

This title changed the gameplay to become a survival game. In 2019, Left Alive, a game set in the same universe as the Front Mission saga, was released.

The latest installment of the saga was released in 2018 for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Its history encompasses a series of military conflicts and political tensions affecting different countries between the 21st and 22nd centuries. In these titles, you control giant mecha robots called "Wanzers", short for the German Wanderung Panzer, i.e., "walking tanks". This game is part of the Front Mission saga, whose first game was released in 1995 for Super Nintendo. Most of the games in the series allow the player to build up a squad of Wanzer pilots and their vehicles, and customize the Wanzers using a variety of parts and weapons.FRONT MISSION 2089: Borderscape is a tactical role-playing game announced by Square Enix in April 2022.

The name is derived from the German name "Wanderung-Panzer", or short Wanzer. Originally developed by German arms manufacturers in the mid 21st century, Wanzers are widely used as walking tanks in the Front Mission universe. Despite having self-contained stories, the games share many stylistic and even gameplay-related elements, despite the genre differences.Īrmed conflicts depicted in the series are fought with a new type of weapon, the so-called Wanzers. The non-numbered games in the series usually belong to other genres: for example, Front Mission: Gun Hazard (1996) is an action RPG with platforming elements. They share many common elements, such as the usage of AP (action points) during player's and enemy turns, "links" (units aiding each other in battle), arena competitions, battle simulators, etc. Political conflicts intertwined with the characters' personal ambitions constitute the main plot-related content in these games.Īll main (numbered) Front Mission titles are tactical role-playing games. The setting is a fictionalized Earth, typically divided into several supranational unions that wage war on each other.

Front Mission series revolves around warfare in a near to distant future.
