The download version of “Front Mission 3” on the Switch Store dropped to ¥400, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board.
Alongside speculation that the discount might be a pricing error, posters brought up the poor Steam user reviews for the remakes of the first two games, criticized the rough translation and presentation, and swapped notes on their fondness for the older spin-off “Alternative.”
Download version on sale at a jaw-dropping price
The first game goes for about that on Steam or the PS Store, but the third one too? Seriously?
>>10
Seems like they set the discount rate wrong.
Classic Nintendo.
Seems like they set the discount rate wrong.
Classic Nintendo.
This board is nothing but useless garbage threads most of the time, but sale threads like this are honestly where Geha earns its keep.
Keep starting these every time there's a killer sale.
Keep starting these every time there's a killer sale.
Isn't this basically the robot version of Fire Emblem?
Maybe I should get used to SRPGs first.
Maybe I should get used to SRPGs first.
>>14
It's Fire Emblem (correcting your spelling).
It's Fire Emblem (correcting your spelling).
Steam ratings are hilariously low lol
Was it a bad remake on the level of Tactics Ogre?
Was it a bad remake on the level of Tactics Ogre?
>>23
The system seems about the same as the original, but the new graphics, controls, and skill presentation all seem to fall flat.
Also heard the Japanese translation is rough — broken line breaks, lines just left in English instead of being localized, that kind of thing.
The system seems about the same as the original, but the new graphics, controls, and skill presentation all seem to fall flat.
Also heard the Japanese translation is rough — broken line breaks, lines just left in English instead of being localized, that kind of thing.
The 1 and 2 remakes are total garbage.
If you want an FM fix, just play Kōran (lit. "Steel Storm") instead.
If you want an FM fix, just play Kōran (lit. "Steel Storm") instead.
>>27
Kōran's pretty trashy too, honestly.
Kōran's pretty trashy too, honestly.
Is the third one really that bad compared to 1 and 2?
>>28
The story's good, though.
The story's good, though.
>>28
It's not so much that 3 itself is bad — it applies to this whole line of licensed-out FM remakes in general.
It feels like they just built it to spec with zero love put into it.
The systems are basically a straight port, and in some spots the controls actually got worse.
Even the animations feel like they just slapped on a "raise your hand" motion because the spec said so, without understanding why that motion belongs there.
It's like that the whole way through, and it genuinely gets irritating.
It's not so much that 3 itself is bad — it applies to this whole line of licensed-out FM remakes in general.
It feels like they just built it to spec with zero love put into it.
The systems are basically a straight port, and in some spots the controls actually got worse.
Even the animations feel like they just slapped on a "raise your hand" motion because the spec said so, without understanding why that motion belongs there.
It's like that the whole way through, and it genuinely gets irritating.
Forget all that, just release Alternative already.
I love old-school games like that — Battle Commander, Langrisser III, that whole vibe.
I love old-school games like that — Battle Commander, Langrisser III, that whole vibe.
>>34
Front Mission Alternative's graphics were incredibly well done for a PS1 game.
Front Mission Alternative's graphics were incredibly well done for a PS1 game.
>>34
Yeah, I really wish I could play Alternative on something handheld, out and about.
3 just feels way too dated at this point… I mean, the price is the price, but I can't work up the motivation to play it again.
Yeah, I really wish I could play Alternative on something handheld, out and about.
3 just feels way too dated at this point… I mean, the price is the price, but I can't work up the motivation to play it again.
Is that the one from the Left Alive people?
>>40
The guy who made the Front Mission series was Toshiro Tsuchida, and he left Square Enix a long time ago.
Masami Hashimoto is the Left Alive guy — different person.
The guy who made the Front Mission series was Toshiro Tsuchida, and he left Square Enix a long time ago.
Masami Hashimoto is the Left Alive guy — different person.
>>44
Well, Hashimoto was also the producer on 1, 2, and Alternative, so he's not totally unrelated either.
Well, Hashimoto was also the producer on 1, 2, and Alternative, so he's not totally unrelated either.
I figured they were selling it as a trilogy, but it's the remake — okay, fair enough then.
Good on Square Enix for following Capcom's lead with a bold discount like this.
Good on Square Enix for following Capcom's lead with a bold discount like this.
>>55
This isn't Square Enix, by the way.
This isn't Square Enix, by the way.
Nintendo Store
PS Store
PS Store
>>84
The publisher's pricing guy: "Ahh, whatever, close enough."
The publisher's pricing guy: "Ahh, whatever, close enough."
Wait, the remake of the first game was garbage too?
Then again, its high reputation always had some nostalgia goggles baked in.
I like it, but once you get past the tense, resource-tight early game and it turns into everyone slapping the same optimal parts on the same unit build, I did think, "eh, this is just average."
Then again, its high reputation always had some nostalgia goggles baked in.
I like it, but once you get past the tense, resource-tight early game and it turns into everyone slapping the same optimal parts on the same unit build, I did think, "eh, this is just average."
>>119
The first game was basically a pattern game that started with stun guns and long-range fighting.
On top of nostalgia goggles, the ratings get boosted by fans of Amano's artwork too, so it's a mixed bag.
The first game was basically a pattern game that started with stun guns and long-range fighting.
On top of nostalgia goggles, the ratings get boosted by fans of Amano's artwork too, so it's a mixed bag.
>>119
The bugs were way too bad.
I gritted my teeth and kept playing despite being irritated the whole time, but the second it started freezing every time I opened the map, that was the last straw — I quit and sold it.
No idea if it's been patched since.
The bugs were way too bad.
I gritted my teeth and kept playing despite being irritated the whole time, but the second it started freezing every time I opened the map, that was the last straw — I quit and sold it.
No idea if it's been patched since.
Just hold out till I get home, don't go patching it yet!
>>167
Why not just buy it from your phone?
Why not just buy it from your phone?
>>167
Looks like a pricing mistake, so it'll probably get fixed.
Looks like a pricing mistake, so it'll probably get fixed.
>>167
No way this gets "fixed," don't worry.
It's not actually a mistaken price.
Coin-sized sale prices like this happen all the time.
No way this gets "fixed," don't worry.
It's not actually a mistaken price.
Coin-sized sale prices like this happen all the time.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “[SWITCH] Front Mission 3 ¥400 [90% OFF].”
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