Excerpt: When Square-Enix and developer Double Helix started sketching ideas for the next installment of mech-strategy series Front Mission, it is clear that appealing to a Western audience was high on the list of priorities. The convoluted political strife is still present, but missing is the deliberate turn-based battle system, turning Front Mission Evolved into an oversized 3rd person shooter. With only a few notable detractors, the latest Front Mission adventure is all the better for it.
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.
