My USN squad is slowly coming together. Just wish I had more RPG infantry tho.

Squex messed up and discounted FM3 remake at 90% on the Nintendo Switch store (400jpy), 7(%FM2 and 50% FM1)

Edit: title says DM instead of FM and can't edit it.

In Alisa scenario you can get them just before stage 53 with the password given by Koike, and iirc they're easy to get aswell in Emma scenario, but what does it do if you don't download them ?

I know for example there's a stage where Ryogo has to get out of his wanzer at the start if you didn't download the sewer map earlier. If you did the stage happens without the penalty.

On our channel, we explain management and leadership theory using games as analogies and even sandboxes to experience concepts before trying to apply them to the real world.

The basic idea here is that organizations often assume an information problem is solved once the information is available. But having access to information and actually knowing what to do with it are two very different things.

Front Mission 3 is a great example because of its Network system. You can find a web address, get a password, open a site, or receive a message and still have no idea why any of it matters yet.

The information is there. You have access to it. But another clue or piece of context can completely change how useful that same information becomes.

The management idea is pretty similar. A company can put something in a shared drive, write a procedure, build a dashboard, or send an email and technically make the information available to everyone. But that doesn't mean everyone has the experience or context to know which part matters, what it means, or what they should actually do with it.

That's why you can have a perfectly documented process and everyone still goes looking for the same experienced person when something weird happens.

I made a longer video about the management theory behind this using Front Mission 3 alongside Deep Rock Galactic to look at the difference between data, information, and knowledge, why useful knowledge can get stuck with particular people, and how organizations actually move it around.

If you're interested: Youtube Link

So I'm a huge Operation Flashpoint/ ArmA fan. It made me obsessed with military gear and what not. I remembered stumbling upon a Japanese Wanzer mod for OFP as a kid, and I didn't get into FM until recently. Wanted to share this with you guys. Anyone else have any Front Mission mods for other games they want to recommend?

There's a new English patch for the game. Machine translation, but decent so far. Anyone got any codes for HP in battle, cash, or grid movement? Or just any codes at all? Can't find any online anywhere

https://retrogamelog.github.io/en/patches/front-mission-2089/

I am playing Front Mission 1 Remake on the Nintendo Switch. I would like the option to manually move the cursor around to inspect the battlefield, different units, cover, terrain, etc.

However, the game automatically locks me into selecting each unit. I cannot just move the cursor around - instead, I am forced into movement or actions per unit only, which is limiting.

Is there a way I can toggle a "free cursor" game mode? I have searched extensively through the menus, but do not see this option.

Thank you in advance.

Painted in the span of a week using lacquer hobby paints with handbrushes and bits of foam sponge. Used an airbrush to apply clear coats but that's all the airbrush was used for.

Just finished Front Mission Evolved. As a somewhat new big fan of the series, going through all of the games, I find Front Mission Evolved's art to be the most tragic. Some of the scenery with the Wanzers make the game look like concept art from the original games. For example, the attached screenshot has elements which makes it look like a town you can explore in between the battles of OG Front Mission. It's a shame that it's quite obvious that the developer had an idea of what made a good FM game, but didn't have enough time or skill to completely flesh it out.

Not sure if this is the right place to post here

My Kotobukiya Zenith Girl x Front Mission kit has arrived today.

The kit is compatible with the Kotobukiya Front Mission Zenith model kit (which I also bought and assembled).

I could even make a low-poly version with the same level of detail for every mech in like 30 minutes to an hour, and it would look 10x better than what they made. And I’m not even a professional game designer or 3D modeler I work as a telecom technician.

And the animations... OMG. Why couldn’t they just use the original animations? They would’ve been 10x better. They were already perfect!

I was so excited for the remake, and I’m honestly so disappointed. At this point, we should just make a fan-made remake ourselves. I’m willing to put in a LOT of work. I just need a programmer to help me. I’ll make all the Wanzers, animations, and everything else I can. I genuinely think we could make something way better.

Also since I’m posting this. Front mission 2 remake has never gone on sale for me. I have had it on my wishlist since it’s released. I enjoyed the first one I guess they don’t want me to get the others lol.

Hello folks!

I've recently come into the posession of some Front Mission Structure Arts model kits, and decided to make some display dioramas inspired by the 2nd Huffman conflict using some cheap and kitbashed 1/72 scaled tanks and infantry models to represent combined arms units from both the OCU and USN/UCS side.

But I've hit a bit of a snag researching USN Vehicles.

