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Binding: Video Game Brand: Square Enix EAN: 0662248907130 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+ Label: Square Enix Manufacturer: Square Enix Platform: Nintendo DS Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: October 23, 2007 Sales Rank: 4463 Studio: Square Enix
Features:
Utilizing Nintendo DS Touch Screen functionality and stylus-driven controls, players can effortlessly navigate through the game’s menus with a tap of the screen
All-new dual screen presentation keeps gamers immersed in the action while providing them with vital information at a glance
Experience a rich storyline, including the addition of exciting new missions and new wanzers, along with the appearance of familiar characters from other titles in the FRONT MISSION series
Friends can now challenge one another to intense wanzer battles through the all-new multiplayer element, accessible via DS Wireless Play
Choose a side in the warfare between the O.C.U. and the U.C.S. and experience both sides of the conflict
Product Description: Discover the origins of the Front Mission series in this explosive handheld saga that has never before been localized for North America. Reborn exclusively on the Nintendo DS, Front Mission introduces exciting new updated features from the classic that gave birth to seven beloved sequels. Using Touch Screen functionality, you command a squad of customizable mechs known as wanzers and direct them through turn-based skirmishes across the battlefields of the 21st century.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Front Mission DS Totally Rocks!
I would definitely recommend Front Mission DS to anyone looking for a worthwhile SRPG on the DS. If you love mechs, like I do, you will enjoy this game immensely. Front Mission DS features an extensive array of customization options for your Wanzers. In fact, customizing your Wanzers and experimenting with different combinations of units is one of the most intriguing portions of gameplay.
As for the battles: they can be quite challenging! Many of the battles in this game have interesting angles behind them that will really force you to think strategy, as any great SRPG should. I am an experienced SRPGer, and this game presented a satisfying challenge to me as a gamer.
The storyline in this game is sophisticated. The writer presupposes quite a bit of military knowledge on your part, which makes it fun to delve into. Toward the end of the game there are dramatic revelations and plot twists that will surprise you.
Front Mission DS presents 30+ hours of fantastic mech action, and it is very cheap right now, so pick it up!
Rating: - FM1
Did you enjoy FM3 or FM4? If you did then you'll enjoy this one as well.
Rating: - Fun Game But Rough Edges
This is a turn-based mech combat game. It has role-playing aspects in that your characters gain skills equipment as the game progresses. The gameplay is fun. The missions are moderately challenging. The graphics are acceptable. The game's biggest downside is the interface. It's obvious that they didn't write this with the DS in mind originally. The click-regions are small. Many actions require a double-click: one to select and another to accept. Some actions, like equipping an item on a mech take too many steps. I also often found myself wanting information that was not available. For instance, if you are attacking an enemy at a distance and want to know which area to shoot at, you'll have to remember because the enemy's armor is not shown at that time.
Overall the game is a lot of fun. If you like turn-based games, check this one out.
There are two campaign sequences and each will take 20+ hours to complete so there's a lot of value for your money here.
Rating: - A worthy debut on the DS
Square's Front Mission series actually goes back quite a bit to the days of the Super NES, of which this DS title is pretty much derived from. Front Mission is a strategy/RPG featuring battling mech suits; a description which should give you an idea of whether you want to give this game a look or not. Anyway, the game is played on an isometric point of view, and features some pretty good sprite work in the graphics department, but the real meat and potatoes of Front Mission is the ultra-deep strategy tactics and RPG elements that will have you coming back again and again to this game. Newcomers however may not want to keep coming back, as Front Mission also features a very steep learning curve that may very well be a turn off for quite a few. That aside, Front Mission for the DS has a lot to offer for fans of Square's long running mech series, and newcomers to the series should give it a try, but those not so much familiar with strategy/RPG's need not apply.
Rating: - You'll like it if you liked it in the first place
Try going to IGN or 1up if you want a thorough review. As for me, I really enjoy this game. I don't recommend it for younger DS owners, as the learning curve is pretty steep [you really do have to read the manual if you're new to the series], and it has quite a bit of complexity. There actually is a tutorial mode, but it only shows you how to do the very VERY basics. The game is made by Square Enix, the same people that do the Final Fantasy series; and the similarities between the two are obvious from the get-go: classic turn-based battles [which sometimes last more than an hour], a deep storyline that will really suck you in, and very thorough "wanzer" [as the giant robots you battle with are called] customization. The actual battles are seen from a 2-D isometric camera angle [think Starcraft or Simcities]. Like I said in the title, most of the people that enjoy this game were already fans of the Front Mission series.
Fun/Gameplay: 4/5... I had to play for a while for the game to actually get really good, but if you've got the patience, then your money is well spent. If you want, you can play the ENTIRE GAME using just the stylus, but I prefer the good ol' buttons, as some of the places you have to tap with your stylus [ie: choosing a place to move on the battle field, selecting from a list of weapons to use] are pretty tiny, and I sometimes tapped the wrong option.
Graphics: 3/5... Entirely 2-D, but that's not a problem with me, as a 3-D engine would hog too much space on the game-card, thus severely limiting the amount of content the game could have
Sound: 2/5... This game IS from the SNES and PS1 era, and seeing as how the effects, voice, and music quality back then were very basic...
Reply Value: 4/5... Even though the game is MOSTLY direct copy of the original, they crammed in an entire new story [you can pick which of the two countries you'll fight for]. Even if you choose the same country to fight with, there are alot of things you can do differently, although the main plot itself doesn't allow for much deviation.
- Front Mission DS Totally Rocks!
- FM1
