Debuting in 1995 on the SNES, the main series is typically a tactical turn-based RPG that focuses on the political machinations of various nations in the 21st and 22nd Centuries. This being the future, the nations are less individual states and more amalgamations of geographically disparate but ideologically linked nations such as the Unified Colonial States (the consolidated Americas) and the European Commonwealth (a futuristic version of the current European Union), among others.
Evolved is the story of young engineer Dylan Ramsey, who is thrust into a brewing conflict between the blocs when an unknown threat destroys one of the UCS's orbital elevators, which are key to the ongoing space colonisation race.
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.
Shame this series has gone downhill. Changed from a great strategy RPG to a mech shooter.