![]() ![]() A few years later, with Front Mission 2 in the works, Square bought G-Craft in full. Per developer interviews on Front Mission’s inception, Squaresoft was rather against supporting the project at the start ‘no robots’ was their refrain. ![]() Toshiro Tsuchida - who, in addition to envisioning Front Mission, would go on to bring Arc the Lad to life as well - helmed the team at G-Craft. As it happens, the original Front Mission was the inaugural instance. But in the early 1990s, it was a foreign notion. ![]() These days, Square Enix works with external development studios on a routine basis. This is about Front Mission 1st: Remake, which is - naturally - a remake of the first entry in the most mecha-infused series to ever hit the SRPG scene. But this review isn’t an annual retrospective - there’s an RPG of the Year podcast for that. ![]() It's an absolute mess.The fact that I feel slightly guilty for not spending more time listing several other prime examples of this resurgence in strategic role-playing entertainment is just further testament to 2022’s tactical goodness. Though I do have to wonder, what the heck were they thinking when they set up the color options? Red 0 is above Blue 0, but Blue 1 is above Red 1, and Yellow 0 comes after Green 1. Now all my melee fighters use one color, ranged attackers another, and so on. Sure you can just start associating specific characters with specific weapon types, but it got a whole lot easier for me to remember who was best at what once I started color-coding the Wanzers. Especially when your roster starts to reach double digits. Granted, trying to remember who excels at what can be a challenge. And when you build their Wanzer to play to those strengths, they can become extremely formidable. So for example, if a pilot uses missiles a lot, they're going to build up proficiency with long-range weapons. And as they level up, those points get distributed into their associated categories. Pilots gain experience from attacking with specific weapon types, attacking and missing, or even being attacked. ![]()
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