and MechAssault and countless other robot games.

I didn't like FM3 as much as I did the original. And hah, war's comments about SRW online are right on the money. I have enough trouble listening to SRW fans bitch, whine, and duke it out on messageboards and on IRC. If I had to put up with it in an online gaming environment, I... well, I wouldn't play. Simple as that, heheh.

Kikkoken

339th Post

Bronze Customer

"Re(2):Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 16:01

I have only played Front Mission 3 and loved it very much. So I think I should try to play Front Mission 1, as you all seem to like the original better. Was it on Super Famicom or PS 1?

Particular sign: KOF EX2 addicted.

Grave

286th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(3):Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 16:13

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I have only played Front Mission 3 and loved it very much. So I think I should try to play Front Mission 1, as you all seem to like the original better. Was it on Super Famicom or PS 1?

It's for SFC... as far as I know, it didn't get a PS1 rerelease, and it wasn't released outside of Japan. However, all the menus are in English, so it's pretty import-friendly for those who can't read Japanese.

Kikkoken

341th Post

Bronze Customer

"Re(4):Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 16:33

Thanks, Grave. I'll give it a serious try then.

Particular sign: KOF EX2 addicted.

war
20th Post

New Customer

"Re(5):Front Mission Online?" , posted Tue 15 Apr 18:17

Frank Hughes (FH) released a patch for it (SFC version) around a year ago. The patch is very good, but for some reason I enjoyed the game a hell of a lot more without the story translated.
As for FM3....ugh. It was nice to spent a couple of hours a week on it, but the game was so hodge-podge. Half of the hard to get skills had so low a percentage to activate they were useless (such as the gangbang meele and ranged attacks), and the standard "extra aim" could be stacked on top of each other to do ridicolous damage. And what the hell was with only being to use 4 people at once? At least the missions were fun (except levels with excessive non-wanzer mechs. God, the dodge rates for heliocopters and the rest were @#$@$#).
Oh, and throw in my vote for the "spooniest" cast of all time. Marcus the crazy army general. That Chinese Cyrano guy. The Asuka-type with her butler. Etc.

Mosquiton

709th Post

Red Carpet Regular Member

"Front Mission 2" , posted Wed 16 Apr 12:58

Front Mission 2 is fucking rad too, though not very import friendly... and with some wicked load times.

Really cool combat sequences as a result of those load times too, and a lot more factoring into your strategy than the FMs that came before and after.

I've never finished it though, if only it had come to NA. :S

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