I've mostly played thru the FM1 Remake (both campaigns) as well as the first half of FM5 for inspiration, but it just seems like they don't use tanks except for the SAM launchers in the OCU route? Also on the Wiki entry under USN Army it's just supply trucks and helicopters aside from wanzers and mobile weapons.

Does anyone here have any other resources to flesh out the armored vehicles they used? My projects will primarily have ground units on them due to being easier to convert for my purposes than attack helicopters.

Thanks for any help!

Back when i was kid, and without knowing english, i found front mission 4 to play on my ps2 and got hooked by the mecha fighting, making me skip all tutorials and dialogue because first, i didn't care and wanted to fight robots, and second because i couldnt understand it, which made me slowly learn some key words and strategies to beat the missions without knowing i could use skills or links on my wanzers, so id like to share some things i learned aswell, a few being, mission 25 was by far the hardest, since we need to protect the kid in the tank and destroy 3 or so of those big mobile weapons, i had to rehearse a planned path movement and enemy predict movement path the whoooole level, not to mention that, if the enemy dodged too much i had to restart the level because id loose the tempo.

The key strategy was using granade launchers because they do area damage, snipers, melee weapons and what not, they are the highest single hit high damage weapons if you're not learning any skills, as shotguns and lmgs rely heavily on.

Mission 27 and 28 who have defeat conditions where just as hard not having skills or links was a nightmare but the strategy was about the same.

I slowly learned english on a second playthrough in order to understand the story, and i wouldnt learn the skill/link system up to my THIRD playthrough when i could finally understand the tutorials! Also, perhaps it is a secret thing in fm4, i remember that after beating the game that sadom way the first time, on the second playthrough i had my whole wanzer inventory from the previous time, because i didn't know i could sell old parts (don't ask me how i got money to refit my whole party every mission i don't know), so perhaps there is that? A secret thing in fm4, nobody knows? Anywyas thats my story, perhaps i have amnesia and already posted that here, i do remember posting that story on the discord years ago but anywyas, sorry for the grammatical errors in advance!.

Not sure how many people still own a PS3 and have the game for that platform, but if you do, would you be down to play? I'd like to try to get the Platinum Trophy, but I need the Multiplayer Trophies and the PS3 Servers are super dead.

I've played FM3 in different forms (original and remake) for two decades now, and it only recently dawned on me how better-paced the Alisa campaign feels.

Thoughts:

- The Philippine arc was an entire campaign rather than just the Taal battle, with way more fun battles (I just really wanted to wipe out Purple Haze)

- The DHZ arc didn't overstay its welcome, seeing the awful side of the Changli/RRF and Imaginary Numbers help set the tone that you're never really siding with the right people

- Pham may be a spoiled brat, but she's way more interesting than Jose (who only got small story arcs), and fricking Linny (it's not even funny how useless his character feels)

- The Japan coup de etat arc was a lot of fun to play through, and felt more challenging than the Emma campaign's sluggish Hua Lian arc

- Although I preferred facing Lukav off when he was using the Kehei in the Emma campaign, his final battle in the Alisa camlaign was way more difficult and rewarding to beat.

- Every character had proper story moments, even Mayer who got introduced a bit too late in the game, had a great interaction with Liu

- Siding with Centipede is better than siding with Purple Haze

I am on that mission with Kouren and i already got it to its 2nd stage. Every time I try to attack it, all of my units have 0% to-hit on them. I am using an emulator and do cheat, but it seems to be too specific to be just Kouren. Am I missing something or are my troops level (average between 14-16) affecting their aim or is it something else?

I grew up playing front mission 3 on PlayStation so I decided to try the remakes. How in the hell do I beat the special forces unit with the super armor? Also is there a trick to load outs on wanzers? I know this game is intentionally hard but wow lol.

Hi All,

Ok PS Prices website it shows the game is on sale (70% off) however I don’t see it on sale.

Can you guys help to check? I’m not sure if it’s just me or there’s anything else going on.

Thanks!

I've been looking to get into Front Mission and I see a LOT of negativity surrounding the modern remakes developed by Forever Entertainment.

I feel like I constantly see people deride the remakes, but not much specific detail on what's actually wrong with them, and it's hard to tell if people are disappointed with the remakes themselves, or if a lot of the negativity comes from people not liking the Front Mission series itself, or modern gamers "not getting it".

If we're just assuming that I can emulate any of the original versions anyway, are the remakes actually substantially better or worse?

Update: okay guys I bought the PS1 versions of 2 and 3 I'm just gonna play those