It was released in 2005 with periodic episode downloads, which were released on a monthly basis.

The story of Front Mission 2089-I takes place in 2089, one year before the 2nd Huffman Conflict. Players can choose to fight for the OCU or the USN, but story and character development remain the same in both cases. The only thing that changes with that option is the main character artwork.įront Mission 2089: Border of Madness for the Nintendo DS covers the entire 2089-I story. Rather than let the player choose which side to fight for, Border of Madness uses the OCU cast of characters from Front Mission 2089-I. While 2089-II was not fully included, parts of it are there as a means to tie the two games together. New plot elements were added to help tie the 2089 mini-series into the main series, along with recurring characters from the other games. The main protagonist, Storm is a mercenary and a former OCU soldier. He belonged to an OCU unit known as B.A.T.S., but resigned from his post for unknown reasons.

Storm travels to Huffman Island in search of employment and was recruited by Falcon.įalcon is an OCU commander who is assigned to working with mercenaries on Huffman Island. Perceived as a boring and dull man, Falcon prioritizes his work above all else. He does, however, treat mercenaries as if they were members of the military. Visually, Front Mission 2089-I is essentially a watered down Front Mission 1st. One notable change is the character artwork, which is noticeably more anime-influenced than the other games. This remake of Front Mission 2089 featured completely remade visuals, new character artwork, new cut-scene events, a rewritten story, new game scenarios. This isn’t much of a concern as mobile phones aren’t necessarily built for video games. The music is mostly the same as in Front Mission 1st as well, with some tracks from Online. Aside from the presentation elements, Front Mission 2089-I also plays out a lot like Front Mission 1st. There is a ranking system for missions like in Front Mission Alternative and Front Mission 3, there’s really nothing new for this entry in the series. Therefore, the game can be seen as an introduction for newcomers. Front Mission 2089-I is a Japan-only release. The continuation of the Front Mission 2089 series was released for mobile phones in 2006. Pray for these releases to be good, not for them to not exist, that'd be my recommendation, because it'd be plenty easy for Square to let this franchise not exist.As with its direct prequel, periodic episode downloads were made available on a monthly basis. Those two are regular, normal Front Mission games, and this one might be too (depending on how BlackJack handle the mechanics and if it's a standard single-player strategy game or if it is a play for the F2P market?) It's just that none of them are actually by Square and none of them will get FFXV-level of production investment.

They're keeping the brand alive, with the remakes of FM 1 and 2 and then this game. I mean, probably because a normal Front Mission with traditional Square Enix production values (even off-brand production values, at their scale) would sell no better and probably worse than an irregular Front Mission like this might turn out to be. Created by the studio who did Langrisser Mobile, which probably most have not played but apparently is popular in certain circles. New entry in the Front Mission series, but not a high-spec version, more a mobile-and-up version.

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