Shacknews writes: "A series of games stretching back to 1995, when the first game released for Super Famicon in Japan, established Front Mission as an iconic strategy game franchise. In a style similar to Square's role-playing games, they combined turn-based tactical combat with epic stories told through increasingly cinematic cutscenes as console technology advanced. Front Mission Evolved dispenses with the tactical combat part and instead of instead of watching the action in a movie has players piloting their giant walking mech--called wanzers--first-hand in a third-person action game."
TDS' lone Asian writer talks about an entry in the mech strategy series that never left Japanese shores.
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GNT: Welcome to Cracking the Case, a new feature that I am introducing on Game N Train. Each week, I will try out a new game and give you my first impressions on what this game does right and what this game does wrong.
Today, I’m Cracking the Case on Front Mission: Evolved, by Square Enix.
Its sad that games like this exemplify JP devs inability to make games for HD consoles.
Many Western devs for that matter.
