Each Wanzer even has a computer that you can customize, so you can decided how fast your Wanzer’s skill in certain types of weapons levels up (at the cost of its speed in leveling up other types of weapons). Proper skill management and setup is a crucial key to success in FM2. The aforementioned skills are also an important part of combat, as they give your Wanzers certain bonuses or allow them to perform unique attacks. So, as you can see, the strategy in FM2 revolves around surrounding your enemies (even more so than in other strategy RPGs). Hostile units adjacent to your Wanzer will decrease its AP, while friendly units next to it increase its AP. The number of AP that a particular Wanzer has determines how far it can move, whether it can attack, and how many times it can counterattack within a given turn. Examples of “long” weapons include missiles and bazookas.īattles revolve around action points (AP), which determine the extent of the actions your Wanzers can perform per round. Machine guns are good examples of “short” weapons. “Short” weapons also allow the Wanzer to attack enemies they are next to. Once in battle, Wanzers can attack enemies with one of 3 types of weapons: “fight”, “short,” or “long.” “Fight” weapons allow your mech to engage in hand-to-hand combat with an adjacent enemy unit. The scope of customization is quite detailed players can choose weapons, armor, auxiliary equipment, and even the names and paint jobs of each of the player characters’ Wanzers. Before each mission, the player can customize each of the mechs in the party. Leveling up your characters increases their ability to attack enemies and yields new skills for them to use in combat.įrom there, however, FM2 stands out from the rest of the pack with some relatively unique features. Defeating enemies gives your characters experience points. Like those of Vandal Hearts, the turns in FM2 are divided into discrete player and enemy phases. Although your characters are pretty much always piloting the Wanzers during battles, the actual battles play pretty similarly to more medieval strategy RPGs such as the Shining Force games and Vandal Hearts. Thus begins the Alordesh coup d’etat…įM2 is a turn-based strategy RPG played from a 3/4 overhead view perspective. Ash and company try to stop the attack, but are forced to retreat when Alordesh reinforcements show up. Once inside the base, the 4 trucks open up and reveal Wanzers of their own, which promptly proceed to attack the base and everything in it. The guards at the base allow them to enter. 4 trucks from Alordesh pull up to the main gate, and request access to the base so they can fix some equipment. On the night of June 12, 2102, Ash and 3 of his fellow soldiers are patrolling the base in their Wanzer (short for Wandrung Panzer) mechs. The leaders of Alordesh feel that the OCU is exploiting the country for its resources, and want Alordesh to be independent of the coalition.Īsh Faruk, the main character of Front Mission 2nd, is a soldier stationed at the OCU Rimian Base, located deep inside Alordesh territory. Tensions between the OCU and Alordesh (formerly Bangladesh), one of its members, are mounting. Finally, the OCU (Oceanic Community Union) consists of China, Japan, Australia, and several other countries on the continent of Asia. The People’s Republic of Zaftra is made up of what was formerly known as the USSR. The OAC (African Community) consists of the African nations. The EC (Euro Community) consists of Europe and Greenland. The USN (United States of the New Continent) consists of North and South America and many of the peripheral countries just outside of those 2 continents. It’s 2102, and there are 5 major political coalitions in the world. Front Mission 2nd continues the excellent standards of the sterling strategy RPG series as a matter of fact, it’s the best Front Mission game so far. That’s a real shame, because Front Mission happens to be one of the best series that Square has ever released. Note: This review is based on the Japanese version of the game.įront Mission is one of the lesser known series of games that Square has published, due mostly to the fact that none of the games were ever released in the US.
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