With October just a few days in, It would mean that the latest reiteration of the Front Mission franchise will be open to us in the PAL region. More specifically, the game is just four more days away from going live on steam.
This coming October 8, Front Mission Evolved will be open to those who have steam accounts. I personally am waiting with baited breathe for this one since I’ve been recently saturated with zombies because of my recent acquisition of games, Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead Rising 2.
I’ve been meaning to get the game since I saw the trailer where you can now pilot the fabled wanzers instead of just controlling them like chesspieces on the battlefield. While some FM fans didn’t like the change (Bossmac as an example) I find it pretty refreshing at least to give us players the opportunity to feel like actual pilots.
Front Mission Evolved is set in the year 2171, 50 years after the events of Front Mission 5: Scars of the War. The human race has started a massive push for space exploration through orbital elevators to set up surveillance satellites to watch over their adversaries. However, tension rises when one of the elevators in USN North America is destroyed by unknown forces. Dylan Ramsey, a young engineer, finds himself quickly caught in a swirl of destruction, conspiracies and crumbling alliances in a new war brewing between the O.C.U. and the U.C.S. (lifted from the FME post at Wikipedia)
The game has been released already last September 28 for North America players. However PAL and European regions are only going to get some wanzer action this Oct. To spice things up, people who pre-ordered the game over at steam will get free wanzers, Rexon & Calm.
gameplay photos are courtesy of IGN
