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Mix in getting people who used to distrust you but now trust you, people who you thought you could trust but it turns out they’re double agents and someone monologing in a WALKING TANK while explaining their evil mission is just done to death. Getting revenge for a dead girlfriend/wife/team member only to discover that the real evil goes all the way To The Top is about as well trodden as you can get. It’s the fact that both feel like the plots of movies from the late 80s/early 90s, and not necessarily in a good way. Nevermind that the dialogue is often stilted and off-putting: it’s clear localizers did very little in terms of updating or even grammatically improving what was translated from the first Lloyd storyline (Kevin’s is marginally better).

Please show me how to aim my goddamn weapon in a not frantic way.Ĭutting straight to my dislikes without explaining anything else, the story of both Front Mission 1st: Remake campaigns is hokey and schlocky to the point of parody.

This gives you the general feel of the series in a very concise and exciting way, offering both the original story (disgraced ex-captain exposes corruption in the military) and the alternate storyline (disgraced ex-officer exposes corruption in the military). 1st: Remake is, on the nose, a remake of the very first Front Mission (originally published in 1993), although this is a remake of a remake: the original remaster was on the DS back in 2007.

Each game is set in a future far enough away that we’re able to justify both the existence of hand-to-hand robot fights with why we’re still arguing over oil and democratic coups.

You are in command of a team of “wanzers,” the name of the giant robot suits the fighting forces of the future use. For those who haven’t dipped a toe into the franchise before, Front Mission is what happens when military minded developers discover Mechs for the first time and decide that they really want to go all-in on the tension and dramatic elements of conflict but not successfully explain why.

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