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Hooray for Wanzers? I don't even remember when the last Front Mission came out in the U.S....

Woah, Front Mission. Now there's a name I never thought would be seen again.

personaly I would have liked a strategy game more.  I wonder how they will work in the skills that made Front mission such a fun game.  I can see how speed and guild might work but what about switch and double?

Cool, Front Mission 3 was the only FM game I played and it was pretty sweet. And I was a long time Armored Core fan so I'm looking forward to Evolved as this seems more of where I wanted to see that franchise going.

Why not let Armored Core do what they do best and Front Mission do what they do best?? Was there any need to bastardize such a great mecha franchise???

No!  I'm with DragoonKain, we have Armored Core for 3rd person giant robot fighting.  Front mission is a strategy franchise, and I was hoping for a  little tactical combat not another 3rd person game.  *Sigh* 

I aggree with GozerTC. no way they can take that market from armored core.

Sounds interesting, but I am a little sad that they seem to be moving Front Mission away from its strategy roots. I really liked 3 and 4, and wish that Squeenix had brought 5 over to the US because apparently it was really great. Still, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure they're not calling this Front Mission 6 because if it doesn't work out they'll either try something else or go back to the original Front Mission style.

...anyone else kinda upset about this?  I have fond memories of Front Mission 3, and this is actually one of my favorite SRPG series.  Not enough great SRPG's are made anymore, which is a bummer.

That being said, I was a pretty hardcore fan of Armored Core 2 and 3, and have never touched one since.  Perhaps this will revitalize my interest in the giant mech genre?

What? Front Mission was the only grid-based tactics series I ever really liked. Why turn that into yet another mech shootan gaem that will undoubtedly be worse than the original format?

There's a 5?!

*Checks*

Holy shit!

Armored Snore has sucked since the PSone days.  It's always been too slow and never really got the multiplayer down the way a game like that should have.  Front Mission hasn't really been good since the incredible FM3, and changing the style of game could put it back on the map.

I heard once that it was going to be something like Valkyria Chronicles in execution, sort of a mesh of FM and AC, that could work quite well.  I really like games like FM Gun Hazard, Target Earth, and the Leynos games.  There hasn't been a great action robot game in while that wasn't some simmy AC or crappy Gundam title.  I think the last good mech game was Mechassault, and that's fucking old.

one of the biggest problems with armored core is the graphics and lack of story soooooo... im going to buy this.

I would consider myself a long time fan of the series and I would just like to add that the second Front Mission game took a different approach making the game a side scrolling shooter of sorts, so Front Mission was not always a top down turn based strat. I cant say this type of gameplay impressed me and kept my interest and I was more than happy to return to the grid based strat rpg of the masterpiece that was Front Mission 3 and to a lesser extent 4.

Although I was very much addicted to the strategy / turn-based stuff of Front Mission of old, I also felt it lacked a level of fluidness in the story telling and action in the gameplay that I feel Front Mission Evolved can possibly bring about. This is my most followed game at the moment dispite this e3 madness.

They mention that the same level of customizability will be kept in this game, I just hope they can deliver on it, in that the customizability also serves the same level of purpose in the previous games. If they can match that and add some action which isnt just dumb this should be awesome for Front Mission fans and people alien to the series.

Plus my dream game has always involved online and mechs, I some what doubt this can match the expectations but it is certainly worth an eye out and shouldnt be shunned by hardcore FM fans.

This is more Armored Core or Mech Assault than Front Mission. Front Mission was one of the few strategy RPGs I liked. I guess its better than nothing...? I'm reserving judgement. 

This sounds like a good idea because I have no interest in a turn-based strategy mech game.

So is it Chromehounds? Along the lines of that? If so...."meh."